7th Pay Commission latest news, 7th Pay Commission update: This step will make life easier for the family members of the deceased employees and they will get adequate financial security.
7th Pay Commission latest news: After the government employees, the central government has taken a big step to help his family financially.
What is the step: Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Friday that under a significant reform, the limit of family pension payment has been increased from Rs 45 thousand to Rs 1.25 lakh per month. He said that this step will make the life of the family members of the deceased employees easier and they will get adequate financial security.
Jitendra Singh said that the Pension and Pensioners Welfare Department has issued an explanation in terms of the amount in which a child is entitled to withdraw two installments of a family pension if his or her mother dies.
He said that now the total amount of two such installments cannot exceed Rs 1.25 lakh. This is an increase of two and a half times over the previous limit.
What is the rule: According to the Central Civil Service (Pension) Regulations 1972, if both husband and wife are in government service and fall under this rule, then in the event of their death, their surviving child has two family pension of their parents. Will be able to get
Earlier directives had decided that in such cases the total amount of two family pensions would not exceed Rs 45,000 per month and Rs 27,000 per month, ie 50 per cent and 30 per cent respectively.
This rate was fixed in the context of the maximum salary of Rs 90,000 as per the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.
