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WELFARE SCHEMES

(Compiled by Sh. P. C. Garg (Advocate) (Mobile No.9914522100) with the guidance

from Sh. Harish Rai Dhanda Chief Parliamentary secretary ( Local

Bodies) Punjab ) If you feel to give any information to us please click on " contact us" and

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Under this category following three schemes are explained :-

1. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO WIDOWS AND DESTITUTE WOMEN.

2. NATIONAL FAMILY BENEFIT SCHEME.

3. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN.

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1.FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO WIDOWS AND

DESTITUTE WOMEN: (STATE SCHEME)

(Started in 1968)

Monthly Pension @ Rs. 250/- per month to widow. It is disbursed through Panchyats in rural areas and in urban areas pension is disbursed through banks.

Eligibility: Age : Applicant should be a widow of less than 60 year old or unmarried destitute above 30 years.

Domicile: She should be bonafide resident of Punjab and should be residing in Punjab for the last three years.

Income : Any widow or women including unmarried women of 30 years age and above, deprived of her husband's support, for any reason whatever, resulting her to lead a life of destitution shall be eligible for financial assistance, if her income is less than 1000 per month.

Rate of Pension: Rs.200 per month per beneficiary.

Mode of payment: Quarterly through Banks.

How to apply

1. First obtain application form which is available free of cost from the office of District Social Security Officer. (In Ludhiana office is situated at Shimlapuri near Guru Nanak Engineering College.)

2. application form certified by the Sarpanch and Lamberdar of the village and in towns/city by the Municipal Counselor

3. attestation by patwari

4. Attested by either SDO (C)/Executive Magistrate/ Tehsildar/Naib Tehsildar/Programmer Officer (ICDS)/CDPO/BDPO.

5. If age proof is not available then to get attested from doctor for age certification

6 Enclose ration card copy

7. For Income proof affidavit should be attached or it is sufficient if it is filled in the form.

8. Applications, Complete in all respects, are submitted in the office of District Social Security Officer (in ludhiana application should be submitted in municipal corporation office mata rani chowk. )

Post application procedure

a) Municipal corporation office mata rani chowk will send this application to any inspector of municipal corporation for verification. After verification, the application will come back to office mata rani chowk who processes the case.

b) After processing, the applicatioins are sent to Additional Deputy Commissioner (In Ludhiana SDM)

If found in order, Additional Deputy Commissioner (In Ludhiana SDM) sanctions the pension/financial assistance.

Then Additional Deputy Commissioner (In Ludhiana SDM) sends the applications back to the office of District Social Security Officer (in ludhiana municipal corporation office mata rani chowk)

Then the office of District Social Security Officer (in ludhiana municipal corporation office mata rani chowk) sends these applications to the office of District Social Security Officer shimlapuri. From shimlapuri Child Development office, letter is issued to the applicant .

Then applicant has to go there. They will issue him four copies of Indentity card on councillor's stamp and signatures are required.

The District Social Security Officer advise him/her to contact for opening of Joint Saving Bank account in the scheduled bank.

The joint Saving Bank Account in the name of District Social Security Officer and the beneficiary concerned is opened in the Schedule Bank.

The District Social Security Officer draw the amount of pension through a bill from the Government Treasury and send the Draft/Pay Order to the Nodal Bank/Coordinating Bank at District Level for Disbursement of pension to the beneficiaries Accounts with a list of beneficiaries indicating their Banks Account Number and Bank Branches.

The Nodal/Coordinating Bank transfer the amount of pension scheme to the concerned branches for credit to the accounts of beneficiaries. This process is completed within 15 days by the banks.

The beneficiaries receive their pension as are credited into their accounts through the banks.

In case, the beneficiary due to death or any other reason remained fail to draw his/her pension/ from the bank continuously for four quarters, the amount lying un-disbursed in such account, is reversed back to the District Social Security Officer concerned within 15 days of the completion of fourth quarter in the shape of Bank Draft.

2. NATIONAL FAMILY BENEFIT SCHEME:

(CENTRALLY SPONORED)

Under the scheme @ Rs. 10,000/- are given to the surviving members of the family in the case of natural death & accidental death.

3. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO DEPENDENT

CHILDREN: (STATE SCHEME)

(Started in 1968)

Financial Assistance to the Orphan and Destitute Children.

Eligibility: Age: Orphan and destitute children below the age of 21.

Income: The income of the mother or father/guardian should not exceed Rs.1000 per month. Where parents are alive, income of both mother and father should not exceed Rs.1500 per month in a family, financial assistance is restricted only upto 2 children. Relaxation in income limit to the extent of Rs.300 per child for 2 children is admissible.

Rate of Pension: Rs.250 per month per child.

Mode of Payment: Quarterly through Banks.