Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated the 8th All India Pension Adalat

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Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated the 8th All India Pension Adalat in Delhi.

An Overview of the News

• The objective of the event is to address and resolve old pension cases.

• The Department has organised 7 All India Pension Adalats to handle a total of 24,218 cases out of which 17,235 cases have been resolved successfully.

• The minister will chair the 50th Pre-Retirement Counseling (PRC) workshop, which is being organised by the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare.

• The PRC Workshop has been designed for 1200 officials from various Ministries and Departments who will be retiring within the next 6 months.

• Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare has introduced Bhavishya Platform to achieve transparency, digitization and better service delivery.

• The Bhavishya platform enables end-to-end digitization of pension processing and payments.

About New Delhi

• It is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT).

• Its important landmarks include the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Parliament House and the Supreme Court.

• It was established during the Delhi Durbar of 1911 and its foundation stone was laid by George V.

• It was designed by British architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker.

• It was inaugurated on 13 February 1931 by the Viceroy and Governor-General Irwin.