: Dr Jitendra relaxes Pension rules, major relief for employees in militancy areas #IndiaNEWS #Latest News NEW DELHI, May 23 : In a major relief, particularly for government employees serving in militancy

Dr Jitendra relaxes Pension rules, major relief for employees in militancy areas #IndiaNEWS #Latest News
NEW DELHI, May 23 : In a major relief, particularly for government employees serving in militancy affected areas like Jammu & Kashmir, North East as well as Naxal prone pockets,
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Earth Science; MoS of Prime Ministers Office and Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today announced relaxation in family pension rules for missing government employees.
According to the earlier rule, the next of the kin of an employee would not receive the family pension if he went missing and the family pension would not be paid till the missing Government employee was declared dead in accordance with the law or till seven years had passed since he went missing. As per the new OM, in all cases where a Government servant covered by NPS goes missing during service, the benefits of family pension will be immediately paid to the family of the missing Government servant and in case he re-appears and resumes service, the amount paid as family pension during the intervening time of his missing period can be accordingly deducted from his salary.
Referring to the new OM of Department of Pension in this regard, the Minister said, this is going to provide huge relief particularly in those regions where instances of government employees going missing are reported more frequently. He said, cases of abduction of central government employees working in violence-prone areas have come to the fore and therefore to instill confidence and to protect them and their family interests, the changes in the pension rules have been brought about.
The Union Minister informed that if a Government servant covered by the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 goes missing, the benefits of arrears of salary, family pension, retirement gratuity, leave encashment, etc. are paid to the families of the missing employees in accordance with the instructions issued dated 25. 06. 2013. He said, the matter has been examined in consultation with Department of Personnel and Training, Department of Financial Services and Department of Expenditure and considering the hardship faced by the family of such Government servants, it has been decided to extend the benefits of this Department’s OM No. 1/17/2011-P&PW(E) dated 25. 06. 2013 to the families of Government servants covered by NPS who go missing during service.
The other provisions of the OM states that in all cases where a Government servant covered by NPS goes missing during service, the benefits of family pension may be paid to the family if the missing Government servant had exercised option for benefits under CCS (Pension) Rules on death or discharge from service on disability/invalidation or the benefits under CCS (Pension) Rules is the default option under the Central Civil Services (Implementation of National Pension System) Rules, 2021.

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