Maharashtra Govt scraps pension of those jailed during Emergency
(WorldNews India)

In another significant reversal of a decision taken by the previous BJP-led regime, the Uddhav Thackeray government on Friday discontinued pensions being given to those who had been jailed during the Emergency. According to the Uddhav-led general administration department, which issued a resolution in this regard, the move to stop pension was triggered by the sharp drop in revenues and the worsening financial position of the state exchequer in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. In January 2018, the Devendra Fadnavis government, of which Shiv Sena was a part, had rolled out a pension scheme for all those jailed for opposing the Emergency between 1975 and 1977. Accordingly, Rs 10,000 was being...