Delinking of qualifying service of 33 years for revised pension (JCOs/ORs and
Commissioned Officers)
No.1(2)/2016-D(Pen/Pol)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
New Delhi, Dated , the 30th September 2016
The Chief of the Army Staff,
The Chief of the Naval Staff,
The Chief of the Air Staff,
Subject:
Revision of pension of pre-2006 pensioners (JCOs/ORs and Commissioned Officers)
-delinking of qualifying service of 33 years for revised pension.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s letter No- 7(4)/2008(1)/D(Pen/Pol)
dated 11.11.2008 as amended, for implementation of government decision on the
recommendations of the Sixth CPC for revision of pension/family pension in respect of Pre-
2006 Armed Forces pensioner/Family pensioners. As per provisions contained in Para 5 of the
letter, revised pension and revised ordinary family pension of all Pre-2006 Armed Forces
pensioners/Family pensioners determined in terms of fitment formula laid down in Para 4.1 of
above said letter dated 11.11.2008 should in no case be lower than fifty percent and thirty
percent respectively, of the minimum of the pay band plus the Grade pay corresponding to the
pre-revised scale from which the pensioner had retired/discharged] invalided out/ died
including Military Service Pay and ‘x’ Group Pay, where applicable. The pension so
calculated had to be reduced pro-rata where pensioner had rendered less than 33 years of
qualifying service.
2. The above minimum guaranteed pension was revised w.e.f. 24.09.2012 vide GOI, MOD letter
No. 1(11)/2012/D(Pen/Pol) dated 17.01.2013 in case of commissioned officers. As-per this
letter, with effect from 2409,2012, the minimum guaranteed pension in respect of Pre-2006
commissioned officers/family pensioners should be determined as fifty and thirty percent
respectively of the minimum of the fitment table for the rank in the revised pay band as
indicated under fitment tables annexed to SAI 2/8/2008 as amended(equivalent instructions
for Navy.& Air Force) and SAI 4/S/2008 (for MNS Officers), plus grade pay corresponding
to the Pre-revised scale from which the pensioner had retired/ discharged/invalided out/died
including M.S.P. The minimum guaranteed pension/family pension in respect of Pre-96 retired
EC/SSC officers should be revised w.e.f. 24.09.2012 as 50% / 30% respectively of the pay in
pay band corresponding to the pre revised scale of pay of Rs, 10500/- ( in terms of para 9
(a)(l) of SAI 1/S/2008 ) plus grade pay of Rs 5400/ and M.S.P. of Rs. 6000/-.
3. The above minimum guaranteed pension was further revised, vide Ministry’s letter No. 1
(04)/2015/(l)-O(Pen/Pol) dated 3rd September, 2015 ( in r/o JCOs) and Letter No- 1
(04)/2015/(11)-D(Pen/Pol) dated 3rd September, 2015(in r/o JCO/ORS). Pension/family pension
in respect of Pre- 2006 Armed Forces pensioners/Family pensioners, has been determined as
fifty and thirty percent respectively of the minimum of the fitment table for the rank in
the revised Pay Band as indicated under fitment. tables annexed with 1/8/2008, 2/8/2008, 8
4/8/2008 as amended and equivalent instructions for Navy and Air Force, plus Grade Pay
corresponding to the pre-revised scale from which the pensioner had retired!
discharged/invalided-out/died including Military Service Pay and 'X'- group pay where
applicable w.e.f. 01.01.2006. However, vide Ministry’s letter No. 1(7)/2014-D‘(Pen/Pol)
dated 31.07.2015, the minimum guaranteed pension in case of Medical Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC
has been revised by adding NPA, @ 25% of minimum of fitment table for the rank In the
revised Pay band as indicated In the‘fitment table annexed with SAI 2/S/2008.
4. Now, GOI, Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions, Department of Pension Pensioners
Welfare has Issued OM, No. 38/37/08-P&PW (A) dated 06.04.2016 for delinking of
Qualifying Service with-pension for revision purpose. Therefore, it has been decided that
w.e.f. 1.1.2006, revised consolidated pension and family pension of. pre-2006 armed forces
pensioners shall not be lower than 50% and 30% respectively of the minimum of the pay in the
Pay band plus. Grade Pay corresponding to the pre-revised scale from which the pensioner had
retired/discharged/ invalided out/died including Military Service Pay and X group pay, if
any, without pro-rata reduction of pension even if they had rendered qualifying service of
less than 33 years at the time of retirement. Accordingly, Para 5 of this Ministry's letter
dated 11.11.2008 would stand modified to this extent.
5. Revised table’s indicating minimum guaranteed retiring/service pension and Ordinary
family pension have been annexed to this letter as follows:
Annexure A for commissioned officers (JCOs)
Annexure B for Army Pensioners (JCOs/ORs)
Annexure C for Airforce Pensioners (JCOs/ORs)
Annexure D for Navy pensioners (JCOs/ORs)
Pension Disbursing Agencies (PDA) are hereby authorized to step up the pension/ family
pension of the affected. pre-2006 pensioners where the existing pension being paid to the
pensioners, is less than the rata of pension indicated in above said annexures. Necessary
implementation instructions to all concerned shall beissued by principal CDA (Pensions),
Allahabad
6. The provisions of this letter shall take effect from 01.01.2006 and arrears, if any,
shall be payable from 01.01.2006. Further, the pension/Family pension of the Armed Force
Personnel has been revised a number of times in past vide various letters issued by this.
Ministry, therefore, if pension already revised w.e.f. 01.01.2006, 01.07.2009, 24.09.2012
& 01.07.2014(OROP) under respective Govt. orders happens to be more than this amount.
then Retiring/Service and Family Pension as per above orders will continue to be paid as
basic pension during that period.
7.
Payment of Life Time Arrears (LTA) : If a pensioner to Whom the benefit accrue-s
under the provisions of this letter has died/dies before receiving the payment of arrears,
the Life Time Arrears of Pension (LTA) shall be paid in the following manner:
(a) If the claimant is already in receipt of Family Pension or happens to be the person in
whose favour Family Pension already stands notified and the awardee has not become
Ineligible for any reason, the LTA under the provisions of this letter should be paid to
such a claimant by the PDA on their own.
(b) if the claimant has already received LTA in the past in respect of the deceased to whom
the benefit would have accrued. the LTA under the provisions of this letter should also be
paid to such a claimant by the PDA on their own.
(c) If the Claimant is a person other’than the one mentioned at 7(a) & 7(b) above,
payment of LTA shall be made to the legal heir/heirs as per extant Government orders on the
subject.
8.
Additional pension: The rate prescribed In these orders shall be the minimum
guaranteed basics pension from 1.1.2006. Additional pension as applicable to the old aged
pensioners/ family pensioners on attaining the relevant age (80 years and above) shall also
be enhanced by the PDAs, where beneficial from 1.1.2006 or the date from which the pensioner
attain the age of 80 years or more, whichever is later as per the extant orders on the
subject.
9. All other terms and conditions shall remain unchanged.
10. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Division of this Ministry vide their ID No.
10(6)/2016/FIN/PEN dated 29.9.2016.
5 . Hindi version will follow.
Yours faithfully,
sd/-
(Manoj Sinha)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Authority: http://www.desw.gov.in/
