The Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO) New Delhi, has circulated the provisions relating to filing of “Life Certificate” by Pensioners to the pension disbursing Banks and exemption from personal appearance of the Pensioners in certain cases.
Instructions regarding payment of ex-gratia lump sum compensation payable to families of Govt. Employees who die in harness in the performance of their bona fide official duties under various circumstances as contained in Deptt
In line with CPAO, Delhi which called for application from all the central government pensioners and family pensioners in order to revise pension payment order in line with implementation of sixth pay commission orders, now railways has also called for similar application from its pensioners to get details in order to revise their pension payment order (PPO).
A doubt has been raised by one of the Zonal Railways as to whether pension/Family pension of pre-2006 retirees, who retired from the pre-revised scale of Rs.6500-10500, will be stepped up w.r.t. Grade Pay of Rs. 4600 in the light of the decision of Department of Expenditure vide their OM. No. 1/1/2008-IC dated 13th November, 2009 w.e.f. 1.1.2006
Following the increase of 7 % in Dearness Allowance to the Central Government Employees, the Central Government Pensioners are also going to get 7 % increase in the Dearness relief. The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, New Delhi, has decided that the Dearness Relief (DR) payable to Central Government pensioners/ family pensioners shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 51% to 58% w.e.f. 1st July, 2011, in terms of the Department