E-Payment Of Pension in Meghalaya Soon

Shillong, Mar 14 : Meghalaya government will soon put in place an electronic clearing system wherein pension would be directly put into the accounts of the retired employees from the treasuries, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma informed the assembly today.

To a query from Independent legislator Manas Chaudhuri, Sangma said 584 retired employees were yet to get pension benefits and the government was on job to ensure they are disbursed at the earliest.

Sangma said once the automated system is in place, the payment of pension would become simpler.

The pensions would be directly deposited into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries who will not have to appear before the treasury officers every month.

"They will have to appear only two times every year for verification," Sangma said.

Each department will have a pension cell which will focus on speedy disposal of the pension cases, he said.

As of now, there is no dedicated team to prepare the pension papers of the retired employees, he added.