The Delhi government on Tuesday said it aims to release the first instalment of the ₹2,500-a-month financial assistance under the ‘Delhi Lakshmi Yojana’ to about 17 lakh eligible women on Raksha Bandhan, which falls on August 28. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said eligible women would have two options for receiving the monthly assistance of ₹2,500. “Under the Delhi Lakshmi Yojana, every eligible woman will receive ₹2,500 a month as financial assistance. Within a family, only the eldest eligible woman will qualify for the scheme, and only one woman from each family will be entitled to receive the benefit. The CMO had also said that women already receiving benefits under any government pension or other regular financial assistance scheme would not be eligible.