HOW THE MINIMUM PENSION CALCULATED BY PCDA IN CIRCULAR 547

Release of additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Pensioners due from 1.7.2015

Release of additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Pensioners due from 1.7.2015

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to Pensioners w.e.f. 01.07.2015. This represents an increase of 6 percent over the existing rate of 113 percent of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise.

This will benefit about 50 lakh Government employees and 56 lakh pensioners.

The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission (CPC). The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief would be in the order of Rs. 6655.14 crore per annum and Rs.4436.76 crore in the financial year 2015-16 (for a period of 8 months from July, 2015 to February, 2016). 

MINIMUM PENSION ORDERS FOR PBORS AND COMMISSIONED OFFICERS ARE ISSUED BY MOD w.e.f.1.1.2006

D(pen-pol2-3-Sep-2015

IS REALLY OROP BURDEN IS 8300 CRORES?

SO FAR THE GOVT. HAS BEEN CLAIMING THE BURDEN OF OROP AS 8300 CRORES WHICH IS THE DIFFERENCE OF PENSION PAID SO FAR AND PAYABLE AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF OROP. WHEREAS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY APPROVED THE MINIMUM PENSION OF PRE 2006 RETIREES WHICH  'IN NO CASE LESS THAN 50 % OF POST 2006 PAY OF SAME RANK WITH SAME SERVICE'. THE DEFENCE MINISTRY OFFICIALS HAVE CLEVERLY MISINTERPRETED THE SAME BY ADDING A CLAUSE  'SUBJECT TO 33 YEARS OF SERVICE AND PRORATA REDUCTION. THEY HAVE ALSO MISINTERPRETED THE 'MINIMUM PAY DRAWN IN PAY BAND' AS 'MINIMUM OF PAY BAND' AND CHEATED US. THE SAME WAS CORRECTED BY THE ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL CHANDIGARH AND LATER CONFIRMED BY APEX COURT. AS A RESULT, THE GOVT. IS FORCED TO PAY THE MINIMUM OF 50% OF PRESENT PAY OF RANK TO ALL VETERANS. THE DEFENCE MINISTRY HAS ISSUED ORDERS TO COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS AND YET TO ISSUE TO THE JCOS/ORS. DEFINITELY THE CALCULATIONS OF OROP WERE MADE BEFORE THIS IMPLICATION.

 IT,S HERE THE ACTUAL QUESTION COMES. WHETHER THE GOVT. HAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION OF THE DUES PAYABLE ON ACCOUNT OF APEX COURT ORDER WHICH ROUGHLY  MAY RUN INTO 6000 CRORES+. (IE. EACH VETERAN@20,000 pa X 30,00,000 PENSIONERS) IF THE SAME IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THERE WILL BE ONLY 2300 CRORES PAYABLE ON ACCOUNT OF OROP.

I REQUEST THE EXPERTS ON THIS MATTER TO LOOK INTO THIS ASPECT, IF IT IS TRUE THEN THE GOVT CLAIM MAY BE PROVED WRONG. 

UPDATE ON MINIMUM PENSION FROM 1.1.2006 - BY MAJ.NAVDEEP

Chain mails are floating referring to a circular issued by the PCDA(P) stating that the MoD has issued orders concerning the implementation of the decision of the Supreme Court regarding grant of arrears from 01-01-2006 rather than 24-09-2012. The news is incorrect. The said circular only concerns defence civilian pensioners based on the letter issued for civilian pensioners by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’’ Welfare (DoPPW). It may kindly be understood that the PCDA(P) has no authority to issue circulars on its own till the time the MoD issues a Government letter to the said effect. However, the good news is that the MoD is also working on the same and the letter should be out soon. Some added time after the issuance of the DoPPW letter was expected to be taken by the MoD since there are certain additional issues to be addressed by the MoD over and above the ones in the DoPPW letter and a mutatis-mutandis letter could not have been issued. For example, the MoD is to add the Military Service Pay (MSP) also in addition to the elements in the civil letter and then unlike civil pensioners, separate tables would have to be ultimately prepared by the Defence Accounts Department for various ranks and different categories which are not applicable on the civil side. Moreover, the benefit of the upward revision would be differently applied to ranks other than Commissioned Officers since they had been granted pensions based on the maximum of 5^th CPC scales fitted into the 6^th CPC pay bands with effect from 01-07-2009 while officers and all civil employees were granted pensions based on minimum of pay of the pay bands. The comprehensive letter alongwith comprehensive tables would definitely be issued in due course and we would have to be a little patient about the same.

PCDA ISSUED CIRCULAR 144 IMPLEMENTING W.E.F. 1.1.2006 INSTEAD OF 24.9.2012 FOR DEFENCE CIVILIANS

Revision of pension of Pre-2006 pensioners – PCDA Circular on 14-08-2015

OFFICE OF THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)
DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD- 211014

Circular No: C-144

No:-GI/C/0198/Vol- V/Tech
O/o the Pr.C.D.A. (Pensions)
Draupadighat Allahabad -211014
Dated: 14-08-2015

To,
The Treasury Officer
The PO- Master, Kathua, Srinagar (J&K)
The PO- Master, Campbell Bay (Andman & Nicobar)
The Defence Pension Disbursing Officer
——————————
Pay & Accounts Officer
——————————
Military & Air Attache, Indian Embassay, Kathmandu, Nepal (through Gorkha Record
Officer, Kurnaghat, Gorakhpur)
Director of Accounts, Panji (Goa)
Finance Secretary, Gangtok, PO-l, Thimpu Bhutan
The General Manager (Nodal Officer, PSBs)
All Managers, CPPC of Public Sector Banks.
All Managers, CPPC of Authorized Private Banks.

Subject: Revision of pension of Pre-2006 pensioners – reg.
Reference: This office Important Circulars No. 102 bearing no. GI/C/0198/VOL-IV/Tech dated 11-02-2013.

Attention of all pension disbursing authorities is invited to above cited circular wherein instructions had been issued for implementation of GOI, Ministry of P,PG and pensions, Deptt of P&PW OM No. 38/37/08-P&PW(A,) dated 28 January, 2013 and this order was applicable w.e.f 24.09.2012. Now, GOI, Ministry of P, PG and pension, Dept of P&PW have further issued orders under their OM No. 38/37/08 P&PW (A) dated 30.07.2015, that “the pension/family pension of all pre-2006 pensioners/family pensioners my be revised in accordance with this Department’s OM No. 38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 28.1.2013 with effect from 24.9.2012.”

(2) In case the consolidated pension/family pension calculated as per Para 4.1 of OM No.38/37/08-P&PW (A) dated 01-09-2008 is higher than the pension/family pension calculated in the manner indicated in the OM dated 28.01.2013, the same ( higher consolidated pension/family pension) will continue to be treated as basic pension/ family pension.

(3) All other conditions as given in OM No. 38/37/08-P&PW (A) dated 1.9.2008, as amended from time to time shall remain unchanged.

(4) All pension disbursing authorities are therefore, requested to revise the pension/family pension in affected cases in terms of Govt. OM No. 38 /37/08-P&PW(A) dated 28-01-2013 w.e.f. 01.01.2006 instead of 24.09.2012. Payment made w.e.f. 01.01.2006 will be adjusted against the arrears now being paid and these cases may be reflected in the monthly account sent to this office as ‘change item’.

(5) Where the PDAs are in doubt in regulating the payment of revised pension/family pension under these orders, the cases with full details of pensioner/family pensioners and PPO No: etc may be referred to Audit Section of this office for advice and further action.

sd/-
(Subhash Kumar)
A C D A (P

AS PER THE LATEST ORDER OF DOPT ISSUED FOR CIVILIANS, IF IMPLEMENTED TO VETERANS THE MINIMUM PENSION

MINIMUM PENSION TO BE FIXED AS PER LATEST ORDERS OF  DOPT
Rank	Pay band	Gr.Pay.	MSP	X gp pay	Total	Minimum Pension from 1.1.2006
X' GROUP
LAC	7490	2000	2000	1400	12890	6445
CPL	7720	2400	2000	1400	13520	6760
SGT	9300	2800	2000	1400	15500	7750
JWO	10740	4200	2000	1400	18340	9170
WO	12560	4600	2000	1400	20560	10280
MWO	13770	4800	2000	1400	21970	10985
Y' GROUP
LAC	7050	2000	2000	0	11050	5525
CPL	7490	2400	2000	0	11890	5945
SGT	8040	2800	2000	0	12840	6420
JWO	10460	4200	2000	0	16660	8330
WO	12280	4600	2000	0	18880	9440
MWO	12560	4800	2000	0	19360	9680
HFO/HFL	15600	5400	6000	0	27000	13500

MINIMUM PAY BAND FIXED FOR THE RANKS OF AIR FORCE
Group	LAC	CPL	SGT	JWO	WO	MWO	HFO/HFL
X Group	7490	7720	9300	10740	12560	13770	15600
Y Group	7050	7490	8040	10460	12280	12560	15600

Raj Kadyan hopeful of announcement on OROP scheme on Aug. 15

New Delhi, Aug. 11 : Defence expert Lieutenant General (Retd.) Raj Kadyan on Tuesday said he was hopeful that the government would make an announcement on implementation of the One Rank, One Pension (OROP) scheme on August 15.

Lieutenant General (Retd.) Kadyan, along with a delegation of ex-servicemen, had met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to discuss the OROP issue yesterday.

“The meeting with the Finance Minister was very positive, he is a patient listener. We put forth our points, we asked about the status where it stands today. He has one or two issues of worry from his side to which we adequately responded. We made it very clear that no dilution in the definition that has been worked out by the Koshyari Committee and accepted on the floor of the Parliament will be acceptable to ex-servicemen,” Lieutenant General (Retd.) Kadyan told ANI.

“He then clarified that it is matter of days not months. If I go by my own assessment on this, we can hope something to come on 15th August, we are very hopeful. Otherwise the agitation will continue,” he added.

The One Rank, One Pension scheme has been a long-standing demand of ex-servicemen. It seeks to ensure that a uniform pension is paid to defence personnel, who retire at the same rank with the same length of service, irrespective of their date of retirement. (ANI)

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PM LIKELY TO ANNOUNCE DATE OF OROP ON AUGUST 15

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NEW DELHI: Agitating military veterans, on a relay hunger strike for the last 57 days, are now hoping that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will announce the long-delayed implementation of one rank, one pension (OROP) from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15.

Some ex-servicemen say there "are concrete indications" that the government will announce OROP on Independence Day since "the file, after some heated disagreements between the finance and defence ministries, has finally reached the PMO".

PRE-2006 PENSIONERS-ORDERS ISSUED FOR MINIMUM 50% OF PENSION OF PRESENT PAY

GOOD NEWS-ORDERS ISSUED TO REVISE PENSION FROM 1.1.2006 TO 24.9.2012 to Pre-2006 pensioners.

Pension Revision From 1-1-06

ISSUE OF MEDICAL CERTIFICATES BY ECHS

ECHS HAS ISSUED ORDERS  TO ISSUE MEDICAL CERTIFICATES FOR THE BENIFICIARIES. FOR ORDERS CLICK THE LINK PROVIDED

http://echs.gov.in/images/pdf/med/med141.pdf

Behind One Rank One Pension scheme delay, worry about small hike for jawans

MoD sources said that the main reason behind the delay is the minuscule increase that jawans may get if OROP is implemented in its present form.

The fear within political decision-makers is that OROP, if implemented in present form, may result in many dragging the government to courts, and may even create a political crisis. (Source: PTI)

Written by Pranav Kulkarni | New Delhi | Updated: June 26, 2015 8:31 am

As ex-servicemen steadfastly press for the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP), top Ministry of Defence (MoD) sources have said that the main reason behind the delay is not funds, but the minuscule increase that jawans may get if OROP is implemented in its present form.

Sources said that the concern within the government is that the jawans may get an increase of just about “few hundred” rupees per month — a raise that may not justify the decade long OROP agitation.

The fear within political decision-makers is that OROP, if implemented in present form, may result in many dragging the government to courts, and may even create a political crisis. “It is no longer a budgetary concern. The formula to arrive at Rs 8,300-odd crores has already been approved. The real worries within South Block are political. Under the present formula, the jawans may just get about few hundred rupees of increase per month in their present pensions. This amount, the political class within the present government believes, is too small to pacify the agitation that has been spread over almost three decades,” a top Defence Ministry official said.

According to the official, the implementation — which is just short of being announced any moment, may trigger dissatisfaction and will result in soldiers dragging the government to courts and become a political issue. Citing the reason behind the small increase for jawans, the official said: “The government, in 2009, corrected the pensions of retired armed forces personnel to parity as per Sixth Central Pay Commission.

The jawans largely benefited out of the correction as the pension amounts increased. So the gap that earlier existed has largely been bridged. Rs 5000 crore has already been spent on bringing about the parity,” the official said. According to Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) data, OROP — if implemented in its present form — will ensure an increase of between Rs 525 and Rs 1,720 to jawans in their monthly pensions by virtue of percentage of their low basic pensions. Widows will get a hike of Rs 1,500 per month. The officers are likely to get a per month pension increase between Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000.

According to sources, UPA too was worried about the political and legal consequences of these “relatively small” monthly increments after implementing OROP and had carried out “three rounds of equalisation” to work out a solution.

The MoD official said that so far, the present government, though committed, has not carried out any such equalisation. Group Captain V K Gandhi, general secretary, IESM said, “Our present demands have been agreed upon not only by officers but even by jawans. We are not willing to accept any dilution in the demands.”

One Rank One Pension: Madras High Court Notice to Centre on Petition by Ex Serviceman

MADURAI:  The Madras High Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a petition seeking a direction to issue a notification to implement the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme within a stipulated period.

Acting on the petition by ex-serviceman S Chinnadurai, Justice S Vaidyanathan ordered notice to the Cabinet, Finance and Defence secretaries and sought their reply within two weeks.

The petitioner contended that 90 per cent of the ex- servicemen are living below the poverty line.

Previous governments had already announced OROP and allocated Rs. 500 crore for it. On May 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also assured that OROP would be implemented by the government but no timeframe had been given, he alleged.

The Indian ex-servicemen movement had also sent a memorandum and he had also submitted a representation.

     

Mr Chinnadurai said it was mandatory on the part of the government to implement OROP before the fiscal 2014-15 after announcing the scheme.

The delay in implementing the scheme would demoralize serving soldiers and ex-serviceman and adversely affect the integrity of the country, he said.

He said that armymen, who sacrificed the better part of their youth for the country, were not even getting proper jobs after they retired between 30 and 40 years of age.

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New OROP formula may be similar to MPs’ pension plan TNN | Jun 5, 2015, 04.48 AM IST

NEW DELHI: The government is working on a fresh option to resolve the ongoing stand-off over 'one-rank-one-pension' demand of ex-servicemen, sources said on Thursday. 

According to a senior government official, they are working on a proposal that would be similar to the pension scheme for MPs. The scheme operates on a band concept, with additional money for each additional year of service. 

The proposal is to create pension bands for each rank, and then provide additional money for each extra year of service. So all officers who retire in a particular rank will be in the same band of pension, with the total pension payment going up according to the number of years he has spent in that rank. 

"We are working out the fine details," one source said. Senior government officials are thrashing out the finer details, and it would be presented to the representatives of ex-servicemen and the military brass. 

The latest move comes even as ex-servicemen are continuing with their protests against what they feel is a huge let down by the Narendra Modi government, which had come to power promising to implement the OROP scheme.