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Orunodoi 3.0 Scheme: Key Points for ADRE Notes

Orunodoi 3.0 Scheme: Key Points

Orunodoi 3.0 Scheme: Key Points for ADRE Notes

Please note: The information below is based on the provided text for your ADRE preparation. It's crucial to refer to official government sources for the most accurate and up-to-date details.

1. Scheme Overview

  • Name: Orunodoi 3.0 (latest version of Assam's flagship financial assistance program).
  • Launch Date: September 19, 2024.
  • First Introduced: The original Orunodoi scheme was launched on October 2, 2020.
  • Objective: To financially empower women from economically weaker sections, reduce poverty, and improve the health and nutrition of families.
  • Implementing Body: Government of Assam (Finance Department).

2. Financial Assistance

  • Monthly Aid: ₹1,250 per month (increased from previous ₹830).
  • Payment Method: Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to bank accounts, ensuring transparency and efficiency.
  • Purpose of Funds: To help beneficiaries meet daily expenses like food, medicines, and household needs, promoting social and economic independence.
  • Annual Budget (Orunodoi scheme overall): Approximately ₹5,604 crore annually (roughly ₹467 crore monthly for Orunodoi 3.0).

3. Beneficiaries

  • Target Group: Women from low-income households.
  • Coverage (Orunodoi 3.0): Aims to empower 37 lakh women (up from 17 lakh in earlier versions, adding 20 lakh new beneficiaries in 2025).
  • Priority Groups:
    • Widows, divorced women, and unmarried women (especially those over 45 years).
    • Families with disabled members.
    • Transgender individuals.
    • Old/Infirm women, including those in government-registered old age homes.
    • Female-headed households where caring members are either disabled or aged (more than 60 years of age).
    • Women in households where any member suffers from HIV/Thalassemia/Haemophilia/Cerebral Palsy/Leprosy/Autism Spectrum Disorder.
    • Households without shelter.
    • Destitute women living on alms.
    • Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) women beneficiaries.

4. Eligibility Criteria

  • Residency: Applicants must be permanent residents of Assam.
  • Age: Only women aged 16–59 years are generally eligible.
  • Family Income: The family's annual income must be below ₹2 lakh.
  • Economically Weaker Sections: Applicants must belong to economically weaker sections.
  • Ration Card: Beneficiaries necessarily need to have both Aadhaar and ration cards (valid ration cards can serve as primary income proof, potentially eliminating mandatory income certificates).

5. Exclusions (Who is Ineligible)

  • Families with government employees (regular/contractual), retirees, or pensioners (including Anganwadi workers, Mid-day meal workers, ASHA workers, Gaon Pradhan).
  • Taxpayers (those who pay income tax - including doctors, engineers, architects, CAs, bank officials, lawyers, university/college/school teachers, government contractors, suppliers, real estate builders, industrialists, trade license holders).
  • Families owning motorized four-wheeler vehicles.
  • Families owning more than 15 bighas of agricultural land or/and 1 bigha or more residential land in rural areas.
  • Households owning 1.5 kathas or more land in Kamrup (Metro) or 3 kathas or more in any other area; or any industrial or commercial land anywhere.
  • MPs, MLAs, CFMs, FMs, and Ex-MPs, Ex-MLAs, Ex-CFMs, Ex-FMs.
  • Current Members of Panchayati Raj Institutions, Urban Local Bodies, and Autonomous Councils/VCDCs.
  • Beneficiaries under Orunodoi Plus scheme or any similar scheme receiving the same or more cash benefit from the state.

6. Additional Benefits/Key Features

  • Increased Aid: Monthly amount increased to ₹1,250 to address rising costs.
  • Transparency: Funds are sent directly to bank accounts via DBT, reducing corruption risks.
  • Women-centric: Only women qualify, recognizing their role as primary caregivers.
  • Social Security Net: Beneficiaries get coverage under schemes like Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY).
  • Integration with NFSA: Together with ration cards (NFSA), Orunodoi 3.0 aims to form a comprehensive social security net covering nutritional, financial, medical, and ancillary needs.
  • Selection Process: Preliminary selection is done at the level of Gaon Panchayat (GP)/Village Council Development Committee (VCDC)/Urban Local Body (ULB). A district-level monitoring committee (DLMC) will be constituted to select beneficiaries.

7. Documents Required

  • Aadhaar card
  • Ration card
  • Income certificate
  • Residence proof
  • Bank details (account details)