Ladki Bahin gets 336cr from tribal dept, min denies
Mumbai: Funds worth Rs 335.7 crore were allocated from the tribal welfare department to the state's flagship Mukhya Mantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, which provides a stipend of Rs 1,500 per month for underprivileged women.
This is the second tranche in the last two months, raising questions about whether funds meant for tribals are being diverted.
However, officials from the finance department point out that it is the norm to spread the budget for schemes across departments. Departments for specialised groups, including scheduled castes and tribal welfare, are allocated a portion of the funds with the condition that they can only spend it on SC and ST beneficiaries.
The state allocated Rs 36,000 crore for the Ladki Bahin scheme in the budget. Of this, Rs 28,290 crore was from the general budget. A sum of Rs 3,960 crore was allocated for the scheme to the social welfare department for SC beneficiaries, and Rs 3,250 crore was allocated to the tribal welfare department for ST beneficiaries. The tranches to the Ladki Bahin scheme from the tribal welfare department are coming from this allocation.
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Opposition leader Rohit Pawar from the NCP (SP) said, "Funds should not be diverted from poor tribals to other schemes." However, the Mahayuti govt emphasised that there was no diversion. "The budget heads for the Ladki Bahin scheme, tribal welfare, and social welfare are different," pointed out revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule.
Last month, social welfare minister Sanjay Shirsat objected to Rs 410 crore being allocated from his department to the Ladki Bahin scheme.
He alleged that earlier too, a sum of almost Rs 7,000 crore was diverted from his department. However, this was not a diversion but the allocation for various schemes made through the social welfare department for SC beneficiaries, officials say.
Meanwhile, in Nashik, state revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday categorically denied that funds from the tribal development department were being transferred to ensure that the beneficiaries of the Mukhya Mantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana received their instalment.
He said, "Expenditure is made under separate heads for various schemes. The govt cannot transfer funds from one dept to another – especially from social welfare and tribal dept to any other department."
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