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Countrywide pension adalat for prompt and quick redressal of pensioners’ grievances to be held on 23.8.2019

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COUNTRYWIDE PENSION ADALAT TO BE HELD ON 23.8.2019

Countrywide pension adalat for prompt and quick redressal of pensioners’ grievances to be held on 23.8.2019

What is Pension Adalat?

“Grievances of Pensioners to redress immediately and taking decisions on the spot to settle the issues without further delays”.

The Kendriya vidyalaya sangathan has reported through an office order about that conducting a Nation-wide Pension Adalat meeting on 23rd August, 2019.

As per the DO letter dated 28.06.2019 of Dept. of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has been forwarded directing all the organizations to conduct a Nation-wide Pension Adalat on 23rd August, 2019 for prompt and quick redressal of pensioners’ grievances, within the framework of extant policy/guidelines.

All Central Government Pensioners including KV Pensioners are requested to attend the meeting of adalat will be held on 23rd August, 2019 and expose your grievances.

NPS To OPS: Kerala Constituted Review Committee for NPS

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NPS To OPS: Kerala Constituted Review Committee for NPS

LEFT FRONT GOVT. OF KERALA CONSTITUTED A REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR SUBMITTING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SCRAPPING CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SYSTEM (NPS)

GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

Abstract

Finance Department – Review of National Pension System in Kerala – Constitution of Committee – Orders issued.

FINANCE (PENSION-A) DEPARTMENT
G.O.(P) No.172/2018/Fin. Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 07.11.2018

Read:- G.O.(P) No.172/2018/Fin. Dated, 07.11.2018

ORDER

Government are pleased to constitute a committee to review the National Pension System implemented vide G.O. read above with the following members.

1. S.Satheesh Chandra Babu, Retired District Judge(Chairman)
2. P.Marapandian, IAS (Retd.)
3. Prof. D.Narayana, Director, GIFT

The terms of reference of the committee is appended herewith. The committee shall submit detailed report within a period of six months.

(By order of the Governor)
K.Rajasree
Additional Secretary (Finance)

Source: Confederation

Pension Exempt from Income Tax – BPS writes to FM

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Pension Exempt from Income Tax – BPS writes to FM

Pension of Ex-Govt Employees to be Net of Income Tax Dt – 23.11.18

BHARAT PENSIONERS SAMAJ

(All India Federation of Pensioners Association)
2/13-A-LGF Backside, Jangpura – ‘A’, New Delhi – 110 014

No BPS/ SG/pension/I.Tax/018/1

Dated: 23.11.2018

To
The Arun jaitley ji
Honorable Cabinet Minister for Finance
Government of India

Subject: Pension of ex-Govt employees to be net of Income Tax

Sir,
With passage of time, the purchase value of pension due to steep rise in the cost of food items, caregivers and medical facilities etc gets substantially reduced.

Due to inflation coupled with low interest rates value of their deposits in Banks/Post offices etc too go on reducing year by year adversely affecting the net-worth of Pensioners. Thus compelling them to compromise their standard of dignified living.

As was worked out & recommended by TECS (Tata Economic Consultancy Services) consultant to Vth CPC (Para 127.9 Vol III 5th CPC report) Pension need to be 67% of the last drawn to enable a pensioner to live with the same standard to which he was living while in service (Supreme Court pronouncement in DS Nakara vs UOI) but only 50% of last drawn is being paid. Old age relief given to Sr citizen in Income tax is too little to compensate.

You are therefore, requested to reconsider & accept the recommendation of Vth CPC vide their 167.11(copy attached) in this regard and spare the pension/family pension along with DR & FMA from the levy of income-tax.

Further to compensate fall in purchase value of their savings in deposits with banks & post offices rate of interests for senior citizens on their deposits should be 2% above the normal rate of interests as against the existing 0.25% to 0.50%.

Hoping for your sympathetic consideration

Thanking you in anticipation

With Regards
Sincerely yours,
S.C.Maheshwari
Secy Genl Bharat Pensioners Samaj

Source: https://scm-bps.blogspot.com/

PCDA Circular 2016: Transfer of Pension Account

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PCDA Circular 2016: Transfer of Pension Account

Transfer of pension account from one Pension Disbursing Authority (PDA) to another PDA

O/o The Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension)
Draupadighat, Allahabad-211014

Circular No. 206

No.AT/Tech/30-XX

Dated: 02/11/2018

To
01. The Chief Accountant, RBI Deptt. of Govt. Bank Accounts, Central
office C-7, Second Floor, Bandre- Kurla Complex, P B No. 8143,
Bandre East, Mumbai-400051
02. The Director of Treasuries of all State……………
03. The Manager CPPC of Public Sector Banks including IDBI
04. The CDA (PD) Meerut
05. The CDA, Chennai
06. The Nodal Officers (ICICI/AXIS/HDFC Bank)….
07. The Pay & Accounts Officer……………
08. The Military. & Air Attache, Indian Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal
09. The D.P.D.O…………………….
10.Post Master, Kathua (J &/ K) and Camp Bell Bay

Sub: Transfer of pension account from one Pension Disbursing Authority (PDA) to another PDA.

Provisions for Transfer of pension account from one Pension Disbursing Authority (PDA) to another PDA has been provided in the Defence Pension Payment Instructions (DPPI) as well as Scheme for Payment of Defence Pensions by Public Sector Banks.

But, it has been observed that the PDAs are not following laid down procedure in the matter. Hence, the competent authority has decided that following procedure is required to be adopted in the matter.

(i) Pensioner shall submit a simple application (in Part-I of the enclosed formats) along with Pension Certificate (where issued to him) to the PDA from where he is drawing pension at present.

A copy of application may be returned to the pensioner duly giving the receipt of the application by the PDA for the records of the pensioner.

(ii) The following documents are required to be forwarded by the existing PDA to the new PDA by registered post.
(a) PPO (including all Corrigendum PPOs) and Payment Authority (if any issued)

(b) Descriptive Roll/Identification Documents with Photographs.

(c) Extract of Payment Register with a certificate thereon indicating the rate of Pension and Dearness relief and date upto and for which last paid.

Where the pensioner has been allowed commutation of pension, the PDA should also indicate prominently in the Last Pension Certificate, the date of payment of capitalized value of pension, the date of reduction of pension on account of commutation and the date on which he would complete 15 Years for restoration of his commuted portion of pension.

(d) Nomination to receive arrears of pension

(e) Option & undertaking furnished by the pensioner for Medical Allowance

(f) Pension Certificate (where issued)

(iii) In the current scenario, most of the PPOs are issued e-PPO form. Hence, it has been decided that transferor PDA will forward the documents mentioned above as well as copy of e-PPO received through SFTP from this office duly countersigned by him to the new PDA as per existing system.

(iv) Further payments in continuation of the date upto and for which the pensioner is shown as paid on the Extract of Payment Register, will be arranged by the new PDA.

(v) An intimation regarding the transfer of pension papers should invariably be sent both by the transferor/transferee PDA to the Pr. CDA (Pensions) Allahabad through Form-I/IMP-5(A)/D-II by the transfer or PDA (under Part-II of the enclosed format) and Form II/IMP-5/D-I by the transferee PDA (under Part-III of the enclosed format) as per prevailing procedure by registered post as well as on e-mail ID: [email protected]

(2) While forwarding Form-I/IMP-5(A)/D-II to this office by the transfer or PDA, following documents are also required to be attached with Formt/IMP-5(A)/D-II:

(i) A consent (in Part-IV of the enclosed format) from the new PDA that after receipt of documents from the existing PDA, his/her pension will be paid after taking on the payment strength of the new PDA.
(ii) A leaf of cheque issued by the new PDA duly cancelled in the case of new PDA is Bank.

(3) In the case of change of PDA from Indian Embassy, Nepal to other PDA and vice-versa, existing system for pension file routed through this office and issuance of corrigendum PPO before change of PDA will follow.

(4) This circular has also been uploaded on this office website www.pcdapension.nic.in

sd/-
(SANDEEP THAKUR)
Addl. CDA (Pension)

Click to view the Transfer of Pension Account – Application Format

Source: http://pcdapension.nic.in

FAQ for Central Civil Services – Jeevan Pramaan

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FAQ for Central Civil Services – Jeevan Pramaan

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
(Central Civil Services)

15. JEEVAN PRAMAAN

(15.1) What is JEEVAN Pramaan ?

Digital life Certificate for Pensioners scheme of the Government of India known as Jeevan Pramaan. It seeks to address the problem of pensioners’ by digitizing the whole process of securing the life certificate.

Every year in the month of November the pensioners has to provide life certificates to the authorized pension disbursing agencies like the bank, for continuous crediting of pension to their account.

In order to get this life certificates the individual drawing the pension is required to either personally present himself/ herself before the Pension Disbursing Agency or have the Life Certificate issued by authority where they have served earlier and have it delivered to the disbursing agency.

It has been noted that it causes a lot of hardship and unnecessary inconvenience particularly for the aged and infirm pensioners who cannot always be in a position to present themselves in front of the particular authority to secure their life certificate.

In addition to this a number of pensioners decide to choose to move to other countries either to be with their family or other reasons, and getting a life certificate becomes a huge logistical issue. “Jeevan Pramaan” aims to streamline the process of getting this certificate and making it hassle free and much easier for the pensioners.

With this initiative the pensioners need not physically present himself/herself in front of disbursing agency or the certification authority. He may submit his/her life certificate from home on his computer which will also be acceptable to bank .

(15.2) Is it mandatory to submit on line life certificate through Jeevan Pramaan ?

No, it is not. ‘Jeevan Pramaan’ is in addition to other existing facilities for submission of LIFE CERTIFICATE.

(15.3) What is the procedure to submit online Life Certificate through ‘Jeevan Pramaan’?
Pensioners desirous of using the Jeevan Pramaan facility has to first enroll their Aadhaar number in their pension account. Once seeding has been completed, pensioner can download the software from https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in Pensioner’s information like Pension Aadhaar number, Pensioner Name, PPO Number, Bank Account detail, Address, Mobile number etc are fed into the system through web based / client interface and finally pensioners person information are authenticated using the Aadhaar number and pensioner has to put his finger on to the finger print scanner or eye on the Iris scanner.

After successful authentication, Pramaan ID / the transaction number is displayed on the screen and same is sent to Pensioner’s mobile as SMS from the portal.
The portal generates Electronic Jeevan Pramaan for the successfully authenticated pensioner and it is stored in the central Life Certificate Repository database.

The disbursing Bank can access and get the Jeevan Pramaan certificate from the portal for his pensioners through the electronic data transfer mechanism created between the portal and Bank server.

Pensioner has to inform the Bank that his Jeevan Pramaan has been generated through online registration from Jeevan Pramaan portal.

FAQ for Central Civil Services – Sankalp

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FAQ for Central Civil Services – Sankalp

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
(Central Civil Services)

4.SANKALP

(14.1) What is SANKALP?

It is an initiative of Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, Government of India which provides a platform for the pensioners to access opportunities available for useful interventions in society.

It also facilitates the organizations working in these areas to select appropriate skill and expertise from the available pool of volunteer pensioners.

Another key element of the initiative is to conduct Pre-retirement Counselling Workshops to help the retiring employees to transit smoothly into their 2nd innings.

(14.2) Who can be registered under SANKALP?

Pensioners, Pensioners’ Associations and Non-Government Organisations can be registered under SANKALP.

(14.3) What types of pensioners are eligible for registration under Sankalp?

At present only Central Government Civil Pensioners, Defence Civilians and Defence Retirees are eligible for registration under Sankalp.

(14.4) What are the essential requirements for the registration of pensioners?

12 digit pension payment order (PPO) for Central Government civilian Pensioners and service number, rank and record office for retired defence personnel.

In addition, Date of Birth, Date of Superannuation, Designation, Department/Ministry, PAN Number and Mobile Number are essential for registration of Pensioners under SANKALP.

(14.5) How can a pensioner be registered under SANKALP?

Pensioners can submit the pensioner registration form on the website, i.e., http://pensionersportal.gov.in/Sankalp. Also, a self attested copy of the 12-digit PPO is to be sent to the DOP&PW. After verification, they are registered and provided the login id and password through which they can log in.

(14.6) How can organizations/Associations / Schemes be registered under ‘SANKALP?

Organizations/Associations can contact the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare on mail, available on SANKALP’s website. They are provided a blank registration form through email.

On receipt of a duly filled up registration form, the Department scrutinizes the details and if found acceptable, the organization/association is registered under Sankalp.

(14.7) What is the role of DOPPW in SANKALP?

The role of DOPPW is to act only as a facilitator and a Catalyst. Sankalp lists a number of pensioners / organizations in India based on self declaration. This does not imply that pensioners/ organizations are endorsed or recommended in any way by DOPPW.

The Department also does not guarantee that the information contained on the website is complete and correct and shall not be liable whatsoever for any damages incurred as a result of its use.

DOPPW does not guarantee that all pensioners would get suitable engagement nor does it guarantee that all organizations will get appropriate volunteers.

(14.8) Will a pensioner get salary / honorarium for his said work

DOPPW only provides a platform where pensioners can access opportunities to work/contribute towards society on voluntary basis and organizations/ Associations can select appropriate skill and expertise from the available pool of human resources.

(14.9) Is there a guarantee for getting an assignment through SANKALP

DOPPW does not guarantee that all pensioners registered under Sankalp would get suitable engagement or that all organizations will find suitable volunteer pensioners.

Both pensioners and organization are advised to satisfy themselves of the suitability with respect to their requirement.

(14.10) Other than voluntary work, are there any other options available under Sankalp?

Yes, pensioners can contribute/share poems, photographs, interesting articles which will be displayed on the Sankalp portal.