Haryana pension

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday announced a monthly pension of Rs 10,000 for the Padma awardees from the state. Besides the monthly pension, the chief minister has also announced a free travel facility in the 'Volvo bus' service of the state government for Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardees from Haryana. The chief minister made this announcement during his visit to Karnal, an official statement said. Meanwhile, Mr Khattar said the government has formulated various welfare policies to make life easier for the people of the state. "People are getting direct benefits from the schemes in our government. Now the assistance amount (under various schemes) goes directly to the beneficiary's account," he said. The chief minister said that the state government is giving the benefit of health insurance up to Rs 5 lakh to families with an annual income of up to Rs 1.80 lakh. "The government is also considering including the families in this scheme whose annual income is also between Rs 1.80 lakh and Rs 3 lakh by taking some premium amount to give them a benefit of up to Rs 5 lakh," he added. Mr Khattar said after the implementation of the family ID card scheme -- Parivar Pehchan Patra -- 12.5 lakh new Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration cards have been made in the state. People have appreciated the merit-based job system started by the present government and it has brought transparency against the 'parchi-kharchi' (favouritism-bribe) sy...

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday announced that the people of the state, who have received Padma awards, will be given a monthly pension of Rs 10,000 by the state government. Apart from this, all the awardees will also get the facility of free travel in Haryana Government buses, news agency ANI reported. Earlier this year, two persons from Haryana including Gurugram-based agro scientist Dr Bakshi Ram, and a gurukul teacher devoted to girls' education Dr Sukama were awarded Padma Shri Awards for their contribution. All Padma awardees will be given Rs 10,000 per month as pension in the state. Their travel in govt buses will be free: Haryana CM ML Khattar Dr. Sukama, who was born in 1961, has committed her life to the service of the nation and community. For the past 40 years, she has served in a variety of positions. She is currently the Principal of Vishwas Kanya Gurukul in Roorkee village, Rohtak, The Tribune reported. Dr. Sukama has received recognition from a number of prestigious national and international bodies. On the other hand, Dr. Bakshi Ram is best recognised for creating the sugarcane variety CO-0238, which presently accounts for more than 70% of the sugarcane land in Northern India. Dr Bakshi, who retired as the Director of the Coimbatore ICAR Sugarcane Breeding Institute, now works as a consultant in several sugar mills and advocates for the welfare of cane farmers, The Tribune reported. The Centre is in contact with the wrestlers who are c...

Chandigarh, Jun 12 (PTI) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday announced a monthly pension of Rs 10,000 for the Padma awardees from the state. Besides the monthly pension, the chief minister has also announced a free travel facility in the 'Volvo bus' service of the state government for Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardees from Haryana. The chief minister made this announcement during his visit to Karnal, an official statement said. Meanwhile, Khattar said the government has formulated various welfare policies to make life easier for the people of the state. "People are getting direct benefits from the schemes in our government. Now the assistance amount (under various schemes) goes directly to the beneficiary's account," he said. The chief minister said that the state government is giving the benefit of health insurance up to Rs 5 lakh to families with an annual income of up to Rs 1.80 lakh. “The government is also considering including the families in this scheme whose annual income is also between Rs 1.80 lakh and Rs 3 lakh by taking some premium amount to give them a benefit of up to Rs 5 lakh,” he added. Khattar said after the implementation of the family ID card scheme -- Parivar Pehchan Patra -- 12.5 lakh new Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration cards have been made in the state. People have appreciated the merit-based job system started by the present government and it has brought transparency against the 'parchi-kharchi' (favouritism-br...

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday announced a monthly pension of Rs 10,000 for the Padma awardees from the state. Besides the monthly pension, the chief minister has also announced a free travel facility in the 'Volvo bus' service of the state government for Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardees from Haryana. The chief minister made this announcement during his visit to Karnal, an official statement said. Also Read: Meanwhile, Khattar said the government has formulated various welfare policies to make life easier for the people of the state. "People are getting direct benefits from the schemes in our government. Now the assistance amount (under various schemes) goes directly to the beneficiary's account," he said. The chief minister said that the state government is giving the benefit of health insurance up to Rs 5 lakh to families with an annual income of up to Rs 1.80 lakh. “The government is also considering including the families in this scheme whose annual income is also between Rs 1.80 lakh and Rs 3 lakh by taking some premium amount to give them a benefit of up to Rs 5 lakh,” he added. Khattar said after the implementation of the family ID card scheme -- Parivar Pehchan Patra -- 12.5 lakh new Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration cards have been made in the state. People have appreciated the merit-based job system started by the present government and it has brought transparency against the 'parchi-kharchi' (favouritism-bribe) system wh...

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday announced a monthly pension of Rs 10,000 for the Padma awardees from the state. Besides the monthly pension, the chief minister has also announced a free travel facility in the 'Volvo bus' service of the state government for Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardees from Haryana. Khattar made this announcement during his visit to Karnal. He said the government has formulated various welfare policies to make life easier for the people of the state. ''People are getting direct benefits from the schemes in our government. Now the assistance amount (under various schemes) goes directly to the beneficiary's account,'' he said. He said that the state government is giving the benefit of health insurance up to Rs 5 lakh to families with an annual income of up to Rs 1.80 lakh. “The government is also considering including the families in this scheme whose annual income is also between Rs 1.80 lakh and Rs 3 lakh by taking some premium amount to give them a benefit of up to Rs 5 lakh,” he added. Khattar said after the implementation of the family ID card scheme -- Parivar Pehchan Patra -- 12.5 lakh new Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration cards have been made in the state. People have appreciated the merit-based job system started by the present government and it has brought transparency against the 'parchi-kharchi' (favouritism-bribe) system which prevailed earlier, he added. Khattar also held a Jan Samvad programme at Kar...

A report by the anti-corruption bureau has highlighted flaws in multiple police investigations into the misappropriation of social security pension funds in Haryana, prompting a court to order a preliminary enquiry by the CBI. The report criticised the failure of police to invoke anti-graft law and the lack of evidence used to charge the accused, among other issues. The CBI has been given three months to file a report on the allegations, which centre on the disbursement of funds to ineligible beneficiaries. A report analysing multiple police investigations in misappropriation of old age social security pension funds, by disbursing them to thousands of ineligible beneficiaries in Haryana, submitted by the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) in the Punjab and Haryana high court, has picked holes in the investigations, including failure of the police to invoke anti-graft law, and probably hastened the HC decision to order a CBI preliminary enquiry in the matter. As per a May 20 ACB report in the form of a sworn statement submitted in the HC, 10 first information reports (FIRs) were registered by the state police in the disbursement of old age pension to ineligible beneficiaries. An HC bench of Justice Vinod Bhardwaj had on May 25 ordered a preliminary enquiry by the CBI into the allegations of misappropriation of social security pension fund, role and involvement of officials by conscious omissions or dereliction and failing to secure the interests of the state and public exchequer....