List of All Major Women Empowerment Schemes 2024 Being Run by Central & State Governments

The central government and state governments are running several schemes for the empowerment and welfare of women in India. The central government and state governments are running about 509 major schemes for women in the country which cater to the different needs of women in the society. These includes schemes for women of all age groups, from all societies or social & economic classes.

Other than central govt.’s 99 welfare schemes for women empowerment, the state governments are also running about 410 schemes (combined) in their respective state. The schemes are mainly being run to empower women in every field including education, healthcare, self-employment, and others.

The prime goals of all the central and state government schemes for women is to provide them protection, better health facilities, enough education to make them employable and to make them financially strong. Here we bring you the list of all those major schemes being run by all state governments and central government in the country.

List of Govt. Schemes for Women – Major Schemes

Below is the complete state wise list of all major women empowerment schemes in India. You can directly view the state-wise list of schemes by clicking the state names below.
Central Government (99 Schemes) | Andhra Pradesh (36 schemes) | Arunachal Pradesh (5 schemes) | Assam (15 schemes) | Bihar (7 schemes) | Chhattisgarh (13 scheme) | Chandigarh (4 schemes) | Daman & Diu (5 schemes) | Delhi (9 schemes) | Gujarat (17 schemes) | Goa (9 schemes) | Haryana (29 schemes) | Himachal Pradesh (21 schemes) | Jammu & Kashmir (23 schemes) | Karnataka (22 schemes) | Kerala (20 schemes) | Lakshadweep (1 scheme) | Maharashtra (13 schemes) | Meghalaya (2 schemes) | Mizoram (1 scheme) | Odisha (4 schemes) | Puducherry (7 schemes) | Punjab (6 schemes) | Rajasthan (44 schemes) | Tamil Nadu (17 schemes) | Telengana (7 schemes) | Tripura (9 schemes) | Uttar Pradesh (18 schemes) | West Bengal (46 schemes)

Central Government

• Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana – PMMVY Maternity Benefit
• Women’s Helpline Scheme
• Mahila Samakhya Yojana
• Financial incentive for wards of ex-servicemen undergoing cadet training at NDA
• Kilkari messages
• Facing trouble with pregnancy
• Maternity Benefit Amendment Act 2017 for Leave
• Financial assistance for vocational training of widows of ex-servicemen
• National Health Portal – Authentic information on all kinds of diseases, conditions and services
• Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana for financial inclusion of girls
• Mahila Adhikarita Yojana (Loans to Safai Karamcharis Women)
• Grant in Aid on Child and Women Labour
• Provisions for women under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)
• Agricultural mechanization for women farmers
• Promoting women under National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil Palm (NMOOP)
• Provisions for women under National Food Security Mission
• Benefits for women under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
• Reaching women farmers through mass media
• Provisions for women farmers in Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Scheme
• Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) Gramin for women’s affordable housing
• Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
• Recurring Grant for War Memorial Hostels
• Financial assistance to orphaned children of ex-servicemen
• Financial assistance for education of children/widows of Ex-servicemen
• Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission
• Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
• Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)
• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
• Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
• National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) for assistance in case of death of breadwinner
• Technology Development and Utilization Programme for Women (TDUPW)
• AICTE Pragati scholarship for girl students
• AICTE Saksham Scholarship Scheme for girl students
• Provisions for women at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
• Day care centres in Universities and Colleges
• Scholarship for college and university students
• Hunar Se Rozgar Tak
• NRI marriages
• Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace
• Reporting Violence
• Facing Trouble in Marriage
• Tips for your job search
• Forms of Violence Against Women
• Vidyalakshmi Portal for Education Loans
• Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan for free health services for mothers.
• Child Helpline number 1098
• Nai Roshni Scheme – Leadership development for women from Minorities
• Legal literacy for women
• Loans for small businesses to women in PMMY
• LPG Connections to Women in PM Ujjwala Yojana
• Promoting Women SHGs through National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)
• Panic Button For Women
• Stand Up India Scheme to promote entrepreneurship
• 33% reservation in Panchayats (73rd Constitutional Amendment Act)
• Skill Training of Rural Youth on Farm and Non-Farm Activities
• Scheme of Shelters for Urban Homeless (SUH)
• PM Awas Yojana Common Service Centres for affordable housing
• Services for women passengers in Indian Railways
• Ujjawala scheme for victims of trafficking
• National Scholarship Portal
• Want to report violence? – Mahila Police Volunteer
• Vocational/skill training – Support to Training and Employment Programme (STEP) for Women
• Vocational/skill training – Employment through Skill Training and Placement
• Residential schools for tribal girls
• Safety of women in Panchayats
• Strengthening Education among ST Girls in Low Literacy Districts
• Trade Related Entrepreneurship Assistance and Development (TREAD) Scheme for Women
• Science & Engineering Research Board Women Excellence Award
• National Gender Resource Centre for Agriculture (NGRCA Scheme)
• Online market platform – Mahila E-Haat
• Combating Adolescent Anaemia (Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) Programme)
• Forum for Women in Public Sector (WIPS Scheme)
• Promoting horticulture among women farmers (Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH))
• Promoting mechanisation among women farmers – Sub-Mission on Agricultural mechanization
• Promoting sustainable agricultural practices among women farmers (National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA))
• Mahila Kisan Sashatikaran Pariyojana (MKSP)
• Promoting women farmers through National Food Security Mission
• Women in National Cadet Corps
• Provisions for women employees of the Indian Railways
• Resources for women farmers (M-kisan and National Farmer’s Portal)
• National Young Leader Programme
• National Women Bio-scientist Award
• CSR contribution for women’s issues (Companies Act, 2013)
• Micro-credit – Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK)
• Women in corporate boards (Companies Act, 2013)
• Loan for ST women (Adivasi Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana)
• Legal/financial assistance to Indian women deserted/divorced by their NRI spouses
• Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) Promoting Women SHGs through National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM))
• Housing finance (Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana)
• Hostels for ST girl students
• Grant-in-aid for welfare of women labour
• Gender sensitization in schools & colleges (Gender Champions)
• Family Planning Programme
• Biotechnology Career Advancement and Re-orientation Programme (BIOCARE)
• Biotechnology based programmes for women
• Precautions to take in cases of Indian women married to PIOs and NRIs
• 33% reservation in police force
• Adolescence Education Programme (AEP)
• Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (RGPSA) Scheme

How Narendra Modi Schemes For Women Impacted Their Lives

Narendra Modi government schemes for women have impacted their lives in a huge way. Till date, there are over 1 crore beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, over 1.5 crore beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. In addition to this, central govt. has provided 8 crore LPG gas connections under PM Ujjwala Yojana and 10 crore families are being benefited under Ayushman Bharat PMJAY Scheme. More than 11 crore toilets have already been built. There are 15 crore women beneficiaries under PM Mudra Yojana.

There is 50% increase in honorarium of Asha and Anganwadi workers and maternity leave has been extended upto 26 weeks. There are pre-natal health checkups on 9th of every month from 3rd to 6th months of pregnancy. There are more than 1.67 crore accounts opened under Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana. Moreover, 1.92 crore scholarships have been awarded to girl students from minority communities. Furthermore, women can avail loan upto 1 crore under Startup India Scheme.

State Wise Women Empowerment Schemes

Here is the complete list of women empowerment scheme in a state wise manner which is making the lives of the women simpler and easier:-

Andhra Pradesh

• BANGARUTALLI – Maa Inti Mahalakshmi
• SADAREM – A Program for issuance of Disabled certificates
• Sthreenidhi credit cooperative Federation Ltd.
• Bhoomi-Land Access To Poor
• Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture-CMSA
• KRuSHE
• Community Managed Health And Nutrition
• Unnathi Scheme
• Dairy Scheme
• Unnathi IWMP Livelihoods
• Community Managed Micro Insurance AABY
• NTR Bharosa
• Vaddileni Runnalu Loan Insurance
• YSR Kapu Nestham
• Cattle Health Card Scheme
• Jagananna Vasathi Deevena Scheme
• Jagan Anna Vidya Deevena Scheme
• YSR Pelli Kanuka Scheme
• Amma Vodi Scheme
• Arogya Asara Scheme
• YSR Kanti Velugu Scheme
• Reservation in government employment
• CARA
• Track Child Khoya Paya Scheme
• Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)
• Integrated Child Promotion Scheme (ICPS)
• State Nutrition Mission
• Digital India
• Girl Child Protection Scheme in Andhra Pradesh
• Free Bus Pass for Pregnant Women
• YSR Amrutha Hastam – One Full Meal Scheme
• Kishori Vikasam
• YSR Arogyasri
• Poshan Abhiyan
• YSR Old Age Pension
• Education Scholarship for Girls

Arunachal Pradesh

• Awareness Generation
• Old Age Pension Scheme
• CM’s Arogya Arunachal Yojana
• Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Swavalamban Yojana (Startup Loan Scheme)
• Dulari Kanya Yojana

Assam

• Scooty Scheme for Girl Students
• Vocational Training and Rehabilitation
• Arundhati Gold Scheme (Swarna Yojana)
• Aponar Apon Ghar Scheme for Home Loan Subsidy
• Abhinandan Scheme for Education Loan Subsidy
• Anundoram Borooah Award Scheme
• Indira Miri Universal Widow Pension Scheme
• Gyan Deepika Scheme
• Chah Bagichar Dhan Puraskar Mela Scheme
• Sarothi Start Up Fund Assam Loan Scheme
• Atal Amrit Abhiyan
• Assistance To Women SHGs For Production Of Value Added Fish Products
• Provide Safe and Affordable Accommodation to Working Women
• Grants to Women SHGs
• Self Help Scheme For SC Women

Bihar

• Mukhyamantri Kanya Suraksha Yojana
• Mukhya Mantri Nari Shakti Yojana
• Gender sensitization in colleges (Sapnon Ko Chali Chhoone)
• Assistance for marriage of girls in shelter homes (Mukhya Mantri Sanwasin Vivah Anudan Yojana)
• Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana
• Education Loan under Student Credit Card (SCC) Scheme
• Civil Seva Protsahan Yojana

Chandigarh

• Post-Natal assistance to SC women
• Pension to Widows and Destitute Women
• Nari Niketan Home
• Financial Assistance for the Marriage of Daughters of Widows/Destitute Women

Chhattisgarh

• Godhan Nyay Yojana
• Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana
• Rajiv Gandhi Career Guidance Scheme
• Nutritious meals for pregnant women
• PDS Subsidized Foodgrains Scheme
• Mukhyamantri Swasthya Beema Yojana (MSBY)
• Swasthya Seva Raths (Mobile Medical Units)
• Ayushmati Yojana
• 102 Mahatari Express
• Chief Minister Bal Sandarbh Yojana
• Chirayu Yojana
• Mukhyamantri Bal Hriday Yojana
• Shechita Yojana

Daman and Diu

• Assistance to mothers (Matru Samrudhhi Yojna)
• Incentive for girls’ education (Saraswati Vidya Yojana)
• Health insurance for girl students (Sanjeevani Beema Yojana)
• Girl Child Protection Scheme – Daman and Diu (Dikri Development Scheme)
• Cash award for meritorious SC/ST girls

Delhi

• Mukhyamantri Street Light Yojana
• Doorstep Delivery Scheme
• Free Wifi Yojana
• Work Centres for Women
• Pension Scheme for widowed women
• Girl Child Protection Scheme – Ladli Scheme
• Free Bus Ride Scheme
• Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana
• Jai Bhim Mukhyamantri Pratibha Vikas Yojana

Goa

• Skill training to sex workers and women facing sexual abuse (Prabhat scheme)
• Assistance to Mahila Mandals (Grant-in-Aid Scheme)
• Shelter for women
• Retirement benefit for Anganwadi Workers and Helpers
• Girl Child Protection Scheme – Dhanalaxmi scheme
• Laadli Laxmi Scheme
• Cyberage Laptop Scheme
• Financial incentives to mothers who deliver a girl child
• Assistance to homemakers (Griha Aadhar Scheme)

Gujarat

• Advocacy for women’s health (Mamta Abhiyan)
• Namo E-Tab Scheme
• Transport assistance to pregnant women (Chiranjeevi Yojana)
• Reservation in government jobs
• Multi Purpose Women Welfare Centers (MPWWCs)
• Insurance for Anganwadi Workers and Helpers (Mata Yashoda Gaurav Nidhi Insurance Scheme)
• Financial assistance to pregnant women (Kasturba Poshan & Sahay Yojana (KPSY))
• Financial assistance for economic activities (Ghar Divda Scheme)
• Economic Rehabilitation of Women in difficult circumstances
• Women Empowerment Centre
• Swadhar Gruh Yojana
• Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY)
• Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (SABLA)
• Vahali Dikri Yojana
• Saraswati Sadhana Yojana
• PNG / LPG Sahay Yojana
• Mukhyamantri Nidan Yojana – Free Medical Test Scheme

Haryana

• Educational Loan for Higher Education
• Skill Development in Beauty and Tailoring (Sakshar Mahila Samoohs)
• Free Sewing Machine & Solar Lanterns Scheme for Women Labourers
• Saksham Yuva Scheme
• Mukhyamantri Vivah Shagun Yojana
• Durgashakti Vahini | Chatra Parivahan Suraksha Yojana
• Scheme For Adolescent Girls (SAG)
• Inter Caste Vivah Shagun Yojana
• Sanitary Napkins Distribution Scheme
• Widow (Vidhwa) Pension Scheme
• Ayushman Bharat Haryana Scheme
• Parivar Pehchan Patra (Identity Certificate)
• Mukhyamantri Parivar Samman Nidhi Yojana
• Durga Shakti App
• Kanyadan Yojana
• Mukhyamantri Mahila Shramik Samman Yojana
• Maternity Benefit Scheme for Women Labourers
• Labour Welfare Board Marriage Assistance Scheme
• Labour Welfare Fund Bicycle Scheme
• Labour Welfare Board Vidhwa Pension Scheme
• Udyog Mitra Scheme
• State level awards for women
• Loans for Women
• Financial assistance for mothers and daughters (Apni Beti Apna Dhan Scheme)
• Ladli Scheme
• Tailoring training and free sewing machine
• Sports Meet for women
• Gender Sensitization Training Programmes
• State level awards to districts for improving Sex Ratio

Himachal Pradesh

• Medha Protsahan Yojana
• Seva Sankalp Helpline Number
• Sahara Scheme
• Himcare Health Scheme
• Mukhyamantri Rajya Swasthya Dekhbhal Yojana
• Nai Raahein Nai Manzilien Scheme
• Grahini Suvidha Yojana
• Low interest loans for women (Mahila Vikas Nigam)
• Awards for women (HP Mahila Vikas Protsahan Yojana)
• Financial assistance for the girl child
• Incentive for remarriage of widowed women
• Rehabiitation of victims of abuse through vocational training (Vishesh Mahila Uthaan Yojna)
• Support for victims of rape
• Support to widowed women to raise children (Mother Teresa Asahaya Matri Sambal Yojna)
• Self Employment Assistance for women
• State Home for women
• Gas connections for women (Mata Shabari Mahilla Sashktikarn Yojna)
• Cash incentive for girl children – Beti Hai Anmol Yojana
• Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana
• Mukhyamantri Aashirwad Yojana to provide free baby kits to all new born babies
• Information, Education and Communication Camps

Jammu and Kashmir

• Pre-matric scholarship for minority students
• Contributory Social Security Scheme for Marginal Workers
• Professional training for women (Mahila Samridhi Yojana)
• Women Scientists Scheme
• Nari Shakti Puraskar
• Financial assistance for women (Integrated Social Security Scheme)
• Post-matric scholarship for minority students
• Scholarships for minority students in professional and technical courses
• National Award to Teachers
• National Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS)
• National Scheme of Incentive to Girl Child for Secondary Education (NSIGSE)
• Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students
• Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir (SSS)
• Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme
• Loans for women from minority communities
• Support to women with disability (National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation)
• Scholarship for secondary education of girls (Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme)
• Vocational Training through Social Welfare Centres
• Loan for skilled young women (Scheme for Empowering Skilled Young Women – 2009)
• Financial assistance for the girl child – Jammu and Kashmir (Ladli Beti scheme)
• Financial assistance for marriage (State Marriage Assistance Scheme)
• Ujala Scheme
• Ayushman Bharat – PM Jan Arogya Yojana

Karnataka

• Hostel for Girls
• Allocating funds for women’s empowerment (Karnataka Mahila Abhivyudhi Yojane (KMAY))
• Compensation for victims of violence – Sthairya Nidhi Scheme
• Special treament units for women
• Distribution of milk to students upto class 10th (Ksheera Bhagya Scheme)
• Saptapadi Vivah Yojana
• Kaushalya Karnataka
• Interest Free Home Loan Scheme
• Free Laptop Scheme for UG Students
• CM Self Employment Scheme
• Nutritious meal scheme for pregnant and lactating poor women in rural areas (Mathru Poorna Scheme)
• Bhagyalakshmi Yojana to promote the birth of girl children
• State Government Working Women’s Hostels
• Spreading legal literacy
• Special Cell for Eradication of Social Evils
• Santhwana centres for women in distress
• Stree Shakti groups for economic empowerment
• Kayaka Scheme
• New Loan Scheme for Self Help Groups (SHGs)
• Mathrushree Scheme for Pregnant Women
• Arogya Bhagya Scheme
• Anila Bhagya Free LPG Scheme

Kerala

• Scholarship for students with disabilities
• Kudumbashree Yojana
• Zero Unemployment Scheme
• Sarathi Scheme
• Kerala Saranya Loan Yojana – Self Employment Scheme for Destitute Women
• Kerala Maternity Benefit Programme – Rs. 5000 Pregnancy Aid Scheme Registration
• Karunya Health Scheme
• Scholarship for students with disabilities
• Psychosocial Counselling for Adolescent Girls in Schools (Kishori Shakti Yojana)
• Integrated Programme for Older Persons
• Educational assistance to children of women prisoners
• Rehabilitation of the dependents of convicts
• Victim Rehabilitation Scheme
• Disability Certificates cum Identity Cards
• Programme on gender awareness
• Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Award
• Educational assistance to children of women headed families
• Financial assistance for remarriage of widowed and divorced women (Mangalaya scheme)
• Marriage assistance to differently abled women and to daughters of differently abled parents
• Nutritional support to HIV affected women and children

Lakshadweep

• Infrastructure for women and children

Maharashtra

• Scholarships for VJNT, OBC and SBC girl students (Savitribai Phule Scholarship)
• Shelter Homes for destitute women, teenage mothers, women who are victims of atrocities
• Welfare Scheme for Devdasis
• Women State Homes for destitute women, teenage mothers, women who are victims of atrocities
• Multipurpose Women’s Centre (Savitribai Phule Multipurpose Women’s Centre)
• Financial assistance for marriage of girls in Orphanages, Women Reception Centers and Protection Homes
• Financial assistance for community marriages (Shubh Mangal Samuhik Vivah Scheme)
• Go Girl Go Scheme
• Swadhar Yojana
• CM Employment Generation Scheme
• Vidhwa (Widow) Pension Yojana
• Baby Care Kit Scheme
• Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jeevandayeeni Yojana

Meghalaya

• Training for Self Employment
• Computer operation and programming training

Mizoram

• Residential Institute and Training Centre for women in distress

Odisha

• Mahila and Shishu Help-Desk at police stations (Mahila and Shishu Desk)
• Supporting Women SHGs (Mission Shakti)
• ICAR-Central Institute for Women in Agriculture
• Biju Kanya Ratna (Ama Kanya Ama Ratna Scheme)

Puducherry

• Incentive to the family having one girl child/two girl children and parents who have undergone family planning
• Financial assistance to families having only one girl child who is being educated
• Support for marriage to Daughters of widows
• Reimbursement of tuition fees for typewriting shorthand for the children of widowed women
• Nutrition for pregnant women – Puducherry (Kulavilakku scheme)
• Incentive for remarriage of widowed women – Puducherry
• Improving nutrition of girl children (Aravanaippu scheme)

Punjab

• Women Cooperatives (Mai Bhago Istri Shakti Scheme)
• Smart Ration Card Scheme
• Mobile Phones to Youth Scheme
• Rs. 1000 to Every Women
• Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana (MGSSBY)
• Free Health Check-Up Scheme

Rajasthan

• Financial and Non-Financial benefits under Bhamashah Yojana (Bhamashah Yojana)
• A Cash Incentive Scheme for a Girl Child (Mukhyamantri Rajshree Yojana)
• Medhavi Chhatra Muft Scooty Vitaran Yojana
• Gargi Puraskar Yojana
• Berojgari Bhatta Yojana
• Jan Aadhaar Card
• Jan Soochna Portal
• Priyadarshini Indira Gandhi Mahila Shakti Yojana
• Nirogi Rajasthan Scheme
• Ayushman Bharat Mahatma Gandhi Rajasthan Swasthya Bima Yojana
• Mukhyamantri Yuva Sambal Yojana
• Udyog Mitra Portal
• Aapki Beti Portal
• Indira Gandhi Shahari Rojgar Guarantee Yojana
• Samajik Suraksha Vridhjan Krishak Samman Pension Scheme
• Vidhwa (Widow) Pension Yojana
• Kaushal Anudaan Yojana Loan Scheme
• Annapurna Rasoi Yojana
• Mukhyamantri Jan Awas Yojana
• Ladli Laxmi Yojana
• Mahila Khel Kud Yojana – Women Sports Scheme
• Mukhyamantri BPL Jeevan Raksha Kosh Yojana
• Residential School for children of beggars and families indulged in unwanted practices.
• Residential Schools for children of sluggish Pashupalak (RREIS – Pashu Palak)
• Mahila Vikas Rin Yojana
• Scholarships for wards of Deceased State Govt. employees
• Scholarships for wards of Deceased State Govt. employees (Renewal)
• Scholarships for Rajasthan Sangeet Sansthan / Rajasthan School of Arts (New)
• Scholarship for daughters of ex-defense serviceman
• Scholarship for children of freedom fighters
• Women Merit (Mahila Yogyata) Scholarship (New / Renewal)
• Salt Labour Welfare Scheme
• Janani Suraksha Yojana
• Rajasthan Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana – RJSSY
• Mukhyamantri Rajshree Yojana
• Devnarayan Scooty Distribution Scheme for Girls
• Grant Scheme for Group Marriage – Samuhik Vivah
• Aparajita – One Stop Crisis Center for Women
• Priyadarshini Yojana
• Allocation of Fair Price Shops
• Garima Yojana
• Sathin Puraskar
• Mahila Vikas Karyakram
• Zila Mahila Sahayata Samiti

Tamil Nadu

• Amma Two Wheeler Scheme
• Pongal Gift Scheme
• Free Laptop Scheme for Government School Teachers
• Amma Maternity Nutrition Kit for Pregnant Women
• Pregnant Women Registration in Tamil Nadu for Birth Certificate Under RCH Scheme
• Free Dhoti & Saree Scheme
• Smart Ration Card Scheme
• Financial assistance programme for pregnant women (Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Maternity Benefit Scheme)
• Scheme for women SHGs (Mahalir Thittam)
• Pension for wives of deceased journalists (Journalists Family Pension)
• Destitute Widow Pension Scheme
• Pension for destitute and deserted women
• Marriage assistance to daughters of widowed women (E.V.R.Maniammaiyar Ninaivu Scheme)
• Free Supply Of Sewing Machine Scheme (Sathiyavani Muthu Ammaiyar Ninaivu scheme)
• Financial assistance for remarriage of widowed women (Dr. Dharmambal Ammaiyar Ninaivu Widow Remarriage Scheme)
• Assistance for pregnant folk artistes
• Assistance for folk artistes for miscarriage or termination of pregnancy

Telangana

• Financial assistance for marriage of SC/ST and Minority women (Kalyana Lakshmi/Shaadi Mubarak Scheme)
• 2 BHK Housing Scheme
• Unemployment Allowance Scheme
• Nutrition for pregnant women (Arogya Lakshmi Scheme)
• Kanti Velugu Program
• KCR Kit Scheme for Pregnant Women
• Single Women Pension Scheme

Tripura

• Pension for deserted women from APL families
• Mukhyamantri Yuba Jogajog Yojana
• Pension for widowed and deserted women
• Ayushman Tripura Scheme
• B.Ed Anuprerna Yojana
• Child Care Leave
• PM Ujjwala Yojana
• Pension for unmarried women of 45 yrs age and above from APL families
• Pension for female domestic workers from BPL families

Uttar Pradesh

• Financial assistance to widows for the marriage of their daughters
• State home for women
• Rani Lakshmi Bai Mahila Evam Bal Samman Fund
• Legal aid for women facing dowry harassment
• Financial assistance for women facing dowry harassment
• Financial assistance for widow remarriage
• Widow (Vidhwa) Pension Scheme
• CM Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (CMAPS)
• One District One Product Scheme
• Mukhyamantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana
• Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan (YUVA Hub Yojana)
• Free Laptop Scheme
• Mukhyamantri Jan Arogya Yojana
• Divyang (Viklang) Shadi Protsahan Yojana
• Mission Parivar Vikas – Family Planning Scheme
• Bhagya Laxmi Yojana
• Vivah Hetu Anudan Yojana
• Kanya Vidya Dhan Yojana (Scholarships for Meritorious Girl Students)

West Bengal

• Kanyashree Prakalpa Scheme
• Ashram hostel for SC & ST students
• Distribution of minikits, water conditioners, etc. for women SHGs (Jal Dharo Jal Bharo programme)
• Benefits for fisherwomen
• Reproductive Sexual Health Benefits through ANM
• Free sterilization
• Free transport services to pregnant women (Nischay Jan scheme)
• Snehalaya Housing Scheme
• Bina Mulya Samajik Suraksha Yojana (Free Social Security Scheme)
• West Bengal Transport Workers Social Security Scheme (WBTWSSS)
• Medical facilities for pregnant women (Ayushmati Yojana)
• Formation of Self-Help Groups in Forest Fringes Villages
• Incentive scheme for girl students of classes IX to XII
• Swami Vivekananda West Bengal merit cum means scholarship
• Social Welfare Homes
• West Bengal Rural Household Electricity Programme (WBREP)
• Award to SC/ST/OBC students
• Bicycle distribution scheme (Sabooj Sathi Scheme)
• ST Old Age Pension
• Social Security Scheme for Tendu Leaf Collectors
• Swabalamban scheme for women, girls and transgenders
• Rehabilitation of sex workers and victims of sex trafficking (Muktir Alo Scheme)
• West Bengal Widow Pension Scheme
• Rehabilitation of children of sex workers
• Distribution of subsidized food (Khadya Sathi Yojana)
• Economic rehabilitation of fringe population through Joint Forest Management Committee (JFMC)
• Employment opportunities for unemployed people (Bangla Swanirbhar Karmasansthan Prakalpa (BSKP) scheme)
• Skill training of the registered job-seekers
• Training for Domestic Workers (Proshikshan Shibirs)
• Karma Sathi Prakalpa Scheme
• Aikyashree Minority Scholarship Scheme
• Yuvasree Scheme
• Didi Ke Bolo Portal
• Bangla Shashya Bima Yojana
• Yuvashree Arpan Scheme
• Rupashree Prakalpa Scheme
• Legal Aid Clinics in education institutions
• Hostel grant for SC students living in hostels attached to schools (Sikshashree scheme)
• Post matric Scholarship to SC students
• Post matric Scholarship to OBC students
• Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC & ST students in classes 9th & 10th
• Grant for SC students to prepare for competitive exams
• Financial Assistance to unemployed persons
• Welfare scheme for beedi workers
• Provident Fund Scheme for Unorganized Sector
• Unorganized Sector Worker’s Health Security Scheme (Scheme of Provident Fund for Unorganised Workers (SASPFUW)

Recently Updated On: 07 October 2022

The list of welfare schemes for women provided above may not contain all the schemes or the schemes of all the state governments. Hence, visit the official websites of the concerned state govt./department to view the list of schemes.

For more information about these schemes, please visit the more details link or the official website of Women & Child Development Department.