WhatsApp bot named will answer queries related to PPP: Makkar
- May 26, 2023
- Updated: 03:07 am
category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh The Haryana government is continuously implementing public welfare schemes. Many pension schemes which have been automated through Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) are being activated, along with this, pensions for the disabled are also being enabled through PPP on automation mode. Haryana Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities Rajkumar Makkar said that the government has launched a pro-active Divyang Pension service, Tau Se Pocho WhatsApp bot service. Taking a step towards good governance, this initiative will make the people of the state digitally empowered and will ask for solutions to their problems by communicating through the WhatsApp bot. He said that the government is committed to deliver public welfare schemes at their doorsteps. Moving in the direction of automatic schemes, the government has decided to extend the benefit of automatic pension to Persons with Disabilities (PWD). The government has also taken a step in the direction of making pensions automatically by linking the disabled pension with the PPP. The relevant data of PwDs verified as more than 60 per cent PwD in the Data will be certified by the Haryana Parivar Pehchan Authority every month. The data of all such PwDs found eligible after verification will be shared with the service department as per the eligibility criteria prescribed by the scheme, he added. The District Officer of the Service Department will approach these citizens to take their consent for starting the pension. Pension will be started from next month for all the disabled who have given consent. Now all such beneficiaries will not have to visit the offices to avail their benefits. Rajkumar Makkar, Commissioner Divyangjan, Haryana informed that along with a web-based chat bot solution on https: meraparivar.haryana.gov.in portal, a WhatsApp bot named Tau Se Poocho has also been launched. (editor dailyworld.in)