7th CPC Defence Pension – Modification in Minimum ceiling
DESW Orders dt.29.1.2019
Implementation of Government decision on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission-Provisions regulating Casualty Pensionary Awards for Defence Forces pensioners/family pensioners-regarding.Dated 29.01.2019
No.16(3)/2017/D(Pen/Policy)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
New Delhi-110011,
Dated, 29th January, 2019
To
The Chief of the Army Staff
The Chief of the Naval Staff
The Chief of the Air Staff
Subject- Implementation of Government decision on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission- Provisions regulating Casualty Pensionary Awards for Defence Forces pensioners/family pensioners- regarding.
Sir,
I am directed to refer to the provisions for revision of various kinds of pensionary awards notified in implementation of the Government decision on recommendations of Seventh CPC vide this Ministry’s letters No 17(01)/2016-D(Pen/Pol) dated 29th Oct, 2016 amended vide this Ministry’s letter No 17(01)/2017/(01) /D(Pension/Policy) dated 4th Sept, 2017 read with letter No 17(01)/2017/(02)/D(Pension/Policy) dated 5th Sept, 2017 for pre-1.1.2016 Armed Forces pensioners/family pensioners and vide letter No 17(02)/2016-D(Pen/Pol) dated 4th Sept, 2017 for post-1.1.2016 Armed Forces pensioners/family pensioners.
2. In partial modification of above said orders, it has now been decided that following minimum ceiling shall be applied to the under-mentioned casualty pensionary awards:
2.1 The Disability/Liberalized Disability/ War Injury pension (i.e. total of service element plus disability/ liberalized disability / war injury element as the case may be), shall be subject to minimum of Rs 18,000/- per month irrespective of degree of disability of the personnel.
2.2 In cases of disability pension where permanent disability is not less than 60%, the disability pension (i.e. total of service element plus disability element) shall not be less than 60% of the reckonable emoluments as defined in above mentioned orders, subject to a minimum of Rs 18,000/- per month.
2.3. The amount of special family pension, admissible to the families of Armed Forces personnel, shall be subject to a minimum of Rs 18,000/- per month.
2.4 The amount of liberalized family pension, admissible to the child/ children of Armed Forces personnel, shall be subject to a minimum of Rs 18,000/- per month.
3. All other provisions stipulated in above mentioned Government orders which are not affected by the provisions of this letter, shall remain unchanged.
4. The provisions of this letter shall take effect from 1.1.2016.
5. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Division of this Ministry vide their ID No. 10(16)2018/Fin/Pen dated 26.12.2018.
6. Hindi version will follow.
Yours faithfully
sd/-
(Manoj Sinha)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
Respected sir,
I am retirement in army completed 24 year’s of service on 1999.now my basic pension is today 20067₹.sir what is after 7th pay commission amendment /pension arieres & basic pension please tell me Sri.
Please reply earlier ..thank you sir.
No hike in disability pension already 50% disability wale. Service element +disability element 18000 se jadha. hi hai so yeh sab dekava hai aour order paper keliye simith hai no hike
I a m geting 4511as disabilitypension. 50percent. As pernew order how many amount I shall get
I am getting 50 percent disability pension from army and retired on 30.06.98. ‘B’ parmanent. Now i wish to know as per latest letter will i get 18000 or any others?
As per the ammendment leter it should be Pension as ₹ 9,000/-p.m. only.
Thank you.
Mr. Kajal sen will get no hike. Kindly refer the circular i.e. his normal service (element) pension + disability pension should be < than 18000/- if am not wrong.