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Minimum guaranteed pension to pre-2006 Commissioned Officers pensioners/family pensioners

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No.1(11)/2012-D(Pen/Policy)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence,
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare

New Delhi, Dated 17th January 2013

To
The Chief of the Army Staff
The Chief of the Naval Staff
The Chief of the Air Staff

SUBJECT: Implementation of the Government decision on the recommendations of Committee on the issues related to Defence Service Personnel and Ex-Servicemen. 2012 – Minimum guaranteed pension to pre-2006 Commissioned Officers pensioners/family pensioners.

Sir,
The under signed is directed to refer to this Ministry’s letter No. 17(4)/2008(1)/D(Pen/Policy) dated 11.11.2008 as amended, issued for implementation of Government decision on the recommendations of the Sixth CPC for revision of pension/family pension in respect of pre-2006 Armed Forces pensioners/family pensioners. As per provisions contained in Para 5 therein, with effect from 1.1.2006 revised pension and revised ordinary family pension of all pre-2006 Armed Forces pensioners/family pensioners determined in terms of fitment formula laid down in Para 4.1 of above said letter dated 11.11.2008, shall in no case be lower than fifty percent and thirty percentage respectively, of the minimum of the pay in the pay band plus the Grade pay corresponding to the pre-revised scale from which the pensioner had retired/discharged/invalided out/died including Military Service Pay and ‘X’ Group pay, where applicable. Accordingly, rates of minimum guaranteed pension/ordinary family pension for Commissioned Officers were notified under Annexure-II (for pensioners of regular Commission), Annexure-IIA (for pensioners of Military Nursing Services), Annexure-IIB (for pensioners of Territorial Army) and Annexure-IIC (Post-1996 Emergency/Short Service Commission pensioners) of this Ministry’s letter No.17(3)/2010/D(Pen/Policy) dated 15.11.2010 and No 17(4)/2008(1)/D(Pen/Policy)-Vol. VI dated 18.1.2011. The minimum guaranteed pension / family pension in respect of pre-1996 Emergency/Short Service Commission pensioners has, however, been notified vide this Ministry’s letter No 1(1)/2007-D(Pen/Policy) dated 3.9.2009.

2. In order to consider various issues on pension of Armed Forces personnel and Ex-Servicemen, the Government had constituted a Committee of Secretaries headed by Cabinet Secretary. The Committee in its Report have recommended that the minimum guaranteed pension/ordinary family pension of pre-2006 retiree Commissioned Officers pensioners/family pensioners should be determined with reference to minimum of the fitment table for the rank in the revised pay structure issued for implementation of recommendations of Sixth CPC instead of the minimum of the pay band.

3. The above recommendation of the Committee has been accepted by the Government and the President is pleased to decide that with effect from 24th September 2012 the minimum guaranteed pension and ordinary family pension in respect of pre-2006 Commissioned officers pensioners / family pensioners shall be determined as fifty and thirty percent respectively, of the minimum of the fitment table for the rank in the revised pay band as indicated under fitment tables annexed with SAI 2/S/2008 as amended and equivalent instructions for Navy / Air Force and SAI 4/S/2008, plus the Grade pay corresponding to the pre-revised scale from which the pensioner hod retired/discharged/invalided out/died including Military Service Pay, wherever applicable. It has also been decided that with effect from 24th September 2012 the minimum guaranteed pension and ordinary family pension in respect of pre-1996 EC/SSC pensioners / family pensioners shall be determined as fifty and thirty percent respectively, of the pay in the pay band corresponding to the pre-revised pay of Rs 10,500/- (in terms of Para 9(a)(i) of SAI 1/S/2008 as amended
and equivalent instructions for Navy / Air Force) plus the Grade pay of Rs. 5400 and Military Service Pay of Rs. 6000/-.

4. Accordingly, revised tables indicating minimum guaranteed pension/ordinary family pension has been annexed as Annexure-A (for pensioners of Regular Commission other than AMC/ADC/RVC), Annexure-C (for pensioners of TA), Annexure-B (for pensioners of AMC/ADC/RVC), Annexurc-C (for pensioners of TA), Annexure-D (for pensioners of MNS), Annexure-E (for pre-1996 EC/SSC pensioners), Annexure-F (for post-1996 EC/SSC pensioners) and Annexure-G (for post-1996 EC/SSC pensioners of AMC/ADC/RVC) to this letter. Pension Disbursing Authorities are hereby authorized to step up the pension / family pension of the affected pre-2006 pensioners where the existing pension being paid to the pensioners in terms of this Ministry’s above quoted letter dated 11.11.2008 as amended, is less than the rate of pension indicated in above said annexures. Necessary implementation instructions to all concerned shall be issued by Principal CDA (Pensions) Allahobad on receipt of these orders.

5. All other terms and conditions shall remain unchanged.

6. The provisions of this letter shall take effect from 24th September 2012 and no arrears shall be allowed for the past period.

7. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Division of this Ministry vide theirI D No. PC 1/10(12)/2012/FIN/PEN dated 10.01.2013

Hindi version will follow.

Your faithfully
sd/-
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF REVISION OF PPOs FOR PRE-2006 PENSIONERS / FAMILY PENSIONERS INCLUDING PRE-1990 PENSIONERS / FAMILY PENSIONERS

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 24TH SEPTEMBER, 2012 REGARDING REVISION OF PPOs FOR PRE-2006 PENSIONERS / FAMILY PENSIONERS INCLUDING PRE-1990 PENSIONERS / FAMILY PENSIONERS

A meeting was held on 28th August, 2012 at 11:30 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. In follow-up to that meeting, another meeting of the next 15 Ministries/Departments was taken by Secretary (Pension, AR&PG) on 24th September, 2012 at the same venue. The objective of these meetings was to review the progress made by these Ministries/Departments in the revision of PPOs in respect of pre-2006 pensioners/family pensioners including pre-1990 cases.

2. The list of participants is at Annexure – I.

3. Opening the discussion, Secretary (Pension, AR & PG) expressed his concern that cases of revision of PPOs of pre-2006 pensioners were still pending for a long time. He suggested that a mechanism of weekly/bi-weekly/monthly meetings at the Secretary level in the various Ministries may be evolved to monitor these cases. He also suggested that pensioners’ associations may be asked to help in obtaining information, wherever necessary, from the pensioner.

4. Secretary (Pension, AR & PG) then took up the Ministry-wise figures. No one was available from the Ministry of Human Resources Development, which has the largest number of pending cases. The representative of Ministry of Coal informed that most of the employees are PSU absorbees and thus these cases are to be done manually which is taking time. Secondly, there are a number of cases where Annexure III had not been received from the banks. Chief Controller (Pension) informed that CPAO will send the information available from the e-scroll of such pensioners/family pensioners whose PPOs have not been revised to the concerned authorities by 30th September. With this information the Annexure III in respect of almost all pensioners/family pensioners belonging to all Ministries/Departments will become available. Ministry of Coal also informed that in many cases the Annexure III sent to the Office of Coal Controller are pending with them. Secretary (Pension) desired that the matter may be taken up the matter with Secretary (Coal). Ministry of Coal also informed that in respect of pre-1990 cases there are limitations of non availability of records. Secretary (Pension) expressed that it must be a problem common to all Ministries/Departments. He urged all to use corroborative evidence available in the permanent service records of the organization such as Pay Bill Registers etc. to overcome this problem. Ministry of Coal agreed that by the end of December 2012 they would be able to revise all pre-2006 PPOs and by March 2013 they would revise all pre-1990 PPOs.

5. There was no representative from the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Director General of Supplies and Disposals and Ministry of Environment & Forests. The cases of remaining Ministries/Departments were taken up. Ministry of Agriculture informed that the cumulative records of the 3 departments, viz., Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Animal Husbandry and Agricultural Research and Education were not available. He also said that pension records of some pre-2006 pensioners had been destroyed in a fire in one of the Departments. They are trying to reconstitute the records and revise the PPOs as early as possible. Ministry of Textiles also wanted their figures to be segregated from that of D/o Commerce. Ministry of Shipping intimated that majority pending cases were from the Port Cities of Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. It was seen that all Ministries/Departments are facing similar problems such as lack of coordination and monitoring of the progress where there are different agencies that possess the PPOs. Secretary (Pension) emphasized that there is a strong need for a monitoring mechanism such as weekly/bi-weekly/monthly meetings. Ministries were also asked to reconcile their cases with the cases available on CPAO’s website.

6. All Ministries/Departments agreed to revising majority of pre-2006 PPOs by December 2012 and pre-1990 PPOs by March 2013.

7. Secretary (Pension, AR & PG) suggested that the authorities concerned should consult the CPAO whenever they come across a problem. He stated that he would be writing to all the Secretaries concerned asking them to review the pendency regularly.

8. The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

Annexure – 1

List of participants of the meeting held on 24th September, 2012 at 11.30 A.M. in Conference Hall, 5th Floor, Sardar Patel Bhawan, New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Shri Sanjay Kothari, Secretary (Pension, AR&PG).

Officers of Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

1. Smt. Tripti P. Ghosh, Director

2. Smt. Sujasha Choudhury, Deputy Secretary

3. Shri S.P. Kakkar, Under Secretary

4. Shri D.K. Solanki, Under Secretary

5. Shri Bakht Ram Damor, Section Officer

Representatives from CPAO

1. Smt. Vandana Sharma, CC(P), CPAO

Representatives from other Ministries/Departments

1. Shri Vijay Singh, U.S., D/o Agriculture Research & Education,

2. Smt. Asha Sota, U.S., D/o Legal Affair,

3. Shri D. Banerjee, U.S., D/o Animal Husbandry,

4. Shri Satish Chandra, JS+LA, D/o Legal Affairs,

5. Shri Inderjit Singh, Director, M/o Textile,

6. Shri B.B. Bhattacharjii, A.O. (Pension), M/o External Affairs,

7. Shri Upendra Sah, Jt. CGDA, Defence Accounts,

8. Shri S.D. Bhasor, U.S., D/o Defence.

9. Shri B.K. Agrawal, CA, M/o Road Transport & Highway,

10. Shri S.K. Chauhan, DS, M/o RT&H,

11. Smt. Vandana Sharma, Director, M/o Labour & Employment,

12. Shri Dinesh Arora, D.S., D/o Agriculture & Cooperation,

13. Shri Alok Ranjan, Controller of Accounts, M/o Coal,

14. Shri Ajay Kumar, Dir (Admn.), MOS & PF,

15. Shri R.C. Sethi, U.S., M/o Shipping,

16. Shri Nirmal Kumar Bhagat, DS(A), M/o Earth Science,

17. Shri Kailash Chand, U.S. (E), M/o Earth Science,

18. Shri V. Krishnaswamy, DS, M/o RT&H,

19. Smt. Naina Bakshi, Dy Chief Labour Commissioner, M/o Labour & Employment,

20. Shri S.D. Xavier, US/AO, M/o Labour & Employment,

21. Shri R.K. Gupta, Sr. Accounts Officer, M/o Agriculture,

22. Dr. A.K. Sinha, Director, M/o Labour & Employment,

23. Dr. Avneesh Singh, DDG, M/o Labour & Employment,

24. Shri M.N. Burad, DGFASLI, Mumbai,

25. Smt. Indu Kukrety, Assitant Account Officer, M/o Coal,

26. Shri Sandeep Kumar, U.S., D/o Agriculture & Cooperation

Source: www.pensionersportal.gov.in

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Official Minutes of the meeting regarding revision of PPOs for Pre-2006 Pensioners/Family Pensioners

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Official Minutes of the meeting regarding revision of PPOs for Pre-2006 Pensioners/Family Pensioners including Pre-1990 Pensioners/Family Pensioners.

The official minutes of the meeting held on 28.8.2012 under the Chairmanship of Shri.Sanjay Kothari has been issued by the Pensioners Portal recently. The meeting was held with the officials of 15 Departments/Ministires having maximum number of unrevised Pensin Payment Orders (PPOs) pertaining to pre-2006 Pensioners/Family Pensioners.

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. Nearly six higher officials participated in this meeting from the department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, two representatives from CPAO and more than thirty members as representatives from other Ministries/Departments.

No.1/20/2011-P&PW(E)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension

Department of Pensin and Pensioners’ Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,

Khan Market, New Delhi

Dated : 30/8/2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

The Minutes of the meeting held on 28 August, 2012 at Conference Hall, 5th Floor, Sardar Patel Bhawan, New Delhi with the officers of the Government Departments/Ministires regarding revision of PPOs in respect Pre-2006 Pensioners/Family Pensioners under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Pension and AR and PG) are circulated herewith.

sd/-

(D.K.Solanki)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Click here to veiw the complete report of the meeting…

Source: www.pensionersportal.gov.in
[http://circulars.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D3/D03ppw/31-08-2012-OM.pdf]

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