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Social security pension now quicker with auto-approval mechanism

In this new auto-approved mechanism, the beneficiaries receive the pension payment order (PPO) immediately after linking their Janaadhar card with the scheme.

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As all the required information of the applicants is already available on their Janaadhar accounts, the government has done away with repeated verification of their documents.

Anil Sharma Jaipur
Rajasthan has implemented the auto-approval mechanism for applications for paying social security pensions.

It has benefited hundreds of applicants so far. There are more than 9.37 million beneficiaries getting various social security pensions. And, 9,59,938 new beneficiaries were added from October 2, 2021, to date. Earlier, the beneficiaries had to wait for 45 days for approval of their applications. Verification of all the required documents and data was done in 30 days and the applications were approved in the next 15 days.

In this new auto-approved mechanism, the beneficiaries receive the pension payment order (PPO) immediately after linking their Janaadhar

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