Bihar Cabinet doubles pension for ‘JP Senanis’

The Bihar government Wednesday announced a twofold increase in the pension amount for ‘JP Senanis’, political activists who had been imprisoned during the Emergency for supporting socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan's movement.

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The proposal was cleared at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Ku-mar, who himself was a key figure in the ‘JP movement’ that began in 1974, a year ahead of the proclamation of the Emergency. “The pension for ‘JP Senanis', who had spent more than six months behind bars, has been raised to ₹30,000 per month from ₹15,000, and for those who served shorter prison terms, it has been hiked from ₹7,500 to ₹15,000,” a senior officia