Pension for 'Matribhasha Satyagrahis' in Haryana

The Haryana government today announced to provide a monthly pension of Rs 10,000 to the 'Matribhasha Satyagrahis' who took part in the 'Hindi Aandolan' of 1957, an official said.
It was approved by the state Cabinet, which met here today, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, an official spokesman said.
While stating this, the spokesman said in 1957, a number of people of Hindi-speaking parts of erstwhile Punjab launched a crusade for the honour, promotion and implementation of their mother tongue.
"This movement helped a lot in creation of Haryana as a separate state. During this 'Satyagrah', Sumer Singh, a resident of Naya Bans village, Rohtak district even lost his life," he said.

The spokesman said the 'Matribhasha Satyagrahis' were identified by constituting committees in all the districts of the state under the chairmanship of concerned deputy commissioners.
The committees got the record of the 'Matribhasha Satyagrahis' verified from the concerned superintendents of police by verifying their record from the jails. The government has already identified 194 'Matribhasha Satyagrahis'.

He said a Satyagrahi, getting a pension or honorarium of any kind from any other state government, would also be eligible.
However, if an otherwise eligible 'Satyagrahi' was getting a pension from any other state government for the same purpose of an amount less than Rs 10,000 per month, the entitlement of pension under this scheme would be reduced by that amount.

He said that in case of the death of any of the 'Satyagrahi', the monthly pension would continue to be given to his or her surviving spouse.