Overview

• The ministry removed 2,289 state government employees from the beneficiary list after determining they were not eligible for the Ladki Bahin scheme.
• Pune district audits identified about 17,000 discrepancies in reported four-wheeler ownership, leading to further Aadhaar verification.
• MLAs claimed financing relied on reallocating roughly ₹3,000 crore from the Social Justice Department, ₹4,000 crore from Tribal Development and ₹410.3 crore from Scheduled Castes and Neo-Buddhist budgets.
• A promised re-registration window for applicants rejected due to technical errors remains unopened.
• The FY25-26 budget secures over ₹35,000 crore for Ladki Bahin benefits and ministers are weighing a proposal for low-interest business loans.