Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh has announced that old age pension will this year be increased to $36,000.
He said this is a 75% increase in old age pension since the PPP administration resumed office in 2020.
This will benefit over 70,000 persons.
Meanwhile, public assistance was increased to $19,000 monthly.
Last year, old age pension was increased to $33,000 while public assistance went up to $16,000 per month.
In 2021, all old-age pensioners were given $25,000 monthly and in 2022 that sum was increased to $28,000.
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