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Lalu to get Rs 10,000 monthly JP Senani Samman Pension

RJD President Lalu Prasad would get JP Senani Samman Pension of Rs 10,000 per month after being declared eligible for it.

Prasad's application has been approved to make him eligible to get a monthly pension of Rs 10,000 under JP Senani Samman Pension Scheme, officials in the state Home Department said on Wednesday.

Prasad, who was a student leader when Jayprakash Narayan, popularly known as JP, launched "Sampoorna Kranti" (total revolution) in 1974 and was jailed under MISA (Maintenance of Internal Security Act). Prasad would be eligible to get the monthly pension in accordance with amended JP Senani Samman Pension scheme brought in 2015.

As per this, those who served jail term between one month to six months would get a monthly pension of Rs 5,000 and those who were jailed for more than six months will receive Rs 10,000 pension a month, the officials said.

Prasad falls in the second category as per government records and is now eligible for Rs 10,000 pension.
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