Payment of Provisional Family Pension to the spouse of Pensioner died during pandemic Covid-19: BPS writes to Hon’ble Minister in this regard.
Payment of Provision Family Pension to the spouse of Pensioner died during pandemic Covid-19: BPS writes to Hon’ble Minister
BHARAT PENSIONERS SAMAJ
(AlI India Federation of Pensioners” Associations)
No. BPS/SG/FP/Pensioner/2 1/5
Dated the 19th May 2021
DR. JITENDRA SINGH
HON’BLE MINISTER OF STATE
M/O PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS
Reg: PAYMENT OF PROVISIONAL FAMILY PENSION TO THE SPOUSE OF PENSIONER DIED DURING PANDEMIC COVID -19.
Respected Sir,
Bharat Pensioners Samaj, while appreciating the various welfare measures undertaken by the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare under your leadership, seek your intervention to mitigate the suffering of spouses of pensioners died during Covid -19 period.
Sir, we with a heavy heart bring to your kind notice that, during this second wave, many of the Central Government pensioners have succumbed to Corona. Ina bid to curb spread of novel Corona Virus in the country, many of the State Governments have declared Lock-down for a period ranging from 15 days to a month or two. During this lockdown period, the concerned State Governments have issued guidelines to the offices and also Central Government offices, in their respective States, to function with bare minimum staff. As a result of this, spouses of pensioners, who died due to Covid or any other reasons, may not able to submit Form No. 14, duly filled and signed with all the relevant documents, in view of the lockdown declared by the Government and in the absence of functioning of government offices with full strength, there may be delay in their submission of Family Pension Application, which, in tum, may result in delay in getting their family pension sanctioned.
Considering the hardship faced by the pensioner’s spouses, if the family pension is not sanctioned immediately, especially during this COVD 19 pandemic and also in normal course, we request your good self to consider sanctioning of provisional family pension to the spouses of pensioners, who have succumbed to Corona or due to any other diseases during this pandemic , just as has been done in the case of death of a Government servant during service in terms of Dop& PW OM dated 27.7.2020, on receipt of a request on a plain paper for sanction of provisional family pension along with Doctor’s Certificate relating to death with copies of Aadhar card/Pension Payment Order/first page of pass book, pending submission of Form No.14 along with other relevant documents.
Kindly cause to issue necessary orders, in this regard, at the earliest.
Thanking you,
With regards
Yours faithfully,
For Bharat Pensioners Samaj
S.C. MAHESHWARI
SECRETARY-GENERAL
CC: 1. SRIINDEVAR PANDE, IAS, SECRETARY, DOP&PW
2. Sri Sanjiv Narain Mathur, IAS, Joint Secretary (Pension), DOP& PW
3. Smt. Seema Gupta, Director (Pension), DoP&PW
4. Sri Rajesh Kumar, Under Secretary
4. All the Affiliates\
S.C. MAHESHWARI
SECRETARY-GENERAL
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