News Desk AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Shiv Sharan Shukla
Updated Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:19 PM IST
Summary
Before Holi, the Modi government has given gifts to the freedom fighters and their dependents. The Central Government has sanctioned Rs 3274.87 crore for the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Yojana (SSSY).
Before Holi, the Modi government has given gifts to the freedom fighters and their dependents. The Central Government has sanctioned Rs 3274.87 crore for the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Yojana (SSSY). Under this scheme, pension and other benefits of freedom fighters and their eligible dependents are to be given till 2026. At present there are 23,566 beneficiaries of this scheme in the country.
This decision of the government is also being seen as the commitment of the government to remember the sacrifices of freedom fighters in the Amrit Mahotsav year of independence.
An official statement said that the Modi government has extended this scheme till the financial year 2025-26. The proposal to continue SSSY was prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Statement From August 15, 2016, the amount of this pension is being revised from time to time and dearness allowance is also being given.
Expansion
Before Holi, the Modi government has given gifts to the freedom fighters and their dependents. The Central Government has sanctioned Rs 3274.87 crore for the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Yojana (SSSY). Under this scheme, pension and other benefits of freedom fighters and their eligible dependents are to be given till 2026. At present there are 23,566 beneficiaries of this scheme in the country.
This decision of the government is also being seen as the commitment of the government to remember the sacrifices of freedom fighters in the Amrit Mahotsav year of independence.
An official statement said that the Modi government has extended this scheme till the financial year 2025-26. The proposal to continue SSSY was prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Statement From August 15, 2016, the amount of this pension is being revised from time to time and dearness allowance is also being given.