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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  Pension of freedom fighters hiked by 20%
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Pension of freedom fighters hiked by 20%

Pension for freedom fighters in the category of ex-Andaman political prisoners and their spouses has been enhanced from Rs24,775 to Rs30,000 per month

Addressing the nation on the 70th Independence Day from the Red Fort, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a 20% hike in the pension for freedom fighters. Photo: Hindustan TimesPremium
Addressing the nation on the 70th Independence Day from the Red Fort, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a 20% hike in the pension for freedom fighters. Photo: Hindustan Times

New Delhi: The monthly pension of freedom fighters, including those who were incarcerated in Cellular jail in Andaman Islands or suffered outside British India, was on Wednesday hiked by around Rs5,000 each.

The decision to give 20% enhanced pension to all categories of freedom fighters, their spouses and dependents was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The revised scale of pension has taken effect from 15 August 2016 and the revised total amount of pension will be taken as basic pension for the respective categories of freedom fighter pensioners for calculating Dearness Relief, an official statement said.

The existing Dearness Relief system based on All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial workers, which was so far applicable to freedom fighter pensioners on annual basis, is being discontinued and replaced by the Dearness Allowance system applicable to central government employees twice a year. This will be termed as “Dearness Relief", the appropriate term in case of pensioners, it said.

Pension for freedom fighters in the category of ex-Andaman political prisoners and their spouses has been enhanced from Rs24,775 to Rs30,000 per month. Pension of freedom fighters, who suffered outside British India, has been raised from Rs23,085 to Rs28,000 per month. Pension of other freedom fighters, including those who were members of Indian National Army (INA), has been raised from Rs21,395 to Rs26,000 per month.

Addressing the nation on the 70th Independence Day from the Red Fort, the Prime Minister had announced a 20% hike in the pension for freedom fighters.

Central freedom fighter pensioners and eligible dependents under ‘Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension’ will get enhanced pension with effect from 15 August 2016.

All freedom fighters and spouses and dependent parents, eligible daughter pensioners of deceased freedom fighters drawing pension under the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, 1980 would be benefited by the decision.

So far, 1,71,605 freedom fighters and their eligible dependents have been sanctioned pension under the scheme.

At present 37,981 freedom fighters and their eligible dependent pensioners are covered under the scheme. Of these, 11,690 are freedom fighters themselves, 24,792 are spouses (widows/widowers) and 1,490 are daughter pensioners.

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Published: 21 Sep 2016, 05:51 PM IST
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