About one crore fake beneficiaries have been found registered in anganwadis across India and their names have been removed from the list, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said Tuesday. There are around 14 lakh anganwadis across the country and 10 crore beneficiaries, who include children under the age of six and pregnant women and lactating mothers.
Gandhi said the identification and elimination of fake beneficiaries is an “ongoing process”, and until now officials have found and eliminated nearly one crore fake beneficiaries. A senior official said the WCD ministry was compiling the details of the one crore fake beneficiaries. Last month, Gandhi said about 14 lakh fake names of children were found registered in anganwadis of Assam.
It's high time government scrutinize all the welfare schemes in the country. If 1 crore fake beneficiaries have been found registred out of 10 crore in just one scheme, the extant of fake beneficiaries in other schemes can be gauged easily. The identification and elimination of fake beneficiaries is essential to ensure public money is used for the upliftment of the society and not for personal gains by corrupt officials.
If needed the government should close the welfare schemes to prevent waste of public money.
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