Jharkhand to transfer hiked monthly amount of Rs 2,500 to 5.5m women

New Delhi: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren is going to fulfil his top election promise by enhancing the monthly payment of the 'Maiya Samman' scheme to ₹2,500 from ₹1,000.

Soren vowed before the election that women would get the enhanced amount from December if he returned to power.

The state government is preparing for a major show on December 28 in Namkum, Ranchi, where the CM will address a vast crowd of women beneficiaries. He would symbolically give over the enhanced money to recipients from all 24 state districts.


All district collectors have been asked to bring the women and arrange for their stay and return.

Government officials told ET that three lakh women would attend the event. Soren and state INDIA bloc leaders will transfer the money.

At present, there are 5.52m women beneficiaries of the 'Maiya Samman' scheme in the state, out of which around 0.65 m are from Ranchi district itself.

The state will have to spend around ₹1,381 crore per month on the scheme and the annual expenditure will be around ₹16,575 crore.

This is the highest cash transfer to women beneficiaries under such schemes across the states. The BJP has promised to provide ₹2,100 to women beneficiaries in Haryana and Maharashtra where the party has retained power in the recent assembly elections.