Dear Comrades,
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The Government has streamlined procedures for retiring employees so
that delays may be overcome in earliest commencement of pension. This follows
directions issued by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Personnel,
Public Grievances & Pensions to the workshop held with the Pension
Secretaries of various State Governments here on June 12, 2014.
Delegates pointed out during the course of deliberations that the
release of pension after retirement gets delayed mainly due to two reasons.
Primarily, the delay in receipt of intimation by the pensioner that pension
papers have reached the bank and secondly, delay on the part of pensioner in
approaching the bank for submission of undertaking that he shall refund any
amount paid to him to which he is not entitled.
As per the new guidelines, the Government has decided that the
requisite undertaking may be obtained by the Head of Office from the retiring
employee and forwarded to the pension disbursing bank along with the Pension
Payment Order (PPO). The bank shall credit the pension to the account of the
pensioner as soon as this undertaking is received along with the pension
documents
This change in procedure has an added advantage that the PPO can now
be handed over in person to the retiring employee along with other retirement
dues. Earlier the pensioner had to approach the bank for PPO.
With this change in rules and procedures, the pensioners would
be saved of considerable inconvenience and delay and his pension will
commence as soon as
he retires.
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KSD/PK/BK/sk (Release ID :105712) 18 June,2014 |