The Rajasthan government is providing social security pension to 63.36 lakh people, said the state's Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Arun Chaturvedi on Tuesday. This comes after BJP MLA Bhawani Singh Rajawat cornered his own government in the state Assembly on poorly execution of social security pension. Many senior citizens are not getting pension at present," stated Rajawat. He said that the pension was being provided to 48.92 lakh old-aged, 4.14 lakh differently-abled and 10.29 lakh widows. Chaturvedi also added, "No pension has been stopped due to physical verification," replied the minister adding that 99 per cent verification has been done by 2017.

Source: dna February 28, 2018 01:29 UTC