MVY paid 2,260 dead women
A government welfare scheme designed to financially empower women in Chhattisgarh has, by its own official records, been transferring money into the bank accounts of dead women. The Mahtari Vandan Yojana (MVY), which has disbursed Rs 17,523 crore across 27 monthly instalments of Rs 1,000 each to eligible women since March 2024, carried within its own e-KYC-electronic ‘Know Your Customer’ identity verification-exercise a finding that no Government press release has ever mentioned: of 5,086 deceased ..