The Udham Singh Nagar district has received a target of Rs 28.55 crore to deposit under the National Saving Scheme for the financial year 2013-2014.
In the meanwhile, Brijesh Kumar Sant, District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar, has directed all the department heads, SDMs and BDOs to meet the target of Rs 28.55 crore given under the National Saving Scheme by the end of March 2014. He has also asked the officials concerned to encourage the officials whose salaries are taxable to open PPF accounts in post offices so they could get the tax benefits as per the rules. Since national saving scheme plays a significant role in strengthening State’s economy, therefore, all the officials concerned are supposed to meet their targets on time, the official concerned further said.