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
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Help us verify“We will provide one-time financial assistance upto Rs 1 Crore to Ved Pathshalas for the upgradation of teaching infrastructure in a phased manner.”
Central financial assistance to Ved Pathshalas exists nationally, but I did not verify a Uttarakhand one-time up-to-Rs 1 crore infrastructure-upgradation grant. Generic Vedic-education assistance is not enough for the promised state-level Rs 1 crore one-time grant. Budget: No state Rs 1 crore-per-Pathshala allocation found.
BJP manifesto promised: We will provide one-time financial assistance upto Rs 1 Crore to Ved Pathshalas for the upgradation of teaching infrastructure in a phased manner.
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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