DEPARTMENT OF : PERSONNEL AND TRAINING
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3263 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.08.2010
REMOVAL OF ANOMALIES IN PENSIONS .
3263. SARDAR BALWINDER SINGH BHUNDAR
Will the Minister of PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased
to state:-
(a) whether Government have since taken a decision to remove anomalies having
arisen in the grant of pensions to those who retired before 1st January, 2006 from
the higher scales in the bunched scales as same pension has been granted to a
number of scales bunched together under the recommendations of the Sixth
Central Pay Commission;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) if not, by when that is likely to be done?
Answer
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister
of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Parliamentary Affairs. (SHRI PRITHVIRAJ CHAVAN)
(a) to (c) : In accordance with the orders issued in implementation of the
recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission for revision of pension of
Central Government Civil Pensioners with effect from 01.01.2006, all pre-2006
pensioners would get a minimum increase of 40% of their pre-2006 basic pension
(excluding the element of merged dearness relief/dearness pension), in addition to
the basic pension, dearness pension and dearness relief which they were getting as
on 01.01.2006 based on their pre-revised pension. Besides, the revised pension
will, in no case, be lower than fifty percent of the minimum of the pay in the pay
band plus the grade pay (in the case of HAG and above scales, fifty percent of the
minimum of the revised pay scale) corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale from
which the pensioner had retired. These orders are consistent with the
recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission and no change has been
considered necessary by the Government in this respect
SOURCE;IRTSA
