Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 16: All J&K POJK 1947 Sharnarthi Intellectual Forum convened a meeting through video conferencing today which was chaired by Adv. Amrik Singh its President in presence of Surjit Singh, general secretary of the Forum.
The Forum Core Committee members urged the Advisor incharge of Social Welfare Department to sanction the old age pension cases already lying pending for their approval in the concerned offices since long.
The meeting said that Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on April 14 while addressing the nation has advised to the State Governments that a special care be taken to the old aged persons in sanctioning other facilities like medicines and other day to day necessarily items.
The Forum expressed that especially in rural areas there is acute shortage of food commodities and medicines but due to lackness and shortage of money they are helpless to purchase such items in this regard.
The meeting in an appeal to G.C Murmur, Lt.Governor J&K urged him that keeping in view the directions of PM the necessary steps be taken in sanctioning the old aged pension cases so that the ailing persons may be enable to survive.
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