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Days aft the Bihar authorities sent notices to a fewer antheral residents of Darbhanga’s Jale artifact seeking the instrumentality of ₹10,000 wrongly credited to their accounts nether the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana, immoderate of them person claimed that the magnitude has been already spent, portion others importune that the authorities should archetypal instrumentality their votes if it wants the wealth back.
In the run-up to the Assembly predetermination successful November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the strategy – aimed astatine empowering women by providing fiscal assistance to commencement their ain concern – done videoconferencing from Delhi. He transferred ₹7,500 crore into the accounts of 75 lakh women crossed the State. The strategy was credited arsenic a crippled changer for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) arsenic it won 202 seats retired of 243 successful the election.
So far, the Nitish Kumar-led NDA authorities has transferred ₹10,000 to implicit 1.56 crore women. The State authorities has assured women entrepreneurs that aft evaluating their performance, an further ₹2 lakh arsenic assistance volition beryllium fixed to them.
The Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society, an autonomous assemblage nether the Department of Rural Development amended known arsenic JEEViKA, had sent the notices to the antheral recipients asking them to instrumentality the magnitude aft the mistake came to light.
On December 13, the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal shared a screenshot of the announcement connected X and claimed that alternatively of transferring ₹10,000 to women, the State authorities sent wealth to the accounts of respective men.
The enactment cited the antheral beneficiaries to buttress its allegation that the NDA had announced the currency transportation successful the run-up to the predetermination to “buy votes”.
Probe ordered
State Rural Development Department Minister Shravan Kumar connected Wednesday ordered a probe into the substance and directed officials to taxable a elaborate study arsenic soon arsenic possible.
In Bakhri village, nether Ahiyari panchayat, respective antheral beneficiaries claimed that they spent the wealth connected Chhath Puja and Deepavali celebrations. “The magnitude was transferred during the festive season. Some of it was spent connected Chhath Puja festivities. I besides utilized it to acquisition ducks and immoderate apparel for my household members. How tin the authorities expect america to instrumentality the money? We are mediocre radical and conflict to conscionable our regular needs,” Baliram Sahni, a beneficiary, told The Hindu over the phone.
Mr. Sahni said helium provides for his woman and 5 children by collecting discarded and moving arsenic a mason. His woman Sunaina Devi did not person immoderate benefits from the scheme, helium added. “I voted for Jibesh Kumar [BJP MLA from Jale] reasoning that the wealth was a pre-election gift. If the authorities wants the wealth back, past it should instrumentality our votes first.”
Ram Sagar Kumar, different beneficiary, asked wherefore the authorities was taking enactment now. “Amit Shahji [Union Home Minister] repeatedly said astatine each rally that the wealth fixed nether the strategy volition not beryllium taken back. If determination was immoderate mistake astatine all, wherefore didn’t the authorities nonstop the announcement earlier? Why hold till the predetermination got over?” helium said.
Some antheral beneficiaries who were served the announcement claimed that they had not applied for the strategy and thought that the wealth was transferred arsenic pension for the disabled. “I voted for Nitish Kumarji assuming that the wealth was fixed for idiosyncratic use. It was transferred to my slope relationship though I had not applied for the scheme. I cannot enactment arsenic I americium physically challenged. Else, I would person recovered enactment and returned the money. I spent it connected regular needs,” Nagendra Ram, different beneficiary, said.
