After the massive victory in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the Social Welfare Department has started fulfilling the promises of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sankalp Patra. As soon as Yogi Adityanath takes oath as the Chief Minister for the second time, a big announcement will be made regarding old age, destitute women, Divyangjan. Their pension will be increased from Rs 1000 to Rs 1500. About one crore people will benefit from this. For this, the government will spend about 18 thousand crores every year.
Apart from this, the amount of mass marriage of girls will also increase. It will be increased from Rs 51,000 to Rs 1 lakh. Let us tell you that during the Uttar Pradesh elections, the BJP said in its resolution letter that it had promised to increase the pension of old age, Divyangjan and destitute women to Rs 1500.
A few months before the elections, the Yogi government had increased the pension of these people from Rs 500 to Rs 1000 per month. Now with the formation of the new government, this amount will increase to Rs 1500. With this, 56 thousand of old age, 11 lakh Divyangjan and more than 31 lakh destitute women will be beneficiaries.
The Social Welfare Department has gathered to fulfill this promise of BJP. At present, it is being assessed how much more money will be needed to increase the pension amount. According to the Deputy Director of the department RP Singh, the budget is being prepared at the rate of one lakh rupees per beneficiary. Along with this, it is also being seen that in what items this amount will be spent. The proposal will be sent soon after the formation of the new government.
Regarding the scheme of mass marriage of poor girls, RP Singh said that in the current financial year, about 50 thousand poor girls have been married. Under this scheme, 51 thousand rupees are spent on every couple. Out of this, Rs 35,000 is sent to the girl’s bank account. 10 thousand rupees are spent for the uniform used in the marriage. Six thousand rupees are spent on organizing the marriage. Now with the increase in the budget, the amount of all the items will increase.