India, March 18 -- Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday, earmarked Rs.5,000 crore for the 'Lado Lakshmi Yojana' in the state's Rs.2.05 lakh crore budget for the financial year 2025-26.

The Lado Lakshmi Yojana proposes a Rs.2,100 monthly assistance for women. The BJP had promised ahead of the October 2024 assembly polls, to provide this amount to women in the state each month if the party returned to power.

Saini had also said that the eligibility framework for the scheme would be finalised and presented before the Cabinet for approval.

Though the details are yet to be fully announced, it is a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for women over the age of 18.

Apart from this, Saini also proposed that women farmers engaged...