The Government of Telangana will be implementing a new scheme for the disbursement of pensions for various categories of people. The scheme called, Aasaraa is meant for pensions for senior citizens, widows, handicapped and other eligible people. The Government of Telangana in principle decided to give pensions to all eligible beneficiaries. It asked for the…
The proposed expansion of old age pension scheme to more people was supported by President of India, Pratibha Patil. The President has asked the concerned minister to write to Prime Minister to restructure the old age pension scheme in order to benefit more people. On the other hand, the Pension Parishad is demanding abolition of…