(a) whether any deduction is being made by the Coalfield India Limited from the salaries of its employees in various subsidiaries for the payment of pension;
(b) if so, whether pension is being paid to the retired employees regularly;
(c) if so, the details thereof;
(d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(e) the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINES AND MINERALS
(SMT. RITA VERMA)
(a) : Yes, Sir.
(b) : Pension is being paid to the eligible
retired employees who have
applied for the same and whose
applications have been found in
order.
(c) & (d) : Out of 4770 complete applications
received in the Coal Mines
Provident Fund Organisation,
pension is being paid in 1929
cases. Claims of remaining
eligible persons are under various stages of processing .
(e) : The Government is alive to the problem of timely pension
settlement and it has set a
time bound programme for settlement of all pending pension
cases.