# West Bengal to remove 57,000 housing scheme beneficiaries after SIR 2026-08-07T03:40:59+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet At least 57,000 names will be removed from West Bengal’s Awas Yojana beneficiary list after they were struck off electoral rolls during the 2025 special intensive revision, state panchayat and rural development minister Dilip Ghosh said on Thursday. The decision links eligibility for the rural housing scheme to the electoral roll revision. The minister did not provide details on how the names were checked, whether all removals have been completed, or what recourse affected beneficiaries will have. The figure is therefore a reported estimate of names due to be removed, rather than a final audited count. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com Tags: Awas Yojana, electoral rolls, SIR, West Bengal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/west-bengal-to-remove-57000-housing-scheme-beneficiaries-after-sir/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/west-bengal-to-remove-57000-housing-scheme-beneficiaries-after-sir/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.