Last Updated: 28 September 2026
2025-26 & 2026-27 (till Aug 2026): ₹383.52 crore released to 75,199 beneficiaries (₹51,000 each for daughters' marriage), incl. ₹215.24 crore to 42,203 SC beneficiaries in 2025-26[1]
Applications online & linked with Sewa Kendras: Corruption FREE, transparency & convenience
-- Ashirwad Scheme portal was launched by Punjab Government on 15 November 2022[2]
-- Now portal is being integrated with Sewa Kendras to ensure transparency of the scheme[3]
Backlog cleared till Jan 2024[4]
-- Earlier it used to be years of backlog
REFERENCES:
https://yespunjab.com/punjab-releases-₹383-52-cr-to-75199-beneficiaries-under-ashirwad-scheme-dr-baljit-kaur/ (Punjab Govt Press Release, 22 Aug 2026) ↩︎
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-govt-launches-portal-to-implement-ashirwad-scheme-101672587545785.html ↩︎
https://yespunjab.com/recruitment-of-district-and-tehsil-social-justice-and-empowerment-officers-soon-dr-baljit-kaur/ ↩︎
https://ashirwad.punjab.gov.in/Public/pdf/Ashirwad_Shagun_Scheme.pdf ↩︎
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-govt-to-release-256-crore-for-beneficiaries-under-ashirwad-scheme-minister-101676558620234.html ↩︎
