MOD ISSUES LONG AWAITED ORDERS ON PENSION

(Updated) Committee of Secretaries Report, as approved by the Cabinet, implemented. Letters issued.

The below mentioned letters have been issued today by the Ministry of Defence to improve the pensionary benefits of defence personnel in pursuance to the report submitted by the Committee of Secretaries as approved by the Cabinet.

The financial benefit of all these letters has been provided from 24 September 2012.

1. Improvement in pension of pre-2006 released Honorary Officers, JCOs and other ranks:
 Pensionary weightages have been increased for Sepoy, Naik and Havildar to 12, 10 and 8 years respectively.
The pensions of Honorary commissioned officers have also been increased.
Please Click for Circular No 501

2. Increase in pension and family pension in case of commissioned officers:
The pension and family pension of commissioned officer retirees has been enhanced based on the minimum of the fitment table (+ Grade Pay + Military Service Pay) rather than the pay band itself.
  Please Click for Circular No 500              

3. Increase in family pension of post-2006 and also pre-2006 JCOs and other ranks:
Changes have been incorporated in the family pensionary modalities of both pre as well as post2006 cases.
Please Click here for Circular No 502

4. Improvement in Casualty Pensionary Awards for pre-2006 commissioned officers, JCOs and other ranks:
Minimum guaranteed Special Family Pension, Liberalized Family Pension, Dependant Pension (Special) and Second Life Awards shall now be determined on the basis of the minimum of fitment table for each rank as per the applicable Special Army/Navy/Air Force Instructions (+ Grade Pay + Military Service Pay + X Group Pay if applicable) rather than the minimum of the pay band itself.
Please click here for Circular No 503

Any doubts or clarifications on the above may NOT please be directed towards me through email or phone and should be simply posted on the comments section of this blogpost.

Thank You.