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Tribune News Service Chandigarh, March 8 Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Monday presented the state budget for the financial year 2021-22 in the state assembly. The social sector expenditure has been increased from Rs 2,320 crore to Rs 4,000 crore Also read: Punjab Budget: 48,989 vacancies to be filled; 6th Pay Commission to be implemented from July 1 For the social sector, Badal announced the following schemes: • Old age pension increased to Rs 1500 from Rs 750 • Free travel for women in government-run buses • Freedom fighter pension increased from Rs 7,500 to Rs 9,500 • 48,989 posts in state government to be filled in the first phase, against 1 lakh vacancies. • Rs 100 crore assigned for BR Ambedkar museum to be set up in Kapurthala • Government to increase the allocation under the Aashirwad scheme from Rs 21,000 to Rs 51,000 • Seven hostels to be set up for working women in Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Mohali, Mansa and Bathinda Also read: Punjab Budget: Govt to waive farm loans of 1.13 lakh farmers; Rs 7,180 cr power subsidy announced Punjab Budget: Govt to set up 2 new medical colleges, 8 maternal and child health wings Punjab Budget: Free bus travel for govt college students; Rs 100 cr allotted for smartphones for class 12 students The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust compri...

• • • • Punjab Budget 2021: Govt Increases Old Age Pension From Rs 750 to Rs 1,500 Per Month | Key Points Punjab Budget 2021: Govt Increases Old Age Pension From Rs 750 to Rs 1,500 Per Month | Key Points Punjab Budget The budgetary proposals assume significance as they come in the backdrop of the ongoing farmers’ protest against the Centre new farm laws. Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal. Photo Courtesy: IANS Punjab Budget Today: Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Monday presented the Budget for the financial year 2021-22 in the state assembly. This was the last Budget of the present Congress government led by Captain Amarinder Singh ahead of the Punjab Assembly Election 2021, scheduled to be held early next year. With an outlay of Rs 1,68,015 crore, the Budget focused more on agriculture, health, education, and rural and urban infrastructure. -The Amarinder Singh-led Punjab government announced to raise old-age pension from Rs 750 per month to Rs 1,500 per month. -The government also promised to waive Rs 1,186 crore of 1.13 lakh farmers and Rs 526 crore of landless farmers in the next phase, under the crop loan waiver scheme in 2021-22. -Badal also announced an increase in the amount under the Shagun scheme from Rs 21,000 to Rs 51,000. On Friday, all Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLAs were suspended for the rest of the session due to uproar during the Chief Minister’s vote of thanks. Meanwhile, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today also appealed to Chief Min...

Tribune News Service Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, August 4 Old-age pension is being credited into the accounts of hundreds of dead people across the state for the past five years and this is because no verification of beneficiaries receiving the social security pension has been done since 2017. As a result, crores of rupees of the cash-strapped Punjab Government are going down the drain. It was 2017 when verification of these social security pensioners was done and it was found that the government was giving old-age pension to over 65,700 dead persons. Officials in the state Social Welfare Department say that the number of social security pensioners has increased by a whopping 10 lakh in past five years, a majority of whom are old-age pensioners. In 2017, the total social security pensioners were 19.8 lakh which have now increased to 29.29 lakh. Among these, 19.78 lakh are only old-age pensioners. All categories of pensioners now get a monthly pension of Rs 1,500 and Rs 4,800 crore is spent each year on providing financial assistance to these socially disadvantaged sections. The fact came to light now wherein two officers posted as Deputy Commissioners in different districts reportedly pointed out to Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema that many accounts in a state cooperative bank, where old-age pensions were being deposited, had been inactive for several months. These officers sought his help to verify the accounts. As a result of this warning, the AAP government has de...