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Women Employees Can Nominate Son, Daughter For Family Pension: Centre
1/29/2024 10:56:18 PM
Agencies
NEW DELHI, Jan 29: In a path-breaking decision with far-reaching socio-economic impact, the Centre has allowed woman employees to nominate her son or daughter for family pension, instead of her husband, according to an official statement issued on Monday.
Previously, family pension was granted to the spouse of a dead government servant or pensioner, while other family members became eligible only after the spouse's ineligibility or demise, the statement said.
Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said that the Department of Pensions and Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) has introduced an amendment to the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, allowing female government employees or pensioners to grant family pensions to their eligible child/children after their own demise, in place of their spouse.
The amendment will address situations where marital discord leads to divorce proceedings or cases filed under laws such as the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, Dowry Prohibition Act, or the Indian Penal Code, he said.
"In a path-breaking decision with far-reaching socio-economic impact and in keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policy to provide equitable rights to women, the government has amended the long-standing established rule, thereby granting the woman employee the right to nominate her son or daughter for family pension, instead of her husband as has been the practice so far," said the statement issued by the Personnel Ministry.
Singh said, the amendment is in line with PM Modi's policy of giving just and legitimate rights to the women functionaries in every sector.
The DoPPW said, the female government servant or pensioner must make a written request to the concerned head of office, stating that family pension should be granted to her eligible child/children in precedence to her spouse, in the event of her death during the ongoing proceedings.
"If the female government servant or pensioner passes away during the proceedings, the family pension will be disbursed accordingly," the statement said.
If a woman employee is survived by a widower with no eligible child, the family pension will be payable to the widower, it said.
However, if the widower is the guardian of a minor child or a child suffering from a mental disorder, the family pension will be payable to the widower, as long as he remains the guardian, the statement said, adding that once the child attains majority and remains eligible for family pension, it will be payable directly to the child.
For cases where the dead female government servant or pensioner is survived by a widower and children who have attained majority but are still eligible for family pension, the family pension will be payable to such children, it said.
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