'Ladki Bahin' scheme: Maha Govt to use existing data of women beneficiaries

The 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.

Officials from various departments held a meeting in this connection on Wednesday.

Under the scheme, announced ahead of state assembly elections due in October, eligible women will get Rs 1,500 per month.

"The idea is to use the existing data to reduce the burden of data collection to some extent," an official in the Women and Child Development (WCD) department said.

"Departments like Rural Development and Food and Civil Supplies already have the database of women beneficiaries, collected for older schemes. These departments have been asked to share the data with the Women and Child Development department which is going to implement the Ladki Bahin Yojana," an official from the Food and Civil Supplies department said.

The WCD department will consolidate the data, bank accounts and oth