Officers will not improve, elderly women going round the offices for pension

Surajpur. The old age pension scheme is given by the government for the maintenance of the destitute old age, but due to the negligence of the officers in Surajpur district, a large number of elderly people are not getting the benefit of the old age pension scheme. Complaints have been made by the aggrieved elders from the local block to the district. Despite this, even today these elders are forced to visit the offices for the last two years for their rights.

Karri village of Surajpur district… There are a total of 77 elders in this village who should get benefits under the old age pension scheme, but only 23 elders in this village are getting the benefits. The remaining 54 elders are still waiting for their pension. All the documents were submitted in the block by them 2 years back. Despite this, their pension has not started till date. Even at this age, these elders are forced to do wages for their upkeep. At the same time, the Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat is also accepting that all the documents have been filed in the block two years back. Along with this, complaints have been made by him from the block to the Chief Minister.

Even after the order of the Chief Minister, the negligence of the officers is that more than two years have passed since the documents were submitted, but till date the names of these elders have not been added under the old age pension scheme. At the same time, after the intervention of IBC 24, now the collector of the district is assuring that soon the elderly will start getting the benefits of the old age pension scheme. The amount of old age pension scheme has also been increased by the government. It is obvious that the intention of the government is to provide relief to the elderly, but due to the negligence of some officials, the ambitious schemes of the government are not reaching the needy people.