Chandigarh, April 10 – In a major step towards strengthening social welfare delivery, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini transferred ₹1,665.25 crore directly into the bank accounts of beneficiaries under 18 different government schemes on Friday.
Addressing the media here, the Chief Minister said, in line with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the “double-engine government is continuously working for women’s empowerment and their economic development”.
The Chief Minister announced on Friday that the sixth installment under the ‘Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi’ scheme has been released. A sum of ₹203.28 crore has been transferred to 9.68 lakh women beneficiaries. This brings the total disbursement under the scheme to ₹1,038.05 crore across six installments.
Highlighting future plans, the Chief Minister said that in the Budget 2026-27, a budgetary provision of ₹6,500 crore has also been earmarked for the scheme. The Chief Minister also said that under 15 social security pension schemes, ₹1,144.55 crore has been directly transferred to 35.55 lakh beneficiaries. These include old-age pension, disability pension, and other welfare pensions.
Taking a dig at the Opposition, he said that during the Congress regime, pensions were not processed for six months to even a year, and even when they were processed, there was corruption. Now, the state government has adopted a “pro-active governance model”, wherein eligibility is automatically determined through the Parivar Pehchan Patra database.
“This has eliminated the need for applications and office visits, enabling citizens to receive benefits seamlessly at their doorstep,” CM Saini said. The Chief Minister also announced that under the Dayalu Scheme, financial assistance of ₹298.07 crore was provided on Friday to 7,875 families.
He said that so far, ₹2,118.23 crore has been disbursed to 56,223 families. “With today’s release, the total assistance has reached ₹2,416.30 crore, benefiting 64,098 families,” said CM Saini.
In a significant step towards empowering farmers belonging to the Scheduled Castes, a subsidy of ₹19.35 crore has been released to 645 farmers for the purchase of tractors. Under this scheme, each eligible farmer is provided a subsidy of ₹3 lakh.
CM Saini said in the tragic incident in Faridabad, where two firefighters working under Haryana Kaushal Rojgar Nigam (HKRN) lost their lives, the government has decided to provide immediate relief of ₹30 lakh to each family. Of this, ₹10 lakh per family will be given through the Haryana Parivar Suraksha Nyas and ₹20 lakh per family from the CM Relief Fund. In addition, one dependent from each family will be given a job under HKRN.
