Pension Increased: Earlier these freedom fighters used to get Rs 10,000 as pension every month. Now it will increase to Rs 20,000. Many people will get the benefits of this decision.
The state government has announced to give double pension (Pension Doubled) to the freedom fighters who made their invaluable contribution in the freedom struggle of the country. . On Thursday, the Maharashtra State Cabinet approved the proposal to double the pension of freedom fighters.
The benefit of this pension hike will be given to those pensioners who had contributed in Marathwada Mukti Sangram and Goa Liberation War. The cabinet headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has decided to approve the increase.
Know how much the pension will increase After this decision of the Maharashtra government to increase the pension, many freedom fighters of the state will get its direct benefit. This will have a direct impact on the people who took part in the Marathwada and Goa liberation struggle. Earlier these freedom fighters used to get Rs 10,000 as pension every month. Now it will increase to Rs 20,000.
The state also approved many more development works.
After the decision to increase the pension, along with this, in the cabinet meeting, the government also decided to give the benefit of Maratha quota for jobs and admission in educational institutions under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota. Have also approved of the decision of.
According to the statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office, this decision will be applicable to all the state recruitments done from 9 September 2022. Along with this, the cabinet also passed the new rule for contesting elections in the Agricultural Produce Market Committee.
According to this, even if a person’s name is not in the voter list, he can stand as a candidate in the election of Agricultural Produce Market Committee. Along with this, the proposal to raise Rs 35,629 crore for road development projects was also approved. With this, the work of land acquisition for development works in the state will be expedited.
