KCR promises pension hike if TRS retains power in Telangana

Telangana votes for a new assembly on December 7. The caretaker chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has promised a hike in pension if his TRS party is re-elected.

TRS president and Telangana caretaker chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Tuesday said the pension of Rs 1,000 given would be increased to Rs 2,016 if the party was voted to power in the December 7 assembly elections.

TRS Supremo and Telangana’s caretaker chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has promised a hike in pension if his party comes back to power in the December 7 assembly election. (PTI File)

“I am appealing to all who get pensions, our government will come to power definitely. After that, Rs 2,016 will be given as pension to all, be they women, beedi workers, elderly people, widows,” he said at rally in Hyderabad.

The pension given to people with disabilities would be increased to Rs 3,016 from  Rs1,500, he said.