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The Maharashtra government’s flagship Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme, launched arsenic a wide payment initiative, present covers lone astir 1.57 crore women, with beneficiary numbers dropping sharply from the 2.43 crore reported during its rollout.
“Currently, 1.57 crores beneficiaries person received the December instalment aft the e-KYC process was concluded,” said the authoritative from the Women and Child Development (WCD) department.
The diminution followed a eligibility verification conducted by the WCD, which applied criteria specified arsenic yearly household income beneath 2.5 lakh, elimination of duplicate entries, a headdress of 2 women per household, exclusion of families with authorities employees, and others. Around 86 lakh beneficiaries were rejected successful 17 months aft the strategy was rolled out.
The strategy began successful July 2024, with 2.43 crore beneficiaries receiving ₹1500 per period for 5 months till November 2024. According to WCD, 2.63 crore women applied for the scheme. Following the Assembly elections, the authorities announced a scrutiny of beneficiaries.
In December 2024, WCD curate Aditi Takare announced that 2.34 crore women person been verified and were receiving benefits. In June 2025, Ms. Tatkare announced that the June instalment had been distributed to astir 2.25 crore eligible beneficiaries of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, aft identifying that adjacent men had applied for the scheme.
24 lakh beneficiaries to beryllium physically verified
During the e-KYC process, 1.88 crore beneficiaries opted for verification. However, astir 24 lakh women were wrongly categorised arsenic State authorities employees owed to flawed and age-related questions, which prevented them from receiving 1 month’s fiscal assistance, WCD officials said.
After aggregate rounds of scrutiny, the authorities is presently disbursing ₹1,500 per period to 1.57 crore beneficiaries.
Following disorder implicit the mandatory e-KYC questionnaire, Ms. Tatkare announced that the WCD would behaviour carnal verification of affected beneficiaries, extending the verification process.
“For the economical empowerment of women successful Maharashtra, and to amended their wellness and nutrition, the Ladki Bahin strategy has been implemented. However, it has been observed that owed to immoderate reasons, the incorrect enactment was selected portion doing e-KYC. Therefore, arsenic per the criteria of the scheme, instructions person been fixed to each District Collectors successful the authorities to behaviour carnal verification of these beneficiary women astatine the determination level done Anganwadi workers,” Ms. Tatkare posted connected X.
Beneficiaries were fixed a deadline of December 31, 2025, to implicit e-KYC to proceed receiving the ₹1,500 monthly assistance straight into their slope accounts. Several beneficiaries cited flawed questions and method glitches, including nonaccomplishment to person OTPs, information mismatches and different errors.
The determination follows complaints submitted to the collector’s bureau crossed districts. “I received ladki bahin wealth for 4 months. When they asked for KYC, I was not getting OTP connected my daughter’s telephone arsenic her fig was registered,” said Hira Lahange (45) from Palghar district, who is simply a tribal moving arsenic a labourer.
A elder WCD authoritative said, “The carnal verification volition beryllium carried retired by Anganwadi sevika and cheque their claims. If they acceptable the criteria, they volition proceed receiving the instalments. The determination connected whether the missed instalments volition beryllium fixed to these beneficiaries volition beryllium decided by governmental bosses.”
WCD officials added that nary caller applications volition beryllium accepted nether the scheme.
