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Chief Minister N. Rangasamy connected Thursday launched enhanced pension for aged and destitute persons and monthly fiscal assistance to women heads of BPL families successful Puducherry.
The authorities had announced successful the fund that the aged property and destitute pension would beryllium accrued by ₹500 for astir 1.91 lakh beneficiaries. After the hike, beneficiaries successful the property radical of 18 to 59 years volition get a monthly pension of ₹2,500, portion those successful the 60 to 79 years property radical volition get ₹3,000 and those who are 80 years and supra volition get ₹4,000 from this month.
The eligible beneficiaries, see the elderly, widows, deserted women, unmarried women and transgender persons. The Chief Minister besides launched enhanced monthly assistance of ₹2,500 to women heads of BPL families successful the property radical 21-54 years who are not covered nether different payment schemes. The strategy was launched successful 2023 and initially, a monthly assistance of ₹1,000 was provided to the beneficiaries. The hike would alteration astir 65,000 beneficiaries to get ₹2,500 arsenic monthly assistance from this month.
The Lieutenant Governor, K. Kailashnathan, was scheduled to inaugurate the strategy on with the Chief Minister but helium could not be the lawsuit owed to idiosyncratic reasons. Ministers, legislators and elder officials were contiguous astatine the inaugural.
