New
Delhi: The government has decided to give pension payment order (PPO) and all
other retirement benefits on the day of retirement to all 50000 central
government employees retiring every year, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on
Thursday.
“The
goal is to ensure 100 per cent payment of all retirement benefits and the
delivery of pension payment order (PPO) to retiring employees on the day of
retirement itself,” The Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions Jitendra Singh said at the inauguration of a workshop on ‘Bhavishya ’, an online pension sanction and
payment tracking system for central government retirees.
“Last
year of a retiring employee is spent in preparation of pension payment order
(PPO) and collecting no-dues certificates as he fears no one will let him in
after he retires. The reputation of a retiring government servants becomes such
that he is preparing to get his pension on time. This is just not done,” Singh
said
“Our
experience shows pension payments are considerably delayed. Retirees need a
dignified exit from service and can’t be expected to run around for their
pension payment order (PPO) and all retirement benefits or make requests to
someone for it,” said an official on this occasion.
Bhavishya involves preparation of advance
list of employees retiring in the next 12 months and sending each such employee
a login and password for ‘ Bhavishya ‘
portal eight months before the date of his retirement on his mobile phone and
e-mail ID.
The
employee fills up his details on the portal and based on that information,
pension forms are auto-generated by the software and submitted for processing.
The system then sends SMS and e-mail alerts to the employee, his head of
department and disbur...
The
Minister said apart from ensuring timely disbursal of pension, the Department
is also holding pre-retirement counselling for employees and considering
various options on how best to utilize the experience of retired personnel who
can contribute a lot to the government and society as they are energetic and
resourceful for long beyond 60 years of age.
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