JAMMU, April 10 -- Subash Shastri, president of the National Mazdoor Conference (NMC), on Wednesday urged Jammu and Kashmir's lieutenant governor-led administration to increase the monthly medical allowance of pensioners from the existing Rs.300 to Rs.1,000 in line with other Union Territories across the country.

He appealed for immediate implementation of this enhancement to bring J&K at par with Ladakh, which had raised the allowance to Rs.1,000 per month from April 1, 2020.

Shastri said that the current Rs.300 medical allowance has remained unchanged for over two decades, despite the steep rise in medicine costs and other medical expenses. He said the hike would provide much-needed relief to pensioners grappling with increasing healt...