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The amendments made by the Haryana’s Bharatiya Janata Party authorities to its monthly fiscal assistance strategy for the women, “Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana”, further extending it to women with yearly income bounds up to ₹1.80 lakh, but with further criteria of world excellence and the wellness of their children, has drawn crisp disapproval from the Opposition for “imposing conditions aft conditions” alternatively of offering it to each women arsenic promised successful the party’s manifesto.
Besides the women with yearly income of little than ₹1 lakh presently being fixed ₹2,100 per period nether the scheme, the Haryana authorities has present brought much beneficiaries nether its preview integrating societal development-linked eligibility criteria with the income-based eligibility. For the accrued limit, lone those women whose children studying successful authorities schools person demonstrated world excellence by securing much than 80% marks successful Class 10 oregon 12 committee examinations, oregon person achieved grade-level competency nether the NIPUN Bharat Mission successful Classes 1 to 4, volition beryllium considered eligible.
Similarly, mothers who person successfully rehabilitated their children from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) oregon Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM), arsenic verified by the Women and Child Development Department, volition besides beryllium covered nether the scheme. Existing criteria related to property and domicile volition proceed unchanged.
Congress’ Sirsa MP Kumari Selja has condemned the caller sets of conditions saying that “this argumentation does not bespeak women’s empowerment, but alternatively a mindset aimed astatine humiliating women”. “The strategy was launched for women’s empowerment, but contiguous the BJP authorities has bound it with conditions and marks-based criteria. The authorities has gone backmost connected its ain commitment. Women who were expected to person fiscal assistance without favoritism are present being asked astir their children’s marks. Will a mother’s worthy present beryllium decided by a study card?,” she said successful a property statement.
Also, successful yet different amendment, the assistance volition beryllium released successful 2 parts from the 2nd period onwards — ₹1,100 volition beryllium credited straight to the beneficiary’s savings slope account, portion ₹1,000 volition beryllium deposited successful a government-operated recurring deposit oregon fixed deposit account. The accumulated amount, on with interest, volition beryllium paid to the beneficiary connected maturity, not exceeding 5 years.
Speaking to reporters astatine his residence successful Rohtak connected Friday (January 2, 2026), erstwhile Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition, Bhupinder Singh Hooda stated that successful 2024-25, 2.13 crore radical successful Haryana were successful the Below Poverty Line category, meaning that astir 85 lakh women should person payment from this scheme. However, the authorities is presently lone talking astir giving the magnitude to 8 lakh women. Even then, it is present being said that women volition lone person ₹1,100, and ₹1,000 volition beryllium deposited. “Besides this, conditions specified arsenic income limits, children’s education, and malnutrition person been imposed. The authorities is deliberately imposing specified conditions truthful that astir women are automatically excluded from the beneficiaries list,” helium stated.
The enlargement of the strategy volition payment much than 1 lakh caller women. So far, 10,02,550 women person applied nether the scheme, of these, 8 lakh women are being provided with fiscal assistance.
