Aasara pensions to all eligible persons: Errabelli Dayakar Rao

Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister E Dayakar Rao said pensions were being extended to all eligible persons and asserted that assets and vehicles owned by them were not considered for removing their names from the eligibility list.

Replying to a question by BRS MLA G Balaraju in the Assembly, the Minister said at present, 44,12, 882 beneficiaries were getting pension every month



under Aasara scheme. After the State government reduced the age limit from 65 years to 57 years for eligibility, 5,37,048 more persons got benefitted, he said.

Before the formation of Telangana, successive governments were spending Rs.861 crore annually towards pensions. The BRS government was spending Rs.941 crore monthly, he said.