The bank accounts of over 60,000 farmers were linked to wrong Aadhaar numbers which resulted in a delay in the release of funds to farmers in phase one under the Maharashtra farm loan waiver scheme.
By Moneycontrol News
Moneycontrol News
The bank accounts of over 60,000 farmers were linked to wrong Aadhaar numbers which resulted in a delay in the release of funds to farmers in phase one under the Maharashtra farm loan waiver scheme, reported DNA.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said that around one lakh bank accounts had same Aadhar numbers, therefore, a new list of beneficiaries of the farm loan waiver scheme was prepared, which has been sent to banks who have been authorised to release funds immediately.
"However, we realised that around one lakh bank accounts had same Aadhar numbers. So the data had to be cleaned. But a new list has been released and we have deposited Rs 4,000 crore in the central account of ICICI Bank and they have been authorised to release the funds immediately," Fadnavis said.
In the first phase, Rs 4,000 crore is to be credited into 8.5 lakh bank accounts under farm loan waiver scheme by November 15, however, the process got delayed following the Aadhaar number discrepancy.
"We cannot transfer money into these accounts until the correct Aadhaar details are acquired," a government official told the paper.
In some cases, the officials also noted that several accounts were linked to the same Aadhaar number. However, the banks have iniated the process to sort out the issue so that there is no further dealy in phase one as well as phase two.
"Banks have been asked to sort this out at the earliest," said the official.