Ceremonial distribution of Pension Paper Orders under scheme Kritagyata

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BONGAIGAON: Putting an end to the conventional scenario of retired employees who had to run from pillar-to-post to get their pension work done, scheme Kritagyata was formally launched in Bongaigaon on Friday at a programme held at Birjhora Public Library Auditorium organized by the Bongaigaon district administration.

Kritagyata is a portal developed by Assam Government in line with the Central Government's concept of 'Bhabishya' portal for bringing expediency in the disposal of pensions to the retired government employees on the day of their retirement. With the help of the portal, the retired employees will not only be able to submit pension-related papers online but they will also be able to check the status of his/her pension. The underlying motto of this initiative is to express gratitude to the retired employees for their hard work, sacrifices and such long-term quality service to the society which laid the foundation of the State in one way or the other.

In Assam, Kamrup metro was the first district to start Kritagyata in the very first phase as a pilot project and Bongaigaon is the first district of Assam in the second phase to launch Kritagyata. On Friday, ceremonial distribution of Pension Paper Orders (PPOs) was done for 24 out of the total 29 teachers who had retired from service during the months of November and December, 2020. The PPOs will be handed over very soon to the rest of the five retired teachers too after completion of remaining paper works which could not be completed due to some formal criteria.

The ceremonial distribution of PPOs to the teachers was held in the presence of State Food and Civil Supply and Consumer Affairs, Pension and Public Grievances Minister, Phani Bhushan Choudhury, Deputy Commissioner of Bongaigaon, Dr. M.S.Lakahmi Priya, Director of Pension and Public Grievances, Promod Bora, and other dignitaries. Speaking at the event, minister Phani Bhushan Choudhury highly appreciated the Bongaigaon DC and her team for their excellent work and the successful launch of the scheme in the district. Further, he add that Krityagata training was organized in total 9 districts of the State, namely Kamrup (R), Kamrup (M), Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Dima Hasao, Silchar, Karimganj, Hailakandi and Tinisukia. But except Kamrup (M), it is only Bongaigaon district in the second phase which successfully brought Krityagata into practice and made it possible for distribution of PPOs to 24 teaching and non-teaching staff of different schools under Bongaigaon district.

The Bongaigaon DC in her speech mentioned that the pension paper works of another 44 teachers of the district retiring on January 31, 2021 was under process and her team was working hard to hand over the PPOs to these 44 teachers on the day of their retirement from service. She again added that though initially only teachers had been covered by Kritagyata, gradually all employees from various departments of the district would be covered as well.

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