Haryana Government has decided to disburse old-age allowance, widow pension and pension to persons with disabilities through banks. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting held here on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
Hooda made it clear that the scheme would be implemented in a phased manner in cities and villages having bank branches. He said, however, the system of disbursement of pension through Sarpanches would be continued for those villages which do not have bank branches. Those beneficiaries who have bank accounts would be able to take the benefit of this scheme.
In the meeting, Hooda was apprised that a pilot project was implemented in Barwala, disrtrict Panchkula to distribute the social security pension through banks and this has been successful. On the same lines, it has been decided to replicate the same method in cities and villages having bank branches.