Modi suggests Aadhaar-based solution to pensioner’s issues-Honourable Prime Minister is worried only for ex-servicemen. What about other civil pensioners who are suffering at the hands of bureaucracy?
Modi suggests Aadhaar-based
solution to pensioner’s problems
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has suggested that an Aadhaar-based solution be found to the difficulties
that plague the pensioners.
Officials must take steps
to issue Aadhaar cards to all ex-servicemen. At a recent gathering of
ex-servicemen held under the leadership of Narendra Modi, it was stated that
retiring servicemen face difficulties in obtaining their pensions. During the
meeting, Modi advised the officials to ensure that “solution to the
pension-related problems be found and given to the defence pensioners through
the Aadhaar card.”
Pension Call Centre : Recently the Centre has introduced Pension Call Centre for
Pensioners. The toll free number is 18001805321. When you are calling, you may
keep the following information ready for submission to the Pension Call Centre
executive.
1. PPO No.
2. IC No. / Reg. No.
3. Name of Pensioner /
Family Pensioner
4. Date of retirement /
discharge / death
5. Brief on points on which
information / clarification required.
Pension Adalats: Every
year, Pr. CDA(P), CDA(PD) Meerut and CDA Chennai hold 4 Defence Pension Adalats
in different parts of the country and wide publicity is given for the same in
News papers etc. Any grievance in respect of pension sanction/payment, received
by the Pension Adalat Officer is settled in a time bound manner and the
pensioner is informed. The pensioner can send his grievances to the nominated ,
Defence Pension Adalat Officer, Office of the Pr. CDA(P), Allahabad – 211014.,
if the Adalat is to be conducted by PCDA(P) Allahabad.
Generally Pensioners have
broadly two types of complaints
a) Relating to
grant/revision : For redressal of their grievances relating to pension
sanction/revision, individual should first approach his Head of Office/ Record
Office from where he retired/discharged , as the claims are initiated by them
to the office of the PCDA (P).
Except in the case of
Commissioned Officers whose PPOs are sent by PCDA (P) direct to PDAs and they
can write to Grant- I Military section. In case of Air Force Officers and
personnel discharged on or after 1.11.85, complaints/grievances may be
addressed to DCDA (AF), Subroto Park, Delhi Cantt. as they are the concerned
Pension Sanctioning Authorities.
In case of Naval officers/
personnel discharged on or after 1.11.85 the complaints may be addressed to CDA
(Navy),No. 1, Cooperage Road, Mumbai-400039 email-id cdabombay@hub.nic.in as
they are the concerned Pension Sanctioning Authorities. In case it is informed
by your Head of Office/ Record Office that your pension case is pending with
Pr. CDA (P), Allahabad, then please quote letter No. and date under which claim
has been sent to this office and also quote your original PPO number in case
the complaint relates to revision or issue of corrigendum PPO.
b) Complaint relating to
payment of pension. In your complaints relating to payment, the following
channels may be utilised :
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