Minutes of the meeting of 35th SCOVA held on 10.03.2026 under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble MOS (PP)
F.No.42/11/2023-P&PW(D)/E-9312
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare
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3rd Floor, Lok
Nayak Bhawan
Khan Market, New Delhi-110003
Date: – 4th May, 2026
To
All the Pensioners’ Associations
included in SCOVA
Vide Resolution dated 29.09.2025
Subject: – Minutes of the meeting
of 35th SCOVA held on 10.03.2026 under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble MOS (PP) at
CSOI, KG Marg, New Delhi -reg.
Please find enclosed herewith the minutes of the 35th
Meeting of Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies (SCOVA) held under the
Chairmanship of Hon’ble MoS (PP) on 10.03.2026 at CSOJ, KG Marg, New Delhi.
Encl: as above
Meeting Minutes Software
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(Keshav Madhav Sharma)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Minutes of the meeting of 35th SCOVA held on
10.03.2026 under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble MOS (PP) at CSOI, KG Marg, New
Delhi
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Venue: CSOI, K. G. Marg, New Delhi
Date: 10.3.2026
1. List of participants is at Annexure-I.
2. Minutes of the Meeting is at Annexure — I.
3. Joint Secretary (Pension) welcomed Hon’ble MoS
(PP), Secretary (P&P W), representatives of Pensioners’ Welfare
Associations and the officers from various Ministries/Departments. He
underlined that SCOVA is a useful platform where feedback on implementation of
policies/programs of DoPPW is discussed. Further, he highlighted that it
provides the representatives of PWAs an opportunity for raising the issues
concerning, pensioners’ welfare directly before the concerned Ministries/Departments.
4, Secretary (Pension) briefed the members of SCOVA
about various initiatives undertaken by DoPPW for bringing case in the life of
the pensioners. She appreciated the role of PWAs towards the success of DILC
campaign 4.0, held in November, 2025. She apprised about the Comprehensive
guidelines issued on 29.09.2025 for timely payment of retirement dues and issue
of PPOs at the time of retirement of Central Civil Services Employees with
innovative intervention of appointment of Pension Mitras for handholding of
pensioners in all the departments. She also pointed out the impactful role of
National Pension Adalats in
resolving grievances wherein more than 74% of the grievances have been
successfully resolved on the spot in presence of the Hon’ble MoS (PP) in the
last 15 Pension Adalats.
5. Thereafter, new agenda items identified for 35th
SCOVA meeting and carried forward agenda items from 34th SCOVA meeting, held in
March, 2025 were deliberated in detail.
6. In his concluding address, Hon’ble MoS (PP) and Chairman of SCOVA,
Dr. Jitendra Singh underscored several revolutionary changes, brought in since
2014 for bringing “Ease of Living” to the common man. He shared that the issue
regarding an increase in the Grant-in-Aid to PWAs from earlier ₹75,000/- to ₹5,00,000/-
per annum per Association, as raised in last SCOVA, has been duly addressed. He
emphatically mentioned about the role of SCOVA in bringing recent reforms in
CGHS viz. revision of CGHS packages, reducing the age limit for referral free
consultation in empaneled hospitals from 75 years to 70 years, increase in the
validity of referral from 1 month to 3 months on a single referral. Further, he
discussed the utility of integration of CGHS portal with Bhavishya in ensuring
the generation of CGHS card on the first day of the retirement.
7. Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble MoS
(PP) also stressed upon the role of SCOVA in participative consultation with
stakeholders so that welfare measures for pensioners are ensured. He also
encouraged PWAs to share suggestions beyond grievances so that policies and
services can be further strengthened.
8. The meeting ended with a vote of
thanks to the chair and all other participants.
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Annexure-I
List of Participants – See PDF
Annexure-II
NEW AGENDA ITEMS – See PDF
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