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Cash transfers and welfare

Direct cash transfers to women and households: what the States pay, and what the evidence shows they change.

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₹1,500 a monthMaharashtra's Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, for women aged 21 to 65 with family income up to ₹2.5 lakh a year
₹10,000 a year, in two instalmentsOdisha's Subhadra Yojana, for women aged 21 to under 60; about 1.02 crore beneficiaries by March 2026
84 per cent and 45 per centthe rise in month end bank balances of beneficiaries in Maharashtra and Odisha, about ₹6,900 in each