Girls and youngster Improvement Minister Aditi Tatkare arrives at Vidhan Bhavan on the third day of Price range Session in Mumbai on March 5, 2025.
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The Maharashtra authorities has not made any modifications to the eligibility standards for the Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, and a couple of.52 crore eligible ladies will get pending instalments for January and February by March 8, Maharashtra Girls and Youngster Improvement Minister Aditi Tatkare mentioned. She was answering a calling consideration movement within the Maharashtra Legislative Council on Wednesday. Replying to an opposition query on the ballot promise to extend cost from ₹1,500 to ₹2,100, she mentioned implementation will occur after the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Ministers take a name.

“Eligibility and ineligibility of the beneficiaries have been determined as per the phrases and circumstances of this scheme. The purposes are being scrutinised in keeping with the identical standards. Scrutinisation of purposes in any scheme is a steady course of. Accordingly, it has been determined to not pay the monetary advantage of this scheme to the beneficiary ladies who don’t fulfill the factors. Motion is being taken accordingly. 2 crore 63 lakh ladies had utilized underneath this scheme, out of which 2 crore 52 lakh ladies are at the moment eligible,” Ms. Tatkare mentioned.

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Answering Congress chief Satej Bunty Patil’s query on rising the instalment from ₹1,500 to ₹2,100, she mentioned that the election manifesto is relevant for 5 years and that the federal government had not promised disbursement within the first funds. “You began the scheme with a political intention in entrance of you. So many GRs have been issued by the federal government earlier than the election,” Satej Patil mentioned. Responding, Ms. Tatkare mentioned, “As a division, we’ll hold a proposal in entrance of the federal government as soon as the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Ministers take a name on it.”

She refuted allegations concerning the scheme, including that the eligibility standards had not been modified.

“This scheme is relevant to ladies from 21 to 65. So each month, these ladies who full 65 are declared ineligible. As a consequence of this, the variety of beneficiaries modifications repeatedly. Presently, about 120,000 ladies have been excluded from the scheme after exceeding the age restrict. Equally, ladies who’ve settled in different states after marriage are additionally not thought-about underneath the scheme. About 2.5 crore ladies within the state are getting the advantage of this scheme, and a optimistic change has taken place within the lives of ladies. For this, the federal government is being congratulated by ladies,” Ms. Tatkare mentioned.

The problem was raised by a number of opposition leaders together with Anil Parab, Satej Bunty Patil, Bhai Jagtap, and Shashikant Shinde.