Octogenarian petitions CM for additional pension
An 88-year-old pensioner in Kerala is petitioning the Chief Minister to increase pension rates for state retirees over 80 to match Central government standards. He argues that pension is a right to dignified life and that older pensioners require more financial support for health needs.
Even as the State government has formed a new department to address mobility, health care, and other challenges faced by the elderly in a rapidly ageing Kerala, an octogenarian in the State capital is on a mission to get additional pension sanctioned for State government pensioners above the age of 80 at Central government rates.
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