Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has identified more than 1.01 crore women as beneficiaries for the fifth instalment of the Subhadra scheme, which is scheduled to be disbursed on the occasion of Rakhi Purnima on August 28.

A high-level preparatory meeting in this regard was chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida on Friday. The meeting assessed the progress of administrative and technical preparations to ensure the smooth transfer of funds.

Officials informed the meeting that a total of 1,15,75,633 applications have been registered under the Subhadra scheme so far. Of these, 3,17,966 fresh applications were received during the 2026-27 financial year.

Following verification and eligibility assessment, 1,02,04,396 women were initially identified as potential beneficiaries for the fifth instalment. However, after district administrations confirmed the deaths of 5,277 beneficiaries and removed their names from the list, the final number of beneficiaries was revised to 1,01,99,119.

The meeting also reviewed the status of key preparatory activities, including Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) activation, biometric e-KYC, field enquiries, NPCI account mapping, payment file preparation, and coordination with banks. Officials were directed to expedite the completion of 82,036 pending DBT activations, 28,621 biometric e-KYC cases, and 3,53,059 field enquiry-related cases before the next instalment is released.

The Deputy Chief Minister also reviewed the overall implementation of the Subhadra scheme. Officials said that over ₹12,064.86 crore has been transferred directly to the bank accounts of more than one crore women through four instalments under the scheme.

The meeting was informed that out of the 3,57,953 grievances received so far, 2,68,396 have been resolved. In addition, 24,92,913 applications were sent for field verification, of which verification has been completed in 21,93,406 cases.