Archive · 30 Dec 2025
12,900 Govt Employees Took Ladki Bahin Benefits Illegally
A new report shows that over 12,900 government employees received money from a scheme called Ladki Bahin Yojana, even though they were not supposed to.
This scheme gives Rs 1,500 every month to women from low-income families.
The government has asked these employees to return the money and has started checking to make sure only the right people get the benefits.
The total number of people who wrongly got money from this scheme is over one lakh.
The government is now making people verify their details online to stop more mistakes.
Over 12,900 government employees received benefits under the Ladki Bahin Yojana, which excludes salaried government staff.
The Women and Child Development Department has directed officials to take action against these employees.
The total number of ineligible beneficiaries under the scheme has crossed one lakh.
The scheme, launched in June 2024, provides Rs 1,500 per month to eligible women and has faced criticism for implementation failures.
The government has initiated a statewide e-KYC verification drive to prevent further misuse of the scheme.
- Who
- Government employees and ineligible individuals
- What
- Wrongfully availed benefits under the Ladki Bahin Yojana
- When
- From July 2024 to the present
- Where
- Across the state
- Why
- Due to verification failures and oversight in the implementation of the scheme
- Number of ineligible government employees
- 12,915
- Monthly assistance amount
- Rs 1,500
- Total ineligible beneficiaries
- Over 1 lakh
- Total wrongful disbursal amount
- At least Rs 164.52 crore
- Scheme launch date
- June 2024
- Total beneficiaries
- Nearly 2.4 crore women
- Monthly cost to state exchequer
- Rs 3,700 crore
- Budgetary allocation for the scheme
- Rs 36,000 crore