Complimentary Railway Card Pass Facility Extended to ‘Civilian’ Recipients of ‘Chakra’ Awardees

 The Ministry of Railways has decided that the civilian recipients of gallantry awards of Chakra series (namely Param Vir Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra, Vir Chakra, Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra) will also be provided 1st /2nd Class AC Complimentary Card passes on the lines as admissible to Defence awardees.  The procedure and other conditions for issue of such Card Passes to civilian Chakra awardees will remain the same as applicable to Defence awardees.

          As per extant policy, Ministry of Railways provides 1st Class/2nd AC Complimentary Card passes to Defence personnel recipients of gallantry awards of Chakra series and to widows of posthumous gallantry awardees of Chakra series viz. Param Vir Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra, Vir Chakra, Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra.  The Card Pass entitles them life-long free rail travel in 1st Class/2nd AC Class along with one companion in same class over all India Railways except Metro Railway/Kolkata.  From now on, this facility will now be available to both civilian and Defence personnel recipients of Chakra Awards.


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ON LINE VERIFICATION OF CASTE CERTICATE FROM AUGUST

 State minister for social justice Shivajirao Moghe on Monday announced that an online system to speed up verification and issuing of caste certificates will be started by the end of August this year. The certificate is required during admission for schools, colleges for reserved seats, elections and while availing government schemes.

Addressing a news conference here, Moghe said, "The application procedure for caste certificate and its verification is on the same lines as the passport issuing system. The social justice office will hire some people on contract basis to receive documents required for caste certificate, and to process and verify and issue the certificates."

Citizens, who need the caste certificates, will apply online and furnish scanned copies of the documents required to be submitted. If all the documents are in order, the certificate will be issued but if there are doubts, the person concerned would be asked to come to the designated office with original copies of the documents for further verification.

Every district has a caste certificate verification committee, which verifies the certificate on the basis of documents submitted after their authenticity. Moghe said, "The caste certificate verification process is time-consuming and we wish to reduce it and make the procedure error-free."

The social justice department has also decided to select needy people through draw of lots for disbursing loans offered by various development corporations constituted for backward classes. These people are economically underprivileged and have limited resources.

Moghe said the government provides financial assistance to those people who can start their own businesses. "But, the procedure for selection is affected by corruption and favouritism and genuine people usually do not get the benefits of government schemes. The draw of lots from the needy people will eliminate favoritism," he said.

Courtesy:TOI

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