EPS Pensioners protesting in Delhi on 27 February for the minimum monthly pension All-India EPS-95 Pensioners Sangharsh Samiti will take out a march from the Jantar Mantar to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in Delhi on February 27 for the minimum monthly pension of Rs 7500 under the scheme. EPS-95 pensioners from all over the country have been agitating on the issue of raising their pension since the last three years, but the Centre has done nothing except giving hollow assurances, a statement said Friday. “As per a Supreme Court order, EPS pensioners should be given a higher pension. At present they are getting the pension in range of Rs 200 to Rs 2500 per month, which is meagre in view of rising inflation,” the Sangharsh Samiti’s Bhopal coordinator R A Dharkar stated. He said the pension amount should be raised to minimum Rs 7500 per month apart from the DA (Dearness Allowance). “A rally will be taken out on February 27 from Jantar Mantar to the office of the Prime Minis...

Kashmir Valley Special Concession – Additional HRA, Messing Facilites, Incentive (as per 7th CPC) to CGE and Monthly Pension to Pensioners: DoPT Order No. 18016/ 3/ 2018 -Estt.(L) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) *** New Delhi, the 8th January, 2019   OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Special concessions to Central Government employees working in Kashmir Valley in attached/subordinate offices or PSUs falling under the control of Central Government . ***** The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. No. 18016/ 1/2016-Estt.(L) dated 11th December, 2016 on the subject mentioned above and to state that it has been decided by the competent authority to extend the package of concessions/ incentives to Central Government employees working in Kashmir Valley for a further period of two years w.e.f. 01.01.2018. The package for two years is as per Annexure. 2. The package ...