ANI NEWS: New Delhi: Tuesday,
May 14, 2013.
Despite the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ordering banks to clear all dues of armed forces
pensioners, the former is yet to hand over these amounts.
According to
a Right to Information (RTI) petition filed by Commodore Batra. the RBI had on
April 22, 2013, issued a strong message to all banks for credit due amount to
affected pre-2006 pensioners and family pensioners with eight percent
compensation for the delayed period. But according to Commodore Batra, banks
and the Ministry of Defence worked to delay payments.
According to
the RTI, old age pensioners continue to make regular trips to banks, and a
majority of them are still in dark about the status of their pension release.
Commodore
Batra claims that he has repeatedly approached the RBI to find out the exact
status on why the release pension is being delayed.
Commodore
Batra revealed that he had also learnt about a meeting held between bankers and
Secretary (ESW), Ministry of Defence, on 26 February 2013, wherein the
government agreed for delay in the release of pensions through number of mails
exchanged with the chairman and managing director of the State Bank of India
and senior officials.
On May 9,
2013, Commodore Batra informed the concerned Deputy Governor of the RBI about
the latest on the pension release issue, and was told that the RBI could be
expected to take action in the coming week. (ANI)
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