Officials said the number of government employees found to have availed the benefits is far higher than initially estimated (Express file photo by Amit Chakravarty) The state government has recovered around ₹11 crore from ineligible beneficiaries of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, with a significant portion of the recoveries coming from government employees who had wrongly availed of the scheme despite being ineligible. The action follows the detection of large-scale irregularities in the scheme, including instances of government employees and even men receiving the monthly assistance despite being explicitly barred from the eligibility criteria. “After the government initiated action, some beneficiaries voluntarily returned the money, while a few came forward and had their names removed from the scheme.…