by Haryananewswire (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, AUGUST 1
Haryana has become the first state in the country to disburse
pensions under various social security scheme to the beneficiaries in
cash on the first of every month. Today 6067 Gram Panchayats and 85
Municipalities have started disbursing the pension amount for the month
of July to over 20.63 lakh beneficiaries in cash. The Department has
transferred Rs 126 crore electronically in the dedicated accounts of
these institutions.
While stating this here today, the Social Justice and Empowerment
Minister, Mrs Geeta Bhukkal said that now the beneficiaries would not
have any tension in receiving their pensions. Eliminating all the
unnecessary channels, the pension disbursement system had been
simplified and the data base of the pensioners had been upgraded and
sanctified.
The pension would now be directly transferred to the
dedicated accounts of 6067 Gram Panchayats and 85 Municipalities which
had been opened solely for this purposes in the last one and a half
month. The department had also prepared a directory of the account
holders and the bank representatives to monitor the disbursement from
head quarter only. The pension which remains undisbursed by fifth of
every month would return to the department and from next month the
pension would be disbursed accordingly.
She said that earlier the pension was transferred by the district
Social Welfare Officer to the Block Development and Panchayat Officer
who in turn provided the funds to the Sarpanches in the form of Bank
Drafts. It was long process which used to result in delay of the
disbursement of pensions. However with the present system in place, the
pensions would be timely disbursed, she added.
She said that the list of the pensioners had also been upgraded. At
present, 45886 beneficiaries were availing benefits under Old Age
Pension scheme and 13982 under other pension schemes which included
widow pension, pension to persons with physical disability, financial
assistance to destitute children, financial assistance under Ladli
Social Security Allowance Scheme etc. The names of 54609 deceased and
13558 ineligible beneficiaries had been deleted as per the upgraded list
of pensioners. The beneficiaries of 251 villages which had been
converted into Municipalities had als
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