Assam’s Orunodoi scheme has gone through three versions since 2020, and the latest one, Orunodoi 3.0, pays more, covers more households, and picked up an extra component in 2026 that a lot of older write-ups haven’t caught up with yet. Here’s the picture as checked on 29.09.2026. Last updated: 29.09.2026.
Scheme details and amount
| Orunodoi 3.0 amount | Official record |
|---|---|
| Current version | Orunodoi 3.0, launched on 7 October 2025. |
| Monthly amount | Each family gets ₹1,250 a month. |
| LPG add-on 2026 | An extra ₹250 a month from January 2026 makes ₹1,500. |
| Coverage | About 38 to 40 lakh households by most reports, see the note below. |
| Payment day | Credited on the 10th of every month, per the Chief Minister's office. |
Note: The official figures do not agree with each other. The Chief Minister's scheme page, read on 29.09.2026, confirms ₹1,250 a month paid on the 10th. But it still says around 19 lakh women benefit and puts the yearly corpus at ₹2,625 crore. At ₹1,250 a month that corpus covers only about 17.5 lakh women. Covering 38 to 40 lakh households at the same rate would need about ₹5,700 to ₹6,000 crore a year. So either the coverage figure widely reported for 3.0 or that page's older numbers is out of date. The scheme's own portal and the Finance Department's 3.0 page did not load on 29.09.2026, so we could not settle it. The arithmetic is ours.
Growth of the scheme
Orunodoi 1.0 launched 2 October 2020 at ₹830/month for around 17 lakh households. Orunodoi 2.0 followed on 14 December 2022, raising it to ₹1,000/month. Orunodoi 3.0, launched 7 October 2025, brought it to ₹1,250/month and more than doubled coverage to 38-40 lakh households. The January 2026 LPG subsidy addition takes the effective monthly transfer to ₹1,500 for eligible households.
Separately, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a one-time ₹9,000 grant, credited on 10 March 2026. This was explicitly a one-off consolidated top-up, not a permanent revision of the ₹1,250 base rate, don’t confuse this with a new recurring amount.
Important Links
| Link | Details |
|---|---|
| orunodoi.assam.gov.in | Beneficiary list, status check. Did not load on 29.09.2026 |
| Chief Minister of Assam, schemes | Amount and payment day. Checked 29.09.2026 |
| Kalaignar Magalir Urimai, Rs 1,000 a month to eligible women in Tamil Nadu | Check the payment status |
| WB Laxmi Bhandar, monthly support for Bengal women, and where the status link moved | Check the status |
| Odisha Subhadra, Rs 10,000 a year to women, status and beneficiary list | Check status and list |
Since there’s no online application form, the fastest path is visiting your Gram Panchayat or Ward office directly with your ration card and bank-seeded Aadhaar already in hand. That alone avoids the most common reason applications stall.
Eligibility conditions
- Permanent resident of Assam.
- Woman applicant, generally no fixed age limit, though unmarried women applying under this scheme are commonly expected to be 45+.
- Household annual income below ₹2,00,000.
- Typically enrolled under NFSA (National Food Security Act) ration coverage.
Who is excluded
- Any government employee or income-tax payer in the family.
- Households already excluded from BPL ration card status.
- Anyone drawing another state pension above ₹1,000/month.
- Families owning 15+ bighas of land, a four-wheeler, a refrigerator, or a tractor.
Applying, offline only
Despite some claims of an online application process, Orunodoi runs on an offline-only application system:
- Collect the physical application form from your Gram Panchayat office (rural areas) or Urban Local Body/Ward office (urban areas).
- Fill in the form completely and attach the required documents.
- Submit at the same Panchayat/ULB office.
- Collect an acknowledgment slip, keep this, since there’s no online tracking beyond the beneficiary list lookup described below.
Documents required
- Valid ration card
- Aadhaar card of the applicant and relevant household members, must be bank-seeded before applying
- Active savings bank passbook in the beneficiary woman’s name
- Residence proof (ration card or voter ID)
- Optionally, a localized electricity bill or land possession certificate (Jamabandi/Patta) as alternate residence proof
Checking the beneficiary list
- Go to orunodoi.assam.gov.in.
- Select your district, block, and village/ward.
- Look up your name in the published beneficiary list.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I apply for Orunodoi online?
No — despite some third-party claims of an online process, the actual application route is offline, through your Gram Panchayat or Urban Local Body office.
Is the ₹9,000 payment a new permanent monthly amount?
No — it was a one-time top-up credited on 10 March 2026, separate from the regular ₹1,250/month (or ₹1,500 with the LPG add-on) recurring transfer.
What disqualifies a household?
Government employment, income-tax payer status in the family, owning 15+ bighas of land, a four-wheeler, a refrigerator, or a tractor, or drawing another state pension above ₹1,000/month.