Orunodoi Scheme

The Scheme envisages poverty eradication and socio-economic inclusion of financially vulnerable families of the state through sustained financial assistance by DBT, leveraging cash transfer on a monthly basis, so that underprivileged families are assured of minimum monthly cash flow. The other objective is to minimize multiplicity of schemes and consolidate them through the DBT platform in aid of better delivery and outcomes. 

Benefits under Orunodio Scheme

Government of Assam will provide monthly financial assistance to the eligible beneficiaries for procuring medicines, pulses and sugar 

• Rs 400 per family per month is to be given to each beneficiary family for procuring medicines for taking care of their health needs

• Rs 200 per family per month to provide for 50% subsidy for the 4 Kgs of pulses a family consumes in a month 

• Rs 80 per month per family which will effectively subsidize 50% of the monthly expenditure they will spend on the 4 Kgs of sugar that they will purchase for the house every month. 

• Rs 150 per family per month would be provided for purchase of essential fruits and vegetables over and beyond what they grow in their homestead farms. 

• The medical and nutritional support will have a consolidated inflow of Rs 830 per month to a family.

Financial Assistance shall be provided to economically backward households of Assam through Direct Benefit Transfer. In the first phase, approximately 19 lakh households will be covered at the rate of 15000 households per Legislative Assembly constituency. Moreover, the LAC with more than 2 lakh voters, will have an additional target of 2000 households.

Eligibility Criteria for Orunodoi Scheme

The eligibility conditions for benefiting under Orunodio Scheme are:

• Applicants should be a permanent resident of Assam.

• Applicants should be presently resident in Assam.

• Composite Household Income of the Applicant should be less than Rs. 2 Lakh per annum.The beneficiary (nominated female member) should have a bank account wherein the name in the bank records should match the scheme records. In case, the beneficiary does not possess a bank account then a bank account would be required to be opened prior to the date of approval of the application.

• Priority should be given to those households which

• Has widows, divorced female / unmarried female / separated females and any specially-abled member of the HouseHold.

• Priority will be given to poorer families whether they are covered under NFSA or not

Ineligible Categories under Orunodio Scheme

The following households shall be automatically excluded from the scheme:

• Household without any female member. Former and current Members of Parliament (MPS), Member of Legislative

• Assembly (MLAs). Current Members of Panchayati Raj Institutions and Urban Local bodies.

• All regular serving or retired officers and employees of Central/ State Government Ministries / Offices / Departments and its field units Central or State PSEs and attached offices /Autonomous Institutions under Government as well as regular employees of the Local Bodies and PSUs. 

• All regular serving employees of Cooperatives Societies registered under the Assam Co-operative Societies Act 2007 and is partially / fully funded by the Govt. of Assam or Govt. of India or any of its Ministries / Departments / Offices.

• Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Chartered Accountants, Architects and Registered Govt. contractors.

• Income tax payers.

• Farmer families which own more than 15 Bighas of agricultural land.

• Household owning a tractor.

• Household owning four wheeler or mechanized boat. (Having two wheeler is not an exclusion criterion).

• Household owning a refrigerator or Washing machine or Air Conditioner

References

While crafting this guide, we have consulted reliable and authoritative sources, including official government directives, user manuals, and pertinent content sourced from government websites.

• Orunodoi Scheme- Assam State Portal

• Orunodoi Scheme Guidelines