Bachchans to get Rs 50,000 pension each from UP govt: Breaking News

LUCKNOW: The Bachchan family, actors Amitabh, Jaya and Abhishek, will be among the first beneficiaries of UP's newly minted pension scheme for persons awarded the Yash Bharti Samman. The UP cabinet, on Tuesday, announced that all recipients of the state's highest honour will be eligible to receive a Rs 50,000 monthly pension for life. 

While the government has awarded nearly 150 persons of UP origin since the Yash Bharti award was instituted in 1994, the Bachchan family is the only one to have taken home the honours for four of its members. Amitabh Bachchan's father, noted litterateur Harivasnsh Rai Bachchan was also conferred the honour in the inaugural year. The award is given for gaining eminence in the fields of films, art, literature and sport. Earlier, the award would fetch Rs 5 lakh but in its revised avatar, recipients are given a cash award of Rs 11 lakh, a shawl, and a citation.

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