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.
In this regard, officials of various departments held a meeting on Wednesday.
Under the scheme, announced before the state assembly elections in October, eligible women will get Rs 1,500 per month.
“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 is running the Ladki Bahin Yojana. Is going to be implemented." An official of the Food and Civil Supplies Department said.
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 has been used for fund distribution (of other schemes) from time to time. The new data generated by women wishing to enroll in the Ladki Bahin Yojana The data will pose a challenge." An official of the WCD department said.
"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 is a huge task considering the short time we have," the official said.
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.
In this regard, officials of various departments held a meeting on Wednesday.
Under the scheme, announced before the state assembly elections in October, eligible women will get Rs 1,500 per month.
“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 is running the Ladki Bahin Yojana. Is going to be implemented." An official of the Food and Civil Supplies Department said.
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 has been used for fund distribution (of other schemes) from time to time. The new data generated by women wishing to enroll in the Ladki Bahin Yojana The data will pose a challenge." An official of the WCD department said.
"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 is a huge task considering the short time we have," the official said.
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.
