Pension Rule: Issuing an important clarification for central government employees and pensioners, the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) has clearly stated that the name of a daughter will not be removed from the family list for family pension.
The department issued this clarification at a time when several complaints were received regarding the removal of daughters’ names from the family list of employees after retirement.
What is said in the DoPPW instructions?
The DoPPW’s office memorandum states that it is mandatory for every government employee or pensioner to provide details of all his or her family members, whether they are eligible for family pension or not. The department clarified, “As soon as a government employee informs the name of a daughter as a family member in the prescribed proforma, she will be considered a family member. Therefore, the daughter’s name will not be removed from the family members’ details. The eligibility for family pension will be decided after the death of the pensioner or family pensioner, as per the rules.” This means that the daughter’s name will remain in the list even if she is not eligible for family pension at that time. The eligibility will be checked only after the death of the pensioner.
This rule falls under which provision?
This provision falls under Rule 50(15) of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021. According to this rule, as soon as a person enters government service, he or she is required to provide details of all his or her family members—such as spouse, children, parents, and disabled siblings—whether or not they are eligible for family pension.
Special provisions relating to claim of family pension
If the name of a family member of a deceased Government servant is not available in Form 4 or in the office records, the pension claim of that member will not be rejected provided the office ensures that the member is eligible as per the rules.
Who is not eligible?
The DoPPW has also clarified that this rule does not apply to government servants who have retired from earlier civil or military service and are re-employed and for whom no new pension or gratuity is payable under this new service.
