The respective district collectors will verify the names and addresses of the eligible people to get the emergency period pension and will release the amount in their bank accounts.In Maharashtra, there are a total of 3782 people who were jailed in emergency, and they get Rs 28 crore for the period from April 2025 to January 2026.In 2020, Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government reverted the erstwhile Devendra Fadnavis government’s decision to pay pension to those jailed during the emergency between 1975 and 1977.Now, Devendra Fadnavis, who is once again the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, has reversed his predecessor’s decision and restarted this pension scheme once again. The pension scheme was launched in January 2018 by the previous government, of which Shiv Sena was also a part.The decision to stop the pension scheme was taken by the Uddhav Thackeray government, considering the Covid-19 pandemic situation and subsequent shrinking of revenue.
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