Orunodoi, described as the 'foremost bead' among the Ashtadash Mukutar Unnoyonee Maala, was announced by the then Hon'ble Finance Minister in his Budget Speech 2020-21. The scheme envisages women's empowerment, poverty alleviation, and socio-economic inclusion of financially vulnerable women of the state through sustained financial assistance on a monthly basis so that they are assured of minimum monthly cash flow. Since substantial time has elapsed, it is essential to update information and implement the scheme with improved standards and procedures. It is necessary to phase out Orunodoi 1.0 and Orunodoi 2.0, without transferring any legacy data, to effectively launch Orunodoi 3.0. However, while selecting the beneficiaries of Orunodoi 3.0, the district administration will take utmost care that the eligible beneficiaries of Orunodoi 1.0 and Orunodoi 2.0 are not removed/deleted from the scheme whimsically, unless they now do not conform to the Orunodoi
3.0 guidelines.
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The basic precondition to become a beneficiary for Orunodoi 3.0 is that the individual must be enrolled under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) as a beneficiary. For the purpose of implementation of this scheme, the definitions of household, family, income criterion, etc., will be as per extant NFSA guidelines. This new phase of Orunodoi will have the provision of automatic AADHAAR seeding of beneficiaries, a proven method for efficiently disbursing benefits to Antyodaya across the country, as in Assam, almost every NFSA beneficiary are already AADHAAR seeded.
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