Employees Union urges the Lavasa Committee report to be implemented by the central government A Jammu-based employees union on Sunday urged the Centre to implement the recommendations of the Ashok Lavasa Committee report ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls to benefit lakhs of lower class employees and pensioners. A high-level committee headed by the former Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa submitted its report on allowances to 47 lakh government employees to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in April 2017. “The delay in accepting the recommendations of the Ashok Lavasa Committee report by the central government has left the employees concerned,” president National Mazdoor Conference Subash Shastri said here. “We urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Finance minister to take a final decision in this regard before the announcement of the upcoming parliamentary elections,” he said. He said the Lavasa Committee had proposed a minimum scale pension of lower class employees a...

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...

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Promotion on Public Rating 19 DEC 2018 The Government has no proposal under consideration to promote the Government officials based on public rating/feedback. Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has informed that an “Aadhar-based Digital Life Certificate (DLC)” for pensioners was launched on 10th November, 2014. Aadhaar is used for authentication of pensioners.  As a result of this facility the pensioner is not required to present himself before his pension disbursing agency or produce other documents that he is alive. After generation of the DLC, the pension disbursing agencies integrated with the system will get access to the submitted DLC for processing and release of pension there after. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has informed that it has a well-designed, multi-layered robust security system in place to maintain the highest level of data security and integrity in accordance wi...

Ministry of Labour & Employment Minimum Pension 17 DEC 2018 As regards Employees Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995, a minimum pension of Rs. 1,000/- per month has been prescribed with effect from 01.09.2014 for the pensioners under Employees Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995. In the case of Atal Pension Yojana (APY), depending upon the pension plan selected, each subscriber under APY shall receive a guaranteed minimum pension of Rs. 1000 per month or Rs. 2000 per month or Rs. 3000 per month or Rs. 4000 per month or Rs. 5000 per month, after the age of 60 years until his/her death. If the actual returns during the accumulation phase are higher than the assumed returns for minimum guaranteed pension, such excess will be passed on to the subscriber. As such, the minimum pension depending upon the pension plan selected by the subscriber is fixed under the APY. Under National Pension System (NPS), there is no ceiling fixed for minimum pension. Further, a High-Empowered Monitoring Committ...

NPS TO OPS: RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NCT OF DELHI RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NCT OF DELHI – ABOLISH NATIONAL PENSION SYSTEM (NPS) AND REINSTATE THE OLD PENSION SYSTEM NPS to OPS: Resolution adopted by Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi Resolution adopted by the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi – Abolish National Pension System (NPS) and reinstate the old Pension System LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI OLD SECRETARIAT, DELHI – 110054 No.F.22(3)/Resolutions/2015/LAS-VI/Leg./ Dated: /11/2018 To 1. The Hon’ble Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Government of India North Block, New Delhi – 110 001 2. The Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister, Government of NCT of Delhi I.P. Estate, New Delhi – 110002 Sub:  Resolution adopted by the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi to call the attention of Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister to abolish National Pension System (NPS) and rein...

FAQ FOR PENSIONERS REGARDING DIGITAL LIFE CERTIFICATE (DLC) Frequently asked questions for Pensioners regarding Jeevan Pramaan / Digital Life Certificate (DLC) What is Jeevan Pramaan/Digital Life Certificate (DLC) ? Jeevan Pramaan is a biometric enabled Aadhaar-based Digital Life Certificate for pensioners. Jeevan Pramaan i.e DLC is generated for individual pensioner using his/her Aadhaar number and Biometrics. How is this different from traditional Life Certificate issued by Govt Officers/  Agencies? For Jeevan Pramaan (DLC) the pensioner is not required to present himself/ herself personally before the Pension Disbursing Officer. DLC does not have to be submitted physically to the Pension Disbursing Agency ( Bank/Post Office etc ) as it is available to them digitally and. is automatically processed by the Pension Disbursing Agency. Also each DLC has a unique id called the Pramaan-Id. Is the Pramaan ID / Jeevan Pramaan i.e DLC valid for life ? The Pramaan ID/Jee...

Pensioners are required to submit their life certificate – CPAO Notice GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE CENTRAL PENSION ACCOUNTING OFFICE TRIKOOT-II, BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE, NEW DELHI – 110066 Notice for the Pensioners All the pensioners are required to submit their life certificate to the authorised banks for pension in the month of November each year for continuation of their pension. To facilitate the pensioners and as a welfare measure, biometric machines have been installed in Grievance Cell, CPAO for the pensioners who want to submit their life certificate online through Jeevan Praman. Pensioners can contact CPAO reception for availing the service. For physically handicapped pensioners CPAO will liaison with the Banks and the pensioners to get their life certification done. Pensioners can contact CPAO through our toll free number 1800-11-7788, email cccpao@nic.in, and twitter handle cpao_social.

Revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners/family pensioners for the ranks of Commissioned officer: Implementation of Government’s decision on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission Concordance tables Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions), Allahabad Circular No. 32 Date: 09.11.2018 To, 1. O/o the PCDA(O) Golibar Maidan Pune-411001 2. The PCDA( Navy) No. 1 Cooperage Road, Mumbai -400039 3. The Jt. CDA (AF) Subroto Park Delhi Cantt. 110010 4. Naval Pension Office Sion Trombay Road Mankhurd Mumbai-400088 5. Naval Pay Office Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg Mumbai-400023 6. Air Force Central Accounts Office Subroto Park Delhi Cantt. 110010 Subject:-  Revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners/family pensioners for the ranks of Commissioned officer: Implementation of Government’s decision on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission Concordance tables-regarding. Reference:-(i) This office letter No.G-1/M/01/ICOs/7th CPC/Vol-II dated 2...