May 15,2018:
Minister of State for Personnel, Jitendra Singh, has stated that,"Aadhaar card is not mandatory for central government employees to get their pension".
While speaking at the 30th meeting of Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies he stated that,"Aadhaar is an additional facility to enable the use of technology for submission of life certificate without the need for visiting banks".
His assertion assumes significance as there were reports of some retired employees facing difficulty in getting the pension in the absence of Aadhaar linkage with their bank accounts.
Minister further added that Aadhaar has not been made mandatory for getting pension for government employees.
There are about 48.41 lakh central government employees and 61.17 lakh pensioners.
He added that,“For instance, minimum pension has been increased to Rs 9,000, ceiling of gratuity has been increased to Rs 20 lakh, fixed medical allowance has been increased to Rs 1,000 per month” .
“Constant attendance allowance has been increased from Rs 4,500 to Rs 6,750 with effect from July 1, 2017. Some benefits relating to income-tax e.g. standard deduction, tax-rebate etc.on interest made available in the Finance Bill, 2018,” he stated.
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