Raise pension for widows and destitute women to Rs 1,500 a month.
“हम विधवा एवं निराश्रित महिलाओं के लिए पेंशन को बढ़ाकर ₹1,500 प्रतिमाह करेंगे।”English: “We will increase the pension for widows and destitute women to Rs 1,500 per month.”
The verdict
The 2024-25 budget speech gives the destitute women pension as Rs 1,000 a month. The 2025-26 and 2026-27 speeches give allocations and beneficiary counts but no higher rate. No increase to Rs 1,500 was found as of October 2026.
Rule applied: In progress: deadline not reached; rating is provisional and not counted in the final score
Evidence timeline
- Budget5 Feb 2024· Government of Uttar Pradesh, Finance DepartmentcontradictsBudget speech 2024-2025 (Hindi), PDF p. 5 ↗
“Translated from Hindi: The pension payable to eligible beneficiaries under the destitute women pension scheme has been increased from Rs 500 to Rs 1000 per month.”
- Budget11 Feb 2026· Government of Uttar Pradesh, Finance DepartmentcontextBudget speech 2026-2027 (Hindi), PDF p. 27 ↗
“Translated from Hindi: A provision of Rs 3,500 crore is proposed for the destitute women pension scheme; beneficiaries have reached 38 lakh 58 thousand 922 in 2025-2026.”
More welfare promises from this manifesto
Up to Rs 1 lakh aid for weddings of daughters of poor families under the mass marriage scheme.
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Two free LPG cylinders a year, on Holi and Diwali, for all Ujjwala beneficiaries.
Board laga hai: kaam chalu hai. Hum bhi dekh rahe hain.
Raise old-age pension for senior citizens to Rs 1,500 a month.
“The Rs 1,500 pension is still waiting at the Rs 1,000 stop.”
Promise ID bjp-up-2022-009 · drafted 5 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON