A total of ₹2,123 crore has been released to 4,61,599 women beneficiaries in Mandya district under the Gruha Lakshmi scheme through 23 instalments since the launch of the programme.
Chikkalingaiah, chairman of the Mandya District-Level Authority for Implementation of Guarantee Schemes, said that payments had been credited up to August.
Presiding over a meeting of the district-level authority at the Zilla Panchayat on December 17, he said that ₹92.98 crore was disbursed in August alone. Amounts due from September onwards will be released soon through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), and beneficiaries need not worry about delays, he added.
Mr. Chikkalingaiah clarified that Gruha Lakshmi assistance had not been credited to income tax and GST payers and urged officials to submit representations for the early release of pending payments.
He also pointed out that some beneficiaries had not received funds owing to non-completion of Aadhaar seeding and e-KYC, and asked officials to create awareness among the public to complete the formalities.
