Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is no more in this world. He died on the night of 26 December at the age of 92. Let us tell you that even after leaving the post of Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh used to get a lot of facilities. Apart from this, he also got a pension of Rs 20 thousand every month. Now the question is, who will get this pension after his death? Which family members will have rights on this? At the same time, which members will also get the benefit of other facilities?
Manmohan Singh used to get these facilities
According to the information, after leaving the post of Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh was given a bungalow located at 3, Motilal Nehru Marg in New Delhi. Being a former Prime Minister, he was given special facilities in the first five years, but after that the rules were changed as per the rules.
This change took place in the security system
The former Prime Minister gets SPG protection for the first one year. After this they are given Z plus security. In such a situation, Manmohan Singh was also given SPG for one year and then Z Plus security. Apart from this, he gets facilities equivalent to a cabinet minister, which includes pension of Rs 20,000 per month, free accommodation in Lutyens Zone for life, free medical facility for life, six domestic air tickets in a year, free rail travel all over, free electricity for life. Water and after five years a personal assistant and a peon were available. Besides, six thousand rupees were also given annually for office expenses.
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Which family members will get pension?
Let us tell you that Dr. Manmohan Singh used to get a pension of Rs 20 thousand every month. According to the rules, now this pension will be given to his wife Gursharan Kaur. Apart from this, there will be no reduction in housing facilities. If we talk about facilities, then Manmohan Singh’s wife and his dependents will continue to get these facilities. These will include free treatment in government hospitals, free travel in railways and the facility of traveling by plane at concessional rates. At the same time, security guards and other security arrangements etc. will also remain intact.
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