Even after ten years, the poor elderly of India get a pension of 300 rupees a month

Indian Vridha Pension Schemes: For some people, three hundred rupees is not very important, they can spend it by eating a movie ticket, coffee, vegetable for a week or eating food with family in a dhaba. But there are thousands of people in India whose one month pension (Vridha Pension) is only three hundred rupees. It was last increased in 2012, when the amount of pension under Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme, Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme and Indira Gandhi National Disabled Pension Scheme was increased from Rs 200 to Rs 300 per month.

After ten years, people are waiting for an increase in their pension. The government implements various pension schemes under the National Social Assistance Programs (NSP) for those living below the poverty line. For many beneficiaries, even a small increase in pension is welcome, even if it is insufficient in view of inflation. Paralyzed Hiri Devi (65), lying in bed for the last 10 years, gets Rs 300 per month under the Divyang Pension Scheme.

Don’t even get five days’ ration

Hiri Devi, who lives in Jahangirpuri, Delhi, said, “My husband is more than 70 years old and he has started working as a daily wage laborer in view of the inflation. We do not get even five days’ ration with this money. Till a few months ago, Hiri Devi used to get help from NGOs for ‘adult diapers’ and extra ration, but this assistance stopped as soon as the epidemic situation improved. There is no hope of getting any further relief.

no offer at the moment

On the RTI filed by Madhya Pradesh activist Chandra Shekhar Gaur, the Ministry of Rural Development replied that there is no proposal to change the amount of pension under the National Social Assistance Program at present. There are many stories like this. Lala Ram (72) is also paralyzed and cannot speak clearly. His daughter-in-law Ganga told about the problems of the family. Ganga, who lives in Delhi’s Mayur Vihar, said, “Our total family income is Rs 2,000, which includes pension. It is very difficult for a family of six to survive in it. Apart from this, there is not always so much income.

I can’t even buy medicine

Some people get pension from different sources. A 76-year-old woman, who did not wish to be named, said her husband died of cancer in 2015 and is now dependent on two pensions of Rs 300 each, which she gets from the widow pension scheme and the old age pension scheme. Is. This woman living in Ranchi also gets some money from the Jharkhand government, but in total, even two and a half thousand rupees are insufficient in today’s time. The woman said on the phone, “Inflation is so high that it becomes difficult to get food for 10 days. I can’t even buy medicine.”

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how much pension in which scheme

The amount given under many central government schemes is in ‘few hundred’ and in state government schemes an amount of ‘few thousand’ is given. According to experts, it is necessary to change this. Muraleedharan, general secretary of the National Forum for Rights for Persons with Disabilities (NPRD), told PTI, “States have their own schemes and Delhi and Andhra Pradesh have the highest pension….

Pension not more than 3 thousand

There are also states which give the same pension as the Centre. This amount should be at least five thousand rupees per month. He said that anywhere in the country, the pension given by the Center and the state together does not exceed three and a half thousand rupees. According to the data shared in RTI, pension is given to 2.9 crore beneficiaries in all pension schemes under NSAP. Anupama Dutta, an officer of the HelpAge India organization, also agreed to give a minimum pension of five thousand rupees and said that the government should make arrangements for giving basic social pension of five thousand rupees per month to the poor elderly.

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