Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta has demanded from Delhi Government to pay the pension of June-July of all social security pension beneficiaries as per the increased rates. Gupta said due to non-release of social security pension for two months in Delhi, lakhs of old age, widow and differently able pension holders are going through financial crisis.

“The Delhi Government announced a double pension to all social security pension holders in Delhi due to the situation of Covid-19 lock down in March 2020. The increased pension was paid in March-April and the May 2020 pension was distributed in the last week of June. Now two months from June to July pension holders are in extreme financial difficulty without pension,” he said.

According to the social welfare department, the Delhi government had given one month advance pension in April-May, but now the pension given in advance will be adjusted by not giving June-July pension, Gupta said, adding after the lock-down, the income of lakhs of poor families come down drastically and the increased pension is their biggest support.

Gupta said just as the Central Government has announced free ration for poor welfare till November 2020, similarly Delhi Government should make provision to pay social pension of increased rates by November 2020for the interests of the beneficiaries of all pensions.

He said that the portal was opened for filling pension forms for a few days in 2019-20 on which pension forms were filled, but the process of their pension has not started yet. “Due to irregular, indefinite and opaque process of disbursement of pension of the old aged differently abled and widows, pension amount has not been sent to the account of thousands of beneficiaries of this scheme even in times of crisis, ‘’ he said.