Annapurna Yojana (Annapurna Bhandar), West Bengal

Women living in West Bengal aged 25 to 60. Not in permanent government employment and not an income-tax payer. Applications are checked for residence and citizenship; the state rejected lakhs of applications after this check in 2026.

₹3,000 a month by direct transfer to the woman’s own bank account. It replaced Lakshmir Bhandar from June 2026. Instalments so far came on 3 June, 1 July and in mid-September 2026; there is no fixed monthly payment date. New registration rounds are announced by the state; check before you go.

Voter ID card (EPIC); Aadhaar card (linked to your mobile number); Mobile number for OTP; Bank passbook or account details (Aadhaar-seeded account).

Online: open socialregistry.wb.gov.in, choose the Citizen Portal and log in with your mobile number and OTP, then fill the Family Level Data Collection form. Offline: submit the Annapurna Yojana Family Level Data Collection form at your BDO or SDO office, or at the ward office in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation area. Keep the acknowledgement or reference number. Applying is free. Official site: https://socialregistry.wb.gov.in/

Application status: log in to the Citizen Portal on socialregistry.wb.gov.in with the mobile number you applied with and the OTP. Payment: check your bank passbook, bank SMS or net banking for the ₹3,000 credit. The portal does not show a full payment history. If your application was rejected or the money has stopped, file a grievance from the same Citizen Portal login or ask at the BDO or ward office with your acknowledgement.

No. Applying for a government scheme is free on the official portal, and at Common Service Centres you pay only the notified service fee, if any. Never pay an agent who promises approval.

No, it replaced it. Lakshmir Bhandar paid ₹1,500 to ₹1,700 a month. Annapurna Yojana, often called Annapurna Bhandar, pays ₹3,000 a month from June 2026 and has its own registration through the Family Level Data Collection form.

The official portal is socialregistry.wb.gov.in (the Family Level Data Collection portal of the Government of West Bengal). The old address socialsecurity.wb.gov.in now opens the same site. Sites ending in .in, .com or .online that use the scheme name are private and not official.

Instalments so far were credited on 3 June, 1 July and in mid-September 2026, with transfers spread over a few days. The state has not announced a fixed monthly date, so check your bank SMS or passbook.

The first registration round opened with the launch on 3 June 2026 for 90 days and has ended. The state may open new rounds; ask at your BDO, SDO or ward office or check socialregistry.wb.gov.in before you fill a form.

The state checked residence and citizenship records and rejected a large number of applications in 2026. Log in to the Citizen Portal to see the status and file a grievance, or visit the BDO or ward office with your acknowledgement and documents.

The state portal lists three must-haves: Voter ID card (EPIC), Aadhaar card and an active mobile number. Keep your bank passbook ready for the account details.