Mungantiwar urges CM to give Ladki Bahin women another chance to complete e-KYC

MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar has placed before Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis the e-KYC problems faced by eligible women under the Chief Minister's Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana. He said no eligible woman should be deprived of the scheme's benefits.

Mungantiwar met the Chief Minister at his official residence, Varsha, in Mumbai on November 9, 2026, and submitted a memorandum. The Chief Minister took the demand positively and has directed the Principal Secretary of the Cooperation Department to take the necessary action.

Under the scheme, eligible women receive financial assistance of Rs 1,500 a month. The scheme aims to make women economically stronger and support their day-to-day needs. e-KYC had been made mandatory for beneficiaries. The deadline was first set at December 31, 2025, and the government later extended it to April 30, 2026, under a circular dated April 2, 2026.

Even after the extension, many needy women in several parts of the state, including Yavatmal district, could not complete e-KYC. The reasons included technical glitches, lack of internet and server access, problems with biometric verification and other compulsions. Women in villages in particular faced many hurdles in the process. As a result, eligible women now risk having their assistance stopped only because their e-KYC remains incomplete.

In the memorandum, Mungantiwar demanded that eligible women be given one more opportunity to complete e-KYC. He said a simpler arrangement should be made for e-KYC, the departments concerned should be given the necessary instructions, and the deadline should be extended so that eligible women whose process remained incomplete because of technical problems can receive the benefit again.

Mungantiwar called it unjust that assistance rightfully due to needy women should be stopped because of a hurdle in a technical process. In his view, it is important that the scheme's benefit not remain confined to an administrative process but reach every eligible woman. The Rs 1,500 received every month is a major support for the day-to-day needs of needy families. He therefore expressed hope that the government would take a sympathetic and positive decision, so that women facing e-KYC hurdles get relief and no eligible beneficiary is deprived of government assistance.