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NDMC to pay dues to pensioners
Several pensioners who have been waiting for their pending pensions would receive their pay cheques this December.
Several pensioners who have been waiting for their pending pensions would receive their pay cheques this December. The North Delhi Municipal Corporat-ion on Friday announced that it will pay old age pension due between July-September 2014 to around 80,000 pensioners by December 10.
The civic body has not paid various welfare pensions, including old age pension of `1,200 per month, from July 2014 to its pensioners.
During the NDMC House’s meeting, mayor Ravinder Gupta and commissioner P.K. Gupta announced that the civic body will pay July-September 2014 pensions by December 10 this year, amid protests by the Opposition councillors who walked out of the meeting, saying that they will not participate in the meeting till cheques are obtained by the beneficiaries. The mayor added that the data of all pensioners, including their pending pensions, will be handed over to the Delhi government which will look into the issue for “clearing” pension dues.
The Congress councillors, led by Leader of the Opposition Mukesh Goel, accused the mayor and the commissioner of “failing” to provide pensions to the affected beneficiaries despite promising so “thrice” in the past. They also protested when condolences were being paid to late VHP leader Ashok Singhal at the start of the meeting. The two other municipal corporations have also accumulated large pension dues because of their financial problems.
The SDMC had paid old age pensions for three months to around 73,000 of its pensioners before Diwali. “We have cleared pension dues up to December 2014 by paying old age pensions to the beneficiaries before Diwali,” said Radhe Shyam Sharma, chairman of standing committee of the municipal corporation.
The situation in East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) is “worse”, where no old age pension has been paid to over 40,000 beneficiaries for the past two years. “We have not been able to pay any old age pension for the past 28 months,” said Lata Gupta, standing committee chairperson, citing financial crisis faced by the civic body.
