The State Government has decided to introduce yet another e-governance mode in which people seeking assistance under the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) can submit their application through online.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik took this decision while reviewing activities of CMRF and Harischandra Scheme at the State Secretariat on Saturday.
Beneficiaries can apply online for financial assistance from the CMRF from December 15. Receipt of applications for assistance and sanctions can be expedited with the process, an official release quoting the CM said.
The Chief Minister stressing the need to provide benefits to needy rural people assistance under the Harischandra Scheme directed officials to make Sarpanches aware
of the decision. Under the Harischandra Scheme, poor families are provided Rs2,000 as financial assistance to carry dead bodies from Government hospitals to their homes.
It was revealed that District Collectors have issued cheques worth over Rs4 crore to 4,684 beneficiaries from the CMRF in the last six months. Over
Rs6 crore has been given to 41,218 beneficiaries under the Harischandra scheme so far.