Kerala launches Sthree Suraksha scheme with ₹1,000 monthly pension

Exam-focused facts from the 14 February 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched the Sthree Suraksha Scheme on 11 February 2026 at Malayinkeezhu, Thiruvananthapuram.
The scheme provides ₹1,000 per month to 10,18,042 women and transwomen beneficiaries.
Eligible beneficiaries are women aged 35 to 60 who are economically backward and not receiving other social welfare pensions, as well as trans women.
The first month’s payment was transferred to the cleared beneficiaries on the afternoon of 10 February 2026.