Government schemes

A deposit-free LPG gas connection for women from poor households, together with a free first refill and a free gas stove.

Potential benefit ₹1,300 – ₹2,050 one time

Pays first-time EPFO-registered employees one month's EPF wage up to Rs 15,000 in two instalments, and pays employers up to Rs 3,000 a month for each additional employee hired and retained.

Potential benefit ₹1,000 – ₹15,000

Cash help for Scheduled Caste students in Classes IX and X, and for children of families doing hazardous cleaning work in Classes I to X, so that they do not drop out of school.

Potential benefit ₹3,500 – ₹8,000 per year

Assisted living devices such as walking sticks, hearing aids, wheelchairs, spectacles and dentures for poor senior citizens with age-related disability, given through assessment camps.

Free or half-cost assistive devices for persons with at least 40 per cent disability whose monthly income is up to Rs 30,000. Cochlear implants for children are also covered.

A high-interest, tax-favoured savings account a parent opens for a girl child under ten, maturing after twenty-one years.

Potential benefit ₹250 – ₹1,50,000 deposit per financial year

The rural employment guarantee law that replaced MGNREGA from 1 July 2026. It guarantees 125 days of paid unskilled manual work in a financial year to every rural household that asks for it.