Indian Railways has taken a big decision on stopping the pension of pensioners and family pensioners. Also, the Railway Ministry has taken a tough stance on PSU Bank doing this. The ministry issued a letter asking banks not to withhold pension of any Pensioner / Family Pensioner in the circle of a letter. In fact, banks are withholding pension of retired railway employees after 31 March 2020 because they have not yet received the pension related paper. This is due to Covid 19 Lockdown.
The copy of the May 12 order of the ministry is with Jagran Digital. In this, the railway ministry said that banks should issue pension of retirees on or after 31 March 2020 on the basis of E-PPOs. They should not wait for its hard copy. The ministry has not yet been able to send the copy of the Pension Payment Order (PPO) to the banks due to Covid 19 Lockdown.
Indian Railways has taken a big decision on stopping the pension of pensioners and family pensioners. Also, the Railway Ministry has taken a tough stance on PSU Bank doing this. The ministry issued a letter asking banks not to withhold pension of any Pensioner / Family Pensioner in the circle of a letter. In fact, banks are withholding pension of retired railway employees after 31 March 2020 because they have not yet received the pension related paper. This is due to Covid 19 Lockdown.
The copy of the May 12 order of the ministry is with Jagran Digital. In this, the railway ministry said that banks should issue pension of retirees on or after 31 March 2020 on the basis of E-PPOs. They should not wait for its hard copy. The ministry has not yet been able to send the copy of the Pension Payment Order (PPO) to the banks due to Covid 19 Lockdown.
Facility for 1 year
This facility is for central employees, which was started last year. Modi government has extended this service for 1 year. More than 1 crore employees and pensioners are getting salary and pension under the 7th Pay Commission.
Difficulty in giving pension form
The Union Minister said that due to the epidemic, government employees may have difficulty in submitting pension forms in the office. It is also possible that they may not be in a position to deposit the Claim Farm Pay and Account Office with the service book. Especially if both offices are in different cities, then this problem increases further.
Provision of Provisional Pension
Harishankar Tiwari, former president of AG Office Brotherhood (Prayagraj) told Jagran.com that provision of Provisional pension has been there even before. A government employee gets a provisional pension when he retires. This pension is made on his last drawn salary. There is not much difference between the amount of the actual pension and the provisional pension.
Will continue to receive pension
The Ministry of Personnel said that central employees retiring during Covid 19 will start receiving temporary pension money until the issuance of Pension Payment Order (PPO) and another paper work.
