Punjab enhances social security pension to Rs 1,500; CM rolls out disbursal

Fulfilling a major poll promise, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on launched the enhanced Social Security pension of Rs 1,500 per month — a threefold increase from Rs 500 given earlier.

Notably, people from across the state virtually joined the event at nearly 4,000 different locations while several Ministers, MLAs, and other people’s representatives participated at 400 functions organized in different parts of the State for disbursal of cheques of enhanced social security pension.

The state’s Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Aruna Chaudhary lauded the Chief Minister to double the social security pension from Rs 750 to Rs 1500 per month from July 1, 2021, to 27 lakh old age, widow, destitute and handicapped beneficiaries.