Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 18: The JKPCC has said that multiple fresh formalities for old age pension and cumbersome procedure, amounts to denying pension to maximum existing beneficiaries or other eligible people.
Senior Congress leader, Ravinder Sharma alleged that Government has devised a mechanism to deprive a large number of eligible persons from the benefit of old age pension scheme, by prescribing numerous requirements, which would be very difficult for any poor and aged person to fulfil.
He said that several formalities have been prescribed for the continuation of old age pensions by the existing beneficiaries or getting new pension sanctioned by any eligible person, because of a highly cumbersome procedure.
The benefit of old age pension scheme is availed by the poor, old and infirm people but the number of formalities prescribed would be impossible to be completed by the poor and aged people, most are whom are either bed ridden, unable to take rounds of several government offices.
Instead of enhancing the quantum old age and widow pension, the Government wants to deny this benefit to lot many people in Jammu and Kashmir. There is lot of resentment amongst people in this regard, he said, demanding immediate withdrawal of the new instructions.
He said that Government must simplify the existing procedure and enlist door- to- door beneficiaries and enhance the existing scale to Rs 5000 per month.
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