Chhattisgarh Unemployment Allowance Scheme (Berojgari Bhatta)

What is the Chhattisgarh Unemployment Allowance Scheme?

Chhattisgarh Unemployment Allowance Scheme, known across the state as Berojgari Bhatta, pays a monthly cash allowance to educated young people who are registered as unemployed with a district employment exchange. The scheme came into force on 1 April 2023 with a first-year budget provision of Rs 550 crore, and it is administered by the Directorate of Employment and Training under the Skill Development, Technical Education and Employment Department.

According to the state employment portal, the allowance is Rs 2,500 per month; Rs 30,000 over a full year: paid straight into the beneficiary's Aadhaar-seeded bank account. The purpose is narrow and practical: to cover the cost of continuing a job search, travelling to interviews and paying examination fees, during the gap between finishing education and finding work.

Key features

• Rs 2,500 a month, paid by Direct Benefit Transfer.
• Open to youth aged 18 to 35 who have passed class 12.
• Requires two years of live registration with a Chhattisgarh district employment exchange.
• Family income ceiling of Rs 2,50,000 a year.
• One beneficiary per family.
• Online applications only, at berojgaribhatta.cg.nic.in.

Who is eligible for the Chhattisgarh unemployment allowance?

All the conditions below are assessed as on 1 April of the year in which you claim.

You can apply if:

• You are a native resident of Chhattisgarh.
• You are between 18 and 35 years of age as on 1 April of the claim year.
• You have passed class 12 (Higher Secondary) from a recognised board. Higher qualifications do not disqualify you.
• You have been registered with a district employment exchange in Chhattisgarh for at least two years as on 1 April of the claim year, and the registration is live.
• You have no personal source of income.
• Your total annual family income is not more than Rs 2,50,000.
• No other member of your family is already drawing this allowance.

You are not eligible if:

• Any member of your family holds a government job or a regular job in the private sector. Class IV and Group D employees are exempt from this exclusion.
• You have refused a job offered to you through the employment exchange or under a government placement drive.
• Your family includes a present or former Member of Parliament, MLA, mayor, municipal council president or district panchayat president.
• Any family member draws a monthly pension of Rs 10,000 or more.
• Any family member paid income tax in the previous assessment year.
• Your family includes a registered professional: doctor, engineer, lawyer, chartered accountant or architect practising under a professional body.
• You are self-employed with an income source, or are already receiving a stipend under another scheme for the same period.

"Family" for this scheme means the applicant, their parents, spouse and unmarried siblings living in the same household as recorded on the ration card.

What documents are required?

Scan each document clearly before you start. The portal rejects blurred uploads, and a rejected upload sends the whole application back for correction.

How to apply for the Chhattisgarh unemployment allowance

Chhattisgarh accepts only online applications. No physical form is received at the employment exchange or the collectorate.

1. Renew your employment exchange registration first. Open erojgar.cg.gov.in, log in with your registration number, and confirm that your registration is live and at least two years old. A lapsed registration is the commonest reason an otherwise eligible applicant is rejected.
2. Get your certificates ready. Apply at your tehsil office or through the e-District portal for a residence certificate and an income certificate if you do not hold current ones. Both take time, so start here.
3. Open berojgaribhatta.cg.nic.in and select the new applicant registration option.
4. Register with your mobile number and Aadhaar, and verify the OTP sent to your mobile.
5. Fill the application form, personal details, class 12 details, employment exchange registration number, family income, and your bank account number and IFSC code. Enter the account number twice and check it character by character.
6. Upload the scanned documents in the formats and size limits the portal specifies, then submit.
7. Save the application number shown on the acknowledgement screen and download the acknowledgement PDF.
8. Attend document verification. The district employment office calls shortlisted applicants to verify originals. Carry every original document and one photocopy set. Failing to appear on the assigned date ends the claim.

After verification the district office approves the case and the allowance begins from the month notified in the sanction.

How to check your application and payment status

1. Log in at berojgaribhatta.cg.nic.in with your registered mobile number and application number.
2. Open the application status option to see the current stage, submitted, under verification, verified, approved or rejected.
3. Where the status shows a rejection, read the reason recorded and use the correction option if the portal allows resubmission for that reason.
4. Check the bank passbook or your bank's SMS alerts for the monthly credit. Payment is by DBT, so nothing arrives in cash or by cheque.

Common rejection reasons and how to fix them

• Employment exchange registration less than two years old, or lapsed. Renew it on erojgar.cg.gov.in and reapply in a year when you cross two years.
• Age above 35 as on 1 April. There is no relaxation; this cannot be fixed.
• Family income certificate showing more than Rs 2,50,000. Only a corrected certificate from the tehsildar helps, and only if the original figure was wrong.
• Bank account not in the applicant's own name, or not Aadhaar-seeded. Get seeding done at your branch and update the account details on the portal.
• Name mismatch between the class 12 marksheet, Aadhaar card and bank account. Correct the Aadhaar record first, since it is the reference.
• Absence from document verification. Contact the district employment office immediately; some districts allow a second date within the same cycle.
• Another family member already drawing the allowance. Only one claim per family is permitted.

What happens after the allowance starts

The allowance is not open-ended. Chhattisgarh links it to placement and skill training: beneficiaries are referred to skill training and placement drives run through the district Livelihood Colleges and the Chhattisgarh State Skill Development Authority. Refusing a suitable job offered through the employment exchange ends the allowance, and taking up a job also ends it, the beneficiary is expected to report the employment.

Districts also re-verify beneficiaries periodically. A beneficiary whose family circumstances change — a family member takes a government job, or income crosses the Rs 2,50,000 line: is required to report the change. Allowance drawn after becoming ineligible is recoverable.

Help and grievance redressal

• District Employment and Self-Employment Guidance Centre (Jila Rojgar evam Swarojgar Margdarshan Kendra). The first stop for status, verification dates and rejection queries. Every district has one.
• berojgaribhatta.cg.nic.in; carries the grievance and contact section for the scheme, including district-wise nodal contacts.
• erojgar.cg.gov.in, for employment exchange registration and renewal problems, which cause most rejections.
• District Collector's grievance cell, where the employment office does not resolve a case.

Applying is free. The portal charges nothing, and no agent, cyber cafe or middleman can secure approval: approval depends only on the eligibility conditions and document verification. Never share your portal OTP with anyone.