In the 7th Pay Commission, the family of central employees also gets the facility. If both the husband and wife are government employees and covered under CCS Pension 1972, then in such a situation their family will also be made part of the family pension.
7th Pay Commission: In the 7th Pay Commission, the family of central employees also gets the facility. If both husband and wife are government employees and are covered under the Central Civil Services Pension (CCS Pension) 1972, then their family will also be made part of the family pension. After retirement, if the death of both the members, their children (nominees) can get two pensions. This pension will be a maximum of 1.25 lakh rupees. However, certain conditions are fixed for the pension, they have to be complied with.
According to Rule 54 (11) of CCS Pension 1972, if both husband and wife fall under the rules of pension, after the death of both, their two children will get family pension. According to the rules, if one member dies after retirement in a government job, then the family pension will be given to the other member (husband or wife). If both of them die after retirement, then the child/children will get the facility of family pension.
Earlier, family pension was less
On the death of the first government employee, the surviving children used to get 45 thousand rupees as family pension. This was the rule under Pension Rule 54 (3). If both the families were given pension, then according to all the rules (2), this amount was 27 thousand rupees. According to the rules of the Sixth Pay Commission, under the CCS rules, the maximum pension amount was 50 per cent of 90 thousand rupees and two family pension was given at the rate of 30 per cent. According to 90 thousand, this amount was 45 thousand and 27 thousand rupees.
What is the new rule?
According to the 7th pay commission (7th pay commission), the maximum pension amount is fixed at Rs 2,50,000. However, there has been a change in the rule of family pension. Both husband and wife are government employees and if both of them die after retirement, then a pension of 1.25 lakhs and another family pension of 75 thousand rupees will be given to the nominee children. In lieu of the 7th Pay Commission, the government fixed the family pension at the rate of Rs 2.50 lakh per month. According to the notification, in place of 45 thousand rupees from 1.1.2016, 50 percent of the total 2.5 lakh i.e. 1.25 lakh rupees will be given to the nominee as family pension. Earlier the pension of 27 thousand rupees has now been reduced to 30 percent of 2.5 lakh i.e. 75 thousand rupees.
