Jharkhand government reduced the qualifying age for old-age pension for tribals and Dalits to 50 years.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced that the qualifying age for old-age pension for tribals and Dalits has been reduced from 60 years to 50 years.
The government has taken this decision because the death rate among tribals is high and they do not get jobs after 60 years.
When Jharkhand was formed in 2000, only 16 lakh people were getting pension benefits.
Now, around 36 lakh people above the age of 60 receive the benefit of the pension.
In September 2023, the Jharkhand government decided to add the transgender community to its universal pension scheme.
