Assam disburses ₹3,600 crore to women under Urunodoi scheme 

Assam's Urunodoi scheme disburses ₹3,600 crore to 40 lakh women, including a Bihu bonus, aiding poverty alleviation efforts.

Gueahati

About 40 lakh women received ₹9,000 each under a beneficiary scheme in poll-bound Assam on Tuesday (March 10, 2026). The total cash disbursed—₹3,600 crore—marked the biggest ever single-day direct benefit transfer (DBT) in the State.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the payment under the flagship Orunodoi scheme for families below the poverty line included a Bihu bonus of ₹4,000. Bohag Bihu, also called Rongali Bihu, is celebrated for a month from mid-April.

The remaining ₹5,000 comprised four monthly instalments from January to April. Under the scheme launched in 2020, each beneficiary receives ₹1,250 per month. Mr. Sarma insisted that the additional payment was not an election freebie.

“Through #Orunodoi, one of India’s first beneficiary transfer schemes, we have been assisting eligible families with monthly financial assistance since 2020, and it continues,” he posted on X.

He said the scheme, along with other welfare programmes, had helped pull lakhs of people in Assam out of poverty and provided them with a comprehensive security net.