WEB BASED PORTAL FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PENSIONERS RECEIVED 17 LAKH HITS – 38822 CASES OF GRIEVANCES REDRESSED OUT 56836 CASES OF GRIEVANCES RECEIVED SO FAR
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has developed a web-based ‘Pensioners’ Portal’, under the National e-Governance Plan for dissemination of pension related information as well as registration of pensioners’ grievances online. Addressing the media during the National Editors Conference in the Capital, Mr.V.Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office stated that welfare of pensioners and their families is of utmost concern for the Government. The department has on date received 56836 pension grievances and Redressed 38822 cases. More than 17 lakh hits have been received on the pensioner portal.
The minister stated that welfare of the pensioners and their families was a top priority for the Government. Mr. Narayanasamy highlighted the steps taken by the government for pensioner’s welfare:
a) Enhancement of minimum pension/family pension from Rs.1275/- to Rs. 3500/- per month (Post VIthCPC);
b) Minimum increase of 40 percent of the pre-revised basic pension of pre-2006 pensioners/family pensioners;
c) Grant of additional pension ranging from 20% to 100% to old pensioners/family pensioners of the age of 80 years and above;
d) Grant of full pension on completion of 10 years of qualifying service (instead of 33 years of qualifying service);
e) Raising of ceiling for gratuity from Rs. 3.5 lakhs to Rs.10 lakhs;
f) Continuance of family pension to childless widow on remarriage;
g) Period of enhanced family pension in the event of death of a Government servant while in service increased from 7 to 10 years.
h) Ex-gratia lump sum compensation to families of employees, who lost their lives in the performance of duty, enhanced from Rs. 5 lakh/7.5 lakh to Rs. 10 lakh/15 lakh.
i) Grant of Constant Attendant Allowance to 100 percent disabled pensioners who retired in accordance with the CCS (Extraordinary Pension) Rules.
j) Grant of disability pension to Government servants who have rendered less than ten years of service and got disabled and boarded out of service. Earlier such government servants were entitled to only service gratuity as the eligibility for disability pension was ten years of service
k) Dependent disabled siblings (i.e. brothers/sisters) of a Government servant/ pensioner allowed family pension for life.
Mr. V Narayanasamy spoke about the new Initiatives taken by Govt. to help thepensioners which provide for Grant of family pension to disabled children after their marriage amongst other measures.
Source: PIB
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RECOVERY OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY DUES FROM DCRG/PENSION-CLARIFICATION ISSUED BY HON’BLE MINISTER V.NARAYANASAMY IN RAJYASABHA
Recovery of dues from a Government servant
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2693
ANSWERED ON-21.03.2013
Recovery of dues from a Government servant
2693 . CHAUDHARY MUNABBAR SALEEM
(a) whether Cooperative Societies dues can be recovered from the Death-cum-retirement Gratuity, pension and other retirement benefit of Government servant;
(b) if so, under which rules and conditions; and
(c) if not, the reasons there for?
ANSWER
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)
(a) to (c): In accordance with CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972 “Government dues as ascertained and assessed by the Head of Office which remain outstanding till the date of the retirement of the Government servant, shall be adjusted against the amount of the retirement gratuity or death gratuity becoming payable”. The expression ‘Government dues’ including dues pertaining to Government accommodation, a balance of house building or conveyance or any other advance, overpayment of pay and allowance or leave salary and arrears of income tax-deductible at source under Income Tax Act, 1961. In CCS(Pension) Rules, there is no provision to recover Cooperative Societies dues from Death-cum-retirement Gratuity, pension and other retirement benefits of the Government servant.
REPORT ON 1st ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF AIPEU-GDS (NFPE)CHENNAI (21st & 22nd MARCH, 2013)
The 1st All India Conference of ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION-GDS(NFPE) has been held on 21st & 22nd of March, 2013 in Dharma Prakash Kalyana Mandapam, Purushawakkam, Chennai-600 084.
The Conference was presided by Com.Bijoy Gopal Sur, President, AIPEU-GDS(NFPE). More than 1,000 GDS Comrades attended and represented from all 22 Circles in this 1st All India Conference of GDS NFPE.
The following office bearers were elected unanimously for the CHQ:
President : Com.Bijoy Gopal Sur (West Bengal)
Working President : Com.JaiPrakash Singh (Uttar Pradesh)
: Com.Smt. Asha Ben Joshi (Gujrat)
Vice President : Com.Nirmal Ch. Singh (Orissa)
:Com.Gana Acharya (Assam)
General Secretary : Com.P.Pandurangarao (Andhra Pradesh)
Deputy Genl. Secy. :Com.R.Dhanaraj (Tamil Nadu)
Asst. Genl. Secy. : Com.B.R.Jagdeesh (Karnataka)
: Com.K.C.Ramachandran (Tamil Nadu)
:Com.Virendra Kumar Yadav (M.P)
Financial Secretary :Com.V.Murukan (Kerala)
Asst. Fin. Secy. :Com.Avtar Singh (Punjab)
Orgg. Genl. Secy. :Com.Roshanlal Meena (Rajasthan)
:Com.Chandranarayan Chaudhary (Bihar)
:Com.Virender Sharma (Himachal Pradesh)
Auditor. :MS.Deepak Gour & Co., New Delhi-110 041
Special Invites:
Com.Bipin Majumdar (Assam)
Com.Akshay Kumar (Haryana)
Com.K.Muktar Ahmed (Andhra Pradesh)(RMS 'Z' division)
Com.M.Durai, (TamilNadu) (RMS 'T' division)
Circle Secretary, Maharashtra
Circle Secretary, Chattisgarh
Circle Secretary, Jharkhand
Circle Secretary, Jammu & Kashmir
Circle Secretary, Uttarakhand
Circle Secretary, Delhi
Mahila Sub Committee:
Chairperson : Com.Supravapal (Agartala, Tripura State)
Convener : Com.Yashmin Taj (Karnataka)
Members :Com.D.Padmavathi, (Andhra Pradesh)
: Com.Saly George (Kerala)
: Com.B.Parvathi (Karnataka)
: Com.V.I.Lakshmi (Tamil Nadu)
: Com.Kaladevi Rajak (Madhya Pradesh)
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