Date:01/03/2006 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/03/01/stories/2006030103022000.htm

Back Succour for the old

G.R.N. Somashekar

WILL HE GET IT? An old man at Commercial Street in Bangalore on Tuesday. The Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, proposed an increase in old age pension to destitutes from Rs 75 to Rs 200 per month in his Budget speech on Tuesday.