As many as 2,300 new beneficiaries for old-age pension scheme for elderly women and widows living in urban areas have been added to the existing list of recipients of the scheme in a three-month long exercise conducted by district administration.
To mark the beginning of a new chapter in the lives of those beneficiaries, Minister Urban Development, CP Singh handed over pension cards to five elderly women on Saturday.
“Elderly people live without money and sadly they need money to buy medicines. Pension which will be given timely will help them,” said Singh.
Among the beneficiaries to get pension card today include Bacchi Devi, Meena Devi, Savitri Devi, lakshmi Hisaria, Savitri Devi and Rajendra Chaudhary. The recipients are resident of Ward-30.
The identification of fresh set of eligible beneficiaries was done ward-wise and the old-age people and widow will get a pension of Rs600 per month to provide succor in their later part of life.
“The pension amount will go directly into their (beneficiaries) bank account which has already been opened,” said SDO Ranchi, Amit Kumar.
The scheme which aims to provide relief to elderly people has been a long felt need as there has been several request from social organisations and ward councilors to conduct a fresh survey instead of relying on a elected ward representatives to reach out to old age people.