VIJAYAWADA: MSME minister Kondapalli Srinivas refuted what he called false information being spread out about modifying of the impairment pensions’ list. He preserved that though the list has actually been modified, 20,000 of those discovered ineligible for pensions to handicapped have actually been extended pensions under other plans, such as old-age and widow pensions.
Speaking with press reporters at the secretariat in Velagapudi of Amaravati on Friday, the minister asserted that there is definitely no concern of rejecting pensions to those qualified under the state federal government’s different social security plans. He dismissed the opposition’s project in this regard as propaganda and incorrect alarms. He prompted individuals not to fall victim to such propaganda.
Srinivas confessed that a number of disqualified individuals had actually handled to get pensions throughout the previous routine, especially under the health and impairment classifications. District collectors, specifically from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema and YSR Kadapa, had actually reported abuse of the plan at the ground level.
The minister preserved that to suppress abnormalities, the NDA union federal government introduced a state-wide reverification of pension eligibility certificates 9 months back. In case of bedridden individuals, medical professionals performed evaluations at their homes. He revealed that out of the 7.95 lakh certificates to be re‑verified, 5.55 lakh have actually currently been scrutinised.
“This procedure has actually up until now determined around 80,000 disqualified pensioners. Rather of blanket cancellations, the federal government has actually considered their eligibility under other classifications. Almost 20,000 of them have actually rather been provided old-age pensions,” he mentioned.
Estimating Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu’s regulation, Srinivas clarified that those holding momentary special needs certificates provided before 2016 will continue to get special needs pensions if their impairment goes beyond 40 percent.