The Delhi government on Tuesday announced that monthly pension of Rs 1,000 would be given to divorced, separated, abandoned women. After a cabinet meeting, chief minister Sheila Dikshit stated the existing scheme providing for a pension of Rs 1,000/month to economically deprived widows was implemented in 2007-08, and as many as 33,000 widows had been covered under it so far.
"It has been decided to expand the eligibility conditions under widow pension scheme to include these women," Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit told reporters after a Cabinet meeting.
Explaining the eligibility criteria for availing benefits under the scheme, Dikshit said: "They should be residents of Delhi for more than five years, aged between 18 to 60 years, holding a savings account in any bank, not receiving any pension from government or maintenance allowance as per judicial orders."
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