‘Pensioners hassled due to issues in Aadhaar seeding’

New Delhi, June 4

Minister for Social Welfare Rajendra Pal Gautam today said harried pension beneficiaries, who are forced to visit either banks or social welfare offices just to claim their increased amount of pensions, blame the Delhi government for the technical glitches in Aadhaar seeding on National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) portal under Public Financial Management System (PFMS).

Noting that Aadhaar linking comes under the jurisdiction of banks, the minister said even bankers do not seem to have the exact knowledge of procedure to be followed for mapping after the matter has become sub-judice in the SC whose final verdict is still pending.

These techincal glitches should have been ironed out through mapping done by NPCI and UIDAI for government schemes, asserted Gautam while discussing the problems faced by pensioners due to issues on account of Aadhaar linking.

The minister advised them to immediately organise training programmes for bankers so that such technical issues are resolved at the earliest so that the section concerned avails the increased pension of Rs 2500 from the earlier Rs 1500 per month without any hassle.

The minister was addressing the top bankers including Regional Director of RBI during the 91st State Level Bankers Committee meeting  convened today. — TNS