PRESS NEWS
Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
UNION
MINISTER DR JITENDRA SINGH SAYS, PATH BREAKING PENSION REFORMS LIKE PROVISION
OF FAMILY PENSION FOR DIVORCED DAUGHTERS AND DIVYANGS, INTRODUCTION OF FACE
RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY FOR ELDERLY PENSIONERS, FAMILY PENSION TO DIFFERENTLY
ABLED CHILD OF A DECEASED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE/PENSIONER, ELECTRONIC PENSION PAY
ORDER ARE MAJOR SOCIAL REFORMS INTRODUCED BY MODI GOVERNMENT IN RECENT PAST
DR JITENDRA SINGH ADDRESSES THE
7TH ALL INDIA PENSION ADALAT IN NEW DELHI; INTERACTS WITH PENSIONERS, STAFF AND
OFFICERS DEALING WITH PENSION CASES FROM 225 LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
DR JITENDRA SINGH DIRECTS THE SENIOR
OFFICIALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS TO COME OUT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE
“MANUAL FOR PENSIONERS” BASED ON THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM ALL THE CENTRAL MINISTRIES/DEPARTMENTS
AND SUBORDINATE OFFICES FOR BRINGING FURTHER EASE TO PENSIONERS
Posted On: 05 MAY 2022
4:00PM by PIB Delhi
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science &
Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO,
Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra
Singh today said, Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has
introduced a number of path breaking reforms including relaxation in the
provision of Family Pension for divorced daughters and Divyangs, introduction
of Face Recognition Technology through mobile app for ease in submitting Life
Certificate by elderly pensioners, Electronic Pension Pay Order, assistance
from Postal Department to facilitate pension process etc.
Addressing the 7th All India Pension Adalat in New Delhi, Dr
Jitendra Singh said that steps like extension of Family Pension to differently
abled child of a deceased Government employee/Pensioner or giving a major hike
in the Family Pension emoluments for Divyang children of a deceased government
servant/pensioner are not only pension reforms but these are social reforms
having wide implications.
Dr Jitendra Singh
emphasised that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the
Government follows the Mantra of Good Governance for bringing “Ease of Living”
to the common man. He said, under guidance of Mr Modi, out of box ideas and
solutions are being devised for the well-being of pensioners. He said, the
purpose of Pension Adalat is to resolve the grievances of beneficiaries in a
prompt manner as well as to learn the procedural bottlenecks in disbursal of
benefits.
Dr Jitendra Singh directed the senior officials of the
Department to come out with a comprehensive “Manual for Pensioners” based on
the feedback received from all the Central Ministries/Departments and
Subordinate Offices for bringing further ease to pensioners. In the Pension
Adalat, the Minister today randomly interacted and obtained feedback from the
Pensioners, Staff and Officers dealing with the cases in Delhi and about 225
locations across the country. Over 1000 cases are listed today for the
resolution and the Department is giving special preference to cases pertaining
to family pensioners and super senior pensioners aged 80 years and above.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, the Pension Adalat initiative was started in 2017 by the Department which is leveraging technology for speedy resolution of Pensioners’ grievances. The model adopted is that all stakeholders to a particular grievance are invited on a common platform and the case is resolved as per extant policy. He informed that since 2017, some 22,494 pensioners’ grievances have been taken up and 16,061 matters resolved on the spot.
Dr Jitendra Singh in his
concluding remarks said that the primary objective of the exercise is to
provide “Ease of Living” to the Pensioners and to prevent litigation which
involves financial stress to the pensioner as well to the Government and at the
same time is a very lengthy process. It also creates an All-India impact and convey
a message to all the Ministries/Departments/Organizations the importance this
Government attaches to Pensioners’ individual grievances, the Minister added.
Dr Jitendra Singh recalled that the earlier Pension Rules were
notified 50 years ago in 1972. Since then, a large number of amendments to the
CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 have taken place. He said, in the light of such
changes and several office memoranda clarifying different provisions of these
Rules, the Department has brought out a revised and updated version of the
Rules i.e. Civil Services (CCS) (Pension) Rules, 2021.
V.Srinivas, Secretary Pension stated that the Department of
Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has ensured end-to-end digitization of the
Pension payment process by making BHAVISHYA software mandatory for all the
Ministries to process their pension cases. He stated that this software has
laid out dead-lines for every stake holder to complete the Pension processing
so that pension is started on time. All Ministries have been instructed that
their Nodal Officers should conduct weekly review meetings of pending
grievances ensure accountability of Government officials dealing with
Pensioners’ grievances. SNC/RR(Release ID: 1822950)
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