Special CS Sreelakshmi of the Municipal Department announced through a statement that on the orders of CM Jagan in AP, a pension of Rs.2,500 per month is being granted to the families of village volunteers who do not have land in Amaravati.
Srilakmi said that this pension scheme will be applicable to Amaravati village volunteers from 1st March. In Amaravati, young men and women from landless poor families are working as village volunteers. Considering them as employees, they are granting a pension of Rs.2,500 to the landless poor families every month.
Recently, Special Chief Secretary of Municipal Department Y.Sree Lakshmi during a visit to Amaravati villages brought the matter of volunteers belonging to landless poor families to the attention of the Special Chief Secretary of the Government. Responding positively to this, Srilakshmi assured the Amaravati volunteers that she would immediately take this issue to the attention of the government and resolve it.
CM Jagan immediately responded to this and ordered to provide pensions to them. Special Chief Secretary of Municipal Department Y. Sreelakshmi has clarified that pension will be provided to the families of about 200 village volunteers belonging to landless poor families in Amaravati from March 1st. This will benefit the poor volunteers there.