India, Dec. 5 -- The Haryana government on Wednesday made direct fund transfer of Rs.250 crore into the bank accounts of more than 7 lakh women from low-income families across the state under the Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi Yojna.

The initiative was launched on September 25 - the 109th birth anniversary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay - is aimed at providing sustained economic support to eligible women. They can apply for the scheme through the Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi mobile application, which was launched the same day.

Officials said the response since has been significant. From the app's launch to November 30, a total of 9,00,592 women submitted applications for the scheme, of which 7,01,965 were found eligible.

Of those eligible, 5,58,346...