Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said that now benefits of old age pension and issuance of ration cards will be done through Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) only.
“The linking of old-age pension benefits with PPP will not only help the pension beneficiaries to get all the benefits while sitting at home but they will also not have to make rounds of government offices. If a person attains the prescribed age for getting old-age pension, his pension will automatically start coming to his bank account, said the Chief Minister while addressing the beneficiaries of three pivotal schemes namely Ayushman Bharat, Old age pension and Ration Card during a state-level function held through video conferencing here.
To provide an opportunity to start their own business, the Haryana Chief Minister distributed loan sanction letters to around 10,000 verified beneficiaries under Mukhya Mantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana (MMAPUY). During the programme, the Chief Minister physically handed over the sanction letters to some of the beneficiaries who were specially invited to attend the programme, while the rest of the beneficiaries got the said letters from the State Cabinet Ministers and Minister of State and Administrative officers who also virtually attended the programme from the districts.
Khattar said, “With the help of e-Governance, several new systems have been introduced to reduce human interference and curb corruption, thus making the delivery of citizen-centric services hassle-free. Now, every citizen has access to services and rights while sitting at their home only. Steps have been taken to ensure that the benefits of progress made by the state reach firstly to those at the bottom of the pyramid.”
He said that today everyone is celebrating World Health Day and what could have been a better occasion to share that around three lakh new beneficiaries having an annual income of Rs.1.80 lakh have been added to the list of Ayushman Bharat-Jan Arogya Yojana. Now the data of these beneficiaries would be uploaded on the Ayushman Bharat portal and soon cards would be issued to these new beneficiaries.