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Officials of the Bihar authorities are facing difficulties successful recovering ₹10,000 allegedly credited to antheral villagers nether a cash-transfer strategy meant exclusively for women successful the State's Darbhanga district.
A radical of antheral villagers whose slope accounts received ₹10,000 each person already spent the money, immoderate during Chhath Puja and Diwali, portion others purchased ducks and goats and are present unwilling oregon incapable to instrumentality the amount.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana connected September 26, up of the Assembly elections, nether which ₹10,000 was transferred to the slope accounts of astir 1.4 crore women entrepreneurs.
However, officials of Jeevika, a State authorities inaugural for poorness alleviation which is implementing the Yojana, said the magnitude was mistakenly credited to the accounts of immoderate men owed to "technical glitches" astatine Ahiyari colony successful the district's Jale Assembly constituency.
Notices person been issued to astatine slightest 3 antheral villagers by the artifact task manager of Jeevika, asking them to instrumentality the ₹10,000 transferred to their accounts.
The recipients, who person been identified arsenic Nagendra Ram, Balram Sahni and Ram Sagar Kumar, are disabled and economically poor.
They told reporters that respective others person besides received akin notices.
Talking to PTI, Bihar Rural Development Minister Sharwan Kumar connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025) said, "I person asked Jeevika officials to taxable a elaborate study of specified transfers, if any, to maine astatine the earliest. It's a substance of concern". Jeevika strategy comes nether the Rural Development Department.
Talking to reporters, Nagendra Ram said, "I did not use for the amount. The authorities transferred ₹10,000 to my account. I americium a disabled person, truthful I spent it during Chhath Puja and Diwali. Some others purchased goats and ducks. Now, we are getting notices to instrumentality the money. Where volition I get it from?”
I petition Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and different officials to forgive america and waive the amount," helium said.
The incidental raises superior questions astir the implementation and outgo mechanisms of authorities schemes, and determination is wide disorder and resentment among villagers implicit the issue.
It whitethorn beryllium recalled that absorption Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) precocious alleged that the NDA leaders were successful specified a hurry to 'buy votes' and travel to powerfulness done bribery that they transferred ₹10,000 to the slope accounts of immoderate men alternatively of transferring it to women.
