pensioners: Centre simplifies guidelines to make sure ‘ease of residing’ for its pensioners

The Division of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare has undertaken an enormous marketing campaign to simplify guidelines to make sure “ease of residing” for central authorities pensioners, an official assertion issued on Thursday stated. The DoPPW, which administers pension-related coverage issues in respect to central authorities civil staff, has launched a significant marketing campaign on easing of guidelines through the ongoing particular marketing campaign.

The Centre has launched a particular cleanliness marketing campaign from October 2 to October 31, aimed toward simplifying of guidelines/procedures, disposing of scrap/waste, minimizing pendency of labor and resolving public grievances in all its departments.

“To be able to guarantee well timed cost of pensionary advantages to retired authorities servants/members of the family and to boost ‘ease of residing’ of pensioners after their retirement, this division (DoPPW) simplifies guidelines and points pointers/directions to ministries/departments, pension disbursing banks and many others.,” it stated.

The Division of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) has undertaken an enormous marketing campaign to assessment and simplify pension guidelines and issued directions through the particular marketing campaign 2.0 launched by the Division of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) for disposal of pending issues throughout October 2-31, stated the assertion issued by the Personnel Ministry.

Parameters for the particular marketing campaign embrace variety of guidelines/course of recognized for simplification.

The DoPPW has issued 30 notifications/circulars in October together with enhancement of dearness reduction from 34 per cent to 38 per cent and “instruction associated to most ceiling of contribution below Common Provident Fund throughout monetary 12 months” amongst others, simplifying current guidelines/procedures.

In one other press launch, the DoPPW stated it has focused to resolve 4,200 pending pension grievances to make sure speedy redressal and to boost “ease of residing” for 68 lakh central authorities pensioners.

As on October 19, 2022, i.e. inside 18 days of the marketing campaign, 3,080 pension grievances have already been resolved, it stated.

The division is convening inter-ministerial conferences with ministries/departments involved to resolve all grievances inside due time interval and it’s on observe to realize the formidable goal set by it firstly of the marketing campaign to convey down the pendency of pension grievances.