Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa has directed all the heads of departments to compile information about pending pension/family pension cases of retired or deceased government servants as on March 31, 2014 and send the same immediately to the Director, Pension, Provident Fund and Insurance. It is noteworthy that on the Chief Secretary's directives, the state government had prescribed time-limit for pension cases' disposal last week. According to it, the office head will compulsorily send by June 30, 2014 pension cases pending as on March 31, 2014. Directives have been given that pension cases pending as on May 15, 2014 with divisional pension officers/district pension officers should be disposed of by June 30, 2014.
Pension cases received from office heads will be disposed of by July 31, 2014. Directives have been given to start preparing pension cases by June 30 for the government servants slated to retire on June 30, 2016. Directives have been given to issue PPO/GPO to concerning employees due to retire till December 31, 2014 by June 30, 2014 and those due to retire after July 31, 2015 should be issued the same 15 days before retirement.
Wheat procurement Meanwhile, Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa is reviewing wheat procurement daily and giving necessary directives to the Collectors. The Chief Secretary has also directed to make payments to farmers without delay. So far, 61 lakh MT wheat has been procured in Madhya Pradesh. Procurement in the state will continue till May 25. This has been informed by Managing Director of State Civil Supplies Corporation Shri Chandrahas Dube. Of this, the corporation has procured 42.53 lakh MT and MARKFED 18.49 lakh MT wheat.