Punjab Government has earmarked Rs 256.74 crore for providing old age pension and other financial assistance to the beneficiaries for the financial year 2017-18.
“The old age pension to the tune of Rs 500 per month has already been given to the beneficiaries till October 2016,” said the State Social Security and Women and Child Development Minister Razia Sultana on Monday.
She said that instructions to all the District Social Security Officers have been passed to online the bills of old age pension for the month of November and December 2016.
For total 12,81,834 beneficiaries under old pension, budget of Rs 17,191.82 lakh has been earmarked. Similarly, budgetary provision of Rs 4,672.96 lakh has been earmarked for 3,47,255 widows and destitute women and for 1,23,037 dependent children, financial assistance of Rs 1695.89 lakh and budgetary provision of Rs 2,11,337 lakh has been made for providing financial assistance to 1,55,948 disabled persons.