Major Welfare Schemes of the Government of Rajasthan

Welfare questions in RPSC are almost never about intent and almost always about a number: a rate, an age bar, an income ceiling or a centre-state share. This chapter is organised around those four.

One scheme dominates the state's welfare spending. Mukhya Mantri Old Age Samman Pension Yojana reached 51.90 lakh people at a cost of ₹7,124.78 crore in 2025-26 up to December, which is more than the other five pensions combined.

Note the pattern before the tables. Almost every state pension pays ₹1,250 a month, and what separates the schemes is who qualifies: the age, the income ceiling and whether the beneficiary must be Below Poverty Line. Learn the eligibility, not the amount.

1. The 25 flagship programmes

In April 2025 the state designated 25 central and state schemes as flagship programmes and placed them under direct and continuous monitoring by the Chief Minister's Office.

The monitoring mechanism is as examinable as the list. Implementing departments file monthly progress and expenditure reports with the CMO by the 7th of every month. The Planning Department also tracks and reviews progress, from planning through to implementation, and district in-charge ministers and secretaries hold regular review meetings.

GovtSource for the designation, the count and the mechanism: News on AIR, 13 April 2025, Prasar Bharati, Government of India. Source for every scheme's own description and figures: the Economic Review 2025-26, read directly.

UnverifiedTwo things about this table are weaker than the rest of this page and are stated rather than hidden. The word "flagship" appears nowhere in the Economic Review 2025-26 or the Budget Speech 2026-27; both were searched in full and returned zero occurrences. The Planning Department order making the designation was not reached — the department's portal serves the same page for every route. The government source above confirms the count of 25, the April 2025 date, the CMO monitoring and one member of the list (Jal Jeevan Mission), but does not enumerate the rest. The 25 names and the department column follow the enumeration that circulates in compilations of this list, and the department column in particular is not reproduced from a state order.

What can be said with confidence is this. All 25 schemes were checked individually against the Economic Review 2025-26 and all 25 are described there, with page references, so every scheme on this list is real and is documented by the state in its current edition. What the Review does not do is call them flagship, and that gap is the honest limit of this table.

One trap before you memorise it

An older list of 33 flagship schemes circulates and is out of date. It belongs to the previous government's designation and was superseded by the 25-scheme list of April 2025. A question asking how many flagship programmes the state has is answerable as 25 on the current designation, and the 33 that still appears widely in notes is the earlier set.

2. The six social security pensions

GovtSource: Government of Rajasthan, Economic Review 2025-26 (Directorate of Economics and Statistics, published with Budget 2026-27), chapter 4, read directly. Silicosis pension requires certification by a Medical Board. All progress figures run to December 2025 and are nine-month figures.

GovtSource: Economic Review 2025-26, chapter 4, read directly. The state contributes the remainder in each case. The Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension was launched on 19 November 2007 and replaced the National Old Age Pension Scheme; the Disabled Pension began on 24 November 2009.

Four distinctions decide most questions on these six.

The old age bar differs by scheme and by sex. The central old age pension needs 60 and BPL status. The state's own old age pension needs only 55 for women and 58 for men, with an income test instead of a BPL test. The state scheme is therefore far wider, which is why it has 51.90 lakh beneficiaries against the central scheme's 8.32 lakh.

The income ceilings are two different numbers. ₹48,000 a year for the old age and single-woman pensions; ₹60,000 for the specially-abled pension.

The Centre pays ₹200 for old age but ₹300 for widow and disabled pensions, in each case for beneficiaries under 80, rising to ₹500 at 80 and above. The state pays the rest, which on a ₹1,250 pension is the large majority.

Two rates break the ₹1,250 pattern and both are asked. Leprosy-cured persons receive ₹2,500 and certified silicosis victims ₹1,500, under the specially-abled pension.

The scale of the whole block, as arithmetic. The six pensions together reached about 89.75 lakh beneficiaries at about ₹11,212 crore in nine months. That is a sum of the six rows above and not a published total, and it is given because no single figure in the Review conveys how large this commitment is.

3. The girl child and women's schemes

GovtSource: Economic Review 2025-26, chapter 4, read directly. Lado Protsahan requires the mother to be a Rajasthan native and the girl to be born in a government or approved private institution under Janani Suraksha Yojana. Marriage assistance covers BPL families of other categories, Antyodaya families, Aastha cardholders, economically weak widows, specially-abled persons, Palanhar beneficiaries and female sportspersons aged 18 and above. Napkin procurement is by the Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation and Rajeevika.

The seventh instalment is the design feature to remember. Six instalments go to the parent or guardian and the seventh to the girl herself, which is what makes Lado Protsahan a scheme about the girl rather than about the household.

The five aspirational districts are a recall list, and they are the same five the Scheme for Adolescent Girls uses: Baran, Karauli, Jaisalmer, Dholpur and Sirohi.

The 181 Women Helpline operates 24x7 and provided referral services in 4,098 cases in 2025-26 up to December. Under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013, an employer with 10 or more employees must constitute an Internal Committee, and each district must have a Local Committee.

4. Children

GovtSource: Economic Review 2025-26, chapter 4, read directly. 6.09 lakh children benefited at ₹760 crore in 2025-26 up to December. The scheme was launched for Scheduled Caste orphans and later extended to orphans of all castes, and now covers children of incarcerated parents, widows, remarried widows, parents affected by leprosy or HIV/AIDS, specially-abled parents and other vulnerable groups.

The school condition is the examinable clause. The higher rate for the 6 to 18 group is payable only if the child is enrolled in school, which makes Palanhar a conditional transfer rather than a pure maintenance grant.

Mission Vatsalya is centrally sponsored on a 60:40 basis. 40 government and 79 non-government Child Care Institutions serve 3,268 children; 40 specialised adoption agencies completed 151 domestic and inter-country adoptions; and 62 children are in individual foster care, 201 under the sponsorship programme and 42 under after-care. Expenditure was ₹50.41 crore to December 2025.

5. Universal welfare and food security

Mukhyamantri Rasoi Gas Subsidy provides domestic LPG cylinders at ₹450, for up to 12 cylinders a year. It began for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries and selected BPL families, and from 2024-25 was extended to all NFSA families in the state. In 2025-26 up to December, ₹487.86 crore of subsidy went into refilling 2.18 crore cylinders.

That is the broadest of the schemes on this page by coverage, because extending it to all National Food Security Act families takes it well beyond a targeted group.

6. Education and empowerment support

GovtSource: Economic Review 2025-26, chapter 4, read directly. The Ambedkar DBT Voucher applies only to academic courses in Arts, Science and Commerce faculties at government colleges located at district headquarters.

The inter-caste marriage incentive has two rates and a split worth holding. For the enhanced ₹10 lakh, the Centre gives ₹1.25 lakh and the state ₹8.75 lakh. Disbursement is ₹2.50 lakh to a joint bank account, ₹2.50 lakh through Pay Manager and ₹5 lakh in a fixed deposit for eight years. For the earlier ₹5 lakh rate the Centre's share was the same ₹1.25 lakh, with the state contributing ₹3.75 lakh, so the entire enhancement was borne by the state.

The Anuprati category list is longer than most notes give, covering SC, ST, OBC, MBC, minorities, economically backward classes and specially-abled persons together, with a single ₹8 lakh family income ceiling.

7. Nowadays — what changed in 2026

Covering 1 January to 30 August 2026. Updated every month until Prelims and Mains.

Nothing in this chapter is a full-year figure

Every progress number on this page runs to December 2025, which is nine months of the financial year. Lado Protsahan had used ₹217.63 crore of a ₹320 crore provision and the Scheme for Adolescent Girls ₹5.58 crore of ₹11.22 crore at that point, and both may well have closed the gap in the quarter that followed. No annualised figure is offered here, because none is published.

What has not changed

The pension rate of ₹1,250 a month is unchanged across five of the six schemes, with leprosy-cured at ₹2,500 and silicosis at ₹1,500 as the exceptions.

The income ceilings are unchanged at ₹48,000 for the old age and single-woman pensions and ₹60,000 for the specially-abled pension.

Lado Protsahan still dates from 1 August 2024 and still pays ₹1.50 lakh in seven instalments.

The LPG subsidy is still ₹450 a cylinder for up to 12 cylinders, and the extension to all NFSA families still dates from 2024-25.

Important for RAS

Prelims Focus

• Mukhya Mantri Old Age Samman Pension: ₹1,250; women 55+, men 58+; income under ₹48,000. 51.90 lakh beneficiaries, ₹7,124.78 crore — the largest welfare line in the state
• Mukhya Mantri Ekal Nari Samman Pension: ₹1,250 (18 to under 75), ₹1,500 (75+); income under ₹48,000. 19.33 lakh, ₹2,795.46 crore
• Mukhya Mantri Vishesh Yogyajan Samman Pension: ₹1,250; leprosy-cured ₹2,500; silicosis ₹1,500 (Medical Board certified); income ₹60,000 or less. 5.90 lakh, ₹719.89 crore
• Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension: launched 19 November 2007, replaced the National Old Age Pension Scheme; BPL aged 60+; Centre ₹200 under 80, ₹500 at 80+
• Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension: BPL widows 40+; ₹1,250 to under 75, ₹1,500 at 75+; Centre ₹300 / ₹500
• Indira Gandhi National Disabled Pension: began 24 November 2009; BPL 18+; Centre ₹300 / ₹500
• Lado Protsahan Yojana from 1 August 2024: ₹1.50 lakh in seven instalments, the seventh to the girl's own account; requires birth in a JSY institution
• Kalibai Bheel Udaan: free sanitary napkins, ages 10 to 45, about 1.22 crore beneficiaries a month
• Palanhar: orphans ₹1,500 (0-6) and ₹2,500 (6-18 if in school); others ₹750 and ₹1,500; plus ₹2,000 a year. 6.09 lakh children, ₹760 crore
• Mission Vatsalya is 60:40 Centre-state; 40 government and 79 non-government Child Care Institutions; 151 adoptions
• Mukhyamantri Rasoi Gas Subsidy: LPG at ₹450, up to 12 cylinders a year, extended to all NFSA families from 2024-25; 2.18 crore cylinders, ₹487.86 crore
• Anuprati Coaching: family income up to ₹8 lakh; target 30,000, 19,985 benefited
• Ambedkar DBT Voucher: ₹2,000 a month, 5,500 places (1,500 SC, 1,500 ST, 750 OBC, 750 MBC, 500 minority, 500 EBC)
• Inter-Caste Marriage Incentive: ₹10 lakh from 1 April 2023 (Centre ₹1.25 lakh, state ₹8.75 lakh); ₹5 lakh before that; ₹5 lakh of it in an eight-year fixed deposit
• Widow Marriage Gift ₹51,000; marriage assistance ₹21,000 plus ₹10,000 for class 10 and ₹20,000 for a graduate
• Scheme for Adolescent Girls: ages 14-18, five aspirational districts — Baran, Karauli, Jaisalmer, Dholpur, Sirohi, since 1 April 2022
• 41 old age homes and 45 Chief Minister Rehabilitation Homes operate with state support

Interview and Mains Angles

• The state's own old age pension reaches six times as many people as the central one because it uses an income test and a lower age bar rather than BPL status. Which targeting method reaches the intended person more reliably, and at what cost?
• About ₹11,200 crore in nine months goes on six pensions paying ₹1,250 a month. Is a broad low-value transfer better social protection than a narrow higher-value one?
• Palanhar pays more for a school-enrolled child aged 6 to 18. Does conditionality of that kind improve attendance, or does it withhold money from the households least able to comply?
• Lado Protsahan pays the seventh instalment to the girl rather than the guardian. What does that design assume, and what would show whether the assumption holds?
• The inter-caste marriage incentive doubled to ₹10 lakh with the entire increase borne by the state. What outcome would justify that, and how would you measure it?

Aggregator Watch

Practice

• Practice: Major Welfare Schemes of the Government of Rajasthan — 45 exam-style questions on the 25 flagship programmes, the six pensions and the eligibility rules that separate them, every answer traced to this chapter.
• Every RAS Prelims Geography question, 2013–2024 — the geography unit's official questions, several of which draw on the same Economic Review.

More in This Series

• Economy of Rajasthan — the unit index
• Basic Social Services: Education and Health — the health assurance and free-medicine schemes, and the outcomes these transfers are meant to move
• Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and the State Finance Commission — MGNREGS, rural housing and the RAJEEVIKA livelihood schemes
• Rajasthan's Macro Economy and the State Budget — the budget all of this is paid from
• Caution for Readers — the claims across this site that are genuinely unsettled

Sources & Verification

Written on 30 August 2026. Every figure on this page is read from the Economic Review 2025-26 directly, from its chapter 4 on social empowerment and inclusion. No coaching source or compilation supplied any figure here.

1. Every progress figure is a nine-month figure and is labelled. All 2025-26 scheme data in the Review's chapter 4 runs "up to December 2025". Where a scheme's annual provision is also given, both are printed, so that a part-year utilisation is never mistaken for a final one.

2. One total on the page is arithmetic and is marked as arithmetic. The approximately 89.75 lakh beneficiaries and ₹11,212 crore across the six pensions is a sum of the six rows above it, not a published figure. It covers pensions only and is not the state's welfare expenditure, and the Aggregator Watch repeats that warning.

3. The flagship list was traced after this page was first written, and the correction is recorded here. An earlier version of this page carried no flagship list and said the designation could not be traced to a state document. That was true of the Economic Review and the Budget Speech, which contain no occurrence of the word "flagship" and were each searched in full. It was not true of the wider government record: Prasar Bharati's News on AIR reported on 13 April 2025 that the state had designated 25 central and state schemes as flagship programmes under direct CMO monitoring, with monthly reports due by the 7th of each month and oversight by the Planning Department and district in-charge ministers. Section 1 now carries the list. Corrected 30 August 2026.

The limits of that section are stated on the page itself. The government source confirms the count, the date, the mechanism and one member of the list, but does not enumerate all 25. The 25 names and their departments follow the enumeration that circulates with this list, and all 25 were then checked individually against the Economic Review 2025-26, where all 25 are described. The Planning Department order was not reached, because the department's portal returns the same page for every route tried.

4. Eligibility rules are given in full where the Review gives them, because they are what distinguishes schemes paying an identical amount. Age bars, income ceilings, BPL conditions, the school-enrolment condition under Palanhar and the institutional-birth condition under Lado Protsahan are each stated with the scheme rather than summarised away.

5. Centre and state shares are separated wherever the Review separates them. The central contribution to each of the three Indira Gandhi pensions is stated as a rupee figure rather than a percentage, because that is how the Review gives it, and the state pays the balance. The inter-caste marriage incentive's enhancement from ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh was borne entirely by the state, the Centre's share remaining ₹1.25 lakh, and the page says so.

Links were checked and resolving on 30 August 2026, each against its final URL rather than its first.

Not asserted here: the text of the Planning Department order designating the flagship programmes, which was not reached; a consolidated state welfare expenditure total; district-wise beneficiary counts; scheme figures for any period after December 2025; and the schemes of chapter 4 not covered on this page, including the minority welfare and Scheduled Tribe sub-plan components, which are reported in forms not extracted for this chapter.