Pension Update: Big news for pensioners. Actually there is news that now those who pay electricity bills of more than Rs 48,000 annually can be excluded from the pension scheme.
The Social Justice and Empowerment Department has made preparations to stop the pension of lakhs of pensioners of Rajasthan like single women, elderly and specially abled persons. For this, a proposal has been prepared and sent to the Chief Minister’s office. If this proposal is approved, then lakhs of pensioners of Rajasthan may get a shock.
According to the report sent by the department, if any pensioner is paying an electricity bill of Rs 48,000 or more annually, his pension can be stopped. Apart from this, the government has also sought suggestions from the department regarding pensioners who pay an annual electricity bill of Rs 24,000.
However, if we believe the minister of the concerned department, Avinash Gehlot, he says that the pension is for poor people. At present, we are considering it, suggestions have also been sought from the CMO. We want to add more eligible people to it.
With the approval of the social justice department, door-to-door verification will be done to such consumers whether the pensioner is really entitled to pension or not. The scope of BDO’s investigation can be the financial condition of the pensioner, his lifestyle, car in the house, AC or any other parameter. Some such cases can also be taken into consideration where the beneficiary is living in another place, but the bill is coming in his name. Pension of such pensioners will not be stopped. Apart from this, social justice is preparing the scope of investigation on many other aspects. The objective behind this proposal is to stop pension of the financially capable and to provide pension to the capable.