Government Schemes · Girl Child Schemes
Lek Ladki Yojana (Maharashtra)
Rs 1,01,000 for a girl in yellow or saffron ration card families, from birth to age 18
Girl childMaharashtra
Updated on 16 Oct 2026
What you get
Maharashtra's scheme for girls born on or after 1 April 2023, which replaced Majhi Kanya Bhagyashree, to raise the birth rate of girls, keep them in school, reduce child marriage and malnutrition. It pays Rs 5,000 after birth, Rs 6,000 in class 1, Rs 7,000 in class 6, Rs 8,000 in class 11, and Rs 75,000 when she turns 18 - Rs 1,01,000 in all. For the last payment she must be unmarried.
Who can apply
Families living in Maharashtra with a yellow or saffron ration card and an annual income of up to Rs 1 lakh, with a bank account in Maharashtra, for one or two girls born on or after 1 April 2023, or a girl in a family with one son. If the second delivery gives twins, one or both girls qualify. A parent must give a family planning certificate for the first child's third instalment and the second child's second instalment.
Living in Maharashtra
How to apply
Register the girl's birth with your gram panchayat or municipal body, then apply through your Anganwadi worker on the prescribed form with the documents; the worker helps fill it in and sends it on for approval.
Documents you need
- Girl's birth certificate
- Income certificate of the head of the family from the tehsildar (income up to Rs 1 lakh)
- Girl's Aadhaar card (not needed for the first instalment)
- Parent's Aadhaar card
- First page of the bank passbook
- Yellow or saffron ration card (attested copy)
- School bonafide certificate for each stage
- Family planning certificate, where required
- For the last instalment: proof she is on the voter list, and her declaration that she is unmarried
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