Eligible Adivasis keenly await old-age pensions in Telangana
Updated Feb 20, 2021, 4:15 am IST The age of many illiterate Adivasis was mistakenly registered as being less than the actual one in Aadhar cards Revenue officials registered the age of Adivasi as per their wish since many were illiterates and had no birth certificates. (Representational Image: DC) KOMARAM BHEEM: Many elderly Adivasis are waiting for their applications to get the nod for availing old-age pension benefits as they were earlier rejected with the officials stating ‘under age’ though they had crossed the eligible age to get pensions. Many of them were happy when Chief Minis...
Source: deccanchronicle.com