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Q: 1
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Are these orders applicable
to those pensioners also whose date of commencement ofpension is
exactly 01.01.2006?
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A:
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Yes, these orders are applicable to
all the pensioners/family pensioners whose date of
commencement of pension is on or before 01.01.2006.
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Q: 2
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The date of commencement of
family pension in respect of a family pensioner is 01.04.2006 whose
late husband had retired from the service on 31.08.1999. Will the family pension of
the family be revised under these orders?
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A:
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Yes, the family pension will
be revised under these orders because the deceased soldier was a pre-2006
retiree.
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Q: 3
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It is being contended by
some pensioners/their associations that the arrears on account of this
revision should be paid w.e.f. 01.01.2006 as the orders are merely an amendment to
GOI, Mob letter dated 11.11.2008. Please clarify.
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A:
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As the provision of these orders are
effective from 24the September 2012. Hence no arrears shall be allowed for
the past period.
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Q:4
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Will the additional pension also
be revised accordingly ?
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A:
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The improved pension will
be the basic pension from 24.09.2012 and hence
additionalpension payable will also be revised accordingly by the PbA.
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Q:5
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The basic pension of
a pre-2006 pensioner (Rank – Havildar , Group ‘CI’) of Army having total
qualifying service of 15 years is slated to be increased from 3500/- p.m. to 5301/- P.M. Is such a high
increase in Basic Pension is in order?
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A:
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The increase in BP from 3500/- to
5301/- P.M for the pensioner with particulars as mentioned above is in order.
It is evident from the existing basic pension of 3500/-PM and the
particulars given above that the MIA has not revised pension of the individual correctly
w.e.f. 01.07.2009. The correct entitlement of the individual is as
under:
Basic Pension w.e.f. :
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01.01.2006
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3500/- P.M
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PCCIA(P) Cir No.
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397
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01.07.2009
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4635/-PM
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,, ,,
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430
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24.09.2012
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5301/- P.M
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,, ,,
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501
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Q:6
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In most of the cases
neither the pensioner has applied to the MIA for revision of theirpension nor
any Corr PPO or instructions have been received by the MIA from the PSA.
Please supply the proforma of application in this regard.
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A:
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It has been clearly mentioned in the
orders that the revision of pension by PCIAs has to be made with
reference to Pension Tables annexed to the orders. No further
authorization from the PSA or any application from the affected
pensioner is required to carry out the revision.
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Q:7
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The tables annexed to circular No
501 & Circular No. 502 start from QS of 15 years onwards. How
to revise the pension of a pensioner having less than 15 years if
qualifying years?
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A:
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Following elements of pension /
type of pension are to be revised by PSA.
·
Special Pension
·
Invalid pension
·
Service element of disability pension in
respect of PBOR discharged with less than 15 years qualifying service
·
Service pension of TA
personnel irrespective of their QS service and
·
Service element of War Injury Pension and
Liberalized Disability Pension
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Q:8
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Mr. ‘X’ who is a Hony Nb
Sub, Gp ‘D’ pensioner having total QS of 24 years is already drawing a basic
pension of 7750/- PM. However as per table – 4 (Army) annexued to Cir No 501,
his basic pension w.e.f. 24.9.12 should be 7601/- PM. Please advise how to
regulate such cases.
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A:
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The existing pension of the
pensioner in such cases might have been revised by PCDA (P) by issuing Corr
PPO (s) based on some courts orders etc. No action by PDA is required in such
cases.
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Q:9
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Mr ‘X’ is a DSC pensioner
in receipt of two pensions, one for regular Army service, and another for DSC
service. Are both these pensions to be revised by PDAs?
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A:
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The pension for regular
Army service will only be revised under these orders by the PDA. A reference
for revision of pension for DSC service will be sent to PCDA (P).
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Q:10
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The tables annexed to Circular No
501, in respect of DSC pensioner seem to be incomplete e.g. the table in
respect of Sep of DSC are only up to QS of 23 years. How to revise pensionof
a sep of DSC who has total QS of 24 years or above?
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A:
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Sepoy in DSC have maximum engagement
period up to 20 years only with the exception that the maximum term of
engagement can be up to 23 years in case of pensioner retired on or 30.5.98.
Hence QS in such type of cases may be restricted to the maximum permissible
andpension revised accordingly. Period-wise complete list of maximum
terms of engagement for JC0s/ORs is enclosed in Appendix-X to Cir No 501.
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Q:11
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There is no table annexed
to Cir No 502 to revise Ordinary Family Pension for NOKs of DSC
Personnel. Please advise how to revise such cases ?
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A:
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The family pension in
respect of DSC personnel who are in receipt of family pension for
only DSC service are to be revised at the same rates as given for family pensioners of
Regular Army. DSC personnel on “clerical duty” and “other duty” are entitled
for family pension of regular Army personnel of group “Y” and “Z”
respectively.
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Q:12
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What are the basic fields/data
required to revise pension under these order?
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A:
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The basic fields/data required
to revise pension under these orders are as follows:
1.
Type of pension viz
Retiring pension/service pension/ Ordinary Family Pension/
Special Family Pension/ War Injury Pension/ Dependant Pension
2.
Rank of the pensioner
3.
Group of the pensioner (only for JCOs
/ PBORs)
4.
Qualifying service (without
weightage)
5.
Record Office
6.
Date of commencement
7.
Date of Retirement
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Q :13
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How to look for the above
information in the PPO or related record ?
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A:
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In case of Post -86 retires all the
information is generally available in the original PPO of the Pensioner. In
cases where the required information is not available in the PPO or other
record of the PDA, the missing information may be called for from the PSA
concerned.
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Q:14
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In case of Pre-86 retires
Qualifying service is generally not available in the PPO of the pensioner.
Pl. advise the way out to regulate such cases.
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A:
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The qualifying service in such type
of cases can be looked for in the original Descriptive Rollof the
pensioner or in the Corrigendum PPO(s). Original discharge book/certificate
issued to the pensioner by the Record office is also an authentic source of
such information.
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Q:15
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Is capturing of information
about Record office financially importance or can be done away with?
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A:
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Following are the 4 major categories
of JCOs/PBORs based on Record office.
1. Naval Record Office
2. Air Force Record Office
3. DSC Cannanore Record Office
4. All other Record offices except those mentioned above.
Different tables are available to
cater to these categories and hence the importance of information about
Record Office can’t be done away with.
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Q:16
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Please provide some model
calculations to further increase the understanding?
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A:
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Some model calculations are done
here:
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CASE I
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Name of Pensioner
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:
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J.S. Bala
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Name of Bank
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SBI Chandigarh
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Existing Pension
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:
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26050/- ( Cir No.
397 )
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Rank
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:
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Colonel
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Qualifying
Service
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26 Years 05
Months
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Date of
Commencement
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:
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07/06/1990
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Being a commissioned officer of
Regular Army, the revision is to be done as per Annexure -A (table No 1)
annexed to PCDA (P) Circular No 500. Look in relevant column for
the rankand relevant row for qualifying service. The revised pension w.e.f.
24.9.2012 comes out to 27795/- P.M.
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CASE II
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Name of Pensioner
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:
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Smt Amarjit Kaur
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Name of Bank
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:
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SBI Moholi
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Existing Pension
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:
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8679/- ( Cir No.
397 )
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Rank
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:
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Major
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Date of
Commencement
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:
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19/07/1990
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Being the family of a commissioned
officer of Army, the revision is to be done as per annexure -A (table No -2)
annexed to PCCIA (P) Circular No 500. The revised pension w.e.f.
24.9.2012 comes out to 10923/- p.m.
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CASE III
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Name of Pensioner
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:
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Sukhvinder Singh
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Name of Bank
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SBI Ropar
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Existing Pension
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13500/- ( Cir No.
397)
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Rank
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:
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MWO-Hony.Flying
Officer
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Qualifying
Service
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34 Years
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Date of
Commencement
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:
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01/01/1985
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Date of Birth
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08/12/1929
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The existing pension of the pensioner
is not in order. Firstly, it needs to be raised to 13590/- from 13500/- P.M.
wef 01/07/2009 as per PCCIA (P) Circular No 482 dt 19/04/02012. Then look for
revised pension for the Rank and QS in Table -20 (Air Force) annexed to
Circular NO 501. The revised pension should be 15465/- wef 24/09/12.
Moreover, as the pensioner is more
than 80 years old, he is also entitled to additional pension corresponding to
revised pension.
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Exp:55%
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