Major Public Welfare Schemes of Rajasthan Government
1. Introduction, Statutory Framework & Cutoff Date
To realize an inclusive welfare state, the Government of Rajasthan executes targeted flagship initiatives spanning women, children, students, agrarian producers, unorganized workers, senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PwDs), SC/STs, backward classes, and economically weaker segments.
Official Cutoff Date & Baseline Documentation
* **Cutoff Date**: 31 March 2024 / State Budget 2024-25 and Economic Review 2023-24 official benchmarks. * **Statutory Entitlement Framework**: 1. **Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Act, 2023**: India's maiden legislative guarantee ensuring 125 days of employment (25 additional days over MGNREGA or urban employment) and a statutory baseline social security pension of minimum ₹ 1,000 per month. 2. **15% Automatic Annual Indexation**: The statute mandates an automatic 15% annual enhancement on social security pensions (5% in July and 10% in January). * **Jan Aadhaar & Jan Soochna Delivery Infrastructure**: Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) delivery is anchored on the unified **Jan Aadhaar Card** (one identifier, one family, one card) with statutory transparency via the **Jan Soochna Portal** (under Section 4(2) of the RTI Act).2. Health & Medical Welfare Schemes
(1) Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dawa Yojana (MNDY)
* **Inception**: 2 October 2011. * **Nodal Agency**: Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation Limited (RMSCL). * **Scope**: 100% cashless essential medicines, surgical items, and sutures for all outpatient (OPD) and inpatient (IPD) attendees across all public healthcare institutions from Sub-Centres to Medical College Hospitals. * **Coverage**: Over 1,800 medicines and 900 surgical supplies on the essential drug list.(2) Mukhyamantri Nishulk Janch Yojana (MNJY)
* **Inception**: 7 April 2013 (World Health Day). * **Scope**: Cashless pathological, biochemical, and radiological investigations (blood profiles, X-rays, sonography, CT scans, MRIs) across government health facilities.(3) Mukhyamantri Ayushman Arogya Yojana (MAAY / Reorganized Health Insurance)
* **Reorganized Architecture**: Reorganized from the erstwhile Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana and integrated with the national Ayushman Bharat framework as Mukhyamantri Ayushman Arogya Yojana (MAAY). * **Eligibility**: - 100% state-subsidized premium for NFSA beneficiaries, SECC-2011 families, contractual employees, small and marginal farmers, and Covid-relief registries. - Non-eligible families can enroll by paying a nominal annual co-premium of ₹ 850 per year. * **Coverage**: Cashless secondary and tertiary hospitalization and day-care procedures across empaneled public and private hospitals.3. Social Security & Pension Schemes
Social security pensions in Rajasthan are administered by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (SJE):
(1) Mukhyamantri Vridhjan Samman Pension Yojana
* **Eligibility**: Women aged 55 years and above; men aged 58 years and above, with annual family income below ₹ 48,000 (income ceiling waived for BPL/Antyodaya beneficiaries). * **Benefit Amount**: Statutory minimum baseline of ₹ 1,000 per month under the Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Act 2023 (subject to 15% annual increment), scaling up to ₹ 1,250 to ₹ 1,500 for seniors above 75 years.(2) Mukhyamantri Ekal Nari Samman Pension Yojana
* **Eligibility**: Widowed, divorced, and deserted women aged 18 years and above with no regular livelihood and annual family income under ₹ 48,000. * **Monthly Slabs**: Minimum ₹ 1,000 per month (graduated across age slabs: ₹ 1,000 for 18-59 years, ₹ 1,250 for 60-74 years, and ₹ 1,500 for 75+ years).(3) Mukhyamantri Vishesh Yogyajan Samman Pension Yojana
* **Eligibility**: Persons of any age certified with 40% or higher permanent disability, dwarfism (height below 3 feet 6 inches), or natural eunuchs. * **Benefit**: Minimum ₹ 1,000 to ₹ 1,500 per month.(4) Palanhar Yojana
* **Objective**: Institutionalization prevention by supporting orphaned, vulnerable, and destitute children within a foster familial ecosystem. * **Revised Monthly Allowance**: - Orphan children: ₹ 1,500 per month for ages 0-6 years; ₹ 2,500 per month for ages 6-18 years (school-going). - Other vulnerable categories (children of widows, leprosy/HIV affected, life-term prisoners): ₹ 750 per month for ages 0-6 years; ₹ 1,500 per month for ages 6-18 years. - Annual lump-sum grant: ₹ 2,000 per year for clothing, shoes, and school uniforms.4. Women Empowerment & Girl Child Schemes
(1) Mukhyamantri Rajshree Yojana / Ladli Protsahan Yojana
* **Objective**: Positive attitude towards the girl child, institutional delivery, immunization completion, and schooling up to Grade 12. * **Benefit Milestones**: ₹ 50,000 aggregate cash grant delivered in 6 milestone instalments: 1. 1st Instalment (At birth in institutional facility): ₹ 2,500 2. 2nd Instalment (On 1-year complete immunization): ₹ 2,500 3. 3rd Instalment (Admission to Class 1): ₹ 4,000 4. 4th Instalment (Admission to Class 6): ₹ 5,000 5. 5th Instalment (Admission to Class 10): ₹ 11,000 6. 6th Instalment (Passing Class 12): ₹ 25,000 * *Policy Transition*: State Budget incorporates security-bond linked Ladli Protsahan Yojana.(2) Indira Gandhi Matritva Poshan Yojana
* **Inception**: November 2020 (initially 5 TSP districts, expanded statewide to all districts in 2022). * **Target Group**: Pregnant and lactating mothers on the birth of their second child. * **Cash Grant**: ₹ 6,000 transferred in 5 DBT stages tied to antenatal checkups, institutional birth, child immunization, and adoption of family planning.(3) Mukhyamantri Kanyadan / Hathleva Yojana
* **Eligibility**: Marriage of daughters (aged 18+) from BPL, Antyodaya, Aastha cardholder, PwD, and widowed mothers. * **Grant Matrix**: - Base Grant: ₹ 31,000 (BPL) / ₹ 21,000 (other vulnerable groups). - Additional Educational Incentives: ₹ 10,000 extra if the bride has passed Class 10; ₹ 20,000 extra if the bride is a Graduate (maximum up to ₹ 51,000).(4) I-M-Shakti Udan Yojana
* **Inception**: 19 December 2021. * **Benefit**: Free distribution of 12 sanitary napkins per month to all adolescent girls and women aged 10-45 years to ensure menstrual hygiene.5. Education & Youth Welfare Schemes
(1) Mukhyamantri Anuprati Coaching Yojana
* **Nodal Department**: Social Justice & Empowerment (SJE). * **Scale**: 30,000 annual scholarship seats for meritorious SC, ST, OBC, MBC, EWS, and PwD youth to access premier coaching institutes for UPSC, RPSC (RAS), NEET, IIT-JEE, REET, and judicial services. * **Financial Terms**: 100% course fee covered; ₹ 40,000 annual boarding/lodging stipend for outstation students (family income below ₹ 8 lakh).(2) Kali Bai Bhil Medhavi Chhatra Scooty Yojana
* **Eligibility**: Meritorious girl students passing Class 12 from RBSE (min 65%) or CBSE (min 75%) from SC, ST, OBC, EWS, and Minority categories enrolled in regular higher education.(3) Devnarayan Scooty & Incentive Scheme
* **Target Group**: Meritorious girl students belonging to Most Backward Classes (MBC - Gurjar, Raika-Rebari, Gadariya, Banjara, Gadolia Lohar) pursuing college degrees.(4) Mukhyamantri Bal Gopal Yojana & Uniform Scheme
* **Bal Gopal Yojana**: Nutritious warm milk distribution on all academic days for Classes 1 to 8 in government schools (150 ml for Classes 1-5; 200 ml for Classes 6-8). * **Nishulk Uniform Yojana**: 2 sets of school uniform fabrics distributed free, alongside ₹ 200 tailoring charge credited directly to bank accounts.6. Farmers, Pastoralists & Rural Livelihoods
(1) Mukhyamantri Kisan Mitra Urja Yojana
* **Launch**: July 2021 (effective from electricity bills of May 2021). * **Benefit**: ₹ 1,000 per month (maximum ₹ 12,000 per annum) direct subsidy on metered agricultural electricity tariffs, reducing utility bills for small cultivators to zero.(2) Mukhyamantri Dugdh Utpadak Sambal Yojana
* **Subsidy Rate**: Revised to ₹ 5 per litre direct benefit transfer for livestock keepers pouring milk at dairy cooperative societies affiliated with RCDF (enhanced from erstwhile ₹ 2/litre).(3) Mukhyamantri Kamdhenu Pashu Bima Yojana
* **Scope**: Free livestock insurance covering up to 2 milch animals (cows or buffaloes) per household up to ₹ 40,000 per animal against disease or accidental mortality.(4) Mukhyamantri Beej Swavlamban Yojana
* **Mandate**: Decentralized production and multiplication of high-quality certified seeds by farmers within their own holdings across all 10 agro-climatic zones.7. Laborers & Urban Employment Schemes
(1) Indira Gandhi Shehri Rozgar Guarantee Yojana (IRGY)
* **Inception**: 9 September 2022. * **Right**: Guaranteed 125 days of urban manual/skilled wage employment for adult members (aged 18-60) of urban households across all ULBs in Rajasthan, verified via Jan Aadhaar cards.(2) Mukhyamantri Yuva Sambal Yojana (Unemployment Allowance)
* **Eligibility**: Unemployed resident graduates with family annual income under ₹ 2 lakh. * **Stipend**: ₹ 4,000 per month for male applicants; ₹ 4,500 per month for female, transgender, and PwD applicants for up to 2 years. * **Mandatory Norm**: 4 hours of daily internship in assigned government offices.8. Special Vulnerable Groups & Equity Schemes
(1) Dr. Savita Ben Ambedkar Inter-Caste Marriage Assistance Scheme
* **Enhanced Grant**: Raised from ₹ 5 lakh to ₹ 10 lakh to incentivize inter-caste marriages between upper-caste Hindus and Scheduled Castes (SC). * **Disbursement**: ₹ 5 lakh invested in an 8-year joint fixed deposit, and ₹ 5 lakh transferred directly into a joint savings account for household setup.(2) Mukhyamantri Corona Sahayata Yojana
* **Coverage**: Children orphaned and women widowed during the Covid-19 pandemic. * **Benefits**: ₹ 1 lakh immediate relief, ₹ 2,500 monthly stipend till age 18, ₹ 5 lakh lump-sum upon reaching age 18, and free residential education for orphans. Widows receive ₹ 1 lakh immediate relief and ₹ 1,500 monthly pension for life.9. Comparative Classification: State Schemes vs Centrally Sponsored Schemes
| Scheme Name | Category | Funding Ratio (Centre : State) | Nodal Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| MNDY / MNJY | State Scheme | 100% State Government | Medical & Health |
| Mukhyamantri Anuprati Coaching | State Scheme | 100% State Government | Social Justice & Empowerment |
| Palanhar Yojana | State Scheme | 100% State Government | Social Justice & Empowerment |
| Indira Gandhi Matritva Poshan | State Scheme | 100% State Government | Women & Child Development |
| Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) | Centrally Sponsored | 50 : 50 | PHED |
| Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) | Centrally Sponsored | 60 : 40 | Rural Development |
| Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen-2) | Centrally Sponsored | 60 : 40 | Panchayati Raj |
| National Social Assistance (IGNOAPS) | Centrally Sponsored | Fixed Central share, balance State | Social Justice & Empowerment |