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West Bengal to remove 57,000 housing scheme beneficiaries after SIR
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…
The Story in Brief
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.
The Indian Opinion
The easy claim that every deleted voter is either a fraud or an ineligible housing claimant would go beyond the available facts. Electoral-roll deletion and welfare eligibility are separate administrative decisions, even if the state is using one to review the other. The fair test is whether each of the 57,000 cases has a documented verification trail and a chance to appeal. Will the government publish that audit?
Source: hindustantimes.com
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