Karnataka: Revenue dept identifies 23.19L ‘ineligible' pensioners
'Currently, there are 21.87 lakh and 31.33 lakh beneficiaries under the Old Age Pension and Sandhya Suraksha Scheme, respectively. (Of this) 9.04 lakh beneficiaries under the old age pension scheme and 14.15 lakh beneficiaries of the Sandhya Suraksha Yojana have been found to be ineligible,' the commissioner of KSDMA and Social Security and Pension said in a notification dated June 6.
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'Currently, there are 21.87 lakh and 31.33 lakh beneficiaries under the Old Age Pension and Sandhya Suraksha Scheme, respectively. (Of this) 9.04 lakh beneficiaries under the old age pension scheme and 14.15 lakh beneficiaries of the Sandhya Suraksha Yojana have been found to be ineligible,' the commissioner of KSDMA and Social Security and Pension said in a notification dated June 6.
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