ladki bahin yojana: Maharashtra’s populist government program has received a new update. The Devendra Fadnavis-led government has decided to authenticate the Aadhaar cards of all beneficiaries of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana. The authentication will be carried out through e-KYC, and a government resolution (GR) to this effect was issued on Thursday by the Women and Child Development Department.
The new move follows the state information technology department’s submission of a list of around 2.6 million ineligible beneficiaries of the scheme in August. This was why the state women and child development department began its scrutiny. The authentication of the scheme benefits was decided in a Cabinet meeting.
Women and Child Development Minister Aditi Tatkare on Thursday said, “An e-KYC facility has been made available on the web portal, ‘ladakibahin.maharashtra.gov.in’, for all beneficiaries of the scheme. They are requested to complete the e-KYC process in the next two months.” This process is simple and convenient, and to maintain transparency in the scheme and ensure regular benefits to eligible women, everyone should complete it, she said in a post on X.
Mukhyamantri Majhi ladki bahin yojana
Mukhyamantri Majhi ladki bahin yojana: This populist scheme involves a direct monthly cash transfer of ₹1,500 to underprivileged women. However, there has been much controversy around the scheme’s ineligible beneficiaries. This was because the verification of the beneficiaries was not conducted when the scheme was launched before the assembly elections last year. Instead, the government took self-declarations from all the applicants. The scheme was launched last July.
Motive of Mukhyamantri Majhi ladki bahin yojana
It provides monthly assistance to women in the age group of 21 to 65 years. The benefit will be given to all those whose annual income is below ₹2.5 lakh. Moreover, they shouldn’t be beneficiaries of any other government scheme. As of now, there are approximately 22.5 million eligible beneficiaries, to whom the state government allocates ₹3,800 crore every month.
