Overview
- During Question Hour, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis warned legislators against invoking the Ladki Bahin scheme in unrelated debates, telling them, "If this continues, you will have to sit at home."
- After the admonition, no member referenced the scheme for the rest of the session, following earlier mentions by BJP MLA Abhimanyu Pawar and Congress MLA Jyoti Gaikwad.
- Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar tabled a Rs 6,103.20 crore supplementary provision for the programme, and Fadnavis said the scheme will continue without diverting funds from other initiatives.
- Women and Child Welfare Minister Aditi Tatkare said the government has begun recoveries and disciplinary action over fraudulent or ineligible payouts, identifying about 26.85 lakh cases totaling roughly Rs 1,189 crore and 10,956 state employees who received about Rs 18.57 crore.
- The scheme provides Rs 1,500 per month via DBT to eligible women aged 21–65 with household income under Rs 2.5 lakh, with the e-KYC deadline extended to December 31, 2025, even as opposition parties and ally Chhagan Bhujbal question its fiscal burden.