No.14021/4/2016-AIS(II)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. and Pension
Department of Personnel & Training
New Delhi, the 1st September, 2016.
To,
The Chief Secretaries of
All States/Union Territories.
Sub: Implementation of Government's decision on the recommendation of
the Seventh Central Pay Commission- Revision of provisions regulating
pension / gratuity / commutation of pension / family pension /
disability pension / exgratia lump-sum-compensation, etc-reg.
Sir,
I am directed to say that in pursuance of Government's decision on the
recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission, the Department of
Pension & Pensioners' Welfare by its OM No. 38/37/2016- P&PW
(A)(i),(ii) and Resolution dated 4th August 2016 (copies enclosed) has
issued the necessary detailed order for implementation of Government's
decision on the recommendation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission-
Revision of provisions regulating pension/gratuity/commutation of
pension/family pension/disability pension/ex-gratia
lump-sum-compensation etc. under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 and
Commutation of Pension under CCS (Commutation of Pension) Rules 1981,
CCS (
Extraordinary Pension) Rules 1939 etc.
2. The applicability of the provisions of aforesaid Office Memorandums
of the Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare to the members of
All India Services has been considered. It has been decided that the
provisions contained in the aforesaid
Office Memorandum issued by the Department of Pension & Pensioners
shall be equally applicable Mutatis-Mutandis to members of All India
Service governed by the ATS (DCRB) Rules, 1958.
Encl : as above.
Yours faithfully,
(Kavitha Padmanaban)
Deputy Secretary(Services)
amount of additional pension will be Shown distinctly in the pension
payment order, For example, in case where a pensioner is more than BO
years of age and his pension is Rs.10,000 pm, the pension will be shown
as (i) Basic pension=Rs.10,000 and
(ii)Additional pension Rs.2,000 pm. The pension on his attaining the age of 85 years will be shown as
(i).Basic Pension =-Rs.10,000 and (ii) additional pension = Rs.3,000 pm.
Retirement/Death Gratuity
6.1 The rates for payment of death gratuity shall be revised as under:
| Length of Qualifying service | Rate of Death Gratuity |
| Less than one year | 2 times of monthly emoluments |
| One year or more but less than 5 years | 6 times of monthly emoluments |
| 5 years or more but less than 11 years | 12 times of monthly emoluments |
| 11 years or more but less than 20 years | 20 times of monthly emoluments |
| 20 years or more | Half month’s emoluments for every completed six monthly period of qualifying service subject to a maximum of 33 times of emoluments |
6.2 The-maximum limit of Retirement gratuity and death gratuity shall be
Rs, .20 The ceiling on gratuity will increase by 25% whenever the
dearness allowance rises by 50% of the basic pay. Accordingly, first
proviso under Rule 50(1)(b) of CCS (Pension)
