Maharashtra Government Schemes
Maharashtra state government schemes — Ladki Bahin, Ramai Awas, Shravanbal pension, scholarships and welfare schemes, with eligibility, documents and how to apply.
111 schemes across 16 departments · updated 2026
Other Backward Bahujan Welfare Department
Monthly stipend of Rs 40 to Rs 100 for 10 months during ITI training
View guide →Rs 25,000 assistance per couple married in a collective ceremony, plus Rs 4,000 per couple to the organiser
View guide →Rs 15,000 a year at other Sainik Schools, or full boarding, lodging, clothing and fees at Satara, Pune and Nashik
View guide →Rs 700 per month for 10 months for 4 to 5 year courses; Rs 500 per month for shorter courses, for hostel residents
View guide →Rs 200 per year for Standard 5 to 7 and Rs 400 per year for Standard 8 to 10
View guide →Free residential education from class 5 to 12 for VJNT students, funded at Rs 1,450 per student per month
View guide →Free Class 11 and 12 education with residential lodging, boarding, uniforms, bedding and medical facilities for VJNT students; grant-in-aid to the voluntary agency
View guide →Full tuition and examination fees plus Rs 90 to Rs 425 monthly maintenance allowance
View guide →Rs 60 per month for 10 months (Rs 600 a year) per eligible girl student
View guide →Rs 100 per month for 10 months, that is Rs 1,000 in an academic year
View guide →Self-employment term loan at 5 per cent a year with no own contribution from the woman borrower
View guide →Fully paid driving or conductor training with free lodging, boarding and licence fees
View guide →Full reimbursement of tuition, examination, library, laboratory and playground fees, paid directly to the school
View guide →100 percent reimbursement of tuition fees, examination fees and other compulsory admissible fees
View guide →Rs 1,00,000 for a state first rank and Rs 51,000 for a divisional board first rank, with a trophy and certificate
View guide →Full training fee of Rs 400 to Rs 2,400 paid to the ITI, plus a Rs 1,000 tool kit after completion
View guide →Rs 1,20,000 house-construction grant plus MGNREGA wages and toilet grant, total about Rs 1,58,730
View guide →Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Co-operation Department
Full plantation cost subsidy for 16 perennial fruit crops, paid over three years in a 50-30-20 split
View guide →30 per cent capital subsidy on plant, machinery and technical civil work for a new or upgraded food processing unit
View guide →Farm pond subsidy of Rs 14,433 to Rs 75,000 based on pond size
View guide →Rs 2 lakh on accidental death and Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh on permanent disability
View guide →A 10+1 goat or sheep unit with 50 to 75 per cent government subsidy
View guide →A group of 25 female and 3 male birds at 50 per cent subsidy under the district annual plan
View guide →Up to Rs 4 lakh for construction of a new irrigation well on the farmer's own land, funded fully under MGNREGS
View guide →Combined central and state subsidy of up to 80 per cent on drip and sprinkler irrigation sets for up to 5 hectares
View guide →Rs 6,000 per year in three instalments of Rs 2,000, on top of PM-KISAN
View guide →Subsidy on drip and sprinkler sets, farm ponds, shade nets, horticulture and allied livelihood assets in project villages
View guide →Panchayat and Rural Development Department
The permanent state record of a birth, accepted as proof of date of birth and place of birth for school admission, passport, Aadhaar, driving licence and every later government record
View guide →The official state record of a death, required to close bank accounts, claim insurance and pension, mutate land records and obtain a legal heir or succession certificate
View guide →A legally admissible state certificate of marriage used for passport, visa, name change, bank and insurance nomination, pension and succession claims anywhere in India
View guide →Revenue Department
An official caste certificate naming your SC, ST, VJNT, NT, OBC or SBC category, recognised by Maharashtra government departments, boards and universities
View guide →An official proof of permanent residence in Maharashtra, valid for life and accepted by Maharashtra government departments, universities and recruitment boards
View guide →An Income and Asset Certificate in the Annexure-I format that proves you qualify for the 10% EWS reservation in central and Maharashtra government jobs and college admissions
View guide →An official Revenue Department certificate stating your family's annual income, accepted by Maharashtra government departments, colleges and scholarship portals
View guide →An official Revenue Department record of who holds a plot of land in Maharashtra, its area, crop entries and registered mutations — free to view on MAHA Bhulekh and available as a digitally signed copy usable for legal purposes
View guide →An official Maharashtra Revenue Department record of every surviving member of a deceased person's family, accepted for pension, provident fund, gratuity, insurance claims and revenue mutation
View guide →An official Non Creamy Layer certificate confirming that an OBC, VJNT, NT or SBC family falls below the notified income ceiling, accepted for reserved seats and reserved posts in Maharashtra
View guide →An updated 7/12 extract and mutation register entry showing you as the recorded holder of the land in Maharashtra revenue records
View guide →The document bundle Maharashtra accepts as proof of widow or destitute status — death certificate, marriage certificate, residence proof and a Tahsildar income certificate — which unlocks the Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Anudan Yojana pension of Rs 1,500 a month
View guide →Home Department
Industries and Mines Department
Labour, Skill Development and Employment Department
One-year and two-year ITI trade training in 85 trades leading to a National Trade Certificate, with a Rs 500 monthly stipend for eligible government ITI trainees
View guide →Rs 20,000 per academic year for a registered worker's child in a degree course
View guide →Rs 20,000 per year for a government-recognised diploma, Rs 25,000 per year for a post-graduate diploma
View guide →Rs 1,00,000 for a medical degree and Rs 60,000 for an engineering degree
View guide →Rs 10,000 per year for a registered construction worker's child studying in class 10 to class 12
View guide →Rs 10,000 per academic year for a registered worker's child in Class 11 or Class 12
View guide →Rs 2,500 a year for Class 1-7 and Rs 5,000 a year for Class 8-10
View guide →Rs 2,00,000 lump sum to the legal heir on the natural death of a registered construction worker
View guide →Rs 15,000 for a natural delivery and Rs 20,000 for a caesarean delivery, for the first two live births
View guide →Rs 24,000 per year to the widow or widower for up to 5 years
View guide →One-time Rs 2,00,000 to a registered construction worker certified with 75% or permanent disability
View guide →One-time Rs 30,000 towards the registered worker's own first marriage
View guide →Rs 10,000 towards funeral expenses of a registered construction worker
View guide →A Maharashtra construction worker identity card that unlocks the MBOCWWB welfare schemes, including Rs 10,000 funeral assistance, Rs 2,00,000 on natural death and Rs 5,00,000 on death at the work site
View guide →Up to Rs 1,00,000 towards the cost of treating a critical illness
View guide →Monthly stipend of Rs 6,000, Rs 8,000 or Rs 10,000 for a 6-month work-training placement
View guide →Reimbursement of gross SGST paid on the first sale of eligible products within Maharashtra, capped by a location-based percentage of fixed capital investment
View guide →Full reimbursement of the MS-CIT course fee on passing the course
View guide →The state registration certificate — widely called the Gumasta licence — that proves a shop or establishment in Maharashtra is lawfully registered with the Labour Commissionerate, and which banks, payment gateways and landlords ask for as business proof
View guide →An official registration certificate that lets you legally run a shop or commercial establishment in Maharashtra and open a current account in the business name
View guide →Education Department
Hostel maintenance allowance of Rs 30,000 or Rs 20,000 a year for 10 months, paid by DBT
View guide →Full tuition fees, health insurance, annual subsistence allowance and one-time economy airfare
View guide →Inspector General of Registration and Controller of Stamps
Persons with Disabilities Welfare Department
100 per cent of the cost of the aid if monthly income is below Rs 1,500; 50 per cent if income is Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000
View guide →Project cost up to Rs 1,50,000 — 80 per cent bank loan plus 20 per cent government subsidy up to Rs 30,000
View guide →One-time grant of Rs 1,000 to buy a tool kit or equipment after completing vocational training
View guide →Free residential care, food, clothing, medical attention and special education in a state-supervised home
View guide →Marriage incentive grant of Rs 1.50 lakh or Rs 2.50 lakh, half of it locked in a five-year fixed deposit
View guide →Rs 1,000 cash and a certificate, plus up to Rs 100 travel reimbursement
View guide →Free special education for disabled children aged 6 to 18 and vocational training for adults aged 18 to 45, with free boarding, lodging and clothing in residential units
View guide →Free special education up to age 18, free vocational training after 18, plus free food, shelter, clothing and education in residential institutions
View guide →Tuition and exam fees paid in full, plus Rs 230 to Rs 1,200 monthly maintenance allowance
View guide →Monthly scholarship of Rs 100 to Rs 300 depending on class and category of disability
View guide →Rs 10,000 cash with citation and certificate for 12 best employees; Rs 25,000 with memento, citation and certificate for 2 best employers
View guide →Women and Child Development Department
Health and Family Welfare Department
Energy and Petrochemicals Department
Off-grid solar agricultural pump of 3 HP, 5 HP or 7.5 HP with 90 to 95 per cent government subsidy and a 5-year warranty
View guide →State subsidy of Rs 10,000 to Rs 17,500 per kW added to the central Rs 30,000, covering 80 to 95 per cent of a 1 kW rooftop solar system
View guide →Department of Registration and Stamps
Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department
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Social Justice and Empowerment Department
Rs 30,000 natural death cover, Rs 75,000 accident cover and a Rs 100 monthly scholarship for two children
View guide →Free food, shelter and first aid for destitute seniors in grant-aided old age homes, funded at Rs 1,500 per resident per month
View guide →One-time incentive of Rs 50,000 in the joint names of husband and wife
View guide →Rs 1,500 per month combined disability pension (Rs 300 central plus Rs 1,200 state)
View guide →Rs 1,500 per month combined central and state old age pension
View guide →Rs 1,500 per month combined central and state widow pension
View guide →Free farm land — 4 acres dry or 2 acres irrigated — on a 100 percent government grant
View guide →One state award each for an individual and an institution working for landless agricultural labourers
View guide →50% of a project up to Rs 50,000 as subsidy, capped at Rs 10,000, with the balance as a bank loan
View guide →Concessional education loan up to Rs 30 lakh in India and Rs 40 lakh abroad at 5.5 to 7 per cent interest
View guide →A free tin stall worth Rs 16,367 plus Rs 500 incidental charges, at 100% subsidy
View guide →20 per cent seed capital at 4 per cent interest plus up to Rs 10,000 subsidy on a bank-financed project
View guide →Fully state-funded skill training in leather and footwear trades for Charmakar community candidates
View guide →Government long-term loan of 50 per cent of project cost to Scheduled Caste co-operative spinning mills
View guide →Rs 50,000 project cost — Rs 10,000 subsidy plus Rs 40,000 loan at 5% per year
View guide →Self-employment project finance up to Rs 1,40,000 with a Rs 31,000 subsidy
View guide →Business finance up to Rs 1,40,000 at 5% interest, with a Rs 31,000 subsidy component
View guide →One-time lump sum of Rs 20,000 to the bereaved BPL family
View guide →90 per cent subsidy up to Rs 3.15 lakh on a mini tractor with rotavator or cultivator and trailer
View guide →A free tin stall worth Rs 16,367 plus Rs 500 erection charges, on 100 percent subsidy
View guide →Rs 300 per month for 10 months of the academic year, for two years of higher secondary study
View guide →Housing grant of up to Rs 1.32 lakh rural, Rs 1.42 lakh hilly or Naxal-affected, Rs 2.50 lakh urban
View guide →Rs 1,500 per month paid by DBT to destitute persons below 65 years
View guide →An official Maharashtra government certificate of age and residence used as senior citizen proof at hospitals, banks, transport counters and government offices, and for elderly welfare scheme eligibility
View guide →Rs 7.50 lakh with a certificate of honour and memento, to 12 organisations a year
View guide →Rs 1,500 per month old-age pension paid by DBT
View guide →Monthly stipend of Rs 100 during ITI training, split Rs 60 plus Rs 40 for hostel residents
View guide →Business loan of Rs 1,00,000 to Rs 5,00,000 with a Rs 10,000 subsidy and subsidised interest
View guide →Grant of Rs 4 lakh to Rs 10 lakh per Tanda or Basti for basic civic amenities
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