Dr Jitendra Singh says
all Central Ministries & Departments to be linked to the online Pension
Sanction and Payment Tracking System ‘Bhavishya’ soon
Dr
Jitendra Singh says all Central Ministries & Departments to be linked to
the online Pension Sanction and Payment Tracking System ‘Bhavishya’ soon
Press
Information Bureau
Government
of India
Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Dated: 27.06.2016
Dr Jitendra Singh says
all Central Ministries & Departments to be linked to the online Pension
Sanction and Payment Tracking System ‘Bhavishya’ soon
The Union Minister of
State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS
(IC) for Youth Affairs and Sports, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances,
Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh has said all Central
Ministries and Departments will be linked to the online Pension Sanction and
Payment Tracking System ‘Bhavishya’ very soon. Chairing the 28th meeting of the
Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies (SCOVA) here today, Dr. Jitendra Singh
said that with this step, the pension release to the retired employees will be
expedited and it will also help quick resolution of pending issues.
Dr. Jitendra Singh said
we need to put in place an institutionalized mechanism to make good use of the
knowledge, experience and efforts of the retired employees which can help in
the value addition to the current scenario. India has a large number of
pensioners today and to make best use of them is a challenge, he added. Dr.
Jitendra Singh said the retired employees are a healthy and productive
workforce for India and we need to streamline and channelize their energies in
a productive direction. We should learn from the pensioners’ experience, he
added. Dr. Jitendra Singh said that the Government has started ‘Anubhav’ scheme
for the retiring employees to write an account of their experiences which can
be helpful in improving the system. He also said that a focused approach and
emphatic attitude needs to be developed towards the pensioners.
Earlier, the Secretary,
Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare and Secretary, Department of
Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances, Shri C. Viswanath directed that
all the Pension Payment Order (PPOs) should be digitized. The 28th SCOVA
meeting was attended by the member Pensioners Associations and senior officers
of the important Ministries/Departments of Government of India.
The Department of
Pension & Pensioners Welfare has taken various initiatives for the welfare
of the pensioners. The online Pension Sanction and Payment Tracking System
‘Bhavishya’ has introduced transparency and accountability into the pension
sanction and payment process, thereby helping eliminate delays and bring
satisfaction to the retiring employees and pensioners. The system keeps
retiring employees and administration informed of the progress of pension
sanction process through SMS/e-mail. In the year 2015-16, the scheme has been
scaled up and will eventually cover all 9,000 Drawing & Disbursal Offices
(DDOs) in the country.
‘Sankalp’ is an
initiative for motivating retiring employees and pensioners to take up
voluntary work after retirement so as to channelize their experience and skill
towards productive work for society and nation building. The Department has so
far registered 1,812 Pensioners, 16 Organisations and 19 Pensioners
Associations under this project. Some Pensioners Associations have done exemplary
work under the initiative.
‘Anubhav’ was launched
in February, 2015 on the direction of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
This initiative is to showcase the outstanding work done by retiring employee
that contributed to the efficiency, economy and effectiveness in Government
functioning. It is envisaged that over a period of time this will create a
wealth of information, institutional memory and innovative ideas and will
motivate employees.
‘Jeevan Pramaan’ is a
facility created for submission of Aadhaar based digital life certificate. This
scheme was initiated by the Prime Minister on November 10, 2014. This scheme
provides an excellent facility for the benefit of pensioners to submit their
digital life certificate from the comfort of their homes. The Pensioners
Associations are actively involved in motivating their fellow pensioners to get
their pension accounts seeded with Aadhaar Number. Due to continuous efforts,
as on date around 34 lakh i.e 71% of Central Government pensioners have seeded
their bank accounts with Aadhaar Numbers.