Eligibility of Widowed

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)MtNlsrRY oF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)

(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. F(E)lll/2007/PN{ /5 New Delhi, Dated: L4.09.20{3.

The GMs/FA&CAOs,All Indian Railways/Production Units.(As per mailing list)

Subject: Eligibility of widowedldivorced daughters*family pen'sion- clarification regarding. ,'

A copy of Department of Pension and P\A/)',so'M' No' ttislog-paPw(E) dated 11'09'2013 0n the t6qi11q, is enclosed forinformation and compliance. These instructions$"q-ll apffi mutandis onthe Railways also. Rules 54(6xiii) and 54(

(Pension) Rules, 1993 respectively. , - " '& ,the enclosed O.M.

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Joint Director Finance (Estt.),RailwaY Board.

No. F(E)lllt2007/PN1/5 New Delhi, Dated: 26 .09.20{ 3.

Copy to Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General of lndia (Railways), Room No.224,Rail Bhavan, New Delhi (40 sPares)"

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Copyforwaraed b the General Se*etaries ofAfiliated unions of NFIRfor information.

S.No, DOP&PW's inskuctil$'ru Corresponding instructions ofRailwav Board

1 . t lt gl0s-p&PW(E) dald 25l30ffi8.2004"' "qr

F(E)lll/98/PN1/4 dated16.03.2005

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F(E)lll/2007/PN1/5 dated20.05.2011

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(M.Raghavaiah)General Secretarv

No. UFt09_p&pW (S)Govemmcntof India

Mlnfutry of penmnnol, p.G. & pensionsIhpartment ofPension & pensionenr Welfarr

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oxr"rcE MEM9RAIYDUM the llo september' 2013'

Slb: Eligibility of widowed/divotpd daughters for grant of family pension - clarificationrcgarding.

Provision for grqnt-of family pcnsion to a widowed/divorced daughtcr beyond the age of25 years has bem made vide OM dated 30.08.2004.rThis provision has 6.en iocfuO.a in clausc$i).!rsubnrle 54 (6) oltle_ccs (Pension), Rules, 197).For settlcmentoroiJcases, it wasclarifie4 vidc oM.d"ry ?8.04.2011, that;the family pension may be sntt"dl" etigiblewidowed/divorced dauglrters with effect from 30.08-2i04, in o* thc dcath of tbe Govt.Scrvant/pcnsioner occunpd boforc this date.

? This Departnrent has been receiving communications from various Minisfiieyq.{*qtry seeking glarification regErding eligUitity of a daughter who became widowed/divoncd afterthe deatlr of the cmployee/peniioner.

3. As indicated in Rule 5a(S) of tha CCS (Pension) Rules, l9T?, ftrc tum of unmaniod".hildtpo

plow 25 years of age comes after rtrc death or iemarriigo oriheir rnott ei71utho, i.".,the pcnsioner and hiVlrcr spouse. Th.ereafter, the family pensii is payablc ro the disablcdchildrcn for life and then to the unmaniedAridowcd/divbrccC Oaugtrtrin-above thc age of 25yca$.

4, It is clarified that the family pension is payable to the children as they are considercd tobe dependent on tlre Govc.rnment scrvanl/pensioog of his/lrer spouse. A ctrildwho is not earningeq|tal to or mort than thc sum of minimum fanily pension and deamess relief thereon ii aconsidered to be dependent on his/trcr porents. ffr:*ffi only those children who arc dependentgd mect other coaditions of eligiUitity for frmily p"*'ion at &e time of deattr of theGovernment scrvant orhiVtrer spousc, whichevcr is fitpi are eligible Or Amity pension. If twoor morE children are eligible for_famifr pgnsion { ttrut time, failily pension wif tpay*le toeach child on hMer^tum provided he/she is still eligible for Airilfy prnsioo wfreir the tumT-rF lpiluly, family pension to a widowed/divorceddaughter is pai,ebfc provid; ,h" tulfilsall cligibility conditions at tlre time of dsath/ineligibility of i'sr parenb and on thc dato hcr tumto rcceive family pension comes.

5' As legnrds opening 9f old cas€s, a dalghter if eligiblgr as orphined in the preoedingl,*gf+..*"y F guttrcA fonily pension wittrlffect nui ro6 Augrst, 2fi)4. The position isrrusrfttt€d throug[ an exayplet Sry A a pensioner, died in 1986, HJwas suwived Ui n6 wifc,smt. B, a son slui c and 1 daughtcr, Kumui D- the uaugnter bcing the youngrr.'K*, . oT"{"d in t990 and got widowed in 1996. Smt. B died in ioor. nt"i"no, srri-c *as geningItitv.pgntiou being disablc4 and died in 2003. Thereafter,Gr"rily pension was stopped asKumari D was not eligible for it at tlnt time. She applied for famity p.*i* ;rho basis ofo'lvr', dat€d 30n eugust, 20(H. Sinoe tdr*r a widow ino trao no independent sourpo of income

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at the time of death of her mofier and on the date her tum camc, she may bc grant€d frnrilypcnsion. The family pension will continuc onty till shE remarries or starts eaming her livelihoodequal to or mor€ tlran tlre sum of minimum ftnrily pension and dearnes relief thcreon

6. - Thil is only a clarification and the entitlement of widowed/divorced daughters wouldaontinue to be d.ctermined in terms of O.M., dat€d 25R0{n Augort" 2gQ!,redwitr-O.U,, dated28.4.2011.

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l. AllMinisfiesOopartmentsoftheGovemmentoflndia2. O/o The Comptnoller & Auditor General of India3. o/o The conholler enneral ofAcoounts, Lok Nayak Bhavan, New Delhi.4, Pensioncrs' Associations as per list maintained in the Deprtnent5. All Officem/Desks