Sunday, April 6, 2014

New Pension Scheme : Family pension under NPS

New Pension Scheme : Family pension under NPS

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO-350
ANSWERED ON-18.02.2014

Family pension under NPS
350. SHRI PRABHAT JHA

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) the details of cases of family pension sanctioned, so far, under the New Pension Scheme (NPS) to the families of deceased Central Government employees;

(b) whether family pension at the rate of old pension scheme to these family members of deceased employees has been stopped after coming into force of the New Pension Scheme;

(c) if not, the fate of those who have been receiving family pension under NPS at the rate of old pension scheme;

(d) whether some of the deceased employees have left behind them only few thousands rupees as Contributory Pension Fund (CPF) with the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL); and

(e) if so, how Government would pay them family pension from their CPF?

ANSWER
FINANCE MINISTER
(SHRI P. CHIDAMBARAM )

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *350 FOR ANSWER ON 18.02.2014 REGARDING “FAMILY PENSION UNDER NPS” RAISED BY SHRI PRABHAT JHA

(a): Central Pension Accounting Office has informed that as per its records there are 1900 cases of family pension and 20 cases of disability pension under National Pension System (NPS).

(b) and (c): The pension of the Government servants (except in the Armed Forces) appointed on or after 01-01-2004 is regulated by the NPS which is a defined contribution pension system. Employees appointed in the service of Central Government prior to this date are not covered by NPS. However, even after the introduction of NPS, the benefit of family pension is available to the families of the deceased Central Government employees covered under the NPS. Hence, family pension, at the rate of old pension scheme, to family members of deceased employees, who were in the service of the Central Government on or after 01-01-2004, is not denied or affected due to the implementation of NPS, as per the Office Memorandum (OM) No. 38/41/06/P&PW(A) dated 05-05-2009 of the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. This OM envisages payment of various benefits on death/discharge of a Government employee after adjustment of the monthly annuitised pension from the accumulated funds in the NPS account of the employee.

(d) and (e): National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) has informed that a few deceased employees, who passed away within a short span after joining NPS, had minimal accumulated pension wealth in their NPS accounts. However, as stated in reply to parts (b) and (c) above, the family members of the deceased employees are covered by the family pension

Source : http://rajyasabha.nic.in/

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