AGARTALA: To ensure timely payment of social pension among the cancer patients, the Tripura government on Thursday set up a new help desk at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Regional Cancer Centre (AVBRCC) in Agartala.
Social Welfare and Social Education Minister Tinku Roy launched the help desk at the AVBRCC, and it would help in the enrollment of the cancer patients who are eligible to get a monthly social pension of Rs 2,000.
The help desk would expedite the completion of documentation and enrollment procedures for the new social pension applicants within a month to avoid harassment of patients and delay in getting their pension.
A senior health official, quoting the guidelines, said that the cancer patients in the state, except the government employees and those having an annual income of over Rs 1.5 lakh, are eligible for the pension. Former Tripura Assembly Speaker Ratan Chakraborty, who also chairs the ‘Rogi Kalyan Samiti’ of AVBRCC, and other officials of the Social Welfare and Social Education Department, Health Department, and cancer patients were present at the event. Currently, Tripura has nearly 4,000 cancer patients. (IANS)
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