Chandigarh, Oct. 18 -- Reiterating that the BJP government in Haryana remains committed to the welfare of "farmers, the poor, youth, and women" while pursuing the principle of "sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas," chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday announced a Rs.200 hike in social security pensions and released Rs.2,697 crore in development grants for panchayats and urban local bodies.

The Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government on Friday completed the first year of its third consecutive term and to mark the occasion held a low key state-level function in Panchkula while similar programmes were held at district headquarters.

In the wake of October 7 suicide by Haryana IPS officer and subsequent political upheavals, the govern...