<h1>State to implement new welfare pensions, higher community health worker honoraria and support scheme despite central funding limits</h1> A state finance minister said the government will implement recently announced financial measures - including raised welfare pensions, increased monthly honoraria for community health workers, and a new support scheme for low-income women - despite fiscal constraints tied to central funding restrictions, asserting the state will meet its obligations. The package also schedules payment of deferred pay adjustments to employees this year. A central government minister described the moves as pre-election populism, while protesting community health workers welcomed the modest honorarium increase as a partial victory but continue to demand substantially higher pay and retirement benefits.