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Rs 15,000 monthly pension for retired journalist families
Promised in the manifesto
A monthly pension of Rs 15,000 will be provided to the families of retired journalists whose annual income is less than Rs 5 lakh.
From the manifesto: Aram (Virtue) › 2. Dignified Life and Social Security › P. Welfare of Journalists and Media Personnel, see page 32
Where it standsFirst steps
First steps taken on 8 Oct 2026.
Monthly pension orders of Rs 15,000 were granted to 23 retired journalists.
So far
Monthly pension of Rs 15,000 for 23 retired journalists
Not yet seen
Details regarding the remaining eligible families across the state are not yet specified.
Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them.
Documents behind this
- 8 Oct 2026 · Press releaseDIPR press release 22698
- The government granted monthly pension orders to 23 journalists at Rs. 15,000 each.
Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.
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