IT News
Imphal, August 14:
The Monthly Pension to all the Inmates of Langol Old Age Home for the month of August has been distributed in a solemn function held at the Home, Langol, Imphal West District Manipur today. The Monthly Pension has been distributed under the aegis of Thounaojam Chaoba Memorial Charitable Trust, Singjamei Thongam Leikai, Imphal West District, Manipur under the exclusive sponsorship of Thounaojam Romen Singh, the Managing Trustee of the Trust.
The Monthly Pension Distribution is being done to the Homes which do not get any benefit from the Government so far. Besides distributing the Monthly Pensions every month, They have been provided some of the needful items so as to ease out their grievances in their day-to-day lives.
The Trust is trying to distribute the Chief Minister gi Hakselgi Tengbang (CMHT) Cards only to get governmental benefits when they are sick as there is a lot of trouble in treating themselves when they are lying on the bed because of illness. The Founder of the Home is very much worried about when there is illness among themselves.
For giving them CMHT Cards, the Trust had already requested the Health Authority to issue it at the earliest, though the Health Authority gives nod to issue the Cards, the hurdle is that there is no Aadhaar Cards for them to take the opportunity. So the Trust in collaboration with the Authority, Aadhaar enrolment for all the Inmates of the Home has been done at the same. Some of them get their Aadhaar Cards. Some of them are waiting for it. When it arrives, the Trust will pursue the Health Authority to issue the Health Cards so that they can avail the benefits of treatment in the hospitals.
Speaking on the occasion, Thounaojam Romen Singh, the Managing Trustee of the Trust said that his sole responsibility is to serve the down-trodden people of the State and the people staying in such Homes. He said that before achieving the benefits of the Health Cards, the Trust is trying to do a Free Health Camp at the Home with the Medical Team of the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS). For this, he requested the Director of RIMS, Prof. A. Shanta Singh to do the same. The bonafide Director agreed to his proposal and assured to do it whenever the Trust urges. The Director also thanked Mr. Romen Singh for taking up such initiatives. The Director also assures that he will provide all the services related to the health facilities for such needy persons.
Romen Singh further said that the Trust is now searching for other Homes and Centres for any further course of action for help to those Homes which do not get any governmental benefits in running the same. The Trust is working day and night in searching of such Homes and Centres so that it can help and serve the down-trodden people of the State. Though the pace is sometimes slower due to the prevailing situation of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the State. Whenever it improves, the Pace will move faster, Romen Singh assured.
In the further course of actions, the Trust has identified a number of seventeen old aged persons both male and female residing at Phubala, Bishnupur District, Manipur. The Trust initiates Pension Schemes for the said aged ones. The Pension Distribution Ceremony will be held on the 25th of this month onwards. Thinking that the Trust provides Pensions to old ageds, some philantropists urged the Trust to initiate Pension Scheme for them, thus the Trust initiates the Scheme for them. when the Trust enquired of their grievances, the old aged told the team of the Trust that some persons collected Aadhaar Cards from them in the sense that they will provide Monthly Pensions under the Government Scheme but they cannot avail the benefits as of now. So, the Trust will provide Monthly Pensions from this month onwards.
