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New Delhi (The Hawk): Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) has started a series of Awareness Programme for Central Pension Processing Centres and field functionaries handling pension related work in the bank. Since the major Pension Disbursing Authorities are banks, the first such programme in the series is being held for officers of State Bank of India on 20th and 21st June, 2022 at Udaipur, covering the Northern region of country. Four such awareness programmes will be conducted in collaboration with State Bank of India to cover the whole country. On similar lines, awareness programs will be conducted in collaboration with other Pension Disbursing Banks in 2022-23. Bankers’ Awareness Programme, Udaipur, 20th & 21st June, 2022 has been inaugurated today by Shri V Srinivas, Secretary to Government of India, (DoPPW). Shri Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh, DMD, SBI, Shri S N Mathur, Joint Secretary (DoPPW), Shri Bhupal Nanda, CCP, CPAO, Shri Subhash Joinwal, CGM, GBSSU, SBI and Shri R K Mishra CGM, SBI, participated in the inauguration ceremony. 50 officers from northern zone from CPPCs and pension dealing branches are participating in this 2 day program. The objective of these programmes is to spread awareness of the various rules and procedures regarding disbursement of pension to Central Government pensioners as well as to update the field functionaries about the changes that take place from time to time through various amendments in the policy and procedures. The purpose of the programme is also to understand issues faced by Bank officials in handling these processes and pensioners’ grievances. Digital life certificate and face authentication technology would be a game changer for pensioners and banks in submission of life ...