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The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet connected Monday (November 10, 2025) approved the summation of ₹250 successful the monthly allowance to eligible women nether the Ladli Behna scheme, taking the magnitude to ₹1,500 per period from November onward.
The determination was taken astatine the Cabinet gathering chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. “The Council of Ministers approved an summation successful the monthly fiscal assistance magnitude nether the Chief Minister Ladli Behna Yojana from ₹1,250 to ₹1,500,” his bureau said successful a statement.
Mr. Yadav had earlier announced that the accrued magnitude would beryllium fixed from Deepavali. While an further ₹250 was fixed to each beneficiary successful October for the festivals, the magnitude has present been accrued permanently.
As portion of the scheme, much than 1.26 crore women betwixt 21 and 60 years of age, and having an yearly household income of little than ₹2.5 lakh, person a monthly allowance from the State government.
The strategy was launched by the past Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan successful March 2023 with the magnitude of ₹1,000 per month, which was accrued to ₹1,250 the aforesaid twelvemonth successful October, up of the State Assembly election.
With the existent magnitude of ₹1,250, the State authorities is disbursing ₹1,541 crore astir to the slope accounts of beneficiaries nether the strategy each month. The hike volition outgo an further ₹1,793.75 crore for the ongoing fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26.
“The ₹250 summation successful the strategy volition necessitate an further fund of ₹1,793 crore [and] 75 lakh successful the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26. The imaginable expenditure for the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26 volition beryllium ₹20,450 crore [and] 99 lakh,” the authorities said.
State Finance Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Jagdish Devda had allocated ₹18,669 crore for the strategy successful the Budget presented successful the Assembly successful March.
In its manifesto for the 2023 Assembly election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had promised to gradually summation the magnitude to ₹3,000 per period by 2028.
