Mumbai: Existing data of women beneficiaries available with various departments will be used for the Maharashtra government's recently announced 'Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin' scheme, an official said.
Under this scheme, announced before the assembly elections, eligible women will get Rs 1,500 per month.
In this regard, officials of various departments held a meeting on Wednesday.
“The idea is to use existing data to reduce the burden of data collection to some extent,” said an official from the Women and Child Development (WCD) department.
"Departments like Rural Development and Food and Civil Supplies already have the database of women beneficiaries collected for the old schemes. These departments have been asked to share the data with the Department of Women and Child Development which runs the Ladki Bahin Yojana. Is going to be implemented." Officials of Food and Civil Supplies Department.
The WCD department will consolidate the data, bank accounts and other necessary information, and share it with the IT department for distribution of funds.
“This existing data is comparatively easy to access and consolidate as it is used for fund disbursement (through other schemes) from time to time. New data generated by women wishing to enroll in the Ladki Bahin Scheme The application form can be filled through the mobile app as well as physically, but this data will have to be checked and verified, which we are short of,” said a WCD department official.
The Eknath Shinde government has allocated Rs 25,000 crore for the Ladki Bahin scheme through supplementary demands tabled during the ongoing monsoon session of the state legislature.
Under this scheme, announced before the assembly elections, eligible women will get Rs 1,500 per month.
In this regard, officials of various departments held a meeting on Wednesday.
“The idea is to use existing data to reduce the burden of data collection to some extent,” said an official from the Women and Child Development (WCD) department.
"Departments like Rural Development and Food and Civil Supplies already have the database of women beneficiaries collected for the old schemes. These departments have been asked to share the data with the Department of Women and Child Development which runs the Ladki Bahin Yojana. Is going to be implemented." Officials of Food and Civil Supplies Department.
The WCD department will consolidate the data, bank accounts and other necessary information, and share it with the IT department for distribution of funds.
“This existing data is comparatively easy to access and consolidate as it is used for fund disbursement (through other schemes) from time to time. New data generated by women wishing to enroll in the Ladki Bahin Scheme The application form can be filled through the mobile app as well as physically, but this data will have to be checked and verified, which we are short of,” said a WCD department official.
The Eknath Shinde government has allocated Rs 25,000 crore for the Ladki Bahin scheme through supplementary demands tabled during the ongoing monsoon session of the state legislature.
