Dalit Beggar Wrongly Declared Dead by Government, Denied Old Age Pension for 29 Months
obindapur, North 24 Parganas, July 17, 2025: In a shocking case of bureaucratic negligence, 72-year-old Bishtupada Das, a Scheduled Caste resident of Gobindapur, Swarupnagar, has been denied his old age pension of Rs. 1,000 per month under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme since January 31, 2023. The reason? An erroneous entry in…