No funds, 36K widows' pension not released for months: Govt

THE Delhi government has said that the pension of more than 36,000 beneficiaries in the national capital had not been released for the last few months due to lack of sufficient budget in the Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme.

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The widows are entitled to a monthly amount of ₹2,500 through the government’s pension scheme, they said. The women and child development department, however, obtained approval from the finance department recently and thereafter, released the pension of all the beneficiaries, they said.