Maharashtra Double fee of prisoners from emergencies

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis introduced the ‘Gaurav Yojana’ policy during his first term as CM in 2018 to provide a monthly fee to such persons. | Photocredit: PTI

The Maharashtra cabinet, in a meeting, chaired by Minister President Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday (17 June 2025), doubled the monthly fee to persons from the state who were trapped during the emergency situation for more than a month.

The cabinet also decided that in the event that such people died, a surviving spouse would receive half the amount as a fee. The name of the captown of the caught person will also be added as a beneficiary.

The cabinet approved the changes under the current policy, ‘Gaurav Yojana’, a policy introduced by Mr. Fadnavis during his first term as CM in 2018 to provide a monthly fee to such persons. The announcement on Tuesday (17 June 2025) also marked the 50th anniversary of the 21-month emergency from 25 June 1975 to 21 March 1977, which was declared by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Benefits in the context of the scheme Currently, a monthly pension of £ 5,000 include those who were trapped for a month; Those who have been caught for a longer duration receive £ 10,000 a month. These amounts are doubled according to the cabinet decision.

According to existing rules, when the prisoners have died, their relatives receive a monthly pension of £ 2,500 (for a prison sentence of a month or less) and £ 5,000 (for a prison sentence of more than a month).

Those who qualify may apply to the district collectorate on a £ 100 stamp paper. This will be investigated by a committee led by the collector.