The Delhi Government announced that the entire pension process has been transformed online from Tuesday.
Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said the step will end corruption and provide convenience to the public. “This is a one-of-a-kind initiative in the country,” the Minister added.
Taking to the micro-blogging site Twitter, he said: "Revolutionary step of Arvind Kejriwal Government of Delhi. To eliminate corruption and provide convenience to the public, the entire process of pension is now online. Today the first digital payment has been made. This is a one-of-a-kind initiative in the country. We have been able to reach this point only because of our honest politics."
He added, "Earlier this payment could not be made digital due to technical reasons, but the Social Welfare Department of Delhi held several meetings with the Central Government, and found its solution. Now there will be no hindrance or delay in pension cases. The whole process, right from filling of the application form to disbursement of pension, all will be online. Now people will not have to face any inconvenience by standing in queues at Government offices.”
The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), PPS has been implemented in the Financial Assistance Scheme whose end-to-end digitisation has been completed. The first pension payment through NSAP PPS was done on Tuesday.