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CM Launches Enhanced Pension for Octogenarians and Divyangs
The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar
|January 16, 2025
Around 4,17,496 individuals in the state will benefit from this change
FULFILLING yet another promise made by the BJP before the elections, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday launched the enhanced pension for citizens aged 80 and above as well as for those with 80 per cent or more disability.
Distributing the enhanced pension to a select few at a state-level programme in Dharanidhar University, Keonjhar, the chief minister said approximately 4,17,496 individuals in the state including 9,913 from Keonjhar district will benefit from this change.
All beneficiaries of the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) and Madhu Babu Pension Scheme (MBPS) will now receive an increased monthly pension of ₹3,500. With this, each pensioner will now get an additional amount of ₹2,300 from the previous pension of ₹1,200 per month.
This story is from the January 16, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar.
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