Mohan Yadav releases 42nd Ladli Behna instalment at Pichhore, promises to back district demand

Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav released the 42nd instalment of the Ladli Behna scheme on Friday at a state-level function in Pichhore, Shivpuri district. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia shared the stage with him. The instalment is the first since Diwali.

With one click, the Chief Minister sent more than Rs 1,831.77 crore to the bank accounts of 1,24,81,550 eligible women, or a little over 1.24 crore beneficiaries. Each woman received Rs 1,500. In his message, Yadav said he had sent the money together with Scindia, and he congratulated all the Ladli Behna beneficiaries.

The function was held at Chhatrasal Stadium. People from the area used the occasion to press their long-standing demand that Pichhore be made a district. The Chief Minister replied that a delimitation commission would be set up and that he would personally recommend Pichhore's case to it. The remark has raised hopes locally. However, Yadav did not formally announce that Pichhore would become a district, so the demand remains open until the commission is formed and takes up the matter.

Yadav also inaugurated projects and laid foundation stones for works worth more than Rs 221 crore in Shivpuri district. Self-help groups under the livelihood mission got money too. A loan of Rs 200 crore, described as the cash credit limit for the groups, was released with a single click.

The Chief Minister reached Pichhore by helicopter at about 1.40 pm. On the stage, he welcomed women beneficiaries and party workers by showering flower petals on them. Crowds of women and others had begun to gather at the venue from around 10 am. Among the others on the stage were MP Bharat Singh Kushwah, MLA Pritam Lodhi and several other public representatives.

The money goes directly to Aadhaar-linked bank accounts that are enabled for direct benefit transfer. The scheme began in June 2023 at Rs 1,000 a month. The amount rose to Rs 1,250 in October 2023 and to Rs 1,500 from November 2025. Up to October 2026, 41 instalments had put Rs 67,230.96 crore into women's accounts. With the 42nd, the total has gone up to about Rs 69,050 crore.

After Pichhore, Yadav was scheduled to travel to Kulaith village in Gwalior district for a livestock farmers' conference and cattle fair. It is part of the Kisan Kalyan Varsh being observed in the state, and it aims to promote modern animal husbandry and farming methods. The programme included Kanhaiya folk songs, a bullock-cart race and a horse race. An exhibition on modern animal husbandry and a fair of improved breeds of cows, buffaloes and other animals were expected to draw the most interest. The Chief Minister was to speak to farmers and livestock keepers about government schemes. According to the official programme, he was to reach Maharajpura Airport in the evening and fly back to Bhopal.

For now, people in Pichhore will be watching for the delimitation commission to be constituted, and for how the Chief Minister's recommendation reaches it.