The public notice, issued by a joint director in the Department of Women and Child Development, issued in newspapers on the promised Rs 2,100 under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojna says, “… a political party is claiming to disburse Rs 2,100 per month under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojna… no such scheme has been notified in Delhi… If and when such a scheme is notified, the Department of Women and Child Development will launch a digital portal for eligible individuals to submit applications… Any private individual/political party collecting such physical forms/applications or collecting information for applicants… is fraudulent and without authority.”
“The general public are hereby advised and requested not to entertain such promises of a non-existent scheme, as these are misleading and without any authority…,” it says.
The second public notice, by the special secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, also calls the promises fraudulent, adding that people have started visiting government hospitals and offices to enquire about the scheme.
In an unprecedented move, senior officers in the Delhi government have released public notices and disowned the registration process started by Chief Minister Atishi and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for two schemes announced by the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the national capital.
The move underlines the tenuous relationship between the bureaucracy and the elected Delhi government. After an amendment to the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) Act, the services department comes under the control of the lieutenant governor.
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