People who depend on the Sarvajan Pension Scheme in Jharkhand share their frustration over delays in receiving their pension payments.
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00:00The beneficiaries of the Maya Samman Yojana scheme are in dire straits.
00:08But the government scheme, Sarvajan Pension, has not been able to pay its beneficiaries for the last three months.
00:20Today, we have come to know about the current situation of Sarvajan Pension.
00:28The beneficiaries are sitting here. Let's talk to them directly.
00:34What is your name?
00:36Bijola
00:38You were getting your pension earlier, right?
00:41You were getting your pension earlier, right?
00:44I haven't received it for the last three months.
00:46You haven't received it for the last three months? Since when?
00:48Since the last three months.
00:50I haven't received my pension.
00:55So, you haven't received your pension for the past three months, so how is your life?
01:00So, you haven't received your pension for the past three months, so how is your life?
01:01I have not received my pension for the last five years.
01:03I was supplied with food, and I have been living with my mother.
01:09I have not been able to sleep at night.
01:11I have been hit by the others.
01:16You have been hit by others?
01:19Who hit you?
01:21My aunt.
01:23The government has not been giving us money for the last 3 months. What do you want from the government?
01:38The government has not been giving us money for the last 3 months. What do you want from the government?
01:45The government has not been giving us money for the last 3 months. What do you want from the government?
01:50The government has not been giving us money for the last 3 months. What do you want from the government?
01:59The government has not been giving us money for the last 3 months. What do you want from the government?
02:19The government has not been giving us money for the last 3 months. What do you want from the government?
02:30The government has not been giving us money for the last 3 months. What do you want from the government?
02:40The government has not been giving us money for the last 3 months. What is your name? Parikumar Singh.
02:54The government has not been giving us money for the last 3 months. What do you want from the government?
03:04The government has not been giving us money for the last 3 months. What do you want from the government?
03:19Are you getting your pension now?
03:22I told you, I was getting it before, but not since a year.
03:26I told you, I don't get 5 kilos of rice, I don't get it.
03:30Since when is your pension suspended?
03:32My pension is suspended.
03:33I used to get 1000 rupees, but now I don't get it.
03:36Okay, so your pension is suspended?
03:38It's been suspended since a year.
03:40I work at someone else's house and make a living.
03:43Oh, you work at someone else's house?
03:45Yes, I do.
03:47I clean the house, wash the utensils, and eat.
03:50I don't have a husband, I don't have a child.
03:52My father lives at home.
03:54I'm a poor man, I don't have a mother or a father.
03:57My brother took everything from me.
04:01You took everything from your brother?
04:02Yes, I had a father, a mother and a father.
04:06So, what do you ask the government for now?
04:08I ask them to give me some money, I'll get 5 kilos of rice.
04:12The government is giving money to a lot of people in the Women's Welfare Scheme.
04:16What will you say to that?
04:17The government is giving money to a lot of women in the Women's Welfare Scheme.
04:20What will I ask from the government?
04:21That's what I'm asking for.
04:23Give me more money.
04:25I don't get it.
04:27Give me 5 kilos of rice, I'll get it.
04:29I don't get 5 kilos of rice.
04:31Give me 10 kilos of wheat.
04:36I don't get it.
04:38We were just telling you about the state of Sarvajan Pension.
04:45The people we spoke to, they were getting the money.
04:53But it's been closed for 3 months now.
04:55The local chief is also here.
04:57We want to know from him too.
04:59The government has brought the Women's Welfare Scheme.
05:01On the other hand, the people who were benefiting from the Sarvajan Pension Scheme,
05:05they are not getting it.
05:07It hurts me that the women who were benefiting from this,
05:12they are being given the Women's Welfare Scheme.
05:16It's a good thing.
05:17We are not opposing it.
05:19But in one house, 5 families are getting it.
05:21And this pension, widow pension, widow pension,
05:24and the disabled, whose families used to run their own,
05:28are having a lot of trouble.
05:30And as the chief, we sit in the panchayat.
05:33Every day, people come and ask for pension, widow pension,
05:36widow pension, for the disabled.
05:38And we keep writing to them,
05:41but nothing is happening.
05:43I will ask the government to start the pension of such poor people first,
05:47and then give them the Women's Welfare Scheme.
05:50It is seen that the beneficiaries we spoke to,
05:53who have not been getting money for 3 months,
05:55their situation has become very bad.
05:58What should the government do in this situation?
06:00On one hand, the beneficiaries of the Women's Welfare Scheme are struggling for money.
06:04On the other hand, the elderly, the elderly, the disabled,
06:07their situation has become very bad.
06:09What should the government do in such a situation?
06:11The government should first start the pension of these people,
06:16and then do the work of the Women's Welfare Scheme.
06:19Because this is how they are fed.
06:21And the chief is having a lot of trouble there.
06:24That's why I will say first that pension should be given.
06:28Now you have seen that no one in the house allows children to eat.
06:32They make it themselves and eat it.
06:34And their pension.
06:35In that situation, what happens to the chief,
06:37we do it in the panchayat,
06:39where there is sorrow and happiness.
06:40You are doing it on your own.
06:41On my own, with my personal expense,
06:44I give it to such people,
06:45I do the work of running the daily bread.
06:49So the situation is,
06:51for the time being, the Sharvajan Pension Scheme,
06:54those who have benefited from it,
06:56have not been paid a single rupee in the last three months.
06:59And this is the reason that their situation has become very bad.
07:03In such a situation, the representatives who are benefiting,
07:07are going to the representative's house,
07:09and are also complaining to them.
07:12In which the representative himself,
07:14with his own money,
07:16with his own payment,
07:18is helping him somewhere or the other.
07:20But the people who have benefited from this scheme,
07:27have not been getting any benefit for the last three months.
07:31In such a situation, the government,
07:33along with the Mother Respect Scheme,
07:35the Sharvajan Pension Scheme,
07:37which has been going on since the beginning,
07:39needs to be implemented as well.
07:41Because the beneficiaries of this,
07:43the beneficiaries of the Sharvajan Pension Scheme,
07:46their situation is slowly becoming worse.
07:49In such a situation,
07:51the beneficiaries of the government's scheme,
07:54are raising questions.
07:56Narendra Nishad, ITV Bharat. Thank you.