Maharashtra: During the investigation, it was discovered that more than 2,200 Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana recipients were government workers, Maharashtra Minister Aditi Tatkare said on Saturday. Tatkare stated that beneficiary verification will be a routine procedure in a post on X on Friday.

Following an examination of almost 2 lakh applications, 2,289 government workers were identified as Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana beneficiaries. The Women and Child Development Minister stated, “After realizing this, such beneficiaries are not being given the benefit of the scheme.”

Applications Review:

In addition, the minister stated that the government will continue to carefully review applications in order to guarantee that only qualified recipients benefit from the Ladki Bahin Yojana. According to the media reports, the WCD agency recently initiated a thorough verification procedure of recipient applications, which led to the discovery of the scheme’s misuse.

In order to accomplish this, the General Administration Department (GAD) worked with the Information Technology Department to cross-verify employment data from the state government. The Sevaarth system was used to examine data from about two lakh applications throughout this endeavor.

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Ladki Bahin Yojana: 
Before the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections, the state’s Mahayuti government introduced the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana earlier in August 2024. Women between the ages of 21 and 65 are eligible for ₹1,500 in assistance each month under this program. Government workers, however, are not qualified for the program.

Following the elections, Mahayuti officials blamed the Ladki Bahin plan for the ruling alliance’s overwhelming victory in the assembly polls. However, they acknowledged that the state exchequer had been severely strained.

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