Pensioners Companion (Formerly "Swamy's Know Your Retirement Benefits") (S-5)

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Description  
Guidelines regarding
•    Gratuity, Pension, Commutation, Dearness Relief and Family Pension;
•    Group Insurance/Savings Fund, GPF, Deposit-linked Insurance and Medicare;
•    Compassionate appointments to dependants; Retention/ad hoc allotment of
      quarters;
•    Leave Encashment, T.A., etc.
•    All benefits available on retirement and on death;
•    Completely revised as per the latest orders on Seventh Pay Commission's Report
•    Specimens of all forms required for use by retiring/retired employees/family members.
•     Written in a simple layman's language. A book for the retiring and retired employees.
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Contents  
Section I – General Information
1.    Qualifying Service
2.    Emoluments/Average emoluments
3.    Benefits for Temporary Employees
4.    Nominations for payment of Gratuity and arrears of Pension.
5.    How to claim your Pension?
6.    Payment of retirement benefits to the family, when a Government servant's
       whereabouts are not known
7.    Pension through Public Sector Banks
8.    Payment of Pension through the Post Office Savings Bank.
9.    Medicare to Pensioners
10.  Pension Equivalent of Gratuity
11.  Miscellaneous Instructions
Section II – Benefits on Retirement
12.  Date of Retirement
13.  Retirement Benefits
14.  Retirement Gratuity
15.  Pension
16.  Dearness Relief on Pension
17.  Commutation of Pension
18.  Final Payment of your GPF Amount
19.  Leave Encashment
20.  Group Insurance Savings Fund
21.  T.A. to Place of Settlement
22.  Retention of Quarters
23.  Compassionate Appointment of Dependants (On your Invalidation)
24.  CEA / Hostel Subsidy
Section III – Entitlements on Death
25.  Immediate Relief
26.  Death Gratuity
27.  Family Pension
28.  G.P.F. and Deposit-Linked Insurance Amount
29.  Leave Encashment
30.  Group Insurance — Savings Fund and Insurance Amount
31.  T.A. to station of settlement
32.  Compassionate Appointment of Dependant
33.  Grants from the Compassionate Fund
34.  Retention of Quarters
35.  Allotment of Quarters to Dependant
36.  CEA / Hostel Subsidy
Section IV – Forms
1.    Common Nomination From for Gratuity, General Provident Fund and Central Government
        Employees' Group Insurance Scheme.
2.    Deleted
3.    Details of Family 
4.    Common Nomination Form for Arrears of Pension and Commutation of Pension
5.     Particulars to be obtained by the Head of Office from the retiring Government 
       servant (six months before the date of his retirement)
6.    Deleted
7.    Form for Assessing Pension / Family Pension and Gratuity 
8.    Form of letter to the Accounts Officer forwarding the pension papers of a Government servant
9.    Life Certificate to be submitted by pensioner
10.  Form of letter to the nominee of a deceased Government servant where valid nomination
        for the grant of the death gratuity exists
11.   Form of letter to the member or members of the family of a deceased Government servant
        where valid nomination for the grant of the death gratuity does not exists
12.  Form of Application for the grant of death gratuity on the death of a Government servant
13.  Form of letter to family member of a deceased Government servant for grant of Family Pension
14.   Form of application for family pension on death of a Government servant or pensioner or on
        death or ineligibility of a family pensioner
15.  Non-Employment Certificate
16.  Government servant's Letter of authority and Undertaking
17.  Application for admission to CGHS (Pensioners)
18.  Form for assessing and authorizing the payment of family pension and death gratuity when a \
       Government servant dies while in service
19.  Form of letter to the Accounts Officer forwarding papers for the grant of family pension and
       death gratuity to the family of a Government servant who dies while in service
20.  Form of letter sanctioning Family Pension to another member of family on death or ineligibility
       of a recipient Family Pension
21.  form of letter sanctioning Family Pension to another member of family on death or ineligibility
       of a recipient of Family Pension
22.  Form of application for the grant or Residuary Gratuity on the death of pensioner
23.  Form of Medical Certificate
24.  Form of certificate of verification of service for pension
25.  Form of application for permission to Central Services Officers to accept commercial
        employment within a period of one year after retirement
26.  Undertaking
27.  Application for payment of amount due under the CGEGIS on the death of an
       employee while in service
28.  Application for commutation of a percentage of superannuation pension without medical
       examination when applicant desires that the payment of the commuted value of
       pension should be authorized through the Pension Payment Order
29.  Application for commutation of a percentage of pension without medical examination
30.  Application for commutation of pension after medical examination by an applicant
       referred to in Rule 18 of the Central Civil Service (Commutation of Pension) Rules, 1981
31.  Application for restoration of commuted portion of pension after 15 years
32.  Application for payment of accumulation under CGEGIS on retirement, resignation, etc.
33.  Annexure - 'C' - Receipted Bill for payment of savings Fund under CGEGIS
34.  Application for final payment / transfer to Corporate Bodies/ Other Governments of
       balances in the ....................Provident Fund Account.
Section V - Illustration
Section VI - Frequently Asked Queries and Answers
Section VII - National Pension System and Retirement Benefits to Employees covered under NPS
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Author Details
Muthuswamy
Brinda
Sanjeev