Tuesday, September 18, 2018
- Chandigarh, Sept 18 – Haryana Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu said that ‘Sewa Divas Saptah’ is being observed from September 17, the birthday of Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi to September 25, the birthday of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya. In this direction, the Finance Department has taken unique step to organise Pension Adalats together in all districts to redress the cases pertaining to pensioners.
- The Finance Minister was speaking after inaugurating 22 Pension Adalats which was held at Haryana Niwas, here today. Pension Adalats were held simultaneously through video conferencing in all the districts of the state also.
- He expressed gratitude towards the Prime Minister for launching such a unique and large scheme in the entire country. He said that there were about 2.72 lakh pensioners in the state who were are getting pension amounting to about Rs 8301.28 crore annually. The Pension Adalat would be held at district level once in three months, he added.
- On this occasion, the pending cases of pensions in districts were taken up with Deputy Commissioners concerned, through video conferencing. The Finance Minister also distributed payment orders to some pensioners and directed the officers to timely complete all documents of an employee before his retirement.
- Others present on the occasion included Principal Secretary, Finance, Mr. T.V.S.N. Prasad other senior officers.