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West Bengal to Increase Old-Age, Widow, and Disability Allowances from August 1

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Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) As promised in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sankalp Patra (Election Manifesto) for the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly polls, the enhanced old-age, widow, and disability allowances will be available to genuine beneficiaries from August 1.The enhanced amount will be Rs 1,500 per month as against the Rs 1,000 paid during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress regime.A notification was issued by the West Bengal Panchayat Affairs and Rural Development D…