Pensions in AP are yet to be credited to its beneficiaries. With this, pensioners who are in lakhs of numbers are waiting with bated breath for the pensions to be handed over. Old age people who have started depending on pensions are waiting for pensions for their medical expenses and food.
Pensions have first began in 1990. They got into limelight after YS Rajasekhar Reddy came into power and increased the pensions by Rs 200. Later, Chandrababu Naidu has increased pensions to Rs 1000 and again doubled it i.e Rs 2000 just before 2019 elections. For physically challenged, the pension has been increased to Rs 3000. With pension being increased, the dependency of its beneficiaries on the money has also increased. And the delay in handing over pension is causing a great disappointment among its beneficiaries. It is already July 4th and it was told that they have to wait for another four days for the pensions.
Apparently, YS Jagan wants to hand over the pensions to its beneficiaries on July 8 i.e YS Rajasekhar Reddy’s birth anniversary in order to gain mileage politically. Hence the pensions have been reportedly kept on hold. Going into stats, beneficiaries of the old age pensions alone in AP are estimated over 5.4 million. Physically challenged, widowers who are getting pension benefit are additional. So, all these lakhs of beneficiaries are waiting for 8th July to get their rightful pension.
