Posted On: 03 JAN 2019
3:34PM by PIB Delhi
Information
regarding the number of Central Government employees in the country is not
maintained centrally in this Ministry. As per information provided by
Department of Expenditure, the total number of Central Government civilian
employees, as on 01.03.2016, was 32, 21,183
Total
number of Central Government civil pensioners, as on 31.03.2018, is 37, 02,882.
Central
Government employees (except Armed Forces personnel) appointed on or after
01.01.2004 are covered under the National Pension System (NPS) notified vide
Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affair’s) Notification No.
5/7/2003-ECB & PR dated 22.12.2003 and Section 20 of PFRDA Act,
2013. Such employees are, therefore, not covered by the Central Civil
Services (Pension) Rule, 1972, which are allocable to Central Government civil
employees appointed on or before 31.12.2003.
Under
NPS a monthly contribution of 10 percent of basic pay plus dearness allowance is
required to be made by the employees and a matching contribution is made by the
Government. It has since been decided to increase the Government
contribution to 14 percent of basic pay and dearness allowance.
On
superannuation/retirement, at least 40% of the accumulated pension wealth of
such subscriber is mandatorily utilized for purchase of annuity providing for a
monthly or any other periodical pension and the balance of the accumulated
pension wealth after such utilization is paid to the subscriber in lump sum.
In the
event of death of a Government servant of his discharge from service on account
of disability or invalidation on medical grounds, the benefit of Central Civil
Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 are available to the Government employees of his
family members
.
Central Government employees
covered under NPS are eligible for the benefit of retirement gratuity and death
gratuity on the same terms and conditions as are applicable under Central Civil
Services (Pension) Rules, 1972.
NPS
employees are also eligible for other post-retirement benefits such as leave
encashment, group insurance, medical facility, etc., as are applicable to
employees appointed before 01.01.2014.
This information was provided by the Union
Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region
(DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic
Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in Rajya
Sabha today. BB/NK/JMS (Release ID: 187112)
03.01.2019
