The Maharashtra government will recover money from those state employees as well as male beneficiaries who have illegally availed of the financial benefits under the Mukhyamantri Mazi Ladki Bahin Yojana, a scheme reserved for women, the Legislative Council was told on Tuesday.

This information was shared by Women and Child Development Minister Aditi Tatkare in a written reply after MLCs Pragya Satav, Satej Patil, Bhai Jagtap and others raised the issue of illegal beneficiaries of the scheme during question hour.