Friday 13 January 2017

Jitendra Singh Announces Rs. 9000 Minimum Pension for Central government Employees

Jitendra Singh Announces Rs. 9000 Minimum Pension for Central government Employees
The Union Minister of state for  Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Jitendra Singh while addressing the 29th meeting of the Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies (Scova) in New Delhi on January 12, 2017 informed that the minimum pension for central government employees has been
increased to Rs. 9,000 per person and ex-gratia amount has been increased from Rs. 10-15 lakh to Rs. 25-35 lakh. The Scova meeting was organised by the Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoP&PW).  There are about 50-55 lakh pensioners in the country and almost 88% of pension accounts have been seeded to Aadhaar.

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