Overview
- Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced that the first instalment covering three months will be directly credited to eligible women's bank accounts on July 1 and recipients will get mobile notifications when funds arrive.
- Women in the general category will receive ₹1,000 per month (₹3,000 for three months) and Scheduled Caste women will receive ₹1,500 per month (₹4,500 for three months).
- Eligibility covers women aged over 18 and those already receiving social-security pensions, and the government said each eligible woman in a family will receive a separate payment.
- The Punjab government has set aside a ₹9,300 crore budget and estimates that about 97% of the state's women will benefit from the programme.
- Mann framed the scheme as a dignity and empowerment measure and warned it depends on AAP remaining in power, a remark that underlines political stakes as administrators prepare to verify beneficiaries and deliver large-scale direct transfers.