Friday, January 23, 2009

SCPC: Yet another amendment to Pension Anomalies

Dear Friend,
Here is yet another amendment to the pension letter initially issued on the 11 Nov 2008. Through this the pension of the general officers has been stepped up, by granting them the benefit of MSP. Quite frankly, it is difficult to fathom why it took 70 days for the government to discover this anomaly. Administration is said to be the strong point of our civil servants. They have no other job!
I do wish some one would tell us why they are confusing the pension disbursement organization in this manner.

Regards,
Maj Gen Surjit Singh (Retd)

Pension Amendment/ Revision
No.17(4)/2008(2)/D(Pen/Policy)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare New Delhi, 20th January, 2009

CORRIGENDUM
Subject:- IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GOVERNMENT DECISION ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SIXTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION - REVISION OF PROVISIONS REGULATING PENSION /GRATUITY/ COMMUTATION OF PENSION/ FAMILY PENSION/ DISABILITY PENSION FOR THE ARMED FORCES OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL BELOW OFFICER RANK (PBOR) RETIRING OR DYING IN HARNESS ON OR AFTER 1.1.2006.

This Ministry's letter No.17(4)/2008(2)/D(Pension/Policy) dated
12.11.2008 amended vide this Ministry's letter No.17(4)/2008(2)/
D(Pension/Policy) dated 27.11.2008 is further amended as follows:-

i) Para 6.1(b) of this Ministry's letter dated 12.11.2008 may be
substituted as under:-

"6.1(b) Retiring pension to the Commissioned Officers retired/invalided out "during 1.1.2006 to 1.9.2008 will also be calculated at 50% of emoluments last drawn or average of reckonable emoluments drawn during the last 10 months whichever is more beneficial. The amount so determined will be the retiring pension for 33 years of reckonable qualifying service including weightage as defined in Para 5 of this Ministry's letter NO.1(6)/98/D(Pension/Services) dated 3.2.1998. For lesser period of reckonable qualifying service i.e. less than 33 years, this amount will be proportionately reduced."

(ii) Annexure-II of this Ministry's letter dated 27.11.2008:-
Words "do not" appearing in line 3 of the 2nd option for commutation of same percentage of additional pension, be deleted.

2. "This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Division of this Ministry vide their U.O.No.157/DFA(P) dated 19.1.2009.
3. Hindi version will follow.

sd...........
(Harbans Singh)
Director (Pension/Policy)

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