Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi Yojana

March 7, 2024

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu recently announced that monthly financial assistance of ₹1,500 will be given to women above 18 years, during the ongoing financial year.
Under ‘Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi Yojana’, all the women above 18 years of age of the State will be given ₹1,500 per month.
It will put an additional financial burden of about ₹800 crore annually on the State exchequer.
Around five lakh women were expected to benefit from the scheme.
The government was already providing ₹1,500 to all the women of district Lahaul-Spiti and to all women of the State aged above 60 years since February, 2024, under the ‘Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh-Sammaan Nidhi Yojana’