Government Extends Payment Of Provisional Pension Upto 1 Year

Union minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday stated that the federal government has determined to increase the fee of provisional pension as much as a interval of 1 12 months from the date of retirement of an worker in view of the COVID-19 scenario. At a gathering held on-line with senior officers of the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) and the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), he stated that provisional household pension was additionally liberalised, in keeping with an announcement issued by the Personnel Ministry.

Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel, stated that directions have been issued that household pension could also be sanctioned instantly on receipt of a declare for household pension and demise certificates from the eligible member of the family with out ready for forwarding of the household pension case to Pay and Accounts Office.

“Singh today said that the government has decided to extend the payment of provisional pension up to a period of one year from the date of retirement in view of the pandemic situation,” the assertion stated
In some instances, authorities servants have died after retirement with out submitting the pension papers, it stated.

In order to keep away from hardships to the households of such authorities servants, directions have been given for problem of Pension Payment Order for launch of arrears of pension (from the date of retirement until the date of demise of retired authorities servant) in all such instances and for grant of household pension to the member of the family from the date of demise, the assertion stated.

He stated that orders have additionally been issued to increase the advantage of lump sum compensation to National Pension Scheme (NPS) workers additionally, in the event that they endure a incapacity within the efficiency of obligation and are retained in authorities service regardless of such disablement.

According to guidelines, if a authorities servant suffers a incapacity on account of an damage or illness within the efficiency of obligation and is retained in authorities service regardless of such disablement, a lump sum compensation is paid to the particular person in lieu of the incapacity factor of the incapacity pension.

Moreover, to make sure well timed credit score of pension in instances the place PPO (Pension Payment Order) has been issued however not despatched to the Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO) or banks on account of lockdown, the matter was taken up with the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) to problem mandatory directive to CPAO and the Central Pension Processing Centre (CPPC) of banks to make use of digital modes through the unprecedented scenario of the COVID-19 pandemic until normalcy returns, it stated.

The DoPPW has suggested all of the Pension Disbursing Banks to undertake the video-based buyer identification course of (V-CIP) as a further facility for acquiring a life certificates from pensioners, inside the permissible Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tips. UCO Bank has develop into a pioneer on this space, the assertion stated.