Recently the finance department of Navanna issued a notification stating that the pension of the retired employees of the state government is going to increase. In fact, for those who retired before the month of January 2016, as per the recommendation of the Sixth Pay Commission, the pension will be half of the basic salary i.e. 50 percent.
According to Navanna, about three and a half to four lakh retired employees of the state are benefiting from the implementation of this decision. This new rule will also apply to municipal panchayat workers and school teachers. In fact, 50 percent of the basic pay during the retirement period is paid to state government employees in getting pension. Besides, in case of family pension, family members get 30 percent. However, for some systematic errors who retired before January 1, 2016, they were not getting 50 percent pension of basic pay as recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission.
Content of Notification:
Government of West Bengal Finance Department Pension Branch Block IV, 2nd Floor Writers' Buildings Kolkata-700 001.
No. 525-F(Pen)/N/F/1P-155/2022 Dated, Kolkata, the 19th July, 2022
MEMORANDUM
Subject: Revision of pension of pre-01.01.2016 pensioners.
The undersigned is directed to state that in terms of para 4.4 of Memo. No. 535 F(Pen), dated 01.10.2019, read with para 2 of Memo. No. 681-F(Pen), dated 23.12.2019, the revised pension under W.B.S.(R.O.P.A.) Rules, 2019 of a Govt. pensioner who retired after completing minimum qualifying service for full pension (i.e. 33 years/20years as the case may be) before 01.01.2016 cannot be less than 50% of the minimum of the pay in the Pay Matrix in the revised pay structure corresponding to the pre-revised pay-scale/pre-revised pay structure from which the pensioner had retired.
(2) Now, the undersigned is directed to state that the Governor is pleased, in partial modification of para 4.4 of Memo. No. 535-F(Pen), dated 01.10.2019, to decide that the pension of the pre-01.01.2016 pensioners, in no case, shall be lower than 50% of the corresponding minimum of the revised pay structure under W.B.S.(ROPA) Rules, 2019 introduced with effect from 01.01.2016 for the post last held by them.
(3) Formal amendment to the relevant rule will be made in due course.
Sd/-S Acharyya Additional Secretary to the Govt. of West Bengal
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