Haryana’s plans to become the first state in the country to electronically transfer pension across its 21 districts has hit a roadblock due to inadequate banking infrastructure. The Haryana government had earlier claimed that it was the first state in the country to have opened bank accounts for more than two million beneficiaries under the Social Security Schemes for electronic transfer of pension.

However, it seems to have faltered in the very first step of implementing this. After CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda recently reviewed the progress made under the scheme and noted with concern that the state consisted of “grossly inadequate infrastructure deployed by the banks and their appointed Business Correspondents Agents (BCAs)”, the state government halted progress on it until adequate banking infrastructure is created. It has now planned to allot fresh funds through the bank accounts after the proposed BCA centres are verified and notified by the department. Read more
Source : indianexpress.com











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