Mumbai: Around 81 lakh registered beneficiaries have been removed from Maharashtra government's Ladki Bahin Yojana following a multi-month e-KYC verification drive, Minister Aditi Tatkare said on Monday, even as Opposition parties alleged irregularities in its implementation.
Speaking to reporters, the women and child development minister clarified that the e-KYC process was mandatory to systematically weed out ineligible registrations, income-tax payers, and families of government employees, who are not covered under the scheme.
