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Pensioners can get 6 big reliefs, government can give good news!

New Delhi: The coming times may prove to be very wonderful for central government employees and pensioners. If you are also a pensioner or someone in your family has retired from a government job, then this news will bring a smile on your face. In fact, in a recent high-level meeting, many big and important issues to the pension system were discussed. After this meeting, the expectations of lakhs of pensioners have increased significantly that the government can give them some good news soon.

Employee organizations have strongly placed many important demands before the government like increase in pension, re-implementation of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) and increasing the amount of family pension. The best thing is that positive signals have been received from the government on these demands. If sources are to be believed, preparations have been completed to send all these proposals to the 8th Pay Commission. If these demands get the green signal, then the elderly and their families will get huge financial relief in the coming days.

Demand for pension revision every five years

It is often seen that pensioners have to wait for a long time for their pension to increase. Keeping this in mind, employee organizations have raised the demand that pension should be revised every five years. According to the present system, a major change in pension occurs only when a new pay commission is implemented in the country, which usually takes a long time of 10 years. Organizations argue that in today’s times inflation is skyrocketing, due to which the budget of elderly pensioners is deteriorating. Expenditures on medicines, medical expenses and daily household needs have increased rapidly, but pensions do not increase at the same pace. Therefore, it has become very important to review pension at regular intervals.

Demand for increasing family pension also raised

In this important meeting, there was a serious discussion regarding the safety of not only the employees but also their families. According to the current rules, when an employee retires, he gets about 50 percent of his last salary as pension. But, unfortunately if the employee dies, only 30 percent of the amount is given to his family (nominee) as family pension. Employees’ organizations say that in today’s time it is almost impossible for the entire family to survive on such a small amount, especially when there is no other earning member in the house. That is why there is a strong demand to increase this limit of family pension.

Disabled dependents can get relief

This time the government seems to be in a mood to simplify the rules to disabled children. In the meeting, the organizations said that it is not at all practical to repeatedly ask for ‘no income certificate’ from the disabled dependents to avail the benefit of family pension. To get such government certificates, these families have to visit offices and face a lot of mental and physical trouble. It is a matter of relief that the government has assured to consider this sensitive issue sympathetically and has indicated to simplify this entire process.

Demand to give family pension to widow daughter-in-law

Another very humanitarian and urgent demand was raised in this meeting, which is directly to a needy section of the society. Employee organizations have demanded that if a government employee’s son dies and his daughter-in-law is completely dependent on the family, then in such a situation that widowed daughter-in-law should also get the full benefit of family pension. The government has not rejected this proposal, but has asked to take legal opinion on it, which has increased the hopes of soon implementing this decision.

Discussion intensified again regarding OPS

The issue of Old Pension Scheme i.e. OPS has always been the biggest issue for the employees, and its echo was clearly heard in this meeting also. The employee side has argued before the government that all those employees for the posts for which the recruitment process was started before December 22, 2003, should be given the benefit of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), even if their joining or appointment took place after 2003. According to reports, the government may also adopt a positive stance on this sensitive topic. Especially in cases of getting jobs on compassionate grounds, there is every possibility of employees getting huge relief.

Pensioners’ expectations increased

After detailed discussion on all these public welfare demands, a new hope has arisen among lakhs of pensioners and central employees of the country. Everyone is confident that in the coming days the government can take some historic and big decisions in their favor. If these proposals get final approval, millions of families in the country will not only get greater financial security, but their old age will also become secure and respectable.