Sir,
The State Government Pensioners do not have many but one main demand which they want the authorities to consider it sympathetically by keeping in view their financial constraints which have rendered them quite helpless to fall back on `300 being given to them, as medical allowance for undergoing medical treatment and buying of medicines.
The Central Government has provided cashless facilities to its pensioners for undergoing surgical operations besides giving them medicines free of cost throughout the country. The pensioners are also getting medical allowance @ `300 per month. But the State Government is neither providing cashless facility nor prescribed medicines to its pensioners. Medical allowance @ `300 per month is being given but the same is insufficient to defray expenses in connection with the purchase of their monthly medicines.
The Central Government has every reason to be proud because it wants to see the people of this State happy, healthy and prosperous. It is providing funds in billions during every financial year for building and developing Jammu and Kashmir as an ideal State of the country. When the Centre does not hestitate to release funds in billions for the health and happiness of the people of this State, I fail to understood why the State Government is indifferent to the demand of its pensioners.
As the demand of the pensioners is quite genuine, they also deserve to be treated in the manner of the Central Government, by providing them the medicines and cashless facilities, or the amount of their medical allowance be enhanced from `300 to `1000 per month. This type of decision of the Government will have its soothing effect on the mind, body and soul of the pensioners.
So, I on behalf of the State Government Pensioners approach the State authorities with this suplication that it should accept their demand either by providing them medicines at different Tehsils and District levels hospitals of the State or the amount of their medical allowance be enhanced from `300 to `1000 per month at the earliest.
Yours etc…..
Jagdeep Singh
Rehari Colony, Jammu
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