(a) whether pension of the Government employees who retired before November 1, 1996 is to be revised on the recommendations of the 5th pay commission;
(b) if so, the number of Government servants in whose case the pension has not been revised by the respective departments so far; and
(c) the action taken by the Government to expedite the revision in their pension forthwith?
THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES, AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING, DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS AND PENSIONERS WELFARE OF THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPACE. (SMT.VASUNDHARA RAJE)
(a)to(c): In respect of Central Government servants who retired before November 1, 1996, i.e. between January and September, 1996, O.M. No. 45/86/97P&PW(A) dated 18.10.1999 was issued correcting the anomaly that had occurred while revising the pension based on government decision on Vth Pay Commission`s recommendations. In order to expedite revision, Department of Pension and Pensioners` Welfare vide the above O.M. had directed Departments/Ministries of the Government of India to revise suo moto the pension of Government servants under their administrative control without calling for fresh applications from them. As pension sanction and payment is completely decentralised, no centralised record is maintained in this Ministry for settlement/revision of pensions.