Following negative reports from different parts of Andhra Pradesh that names of several thousands of people were deleted from the list of pensioners in the state, the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government has started taking corrective measures.
The chief minister, who held a review meeting on the subject, instructed that the officials take special measures to do justice to those who have not received pension.
He asked them to launch a special drive for a week to identify eligible persons for pension who were left out.
Minister for panchayat raj and rural development Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy said in a statement that mandal development officers and municipal commissioners would personally visit the houses of applicants who have been left out and after scrutiny, if the beneficiary is eligible for pension, he or she would get two months pension in March including that of February.
In all, 54.68 lakh beneficiaries identified as part of Nava Sakam survey, the minister said and added that volunteers had personally disbursed pension of Rs 1320 crore at the door-steps of the beneficiaries on January 1 which amounts to nearly 87% of the pension and thereby created a record in the disbursal of pension.
A record number of 6.14 lakh new beneficiaries have been identified this month for pension as part of Nava Sakam survey in the state.
The names of 4.80 lakh people who were ineligible were deleted. The minister said the government aims at providing pension at desirable level as part of YSR Pension Kanuka.
“If any eligible person has not received pension, there is no need to panic, as a comprehensive survey was being conducted on the eligibility criteria,” he said.
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