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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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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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Colonel
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Qualifying Service
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:
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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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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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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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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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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:56%
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