{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-05T09:25:49.794Z","data":{"id":"bjp-up-2022-034","text":"Raise old-age pension for senior citizens to Rs 1,500 a month.","quote":"हम वरिष्ठ नागरिकों की पेंशन को बढ़ाकर ₹1,500 प्रतिमाह करेंगे।","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"hi","quoteEnglish":"We will increase the pension of senior citizens to Rs 1,500 per month.","page":11,"sector":"social-welfare","measurability":"measurable","importance":"major","deadline":"2027-03-31","deadlineType":"implied","status":"in_progress","rating":0,"ratingRule":"in_progress","provisional":true,"confidence":"high","reason":"The 2026-27 budget speech (Feb 2026) states 67.50 lakh beneficiaries receive Rs 1,000 a month under the old-age/farmer pension scheme. No increase to Rs 1,500 had been announced in the sources seen.","evidence":[{"date":"2026-02-11","sourceType":"budget","publisher":"Government of Uttar Pradesh, Finance Department","title":"Budget speech 2026-2027 (Hindi), PDF p. 28","url":"https://budget.up.nic.in/budgetbhashan/budgetbhashan_2026_2027.pdf","quote":"Translated from Hindi: Under the old-age/farmer pension scheme, a pension of Rs 1000 per month is being provided to 67.50 lakh beneficiaries. Rs 8,950 crore is proposed for the scheme.","stance":"contradicts"}],"tags":["pension","old-age-pension"],"sensitive":false,"memeLine":"The Rs 1,500 pension is still waiting at the Rs 1,000 stop.","review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-05","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"bjp-up-2022","partyId":"bjp","electionId":"up-2022"}}