Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started distributing additional one month’s pension under all eligible pension beneficiaries in the aftermath of cyclone Fani which wreaked havoc in the state capital.
BMC officials said that nearly 22000 eligible beneficiaries under the various pension schemes such as old age pension, widow pension, pension for persons with disability (PWD), unmarried BPL woman above 30 years, HIV patients, leprosy patients and mentally challenged will get the pension for two times in the month of May.
The usual pension beneficiaries receive their pensions between 5th and 18th of each month and the distribution takes place in phases across the 67 wards of the city.
“ The decision was taken to help the beneficiaries to meet their daily needs in the aftermath of the cyclone. The pension will will be distributed by May 17,” said a BMC official.
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