West Bengal Government’s allowance for unemployed youths will now be available from April 1 instead of the prior announced date in August. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made the announcement at a press conference in the state’s administrative headquarters Nabanna on Tuesday, February 10. Which means, unemployed youths in the state will get Rs 1,500 every month from April.

West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya recently annoumced this scheme during presentation of the state’s interim budget last week. Tabling the budget, state Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya announced that the state government will launch a scheme — ‘Banglar Yuva Sathi’ — to provide Rs 1,500 monthly allowance to unemployed people in the 21-40 years age group till they get jobs or for a period of up to five years.

How to apply for the Yuva Sathi scheme? On what conditions the money will be available, all these necessary details were shared by the Chief Minister herself.

West Bengal’s Banglar Yuva Sathi scheme: Eligibility and necessary details

A few days ago, Mamata Banerjee announced a scheme for the educated unemployed in the West Bengal’s interim budget. It has been named Banglar Yuva Sathi. It has been informed that in this scheme, the educated unemployed, that is, those who are unemployed after completing secondary school, will be given Rs 1,500 per month.

CM Mamata Banerjee held a press conference on this issue on Tuesday. She said that earlier it was announced to launch the Yuva Sathi scheme on August 15, 2026. But it is being preponed. This unemployment allowance will be available from April.

Mamata Banerjee said that a person must be aged between 21 and 40 years to be eligible for this scheme. If you have received any scholarship, there is no problem. However, if the person is already a beneficiary of any other public-oriented scheme of the state government without a scholarship, then they will not get the benefit of Yuva Sathi. Initially, the beneficiary will get this money every month for five years. Even then, if someone is unemployed, then a decision will be made after reviewing it.

West Bengal’s Banglar Yuva Sathi scheme: How to apply?

Mamata Banerjee said that a camp is being organised on a government-style assembly basis at the door to collect the application forms of Yuva Sathi scheme. This camp will run from February 15-26. State government officials will be present at the camp from 10 am to 5 pm. Applications can be made there with the necessary documents. A receipt will also be provided. Advertisements about this project will also be given in newspapers, said Mamata Banerjee.

West Bengal interim budget

The West Bengal government tabled a Rs 4.06 lakh crore interim budget for the fiscal year 2026-27, proposing an addition of Rs 500 per month for women beneficiaries under the Lakshmi Bhandar scheme. Under the Lakshmi Bhandar scheme, the women beneficiaries will be entitled to an additional Rs 500 per month from February 2026 onwards, the government said in the assembly.

Under the proposed Budget, gig workers will be included in state government’s existing social security schemes like Swasthyasathi. Allowances for Anganwadi workers and helpers were raised by Rs 1,000 each, with the budget also promising a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin in the event of their death. A total allocation of Rs 280 crore was made.

ASHA workers, another influential grassroots constituency, will also get an additional Rs 1,000 per month. The interim budget further announced a Rs 1,000 monthly pay hike for civic volunteers and Green Police personnel, with an allocation of Rs 150 crore. Government employees were not left out, as the state announced a four per cent hike in dearness allowance, a long-standing demand of staff unions.

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