Overview
- Women and child development minister Aditi Tatkare said about 8,000 state employees wrongly took the Rs 1,500 benefit and that recoveries already underway will be completed within two months.
- The government reported 2.63 crore applications and 2.43 crore approvals, with ongoing cross‑checks against other departmental databases after overlaps were found with schemes like NaMo Shetkari.
- Accounts linked to 12,000–14,000 cases where women used husbands’ bank accounts are being scrutinised, and officials said recovery and action will follow if men are found to have received funds.
- Beneficiaries are required to complete Aadhaar e‑KYC to keep receiving payments, with the deadline extended to December 31, 2025, and officials cautioning that non‑compliance may pause transfers.
- In the Assembly, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis rebuked MLAs for invoking the scheme in unrelated debates and affirmed it will continue, as Deputy CM Eknath Shinde also defended the programme’s continuation; separately, Madhya Pradesh released the 31st Ladli Behna instalment to over 1.2 crore women.