CM Saini, PM Modi cited as Haryana marks 12 years of welfare push
Synopsis
Key Takeaways
The Chief Minister's Office of Haryana on Tuesday, 23 June 2026 highlighted twelve years of welfare delivery under Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the national level and Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini at the state level, crediting schemes spanning health, energy, food security and nutrition with transforming the lives of crores of citizens.
Context
The post, shared from the official CMO Haryana account, states: 'Pradhan Mantri shri Narendra Modi ke margdarshan mein desh mein aur Mukhyamantri shri Nayab Saini ke netritva mein Haryana mein pichle 12 varshon mein jankalyan ko nayi disha mili hai' — 'Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the national level and the leadership of Chief Minister Nayab Saini in Haryana, public welfare has received a new direction over the past 12 years.' The statement positions the combined tenure of BJP governments at the Centre and in Haryana as a unified welfare arc anchored in the Antyodaya philosophy of prioritising the poorest of the poor.
The post specifically names Ayushman Bharat, PM Surya Ghar Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and Poshan Abhiyan as the pillars of this effort, and closes with the hashtag #ViksitBharat, linking the welfare record to the central government's long-term vision of a developed India by 2047.
Policy Backdrop
Ayushman Bharat, launched in 2018, is India's largest government-funded health insurance scheme, providing health cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per eligible family per year, with its scope subsequently expanded to include senior citizens. PMGKAY was introduced in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide free foodgrains to poor households and has been extended multiple times since, becoming a cornerstone of food security policy.
Poshan Abhiyan, approved in 2017 and rolled out from 2018, is the national nutrition mission targeting stunting, undernutrition and anaemia through coordinated inter-ministerial action. The PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana promotes rooftop solar installations to give households access to affordable and clean energy, aligning with India's renewable energy commitments. Together, these schemes represent the direct-benefit welfare architecture the central government has expanded since 2014.
Stakeholders and Impact
The primary beneficiaries cited in the post are senior citizens, poor households and rural families across Haryana and the country. Haryana, governed by the BJP since 2014, has aligned state-level implementation with these national programmes to improve coverage metrics in health insurance enrolment, ration distribution and rooftop solar adoption.
The framing of Antyodaya — a concept rooted in serving the last person in the queue — as the guiding principle signals that the government's stated intent is to direct welfare resources toward the most marginalised sections. The post's reference to a 'positive transformation in the lives of crores of people' reflects the official narrative of scheme saturation across income groups and geographies.
What's Next
State-level progress reports on scheme coverage in Haryana and any announcements in upcoming central or state budgets regarding extensions of food or health benefits will be closely watched by policy observers. The invocation of #ViksitBharat suggests the government intends to keep linking welfare delivery milestones to the broader 2047 development goal as a political and policy narrative ahead of future electoral cycles. How effectively ground-level saturation of these schemes is documented and independently verified will determine the durability of this welfare framing.