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Freedom fighters’ pension hiked by 20pc

The decision to give 20 per cent 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 August 15, 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 INR 24,775 to INR 30,000 per month.
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