Hyderabad, March 29 -- Panchayat Raj, Rural Development, and Women & Child Welfare Minister Seethakka on Saturday, March 28, said the Telangana government has sanctioned 100,000 new pensions after the Congress assumed office, and is planning to extend another 200,000 pensions in the upcoming financial year. She added that funds for the additional pensions have already been allocated in the latest budget.

Pension expansion plan

Replying to a discussion in the state Assembly on the departmental budgets, the minister said the government is committed to expanding social security coverage for the poor.

She clarified that reports about pension removals are misleading. "No pensions have been scrapped. Only cases involving deceased beneficiari...