Rs 200-500 pension for widows, elderly upsets House panel

A parliamentary panel in its report tabled in Parliament while highlighting the meagre amount of pension ranging from Rs 200 to Rs 500 for elderly, widows and persons with disability under the National Social Assistance Programme says that this is “not acceptable at all.” The panel has recommended to the ministry of rural development to make a fresh proposal to the Cabinet and “utilise their convincing abilities” to urgently push for increasing the pension amount.

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