India, Sept. 19 -- The Maharashtra government has decided to authenticate the Aadhaar cards of all the beneficiaries of its flagship scheme, the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana. The authentication is to be done through e-KYC, and a government resolution (GR) to this effect was issued on Thursday by the women and child development department.

The populist scheme, which involves a direct monthly cash transfer of Rs.1,500 to underprivileged women, has been in the thick of a controversy regarding ineligible beneficiaries, as verification of the latter was not conducted when the scheme was launched before the assembly elections last year. Instead, the government took self-declarations from all the applicants.

"The move to authenticate ...