<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The budget session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha will commence on February 20. Haryana Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kanwar Pal said this in a press conference after the meeting of the State Cabinet.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">He informed that at the start of the cabinet meeting, a two-minute silence was observed in honour of the martyrs of India's freedom struggle.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Minister said that as per the state government's decision, the Cabinet initiated by honoring the martyrs and sanctioned employment for 18 of their dependents who, due to various reasons, missed the application deadline for jobs. He also informed that farmers will no longer be required to pay a royalty of 200 rupees for soil extracted from their farms for personal use. Instead, they can conveniently submit the necessary information on the Meri Fasal Mera Byora portal, eliminating the need to visit government offices.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Minister said, the  Cabinet has also approved the inclusion of Thalassemia and Haemophilia diseases in the existing notification under "The Haryana Divyang Pension Rules, 2016". The decision will benefit patients in Haryana suffering from Thalassemia and Haemophilia, with a family income of up to 3 lakh rupees per annum. They will now be entitled to a monthly disability pension of 3000 rupees. This decision is expected to benefit over 2083 patients.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Cabinet has also approved a monthly enhancement of 250 rupees for 14 pension schemes being implemented by the Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of SCs & BCs, and Antyodaya (SEWA) Department, he added. The enhancement will be  effective from January 1 of this year and will be paid from this February. This decision will benefit approximately 31.40 lakh beneficiaries under various social security schemes.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">He said that the State Cabinet also gave approval for a 1,500 crore rupees loan to Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation. </span></p>