Elderly demanding pension upgrade meet Rahul Gandhi

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Rahul gandhiNew Delhi, Dec 12:  A delegation of senior voters beneath the aegis of the Pension Parishad Wednesday met Congress vice chairman Rahul Gandhi.

The delegation semiconductor diode by social activist Aruna Roy told Gandhi that they need been mutely protestant at Jantar Mantar since Nov twenty seven and are expecting the govt. to act on the commitments it had created to reconstitute pension for widows and disabled individuals in order that they will live a life while not changing into impoverished.

“We are extraordinarily discomfited that the govt. has gone back on its guarantees and over the assurances given in March 2013 by the minister for rural development,” aforesaid Rambhav Shinde, who has return from Maharashtra.

Roy said: “The gulf between the ‘aam aadmi’ (common man) and therefore the government is merely about to widen if assurances created on public platforms and in writing don’t seem to be consummated.”

Gandhi listened to the woes of the senior, expressed support and secure them he can pursue the matter.

The Pension Parishad, an initiative to confirm universal pension to any or all senior in India, was started in Feb 2012 by Magsaysay triumph social activist Aruna Roy and trades union leader-social reformer cake Adhav.

It has been hard-to-please universal pension, particularly for ladies, given their high levels of dependency for daily sustenance. The cluster has been hard-to-please Rs.2,000 as minimum monthly pension or 0.5 the wage, whichever is higher.

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