Planning to cut ineligible Ladki beneficiaries: Ajit

He was once accused of stealing credit for the Mahayuti government's flagship Ladki Bahin scheme, even calling it 'Ajitdada's Ladki Bahin Yojana' during his election campaign last year.

- Faisal Malik

MUMBAI: Today, Ajit Pawar says that, as finance minister, he must weigh the state's fiscal health against the scheme, which is costing the treasury ₹46,000 crore a year.

His remark referenced the massive financial burden on the treasury by the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana (MMLBY), among a series of allocations for populist schemes made by the previous Mahayuti alliance government in the run-up to the elections late last year.