Old age pension to be hiked to Rs 5,000 per month within my period: C.M. Kumaraswamy
World Senior Citizens Day-2018
Bengaluru, October 01: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said that within his tenure of the government, he would increase the old age pension to Rs 5,000 per month in the state.
Inaugurating the World Senior Citizens Day-2018, organized by the Physically Disabled and Senior Citizens Empowerment Department at the Ravindra Kalakshetra here on Monday, he said that he was planning to give Rs 5,000 monthly pension to the senior citizens this year. But due to various challenges like loan waiver and others, he has increased the old age pension from Rs 600 to Rs 1,000 per month. Every year, Rs 1,000 would be increased and by the time, his tenure would come to an end, the pension would be increased to Rs 5,000, he said.
The incentive of Rs 6,000 per month to pregnant women and puerperal women would be given from November 1 and initially, Rs 2,000 incentive would be given and it would be increased to Rs 6,000 per month, he said.
Some people have been alleging that the coalition government has done nothing other than waiving off the farm loans. Unfortunately, the pro-people programmes of the government were not being given much publicity in the media. So, the people would not know about those programmes. Media should highlight the pro-people programmes, he said.
The government has released Rs 1,200 crore to provide basic infrastructure in government schools and colleges across the state. So far, the residential schools were restricted to only Dalit students. But now, 25 per cent seats were being given to all castes students. With the help of Janata Darshan programmes, more than 80 per cent problems would be sorted out on the spot. But those programmes were not being highlighted in the media, he said.
Woman and Child Welfare Minister Dr. Jayamala said that out of total 57.92 lakh senior citizens, only 36.66 lakhs were registered. In future, the government was mulling online system to register all the senior citizens and provide them the benefits. Currently, 25 day old age homes were there in the state and it was planning to increase them in coming days. It was planning to establish a well-equipped old age homes in each Revenue division, he said.
Yenepoya Medical College, Dr BV Markhande Udupi, Sadashiva Siddappa Belagali, Dr. P.S. Shankar, Chindodi Bangaresh, Dr. Vijayalakshmi Deshamane, Mahadevi Hullur, Jagadamba were given the senior citizens state awards-2018 on the occasion.
“In order to convert the foot-bridge into well-equipped bridges in coastal and Malnad areas like Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Shivamogga and Chikmagaluru, the state government has released Rs 121 crore. This would help the students of these regions to go to schools”.
- H.D. Kumaraswamy, Chief Minister
“There is no God than parents especially mother and father. Those who look after their parents will not have any problem. But in recent years, the villages are becoming old age homes. The youth of the villages have been migrating to cities deserting their parents in search of jobs. They do not have patience or love to return to their villages and look after their parents”.
- Jayamala, Minister
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
