Bharat Pensioners Samaj

 

  PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY परिपत्र / CIRCULAR Circular No.:पीएफआरडीए/2025/04/एसयूपी-सीजी-एसजी/01 Date: 26.06.2025 To, The PrAOs, PAOs, DDOs of Central Government, Existing Employees, Eligible Past Retirees and the Legally Wedded Spouses of Deceased Past Retirees of Central Government covered under National Pension System (NPS), The DTAs, DTOs, DDOs of State Governments with respect to AIS Officials, The Central Recordkeeping Agencies (CRAs), National Pension System Trust. Subject: Extension of cut-off date for exercising Option of Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) under NPS by three months i.e upto 30 September 2025 Please refer to the Regulation 3 (2) (i) of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Operationalisation of the Unified Pension Scheme under National Pension System) Regulations, 2025 dated 19th March 2025, wherein, it is provided that the exercise of option in respect of an eligible employee to covered under UPS shall be undertaken: – (...

  TA-3-07001/2/2021-T A-CG A/cs-5365/188 Ministry of Finance Controller General of Accounts Department of Expenditure Mahalekha Nivantrak Bhawan E-Block, GPO Complex, INA, New Delhi-110023 Dated: 24.06.2025 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Delay in finalization of pension cases. Reference is invited to this Office Memorandum of even number dated 08.12.2024 on the above-mentioned subject. wherein all the offices were requested to strictly follow the codal provisions while processing/finalizing pension cases. 2. In this regard, office of CGA/CPAO have been closely monitoring delays in processing/finalizing pension cases and efforts were also made to identify and clear the bottlenecks in processing as well as disbursement of pension. The general causes for delay have been found as under: Wrong fixation of pay on promotions, NFU, MACP ctc. Non-adherence of para 2.16.3 of CAM, 2024 regarding audit of pay fixation orders within 3 months of issuance of orders and in case the employee due to ret...

  Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) – Extension of cut-off date for Exercising Option by three months i.e upto 30 September 2025: Ministry of Finance Ministry of Finance Extension of cut-off date for Exercising Option under Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) by three months i.e upto 30 September 2025 Posted On: 23 JUN 2025 5:55PM by PIB Delhi The Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) for eligible Central Government employees was notified by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, vide Notification No. F. No. FX-1/3/2024-PR dated 24th January 2025. To operationalise this framework, the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) notified the PFRDA (Operationalisation of the Unified Pension Scheme under NPS) Regulations, 2025 on 19th March 2025. As per the regulations, eligible existing employees, past retirees, and the legally wedded spouses of deceased past retirees were given a period of three months i.e., upto 30th June 2025 to exercise their option under the scheme. In view of t...

 

Family Pension Be Full Pension?"   When a government employee retires, their pension becomes their only source of financial stability. But when that pensioner passes away, what happens to the family?   A widow, often elderly and dependent, is left behind — mourning the loss of her partner… and suddenly, without warning, her income drops by 40 percent. Yes — the pension that sustained their household is now paid only at 60%. This is what we call family pension . But the bills? They don’t reduce. The rent, electricity, water, cooking gas, medical costs, property tax… none of them go down. In fact, expenses often increase. Why? Because now she has to manage everything alone. She may have to hire a caretaker. Pay for transport to the hospital. Or cover the costs of rituals and social responsibilities.   How can we call ourselves a welfare state — if we force our widows to survive on less, right after losing everything? Let’s be clear: Pension is...