Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday, 8 June 2026, marked the #12YearsOfGaribKalyan milestone by crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership since 2014 with transforming welfare delivery for crores of Indians, citing gains in cooking fuel access, banking, sanitation, housing and healthcare.

Context

Writing in Hindi, CM Saini described the twelve-year welfare journey as 'sirf ek abhiyan nahin, balki croro logon ke jeevan mein aaye badlaav ki sachchi kahani' — 'not merely a campaign, but the true story of change in the lives of crores of people.' He invoked the governing philosophy of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas aur Sabka Prayas' ('Together with all, development for all, trust of all, and effort of all') as the guiding principle behind the outreach. The post was accompanied by a video and shared on his official X account.

Policy Backdrop

The welfare architecture CM Saini referenced spans multiple flagship programmes launched after 2014. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, launched in August 2014, opened zero-balance bank accounts for previously unbanked citizens, while Swachh Bharat Mission, formally started on 2 October 2014, drove household toilet construction to end open defecation. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, announced in May 2016, delivered free LPG connections to women from below-poverty-line households, replacing hazardous traditional cooking fuels.

On housing, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana — rolled out from 2015 — has targeted pucca homes for eligible rural and urban poor families. Ayushman Bharat, launched in September 2018, provides health insurance cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per year for secondary and tertiary care to poor families, addressing catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditure. Together, these schemes represent the BJP-led government's technology-enabled, direct-benefit-transfer approach to last-mile welfare delivery.

CM Saini explicitly linked this record to the Antyodaya principle — the idea of prioritising the last person in the queue — and to the longer-term #ViksitBharat (Developed India) vision targeting 2047. His post stated: 'Antyodaya se Viksit Bharat tak ka yeh safar hamen vishwas dilata hai ki jab niyat saaf ho aur neeti spasht ho, toh parivartan sambhav hai' — 'This journey from Antyodaya to Viksit Bharat gives us confidence that when intent is clear and policy is transparent, transformation is possible.'

Stakeholders and Impact

The primary beneficiaries of the schemes cited are poor households and rural women, who gained the most direct access to LPG connections, bank accounts, toilets, pucca homes and health cover. Haryana, where CM Saini leads a BJP government, has been an active implementation ground for each of these centrally-sponsored programmes. By amplifying the #12YearsOfGaribKalyan hashtag, the Chief Minister also signals alignment between state and central messaging ahead of continued scheme rollouts.

What's Next

Updated coverage and outcome data for these flagship schemes are expected in the forthcoming Economic Survey, which will offer a more granular picture of last-mile delivery. State-level implementation audits in Haryana will be closely watched to assess how centrally-driven welfare targets translate on the ground. CM Saini's call for collective contribution — 'aao, is parivartan ki yatra ko aage badhayein' ('come, let us carry this journey of transformation forward') — suggests continued political mobilisation around the Viksit Bharat 2047 framework as the BJP consolidates its welfare narrative heading into the next electoral cycle.