Chandigarh, April 11 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Saini on Friday disbursed about Rs.1,665 crore directly into the bank accounts of beneficiaries under 18 different government schemes.

Addressing a press conference, the chief minister said the sixth installment of Lado Lakshmi Yojana was also released with transfer of about Rs.203 crore to 9.68 lakh women beneficiaries. With this, the total disbursement under the scheme has reached about Rs.1,038 crore across six installments, Saini said. A budgetary provision of Rs.6,500 crore has been made for the scheme in 2026-27 budget, he said.

According to Saini, a sum about Rs.1,144 crore was also directly transferred to 35.55 lakh beneficiaries under 15 social security pension schemes. These...