Haryana Government Gazette
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© Government of Haryana No. 50–2023] CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2023 (AGRAHAYANA 21, 1945 SAKA)
PART-I
Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government
HARYANA GOVERNMENT
SOCIAL JUSTICE, EMPOWERMENT, WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND BACKWARD CLASSES AND ANTYODAYA (SEWA) DEPARTMENT
Notification
The 8th December, 20234
No. 40/21/2023-4SW.— The Governor of Haryana is pleased to notify the Financial Assistance Scheme for the Cancer stage III & IV patients in the State of Haryana, as under:-
This scheme shall be called "Financial Assistance for stage III & IV cancer patients." and this scheme shall be applicable for all age groups, stage III & IV cancer patients throughout the State of Haryana. To provide monthly Financial Assistance/Pension to State III & IV Cancer patients of Haryana a scheme will be implemented. The financial Assistance provided under this scheme will be in addition to the benefit being availed under any other Social Security Pension scheme by the applicant. This scheme shall come into operation from the date of its publication in the official Gazette.
2. Eligibility: A person eligible for Financial Assistance under the scheme shall be :-
(i) Citizen of India and a bonafide Resident of Haryana as per Government Instructions issued from time to time.
(ii) Applicant should have Parivar Pehchan Patar (PPP)- Family ID. (iii) All Stage III & IV Patients will be eligible under the scheme. (iv) Patients whose family income is less than Rs. 3 lakh per annum, except the amount of other Social Security Pension Schemes will be eligible.
3. Process:
• The applicant shall submit the online application on SARAL Portal i.e. https://saralharyana.gov.in/ along with all relevant documents.
• The online application will be forwarded to the civil surgeon of the district. • The civil surgeon will check and verify the Health condition of applicant i.e. whether the applicant is a patient of stage III & IV of cancer or not? If the applicant is not found to be a patient of stage III & IV of cancer then the civil surgeon will reject the application by giving his findings. However, if the applicant is a patient of stage III & IV cancer then the Civil Surgeon will forward the application to the DSWO concerned for further necessary action on receipt of application.
• After the verification by Civil Surgeon, the DSWO concerned will check the data through PPP at his/her own level.
1082 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ., DEC. 12, 2023 (AGHN. 21, 1945 SAKA) [PART I4. Other Terms & Conditions:
(i) The Financial Assistance to the patients shall be equivalent to Old Age Samman Allowance as notified by the Government from time to time & shall be directly transferred to the bank account of the eligible stage III & IV cancer patients through PFMS on monthly basis.
(ii) The beneficiary (stage III &IV cancer patients) will continue to receive the Financial Assistance till the patient is alive and suffering from stage III & IV cancer.
5. In the following situations, monthly Financial Assistance shall be stopped immediately;
a) If any beneficiary is found violating any of the terms & conditions of eligibility criteria of the scheme.
b) If it is found at any stage that the pension was sanctioned due to a mistake or due to false or incomplete information supplied by the beneficiary or if the condition/situation for which the assistance had been granted no longer exists.
c) Death of the beneficiary.
d) In case the patient is cured from cancer. The civil surgeon concerned will be ratify the cancer certificate every year after verifying whether the patient has been cured or not.
6. Recovery due to wrong benefit:
In case Financial Assistance is sanctioned on the basis of wrong information given by the applicant in his/her application form or the assistance has been stopped due to any other reasons as mentioned stoppage of monthly Financial Assistance para then the District Social Welfare Officer shall have the right to recover the amount which was wrongly drawn by such person along with interest @ 12% per annum. Recovery can be imposed from such person or his/her family member (like Husband/Son etc.) or as arrears of land revenue under The Haryana Land Revenue Act.
7. Mode of payment:-
a. The Financial Assistance will be distributed through Public Finance Management System (PFMS).
b. The Bank will not permit the beneficiary to withdraw the benefits from outside the district in which he is registered.
c. In case there is no withdrawal from the bank account for a continuous period of 60 days, such bank account will be rendered "inoperative" for the purpose of this Scheme by the Bank with no further credit of benefits under this Scheme into it. Such "inoperative" bank accounts will be reported by the Bank to Department. In case the beneficiary applies for re-operationalization of the bank accounts within the next 90 days with justification reason, the bank account may be re-operationalized with the permission of the Director. If not, the bank account will be rendered "dead" for the purpose of this Scheme and the benefits credited into the bank account after the last withdrawal would be remitted back to the Department with accrued interest by the bank.
d. If a person is detected of having more than one bank account under the PFMS, all his bank accounts will be terminated. He would become ineligible to receive benefits under any Social Security Scheme of the State in future.
8. No further payment shall be made if the acknowledgement of disbursement/payment has not been received for two consecutive installments. The Financial Assistance which have remained unpaid for two consecutive installments or more shall be enquired into by the concerned District Social Welfare Officer who will take necessary action in this regard.
9. The Director General/Director, Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of SCs & BCs and Antyodaya (SEWA) Department shall be over all in charge of the Scheme and necessary instructions in regard to its proper enforcement and accounting procedure shall be issued by him from time to time.
10. The Budget Head to meet whole expenditure under the Scheme including any other expenditure on disbursement of Financial Assistance shall be decided by Director General, Social Justice & Empowerment Department Haryana.
11. This issues with the concurrence of the Cabinet of Ministers conveyed vide their U.O.No. 9/178/2023-2Cabinet, dated 27th November, 2023.
PANKAJ AGARWAL, Commissioner & Secretary to Government Haryana,