Additional relief on death or disability of NPS officials

• For the employees appointed on or after 1.1.2004 who are discharged on invalidation/disablement and by the families of such employees who have died during service since 1.1.2004, the following benefits to Central Civil Government Servants covered by the New Pension Scheme are extended, on provisional basis till further orders:
  • Retirement from Government service on invalidation not attributable to Government duty:
    • Invalid Pension calculated in terms of Rule 38 and Rule 49 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972.
    • Retirement gratuity calculated in terms of Rule 50 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972.
  • Death in service not attributable to Government duty :
    • Family Pension (including enhanced family pension) computed in terms of Rule 54 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972.
    • Death gratuity computed in terms of Rule 50 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972
  • Discharge from Government service due to disease/injury attributable to Government duty
    • Disability Pension computed in terms of the Central Civil Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules
    • Retirement gratuity computed in terms of the Central Civil Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules read with Rule 50 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972
  • Death in service attributable to Government duty:
    • Extraordinary Family Pension computed in terms of Central Civil Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules and Scheme for Liberalised Pensioary Awards
    • Death gratuity computed in terms of Rule 50 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972
• The employee/ his family will also be paid Dearness Pension/Dearness Relief admissible from time to time in addition to the above benefits, on provisional basis
• The payment of various benefits on death/discharge of a Government employee are subject to the adjustment of the monthly annuitised pension from the accumulated funds in the NPS Account of the employee. Therefore, no payment of monthly annuitised pension will be made to the employee/family of the employee during the period he/she is in receipt of the provisional benefits mentioned above
• In cases where, on discharge/death of the employee, the amount of accumulated funds in the NPS Account have been paid to the employee/family of the employee, the amount of monthly-annuitised pension from the date of discharge/death will be worked out in accordance with the rules/regulations to be notified by the Department of Financial Services/PFRDA and the same will be adjusted against the payment of benefits/relief after the notified rules in this respect are in place.

DoP&PW OM No. 38/41/06/P&PW(A) dated 05.05.2009