Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta stated that the drive, for which every beneficiary will endure biometric authentication, “will assist eradicate fraudulent claims and improve the credibility of presidency schemes, whereas selling social justice and transparency”. File | Photo: X/@gupta_rekha through PTI

The Delhi authorities will conduct annual verifications of an estimated six lakh individuals availing of its monetary help schemes, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) stated on Saturday (October 4, 2025). The drive this yr will start “shortly”, it added.

The assertion quoted CM Rekha Gupta as saying that the method will “be certain that solely real and eligible beneficiaries obtain help, whereas those that are now not eligible or have handed away might be routinely faraway from the checklist”.

She added that the drive, for which every beneficiary will endure biometric authentication, “will assist eradicate fraudulent claims and improve the credibility of presidency schemes, whereas selling social justice and transparency”.

“Additionally, beneficiaries’ images, Aadhaar particulars, cellphone numbers and addresses might be collected. All data will then be digitised and up to date within the database. For those that can not go to the centres, house verification might be organized. A name centre and helpline can even be arrange for fast decision of queries. Upon verification, every beneficiary might be supplied with a singular digital id card in smooth copy,” said the CMO.

₹5.57-crore value course of

For the initiative, the federal government has partnered with CSC e-Governance Services India Limited, a particular goal automobile promoted by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The verification course of is predicted to value ₹5.57 crore and might be funded by the Delhi authorities.

An official stated, “The authorities will quickly challenge a helpline quantity on which Delhi authorities beneficiaries would be capable of name to provoke the verification course of. It might be executed freed from value and in a fast and hassle-free method.”

“Currently, there isn’t a correct annual verification course of, and plenty of schemes solely require a certificates from the realm MLA,” the official added.

WCD Department drive

Earlier this yr, the Delhi authorities held a verification drive to establish the beneficiaries for its ₹2,500 month-to-month pension scheme for widows, divorced, separated, destitute, and deserted girls. The drive, performed by the Women and Child Development (WCD) Department, had recognized over 60,000 eligible girls.

Published – October 05, 2025 08:23 am IST

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