-The Hindu Rights groups demand reopening of about 7.5 lakh Pension accounts closed in Rajasthan Jaipur: After the Rajasthan government’s acceptance of wrong classification of living persons as “dead” and restoration of their social security Pensions, civil rights groups here have demanded reopening of about 7.5 lakh Pension accounts closed earlier and re-verification of about 10 lakh Pensioners in the State. The physical verification by activists of the Right to Information Campaign and...
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Rajasthan: Pension revived for 8 who were struck off list as ‘dead’ -Naveed Iqbal
-The Indian Express Names of the eight were struck off the list, along with nearly 10 lakh Pensioners from across Rajasthan. DAYS AFTER a group of people from Rajasthan staged a demonstration in Delhi, in an effort to prove that they are “alive” and urge the Rajasthan government to restore their Pension, the monthly Pension of at least eight people in one village was reinstated, with arrears, on Tuesday. Names of the eight...
More »No Pension For Months, Rajasthan Villagers Declared 'Dead' In Records -Ketki Angre
-NDTV Jaipur: 75-year-old Hanja Bai's Pension stopped unexpectedly. A resident of a village in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district has trouble walking, has a hearing impairment and the Rs. 750 a month is her only means to survive. So she decided to pay the regional Pension office a visit. Without a Pension for six months, Hanja took the expensive trip to the office, but only to be shocked. "I went to the office in the...
More »Rajasthan Pensioners declared dead, come to Delhi with appeal -Naveed Iqbal
-The Indian Express Given their advanced age, navigating different government offices is a struggle for most. Having sat on protest outside Shahid Smarak in Jaipur for 22 days in June along with hundreds of others and trying to prove to the Rajasthan government that they are alive, Hanja Devi, 83, arrived in the national capital on Friday. Her demand remains the same — that the state government listen to them and revive...
More »Machine fails to read fingerprints, 1.4cr Rajasthanis go without ration -Rosamma Thomas
-The Times of India Jaipur: They were meant to ease processes and clean up corruption in distributing food grain to the poor. Instead, the e-Point of Sale (PoS) machines have thrown up more problems than solutions. Each of these devices costs roughly Rs 17,000. They are programmed to read fingerprints of those registered to receive subsidized grain, connect to the Aadhaar database over the Internet and authenticate the recipient. Clearly, things aren't playing...
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