Every year Rs 6 crore pension is paid in Shahdol.
Highlights
The Social Justice Department is carrying out verification of ineligible and multiple beneficiaries, their pension will be stopped; eligible beneficiaries will get pension with arrears
Naiduniya Representative, Shahdol: When the e-KYC of the beneficiaries of social security pension available in 12 categories in the district was updated, the pension of thousands of people was stopped. After this, an order has been issued to put an end to the complaints of not getting pension. Now, after KYC is updated, if the beneficiary is eligible, then pension will be given along with arrears. That is, the pension will be paid at once for the number of months for which it has been stopped.
Pension stopped due to difference in age
87 thousand 634 people are getting pension in the district, which includes people of all categories including old, handicapped, widow, husband abandoner. Out of these, pension of 2255 people has been stopped. After linking Aadhaar with Samagra and updating e-KYC, the pension of many people has been stopped due to difference in age, while there are many people who are not eligible and were taking pension.
E-KYC is being done continuously
Deputy Director of Social Justice Department, Pragya Maravi said that the pension of any eligible beneficiary has not been stopped, but the government has instructed that the KYC of every beneficiary has to be updated. Pension is being stopped if KYC is not updated. We are continuously getting e-KYC done. Now only those will get pension whose e-KYC is updated.
Ineligible people were also taking pension
Maravi said that in KYC many such people are being caught whose age is less than 60 years and they are taking pension. Similarly there are many people who are not eligible and were taking benefits by giving wrong information. This initiative is being taken to put a stop to this. Instructions have been received from the government to pay the pension amount along with arrears to those who are eligible.
Taking benefit of more than one plan
Deputy Director Marawi said that the government has made a portal for all types of social security pension and eKYC is being updated on this portal. In this, those people are also being caught who are taking benefit of more than one scheme, whereas the government has set a guideline for getting the benefit of the schemes.
Work is being done on the same guidelines, due to which the pension of some people has been stopped. Everyone is being verified and if they are eligible, they will start getting pension. Around six crore rupees of social security pension is being paid every year in the district.
