Yogi Adityanath launches e-portal for pensioners in UP; to benefit 11.5 lakh retirees
India | May 01, 2022 12:53 ISTThe portal is designed to streamline the disbursement of pension to the state government employees who retire from services.
The portal is designed to streamline the disbursement of pension to the state government employees who retire from services.
The first digital payment was made under the programme on the day, Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday announced a monthly pension of Rs 4,000 under the Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana.
Union minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday 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 of an employee in view of the COVID-19 situation.
All major allowances are proposed to be revised upward, with rationalisation in certain allowances, as per the recommendations of the sixth pay commission.
In a welcome development for those availing family pensions, the Centre has raised the upper ceiling from Rs 45,000 to Rs 1.25 lakh per month, Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced on Friday.
A child or sibling of a deceased government servant or pensioner, who is suffering from a mental or physical disability, shall be eligible for family pension for life.
Retired employees of Air India have said that the absence of pensions is causing them hardship.
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the North Delhi Municipal Corporation to release the pension of its retired employees payable for the month of April 2020, by the end of August 2020.
In a big relief for Central government employees, who are retiring during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Narendra Modi led central government has decided to ensure provisional pension for them till their regular Pension Payment Order (PPO) is issued and other formalities completed
Family members, dependents of state government staff who die of coronavirus while on duty will receive a special family pension, the Bihar Cabinet took the decision on Saturday.
The Government has taken a decision to allow Invalid Pension to Armed Forces Personnel with less than 10 years of qualifying service. Invalid pension is granted to the Armed Forces Personnel who is invalided out of service on account of disability which is accepted as Neither Attributable to Nor aggravated (NANA) by Military Service.
In an unfortunate incident, a video of a woman dragging her mother on a cot to a bank in Odisha's Nuapada district surfaced recently. The woman was seen dragging her 100-year-old mother on a cot to a bank to withdraw her pension money allegedly after the bank asked for physical verification.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday transferred over Rs 1,300 crore into bank accounts of more than 86 lakh pensioners under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan package.
Transgenders in J&K will get pension under the integrated social security scheme.
Amid the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic, the Himachal Pradesh government has provided a special relief to 5.69 lakh social security pensioners by making an advance payment of Rs 217.86 crore, officials said on Thursday.
Amid the nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic, several rumours regarding pension cut have created panic among pensioners. Reports claimed that the central government has cut pensions by 20% in an effort to conserve cash during the lockdown surfaced on several social media platform.
As many as 65 lakh beneficiaries will receive pension by March 30 amid the coronavirus lockdown. The Retirement fund body EPFO directed its 135 field offices to ensure the payment of pension by the end of March.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Saturday said the university pensioners will get the payment for February by next week, days after it said it will not be able to give the money as the University Grants Commission (UGC) has not given the funds.
Banks have been asked by the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions) to deduct income tax from the pensions of disabled soldiers. As per the clarification issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in June 2019, banks have cut pensions of disabled veterans for the month of February. The controversial move has sparked protest a protest amongst the affected veterans, some of whom have been credited with meager amounts as their monthly pensions.
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