Archive · 24 Dec 2025
Pensioners Demand Reforms in Bengaluru
Many elderly people and others who need pensions in Bengaluru gathered peacefully at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office.
They want the government to change the rules for pensions because many people who should get them are being turned down.
These people depend on pensions for food, healthcare, and other important things.
They waited patiently to talk to the officials about their problems.
The group included senior citizens, widows, people with disabilities, and others who need help.
They hope the government will make it easier for them to get the pensions they need.
More than 500 eligible pensioners gathered peacefully at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office in Bengaluru to demand reforms in the social security pension system.
The gathering highlighted the distress caused by the annual income limit of Rs. 32,000, leading to the rejection of many pension applications.
Participants included senior citizens, widows, single women, persons with disabilities, and members of Pension Parishad.
The gathering was orderly and dignified, with no slogans, placards, or demonstrations.
The pensioners depend on pension amounts for food, healthcare, children’s education, and daily survival.
- Who
- More than 500 eligible pensioners from various slums and marginalized settlements across Bengaluru
- What
- A peaceful gathering to demand immediate reforms in the social security pension system
- When
- Tuesday morning
- Where
- Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Bengaluru Urban District
- Why
- To address the severe distress caused by the annual income limit of Rs. 32,000, which has led to the rejection of many pension applications
- Location
- Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Bengaluru Urban District
- Number of Participants
- More than 500
- Income Limit
- Rs. 32,000 annually
- Pension Schemes Affected
- Indira Gandhi Pension, Sandhya Suraksha, Widow Pension, Disability Pension, Mythri, Manaswini
- Organizers
- Pension Parishad