The Maharashtra government’s flagship Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme, launched as a mass welfare initiative, now covers only about 1.57 crore women, with beneficiary numbers dropping sharply from the 2.43 crore reported during its rollout.
“Currently, 1.57 crores beneficiaries have received the December instalment after the e-KYC process was concluded,” said the official from the Women and Child Development (WCD) department.
The decline followed a eligibility verification conducted by the WCD, which applied criteria such
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