Rajasthan News: Congress chief Tikaram Jully has written a letter to Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma late on Wednesday night. Through this letter, the Leader of Opposition has drawn the eye of the CM in direction of the social safety pension (RajSSP) given to the aged, widows, single girls and disabled individuals within the state. Julie has claimed that for the previous couple of months persons are not getting the good thing about the social safety pension scheme, as a consequence of which they’re going through issues in residing.
Currently there are greater than 90 lakh beneficiaries
The Congress chief wrote in his letter to the CM, ‘In the yr 2013, the then Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot began the Social Security Pension Scheme to make sure social safety of all sections of the society. Then the pension quantity was saved at Rs 500 per thirty days. Between 2014 and 2018, the pension quantity was not elevated by the then authorities. In 2019, the then Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot first elevated the pension quantity to Rs 750 per thirty days. Then in 2023, a provision was made to extend it by 15% per yr to Rs 1000 per thirty days, which presently has greater than 90 lakh beneficiaries.’
‘This pension is their solely supply of livelihood’
Julie stated, ‘This social safety pension is sort of a lifesaver for these underprivileged individuals. This pension is the supply of livelihood for many individuals. I’ve acquired many representations and pensioners who’ve instructed me that their social safety pension has not come for the previous couple of months as a consequence of which they’re going through issues in residing.’
‘Provision for 15% improve in pension yearly’
Julie additional wrote, ‘I want to carry to your discover that in my tenure as Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, the earlier Congress authorities had enacted the Rajasthan Minimum Income Guarantee Act in 2023, which supplies for a minimal pension of Rs 1,000 per thirty days (with 15% improve each year) to all these aged, disabled, widows and single girls, that’s, all these pensioners are legally entitled to get pension each month.’
Urges CM to make sure fee of pension
Julie instructed the CM, ‘At current, the beneficiaries should not capable of get this quantity. I request you to instruct the involved departments and be sure that social safety pension is given to all these needy individuals on precedence foundation each month holding in thoughts their livelihood necessities, so that every one of them can get the required quantity to reside a decent life.’
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