Haryana govt raises pension of freedom fighters to Rs 5500
The Haryana government has increased the pension of freedom fighters in the state from Rs 1435 to Rs 5,500.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: The Haryana government has increased the pension of freedom fighters in the state from Rs 1435 to Rs 5,500, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said here today.
Addressing a meeting organised by the All India Freedom Fighters Successors Organisation, Hooda said "The pension of the freedom fighters in Haryana has been enhanced from Rs 1,435 to about Rs 5,500."
He said the government had also launched a scheme to give 100 square yard plots to the people of rural areas belonging to the "scheduled castes, backward classes and other castes living below poverty line."
The government has also announced monthly cash incentives for students of scheduled castes to check the dropout rate among that section, Hooda said.
Hooda dedicated two websites of All India Freedom Fighters Association and All India Freedom Fighters successors Organisation on the occasion.
He also asked the successors of freedom fighters should work for maintaining the unity and integrity of the country.
The meeting was organised to mark the centenary year of the launch of non-violent movement by the Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa and also the 151st year of India's First War of Independence of 1857.
The freedom fighters and their successors appealed to the Chief Minister to raise the monthly samman pension to Rs 15,000.
Addressing a meeting organised by the All India Freedom Fighters Successors Organisation, Hooda said "The pension of the freedom fighters in Haryana has been enhanced from Rs 1,435 to about Rs 5,500."
He said the government had also launched a scheme to give 100 square yard plots to the people of rural areas belonging to the "scheduled castes, backward classes and other castes living below poverty line."
The government has also announced monthly cash incentives for students of scheduled castes to check the dropout rate among that section, Hooda said.
Hooda dedicated two websites of All India Freedom Fighters Association and All India Freedom Fighters successors Organisation on the occasion.
He also asked the successors of freedom fighters should work for maintaining the unity and integrity of the country.
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The meeting was organised to mark the centenary year of the launch of non-violent movement by the Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa and also the 151st year of India's First War of Independence of 1857.
The freedom fighters and their successors appealed to the Chief Minister to raise the monthly samman pension to Rs 15,000.
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