After an estimate that around 70,000 old-age pension beneficiaries will be provided assistance so that they can receive their pension from the state government through 203 camps, the latest figures point to a much larger number. More (new) eligible beneficiaries too are getting registered in those camps apart from the earlier estimate.
It is expected the total registrations to cross a lakh. In view of that, Trinamul’s national general secretary has decided to increase the number of volunteers on ground in Diamond Harbour. Volunteers will now cover all the blocks and booths.
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They will be visiting many households in groups so that no one is left behind. The 203 kiosks-cumcamps will facilitate the process to ensure that the eligible people can apply for the old-age pension scheme. As informed earlier, national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee with his intervention will try to help these beneficiaries get their old-age pension from the government. He had mentioned that if not by 31 December, he will start providing financial assistance to the eligible beneficiaries from 1 January, 2024 in phases.
Besides this, party sources said that financial assistance to MGNREGA beneficiaries is being done continuously in different districts. One of the senior Trinamul leaders said, “It is a social welfare scheme and the response has been overwhelming from the people. This will certainly help the elders get their life in order.”
