Overview

• Aditi Tatkare said preliminary data from the IT department flagged about 26 lakh potentially ineligible recipients and the list has been sent to districts for checks, with payments for verified beneficiaries to continue.
• Devendra Fadnavis said benefits claimed illegally will be stopped pending an inquiry into those flagged by the verification drive.
• Checks have uncovered overlaps across schemes, more than two beneficiaries in a household, applicants outside age or income limits, and even men receiving the ₹1,500 stipend.
• Supriya Sule alleged a ₹4,800 crore scam and sought a white paper and independent probe, while a media report citing government sources estimated roughly ₹3,000 crore lost and over 33 lakh claimants flagged by analytics.
• Eknath Shinde said the programme will not be discontinued, and Chhagan Bhujbal urged ineligible registrants to withdraw voluntarily and called for action against men who enrolled.