Punjab Government Schemes

Rs 2,500 a year up to class 10 and Rs 3,000 a year from class 11 onwards

Rs 61,000 paid out in stages from birth to age 18, funded by a Rs 20,000 state deposit with LIC

Rs 1,500 per month for a dependent child below the age of 21

Rs 1,500 per month paid through the bank to persons with disability who cannot earn a livelihood

Rs 8,000 per month for rehabilitation of a woman disabled by an acid attack

Rs 300 per month central disability pension, Rs 500 per month from age 80

Central assistance of Rs 200 per month at ages 60-79 and Rs 500 per month at 80 and above, delivered by the Punjab social security department

One free bicycle for a girl student in classes 9 to 12 in a Punjab government school

Monthly direct cash assistance to adult women in Punjab, paid into an Aadhaar-linked bank account

One-time lump sum of Rs 20,000 to a BPL family on the death of its primary breadwinner

Rs 1,500 per month paid into the beneficiary's bank account

Rs 200 a month for classes 1 to 8 and Rs 300 a month from class 9 onwards

A photo identity card issued by the Punjab Social Security department that proves you are 60 or above, used to claim age-based concessions, pension linkage and priority service at government counters

Free shelter, food, medical care and vocational training for women rescued under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956

Official recognition of widow or destitute status by the Punjab Social Security Department, carrying financial assistance of Rs 1,500 per month for women who meet the income test

Rs 1,500 per month paid to widowed and destitute women in Punjab

Cashless hospitalisation cover of up to Rs 10 lakh per family per year at empanelled government and private hospitals in Punjab

Registration of a private home as a tourist B&B or homestay unit, with state tourism marketing support and use of the Punjab Tourism logo

Fully paid pilgrimage — AC bus or train travel, lodging and meals, at no cost to the pilgrim

Free treatment up to Rs 50,000 per family per year plus Rs 5 lakh insurance on accidental death or 100% disability

Rs 800 for spectacles, Rs 5,000 for a denture and Rs 6,000 for a hearing aid, once per person

Rs 3 lakh to Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia on death or disability of a registered construction worker

Up to Rs 50,000 for any type of general surgery, once per financial year

Rs 2,000 leave travel concession, available once every two years to a registered construction worker

Free mobile-lab screening for silicosis, plus reimbursement of up to Rs 1.5 lakh for silicosis treatment

Reimbursement up to Rs 1 lakh for treatment of 16 notified occupational and serious diseases

Rs 31,000 marriage assistance per daughter, for up to two daughters of a registered construction worker

Rs 1.50 lakh or Rs 5 lakh grant to the allotting department, or 6.5% interest subsidy on a Rs 6 lakh loan for 20 years

Annual stipend from Rs 3,000 to Rs 70,000 depending on the class or course, with higher rates for girls and for hostellers

Free primary healthcare at urban health kiosks in slum areas for construction workers and their families

A Punjab BOCW Welfare Board beneficiary registration and identity card, which is the precondition for every welfare benefit the Board pays to registered construction workers

Rs 21,000 per delivery for registered women construction workers, Rs 5,000 for a registered male worker's wife

Rs 2,000 per month pension after age 60 with 3 years of Board membership, and Rs 1,000 per month family pension

A registration certificate under the Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act 1958, issued free of charge, that serves as the state's proof of a legally operating shop, office or commercial establishment

An official birth certificate from the Punjab register of births, accepted as proof of date and place of birth by schools, passport offices and every Punjab government department

Rs 2,000 seed money per selected student, plus mentoring on the business idea

Fee concession of 70 to 100 per cent of the university fee, based on marks in the qualifying examination

A digitally signed Punjab SC, BC or OBC certificate collectable from any Sewa Kendra and accepted for reservation in Punjab government education, jobs and welfare schemes

Monthly scholarship for 10 months in a year plus an annual ad hoc grant for day scholars, with extra allowances for students with disabilities

One-time shagun grant of Rs 51,000 at the time of a daughter's marriage

Reimbursement of compulsory non-refundable fees plus a monthly maintenance allowance, book allowance, study tour and thesis charges for the full duration of the course

Monthly scholarship for 10 months in the year plus an annual books and ad hoc grant, for SC students in classes IX and X

A police-verified character certificate from Punjab Police, issued through SAANJH and verifiable by QR code, accepted for jobs, visas, licences and admissions

100 per cent free travel for Punjab-resident women on government-owned ordinary buses

50 per cent subsidy for individual farmers and 80 per cent for custom hiring centres on crop-residue management machinery

One-time write-off of crop loan outstanding up to Rs 2 lakh per eligible small or marginal farmer

The official Punjab record of a death, needed to close bank accounts, claim insurance and family pension, transfer land or a vehicle and obtain a legal heir or succession certificate

An official Punjab residence certificate accepted for state-quota admissions, Punjab government recruitment and welfare scheme eligibility

A record of every deed registered against a Punjab property in the period searched, assembled from the registered deed search, the jamabandi and fard records, and certified copies from the Sub-Registrar

An Income and Asset Certificate certifying EWS status, used to claim the 10 per cent EWS reservation in central and Punjab government recruitment and college admissions

An official certificate of annual family income issued by the Punjab Revenue Department and accepted by state departments, colleges and scholarship schemes

A free real-time view of the Jamabandi, mutation and roznamcha entries for any Punjab khewat or khasra number, with a certified Fard available from the Fard Kendra for legal use

Legal recognition of the heirs of a deceased Punjab resident, either as an inheritance mutation entered in the revenue record or as a civil court succession certificate authorising collection of debts and securities

An official Punjab marriage certificate signed by the Tehsildar as Registrar, accepted for passports, visas, immigration, bank and insurance nominations and property claims

An official Backward Class certificate with the Non-Creamy-Layer endorsement, recognised by Punjab government departments, state counselling authorities and central recruitment boards

A jamabandi entry in Punjab that stands in your own name, so the fard issued for your khewat shows you as the owner after a sale, inheritance or partition

A registered sale deed carrying the Sub-Registrar's endorsement and vasika number, which is the legal proof of transfer of immovable property in Punjab and the trigger for mutation in the jamabandi

Free accommodation with a cash dole of Rs 2,000 per month per beneficiary, plus clothes, utilities and medical assistance

Free vocational training in tailoring, embroidery and allied trades, with wages paid for the work done

Solar street lights installed in villages and public places at a subsidised cost, with a five-year warranty and AMC

An official Punjab Smart Ration Card entitling the household to subsidised wheat at a Fair Price Shop under the National Food Security Act, 2013

A municipal trade licence permitting a named person to run a specified trade at a specified premises inside a Punjab urban local body's limits