The Gruha Lakshmi benefits of 15,724 deceased beneficiaries in Mysuru district have been cancelled, and ₹79.86 lakh credited to their bank accounts after their death has been recovered and remitted to the government.

This was disclosed at a review meeting on the progress of the guarantee schemes held at the D. Devaraja Urs Hall of the Zilla Panchayat here on Tuesday.

Arun Kumar S., chairman of the district-level Guarantee Schemes Committee, who presided over the meeting, directed officials to recover any remaining amounts credited to the accounts of beneficiaries after their death.

Officials were also instructed to identify eligible beneficiaries and exclude ineligible ones during the ongoing re-verification of Gruha Lakshmi beneficiaries. Enumerators were asked to visit every household and collect accurate information.

District Guarantee Committee Vice-Chairman Shivakumar urged officials implementing the five guarantee schemes to ensure that the benefits reached all eligible beneficiaries. He also referred to other schemes introduced by the government, including Bhoomi Guarantee, Negila Yogi and Tegada Siri.

Another Vice-Chairman, Hunsur Basavanna, said training was being provided at the taluk level to Anganwadi workers and enumerators for the re-verification process. He asked officials to create awareness among beneficiaries and ensure that they submitted the required documents.

Women and Child Development Department Deputy Director Nagaraju said one enumerator would be appointed for every 250 beneficiaries for Gruha Lakshmi re-verification. Beneficiaries must have completed e-KYC and possess a bank account in Karnataka, among other conditions prescribed by the government.

The meeting also reviewed the re-survey under the Gruha Jyothi scheme. The Superintending Engineer was directed to hold meetings with officials and issue necessary directions to complete the process.

District Chief Planning Officer Savitha asked departments implementing the five guarantee schemes to share beneficiary success stories with the chairman, vice-chairpersons and members of the Guarantee Schemes Committee.

Committee member S.A. Yogesh said an eligible beneficiary, Devamma of Sagare village in H.D. Kote taluk, had not received Gruha Lakshmi benefits due to certain issues. Following discussions at the committee meeting, officials took steps to ensure that she received the benefit.