Top Law News 11 lakh poor, 76 lakh widows to get pension hike October 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Thursday many officials said that, “As many as 76 lakh below poverty line (BPL) widows and 11 lakh BPL persons with severe or multiple disability will get a pension hike from Rs 200 to Rs 300 per month.” In the Union Cabinet, at a meeting a proposal has been approved by Prime Minister Manmohan […] Read more » (BPL) widows Manmohan Singh pension hike Union Budget widows
Top Law News SC pulls up NCW’s apathy to Virandawan widows August 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme court today pulled up the National Commission for Women and its Uttar Pradesh counterpart for their apathy to the pitiable condition of Virandavan widows and asked the state government to provide adequate food and hygienic living environment for them. A bench of justices D K Jain and Madan B Lokur directed the two […] Read more » condition of Virandawan widows National Commission for Women NCW Virandawan widows widows
Top Law News Widows will be protected, given justice: Supreme Court January 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The widows will be protected and given justice, said the Supreme Court Monday while setting aside an Allahabad High Court order transferring the trial in a murder case against a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator from Kanpur to Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. The court said this while hearing a petition filed by the widow of […] Read more » Supreme Court widows
Top Law News Government planning to raise widows’ pension November 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The women and child development ministry Monday mooted various proposals to better the lives of widows in the country, including raising the pension to Rs. 1,500 a month. Releasing a study on the condition of widows in the Braj area of Uttar Pradesh here, D.K. Sikri, secretary of the ministry, said the ministry was planning […] Read more » pension widows