NE NEWS SERVICE
AMARAVATI, MARCH 1
Carrying forward the aim of providing pensions to all the poor, the YSRCP government has set a record by disbursal of social security pension at the doorsteps to a mammoth 38.99 lakh poor people across the state on Sunday as part of the YSR Pension Kanuka programme on Sunday.
By afternoon, volunteers at the ward and village Secretaries reaching out to 80% of the pension disbursal. It was done by the volunteers to prove that there was no scope for corruption or prejudice as per the orders of the Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy with strong machinery to take up the programme.
The door-delivery of pensions by the volunteers started even before dawn and gained momentum as the day proceeded to see the dawning of a new lease of life into the several pensioners who were eagerly waiting for it.
This has brought to an end the long-waiting from the remote areas of the state by the senior citizens, especially (Ava-Tatha) the aged as claimed dearly by the Chief Minister. It was a pleasant surprise for them as they were receiving the pension though it is a Sunday.
It was on February 1 that the programme was launched successfully and the problems faced then were eventually overcome this time with proper management and timely disbursal as real-time data was made available and special cells established to monitor the whole process right from the grass-roots level by the ministers, MLAs, Collectors and finally the Chief Minister himself.
The pension has been increased from Rs 1000 earlier to Rs 10,000 as per the need. Leprosy patients are being given a pension of Rs 3,000. As per the census records, nearly 80 lakh people are being covered as part of the programme to extend a total amount of Rs 1,384 crores this time, while it was only Rs 490 crore in 2019, a release from the Chief Minister’s Office said.
