Delhi’s Finance Minister Atishi has announced a big good news for the elderly. She said on Friday that the elderly in Delhi have now started getting pension. She has also accused the Central Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of stopping it for the last five months.
She said in the press conference, BJP had stopped the pension of the elderly due to which they were very upset. They had come to us many times and pleaded for this. Atishi said that Arvind Kejriwal is in jail but despite this he is worried about the elderly whom he considers his parents. In such a situation, the pension of the elderly has been started again.
He also said in a post on the social media platform ‘X’, “Good news for the elderly of Delhi! For the last five months, the BJP government at the Center had stopped the old age pension of one lakh elderly people of Delhi. The elderly were very upset.”
He said, “I am happy to inform that after a lot of struggle, the Kejriwal government has started the pending pension of the elderly. The pension of the last five months is being deposited in the bank accounts of the elderly.”
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This pension is for those senior citizens above 60 years of age whose annual family income is less than Rs 1 lakh.
Under this scheme, beneficiaries between the ages of 60 and 69 are given Rs 2,000 per month, while beneficiaries from the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Minority communities are given an additional Rs 500 per month. Under the scheme, senior citizens above the age of 70 years receive Rs 2,500 per month.
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