All India Pension Adalat | 19 Sep 2018

The All India Pension Adalat was inaugurated by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

  • The pension adalats are being convened with the objective of bringing on a common table the aggrieved pensioner, the department concerned, the bank or CGHS representative, wherever relevant, so that such cases can be settled across the table within the framework of extant rules.
  • In addition to the central ministries, the offices of accountant general would be separately addressing the pensioner grievances of all-India service officers, in all the states across the country.
  • The Minister  also presented the the third Anubhav Awards-2018 to six Central Government employees to recognise their contribution to the Anubhav portal which is designed to create an institutional memory for successive generations of Central Government employees.
  • The Anubhav Awards were instituted in the year 2015.
  • Besides the Adalat and awards, a Pre-Retirement Counselling (PRC) was also conducted for the Central Government employees with the objective to create awareness about post-retirement entitlements as well as to educate them on advance planning for retirement including medical facilities and participation in voluntary activities after retirement.

Other steps taken by the Government to facilitate the pensioners:

  • BHAVISHYA-
    • It is an online Pension Sanction and Payment Tracking System. It also captures personal information, service data and contact details like mobile number and email etc. The retiring employees will be kept informed of the progress of pension sanction process through SMS/E-mail.
  • SANKALP-
    • It is a project to channelize the skill, experience and time available with Central Government Pensioners into meaningful social intervention. It also facilitates the organizations working in these areas to select appropriate skill and expertise from the available pool of volunteer – pensioners. It is an initiative of the Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare, Government of India.