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Woman carries 90-year-old mother-in-law 3 km for pension
A tribal woman in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district carried her 90-year-old mother-in-law nearly 3 km to a bank after the elderly woman’s Rs 500 monthly pension went unpaid for four months. Sukhmaniya, who…
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A tribal woman in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district carried her 90-year-old mother-in-law nearly 3 km to a bank after the elderly woman’s Rs 500 monthly pension went unpaid for four months. Sukhmaniya, who is in her late 50s, travelled from Jangalpara village to the Central Bank of India branch in Mainpat on May 22. The pension had stopped because KYC formalities were incomplete.
Mainpat Janpad Panchayat CEO Khushboo Shastri said the bank completed the KYC process and released Rs 2,000 in pending payments. She said a Bank Mitra had previously delivered the pension at home and would resume the service next month. The branch has seven Bank Mitras for beneficiaries unable to visit the bank.
The Indian Opinion
The viral image may invite easy claims that welfare delivery has failed everywhere, or that one payment proves the system works. Neither conclusion fits the facts. A four-month KYC delay forced a 90-year-old woman’s family to make a difficult journey, while a local doorstep service was available and is now being restored. The practical test is simple: does the pension reach her home next month, and do other beneficiaries with incomplete KYC receive timely help?
Source: millenniumpost.in
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