Pensions for nearly 44,000 persons were discontinued after an intensive re-verification of the social security scheme beneficiaries was carried out across the district three months ago.
These persons have now submitted petitions stating that they were eligible for the pension but were dropped out of the list
5,700 petitions have been received.
Officials conducted verification again on these 5,700 petitions and found that 79 were eligible and corrective action has been taken.
This has resulted in politicians and brokers playing the game of brainwashing many persons and taking Rs. 200 to Rs. 300 from each petitioner.
Currently, there are close to three lakh persons are benefiting under the social security schemes in the district.
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