Minutes of the Meeting held with Pensioners’ Welfare Associations under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare) on 30.05.2025 (through VC)

 F. No. 4(1)/2025-P&PW(H)-10475

Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi.
Dated: 10-06-2025

Subject: Minutes of the Meeting held with Pensioners’ Welfare Associations under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare) on 30.05.2025 (through VC)

The undersigned is directed to forward herewith a copy of Minutes of the Meeting held under the Chairmanship of Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary (P&PW), with Pensioners Welfare Associations on 30th May, 2025 (through VC).

2. This issues with the approval of Secretary (Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare).

(Subhash Chander)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

To: All Pensioners’ Welfare Associations (through email)

Copy for information to:

1. PSO to Secretary (Pension), Lok Nayak Bhawan

2. PPS to JS (Pension), Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi

3. PA to Director (PW), DoPPW, New Delhi

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Minutes of the Meeting

F. No. 4(1)/2025-P&PW(H)-10475
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

A meeting (through VC) chaired by Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary (P&PW), was held with Pensioners’ Welfare Associations on 30.05.2025 regarding:

• CPENGRAMS grievances

• Grant-In-Aid

• PFMS issues

• SPARSH-related issues

• CGHS matters

• DLC for NRI pensioners

• Experiences with newly introduced Form 6-A

Key outcomes:

• Payments made to PWAs for DLCs generated in FY 2023–24. Associations to share pending claims, if any.

• PFMS data-entry issues reported by PWAs are under resolution.

• PWAs encouraged to help pensioners lodge CPENGRAMS complaints; issues may be reported to DoPPW.

• Guidelines for evaluation of PWAs to be issued in June 2025.

• Enhanced Grant-in-Aid to be sanctioned in FY 2025–26.

• DLC Campaign 4.0 to cover 2000 locations in Nov 2025 with active PWA involvement.

• Pensioners’ Awareness Programs to be organized across India; PWAs may suggest venues.

• Special Campaign 2.0 for grievances of family/super senior pensioners: 01.07.2025 to 31.07.2025

• NRI pensioners currently required to submit physical Life Certificates as per rules.

The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks.

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Annexure-I

Points raised by Pensioners’ Welfare Associations

S. No	Name of Association	Suggestions/Points Raised
1	Karnataka Posts and Telecommunications’ Pensioners’ Association, Bangalore	i) Add option to enter association’s address on CPENGRAMS portal.
2	Uttarpara Central Govt. Pensioners’ Association, Hooghly	i) Mismatch in PFMS UCs vs actual expenditure; manual UCs being uploaded.
3	All India Federation of Pensioners' Association, Chennai	i) Clarify if Life Certificate submission date moved from Nov to April. ii) New CGHS website causing delays.
4	Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare Association, Mumbai	i) PFMS ID expired—needs reactivation. ii) CPENGRAMS access issues.
5	All India Central Govt. Pensioners’ Association, Cuttack	i) Info on increase in Grant-in-Aid. ii) DLC remuneration not received.
6	Defence Accounts Pensioners' Association, Pune	i) Clarification on Notional Increment implementation for 30th June/31st Dec retirees w.e.f. 01.01.2006.
7	Bharat Pensioners’ Samaj, New Delhi	i) All complaints resolved. ii) UMID card validity (1 year) by Railways is inconvenient.
8	ISRO Retired Employees Forum (IREF), Hyderabad	i) DLC generation for NRI pensioners? ii) Senior officials should attend Pension Adalats for immediate grievance resolution.
9	N.F. Railway Pensioners’ Associations, Guwahati	i) UCs uploading issues. ii) Trouble submitting cases on CPENGRAMS. iii) Pension Adalat cases submitted. iv) Grant-in-Aid guidelines should be flexible.

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Annexure-II

List of Participants
(Only a partial list reproduced for brevity—full list available in source document)

S. No	Participants
1	Sh. Dhrubajyoti Sengupta, Joint Secretary
2	Sh. Ravikiran Ubale, Director
3	Sh. Subhash Chander, Under Secretary
4	Ms. Ramanjit Kaur, Sr. Consultant
5	Ms. Deepanjali Parida, Office Assistant
...	...
13	Bharat Pensioners Samaj, New Delhi
21	Karnataka Posts and Telecommunications’ Pensioners’ Association, Bengaluru
32	Uttarpara Central Govt. Pensioners’ Association, Hooghly
39	All India BSNL Pensioners Welfare Association, Bengaluru
40	Posts and Telegraphs and Other Central Govt. Pensioners' Association, Ahmedabad

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