India, Jan. 11 -- The Haryana government has formally notified an amendment to the Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana, 2025, giving statutory backing to the welfare scheme for women that was originally launched on September 25 last year, with the development brought into effect from January 1, officials said.

The notification was issued by the social justice, empowerment, welfare of scheduled castes and backward classes and antyodaya (SEWA) department and published in the Haryana Government Gazette on Friday, officials said.

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini said that under the scheme, eligible women will receive Rs.2,100 per month as financial assistance through the direct benefit transfer system. In the first month, the entire amou...