Pensioners in Haryana to get their pension directly in their bank a/c

To check the corruption involved in the distribution of the pension, Haryana Government has decided to make use of the services of Electronic Banking Transfer System.

Geeta Bhukkal, the social justice and empowerment minister of Haryana informed that in order to enjoy the benefits of the service and in order to implement the service properly the beneficiaries would require having a bank account in the specified bank.

Business Correspondents will be appointed; they will visit the villages and will open bank account of the beneficiaries that do not have a bank account with the specified bank.

Once the bank account is opened, the pension of the beneficiary will be deposited in his bank account.

Pensions such as- old age samman bhatta, widow pension, handicapped pension and financial assistance to the destitute children, beneficiaries of Ladli Social Security Scheme, allowances to eunuchs and dwarfs and allowances to the Kashmiri Migrants were disbursed through Social Justice and Empowerment Department.