CHANDIGARH, Sept. 26 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday formally launched the much-awaited "Deendayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana" along with a dedicated mobile app to ensure seamless rollout of the Rs.2,100 per monthly pension scheme for women above 23 years of age--a key promise of the BJP ahead of the October 2024 assembly polls.

The Council of Ministers of Haryana in its August 28 meeting had given nod to launch this scheme on September 25 coinciding with the birth anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh co-founder Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, who is regarded as the architect of Antyodaya, and name this scheme after him. Married and unmarried women who are 23 and above as on September 25, 2025 and whose family's annual income...