Shimla, April 23 -- The Himachal Pradesh government has approved amendments to social security pension rules to ensure the timely disbursement of pensions, while also significantly expanding welfare coverage across vulnerable sections of society.
A government spokesperson said here on Thursday that the present state government has sanctioned 99,799 new social security pension cases over the past three years, taking the total number of beneficiaries in the state to 8,41,917.
The beneficiaries include senior citizens, widows, single women, and Divyangjan covered under various pension categories.
"Out of the total beneficiaries, 1,04,740 are receiving the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension, 5,04,253 the State Old Age Pension, 25,414 the...