Notably, a lot of irregularities came to light during the physical verification of the beneficiaries following reports of huge fraud by the computer operators while filling up the forms for the scheme. In one such case, 95 applicants of Maiyan Samman Yojana were found linked to a single bank account, which was opened recently in West Bengal.During the investigation, it was found that the bank account of Yusuf, a resident of Patagoda, Barakhanti, in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal, was used 95 times for making applications for Maiyan Samman Yojana.Earlier too, several complaints of fraud related to Maiyan Samman Yojana were received from across the state where the money was being transferred to the bank accounts of wives and daughters of some government employees. Based on those reports, names of ineligible beneficiaries are being deleted from the list. Maiyan Samman Yojna, Hemant Soren Government’s flagship programme under which women between the age group of 18-49 gets Rs 2500 every month. Finance Minister Radha Krishna Kishore tabled the annual Budget of Rs 1, 45,400 crore for FY 2025-26 in the Jharkhand Assembly, out of which Rs 13,363 crore has been allocated for the Maiyan Samman Yojana.
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