Mangalore, Aug 15. 2013: Mangalore South MLA JR Lobo distributed pension to beneficiaries of various schemes under the National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) at the NGO office here on August 14, Wednesday.
A total of 60 beneficiaries received Rs 10,000 each while a sum of Rs 6 lakhs was distributed among beneficiaries of Sandhya Suraksha Scheme.
The MLA also distributed a cheque of Rs 1.5 lakh to the family of a person who was washed away in a drain during heavy rains at Attavar in Mangalore recently.
Under the National Family Benefit Scheme, assistance is given by the Centre to the families below poverty line which have lost their primary bread winner. The assistance is given to the surviving member of the family who is determined to be the head of the family upon the death of the primary bread winner.