Vijayawada: Government is distributing pension to 61.12 lakh beneficiaries: Mayor Rayana Bhagyalakshmi
Vijayawada: Government is distributing pension to 61.12 lakh beneficiaries: Mayor Rayana Bhagyalakshmi
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Vijayawada: Mayor Rayana Bhagyalakshmi said that Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has increased the pension to Rs 2,000 soon after coming to power and at present Rs 2,250 is being given to pensioners. The Mayor said in a statement on Saturday that 97 percent of the beneficiaries got pension in the city on September 1. The mayor has alleged that the opposition parties are spreading false propaganda about the distribution of pension to the beneficiaries.

YSRCP government is disbursing pension to 61.12 lakh beneficiaries and spending Rs 1,500 crore. Whereas during TDP rule, 39 lakh beneficiaries were receiving pension. The mayor said there were 20,585 beneficiaries in Vijayawada West constituency and Rs 4,49,89,000 had been distributed. Central constituency has 24,465 beneficiaries and Rs 5,91,20,500 has been distributed while Eastern constituency has 20,428 beneficiaries and 4,49,58,250 have been distributed to beneficiaries. He alleged that TDP was spreading false propaganda that all the beneficiaries were not getting pension from the government.

The platform for distribution of YSR Pension Scheme was done across the state from Thursday. Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy had said that the distribution of pension would be completed in three days. Since the early hours of Thursday, 2.66 lakh volunteers have distributed pension to the doorsteps of the beneficiaries. He said that the beneficiaries were identified through biometrics. The government has made all arrangements to avoid complaints that the eligible people are denied pension due to technical issues. The process was monitored from call centers located in DRDA offices in all the 13 districts.

 

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