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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today presided over the meeting of the Social Justice and Empowerment Department, reviewing various schemes being implemented under the department. He then directed the department to release the pending funds under the Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi Yojana to eligible beneficiaries in the tribal areas of Pangi, Lahaul-Spiti, Dodra Kwar, and Kupvi at the earliest.

 

Sukhu said that the state government was providing social security pensions to 8,41,917 eligible people. Of these, 1,04,740 beneficiaries were receiving the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension, 5,04,253 the Old Age Pension, 25,414 the Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension, 1,26,808 the Widow, Destitute and Single Woman Pension, 1,340 the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension, and 78,291 the Disability Relief Allowance.

 

The Chief Minister said that 99,799 new social security pension cases have been approved by the present  state government over the past three years. He said that 41,799 cases were approved during the financial year 2023-24, 41,012 during 2024-25, and 16,988 cases during the financial year 2025-26.

 

 

He said that under the Indira Gandhi Sukh Shiksha Yojana, financial assistance was being provided to 20,735 beneficiaries in the age group of 0 to 18 years and 853 beneficiaries in the age group of 18 to 27 years. Under the Mukhyamantri Sukh Ashray Yojana, monthly assistance of Rs 1,000, Rs 2,500, and Rs 4,000 were being given to eligible beneficiaries.

 

The Chief Minister directed the department to ensure the use of the latest information technology-based software to provide pensions and financial assistance to eligible beneficiaries, so that the selection of new pensioners and the distribution of pensions would be completed in a timely manner.

 

Chief Minister’s Principal Advisor Ram Subhag Singh, Additional Chief Secretary Shyam Bhagat Negi, Secretary to the Chief Minister Rakesh Kanwar, Director of Women and Child Development Dr. Pankaj Lalit and other senior officers.