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Govt doubles pension for JP senanis
Patna: The govt on Wednesday decided to double the pension amount for 'JP senanis'—the political activists who had been imprisoned during the Emergency for supporting socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan-led movement.
The proposal was cleared at a cabinet meeting chaired by CM
Nitish Kumar
, who himself played a lead role in the 'JP movement' that began in 1974.
"The pension for 'JP senanis', who had spent more than six months behind bars, has been raised to Rs 30,000 per month from Rs 15,000, and for those who served shorter prison terms, it has been hiked from Rs 7,500 to Rs 15,000," cabinet secretariat department's additional chief secretary S Siddharth said.
"The JP senanis who participated in the JP movement and the subsequent emergency period between March 18, 1974 and March 21, 1977 will get double the amount as "samman pension" now," he said.
There are altogether 3,354 JP senani who are currently getting pension in the state, a home dept official said.
Nitish had launched the pension scheme named after Jayaprakash Narayan in 2009. Though Nitish fulfils the criteria for the pension, he never applied for it.
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