Overview
- State governments in Bihar, Haryana and Punjab completed high-value direct benefit transfers on Friday to deliver pensions and women‑targeted cash, using the federal DBT system to credit accounts without cash collection.
- Bihar transferred ₹1,423.94 crore into the accounts of 97.84 lakh social security pension beneficiaries and declared the 10th of every month as ‘Bihar Pension Day’ to institutionalize monthly payouts.
- Haryana released ₹1,582.14 crore to 50.20 lakh beneficiaries across 19 schemes, including ₹209.69 crore for 9.98 lakh women under the Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana and a ₹6,500 crore budget set aside for the scheme this year.
- Punjab completed the first large cycle of payments under the Mukh Mantri Mawan Dhiyan Satkar Yojana, crediting about ₹1,147 crore to nearly 33 lakh women while registrations continue and more than 66 lakh women have enrolled so far.
- Officials say these rollouts pair DBT with administrative tools to reduce leakage: Haryana is using its Parivar Pehchan Patra family database to auto‑determine eligibility, Bihar has ordered Aadhaar‑linking and special enrolment drives, and states warn that beneficiaries without linked IDs may face short‑term delays.