Overview
- State officials said Wednesday that about 68 lakh accounts were deactivated for missing mandatory e-KYC, leaving roughly 1.75 crore active beneficiaries.
- The government extended the verification cutoff to April 30, which minister Aditi Tatkare called the last chance to complete or correct e-KYC details.
- A misworded Marathi question earlier marked more than 24 lakh women as government employees, and about 20 lakh of those accounts have since been cleared with the rest still under review.
- With fewer verified beneficiaries, the programme’s monthly outlay of about ₹3,700 crore is set to fall and the 2026–27 allocation has dropped to ₹26,000 crore from ₹36,000 crore.
- Leaders have said the scheme will continue and the state will not recover past payouts from those later found ineligible, while women who finish e-KYC by the new date may see payments restored.