Whose names will be removed from the Ladki Bahin scheme?
The maharashtra government has decided to take action on the basis of complaints about fake beneficiaries of the 'Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana'. Along with this, information has been sought from the Income Tax Department and the Transport Department for their verification. maharashtra women and Child Development minister Aditi Tatkare made this announcement on Thursday. She clarified that the government will only resolve complaints about fake beneficiaries.
According to news agency PTI, eligible women are given a monthly allowance of Rs 1,500 under the Ladki Bahin scheme, launched by the previous government led by Eknath Shinde in august last year. The maharashtra government is not running any campaign to check the beneficiaries of the Ladki Bahin scheme. We have not changed any government policy. However, later chief minister devendra fadnavis indicated that the beneficiaries of the scheme would be checked.
What did the women and Child Development minister say?
Aditi Tatkare said that we are only addressing the complaints lodged in local government offices. Earlier she had said that no investigation will be done regarding the beneficiaries of the scheme. We have sought data from the Income Tax Department and the State Transport Department, as some complaints involve those beneficiaries whose annual income is more than the prescribed limit of Rs 2.5 lakh or who own a four-wheeler. She said that once we get this data, we will be able to address those complaints. When asked how many of the 2.5 crore beneficiaries can be removed from the scheme after investigation. She said that we do not have any data about how many beneficiaries will be excluded from the scheme. We need some time to get information about it.
'People are taking benefits by giving false documents'
She gave an example and said that some women have gone to karnataka after getting married. In such a situation, local officials had received reports of false documents being submitted by the beneficiaries to claim benefits. He said that some beneficiaries have informed the state government that they want to withdraw their names from this scheme after getting a government job. Regarding beneficiaries getting financial assistance from other schemes, he said that if a beneficiary is getting assistance from any other government scheme, then we will only provide the difference matching fund.