PANAJI
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has announced that owing to Covid safety norms, the government has resolved not to demand a life certificate from all the 2.20 lakh beneficiaries of Griha Aadhaar and Dayanand Social Security Yojana (DSSY).
Only 6,000 beneficiaries of the DSSY and 7,829 beneficiaries of Griha Aadhaar, who could not be verified owing to various reasons will have to submit a life certificate or an income certificate or both as per the written communication sent to them.
“Do not crowd Mamlatdar, MLA offices and panchayat unnecessarily for life and income certificate unless you have received a communication requesting this,” the Chief Minister said.
Presently, there are 1,36,850 DSSY beneficiaries and 73,000 beneficiaries of Griha Aadhaar.
The Chief Minister further disclosed that Griha Aadhaar beneficiaries have been paid their dues till April 2020. “Five months balance payments will be released shortly. Rs 47 crore amount has to be spared each month to pay the beneficiaries of both these schemes. Covid pandemic has disrupted the payment but it will be streamlined again shortly,” he assured.
