Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Senior Citizen Entitlement of Employees 19 DEC 2018 Department of Social Justice & Empowerment has informed that there is at present no proposal in that Department for lowering the age of senior citizen. Government employees become entitle to pension on retirement. There is also no proposal to increase or decrease the age of retirement of Central Government Employees., The salient features of the pension entitlements of employees retiring from the Central Government are as under: A Government servant retiring in accordance with the rules, after completing a qualifying service of not less than 10 years, is entitled to a pension @ 50% of his last pay or 50% of average emoluments for the last 10 months, whichever is more beneficial to him/her. After completion of 80 years of age or above, additional pension @ 20% to 100% is payable to the retired Government servant. A retired/retiring Government servant is entitled to,...

Selfies can’t be used as photographs in pension forms for retiring central government employees No selfies please, this is a pension form, govt tells retiring employees Selfies can’t be used as photographs in pension forms, the personnel ministry has told central government employees readying for retirement. Issuing a fresh set of dos and don’ts for civil pensioners, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has also ruled out photographs with coloured and dark glasses and long hair covering the eyes. Do not paste/upload black and white photographs. Dimensions of photographs and signature should not be smaller that the box provided in the application form. Photograph should not be in the form of selfie, it said in its recent directive. Central government civil pensioners are required to submit three copies of a joint photograph (or separate photographs) with their wives or husbands (duly attested by head of office) along with form 5 of the Central Civil Service Pension ...