In Indore, Madhya Pradesh, due to a lack of coordination between the Women and Child Development Department and the postal department, confusion has arisen about the payments disbursed through the Ladli Lakshmi Scheme and its accompanying National Savings Certificates. These certificates have been issued to an amount of Rs.84.84 crores across the state, totaling to 1,39,786 NSCs.
However, the department data show that there is a pendency of over a lakh certificates, including 168 NSCs of Indore district entailing a sum of Rs.10 lakh. The officials of the department attributed this mismatch to the fact that the information present on the website have not been completely updated.
Ram Rao Bhonsle, the Commissioner of the Women and Child Development Department, has written a letter asserting that the payments, amounting to lakhs, allotted for the beneficiaries of the Ladli Lakshmi Scheme from 2007 to 2014 have not been updated with the Directorate. Since the year 2014-15, in all the districts, the payments have been deposited to the fund after maturity, but the 1,39,786 NSCs across the state and 168 NSCs from Indore are still pending and the actual number and amount of pending NSCs in the post office remain unknown.
The company mentioned in this article is the Women and Child Development Department (WCDD), in Indore. This government department is responsible for protecting the rights of women and children in India. Its main objectives are to provide social security to women and children and to ensure that they have access to basic services such as health, nutrition, education and overall development. Through its Ladli Lakshmi Scheme, WCDD also provides financial assistance and incentives to families for the education and health security of their daughters.
The person mentioned in this article is Ram Rao Bhonsle, Commissioner of the Women and Child Development Department, Indore. The main purpose of Bhonsle’s letter was to address the lack of coordination between the WCDD and the Postal Department which has resulted in confusion regarding the payment disbursed under Ladli Lakshmi Scheme and its accompanying NSCs. Bhonsle’s letter also highlighted the need to update the Directorate data regarding the allotment of payments for the beneficiaries and the distribution of NSCs.
