Uttarakhand has allowed eligible elderly couples to receive old-age pension separately when both spouses meet the prescribed conditions. CM Pushkar Singh Dhami highlighted the move as social security support for seniors.
In Uttarakhand, an essential social security initiative has been made in favor of senior citizens. Now eligible senior citizen couples in Uttarakhand are entitled to get old-age pension separately. The Chief Minister of the state, Pushkar Singh Dhami, said the state government is committed to providing dignified and well-being benefits to senior citizens.
Information was provided by Dhami on the platform of X. In particular, the government official stressed that when both husband and wife become eligible for the old age pension scheme, then both will be entitled to receive pension individually. It is supposed that the new arrangement will help increase financial assistance for senior citizens.
Old Age Pension: Husband and Wife Can Get Separate Benefits
According to the new provision made by the government of Uttarakhand, a couple of elderly persons is not obliged to receive old-age pension through a single individual. If both the husband and wife are eligible according to the terms and conditions of the old age pension scheme, then both will be eligible to receive old-age pension individually.
Greater Emphasis on Senior Citizens Welfare
CM Dhami has been stressing the need for due respect and welfare for senior citizens. The government pension scheme is one of the many ways of giving financial assistance to the senior citizens having limited or few sources of income.
Financial assistance in the form of a separate pension scheme to eligible spouses gives each of them access to their personal pension benefit. This pension scheme can be utilized by them in order to meet their household expenses and personal requirements according to their individual needs.
Social Security for Senior Citizens in Uttarakhand
For a state such as Uttarakhand, having its family members outside of the state for employment purposes, the social security of the senior citizens becomes an important aspect. Pension schemes are one of the means through which the government can give them financial assistance under certain prescribed conditions.
The facility of both eligible spouses receiving separate old-age pensions helps them get more financial assistance. It also shows the focus of the government towards providing welfare schemes for senior citizens.
Regular Financial Aid Stressed by CM Dhami
According to Dhami, the objective behind such an arrangement would be to ensure better social security for qualified elderly citizens through regular financial aid. In cases where there is a couple and both individuals are entitled to the pension plan for old age, it might help enhance the overall amount of pension received.
Eligibility criteria for availing of the benefit still remain a significant factor in determining the beneficiaries.