Maharashtra: 80 lakh women removed from Ladki Bahin scheme, Opposition alleges ‘financial crisis’
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About 80 lakh women have been found to be ineligible for Maharashtra’s Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme after a state-wide verification exercise, PTI reported on Monday.
This has led to Opposition leaders alleging that the state government was reducing the number of beneficiaries owing to a financial crisis.
The scheme, launched in June 2024, provides a monthly transfer of Rs 1,500 to women aged 21 to 65 whose families earn less than Rs 2.5 lakh per year.
The number of beneficiaries of the scheme dropped from 2.4 crore to nearly 1.7 crore at the end of the April 30 deadline for them to complete an e-KYC, or Know Your Customer, process, PTI quoted an unidentified official as saying.
The government had provided an eight-month window for the beneficiaries to complete the process, added the official.
“Around 50 to 55 lakh women failed to complete the process entirely, while two to three lakh rectified errors during this period,” the official said, according to PTI. “Additionally, nearly 12 lakh women were found to be income-tax payers exceeding the annual income cap of Rs 2.5 lakh, and over 4.5 lakh had crossed the upper age limit of 65 years.”
Another five lakh women were said to have been receiving benefits under the Namo Shetkari scheme, rendering them ineligible.
The official...