Business Correspondent network to enable senior citizens to withdraw their pension amount from the comfort of their homes: Action Taken Report
Business Correspondent network to enable senior citizens to withdraw their pension amount from the comfort of their homes: Action Taken Report on recommendation of DRPSC
PARLIAMENT OF INDIA
RAJYA SABHA
DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON
PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES, LAW AND JUSTICE
Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi
December, 2022 / Agrahayana, 1944 (Saka)
ONE HUNDRED TWENTIETH REPORT
ON
ACTION TAKEN ON ONE HUNDRED TENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
โPENSIONERโS GRIEVANCES โ IMPACT OF PENSION ADALATS AND CENTRALIZED
PENSION GRIEVANCES REDRESS AND MONITORING SYSTEM (CPENGRAMS)โ
PERTAINING TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF PENSION & PENSIONERSโ WELFARE
(MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS)
(Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 8th December, 2022)
(Laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha on 8th December, 2022)
Business Correspondent network to enable senior citizens to withdraw their pension amount from the comfort of their homes
RECOMMENDATIONS/OBSERVATIONS WHICH THE COMMITTEE DOES NOT DESIRE TO PURSUE IN VIEW OF THE REPLIES GIVEN BY THE MINISTRY
GRIEVANCES PERTAINING TO DISBURSEMENT OF PENSION
Recommendation/Observation
2.55 The Committee is of the view that elderly people, especially those aged 70 and above and those with physical infirmities experience inconvenience in withdrawing their pension amount from the Bank. Therefore, the Committee recommends the Department to take up the matter with Reserve Bank of India and Ministry of Finance and assess the feasibility of utilizing the Business Correspondent network to enable senior citizens to withdraw their pension amount from the comfort of their homes. (5.12)
Action Taken
2.56 As advised by DRPSC, DoPPW will take up the matter with RBI and M/o Finance.
Further observation
2.57 The Committee takes note of the reply and expects the Department to pursue the matter actively with the RBI and M/o Finance.
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Source: Rajya Sabha
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