India Post Payments Bank helped a Odisha woman by opening a bank account.
Bhubaneswar:
Days after 80-year-old bedridden woman in Odishas Nuapada district was dragged to a crib in a bank by her elderly daughter to withdraw money from her Jan Dhan bank, India Post Payments came to his aid.
The woman, identified as Labhe Baghel of the village of Bargaon, will now be able to withdraw money at her door using a payment system activated by Aadhaar with the bank India Post Payments which seeks to provide a home banking service by house opened a bank account in his name.
The development information was shared by Union Minister of Law Ravi Shankar Prasad via a Twitter message. He expressed his joy that the India Post Payments bank had reached out to the old woman.
“She had learned from the media of the difficulties encountered by a very old lady from Odisha in withdrawing money from her bank account. Glad to share that the India Post Payments bank helped her by opening a bank account. Now she can withdraw money at their door using Aadhaar Enabled Payment System, “tweeted Mr. Prasad.
The 60-year-old woman’s daughter, Punjimati Dei, had to drag a bed with her sick mother lying on it to the Utkal Grameen Banks branch in Bargaon in the district of Nuapada about 300 meters away to withdraw money.
A video allegedly showing Punjimati Dei dragging a bed with her mother on it sparked outrage after she went viral. Bank officials said the incident was regrettable and said it happened due to a lack of communication.
Ms. Dei went to the branch on June 9 to collect 1,500 rupees from her mother’s Jan Dhan account, which was part of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan fund to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. The central government announced in March a monthly aid of 500 rupees to women with a Jan Dhan bank account from April to June.
Some villagers said that Ms. Dei went to the bank to withdraw money from her mother’s account, but branch officials refused, saying the account holder had to come personally.
When the woman said her mother was sick and could not visit the bank, the branch manager promised that he would personally visit her house the next day and give the money to her mother, officials from the bank said. bank.
As there was a heavy rush in the branch on June 9, the branch manager promised the woman that he would visit her home on June 10. But unfortunately, before the bank opened, the woman brought her mother to the bank by pulling her on a cot. “It was a misunderstanding on the part of the account holder’s daughter,” he said.
“The branch manager had no intention of harassing anyone. But the unfortunate events resulted in a lack of communication, which resulted in an inhuman and insensitive approach on the part of the bank in treating the elderly. said the bank in a statement.
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