The payment of enhanced Social Security Pensions (SSP) by the Andhra Pradesh government under the YSR Pension Kanuka scheme is beginning on January 1, 2024. Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will give away the pensions to some beneficiaries at Kakinada on January 3. The monthly pension was ₹2,750 until November and it has been increased to ₹3,000 now.
Pension cards are going to be distributed to 1,17,161 new beneficiaries, taking the total number of pensioners to 66.34 lakh. Village and ward volunteers will deliver the pensions at the people’s doorsteps until January 8, according to an official release.