Archive · 29 Aug 2026
Himachal CM Announces Welfare Scheme for Two Lakh Families
Himachal Pradesh plans to start a new welfare scheme for families who have not received government help.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced the plan.
It will be launched from Solan on October 2.
About two lakh families may receive assistance.
Eligible women will get Rs 1,500 every month.
Eligible families will also receive 300 units of free electricity.
Officials are surveying villages to find the right families.
About 90,000 families have already been identified as not receiving any government welfare benefits.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced the Mukhyamantri Apna Parivar Sukhi Parivar Yojana.
The scheme is scheduled to launch from Solan on October 2.
Around two lakh families are expected to receive assistance under the initiative.
Eligible women will receive a monthly pension of Rs 1,500 and 300 units of free electricity.
Surveys have identified about 90,000 families not benefiting from any government welfare scheme so far.
- Who
- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and eligible families, particularly women beneficiaries.
- What
- The government will launch the Mukhyamantri Apna Parivar Sukhi Parivar Yojana, offering pensions and free electricity.
- When
- The scheme is scheduled to launch on October 2; the announcement was made on a Saturday.
- Where
- The launch will take place from Solan, and beneficiary surveys are being conducted in panchayats; Sukhu spoke at a gathering in Kangra.
- Why
- The scheme aims to support marginalised families that have not benefited from government welfare schemes.
- Scheme
- Mukhyamantri Apna Parivar Sukhi Parivar Yojana
- Expected beneficiaries
- Around two lakh families
- Women’s pension
- Rs 1,500 per month for eligible women
- Electricity benefit
- 300 units of free electricity
- Families identified
- Around 90,000 families reportedly have not benefited from any government welfare scheme
- Launch date
- October 2
- Launch location
- Solan, Himachal Pradesh