Eligibility of widowed / divorced daughters for grant of family pension - clarification
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Eligibility of widowed/divorced daughters for grant of family pension - clarification regarding.
2. % The Comptroller & Auditor General of India
3. % The Controller General of Accounts, Lok Nayak Bhavan, New Delhi.
4. Pensioners' Associations as per list maintained in the Department
5. All OfficerslDesks
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Minutes of the Meeting of Revision of PPOs in respect of Pre 2006 Pensioners
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 21st NOVEMBER, 2012 REGARDING REVISION OF PPOs FOR PRE·2006 PENSIONERS / FAMILY PENSIONERS INCLUDING PRE·1990 PENSIONERS / FAMILY PENSIONERS
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension
Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare
Khan Market, New Delhi
Dated: 30th November, 2012
The Minutes of the meeting held on 21st November, 2012 at Conference Hall, 5th Floor, Sardar Patel Bhawan, New Delhi with the officers of the Government Departments/Ministries regarding revision of PPOs in respect of Pre-2006 Pensioners/Family Pensioners under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Pension & Ah,&PG) are circulated herewith.
(D.K.Solanki)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
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1. Shri M.A. Choudhuary, Under Secretary, Dlo Consumer Affairs.
2. Shri V.K. Singh, Dlo Expenditure.
3. Shri Y.K. Meena, Deputy Controller of Account, Mlo Health & Family Welfare.
4. Shri H. Atheli, Controller of Account, MHA.
5. Shri Ajay S. Singh, Controller of Accout, PRo CCA, CBDT.
6. Shri Pankaj Hazarika, Deputy Secretary, D/o Revenue, M/oFinance.
7. Ms.Renuka Nambiar US, Dlo Revenue.
8. Shri Krishna Tyagi, Controller of Account, Central Board of Excise Custom.
9. Shri M. Sridharan, Chief Controller of Account, DAB.
10. Shri S.B. Doval, Deputy Secretary, M/o Mines.
11. Shri S.P. Agarawal, SO (Admn.), DOP&T.
12. Shri Neelam Taneja, Asst., DOP&T.
13. Shri Oma Nand, Under Secretary, M/o Civil Aviation.
14. Shri Arun Sobti, Under Secretary (C&C), M/o Finance. DEA.
15. Shri B.R. Pasrija, M/o Finance, Dlo Economic Affaris.
16. Shri Rajeev Nayan Sharma, Deputy Director, Mlo Finance, Dlo Economic Affrais
17. Shri A.K. Chauhan, Joint Director, Mlo Finance, NSI.
18. Shri J.P. Saini, Deputy Secretary (A) Dlo Food & Public Distribution.
19. Shri A.K. Chaturvedi, Director (Admn.VI), M/o Finance, CBDT.
20. Shri Bhupal Nanda, Controller of Account, Mlo Urban Development.
21. Shri A.K. Bangalia, Deputy Controller of Account, M/o Urban Development.
22. Shri Harbans Singh, OSP(Pension), M/o Defence, D/o Ex-Servicemen Welfare.
23. Shri R.A. Prasad, Deputy Controller of Accout, Mlo Water Resource.
24. Shri Alok Ranjan, Under Secretary (Admn.), Mlo Water Resource.
25. Shri S.B. Pandey, Under Secretary, M/o Information & Broadcasting.
26. Shri Sagar Mehra, Director (Admn.), M/o Finance, Dlo Economic Affairs.
27. Shri Sushil Kumar, Deputy Secretary, Mlo Finance, Dlo Economics Affair.
28. Shri Rajesh Kumar, Deputy Secretary (EC), Mlo Science & Technology, 0/0
Science & Technology.
29. Shri V. Vumlunmang, Joint Secretary (Admn.), MHA.
30. Shri Arvind Mukherjee, Under Secretary, MHA
31. Smt. Sunita Kumari, AO (Pension), Ministry of CAPD.
32. Smt. Vandana Sharma, CC(P). CPAO
33. Shri Dilip Kumar, CA(P), CPAO
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 21st November, 2012 REGARDING REVISION OF PPOs FOR PRE·2006 PENSIONERS/FAMILY PENSIONERS INCLUDING PRE·1990 PENSIONERS / FAMILY PENSIONERS
A meeting was held on 21st November, 2012 at 09:45 AM in the Conference Room, 5th Floor, Sardar Patel Bhavan, New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Shri Sanjay Kothari, Secretary (Pension, AR&PG) with the officials of 15 Departments/Ministries having maximum number of unrevised Pension Payment Orders (PPOs) pertaining to pre- 2006 pensioners/family pensioners under the CPAO network and Ministry of Railway, D/o Ex-servicemen Welfare, D/o Posts and D/o Telecommunications. The objective of this
meeting was to review the progress made by these Ministries/Departments in the revision of PPOs in respect of pre-2006 pensioners.
2. The list of participants is at Annexure.
3. In the Opening address, Secretary (Pension, AR & PG) shared the steps taken since the last meeting with these Ministries/Departments held on 28 August, 2012. It was informed that instructions regarding use of 7 documents indicated in respect of grant of enhanced pension/family pension on attaining the age of 80 years and above have been made applicable for determining the date of birth of spouse at the time of revision of PPO. He added that the instructions regarding change of date of birth of spouse have also been issued and use of e-scroll given by banks has been allowed in addition to Annexure-III. Secretary expressed his concern that most of the pensioners are unaware of the fact that not only revision of amount of pension by banks is to be done, the PPOs have also to be simultaneously revised. The Chief Controller (Pension) informed that about 75% of the PPOs related to civil pensioners have been revised and it is apprehended that there may be many inoperative PPOs in the remaining lot. She also expressed her concern that in many
cases pension might have been fixed on the higher side and there may be issue of recovery of excess pension involved in the revision of these PPOs.
4. Thereafter, Ministry-wise review was taken up starting with Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The representative of MHA informed that JS (Admin) has been taking regular meetings to review the progress. He informed that a large number of pre-1990 PPOs pertaining to Assam Rifles are in respect of Nepalese citizens and persons residing in the North-East. The system of de-centralized Record-keeping has made it more difficult to revise PPOs of these pensioners. The MHA informed that they have issued an advertisement for awareness of pensioners. Secretary (Pension) suggested that MHA may consider issuing another advertisement, encourage the pensioners residing in North-East to form pensioners' group and organize intensive camps and workshop during the next four months. Department of Pension and PW may provide financial assistant to these group if suitable proposals were received. In order to prevent such delays in future Pay Commissions, Secretary (Pension) also suggested that original records of the employee may be handed over to him in bound form at the time of his/her retirement as per instant rules.
5. D/o Urban Development reassured that they will meet the target set for December 2012. Central Board of Excise and Customs informed that a large number of PPOs are in the pipeline and as on date only 3000 pre-2006 and 7800 pre-1990 cases were pending.The D/o Atomic Energy informed that they are segregating pre-1990 cases from pre-2006 cases with the help of CPAO and will be able to adhere to the timelines fixed. M/o Water Resources informed that the Secretary (Pension)'s DO letter to Secretary (Water
Resources) has helped in putting in place a proper monitoring system for revision of PPOs. It was further added that engagement of four consultants for this purpose has a positiveimpact on the work. Similarly, Ministry of Coal informed that they have a proper monitoring system in place and have engaged two consultants. They are hopeful that theyneed not be called in the next meeting as their pendency would go down substantially. Ministry of Science & Technology informed that owing to shifting of some of their offices
in the past, they were facing the problem of locating pensioners' records. They informed that they would sort out the problem soon. The figures of All India Radio did not reconcile with those ofCPAO. It was pointed out by CPAO's office that progress in Prasar Bharati is slow. Secretary (Pension) desired to write a d.o. letter to the Chairman, Prasar Bharati. Ministry of Mines was requested to reconcile the figures with the CPAO and meet thetargets set for December, 2012 and March, 2013.
6. No one from the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Department of Health and Ministry of Civil Aviation were present. It was decided to write DO letters to theSecretary/Chairman concerned from Secretary (Pension).
7. Department of Telecommunications informed that out of 2.41 lakh pre-2006 cases,only 2600 are pending , most of which belong to the erstwhile Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited. Department of Posts informed that out of 1.8 lakh pre-2006 cases, about 52,000 are pending. They assured to complete the task by February, 2013. Department of Exservicemen Welfare informed that out of 15.5 lakh cases, they have revised 5.81 lakh PPOs. Every month, they had devised to 40,000 cases. They informed that owing to change in the amount of pension, most of the PPOs would have to be revised again. Secretary (Pension) suggested that in the meantimebasic informationrequiredfor revision of PPOs may be collectedand kept ready for immediate use after the re-fixationof pension is over and PPOs are ready to be revised again. He expressed his concern that a number of representations about PCDA, Allahabad are being received. He desired to write a D.O. letter to Secretary, Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare in this regard.
8. As the Banks were at times sending Annexure III twice/thrice for the same individual, which counted towards the total numbers whereas in many cases Annexure-III are not received, it was felt that a meeting of the Banks may be called in second half of December, 2012. After looking into the availability and utility of e-scrolls of such pensioners for revision of their PPOs, CPAO and Ministries/Departments will provide
inputs to the Department of Pension &PW for setting the agenda of the meeting.
9. Secretary (Pension, AR & PG) expressed his satisfaction about the progress made so far. He assured the participants that any assistance that is needed will be considered positively in the Department of Pension & PW.
10. The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the chair.
Eligibility of children from a void or voidable marriage for family pension - clarification regarding.
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,
Khan Market, New Delhi
Dated: 27th November, 2012
Sub: Eligibility of children from a void or voidable marriage for family pension - clarification regarding.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's a.M. No.1/16/96-P&PW(E), dated 2.12.1996 whereby it was clarified that Pensionary benefits will be granted to children of a deceased Government servant/pensioner from void or voidable marriages when their turn comes in accordance with Rule 54(8). It is mentioned in Para 4 of the a.M. that "It may be noted that they will have no claim whatsoever to receive family pension as long as the legally wedded wife is the recipient of the same."
2. The matter has been re-examined in consultation with the Ministry of Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs) and Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure). It has been decided that in supersession of Para 4 of the a.M., ibid, dated 2.12.1996, the share of children from illegally wedded wife in the family pension shall be payable to them in the manner given under sub-rule 7 (c) of Rule 54 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, along with the legally wedded wife.
4. As regards pensioners/family pensioners belonging to the Indian Audit and Accounts Departments, these Orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. .
5. This issues with the concurrence of Department of Legal Affairs vide their FrS No. 3036, dated 17.10.2012.
6. This issues with the 'concurrence of Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure vide their I.D. No.530/E.V/2012, dated 23.11.2012.
(D.K. Solanki)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Tel. No. 24644632
The Comptroller & Auditor General of India,
The Controller General of Accounts, Lok Nayak Bhavan, New Delhi.
Notification for Pensioners seeking of information to facilitate revision of pension as per 6th CPC
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
Central Pension Accounting Office
Attention: Central civil pensioners / family pensioners regarding 6th Central Pay Commission.
Revision of Pension/ family pension of pre-2006 pensioners / family pensioners is being implemented in terms of Govt. of India O.M. No. F. No. 38/37/08-P&PW (A) dated. 01.09.2008 and No. 38/37/08-P&PW (A) Pt-1 dt 14.10.2008 in order to facilitate the above, pensioners / family pensioners in receipt of pension / family pension through Pension Payment Order (PPOs) issued by Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO) are requested to provide the following information to the Head of the Deptt/ Office from where the Government servant retired as soon as possible. It is urged that the information be provided within one month from the date of issue of Notification.
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Pension as on 1.1.2006 under the CCS(EOP) Rules is to be revised -
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances:
Subject: Special benefits in cases of death and disability in service - payment of Disability Pension/Family pension.
The pension of pensioner/family pensioners who were drawing pension/family pension as on 1.1.2006 under the CCS(EOP) Rules is to
be revised in accordance with Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare Office memorandum No.38/37/2008-P&P&W(A) dated 1.9.2008.
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No.45/3/2008-P&PW (F)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,
Khan Market, New Delhi-110003.
Dated 30th September, 2010
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Special benefits in cases of death and disability in service - payment of Disability Pension/ Family pension - regarding.
The undersigned is directed to say that the pension of pensioner/family pensioners who were drawing pension/family pension as on 1.1.2006 under the CCS(EOP) Rules is to be revised in accordance with Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare Office memorandum No.38/37/2008-P&P&W(A) dated 1.9.2008.
2. The question of modified parity between past and present pensioners, covered underthe Central Civil Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules/Liberalized Pensionary Award Scheme, on the lines of benefits sanctioned for ordinary pensioners/family pensioners, has been under the consideration of the Government. It has now been decided that the revision of pre-2006 pensioners/family pensioners coming under this category would be done as under:-
(A) The past cases of pre-2006 pensioners/family pensioners will be revised under Para 4.1 of this Department's OM NO. 38/37/2008-P&P&W dated 1.9.2008 as is being done hitherto fore and the revised pension on the basis of the provisions of this OM worked out.
(B) The pension/family pension shall also be calculated as on 1.1.2006 by applying the following procedure:
I. Family Pension for Categories B & C (a) Where the deceased Government servant was not holding a pensionable post: 40% of minimum of Pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay/minimum Basic Pay in the revised Scale of Pay in case of HAG and above, applicable from 1.1.2006, corresponding to the scale of pay last held by the employee, subject to a minimum of Rs.4550/-
(b) Where the deceased Government servant was holding a pensionable post: 60% of minimum of Pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay/minimum Basic Pay in the revised Scale of Pay in case of HAG and above, applicable from 1.1.2006, corresponding to the scale of pay last held by the employee, subject to a minimum of RS.7,000/-
2. II. Family Pension under Categories D & E Family pension shall be calculated as the minimum of Pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay/minimum Basic Pay in the revised Scale of Pay in case of HAG and
above, applicable from 1.1.2006, corresponding to the scale of pay last held by the employee.
(a) If the Government servant is not survived by his widow but is survived by child/children only, all children together shall be eligible for family pension at the rate of 60% of minimum of Pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay/minimum Basic Pay in the revised Scale of Pay in case of HAG and above, applicable from 1.1.2006, corresponding to the scale of pay last held by the employee, subject to a minimum of Rs. 7000/-
(b) When the Government servant dies as a bachelor or as a widower without children, dependent pension will be admissible to parent without reference to pecuniary circumstances, at the rate of 75% of minimum of Pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay/minimum Basic Pay in case of HAG and above, applicable from 1.1.2006, corresponding to the scale of pay last held by the employee, if both parents are alive, and at the rate of 60% if only one of them is alive.
III. Disability Pension for Categories B & C
(a) Disability pension would comprise of a service element equal to 50% of minimum of Pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Payor the minimum Basic"Pay in the revised Scale in case of HAG and above, applicable from 1-1-2006, corresponding to the scale of pay last held by the employee, to be reduced proportionately, if the employee did not have required qualifying service for full pension, plus disability element equal to 30% of the same minimum basic pay, for 100% disability.
(b) For disability less than 100%, disability element shall be reduced proportionately. In cases of disability pension where permanent disability is not less that 60%, the disability pension (i.e. total of service element plus disability element) shall not be less than 60% of the minimum of pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Payor the minimum basic pay in the revised Scale of pay in case of HAG and above, corresponding to the scale of pay last held by the employee, subject to a minimum ofRs. 7000/- per month.
IV. Disability Pension for Category D
(a) Disability pension would comprise of a service element equal to 50% of minimum of Pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay/minimum Basic Pay in the revised Scale of Pay in case of HAG and above, applicable from 1.1.2006, corresponding to the scale of pay last held by the employee subject to proportionate reduction in case his qualifying service up to the deemed date of retirement falls short of full qualifying service and disability element equal to 30% of the same minimum of Pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay/minimum Basic Pay in the revised Scale of Pay, subject to the condition that the aggregate of service and disability element shall not be less than 80% of the minimum of Pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay/minimum Basic Pay, in case of HAG and above, applicable from 1.1.2006, corresponding to the scale of pay last held by the employee, for 100% disability.
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(b) For lower percentage of the disability, proportionate reduction would be made in disability element as provided in OM dated 3.2.2000 as amended vide O.M. No.45/3/2008-P&PW (F) dated 18.11.2008 V. Disability Pension for Cases under Category E
(a) Disability pension would comprise of a service element equal to 50% of minimum of Pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Payor the minimum Basic pay in the revised Scale of pay in case of HAG and above applicable from 1-1-2006, corresponding to the scale of pay last held by the employee subject to proportionate reduction in case his qualifying service upto deemed date of retirement falls short of full qualifying service and disability element equal to the same minimum of pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Payor the minimum Basic Pay in the revised Scale of Pay in
case of HAG and above, corresponding to the scale of pay last held by the employee, for 100% disability subject to the condition that the aggregate of service and disability elements shall not exceed the minimum of Pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay/minimum Basic Pay in the revised Scale of Pay, in case of HAG and above, applicable from 1.1.2006, corresponding to the scale of pay last held by the employee, for 100% disability. The condition that the aggregate of service and disability elements shall not exceed the minimum of Pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay/minimum Basic Pay in the revised Scale of Pay, in case of HAG and above, applicable from 1.1.2006, corresponding to the scale of pay last held by the employee, for 100% disability stands withdrawn w.e.f. 1.7.2009.
(b) For lower percentage of the disability, proportionate reduction would be made in disability element as provided in OM dated 3.2.2000 as amended vide O.M. No.45/3/2008-P&PW (F) dated 18.11.2008.
3. After the revised pension/family pension has been calculated in accordance with the methods indicated in (A) & (B) above, the higher of the two shall be granted as revised pension w.e.f. 1.1.2006.
4. All other terms and conditions in the O.M. dated 3.2. 2000, as amended vide O.M. No.45/3/2008-P&PW (F) dated 18.11. 2008 shall remain unchanged.
5. This issues with the concurrence of the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure D.O. NoA03/EV/2010 dated 28.7.2010.
6. In so far as persons belonging to the Indian Audit & Accounts Department, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.
(Tripti P Ghosh)
Director
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Inclusion of Names of widowed or divorced dependent disabled siblings in PPO.
It was clarified earlier vide the Ministry of Personel, p.g. & Pensios O.M. NO. 1/21/91-P & PW (E) dated 20.01.1993 that the revised PPO format introduced w.e.f 1.1.1990 contains provision for entry of details of all members of the family of the pensioner. The PPO issued prior to 1.1.90, however, do not contain the names/ details of children of the pensioner. In cased where the names of eligible children have not been mentioned in the PPO for various reasons, the pensioner can furnish a list of eligible children to the pension sanctioning authority and obtain an acknowledgement thereof from that authority.
This acknowledgment will be produced at the time of submission of family pension claim to the pension sanctioning authority. However the production of an acknowledgment will not be a pre-condition to the processing of claim for family pension. Even the spouse of the dead Government servant/ pensioner can furnish the details of such children, if not furnished by the govt servant/pensioner earlier, to the pension sanctioning authority as clarified vide the department's O.M.No. 1/21/91-P &PW (E) dated 15.1.1999.
Representations have been received in this Department from Pensioners/ family pensioners and Pensioners Associations indicating the reluctance on the part of Ministries/ Departments / organisations to include the names of eligible family members (ie. Widowed / Divorced / unmarried daughters ; parents and dependent disabled siblings (ie. brothers and sisters ) in the PPO thereby delaying the sanction of family pension to such eligible family members. This is not only a source of frustration and denial of rightful claim to such eligible family members but at times caused undue hardship to them.
With a view to streamlining and cut delays in the pension sanctioning process, it is hereby clarified that in cases wherein eligiblity of family members (ie. divorced or widowed or unmarried daughter / parents/ dependent disabled siblings (ie brothers/ sisters ) occurs after issue of the PPO, the pensioner himself or his / here spouse may intimate the details / names of divorced or widowed or unmarried daughter / parents/ dependent disabled siblings ( ie. brothers and sisters ), to the pension sanctioning authority as per the procedure indicated in para (1) above.
Similarly in cases where the pensioner or his / her spouse has expired, the widowed or divorced or unmarried daughter/ parents/ dependent disabled sibling can themseves intimate such details to the pension Sanctioning authority. However the family pension in such cases can be processed by the pension sanctioning authority even without such intimation / acknowledgment, if sufficent proof entitlements is produced by the claimant and all other conditions for grant of family pension are fulfilled.
This issues with the concurrence of the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure vide their U.O> No.368/ EV / 2010 dated 15-06-2010.
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The Burma Civil Pensioners/family pensioners are presently being paid ex-gratia ad-hoc allowance such that this allowance, which is being paid by the Govt. of India, plus the existing pension being paid by the Govt. of Myanmar taken together is Rs.3500/- as on 1.1.2006. As per the existing orders, the Dearness Relief as announced by the Govt. of India from time to time is also admissible on this amount.
2. It has been brought to the notice of this Department that Govt. of Myanmar extends family pension subject to the following conditions:-
a) In the event of death of the Government servant while in service, family pension will be payable to the family for a period of ten years or upto the date on which the deceased government servant would have attained the age of 65 years, whichever period is earlier: and
b) In the event of death of the Government servant after retirement, the family pension would be payable for the unexpired period of ten years from the date of retirement or upto the date on which government servant would have attained the age of sixty five years, whichever period is earlier.
3. Considering the hardship the affected family pensioners would face in case the family pension is discontinued as per the instructions of the Government of Myanmar, Government of India has condidered the matter sympathetically. The President is now pleased to dicide that the ex-gratis adhoc allowance would be continued to be paid to the Burma Civil Family Persioners by the GovernmentOf India even after the period specified in para 2 above irrespective of the discontinuance of family pension by the Government of Myanmar. This would however be subject to the overall ceiling as prescribed by this Department from time to time.
4. Policy and procedure regarding payment of ex-gratia adhoc allowance will continue to be governed by the existing instructions issued in the matter so far.
