Indian Army Widow Pension Rules

Indian Army Widow Pension Rules

Earlier the government employees should have rendered at least seven years of service in case of death so that the family could get the enhanced family pension at 50 per cent of the last pay drawn. The minimum qualifying service to earn pension is 20 years in case of Commissioned Officer and 15 years in the case Personnel Below Officer Rank.

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Administrative member Praveen Mahajan.

Indian army widow pension rules. The family pensioner in such cases would be required to give a declaration regarding her income from other sources to the PDA every six months. City states chandigarh national indian army pension soldier widow. Family pension in respect of Government servants who retired.

458697-PPWA iii dated 10021998 for revision of pension. The move is likely to benefit the widows of Central Armed Police Forces personnel. Ordinary Family Pension in case of Missing Personnel Pensioners Ordinary family pension in such cases is admissible to the eligible member of the family from the date of lodging FIR six months after the date of lodging FIR or expiry of leave of the officer who has disappeared whichever is later.

Directorate of Indian Army Veterans Helpline Nos. The changes which apply to members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 75 AFPS 75 and the War Pensions Scheme will allow those who qualify after 1 April 2015 to retain their armed forces pension. Family Pension to dependent parents unmarried divorced widowed daughter will continue till the date of death.

Eligibility Criteria for Widow Pension. Father mother eldest surviving brother up to the age of 21 years eldest surviving un married sister up to the age of 21 years and eldest surviving widowed sister Pension will be cease to be payable as soon as a female gets married or remarried or a brother un married sister attains the age of 21 years. The Central Administrative Tribunal CAT has said the widow of a deceased government servant is eligible for family pension even after remarriage.

The Survivors Pension benefit which may also be referred to as Death Pension is a tax-free monetary benefit payable to a low-income un-remarried surviving spouse andor unmarried children of a deceased Veteran with wartime service. Instructions were issued vide this Departments OM No. The family income of the widow is not more than Rs10 000 per month.

A sample application form is attached as an Annexure I. There are three systems in operation which means each persons case is a very different making it difficult to assess whether you are receiving the right benefits. Helpline service available from 0900 to 1730 hours on all working days.

If the Pension Account is a joint account or the spouse is a nominee then it is easy to operate the same account for family pension otherwise a fresh bank account is required to be opened in the same bank. Family Pension -Granted 30 of reckonable emoluments last drawn subject to a minimum of Rs9000- pm. The aim of this introduction is to give you an oversight of the different pensions paid by the MOD to the widowers and partners of service personnel.

The childless widow of a deceased personnel shall continue to be paid family pension even after her remarriage for PBORs who retires died on or after 112006 subject to the condition that the family pension shall cease once her independent income from all sources become equal to or higher than the minimum prescribed family pension in the central Govt. Had died after January 1 2006 his widow will get pension whereas if a personnel had died prior to that date his widow is ineligible for the pension The verdict was passed by the Tribunal in. As indicated in Rule 548 of the CCS Pension Rules 1972 the turn of unmarried children below 25 years of age comes after the death or remarriage of their motherfather iethe pensioner and hisher spouse Thereafter the family pension is payable to the disabled children for life and then to the unmarriedwidoweddivorced daughters above the age of 25 years.

In case of natural death of the individual. Retired All India Services IAS IPS and IFoS officials will get 20 per cent of additional pension after completing 80 years of age according to new rules notified by the central government.

A widow falling in the below category can avail the benefits of widow pension. Family pension is normally granted after the death of the Armed Forces personnel to their NOK viz wife or husbandparentchild including widoweddivorcedunmarried daughter where death of service person is attributable to or aggravated to military service or not. The Narendra Modi government has stepped in to help women who suffer on account of Indias long-drawn divorce procedure that makes them ineligible to get family pension in lieu of a government employee parent who has passed away before the case is decided.

The widow should not be married again. A widow within the age group of 18 years to 60 years is eligible to apply for vidhwa pension yojana.