Overview

• Ministers flagged that applications for the youth self-employment scheme, which offers loans up to Rs4 lakh, have exceeded expectations and risk exploitation by ineligible claimants.
• The cabinet is weighing a delay to the final beneficiary announcement until all submissions undergo comprehensive verification.
• Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka will table a sub-committee report on employee grievances and set out a roadmap for talks with government staff.
• Banks requested applicants’ CIBIL scores in absence of clear directives, causing confusion among would-be beneficiaries.
• The scrutiny drive aims to bolster transparency after the government faced criticism for slow rollouts of previous welfare programmes.