India, May 25 -- After diverting Rs.335.70 crore from the state tribal development department in April to infuse life into its flagship scheme -- Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana (MMLBY) - the state government has once again dipped into the department's purse and diverted an equal amount to the state women and child development department, which is running the scheme. An order to this effect was issued by the state tribal development department on Friday.

The government had diverted Rs.410 crore from the social justice department in May for the scheme.

This is yet another indicator of the state's fragile fiscal state. "Under the tribal component programme (under which various schemes for the community are run), funds worth Rs.335.7...