Overview

• Direct transfers totaling ₹7,500 crore landed in beneficiaries’ accounts under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana.
• The programme provides a ₹10,000 seed grant per woman, with assessments for further assistance up to ₹2 lakh plus subsidised loans and training.
• Jeevika chief Himanshu Sharma said about 1.2 crore women have applied to avail the scheme’s benefits.
• Opposition leaders criticised the timing; Priyanka Gandhi called a one-time ₹10,000 insufficient and pitched ₹2,500 a month and a ₹25 lakh health cover if elected.
• RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav alleged the grant would be recovered as a loan, a claim Union minister Nityanand Rai rejected while praising the transfer, as several beneficiaries described immediate relief for small ventures.