Haryana: Enhanced DA and DR shall be paid with the pay and pension of October and arrears for the months of July to September shall be paid in December.
NPS Vatsalya Scheme: The Union Finance Minister will also launch an online platform for subscribing to NPS Vatsalya, release of scheme brochure, and distribute Permanent Retirement Account Number (PRAN) cards to new minor subscribers.
In its next phase, the CPPS will transition to an Aadhaar-based payment system (ABPS), further streamlining the process. This new centralised system replaces the existing decentralised model, reducing costs and removing the need for pensioners to visit banks for verification.
Union Finance Ministry set up a committee under Finance Secretary TV Somanathan to review the pension system for government employees.
DA Hike: Karnataka government on Tuesday increased the dearness allowance of government employees and pensioners to 35 percent.
"All the pensioners and family pensioners will be given revised pension and other pensionary benefits with effect from January 1, 2016," HP CM added.
The Pensioners' body also referred to an apex court order where the Supreme Court had held that pension is valuable right vested in a government servant.
This announcement to provide a financial benefit of Rs 450 crore to the employees and pensioners was made by the CM Jai Ram Thakur while presiding over a state-level function at historic Seri Manch in Mandi.
The Centre has allowed banks to use social media apps such as WhatsApp alongside SMS and email to send pension slips to pensioners after their account is credited, an official order said Thursday. The decision was taken in order to "ensure ease of living" of the pensioners.
In a major relief to central government pensioners, the deadline for submission of life certificates has been extended till February 28, 2021.
Digital Life Certificate: In a massive relief, the govt has extended the timeline for submission of Life Certificate extended till 31st December in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. To submit life certificate or Jeevan Pramanpatra, central govt pensioners have three options to submit it to the banks.
The Union Health Ministry has decided to extend the validity of CGHS cards of government pensioner beneficiaries to April 30. The validity of the cards was to expire on March 31.
Retired employees of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and BSNL are planning to organise a march to Parliament next week for demanding revision in their pension and its delinking from wage revision.
These 6.3 lakh pensioners had opted for commutation of their pension and got a lump sum amount at the time of retirement from their pension accumulations or fund before 2009. The provision for commutation of pension was withdrawn by the EPFO in 2009.
The State Administrative Council (SAC) accorded sanction to the release of additional installment of Dearness Allowance (DA) for government employees and pensioners, representing an increase of five per cent over the existing rate of 12 per cent of the basic pay or pension.
The families of government employees dying after serving less than seven years will get enhanced pension now with the Centre amending rules. The move is likely to benefit the widows of Central Armed Police Forces personnel.
7th Pay Commission Latest News: There is some good news for pensioners! A change in the pension payment system is set to benefit you vastly. The Centre is looking to ease your troubles by digitising the pension payment system soon. With this, government employees will no longer have to run back and forth struggling to get their dues, pension under the 7th Pay Commission.
In a move that will benefit as many as 6.3 lakh pensioners under the Employees Pension Scheme, the commuted value of pension after 15 years of drawing commutation will be restored. The Central Board of Trustees (CBT), the apex policy making body of the pension scheme, approved the proposal to recommend an amendment in the Employees Pension Scheme (EPS) 1995 for restoration of commuted value of pension to pensioners after 15 years of drawing commutation. This comes as a big relief as it was a long-pending demand of the pensioners. But how will it benefit lakhs of pensioners? Here's an insight.
The hike will benefit about 48.41 lakh Central Government employees and 61.17 lakh pensioners.
The requirement of submitting Aadhaar number under Form 10C claims had led to issues in settlement of withdrawal cases, prompting the decision
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