WHY PENSION UPDATION

 It is an accepted fact there is erosion of money value.The salaried class are badly affected by this phenomenon.In order to contain   this loss to a certain extent  due to depletion of money value Dearness Allowance is introduced.In the long run Dearness Allowance also become insufficient to safe guard money value & purchasing power due to unforeseen economic conditions, Pay revision is resorted to make up loss of money value & purchasing power beyond the ambit of dearness allowance .Now coming to the subject of pension, Supreme court has already  declared that Pension is not a bounty, it is differed wages for the services reentered & a right. Although Dearness allowance is given in pension also to make up the erosion of money value & purchasing power, but discriminated from salaried successors by denying pension updation during wage revision, even though pension is a differed wage as declared by Hon Supreme Court.Hence this is a case which comes under Article 226.

AN ARTICLE BY MBC MENON

PCDA Circular No.618: 7th CPC Casualty Pensionary Awards for Defence Forces Pensioners/family pensioner - Minimum Pension @ Rs.18000/- w.e.f. 01.01.2016

Office of the Principal CDA(Pensions)

Draupadi Ghat, Allahabad- 211014

Circular No. 618

Dated: 13/03/2019

To,

The Chief Accountant, 

RBI, Deptt. Of Govt. Bank Accounts, 

Central office C-7, Second Floor, 

Bandre- Kuria Complex, P B No. 8143,

 Bandre East Mumbai- 400051

1. All CMDs, Public Sector Banks including IDBI Bank
2. Nodal Officers, ICICl/ HDFC/ AXIS/ IDBI Banks
3. Managers, All CPPCs
4. Military and Air Attache, Indian Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal
5. The PCDA (WC), Chandigarh
6. The CDA (PD), Meerut
7. The CDA, Chennai
8. The Director of Treasuries, All States
9. The Pay and Accounts Officer, Delhi Administration, RK Puram and Tis Hazari, New Delhi
10. The Pay and Accounts Office, Govt of Maharashtra, Mumbai
11. The Post Master Kathua (J&K)
12. The Post Master Camp Bell Bay
13. The Pr. Pay and Accounts Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Administration, Port Blair

Subject: Implementation of Government decision on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission- Provisions regulating Casualty Pensionary Award for Defence Forces pensioners/family pensioners-regarding.

Reference: This office Circular No. 570 dated 31.10.2016, Circular No. 582 dated 5.09.2017, Circular No. 585 dated 21.09.2017 and Circular No. 584 dated 07.09.2017.

Copy of GoI, MoD letter No. 16(3)/2017/D(Pen/Policy) dated 29th January 2019 on the above subject, which is self-explanatory, is forwarded herewith as annexure to this circular for further necessary action at your end.

2. As per ibid Govt. letter, it has been decided that following minimum ceiling shall be applied to the under mentioned casualty pensionary awards:

a. The Disability/Liberalized Disability/War Injury pension (i.e. total of service element plus disability/liberalized disability/war injury element as the case may be), shall be subject to minimum of Rs.18,000/- per month irrespective of degree of disability of the personnel.

b. The amount of special family pension,admissible to the families of Armed Forces personnel, shall be subject to a minimum of Rs.18,000/- per month.

c. The amount of liberalized family pension, admissible to the Child/Children of Armed Forces Personnel, shall be subject to a minimum of Rs.18,000/- per month.

3. All other provisions stipulated in above mentioned circulars which are not affected by the provisions of this letter, shall remain unchanged.

4. The provisions of this letter shall take effect from 01.01.2016

5. This circular has been uploaded on this office website www.pcdapension.nic.in for dissemination to all along with Defence pensioners and pension Disbursing Agencies.

No.Grants/Tech/05/LXXXI
Dated: 13/03/2019

(Sandeep Thakur)

Addl CDA (P)