Dharmendra Pradhan tells Naveen Patnaik to rethink pension payment in cash
“Cash payments historically have tendencies to spur corruption, pilferage, and exploitation of beneficiaries by the middlemen. The decision of the government of Odisha may revive these grim scenarios adding burdens to our elder citizens already grappling with the hardship of old age. I urge you to continue the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mechanism for pension to old age, widow and divyangs,” Pradhan wrote in the letter.
