The Chief Minister personally visited a couple of houses in Penumaka village in Mangalagiri constituency in Guntur district on Monday morning and handed over checks to the beneficiaries.
He interacted with the beneficiaries to understand their problems. Naidu also drank tea in one of the houses.
Under the NTR Bharosa Pension Scheme, monthly social security pensions for senior citizens, widows and other beneficiaries have been increased from Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,000.
This was one of the election promises made by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and its allies.
After visiting a couple of houses, Naidu headed to a gram sabha at the Masjid Centre. He said the new government started with the distribution of pensions. The TDP chief said bringing light to people's lives is true well-being.
Chandrababu Naidu claimed that his government was following NTR's principle that society is a temple and people are God.
The Chief Minister said his vision was to see a society free of economic inequalities.
He said pensions to all beneficiaries will be distributed on Monday (July 1) through 1.25 lakh employees of village and district secretariats. He directed officials to take the help of volunteers in distributing pensions.
Human Resource Development Minister and Naidu's son Nara Lokesh, elected from Mangalagiri constituency, also addressed the gathering. Naidu said that they would pay the debt of the people of this constituency, which he elected Lokesh with a huge majority of over 90,000 votes.
More than 65.31 lakh beneficiaries across the state will receive pensions on Monday. Beneficiaries of 28 different sections will receive the revised pension on Monday, including arrears of the last three months. The total amount distributed to each beneficiary will be Rs 7,000 (Rs 4,000 monthly pension for June and Rs 3,000 arrears for the last three months).
Elderly people, widows, single women, handloom workers, toddy collectors, fishermen, transgender people and artists of different types will be given Rs 4,000 as pension, while for physically disabled people, pension It has been revised from Rs 3,000 per month to Rs 6,000. For the 24,318 beneficiaries suffering from serious illnesses, the pension was increased from Rs 5,000 to Rs 15,000.
The additional burden on the exchequer due to pension revision is expected to be over Rs 819 crore per month, while the total amount being distributed as pension per month now amounts to Rs 4,408 crore, which is now distributed in a single day. The state government will have to pay an additional Rs 1,650 crore to clear the dues of the last three months.
He interacted with the beneficiaries to understand their problems. Naidu also drank tea in one of the houses.
Under the NTR Bharosa Pension Scheme, monthly social security pensions for senior citizens, widows and other beneficiaries have been increased from Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,000.
This was one of the election promises made by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and its allies.
After visiting a couple of houses, Naidu headed to a gram sabha at the Masjid Centre. He said the new government started with the distribution of pensions. The TDP chief said bringing light to people's lives is true well-being.
Chandrababu Naidu claimed that his government was following NTR's principle that society is a temple and people are God.
The Chief Minister said his vision was to see a society free of economic inequalities.
He said pensions to all beneficiaries will be distributed on Monday (July 1) through 1.25 lakh employees of village and district secretariats. He directed officials to take the help of volunteers in distributing pensions.
Human Resource Development Minister and Naidu's son Nara Lokesh, elected from Mangalagiri constituency, also addressed the gathering. Naidu said that they would pay the debt of the people of this constituency, which he elected Lokesh with a huge majority of over 90,000 votes.
More than 65.31 lakh beneficiaries across the state will receive pensions on Monday. Beneficiaries of 28 different sections will receive the revised pension on Monday, including arrears of the last three months. The total amount distributed to each beneficiary will be Rs 7,000 (Rs 4,000 monthly pension for June and Rs 3,000 arrears for the last three months).
Elderly people, widows, single women, handloom workers, toddy collectors, fishermen, transgender people and artists of different types will be given Rs 4,000 as pension, while for physically disabled people, pension It has been revised from Rs 3,000 per month to Rs 6,000. For the 24,318 beneficiaries suffering from serious illnesses, the pension was increased from Rs 5,000 to Rs 15,000.
The additional burden on the exchequer due to pension revision is expected to be over Rs 819 crore per month, while the total amount being distributed as pension per month now amounts to Rs 4,408 crore, which is now distributed in a single day. The state government will have to pay an additional Rs 1,650 crore to clear the dues of the last three months.
