Chandigarh, April 10 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday directly disbursed ₹1,665.25 crore into the bank accounts of beneficiaries under 18 different government schemes.
The chief minister said the sixth installment under the Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi scheme has been released, with ₹203.28 crore 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, Saini said in the 2026-27 budget, a provision of ₹6,500 crore has also been earmarked for the scheme, asserting that the "double-engine" government is continuously working for women's empowerment and their economic development.
The chief minister also said that, in addition to this, under 15 social security pension schemes, a total amount of ₹1,144.55 crore has been directly transferred to 35.55 lakh beneficiaries. These include pensions for the elderly, disability pensions, and other welfare pensions.
Taking a dig at the opposition, he said that under the Congress government, pensions were not processed for months on end, and even when they were processed, there was corruption.
Now, the state government has adopted a "proactive 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, Saini said.
He said that under the Dayalu scheme, financial assistance of ₹298.07 crore has been provided to 7,875 families. So far, ₹2,118.23 crore has been disbursed to 56,223 families under the scheme. With Friday's release, the total assistance has reached ₹2,416.30 crore, benefiting 64,098 families.
In a significant step towards empowering farmers belonging to scheduled castes, a subsidy of ₹19.35 crore has been released to 645 beneficiaries for the purchase of tractors. Under this scheme, each eligible farmer is provided a subsidy of ₹3 lakh, the chief minister said.
Further, Saini expressed grief over the death of two firefighters, inducted under the Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam (HKRM), during duty in Faridabad earlier this year, saying the government has decided to provide relief of ₹30 lakh to the families of each deceased.
Out of this, ₹10 lakh per family will be given through the Haryana Parivar Suraksha Nyas and ₹20 lakh per family from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. In addition, one dependent from each family will be given a job under HKRN, he added.