Existing data of women beneficiaries available with various departments will be used for the Maharashtra government's recently-announced 'Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin' scheme, an official said. Under the scheme, announced ahead of assembly elections, eligible women will get Rs 1,500 per month. Officials from various departments held a meeting in this regard on Wednesday. "The idea is to use the existing data to reduce the burden of data collection to some extent," said an official in the Women and Child Development (WCD) department.

"Departments like Rural Development and Food and Civil Supplies already have database of women beneficiaries, collected for older schemes. These departments have been asked to share data with the Women and Child Development department which is going to implement the Ladki Bahin Yojana," said an official from the Food and Civil Supplies department. The WCD department will consolidate data, bank accounts and other required information, and share it with the IT department for disbursement of money.