CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Freedom fighters. The Maharashtra Government has decided to double the pension of freedom fighters from 10, 000 to 20, 000 rupees per month. Freedom fighters associated with India’s freedom struggle, Marathwada Mukti Sangram, and Goa Liberation Movement will benefit from this decision.

Detailed explanation-2: -The government employees were on an indefinite strike since March 14 demanding restoration of the OPS which was discontinued in the state in 2005.

Detailed explanation-3: -The OPS was discontinued in 2003 by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.

Detailed explanation-4: -Anant Laxman Kanhere (1892-1910) was an Indian independence fighter from Nashik. On 21 December 1909, he shot dead the Collector of Nashik in British India. The murder of Jackson was an important event in the history of Nashik and the Indian revolutionary movement in Maharashtra.