7th Pay Commission: The government has changed the rules of Family Pensions. Now the pension has been increased by two and a half times. The limit of family pension has been increased from Rs 45,000 to Rs 1.25 lakh per month.
New Delhi: 7th Pay Commission: There is big news regarding the pension of government employees. The government has made a big change in the rules of pension. Under the new rule, if both husband and wife are central government employees and are covered under the Central Civil Services (CCS-Pension), 1972 Rules, then their children can get two family pensions on their death.
With this, the maximum limit of family pension can be up to Rs 1.25 lakh. But some terms and conditions have also been kept for this. Let’s know what new rules have been made?
New rules for pension of central employees
The central government provides social security to its employees as well as their families. Under sub-rule (11) of rule 54 of the Central Civil Services (Central Civil Services, 1972), if both husband and wife are Government servants and are covered under that rule, in the event of their death, the children of both the parents would be entitled to pension.
According to the rules, if one of the parents dies during service or after retirement, then the pension is received by the surviving parent i.e. the spouse. On the death of both, their children will get two family pensions.
Earlier this was the rule on pension
Earlier, if both the pensioners had died, then as per sub rule (3) of rule 54, the limit of two pensions to the child or children was Rs 45,000, according to sub rule (2) of rule 54, both the pensions of the family were Rs 27,000. is applicable per month. According to the Sixth Pay Commission, the highest pay under Rule 54(11) of CCS rules is at the rate of 50 per cent and 30 per cent of Rs 90,000 per month.
What is the new rule on pension
After the 7th Pay Commission, the payment in government jobs was revised to Rs 2.5 lakh per month. Since then there has been a change in the pension given to the children. According to the notification of the Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare (DoPPW), two limits have been changed to Rs 1.25 lakh per month and Rs 75,000 per month.
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