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Time of India
18-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Tripura govt spent 2,000cr in 7 years for women empowerment, says state minister
Agartala: Tripura govt has spent around Rs 2,000 crore on improving the socio-economic conditions and empowerment of women in the state in past seven years of BJP's rule, social welfare and social education minister Tinku Roy said on Wednesday. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Both central and state govts undertook multiple schemes for the empowerment of women and to make them self-reliant, along with bringing over 33% of women into elected bodies from three-tier panchayats to the state assembly. As many as 58,000 self-help groups with more than 5 lakh women have been formed to drive them into economic activities, Roy said. "Over 3,500 women representatives are serving in gram panchayats, panchayat samitis and zilla parishads in the state. In govt jobs, 33% of posts are reserved for women, and half of the stalls in govt markets are reserved for women. A women's Tripura State Rifles battalion has been formed in the state to symbolise the empowerment of women," Roy said. Tripura govt has been disbursing a monthly pension of Rs 2,000 to each of the 1,14,300 elderly women. Also, Tripura State Policy for Empowerment of Women-2022 for the welfare of women has been formulated, and women's helplines have been launched in every district. Scooters were awarded to the top-performing girls in the Class XII examination.
Time of India
02-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Tripura govt to expand social security benefits to 5458 more beneficiaries next month
Agartala: Tripura govt has announced to expand social security benefits to an additional 5,458 people next month, besides the existing 3.90 lakh beneficiaries under 34 schemes, including three central-sponsored programmes. Social welfare minister Tinku Roy said 2,20,517 people are currently getting monthly pensions of Rs 2,000 each under state schemes and 28,809 are covered under the Chief Minister's Social Assistance Scheme, in addition to 1,40,675 beneficiaries of central schemes. "A sizable number of beneficiaries were scrapped from the benefit during verification of credentials as they had been given social pensions by the then Left Front govt, considering their political loyalty," Roy said. He added that the new inclusions are being done with utmost sincerity to ensure that only genuine people get benefits. Highlighting the success of the social security schemes, Roy said 3.90 lakh poor people are getting benefits from 34 such schemes, including the National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS). Under this scheme, in case of death of the main earning member of an Antyodaya category, that family is given Rs 20,000 as assistance. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Click Here To Read More - HR Management Tools Expertinspector Click Here Undo He added that the department has taken up a scheme to assist the patients afflicted with cancer. As part of this, 3476 cancer patients are being given monthly assistance of Rs 2,000 per head, and this will be expanded further. To ensure timely payment of social pension among the cancer patients, the Tripura govt on Thursday set up a new help desk at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Regional Cancer Centre in Agartala. The cancer patients, except the govt employees and those having an annual income of over Rs 1.5 lakh, are eligible for the pension. The help desk would expedite the completion of documentation and enrollment procedures for the new social pension applicants within a month, to avoid harassment of patients and delays in pension disbursement.
Time of India
02-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Tripura: Government launches help desk at Agartala hospital to speed up social pension for cancer patients
Agartala: In a move aimed at expediting welfare services for cancer patients, Tripura government inaugurated a dedicated Help Desk at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Regional Cancer Hospital in Agartala on Thursday. Social Welfare Minister Tinku Roy , while inaugurating the facility, told ANI, "Earlier, cancer patients who came for treatment under old social pension schemes had to stay for extended periods--sometimes up to a month--as cancer treatment cannot be completed in a few days. Once they returned home and applied for pensions, it often took three to five months for the sanction to come through, and tragically, many patients did not survive long enough to receive the benefits." He said this new initiative aims to eliminate such delays by enabling patients to submit their application forms at the same place they collect them. "The newly launched Help Desk will simplify and fast-track the process under the Department of Social Welfare and Social Education, which currently offers 34 types of social pension schemes--three under central schemes and 31 at the state level--covering over 3.90 lakh beneficiaries. Among them, 1,77,477 women are enrolled in various women-specific schemes and 19,150 persons with disabilities with more than 60 per cent disability are receiving disability pensions." He also highlighted a special drive to include all persons with more than 60 per cent disability--who have no government employment and whose family income has remained below Rs 1 lakh annually for the past decade--under pension schemes. "Under this campaign, 2,537 new beneficiaries have already been brought under the scheme, and efforts are ongoing to include more in the second phase," he said. A separate dedicated pension scheme for cancer patients was also introduced. "Any patient registered with the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Regional Cancer Hospital, whose annual family income is below Rs 1.5 lakh and who has no government-employed family member, is eligible to receive a monthly pension of Rs 2,000," Roy said. He urged all eligible individuals with disabilities or cancer to contact the Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) in their area. Applications must include an Aadhaar card, ration card, bank passbook, proof of date of birth, income certificate issued by the SDM or DCM (not required for Antyodaya families), and a declaration of no government employment in the family certified by a Gazetted Officer or Panchayat Secretary and countersigned by the local BDO. The Help Desk is now fully operational and officials expect it to significantly cut delays in processing pension applications and ensure timely delivery of critical support to vulnerable patients.
Indian Express
01-05-2025
- Health
- Indian Express
Social security pension help desk opened at Tripura's Atal Bihari Vajpayee Regional Cancer Centre
Tripura launched a help desk at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Regional Cancer Centre in Agartala on Thursday to ensure timely assistance for cancer patients to apply for monthly social security pensions. Social Welfare and Social Education Minister Tinku Roy launched the facility to help eligible cancer patients enrol for a monthly pension of Rs 2,000. The help desk is expected to complete documentation and enrollment procedures for new applicants within a month to avoid the harassment of patients and delays in the disbursal of pensions. Cancer patients except government employees and those earning over Rs 1.5 lakh annually are eligible for the pension. Nearly 4,000 cancer patients get the monthly pensions in the state. Earlier, Chief Minister Manik Saha said the Atal Bihari Regional Cancer Centre was one of the best cancer hospitals in the Northeast. 'Our government has been working sincerely towards strengthening the cancer treatment service in the state. This disease can be prevented through generating mass awareness,' he said. The chief minister, who also holds the health portfolio, stressed increasing awareness about the deadly disease and urged people to seek immediate medical help if they observe abnormal growth in their bodies. Former Assembly Speaker Ratan Chakraborty, who also chairs the Rogi Kalyan Samiti of the cancer centre, officials of the departments of social welfare and social education and health and cancer patients attended the event.
