Handicapped to get pension online : Bahraich , Allahabad

  Physically handicapped people now won't have to come to Vikas Bhawan to collect their pension anymore as their money will be transferred in their account online. The chief secretary has demanded their names, account numbers and the name of their banks. 

The number of physically handicapped people in Devipatan division is around 46,000. Until now, they were they were forced to visit the welfare office if the pension was stopped or a new application had to be made. But now they can fill their forms online or can go to any Lokvani center and their accounts would be made online following the verification. The eligible person would have to carry a physically handicapped certificate and identification proof. Usually the pension is sent once in six months but sometimes due to discrepancy in the account or name, they were not able to receive it on time. 

The in-charge of district physically handicapped officer Onkar Nath Yadav says that the chief secretary has ordered that no eligible physically handicapped person should come to the office. He said that data of all the physically handicapped persons is being prepared.

The number of physically handicapped in Devipatan division is over 50,000 but the department of physically handicapped welfare does not have the record of actual number. They have the record of those only to whom the pension is paid while over 500 persons are given the certificate of physically handicapped by the health department on every Tuesday.


Source : T.O.I , Allahbad , 10th May 2013