Haryana announces ₹4,470.77 crore in welfare and local body transfers

Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini announced transfers totalling ₹4,470.77 crore to welfare-scheme recipients and local bodies. He also announced a 3% increase in dearness allowance (DA) for government employees and dearness relief (DR) for pensioners, taking the rate from 60% to 63% from July 1, 2026. The revision covers around 2.78 lakh regular employees and 2.60 lakh pensioners, with an added annual cost of ₹545 crore in 2026-27.

Under Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana, the 13th instalment of ₹222.52 crore went to 10.59 lakh women. Total payments under the scheme have reached ₹2,689.15 crore. Its second phase, launched on September 17, raised the annual family income limit from ₹1 lakh to ₹1.80 lakh. Haryana also released ₹1,135.21 crore to 35.26 lakh people under 15 social security pension schemes, ₹24.25 crore in LPG subsidy to 6.05 lakh women under Har Ghar-Har Grihini Yojana, and ₹202.99 crore to 5,429 families under Dayalu Yojana. Total assistance under Dayalu has reached ₹3,682.83 crore for 97,655 families.

Urban local bodies received ₹1,727.80 crore and Panchayati Raj institutions ₹1,158 crore for development works. The rural grant covers 22 zila parishads, 143 panchayat samitis and 6,230 gram panchayats. Municipalities have received ₹1,927.80 crore in the current financial year. Saini said the Parivar Pehchan Patra database is used to identify eligible people for social security benefits without separate applications.

Haryana added beekeeping to Mukhyamantri Bagwani Bima Yojana, with insurance cover of ₹1,250 per bee colony and box against a ₹50 premium, and claims of up to ₹6.25 lakh.