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Time of India
30-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Govt employees being weeded out of Ladli Bahin Scheme
Faced with a huge fiscal burden due to the Ladli Bahin Scheme , the Maharashtra government has begun the process of deleting women government employees from the list of beneficiaries, as they are not eligible for the same. The government has identified 2,652 women employees who have availed of the Ladli Bahin payout despite not being eligible. The amount paid to these 2,652 women has come to ₹3.58 crore so far, which these employees would now have to pay back to the government. IT department officials said that the number of government employees availing the scheme would be much higher as they still have to check six lakh more employees. "There are state government employees, there are employees from different civic corporations like the Mumbai, Thane, Nashik, Nagpur and other Municipal Corporations as well as government teachers, all their records will now be scrutinised. The exercise will take a while as we have asked for the employment records from all these bodies," said an IT official who did not want to be quoted. The Maharashtra government, in a bid to woo women voters prior to the assembly polls, had announced that women aged between 21 and 65 years and have an annual income of less than ₹2.5 lakh would be paid ₹1,500 per month. Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Fungo nas unhas: um truque simples reduz facilmente Acabe com o Fungo Undo State government employees are not eligible for this as their annual income is much higher than ₹2.5 lakh. However, several government employees have been availing of the scheme as the Mahayuti government did not do a stringent check on the beneficiary list. Faced with a huge monthly payout for the Ladli Bahin scheme, which leaves very little funds for any development or other works, the state has begun weeding out the government beneficiaries. The Maharashtra government has allocated ₹36,000 crore annually as payment for the Ladli scheme. By next year, Maharashtra's debt is estimated to reach ₹9.36 lakh crore. The state's annual interest payment for 2025-25 was at ₹54,687 crore and is expected to go up to ₹64,658 crore by next year. This explains the government's urgency to weed out the ineligible beneficiaries . Accordingly, the Information Technology department has been scrutinising the list of beneficiaries and has found these 2,652 women had taken these payouts for the last nine months. Live Events The scheme has already been tweaked with the state stating that 8 lakh women who were being paid under the Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi (NSMN) will be paid ₹500 per month under the Ladli Bahin scheme as they were also being paid ₹1,000 under the NSMN. The scrutiny has not gone down well with the Opposition attacking the government. "For getting votes, the state did not follow any criteria. However, once they got elected they are now doing all this scrutiny. This money should be withdrawn from those whose job was to scrutinise this," said Ambadas Danve, Sena (UBT) leader.
New Indian Express
23-05-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
Mahayuti government divides Ladli Bahin scheme beneficiaries along caste, community lines for 'financial ease'
MUMBAI: To ease the financial burden of the popular Ladli Bahin scheme, the Mahayuti government rather than releasing the fund from its parent department, has decided to seek the beneficiary amount from different state departments against the total number of respective beneficiaries from that particular caste and community. According to a senior government official, the state women and child development department initiated and launched the Ladli Bahin Scheme ahead of state assembly elections. It was decided that the required fund for this scheme will be taken from this same department only. 'But as the cost of this ambitious scheme is growing and that is putting a heavy burden on the state exchequer and women and child department alone cannot bear the total expenditure of this scheme. Therefore, it was strategically decided to divide the scheme beneficiaries on the line of cast and community. And, seek the fund from these respective departments and release these same category and caste women beneficiaries,' the official explained, requesting anonymity. As per these bifurcations, the women and child development department -- the parent department of Ladli Bahin Scheme -- has started seeking funds from various departments for that particular caste and community beneficiaries.
Time of India
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
UBT test in bastions; Mahayuti aims to cement 2024 win
The Supreme Court has directed the Maharashtra Election Commission to conduct local body polls within four months, a crucial test for parties like the UBT Sena, which traditionally holds power in key civic bodies such as Mumbai and Thane. These elections are also vital for the Mahayuti alliance to validate their 2024 assembly win. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Decks have been cleared for holding the local body polls in Maharashtra, with the Supreme Court on Tuesday asking the Maharashtra Election Commission to notify and hold the elections within four months. The local body polls, dubbed as the mini assembly polls in Maharashtra, are being looked at with keen interest this time as they would determine the fate of parties like the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) municipal corporations are being run with an administrator since 2022 after the SC had issued a stay due to legal challenges over providing reservation for OBCs in local body polls. However, now civic bodies like those in Mumbai, Thane and Pune, Nagpur, Kalyan Dombivali and others could soon have Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan Dombivali civic elections would be significant because these have been the traditional strongholds of the Thackerays. The UBT Sena has been relevant in Maharashtra in spite of coming to power only twice because it has been in power in these civic bodies for several the same time, the local body polls are also crucial for the Mahayuti alliance as it came to power largely on the back of the Ladli Bahin scheme under which the government has now cut down the beneficiaries. The Mahayuti would be keen to prove that winning the 2024 assembly polls was not a the UBT Sena is not able to maintain its hold in civic bodies, its prospects for the 2029 assembly polls would get CM Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that the Mahayuti would contest the local body polls in alliance with its are, however, doubts on whether the Maharashtra ECI could hold the polls within four months and there are already talks that the state ECI would approach the Supreme Court to conduct the polls in phases as the four-month deadline would mean holding the polls during the monsoons in September which would not be feasible. Earlier today, the SC said that the poll commission could approach the court to seek an extension in appropriate (Sharadchandra Pawar) faction's Maharashtra president Jayant Patil sounded a note of caution over the deadline, saying, "Although it took three years, we are happy with the Supreme Court decision as this would keep the grassroots democracy alive."
New Indian Express
06-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Shiv Sena, NCP in Maha tussle over diversion of funds for social justice
MUMBAI: Differences over alleged inter-departmental fund diversion are causing unrest and rifts among the Shiv Sena and the NCP, constituents of the incumbent Mahayuti government in Maharashtra. Shiv Sena minister Sanjay Shirsat kicked off the row, alleging that his department's funds were diverted to those controlled by NCP ministers without consulting him. Finance Minister Ajit Pawar clarified that the diversion occurred after consulting CM Devendra Fadnavis and Dy CM Eknath Shinde and with Cabinet approval. Pawar, also a deputy CM, said the diversion was necessary to continue the ambitious Ladli Bahin scheme: 'Women belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes availing monthly cash benefits of Rs 1,500 under the scheme are given the money from the social justice and tribal department. Women beneficiaries from other categories get financial assistance from other departments. This adjustment happened with Cabinet approval. So, there is no question of injustice or diverting funds,' he explained.
