The City Corporation is arranging facilities for the beneficiaries of
various pension schemes who are bedridden to avail the Aadhaar card and
open a bank account. A team of officials will visit houses from
September 23 to 30 to provide the facility.
Ahead of that, ward
councillors have to prepare a list of such beneficiaries in their own
wards who have not availed Aadhaar cards or opened bank accounts.
The team will comprise representatives of lead bank, Akshaya Centres, IKM and an official from the Corporation.
Before
rolling out this facility, a round of discussion will be held with the
lead bank officials. “For bank account, the thumb impression of the
beneficiary can be taken only in the presence of the bank officer. So,
their participation must be ensured during the visit, or else we have to
seek government nod to arrange Kudumbashree members instead to collect
the fingerprints,” said Palayam Rajan, Welfare Standing Committee
chairman of the Corporation.
The Corporation has altogether 33,000
people who avail various kinds of beneficiary pensions. Of which, 63
per cent possess bank account and have taken Aadhaar cards.
A
review meeting towards pension updating was convened in the Corporation
office on Wednesday that was inaugurated by Deputy Mayor G Happykumar.
Palayam Rajan, Town Planning Standing Committee chairperson Vanaja
Rajendrababu and revenue officer A Unnikrishnan Nair were also present.
