Indian Society Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 7)

Satheesan said no decision had been made on the scheme’s future; payments have been stalled since the change of government.

The new government roughly halved the scheme’s budget, from Rs 3,720 crore down to Rs 1,770 crore.

The Congress-led UDF defeated Vijayan’s LDF in Kerala’s 2026 election, ending the LDF’s decade in power.

Outgoing CM Pinarayi Vijayan launched Sthree Suraksha on 11 February 2026, weeks before Kerala’s state election.

Sawant fixed a firm monthly payment date — funds credited by the 10th of every month — alongside the Dayanand Social Security Scheme (DSSS).

CM Sawant distributed 11,500 new sanction orders that day, taking the scheme’s total beneficiaries past 1.5 lakh.

The scheme launched in 2020 under Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who has led Goa since March 2019.

Most state schemes gate eligibility by age or marital status. Griha Aadhar gates it by employment status — only homemakers not in paid work qualify.

Registration opened on 15 April 2026 in a pilot phase covering nine assembly constituencies, not statewide.

Unlike most flat-rate state schemes, this one pays Scheduled Caste women Rs 1,500 a month versus Rs 1,000 for general-category women.

The first payment went out on 1 July 2026, backdated to cover April, May, and June — Rs 3,000 total for general-category women.

The scheme formally launched at Adampur on 14 April 2026, timed to coincide with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s birth anniversary.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann announced the scheme on 8 March 2026, as part of the state’s 2026-27 budget speech.

Haryana switched from monthly to quarterly payments of Rs 6,300, after releasing two monthly instalments.

Haryana made its first payment under the scheme on 1 November 2025, reaching 5.22 lakh women.

Exit polls had predicted a Congress win, but the BJP won a third straight term, taking 48 of 90 seats.

AAP promised Rs 2,100 a month but never notified the scheme; BJP’s rival Rs 2,500 scheme was formally approved, but also took over a year to near actual payment.

About 16 months passed between the Cabinet’s March 2025 approval and the July 2026 rename, with no payments made in between.

Delhi’s government renamed the scheme to Delhi Lakshmi Yojana on 14 July 2026, still before any payment had gone out.

Delhi’s Cabinet approved Rs 2,500 a month. (Rs 2,100 a month was instead the outgoing AAP government’s unfulfilled promise.)

The BJP won Delhi’s election on 8 February 2025, with 48 of 70 seats, ending 27 years out of power in the capital.

The scheme projects reaching about 2.42 lakh women statewide, at an annual cost near Rs 800 crore, once fully rolled out.

Kinnaur women must be aged 21 or above, with annual family income under Rs 2 lakh, to qualify.

The CM released three months’ worth of payment, Rs 4,500, to 1,926 eligible women in Pangi valley, over a year after the scheme’s original launch.