Chief Minister's Jibon Prerana Scheme

What is the Chief Minister's Jibon Prerana Scheme?

Chief Minister's Jibon Prerana Scheme is a youth support programme of the Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship Department, Government of Assam. The Government of Assam launched it on 3 November 2025 at Lok Sewa Bhawan, Dispur, with Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma as chief guest. The scheme was announced in the state budget for 2025-26.

"Jibon Prerana" translates from Assamese as "life inspiration", and that name is how most applicants search for the scheme. The problem it targets is a specific and familiar one: the gap between the day a student graduates and the day they find work. In that gap a graduate has no income, but continues to spend on competitive examination fees, coaching, travel to interviews, internet and application costs. Families in rural Assam often cannot fund that period, and graduates take low-quality work simply to survive rather than preparing properly for the job they trained for.

Jibon Prerana puts a modest, predictable monthly amount into the graduate's own bank account for one year to cover exactly that period.

Benefit structure

• Rs 2,500 per month for 12 months to eligible fresh graduates, a total of Rs 30,000.
• Rs 25,000 one-time grant for research scholars.
• Up to Rs 40,000 one-time assistance for Divyang candidates, as per category rules.
• Paid by Direct Benefit Transfer into the beneficiary's own bank account.

Stated objectives, per the Department of Information and Public Relations, Assam:

• Support young graduates during the job search.
• Encourage preparation for competitive examinations.
• Promote self-employment and entrepreneurship among fresh graduates.
• Encourage research and higher academic work in Assam.

Who is eligible for the Jibon Prerana Scheme?

You can be considered if:

• You are a fresh graduate of the 2025 pass-out batch from a government or provincialised (public) institution in Assam.
• You are a resident of Assam and can produce a Permanent Residence Certificate or equivalent domicile proof.
• You are unemployed at the time of application and not drawing a salary.
• You hold a bank account in your own name, Aadhaar-seeded and active.
• Alternatively, you are a research scholar enrolled in a state or central government university, in which case the one-time grant of Rs 25,000 route applies.
• Divyang candidates with a valid disability certificate may claim the enhanced one-time assistance of up to Rs 40,000.

You are not eligible if:

• You already hold a job or draw a regular salary. Employment at the time of application disqualifies you.
• You passed out in a year other than 2025 for the first cycle. The batch year is the sharpest filter in the scheme.
• You graduated from an institution that is not a government or provincialised institution of Assam.
• You are not an Assam resident.
• You are already drawing another government stipend or fellowship for the same period, where the notification bars it.

Because the batch-year condition is central, the scheme is best understood as a rolling, cohort-based benefit rather than a permanently open entitlement. Each cycle is defined by the pass-out year the state government notifies.

What documents are required for Jibon Prerana?

Scan every document before you start the form. The DIDS portal has upload size limits, and applicants who begin without scanned files usually time out mid-application and have to restart.

How to apply for the Jibon Prerana Scheme online

1. Open the DIDS portal at dids.assam.gov.in, the Government of Assam's Digital Infrastructure for DBT Schemes platform, and find the Chief Minister's Jibon Prerana Scheme link.
2. Register an account using your mobile number and email address, and verify with the OTP sent to your phone.
3. Log in with your credentials to open the Jibon Prerana application form.
4. Fill in your personal details; name exactly as on Aadhaar, date of birth, category, address and residence details.
5. Fill in your educational details. The degree obtained, name of the institution, university, roll number and the 2025 pass-out year.
6. Enter your bank account details; account number, IFSC and branch. The account must be in your own name and Aadhaar-seeded, or the transfer will fail.
7. Upload the scanned documents in the prescribed format and size: certificate, marksheets, Aadhaar, passbook, residence proof, photograph and signature.
8. Review every field, then submit the form and download the acknowledgement with your application number. Keep it, the number is required for every later status check and grievance.

There is no offline route. Applicants without personal internet access should use a Common Service Centre or a college computer laboratory, but should fill the form themselves so that bank details are entered correctly.

How to check your Jibon Prerana application status

1. Log back into dids.assam.gov.in with the mobile number and password used at registration.
2. Open the application status or dashboard section and enter your application number.
3. Check whether the application shows as submitted, under verification, approved or rejected, and read any remark recorded against it.
4. Once approved, verify credits in your bank passbook or through SMS alerts. The monthly amount is released by DBT.
5. For discrepancies, contact the Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship Department, Government of Assam through skill.assam.gov.in.

Why Jibon Prerana applications get rejected

• Wrong pass-out year — the single biggest reason. The first cycle was restricted to 2025 pass-outs.
• Institution not government or provincialised, so the applicant falls outside the defined pool.
• Applicant already employed, which contradicts the unemployment declaration.
• Bank account not in the applicant's own name, or not Aadhaar-seeded, so DBT cannot be executed.
• Name mismatch between the degree certificate, Aadhaar and the bank account.
• Illegible or incorrect uploads, such as a marksheet photographed at an angle or an expired provisional certificate.
• Application submitted after the last date of 30 November 2025 for the first cycle.

Most rejections are documentation failures rather than eligibility failures. A graduate whose name is spelled differently on Aadhaar and the degree certificate should get one of the two corrected before the next cycle opens.

Key dates for Jibon Prerana

• 2025-26 state budget. The scheme is announced.
• 3 November 2025. The Chief Minister's Jibon Prerana Scheme is formally launched at Lok Sewa Bhawan, Dispur.
• 30 November 2025: last date for applications in the first cycle covering 2025 pass-outs.
• As of 2 August 2026; no fresh application window had been publicly announced. Graduates of later batches should watch dids.assam.gov.in and the Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship Department site for the next notification.

Where to get help

• DIDS portal at dids.assam.gov.in, the only official application route and the place where notifications are published.
• Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship Department, Government of Assam at skill.assam.gov.in, which carries a Contact Us page for departmental contacts.
• Your college or university placement and scholarship cell, which handles batch-level verification queries.
• District Employment Exchange under the Directorate of Employment and Craftsmen Training for general employment support.

Application on the DIDS portal is free. No agent can secure approval, and no government officer will ask for an OTP or a payment to process a Jibon Prerana application.