Overview
- The state cabinet led by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav cleared a ₹250 hike, setting the monthly assistance at ₹1,500.
- A single-click transfer event in Seoni on November 12 will credit ₹1,500 to about 1.26 crore beneficiaries.
- Officials project total expenditure of roughly ₹20,450 crore in FY 2025–26, with the increase requiring an extra ₹1,793.75 crore this year.
- Cumulative transfers under the scheme since March 2023 now stand at about ₹44,000 crore.
- Implementation steps include mandatory Aadhaar e-KYC, SMS alerts for urban recipients, doorstep delivery via India Post Payments Bank, and assistance through bank correspondents and CSCs, while opposition calls for ₹3,000 continue and the government reiterates its ₹1,500 commitment.