Under the Annshri Yojana scheme around two lakh families will receive a monthly cash transfer of Rs 600.

The amount will be transferred to the senior-most female member of the family.

The Delhi government has announced the launch of its ambitious Annshri Yojana from October 2.



Under this scheme, around two lakh families will receive a monthly cash transfer of Rs 600 per month. This will be transferred to the senior-most female member of the family.



"We believe that this would go a long way in making Delhi a hunger free state," Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Sunday, while laying the foundation stone of a community centre in Kishangarh.



Dikshit also said her government is considering to offer an alternative to four lakh BPL and Antodaya families in the city. "We want to give them a choice to either take the PDS ration or take a monthly cash assistance of Rs 1,000," she said.



She also reiterated that her government was committed to regularising the remaining illegal colonies in the city.