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New Pension Rule: Government gives gift to pensioners, additional pension will be available after this age limit..

Shikha Saxena October 28, 2024 04:15 PM

Government employees get the benefit of a pension after retirement. The government has given a gift to the central employees before Diwali. Yes, according to the government notification, pensioners above 80 years of age will now get compassionate allowance. The circular related to this has been issued by the Ministry of Public Grievances and Pensions.

Will get additional pension
According to the circular issued by the ministry, pensioners above 80 years of age will get the benefit of an additional pension from the government. For this, the government has also issued new guidelines. Through these new guidelines, the government has made the process of giving additional pensions very easy so that the distribution of pensions is easy as well as quick.

Under the provisions of sub-rule 6 of rule 44 of CCS (Pension) Rules 2021, pensioners will be given the benefit of additional pension or compassionate allowance along with pension. According to the rules, pensioners aged 80 to 85 are eligible for 20% of the basic pension, while pensioners aged 85 to 90 will get 30%. Similarly, pensioners aged 90 to 95 will get 40% and pensioners aged 95 to 100 will get 50%. Super senior pensioners aged more than 100 will get 100% of the basic pension as compassionate allowance.

Understand it like this, if a pensioner is 81 years old and is getting a pension of Rs 5,000, then he will get Rs 1,000 as an additional pension. Similarly, pensioners aged 85 to 90 will get Rs 1,500 as a compassionate allowance.

When will the additional pension be available?
According to the notification of the Ministry, when the pensioner reaches the age limit, the additional pension or compassionate allowance will become effective from the first day of that month. The government has decided to give additional pensions so that pensioners do not face any problems in living and they can manage it properly.

To ensure that all pensioners get the benefit of additional pension on time, the ministry has directed to disseminate the information to the departments and banks involved in pension distribution.