Audit Flags Ladki Bahin Overspend

MumbaiIndia’s auditor found a 35.41bn-rupee overspend on Ladki Bahin.

Nine million of 26 million enrolled women have since been struck from the rolls.

Maharashtra’s scheme pays women 1,500 rupees monthly, the country’s largest state cash-transfer program for women.

Maharashtra’s government hasn’t publicly answered the auditor’s findings.

Sources: BBC