Overview
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the government will consider the demand to rename the Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana after the late Ajit Pawar.
- NCP MLC Amol Mitkari urged the renaming as a tribute to Pawar and publicly pressed for a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the January 28 crash.
- Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde affirmed the scheme will continue and said monthly assistance is planned to rise from Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,100 at an appropriate time.
- The Ladki Bahin program, launched in July 2024 under Pawar’s stewardship as finance minister, provides Rs 1,500 per month to women aged 21 to 65 via direct transfers.
- Sunetra Ajit Pawar was sworn in as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister on January 31, days after her husband’s death in the Baramati plane crash.