If you have future plans to remain single for the rest of your life, we might have a place where you can move to and get paid for doing nothing! The Manohar Lal Khattar government in Haryana on Thursday announced a monthly pension of ₹2,750 for low-income unmarried people aged between 45 and 60.

The government is going to start a pension scheme for such people. We will take a decision within a month,” said the CM in response to a complaint raised by a 60-year-old unmarried man during the Jan Samvad programme held at Kalampura village in the district on Sunday.

Chief Minister said unmarried men and women who are in the age group of 45-60 and have an annual income of less than Rs 1.80 lakh will get a pension of Rs 2,750 per month.

Similarly, widower in the age bracket of 40-60 who have an annual income of less than Rs 3 lakh will also get Rs 2,750 every month, he said.

This move will put an additional burden of Rs 240 crore per annum crore on the state exchequer.

Khattar said there are a total of around 65,000 unmarried men and women and 5,687 widowers in the specified age group and income limit.

Khattar said that once these beneficiaries attain the age of 60 years, they would automatically start getting the old age pension, provided they fulfill the annual income criteria for the old age pension scheme.