2nd T20I: South Africa beat India by 5 wickets (D/L method)
Gqeberha (South Africa), Dec 12: South Africa defeated India by five wickets in the second T20 International here on Tuesday.
Sent into bat, India posted 180 for 7 before the hosts were set a revised target of 152 in 15 overs following a spell of rain.
India were going all guns blazing before rain stopped play with three balls left in the innings.
Skipper Suryakumar Yadav (56 off 36) and Rinku Singh (68 batting off 39) made fifties.
Chasing the revised target, South Africa reached home in 13.5 overs, scoring 154 for 5.
Reeza Hendricks (49) and skipper Aiden Markram (30) made substantial contributions for South Africa.
Brief Scores:
India: 180 for 7 (Rinku Singh 68 not out, Suryakumar Yadav 56; Aiden Markram 1/29, Tabraiz Shamsi 1/18).
South Africa:154 for 5 in 13.5 overs ( Reeza Hendricks 49; Mukesh Kumar 2/34).
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Maharashtra government reduces Ladki Bahin Yojana stipend for 8 lakh beneficiaries: Report
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has reportedly cut down on the stipend received by eight lakh beneficiaries of the Mukhya Mantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana.
Under the revised structure, the beneficiaries will receive Rs 500 instead of Rs 1,500 per month because they already receive Rs 1,000 under another government scheme, the Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi (NSMN), as reported by the Times of India.
The Ladki Bahin scheme has the stipulation that its beneficiaries can avail other government schemes only if the benefit is capped at Rs. 1,500 per month.
“There has been an ongoing scrutiny. First to scan the applications that were sent by the districts to the state headquarters. And then to re-scrutinise the eligible cases,” TOI report quoted an official as saying.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had earlier said he expected the number of beneficiaries to reduce by 10-15 lakh after the scrutiny process. "We are not changing criteria or funding, just ensuring only eligible ones get the stipend," he claimed.
The Opposition remarked that the state government is cheating the women who voted them to power.
The Mahayuti government had launched the Ladki Bahin Yojana in July 2024, where it provides Rs 1,500 per month to eligible women under the scheme. In its poll manifesto ahead of the state Assembly elections, the Mahayuti had promised to increase the amount to Rs 2,100. However, this commitment has not been fulfilled.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra’s debt projection is Rs 9.3 lakh crore for 2025-26. The outlay for the Ladki Bahin scheme was reduced from Rs 46,000 crore to Rs 36,000 crore in the 2025-26 budget.
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