Claim

Under the new Annapurna Yojana in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari today transferred a total of ₹10,121 crore as the first installment to about 1.25 crore women; 1.6 crore women had applied, but 26 lakh were excluded for now because their citizenship is under doubt.

“आज शुभेंदु अधिकारी ने करीब सवा करोड़ महिलाओं के खातों में पहली इंस्टॉलमेंट के तौर पर कुल 10121 करोड़ की राशि ट्रांसफर की। इस योजना के तहत कुल 1 करोड़ 60 लाख महिलाओं ने फॉर्म भरे थे। लेकिन इनमें से 26 लाख महिलाओं की नागरिकता शक के दायरे में है।”

Rationale

Verifiable elements of the claim hold up — the Annapurna Yojana exists, ~1.6 crore women applied, and ~26 lakh applications were rejected. But two key figures are wrong. The headline amount is materially false: the benefit is Rs 3,000 per woman, so ~1.1–1.3 crore recipients equals roughly Rs 3,300–3,900 crore, not the claimed Rs 10,121 crore, which is ~3x too high and unsupported by any source (even internally, 1.25 crore x Rs 3,000 = Rs 3,750 crore). The number of recipients is reported as 1.10 crore, not ~1.25 crore. Additionally, the 26 lakh rejections were for five documented reasons, so attributing them entirely to 'citizenship under doubt' is an oversimplification. Because the central quantitative claim is factually incorrect, the statement is inaccurate. Note: coverage came from wire/aggregator sites; no dedicated fact-checker (AltNews/BOOM/PIB) addressed it.

Evidence

• https://aninews.in/news/national/general-news/rs-3000-transferred-to-110-crore-women-via-dbt-under-annapurna-scheme-west-bengal-cm-suvendu-adhikari20260701210815/ ANI wire (broadcast date, 1 July 2026): CM Suvendu Adhikari transferred Rs 3,000 via DBT to 1.10 crore women; 1.6 crore applications received, 26 lakh rejected. At Rs 3,000 x ~1.1 crore the outlay is ~Rs 3,300 crore, not the claimed Rs 10,121 crore; beneficiaries stated as 1.10 crore, not ~1.25 crore. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://www.goodreturns.in/news/west-bengal-annapurna-yojana-update-26-lakh-applications-rejected-over-citizenship-doubts-1519689.html The 26 lakh rejections were on multiple grounds — citizenship/domicile doubt, non-residents, SIR voter-roll deletions (dead/shifted/absent), and other eligibility failures — not solely 'citizenship under doubt' as the claim frames it. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://www.businessupturn.com/nation/west-bengal-transfers-first-annapurna-yojana-installment-to-1-1-crore-women-cm-suvendu-adhikari Reports the July installment reaching 1.1 crore women at Rs 3,000 each; no Rs 10,121 crore figure appears; annual scheme budget cited elsewhere is ~Rs 36,000 crore. ✓ reachable · archived