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Document Size Limits for Annapurna Bhandar, Yuva Shakti Scheme & Scholarship Portals (2026)

Every welfare scheme portal — Annapurna Bhandar, Yuva Shakti, Banglar Yuva Sathi, the National Scholarship Portal — has one thing in common: your Aadhaar, voter ID, or marksheet photo will get rejected if it's not the exact KB size the form expects. Here's what each portal actually requires, and how to hit it every time.

Why scheme portals reject your documents

A phone camera photo of your Aadhaar card is usually 2–6 MB. Government DBT portals like socialsecurity.wb.gov.in or scholarships.gov.in almost always cap uploads at 50–300 KB — a fraction of that. When the file is too big, the "Upload" button either silently fails or throws a size-error, and first-time applicants often don't realise a compression step is needed at all.

The second, quieter problem: even when people do compress, they use a generic "reduce quality" tool that guesses at a percentage rather than a KB number — so the output might land at 340 KB when the portal wants under 200 KB, and the form rejects it again.

Annapurna Bhandar Yojana — document size limit

Annapurna Bhandar (also written Annapurna Yojana) is the West Bengal government's ₹3,000-a-month scheme for women aged 25–60, applied for at socialsecurity.wb.gov.in. The portal asks for your Aadhaar card, Voter ID, bank passbook, and digital ration card as JPEG, PNG, or PDF files, generally sized between 50 KB and 200 KB each. A common rejection reason cited by applicants is uploading blurry, cropped, or oversized scans — so getting the size and clarity right together matters as much as hitting the KB number.

The scheme's registration window runs through 25 August 2026, so if you're preparing documents for a family member, there's still time — but portals get slower closer to the deadline, so it's worth compressing and uploading early.

How to prepare Annapurna Bhandar documents with Snap Compressor

1. Scan in Document mode

   Photograph the Aadhaar, Voter ID, or passbook — auto-crop keeps only the document, not your table or hand.

2. Set target size to 150 KB

   Staying a little under the 200 KB ceiling leaves a safety margin, similar to the advice given for other portals with hard limits.

3. Export as JPEG or PDF

   Match whichever format the specific upload field on the portal asks for.

4. Upload directly from your gallery

   No email step, no laptop needed — the compressed file is ready on your phone.

Yuva Shakti Scheme & Yuva Shakti Bharosa Card — what to expect

The Yuva Shakti Scheme (also called the Yuva Shakti Bharosa Card) is West Bengal's proposed ₹3,000/₹2,000-a-month support scheme for unemployed youth, expected to replace the existing Banglar Yuva Sathi programme. As of mid-2026 the scheme had not yet officially launched — no confirmed portal or final document list has been published — so treat any size figures you see online as provisional until the government notification lands.

What we do know: its predecessor, Banglar Yuva Sathi, requires the Madhyamik admit card and mark sheet as PDF files under 300 KB each, alongside Aadhaar, bank passbook, and residential proof. Since Yuva Shakti is expected to follow a similar document-verification structure, preparing your admit card, marksheets, Aadhaar, and residential proof now — compressed to roughly 300 KB for documents and 50 KB for photos — means you won't be scrambling once the official portal opens.

National Scholarship Portal (NSP) — document size limit

For students applying to central scholarships through scholarships.gov.in, documents — Aadhaar, income certificate, caste certificate, marksheet, bonafide certificate — must be JPG or PDF, under 200 KB each, with your passport-style photo usually required under 50 KB. NSP verification happens at the institute level before state and district sign-off, so a document rejected for size at that stage can stall your entire application for weeks.

Limits change between application cycles — always confirm the figure shown on the live upload field before submitting.

Why an offline compressor matters for scheme documents

Aadhaar numbers, income certificates, and bank passbooks are about as sensitive as personal data gets. Many "compress image online" websites work by uploading your file to their server first — meaning your Aadhaar photo briefly sits on a third party's system before you get the compressed version back.

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