Issue of Pensioners Identity Card to pensioners – Pension Portal Issued Orders on 17.12 . 2015

No.41/21/2000-P&PW(D)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS

DEPARTMENT OF PENSION & PENSIONERS WELFARE

LOK NAYAK BHAVAN, KHAN MARKET,

NEW DELHI, DATED THE 17th December, 2015

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Issue of Pensioners Identity Card to Pensioners

The undersinged is directed to say that the revised instructions laying down guidelines/specifications for issue of Identity Card for pensioners have been issued vide this Department’s OM of even no. dated 12.08.2015 and 20.08.2015. Meetings were also taken on this issue by Secretary (Pension) with the representatives of all Ministries/Departments on 3rd/4th September 2015. A copy of the minutes of the meeting is again sent herewith.

2. This Department has procured a duplex thermal Colour Printer. This printer was launched by Hon’ble MOS(PP) on 26.11.2015 at Vigyan Bhawan in the Awareness Workshop on Bhavishya. Plastic Identity Cards generated through Bhavishya Software were issued to the retiring/retired employees of the Departments under MOS(PP). Specimen copy of Identity Card is enclosed.

3. It is requested that necessary action to issue Plastic Identity Cards to the employees retiring from your Ministries/Departments and attached and subordinate offices under your control may be taken. In house / outside printing facility may be used as appropriate depending on the requirements.

Enclosures : as above

Sd/-

(Harjit Singh)

Dy. Secretary to the Govt. of India

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Verification of qualifying service after 18 years service and 5 years before retirement.

No.1/19/2013-P&PW(E)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare

Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market,

New Delhi-110003,

Dated the 16.9.2015

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Verification of qualifying service after 18 years service and 5 years before retirement.

It has been observed by this Department that processing of pension cases of the employees retiring from the government service quite often get delayed on account of the issues relating to verification of service from time to time by the concerned authorities during the service of the concerned employee. Although detailed instructions regarding verification of service have been issued by Department of Personnel & Training and by this Department, these instructions are not meticulously adhered to resulting in delay in sanctioning of retirement benefit of the employees.

2. Rule 32 of the CCS (Pension) rules, which existed prior to December, 2012 provided for issuing of a certificate in Form 24 by the Head of Office in consultation with by the Account Officer regarding completion of qualifying service of 25 years. These rules have been amended subsequently and as per the existing provisions, a certificate regarding qualifying service is required to be issued by the HOO after completion of 18 years of service and again 5 years before the date of retirement of an employee. Rule further provide that verification done under that rule shall be treated as final and shall not be reopened except when necessitated by a subsequent – change in the rules and orders governing the conditions under which the service qualifies for pension.

3. It has been noticed that the certificates regarding qualifying service are not invariably issued to the government servant as required under the rules. All Ministries/Departments etc. are therefore requested to bring these provisions to the notice of Heads of Offices and PAOs for strict compliance. Non-compliance of this statutory requirements may be viewed seriously.

4. In order to review status regarding compliance of these rules, all Ministries/Departments are requested that the information may be collected from all establishments / office under them and the same may be compiled and sent to this Department by 15th October, 2015 in the enclosed proforma.

Sd/-

( Sujasha Choudhury)

Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

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One day training programme for dealing Assistants/Section Officers dealing with Pension related matters.

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NO 56-1/2015 -P&PW Desk (C)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions

Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

New Delhi, the 1st September, 2015

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: One day training programme for dealing Assistants/Section Officers dealing with Pension related matters.

In continuation of this department’s OM of even number dated 26th August, 2015 on the above mentioned subject, the undersigned is directed to say that no nominations for the training programme, on pension matters to be held between 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM on 21st September, 2015 at Auditorium No.2, Ground Floor, Institute of Secretariat Training & Management, JNU Campus (Old), New Delhi- 110067, have been received in the department.

The training programme will be inaugurated by Hon’ble Minister of State (Personnel & Pension). Ministry of Agriculture etc. are, therefore, requested to ensure nomination of at least two suitable functionaries of appropriate seniority and dealing with Pension Matters to attend the above training course. The nominations in the Proforma given overleaf should reach the undersigned latest by 10th September, 2015 positively. You may also send the nomination through e.mail at seemagupta@nic.in

Sd/-

(Seema Gupta)

Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

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Issue of Pensioners' Identity Card to pensioners.

No. 41/21/2000-P&PW(D)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS

DEPARTMENT OF PENSION & PENSIONERS WELFARE

LOK NAYAK BHAVAN, KHAN MARKET,

NEW DELHI, DATED THE 12th August,2015

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub:- Issue of Pensioners' Identity Card to pensioners.

The undersigned is directed to say that the instructions were issued by this Department vide O.M. No.41/21/2000-P&PW(D) dated 16/11/2000 for issue of Identity Cards to Central Government pensioners. These instructions were reiterated/clarified vide this Department’s OMs of even number dated 30.4.2013 and 25.7.2013. It has been observed that various Departments/Offices are either not issuing pensioners Identity Card to the retired employees or the Identity Cards are not in the format prescribed vide this Department’s OM dated 25.7.2013.

2. The matter has been reviewed in this Department. It has been decided that apart from the details already prescribed, the Pensioners Identity Card should include the Aadhaar Number of the pensioner (if available). Accordingly, a revised format for the pensioners Identity Card is enclosed (Annexure-I and Annexure-11).

3. Further, the following specifications are laid down for the pensioners Identity Card to be issued by the Departments/Offices from which the pensioner retired:

(i) The Pensioners Identity card should be in the prescribed format.

(ii) The Identity Card should be of the standard size of 8.5 cm x 5.5 cm.

(iii) The Pensioners Identity Card should be printed (and not hand written) on good quality paper of 125 GSM or equivalent.

(iv) The Identity Card would be got laminated by the Department/Office before handing it over to the pensioner.

4. All Departments in the Government of India are requested to issue suitable instructions to the Offices under their control to invariably issue Identity Card to the pensioners in accordance with the instructions issued by this Department.

Sd/-

(Harjit Singh)

Dy. Secretary to the Govt. of India

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Rounding off of a fraction of a rupee in regulation of additional pension

No.38/8/15-P&PW(A)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions

Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan

Khan Market, New Delhi-110 003.

Dated the 16th April, 2015

Office Memorandum

Subject: Rounding off of a fraction of a rupee in regulation of additional pension

The undersigned is directed to say that vide this Department’s O.M No.38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 1.9.2008 and O.M No. 38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 2.9.2008. Instructions were issued for grant of additional pension/family pension @ 20% to 100% to old pensioners/family pensioners of the age of 80 years and above.

2. A question has been raised as to how the amount of additional pension is to be regulated in case the additional pension results in fraction of a rupee. The matter has been examined in consultation with Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) and it has been decided that the amount of additional pension as finally calculated may be rounded off to the next higher rupee. In cases where the pension/family pension of old pensioners has been fixed/revised without rounding off the additional pension, in those cases also, the additional pension may be rounded off to the next higher rupee hereinafter. However, no arrears for the period from 1.1.2006 on account of such rounding off would be paid in those cases.

3. This issues with the approval of Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) ID No. 157/EV/2015 dated 30.3.2015.

Sd/-

(S.K. Makkar)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

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