14k bogus DSSS claimants out, Rs 50cr recovered: Min
The directorate of social welfare has stopped disbursing the monthly Dayanand Social Security Scheme (DSSS) payout to around 14,000 'bogus' beneficiaries since the directorate began a survey in Oct 2024, said social welfare minister Subhash Phal Dessai.
The directorate stopped the disbursal of funds to these beneficiaries after finding them dead, untraceable at their last address, availing of two schemes, availing of the scheme when their spouse is also benefiting from it, or other disqualifying parameters.
As and when the non-traceable beneficiaries apply with their correct address, the directorate will reconsider their applications. Phal Dessai said the directorate has recovered Rs 50 crore to date since June 2023.
State govt adds 200-250 new beneficiaries every month under the DSSS scheme, its most popular initiative. The directorate recently decided to upload beneficiary details of all its schemes on its website.
'The intention was to ensure transparency and accountability of administration,' social welfare director Ajit Panchwadkar said. The transparency, he said, will also help weed out ineligible beneficiaries.
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He said if ineligible beneficiaries are brought to the notice of the directorate, it can reconsider the cases and scrap the benefit.
'This will deter ineligible persons from taking benefit of the scheme and make way for deserving people,' Panchwadkar said.
The details of the beneficiaries covered by the directorate's schemes after April 1 this year are being uploaded on the website. Uploading data prior to that would be too voluminous, Panchwadkar said.
The directorate's massive survey to weed out ineligible beneficiaries and open up slots began with DSSS beneficiaries in Oct last year and is still ongoing.
It is likely to continue till Dec. The directorate has completed two phases of the survey, with four more phases remaining.
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