By Our Correspondent
PURI:A ceremony was held at Puri Town Hall today morning to distribute old age allowance. Honorable Deputy Chief Minister Smt. Parvathi Parida attended the event as the chief guest and distributed old age allowance to the new beneficiaries and inaugurated an awareness chariot to create public awareness about the government scheme.
The main objective of Unified Pension Management Portal (UPMP) and Madhubabu Pension Yojana (MBPY) On this occasion, the launch of Unified Pension Management Portal (UPMP) and the main objective of pension distribution in saturation mode of Madhubabu Pension Yojana (MBPY) were discussed.
Its main objective is to provide financial security and dignified life to senior citizens, widows, Divyang and other eligible persons of the society. Keeping this objective in mind, UPMP will work as a single digital platform, so that the management of the pension scheme, management of beneficiary data and pension distribution system can be more transparent, simple and streamlined. This new system will speed up the process of verification of applications, approval and payment of pension and the beneficiaries can get the benefits of social security on time.
At the event, the Honorable Deputy Chief Minister said that as per the visionary decision of the Honorable Chief Minister Shri Mohan Charan Majhi, 5 lakh 5 thousand 800 new beneficiaries have been included in the old age allowance scheme across the state. In Puri district alone, a total of 29,426 new beneficiaries are being given old age allowance for both the months of October and November together in the month of November. With this, from next December 15th, all the old and new beneficiaries will get the allowance regularly on the 15th of every month.
Bank problem resolution and automatic increase allowance system
To overcome the bank account problem, the state government’s share will be disbursed in cash from the Gram Panchayat or Block Office on November 25, while the central government’s share will go to the bank account as before. Similarly, the beneficiary will not have to apply for the increased allowance after attaining the age of 80 years, but will get the increased allowance automatically from the date of attaining the age of 80 years.
Satyabai MLA Shri Om Prakash Mishra joined the event and said, “With this clean and prompt step by the state government, senior citizens can live with dignity without facing any problems.”
Similarly, Pipili MLA Shri Ashrit Patnaik said, “Our main commitment is to reach out to every eligible person in the last rung of society with government assistance.”
The in-charge District Collector Shri Sarat Chandra Behera delivered the welcome speech while the District Council Chief Development and Executive Officer Shri Vijayanand proposed the vote of thanks. The function was attended by District Social Security Officer Smt. Namita Chand, other public representatives of Puri district, administrative officers, media representatives and a large number of beneficiaries.
