Portal for pension payment launched
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR
Imphal, May 22 2018:
To ease difficulties faced by pensioners of the State, Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched a portal for payment of pension benefit through National Social Assistance Programme NSAP-PPS using Public Financial Management System (PFMS) at the Chief Minister's Secretariat today.
Speaking at the function, the Chief Minister said that such system would ease the difficulties and inconveniences faced by older persons in drawing their pension.
Such platform would ensure complete transparency in the payment of pension to old and senior people of the State, he added.
Under the PFMS, the funds/money would be transferred directly to the account of the beneficiaries.
Such noble step would surely help the old and needy people of the State.
"We may recall that it is the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have maximum transparency in the system," he added.
"For those pensioners who are unable to visit banks, the Government has been working to issue RuPay cards so that we can deliver the service at their door steps", said the Chief Minister.
He urged all the banks to issue the said RuPay cards to those eligible beneficiaries at the earliest.
He maintained that pensioners who are living in unbanked areas can get their pension through the banking correspondence at their door step.
Minister for Social Welfare Nemcha Kipgen said that the sole purpose of launching such platform is to reform and simplify the process of the delivery system of various schemes of the department.
Such portal would be able to reach directly to the right and accurate beneficiaries without involving any middleman.
Nemcha said that she would continue working towards streamlining the process to ensure easier and faster flow of funds and information through DBT for all the schemes given being implemented by the department.
Special Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Rural Development Jaideep Govind, Chief Secretary Dr J Suresh Babu, Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Rural Development Sudhakar Shukla, Director of Social Welfare Jacintha Lazarus and other officials attended too the function.