Minister Mohit Rejects Pension Cap Claims

Minister of the People, Social Development and Family Services, Vandana Mohit says all current Senior Citizens’ Pension recipients within the programme’s existing income bands, including those in the highest bracket of $4,500 to $5,500, will receive the additional $250 increase from January 1st, 2027.

This as she rejected Opposition claims that the existing income cap would prevent eligible recipients from benefiting from the planned increase.

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“They raised the cap in the budget statement, but they never effected it. So the bracket remained at $5,500. And you are there in the public domain speaking about the cap, and if you don’t raise the cap, you’re fooling the people? Mr. Speaker, that is hypocrisy at its highest level.”