Haryana Widower Pension Scheme Announced by CM

In a Unique decision, Chief Minister Mohar Lal Khattar has announced Haryana Widower Pension Scheme/ Yojana. Under the new pension scheme, state male will get financial assistance from the government in case of death of wife.

Wife death pension scheme will be started from next year all the male applicants who match the eligiblity creteria of the scheme will get benefited. At prsent, Haryana Widow Pension scheme is running in the state for women whose husband died.

Haryana Widower Pension Scheme is announced after Bohatwas village resident Dharam Singh urged CM to start Widower Pension Yojana by saying all citizen of India should have equal rights. He demanded Chief Minister for this scheme by writing a letter to him.

Dharam Singh Said “Why the pension can not be given to the widower if the Haryana government is giving pension to widows. He had demanded that widower should also be helped to raise a family after a person's wife passes away. The government should also make such arrangements for widower by amending the pension law.”

Haryana Widower Pension Yojana will be started from next year. So rest of the details including the amount of financial assistance, eligibilty, and other details will get listed here after the launch of Widower Pension Scheme.