New Delhi: Delhi Finance Minister Atishi on Friday said that elderly people in Delhi have now started getting pension and accused the central Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of stopping it for the last five months.
In a post on the social media platform ‘X’, Atishi said, “Good news for the elderly of Delhi! For the last five months, the BJP government at the Center had stopped the old age pension of one lakh elderly people of Delhi. The elderly were very upset.”
He said, “I am happy to tell you that after a lot of struggle, the Kejriwal government has started the pending pension of the elderly. The pension of the last five months is being deposited in the bank accounts of the elderly. This pension is for those elderly people above 60 years of age whose annual family income is less than one lakh rupees.
Under this scheme, beneficiaries between the ages of 60 and 69 are given Rs 2,000 per month, while beneficiaries from the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Minority communities are given an additional Rs 500 per month. Under the scheme, senior citizens above the age of 70 years receive Rs 2,500 per month.