Chandigarh, August 30-Haryana Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Mr. Shyam Singh Rana said that Deendayal Lado Laxmi Yojana will provide great support to women, the small and large expenses of women engaged in farming and labor will be easily met with the amount received from this scheme.
Mr. Rana, who came to meet the women with their problems at their residence, first of all congratulated the Haryana government for implementing Deendayal Lado Laxmi Yojana in the state and after that, after listening to their problems, he resolved them.
The Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister said that this Lado Laxmi Yojana is great good news for the sons, sisters and mothers of Haryana. The state government has started this scheme keeping in mind the dignity and safety of women. He said that under this scheme, every woman aged 23 years or above, whether married or single, will be given financial assistance of Rs 2100 every month.
This scheme will be implemented on 25 September 2025. In the first phase, families whose annual income is less than Rs 1 lakh will be included. In the next phase, the scope of this scheme will be expanded so that more families can join.
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Mr. Shyam Singh Rana said that there is no restriction on the number of women in the family in this scheme. If there are 3 women in a house, then only three will get this amount. The condition is that the woman or her husband should be a native resident of Haryana for the last 15 years.
He said that this scheme is a ray of hope especially for those families who are struggling with financial hardship, now the women of the village will be able to meet their small and big expenses with this amount received every month.
Mr. Shyam Singh Rana said that the 9 such schemes already being run by the government like- Old Age Benefit Scheme, Financial Assistance to Widows and Destitute Women, Haryana Divyang Pension Scheme, Ladli Social Security Allowance, Financial Assistance to Kashmiri Displaced Families, Financial Assistance to Widows and Single Women, Haryana Gaurav Samman Support for Padma Awardees, in which the female applicant is already getting the benefit of higher pension, they will not get the benefit of Deendayal Lado Laxmi Scheme. The day a single beneficiary completes the age of 45 years, that day she will automatically become eligible for the financial assistance scheme given to widows and destitute women. The Agriculture and Livestock Minister also informed that in the coming days, along with the gazette notification of the scheme, an app will also be launched on which eligible women will register themselves. He said that every potentially eligible woman will also receive an SMS that she is eligible for this scheme, to register on the app. He has appealed to the eligible women to take advantage of this Deendayal Lado Laxmi scheme.