E-Pension Payment Order promises ease of living for senior citizens: Jitendra Singh
Published: Jan 18, 2021
By TIOLCORPLAWS News Service
NEW DELHI, JAN 18, 2021: UNION Minister Mr Jitendra Singh on Sunday said the recently introduced electronic pension payment order (e-PPO) promises ease of living for senior citizens.
Referring to some reforms introduced in the Ministry of Personnel, he stated that the Department of Pensions was often at the receiving end of complaints from senior citizens about the original copies of their PPO getting misplaced.
"In such situations, the pensioners, particularly the older pensioners, had to face several hardships," he said.
Mr Singh congratulated the officials for successfully introducing the provision of e-PPO during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, which came as a boon to several of the retiring officials who were getting superannuated during the lockdown period and were finding it difficult to physically receive the hard copy of their PPO.
"Significantly, the entire process was accomplished much before the targeted timeline in view of the difficulties being faced by the pensioners due to the pandemic," the ministry said in an official statement.
The Department of Pensions integrated the e-PPO application with Digi-locker enabling pensioners to obtain an instant printout of the latest copy of their PPO.
Mr Singh said a number of reforms have also been introduced to bring ease of living and convenience in the lives of such as the pre-retirement workshops and counselling sessions as well as assistance in the post-retirement phase.
