Maharashtra minister Aditi Tatkare has said the November deadline for completing e-KYC for the `Ladki Bahin` scheme will be extended by 15 days for women residing in the flood-affected regions.
Significant improvements were being made to the e-KYC server system under the `Ladki Bahin Yojana` to ensure smoother and faster processing for beneficiaries, the women and child development minister told reporters in Thane on Monday evening.
Under the government`s flagship `Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana`, eligible women receive Rs 1,500 every month.
Tatkare said the government has prioritised resolving the technical issues faced during e-KYC verification, which had slowed down the process in some areas.
“Every day, e-KYC verification of around four to five lakh women is being completed. So far, more than 1.10 crore women have successfully finished the process, covering nearly 90 per cent of the total applicants,” she said.
The administration is committed to ensuring that no eligible woman is left out due to technical or logistical hurdles, the minister said.
Highlighting the outreach in flood-affected areas, Tatkare said, “Women in those regions will get an additional 15 days to complete their e-KYC.”
The NCP leader also said that her party, led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, will play a decisive role in determining the next mayor of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), indicating the party`s growing influence in the region`s political landscape.
She was talking to reporters after attending a meeting of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) office-bearers in Thane, where the civic polls are likely to be held before the end of January 2026.
Earlier, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the Maharashtra government won`t stop the popular `Ladki Bahin` programme and instead is committed to creating one crore `Lakhpati Didis`, who will earn Rs 1 lakh every year.
The government will also provide employment opportunities to women by setting up women-led credit societies in villages, he said after launching the statewide `Mukhyamantri Samruddha Panchayat Raj Abhiyan` at Kingaon in Phulambri taluka in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, reported PTI.
The campaign aims to ensure that every village receives the benefits of the central and state schemes.
Maharashtra will not prosper unless villages in the state register progress, he said. “It is not possible until the poor, labourers, and villages prosper,” he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
