IEP Chandigarh, October 8
Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that Haryana is the first state not only in the country but also in the world to implement the Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP). “PPP has made Haryana a role model not only for other states but also for the country and abroad. Through PPP, benefits of all the welfare schemes are being ensured by identifying the actual needy families and the actual beneficiaries,” added Sh. Manohar Lal. The Chief Minister said this during a special meeting held with a delegation of the Maharashtra Government at Haryana Niwas in the late evening. The delegation included Revenue, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister, Sh. Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, Ports and Mining Minister, Sh. Dada Bhuse, Additional Chief Secretary, Rural Development Department, Sh. Rajesh Kumar, Principal Secretary, Relief and Rehabilitation, Information and Technology Department, Sh. Aseem Kumar Gupta, Secretary to Deputy Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Dr. Shrikar Pardeshi, Officer on Special Duty to Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Dr. Anand Madia. During the meeting, a presentation was shared on Parivar Pehchan Patra, about the Family Information Data Repository (FIDR), the implementation strategy, institutional Mechanisms for PPP implementation, the pro-active welfare services through PPP and benefits and outcomes realized of the Government’s first-of-its-kind umbrella PPP scheme. “PPP had proved instrumental in identifying the ineligible beneficiaries who were taking undue advantage of various government schemes,” asserted the Sh. Manohar Lal. The Chief Minister said that today, the central government is ensuring the benefits of welfare schemes to the general public through the Aadhaar card. “Going a step further the present State Government while considering the family as one unit, the flagship scheme of Parivar Pehchan Patra was launched which not only created a unique ID for every family residing in the State but also ensured the reach of benefits of government schemes at the grassroots levels,” said Sh. Manohar Lal. The Chief Minister said that today in Haryana, the benefits of all the welfare government schemes are being given through PPP only. Automatic disbursal of pension benefits is being ensured through PPP The Chief Minister said that the through Social Justice and Empowerment Department, the State Government is giving different types of pensions. All these pensions have been linked with PPP. This has saved the beneficiaries from making several rounds of the government offices to get their benefit. As soon as a person attains the pension age, the department takes their signatures on the prescribed form one month before their retirement. After this, as soon as the beneficiary attains the pension age completed, their pension automatically starts through PPP. 12,763 pensions have been made in the last months through PPP, said Sh. Manohar Lal. Yellow ration cards are also being made through PPP The Chief Minister said that yellow ration cards are also being made through PPP. The government has made ration cards through PPP on a pilot basis in Sirsa and Kurukshetra districts. In future, this scheme will be implemented in the entire state. With this, the ration card of the eligible person will be made as per the income verified in PPP.Chief Minister apprised about Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam and CET The Chief Minister apprised the delegation that how by constituting Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam, the State Government has decided to completely eradicate the age-old system of doing contractual recruitment through outsourcing. He further shared that the State Government has also decided to hold Common Eligibility Test (CET) for providing government jobs to the youth in a fair and transparent manner. The candidates appearing for this test will have to do only one-time registration to appear for the said exam. Deligation also visited Yamunanagar Earlier, the delegation also visited the Yamunanagar to study the public welfare schemes and policies of the Haryana Government. This delegation studied many public welfare schemes of the government and got detailed information about the schemes by interacting directly with the beneficiaries of various schemes. During the meeting Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Managing Director, HSIIDC, Sh. Vikas Gupta, Secretary Food and Supplies Department, Sh. Yogesh Kumar and other senior officers remind present.
