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The government on Monday called for an enhanced pension scheme for the soldiers and junior commissioned officers which will require an additional expenditure of Rs.2, 100 crores per year.
"The decision will benefit 12 lakh pensioners. The allowances for the war wounded and disabled is also being liberalised," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said while presenting the budget for 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha.
