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Salient Recommendations of VIth CPC on Retirement Benefits |
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Additional Pension
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(i) |
Older Pensioners require a better deal because their needs, especially those
relating to health, increase with age. Quantum of pension available to the
old pensioners should be increased as follows:-
On attaining age of | Additional quantum of pension |
80 years | 20% of basic pension |
85 years | 30% of basic pension |
90 years | 40% of basic pension |
95 years | 50% of basic pension |
100 years | 100% of basic pension |
(5.1.32)
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Accepted |
38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 02.09.2008
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Qualifying Service
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(i) |
Linkage of full pension with 33 years of qualifying service
should be dispensed with. Once an employee renders the minimum pensionable
service of 20 years, pension should be paid at 50% of the average emoluments
received during the past 10 months or the pay last drawn, whichever is more
beneficial to the retiring employee. Simultaneously, the extant benefit of
adding years of qualifying service for purposes of computing pension/related
benefits should be withdrawn as it would no longer be relevant.
(5.1.33)
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Accepted. |
38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 02.09.2008
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(ii) |
The recommendation regarding payment of full pension on
completion of 20 years of qualifying service will take effect only
prospectively for all Government employees other than PBORs in Defence
Forces from the date it is accepted by the Government.
(6.5.3)
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Accepted |
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Family Pension
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(i) |
In case of Government
employees dying in harness, family pension may be paid at enhanced rates for
a period of 10 years. (5.1.42)
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Accepted. |
38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 02.09.2008
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(ii) |
The dependency
criteria for all purposes should be the minimum family pension along with
dearness relief thereon. This should also be followed in cases relating to
payment of family pension as well. (5.1.42)
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Accepted. |
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(iii) |
In accordance with recommendations for paying higher
quantum of pension to very old pensioners, quantum of family pension payable to similarly
old family pensioners would also need to be increased. Quantum of pension
available to the family pensioners should also be increased on par with that
recommended for pensioners as under:-
On attaining age of | Additional quantum of pension |
80 years | 20% of basic family pension |
85 years | 30% of basic family pension |
90 years | 40% of basic family pension |
95 years | 50% of basic family pension |
100 years | 100% of basic family pension |
(5.1.42)
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Accepted. |
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(iv) |
For purposes of nomination for eligibility to get family
pension etc., the term ‘Family’ is divided into two categories with the
relations mentioned in first category having precedence over relations
mentioned in the second category. The first category includes sons and
unmarried daughters. However, widowed sons and unmarried daughters. However,
widowed daughters have been placed in the second category. This is
discriminatory towards the widowed daughters especially as sons, whether
married/unmarried/widowers/divorced have been placed in the first category.
For purposes of eligibility for Family Pension and other related benefits,
the widowed daughters should also be placed in the first category. (5.1.53)
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Accepted. (With income limit raised to Rs. 2550/-). |
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(v) |
The childless widow
of a deceased Government employee should continue to be paid family pension
even after her remarriage subject to the condition that the family pension
shall cease once her independent income from all sources becomes equal to or
higher than the minimum prescribed family pension in the Central Government.
(5.1.55)
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Accepted |
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Commutation of Pension
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(i) |
All future cases of commutation of pension should be
considered as per the revised commutation table annexed to the Report which
may be revised periodically by the Government keeping in view the interest
rates and the mortality table. (5.1.35)
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Accepted.
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38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 02.09.2008
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(ii) |
The revised
commutation table will only be used for all future commutations and will not
be applied for the past commutations in respect of post 31.12.2005
pensioners who have already commuted their pension, the revised commutation
table shall be used only to compute the amount of pension that has become
additionally commutable on account of retrospective implementation of the
revised pay scales, in case such an option is exercised by the retiree. For
all future pensioners, the commutation of pension shall be computed and paid
as per the revised commutation table. (6.5.3)
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Accepted.
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Retirement/Death Gratuity
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(i) |
The maximum pecuniary limit of Rs. 3.5 Lakh on payment of
gratuity should be raised to Rs. 10 lakh. (5.1.37)
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Accepted. |
38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 02.09.2008
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Disability Pension
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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(i) |
In the case of disability
pension, for 100% disability where the individual is completely dependent on
somebody else for day to day functions, no Constant Attendant Allowance is
available under the CCS(Extraordinary) Pension Rules, 1939. Such constant
Attendant Allowance is available in the Defence Forces. A similar allowance
needs to be extended in respect of civilian retirees as well because their
requirement would be similar. Accordingly, a constant attendant allowance
should be introduced, on the lines existing in Defence Forces under the
CCS(Extraordinary) Pension Rules, 1939 as well. (5.1.42)
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Accepted.
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38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 02.09.2008
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Ex-Gratia
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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(i) |
The rates of exgratia
may be doubled and raised to Rs. 10 lakhs in cases of death occurring due to
accidents in the course of performance of duty. Whether attributable to acts
of violence by terrorists, anti-social elements etc. or otherwise and to
Rs.15 lakhs in cases of death occurring due to enemy action in international
war or border skirmishes or action against militants[ terrorists, extremists
in the border posts, or on account of natural disasters, extreme weather
conditions while on duty in the specified high altitude, inaccessible border
posts, etc. (5.1.45)
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Accepted.
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38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 02.09.2008
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Revision of Pension
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(2)
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(3)
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(i) |
All past pensioners should be allowed fitment benefit equal
to 40% of the pension excluding the effect of merger of 50% dearness
allowance/dearness relief as pension (in respect of pensioners retiring on
or after 1/4/2004) and dearness pension (for other pensioners) respectively.
The increase will be allowed by subsuming the effect of conversion of 50% of
dearness relief/dearness allowance as dearness pension/dearness pay.
Consequently, dearness relief at the rate of 74% on pension (excluding the
effect of merger) has been taken for the purposes of computing revised
pension as on 1/1/2006. This is consistent with the fitment benefit being
allowed in case of the existing employees. The fixation of pension will be
subject to the provision that the revised pension, in no cse, shall be lower
than fifty percent of the sum of the minimum of the pay in the pay band and
the grade pay thereon corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale from which
the pensioner had retired. (5.1.47) |
Accepted with the modification that fixation of pension
shall be base on a multiplication factor of 1.86, i.e. basic pension +
Dearness Pension (wherever applicable) + dearness relief of 24% as on
1.1.2006, instead of 1.74.
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38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 01.09.2008
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Voluntary Retirement
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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(i) |
All Central Government
employees seeking voluntary retirement on completion of qualifying service
equal to or more than 15 years but less than 20 years should be paid one
time, lump-sum, retirement benefit equal to 80 months’ salary last drawn or
average salary, whichever is more beneficial to the retiring employee
inclusive of benefits like service gratuity and death-cum-retirement
gratuity that shall stand subsumed.(6.2.10)
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Not Accepted.
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38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 02.09.2008
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