The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Delhi will open the application portal for the Delhi Laxmi Yojana on 1 August, making the ₹2,500 monthly cash transfer scheme accessible to eligible women across the capital. Delhi BJP President Harsh Malhotra and General Secretary Yogita Singh on Tuesday, 29 July welcomed the move, calling it the fulfilment of a key promise from the party's 2025 election manifesto within 17 months of taking office.

What the Delhi Laxmi Yojana Offers

The scheme provides a monthly allowance of ₹2,500 to needy women in Delhi — ₹1,500 more than what the previous government had promised but never delivered, according to BJP leaders. Malhotra said the Rekha Gupta-led administration had not only honoured its pledge but had done so at a higher benefit amount, fulfilling what he described as the 'aspirations of needy women.'

The portal launch on 1 August will allow women to begin registering for the scheme. Specific eligibility criteria and disbursement timelines were not detailed in official statements on Tuesday.

BJP's Critique of the Previous Government

Both Malhotra and Singh drew a pointed contrast with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) administration under former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Malhotra alleged that the Kejriwal government spent 10 years promising women a monthly allowance of ₹1,000 but did not disburse 'even a single rupee' during its tenure in Delhi.

Singh extended the criticism to AAP's governance in Punjab, alleging that the Kejriwal-led Punjab government released just one instalment of a women's honorarium six months before elections, which she characterised as an 'election-time freebie' rather than a sustained welfare measure. The BJP, she argued, implemented the Delhi Laxmi Yojana at the very start of its term, giving women 'the dignity they deserve.'

Waterlogging Improvement Also Highlighted

In a separate development, Malhotra also praised the Rekha Gupta government for improved monsoon preparedness, claiming Delhi saw no major waterlogging incidents on Tuesday despite heavy rainfall. He noted that in areas where water did accumulate, it cleared within minutes of the rain stopping — a marked contrast, he said, to the situation over the previous 27 years when the city reportedly flooded even during light showers.

Malhotra credited the improvement to coordinated planning by the Delhi government, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). He projected that by 2027, prolonged monsoon waterlogging would be 'a thing of the past' in the capital, adding that improvement was visible in 75 per cent of Delhi on Tuesday.

Political Context and What Comes Next

The Delhi Laxmi Yojana was a centrepiece of the BJP's campaign ahead of the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections, which the party won. The scheme's rollout — and the BJP's public celebration of it — signals the party's intent to consolidate its women-voter base ahead of the 2027 municipal and state cycles.

With the portal set to go live on 1 August, the immediate test will be whether the registration process is accessible to the capital's most economically vulnerable women, and how swiftly disbursements follow applications.