To bring transparency and efficiency in disbursement of all types of pensions, shaguns and scholarships, the Punjab Government has decided to transfer all financial aids online into the bank accounts of beneficiaries from the next financial year.
Besides, giving a big relief to beneficiaries, all forms submitted online by the beneficiaries with self-certification, counter-signed by concerned authorised representatives, will be accepted by the departments. These decisions were taken by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal while asking the state Finance, Planning, Social Security, Welfare and Education departments to prepare dynamic web portals separately by January to facilitate them to upload requisite applications for getting financial help from concerned departments.
“Application forms for availing all types of pensions and Shaguns will be submitted online at Suwidha Kendras and Sewa Kendras whereas heads of educational institutes have been made responsible to submit necessary data of their beneficiary students for availing scholarships,” said Sukhbir.
Sukhbir, presiding over a review meeting regarding disbursements of pensions, Shaguns, SC students and minority scholarships, directed the Social Security, Welfare, Medical, Technical, Schools and Higher Education Departments to initiate awareness campaign jointly in the state during January to provide opportunity for availing benefit of all welfare schemes to the beneficiaries. Contemplating to retain students in state institutions, Sukhbir asked the concerned departments to cover all Government schools, colleges, ITIs, including engineering, polytechnics, medical and paramedical institutes for provisioning of pre-matric, post-matric SC students and minority scholarships.
Directions have also been issued to open SB accounts of all students beginning from Class I to higher institutes so that different scholarships could be dispensed with online directly into their accounts without any wait.