SRINAGAR: Minister for Finance and Labour & Employment Dr Haseeb A Drabu on Thursday announced that the pensioners of Jammu and Kashmir Government will get free insurance cover from the next year.
“Pensioners are a nation’s treasure. They are the repository of our tradition and culture. Keeping in view their contributions and hardships, we have decided that the Government will provide them free insurance cover from the next fiscal,” Dr Drabu said.
The Finance Minister was speaking at a function at Sheikh-ul-Alam Hall in Budgam where hundreds of pensioners from J&K Pensioners Welfare Association were present. They were led by the Chairman of the Association, Sampath Prakash.
Dr Drabu said the situation in the last three decades has taken a toll on the society which has lost the sense of eldership, “Our cultural values and tradition have got eroded due to the situation in the last three decades. Society has changed enormously which also impacts the way our senior citizens are treated in their day to day life,” he said.
Dr Drabu said the new insurance scheme will cover all the state pensioners of Jammu and Kashmir. (AGENCIES)
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