I have seen a slew of angry messages regarding non-issuance of the letter dispensing with the “33 Year” rule for earning full pension for defence pensioners. It may be recalled that the letter for civil pensioners was issued in April 2016 as informed by this post published on 07 April 2016. Further the reasons for further delay were enunciated by this post of 05 June 2016 but it seems that impatience takes the better of sane thought as a result of which venomous mails and messages are floated and even comments with unparliamentary language were left on this blog strangely as if it was the fault of the blog for the delay in issuance of the letter.
A little knowledge is dangerous they say.
While the orders for civilians were issued for the dispensation of the 33 year condition for full pension in April 2016, what most do not know is that a problem of interpretation arose soon thereafter even for civilian pensioners wherein it was not clear to various agencies whether the said dispensation would also apply to service element of disability pensioners. In other words, a question arose that would those in receipt of service element of disability pension also be allowed full pension, irrespective of length of service, that was earlier admissible only to those who had completed 33 years of service, or would the dispensation be allowed only to regular pensioners?. The problem was more extreme for defence pensioners since most of the affected pensioners with less than 33 years of service are not those who have retired with a service length between 15/20 and 33 years but those who are in receipt of disability pension and have been released with less than pensionable length of service.
It is now recently, this month to be precise, that a clarification has been issued by the Department of Pension & Pensioners’’ Welfare (DoPPW) after due sanction from the Ministry of Finance that the said rule shall apply to service element of disability pension also, thereby now clarifying the issue in toto.
Of course unlike the DoPPW, the Ministry of Defence would have to issue a letter with separate detailed tables because of the inherent difference in the system of calculation of pensions for ranks other than commissioned officers due to which protection clauses would have to be introduced.
More than officers who have taken pre-mature retirement, the fresh dispensation is expected to appreciably be of much benefit to other ranks released with a disability with less than pensionable length of service.
Readers are requested to be patient and not spread discontent amongst the military community. In any case, as informed earlier also, the arrears are to flow from 01 Jan 2006 and the delay hence hardly matters.
(Source : Maj Navdeep Singh blog)
Sir,
ReplyDeleteI salute your good self for the selfless service you render
in dealing with the issues of EXSM with the departments concerned.
Has not show your name and address' Dear Veteran should come out for better information.
DeleteSir I feel and take your goodness a SLICE of solaces.no one else except you ever updates the convincing information.GOD MAY BLESS U A LONG LIFE.KINDLY OBLIGE YPUR
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A nice post. Blog spot should be very cordial. Musthave balences with like an infomative one like rly senior citizens blog. quick and fast with unnis bees accuracy. It is wanting requirement beyod RTI.
ReplyDeleteDear Veteran!
DeleteProcess of DL 33 in active condition Probable Fund had already sent to PCDA(P) To MoD for necessary Approval. In my view'It is a critical Matter Due to Fund are need More Than 9 thousand Carrore. Please we be in patient' it would clear shortly.
I appreciate and welcome your appraisal.But it is worth to avoid such guess work of numerical figures,
Deletewhich will bring in unwanted rumors
Arrears due to widows and ORs could have been paid out pending finalization of disability cases which would have been well understood by vets
ReplyDeleteRagbir Singhji, My e-mail id is gounivn@gmail.com
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Dear' Anonymous August 29, 2016 at 10:22 AM
ReplyDeleteIts not possible change a thought of Every persons' Who are thinking always negativity.
Yes 'I can change of our self' What are correct? and What are Wrong' reply will get by heart. We cannot change to of your self sir. I also leaving behind of PCDA(P)' Some Every persons want knows queries about relating matters to pension/ Or dues Arrears'? Why we cannot knows about this. Please be in assured'Table has already arrived at MoD 15 days ago' For further necessary Approval of fund Ok Sir.
I don't agree with views expressed. Explanation given for such inordinate delay for issue of notification DL 33 yrs is not convincing..strange is argument that for defence large funds are required...there was no shortage for funds for central govt civil pensioners.
ReplyDeleteRespected,UPADHYAY SAHIB.I ALWAYS appreciate your efforts to deliver convincing information to veterans,yet pessimism will sustain with negativity for unscrupulous.you are doing a commendable job.
ReplyDeletePl go head to update DL33&status of 7cpc notification. Thanks
A periodic update - say once every fortnight - of the status of DL33 would go some way to bear the inordinate delay with patience. Major Navdeep Singh whose last update was on 28 Aug. is likely to have some authentic details on the current file status.
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