Cheyutha: Rs 4,000 monthly pension for vulnerable groups

The manifesto promised a Rs 4,000 monthly pension to a wide list of vulnerable groups including senior citizens, widows, the disabled, beedi workers, single women, toddy tappers, weavers, AIDS and Filaria patients and dialysis patients, delivered through the existing Aasara pension framework. The old-age pension has been raised to Rs 4,000 per month, but there is no approved-source confirmation that all the listed categories have uniformly reached the promised Rs 4,000, with several categories historically paid at different rates. Real delivery of an enhanced pension has occurred for at least part of the covered population, supporting a partial verdict rather than fulfilled. The 2026-27 budget was reported to allocate a large sum to the Cheyutha and pension framework and to sanction additional new pensions. Budget: the pension framework carries a substantial multi-thousand-crore allocation with ongoing monthly disbursement, indicating both allocation and utilisation, though not at the promised uniform rate across all categories.