CHANDIGARH, Sept. 26 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday formally launched the much-awaited "Deendayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana" along with a dedicated mobile app to ensure seamless rollout of the Rs.2,100 per monthly pension scheme for women above 23 years of age--a key promise of the BJP ahead of the October 2024 assembly polls. Married and unmarried women who are 23 and above as on September 25, 2025 and whose family's annual income is less than Rs.1 lakh are eligible in the first phase of implementation. While the state-level ceremony was held at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula where the chief minister started the scheme, similar functions were held across the state in district headquarters where ministers and senior party leaders launched the scheme. "Those eligible as of September 25 can begin applying immediately, while others may apply on the date they become eligible," chief minister Saini said. According to the chief minister, nearly 20 lakh women will be benefited in the first phase of this scheme which is open for both married and unmarried women between the ages of 23 and 60 years. Any number of eligible women within the same household will be eligible for this pension scheme for which the government has approved Rs.5,000 crore budget for 2025-26 fiscal. CM Saini also laid the foundation stone of a railway over bridge connecting the old industrial area to GT Road at a cost of Rs.70.42 crore and a fire station centre at a cost of Rs.18.95 crore in Panipat. Apart from this, he also announced Rs.50 lakh for Bhagwad Geeta Chowk and Rs.40 crore for the reconstruction of Palika Bazaar. Saini also said that an investment of Rs.474 crore will be made under the "Haryana AI Development Project" between 2025 and 2028. This initiative will include the establishment of a global artificial intelligence centre in Gurugram and an advanced computing facility in Panchkula....