Implementation of Government decision on the recommendations of the Seventh
Central Pay Commission- Provisions regulating Casualty Pensionary Awards for Defence
Forces pensioners/family pensioners
7th CPC Defence Pension - Modification in Minimum ceiling
DESW Orders
dated.29.1.2019
No.16(3)/2017/D(Pen/Policy)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
New Delhi-110011,
Dated, 29th January, 2019
To
The Chief of the Army Staff
The Chief of the Naval Staff
The Chief of
the Air Staff
Subject:
Implementation of Government decision on the recommendations of the
Seventh Central Pay Commission- Provisions regulating Casualty Pensionary Awards for
Defence Forces pensioners/family pensioners- regarding.
Sir,
I am directed to refer to the provisions for revision of various kinds of
pensionary awards notified in implementation of the Government decision on recommendations
of
Seventh CPC vide this Ministry's letters No 17(01)/2016-D(Pen/Pol)
dated 29th Oct, 2016 amended vide this Ministry's letter No 17(01)/2017/(01) /D
(Pension/Policy) dated 4th Sept, 2017 read with letter No 17(01)/2017/(02)/D
(Pension/Policy) dated 5th Sept, 2017 for pre-1.1.2016 Armed Forces pensioners/family
pensioners and vide letter No 17(02)/2016-D(Pen/Pol) dated 4th Sept, 2017 for post-
1.1.2016 Armed Forces pensioners/family pensioners.
2. In partial modification of above said orders, it has now been decided that following
minimum ceiling shall be applied to the under-mentioned casualty pensionary awards:
2.1 The Disability/Liberalized Disability/ War Injury pension (i.e. total of service
element plus disability/ liberalized disability / war injury element as the case may be),
shall be subject to minimum of Rs 18,000/- per month irrespective of degree of disability
of the personnel.
2.2 In cases of disability pension where permanent disability is not less than 60%, the
disability pension (i.e. total of service element plus disability element) shall not be
less than 60% of the reckonable emoluments as defined in above mentioned orders, subject
to a minimum of Rs 18,000/- per month.
2.3. The amount of special family pension, admissible to the families of Armed Forces
personnel, shall be subject to a minimum of Rs 18,000/- per month.
2.4 The amount of liberalized family pension, admissible to the child/ children of Armed
Forces personnel, shall be subject to a minimum of Rs 18,000/- per month.
3. All other provisions stipulated in above mentioned Government orders which are not
affected by the provisions of this letter, shall remain unchanged.
4. The provisions of this letter shall take effect from 1.1.2016.
5. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Division of this Ministry vide their ID No.
10(16)2018/Fin/Pen dated 26.12.2018.
6. Hindi version will follow.
Yours faithfully
sd/-
(Manoj Sinha)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of
India
Copy to:
MoD (Fin/pension)
CGDA, New Delhi.
As per standar distribution
list.
Source:
Desw.gov.in
