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4 lakh 26 thousand beneficiaries benefited from Chief Minister Pension Scheme

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4 lakh 26 thousand 366 beneficiaries of the state are being benefited by the Chief Minister Pension Scheme operated beneath the social help program by the Social Welfare Department. The goal of the scheme is to supply help to the aged, widows and deserted ladies and assist them to stay respectfully. Under the scheme, the age of 60 years or extra and widows aged 18 years or above in households with at the very least one studying index of the self-contained index or deprivation index of the survey checklist of the Socio-Economic and Caste Census, 2011 within the state. Or after marriage, the deserted ladies are given a pension on the fee of Rs. 350 per thirty days. All eligible individuals can apply for pension by means of the involved Municipality, Nagar Panchayat and Panchayat Raj Institutions freed from price.