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In a determination claimed to beryllium aimed astatine plugging leakage, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has announced that beneficiaries of the Gruha Lakshmi and the Gruha Jyothi schemes, 2 of the 5 warrant schemes successful the State, request to reapply.
While Gruha Lakshmi provides ₹2,000 per period to the pistillate caput of the family, Gruha Jyothi provides escaped powerfulness to residential connections up to 200 units.
Mr. Shivakumar has been hinting astatine the request to streamline warrant schemes for sometime now.
Clarifying that the authorities was not stopping these schemes and had nary volition of removing immoderate beneficiaries, Mr. Shivakumar said the authorities had to plug leakages.
“All those who supply close documentation volition proceed to person benefits,” helium said.
Gruha Lakshmi
“It has travel to our announcement that benefits of implicit ₹100 crore had been claimed by others, successful the names of those who had died nether Gruha Lakshmi,” helium said.
The costliest of each the warrant schemes, the authorities has spent ₹62,345 crore till 2025-26 and ₹28,608 crore has been earmarked for 2026-27. There are 1.24 crore women who person benefitted till now, arsenic per the caller Budget.
Gruha Jyothi
“Likewise, determination are aggregate energy meters successful the sanction of 1 person. We request to cheque if that idiosyncratic is staying astatine the aforesaid address, oregon if idiosyncratic is other residing there, and whether benefits are going to radical from our State, oregon to outsiders. Many are besides utilizing the Gruha Jyothi strategy for commercialized properties. These things request to stop,” helium said. “The outgo of 200 units of powerfulness is increasing. The outgo of powerfulness we are purchasing is besides going up,” helium added.
He further said each beneficiaries volition beryllium fixed ID cards.
A full of 1.74 crore beneficiaries person benefitted nether the strategy till now. The authorities has spent ₹28,000 crore till 2025-26 and has earmarked ₹10,578 crore for 2026-27, arsenic per the caller Budget.
