9 December 2011
Press Release
Old age pension not paid for the last 9 months
in Mizoram: MCDF seeks CM’s personal intervention
New
Delhi:
Today the Mizoram Chakma Development Forum (MCDF) stated that Old Age Pension
has not been paid in the entire state of Mizoram for the last nine months,
since March 2011 and has sought the personal intervention of Mizoram Chief
Minister Mr Lalthanhawla for payment of Old Age Pension to all the beneficiaries
before the Christmas. The petition has been submitted by fax.
“In the petition the MCDF stated that as per the Hon’ble
Supreme Court order dated 28th November 2001, payment of the pension
under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension (IGNOAPS) Scheme shall be made before seventh day of every month and that
Central grants meant for the IGNOAPS cannot be diverted for any other purposes as
per the direction of the Supreme
Court of 27 April 2004. But old age pension has not been paid in the entire state
of Mizoram for the last 9 months since March
2011 which is
direct and blatant violation of the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court.” –
stated Hemanta Larma, president of MCDF.
“Due to the inordinate
delay in the payment of the old age pension, the beneficiaries in the entire
state have been sufferings and the State cannot be a silent spectator to their hardships”,
further stated Mr Larma.
The petition was also submitted to the
Mizoram Governor His Excellency Shri V B Purushathaman, and the Office of the
Supreme Court Commissioners, New Delhi.
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