The State Government on Saturday launched the much-awaited Offline Payment of Government Receipts and a separate Pensioners’ Portal meant for retired Government employees.
Finance Minister Prasanna Acharya inaugurated the facilities at a function here. H said the Government had provided facility for payment of taxes and other Government dues online through net banking and Debit Card. The facility for online payment is also available through the Treasury Portal. Since citizens and tax payers who do not have internet banking account and are not able to avail the facility of online payment, the off line system has been made.
In order to provide one-stop solution for deposit of Government dues directly in any of the of the CBS-enabled branches of the accredited banks of the cyber treasury though offline mode, the Government has made arrangements with as many as nine public sector and private sector banks.
The offline payment would be made available in selected branches of State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, AXIS Bank, Canara Bank, Punjab National Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Union Bank of India and UCO Bank.
In the off line process, any payer of Government dues would be able to deposit the amount against the printout of system generated offline deposit form having a Unique Reference Identification number without visiting the Treasury.
The offline challan deposit form can be generated through the Treasury Portal at any point having internet connection or in the e-Seva Kendras. Some of the designated bank branches would provide facility for generation and printing of offline challan deposit form.
The Sub-Treasuries would also provide facility for printing of a system generated offline deposit form. Each deposit challan would have a unique reference ID. The payer also has the option of depositing the dues in cash/ cheque/ draft drawn in favour of State Government receipts along with the challan reference ID.
The pension portal will help the pensioners get information regarding the pension payment. Henceforth, the retiring employees can prepare their pension papers by taking cue from the Pensioners’ Portal. They can download the pension forms and also sample calculation sheet for preparation of their pension papers.
The portal would also provide several value-added services on health, travel and grievances submission, etc. The portal would also contain notification issued from Government on TI rates and other pension- related matter.