Increase pension for regional instrumentalists and Baajigars to Rs 5,100
We will increase the pension paid to regional instrumentalists, and the Baajigars to Rs 5,100 from the current Rs 3,100 upon completion of 60 years of age.
Bharatiya Janata Party · Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election 2022
Last updated 4 Jul 2026
“Awards will be instituted to honour contributions towards enriching Uttarakhand's languages: Bhajan Singh Smriti Samman for enriching Kumaoni.”
Uttarakhand Bhasha Sansthan's 2025 Sahityotsav award list includes Bhajan Singh 'Singh' Puraskar, matching the promised Bhajan Singh award objective. The named/near-named language award has been instituted/awarded. Budget: Award cash/prize support exists; exact award corpus not isolated.
BJP manifesto promised: Awards will be instituted to honour contributions towards enriching Uttarakhand's languages: Bhajan Singh Smriti Samman for enriching Kumaoni.
View sourceWe will increase the pension paid to regional instrumentalists, and the Baajigars to Rs 5,100 from the current Rs 3,100 upon completion of 60 years of age.
In order to promote Uttarakhand's folk instrumentalists, we will provide them with a monthly financial aid of Rs 3,000.
We will fully fund the education of all those students enrolled in classical dance and music courses.

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