Maharashtra’s Women and Child Development Minister, Aditi Tatkare, on Wednesday said that the government is currently scrutinising the bank accounts of over 12,000 men who allegedly availed themselves of benefits under the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, reported the PTI.
Launched by the BJP-led Mahayuti government in August last year, this flagship scheme provides eligible women with financial assistance of Rs 1,500 per month.
“We are verifying the authenticity of these 12,000 accounts to check whether the monthly financial aid intended for women is being credited to male members of the household,” Aditi Tatkare told reporters, as per the PTI.
She also claimed that some people were attempting to discredit the Ladki Bahin scheme.
The minister revealed that Aadhaar had not been linked (seeded) to nearly 50 lakh bank accounts registered under the scheme in its initial phase.
“Aadhaar seeding was implemented because of Ladki Bahin,” she said, adding, “This will help women not only receive their monthly payments but also benefit them in other matters,” according to the PTI.
In a post on X last month, Aditi Tatkare cited data from the Department of Information and Technology, reportedly showing that nearly 26.34 lakh people were receiving assistance under the scheme despite being ineligible.
मुख्यमंत्री माझी लाडकी बहीण योजनेअंतर्गत पात्र ठरलेल्या सर्व अर्जांची ओळख पटवण्यासाठी महिला व बालविकास विभागाने शासनाच्या सर्व विभागांकडून माहिती मागवली होती. यानुसार माहिती व तंत्रज्ञान विभागाने सुमारे २६.३४ लाख लाभार्थी अपात्र असताना देखील लाडकी बहीण योजनेचा लाभ घेत असल्याची…
— Aditi S Tatkare (@iAditiTatkare) July 26, 2025
Aditi Tatkare had said, “the government had asked all departments for data to verify applications. The Department of Information Technology found that several irregularities had occurred. Some families had more than two beneficiaries, some applicants were receiving aid from multiple schemes, in some cases men were found on the beneficiary list.”
She had noted that some individuals were benefiting from multiple government schemes, some families had more than two beneficiaries, and in several cases, men had applied for the scheme in violation of its terms.
Based on the data, benefits to these individuals were halted from June 2025. The details of such cases are now being verified by district collectors.
Tatkare said that benefits will resume for those found eligible.
Regarding individuals who deliberately misled the government to access the Ladki Bahin scheme, she stated that appropriate action would be taken after consultation with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar.
(with PTI inputs)
