Design and adopt best practices for the benefits of pensioners, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed that all pension-related papers have to be submitted online on the Kritagyata (Pension payment and tracking system) portal. Sewa Kendras will be set up across the state in all the districts for all government departments along with the Education Department for online submission of pension-related papers.

A meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at Koinadhora here today took several important decisions.

The Director of Pension will use digital signatures for meeting different requirements of pension-related matters. For excess drawl up to Rs 3 lakh by any government employee, the Director of Pension will be authorized to waive off depending on the merit of the case. Pension processes should be started before one year of the superannuation of any employee.

NIC will integrate the Comprehensive Treasury Management Information System (CTMIS) with the Kritagyata portal for enabling simultaneous actions by different functionaries for expeditious disbursal of pension.

From now onwards, State government pensioners will be able to submit their life certificates to their respective bank branches using Jeevan Pramaan, a digital biometric-enabled service. The State government will bring in necessary notification to this effect.

All eight medical colleges in the state will be empowered to have medical boards for commutation purposes.

As a part of the meeting Chief Minister Sarma directed the functionaries concerned to hold regular meetings to design and adopt best practices for the State government employees and pensioners for their benefits, a press release said.

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