Lakshmir Bhandar Scheme 2026: West Bengal government has raised the monthly grant under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme by Rs 500, from this month. The increase was announced by state Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya while presenting the 2026–27 Budget in the state Assembly. The government allocated Rs 15,000 crore for the scheme.

Launched by the West Bengal (WB) government in February 2021, the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme aims at providing financial assistance to women from economically weaker sections of society. In a notification dated July 30, 2021, the state government said:

“The Governor is hereby pleased to introduce a scheme of the Government of West Bengal to provide the female members of all families of the state an assured monthly income to improve their financial condition and promote women empowerment. This scheme may be known as “Lakshmir Bhandar”. he scheme will be implemented throughout West Bengal.”

The Lakshmir Bhandar scheme provides a monthly income for women from both rural and urban households across the state who are enrolled under the Swasthyasathi scheme (a health scheme by the WB government). According to the notification, all female members in the household will get the benefit of Lakshmir Bhandar scheme, if:

One can get the application form for the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme, free of cost at Duare Sarkar camps and Panchayat offices. The applicants must fill in the form, sign it and submit the same at the respective camp or office. The self-attested copies of the following documents must be submitted along with the application form:

Following the submission of Lakshmir Bhandar application form, it will be reviewed or verified by the concerned officers (Block Development Officer in the rural area or the Sub Divisional Officer in the urban area, as the case may be).

To check the Lakshmir Bhandar application form status online, one needs to follow these steps: