Bharatiya Janata Party · Delhi Legislative Assembly Election 2025
Last updated 5 Jun 2026
“We will increase the senior citizens pension for citizens aged 60-70 from ₹2,000 to ₹2,500, and for senior citizens aged 70+, widows, divyang and destitutes from ₹2,500 to ₹3,000.”
Delivered in the BJP government’s first budget (25 March 2025): the monthly pension was raised by ₹500 across both slabs as promised — ₹2,000 to ₹2,500 for ages 60-69, and ₹2,500 to ₹3,000 for those 70+ (the higher slab also covering widows, persons with disabilities and destitutes), with ₹3,227 crore allocated. The scheme was further expanded with 50,000 additional pensions in September 2025. NOTE: the exact slab figures are best back-stopped with a Delhi Social Welfare notification when tidying.
Government sanctions 50,000 additional senior-citizen pensions (~₹149 crore).
View sourceFirst BJP budget raises old-age and disability pensions by ₹500 per month per slab; ₹3,227 crore allocated for seniors and the handicapped.
View sourceWe will establish Welfare Boards for all auto, taxi drivers and domestic workers, under which we will provide life insurance up to ₹10 lakh, accident insurance up to ₹5 lakh, and scholarships for their children for higher education. We will provide a subsidy on vehicle insurance to auto and taxi drivers, and paid maternity leave up to 6 months to all domestic workers.
We will double the number of street vendor beneficiaries under the PM SVANidhi scheme.
We will establish Atal Canteens in JJ clusters to provide nutritious meals at ₹5.
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