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The societal security-welfare money committee pensions for this period volition beryllium disbursed from May 25. An magnitude of ₹1,070 crore has been sanctioned for this, Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan has said.
There are astir 60 lakh beneficiaries of the societal information and payment money committee pensions successful the State. When the erstwhile Left Democratic Front authorities had announced a ₹400-hike successful the payment pensions, taking them from ₹1,600 a period to ₹2,000, the fiscal load roseate to ₹1,050 crore a month.
Both the LDF and the UDF had promised successful their manifestos for the Assembly elections to summation the payment pensions to ₹3,000 a month.
