Loktantra Senanis, people who were put behind bars by Indira Gandhi regime for resisting the Emergency during the 21-month period in 1975-77, are currently given Rs 10,000 as pension.
The decision to increase the pension was taken in a cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The government order will be effective from April 1, 2016 or its date of issuance, which ever is later, a government spokesman said.
The cabinet aslo decided to include 29 Sanskrit secondary schools and degree colleges in the list of institutions eligible for grants, he said.