TMI BlogHP government increases pension given to ex-servicemen, their widows by 40 per centX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... HP government increases pension given to ex-servicemen, their widows by 40 per cent X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... me increase of 40 per cent in the pension given to ex-servicemen and and their widows, Veer Naris, through the Sainik Welfare Department, officials said on Friday. The ex-servicemen and Veer Naris wi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ll now receive a monthly pension of Rs 5,000 instead of Rs 3,000, they said. The pension given to ex-servicemen and their widows who took voluntary retirement before the year 1987 has been increased ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... by Rs 2,000 per month, officials said. In the first quarter of the financial year, in the month of June, a lump sum of Rs 15,000 will be released for three months -- April, May and June -- Brigadier ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Madansheel Sharma, Director of Sainik Welfare Department, said. A total of 507 ex-servicemen and their widows in the state will be benefitted from the pension increase. These ex-servicemen do not rec ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... eive any pension from the Government of India, he said. Currently, 246 ex-servicemen and 261 widows of ex-servicemen in the state will get the benefit of pension increase. Earlier Rs 15,21,000 was th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e allotted monthly budget for the monthly pensions of ex-servicemen and their widows, which has now been increased to a monthly budget of Rs 25,35,000. PTI COR BPL OZ OZ X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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