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Government of India Cabinet
24-September-2012
21:34 IST
Rs.2300
crore approved to meet the demands of Ex-servicemen pensioners
The Union Cabinet has approved the
recommendations of the Committee headed by Cabinet Secretary for benefits to
ex-servicemen on four issues. The financial implications of
the improvements made as per the Cabinet decision on the four items are broadly
estimated at Rs.2300 crore per annum. The details are as follows:
I. One Rank One Pension:
On One Rank One Pension, the demand of the
Defence Forces and Ex-Servicemen Associations is that uniform pension be paid
to the Defence Forces personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length
of service irrespective of their date of retirement and any future enhancement
in the rates of pension be automatically passed on to the past
pensioners.
The
difference in the pension of present and past pensioners in the same rank
occurs on account of the number of increments earned by the defence personnel
in that rank. There is also a difference between the pension of pre
1.1.06 and post 1.1.06 retirees belonging to a particular rank. The
UPA Government on two previous occasions has taken decisions to narrow the gap
between the present and past pensioners, particularly those belonging to the
ranks of JCOs and Other Ranks.
On
the issue of One Rank One Pension, the following have been approved by the
Cabinet:
(i) Bridging
of the gap in the pension of pre 1.1.06 and post 1.1.06 JCO/OR retirees by
determining the pension of pre 1.1.06 retirees on the basis of notional maximum
for ranks and groups across the three Services as in the case
of post 1.1.06 retirees. In addition, the weightage of
qualifying service in the ranks of Sepoys, Naik and Havaldar would
be increased by two years for both pre and post 1.1.06 retirees.
(ii) The
pension of pre 1.1.06 Commissioned Officer pensioners would be stepped up with
reference to the minimum of fitment table for the ranks
instead of the minimum of pay band.
These are expected to largely meet the
demands of the defence pensioners on one rank one pension.
II. Enhancement of
Family Pension :
(i) The pension of pre
- 1.1.2006 family pensioners(Commissioned Officers, Honorary Commissioned
Officers, JCOs/ORs ) be stepped up based on the
minimum of the fitment table instead of the minimum of
the Pay Band;
(i) Establishing
linkage of the family pension with the pension of JCOs/ORs,
in those cases where the death takes place after the retirement
of the JCO/OR since such a JCO/OR drew a pension based on
the maximum of the pay scales, 60% of the pension applicable to JCO/OR
pensioners would be granted to the family pensioner in case of
normal family pension calculated a 30% of last pay drawn. Accordingly,
based on the rank, group and length of service of the deceased
JCO/OR pensioner, his pension would first be determined on notional
basis. In cases where death of JCO/OR took place after retirement,
the family pensioners in receipt of normal family pension would
become entitled to 60% of the said pension determined on notional
basis and those in receipt of enhanced family pension will be entitled
to 100% of this pension. Similar entitlements would be determined
in the case of Special Family Pension; and
(ii) The family
pensioner of the JCO/OR would be granted pension arrived
at on the basis of the family pension worked out as per the formulation at (i)
above or the pension on the basis of stepping up with
reference to the minimum of the fitment table, whichever is beneficial.
Further, the linkage of family pension with retiring pension be applied
in the case of post 1.1.2006 family pensioners of JCOs/ORs
also.
III. Dual
Family Pension:
Dual family pension would be allowed in the
present and future cases where the pensioner drew, is drawing or
may draw pension for military service as well as for civil
employment.
IV. Family
pension to mentally / physically challenged children of armed forces personnel
on marriage:
Grant of family pension to
mentally/physically challenged children who drew, are drawing
or may draw family pension would continue even after
their marriage.
The above recommendations made by the
Committee on pension issues of Ex-Servicemen
may be implemented from a prospective date and payment
made accordingly.
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