Timely commencement of family pension in favour of spouse – Central Pension Authority

Timely commencement of family pension in favour of spouse by banks in the event of death of the pensioners.

CPAO OM on Timely commencement of family pension in favour of spouse by banks in the event of death of the pensioners

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

 Central Pension Accounting Office

TRIKOOT-II BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE

NEW DELHI-110066

CPAO/IT&Tech/Bank Performance/2016-17/255

27.02. 2017

Office Memorandum

Subject: – Timely commencement of family pension in favour of spouse by banks in the event of death of the pensioners.

Attention is invited to this Office OM No. CPAO/Tech/Banks Performance/2015­16/45 dated-02.06.2016[Sl. No. (i) a & (i) b] followed by minutes of the meeting dated­22.08.2016[Para II-(b)] on the above subject whereby Heads of all the CPPCs and Government Business Divisions of the Banks were advised to Commence the family pension to the spouse immediately on receipt of death certificate of the pensioner, proof of spouse age/date of birth and undertaking of recovery of excess payment latest within a month. However, analysis of reports prepared in CPAO regarding time taken in conversion of pension to family pension in favour of spouse of deceased pensioners shows inordinate delay in many cases. The details of these cases are available in CPPC logins on http://eppo.nic.in.

In view of the above, Heads of CPPCs and Government Business Divisions of the banks are advised to review the attached delay report and ensure compliance of the above instructions and submit the status report to CPAO along with reasons for delay by 8th March, 2017 positively by e-mail at [email protected].

(Subhash Chandra)

Controller of Accounts

Phone No. 26174809

Central Pension Accounting Office
Ministry of Finance
Government of India
Delay Analysis of Conversion of Pension To Family Pension (From 1st ApriI.2016 To 31st December,2016)

BANK CPPC 0-1 MONTH 1-2 MONTH 2-3 MONTH 3-6 MONTH 6+ MONTH TOTAL
Allahabad Bank Hazratganj 134 9 13 3 9 168
Andhra Bank Hyderabad 37 11 4 3 1 56
Axis Bank Navi Mumbi 8 2 0 0 1 11
Bank Of Baroda New Delhi 76 32 23 16 3 150
Bank Of India Nagpur 126 8 68 18 1 221
Bank of Maharashtra Pune 319 30 6 54 34 443
Canara Bank Bangaluru 144 51 29 135 265 624
Central Bank of India Mumbai 210 30 13 15 3 271
Corporation Bank Mangalore 19 5 6 5 5 40
Dena Bank Mumbai 394 20 1 7 365 787
HDFC Bank Noida 0 1 0 0 0 1
Indian Bank Chennai 85 8 5 7 6 111
Indian Overseas Bank Chennai 69 10 3 2 0 84
Oriental Bank of Commerce Gurgaon 42 3 2 3 1 51
Punjab &Sindh Bank New Delhi 23 4 2 3 3 35
Punjab National Bank New Delhi 781 142 86 126 120 1255
State Bank of Bikaner& Jaipur Jaipur 31 51 28 33 9 152
State Bank of Hyderabad Hyderabad 9 5 6 15 71 106
State Bank of India Navi Mumbai 137 66 16 10 15 244
State Bank of India Ahemedabad 33 26 12 6 4 81
State Bank of India Bangalore 22 18 5 2 1 48
State Bank of India Bhopal 56 3 10 5 10 118
State Bank of India Bhubaneswar 75 3 3 4 1 86
State Bank of India Panchkula 180 77 22 23 46 348
State Bank of India Chennai 77 26 17 5 7 132
State Bank of India Guwahati 117 41 28 21 6 213
State Bank of India Hyderabad 32 43 25 13 4 117
State Bank of India Kolkota 314 52 27 39 26 458
State Bank of India Lucknow 161 31 17 26 8 243
State Bank of India Delhi 674 190 45 58 215 1182
State Bank of India Patna 51 28 22 24 13 138
State Bank of India Thiruvanthapuram 47 19 11 11 2 90
State Bank of Mysore Mangalore 13 4 2 3 1 23
UnionBank of India Mumbai 157 10 3 7 8 185
United Bank of India Kolkata 109 31 12 26 3 181
United commercial Bank Nagpur 31 26 74 5 2 138
Vijaya bank Bengaluru 11 3 0 1 0 15
Total 5155 1224 687 777 1312 9155
Percentage 56.3 13.4 7.5 8.5 14.3 100

Note: Details of individual cases are available under CPPC Login on http://eppo.nic.in

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