Modi Govt has ‘Courage & Conviction’ to Break Taboos of Past, says Dr Jitendra Singh

GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 21st Dec. Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has the courage and conviction to break the taboos of the past. The Prime Minister went beyond the rulebook to do away with almost 2,000 obsolete rules, Dr Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday.

PM Modi has also initiated a series of administrative reforms with the extensive use of technology to create an enabling environment, he said.

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said this while addressing the 52nd Pre-Retirement Counselling (PRC) Workshop in New Delhi.

Dr Jitendra Singh said, Prime Minister has the courage and conviction to break the taboos of the past. The Prime Minister went beyond the rulebook to do away with almost 2,000 obsolete rules.

“Rules such as denial of pension if an employee rendered less than 10 years of service, missing employees denied entitled benefits till seven years have passed, dependent divorcee daughters not granted pension benefits, all such obstructionist rules were scrapped,” he said.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, administrative initiatives under the leadership of PM Modi, such as the Pre-Retirement Counselling workshops, Anubhav Awards and Pension Adalat have ensured timely disbursal of pensionary benefits to the large number of retiring employees every year, he said.

“Ease of Living was made possible for the retired employees by first introducing Digital Life Certificate for continuation of pension and now Face Recognition Technology has been introduced for DLC. Bhavishya portal, Digilocker, CPENGRAMS exclusively for Pensioners have been launched to facilitate retiring and retired employees,” he said.

Dr Jitendra Singh said, PRC Workshops have been made comprehensive and integrated with all concerned Departments including Pension disbursing banks, CGHS and SCOVA meetings institutionalised with Pensioners Associations, reflecting the ‘Whole of Government’ approach.