Delinking of Revised Pension from Qualifying Service of 33 years for IDA pensioners of BSNL

Delinking of Revised Pension from Qualifying Service of 33 years for IDA pensioners of  BSNL

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
(A Government of India Enterprise)
Corporate Office
(Pension Section)
5th Floor, Bharat Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi-110001

No. 40-22/2011-pen(B)

Dated: 10/03/2017

To

All Heads Of Circles/Telecom Districts/Regions
Project/ Telecom Storesr/Telecom Factories & other Administrative Offices
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

Sir,

Sub : Revision of pension of pre-2006 pensioners — Delinking of revised Pension from qualifying service of 33 years vide DOP&PW 0M No. dated 06/04/2016 – Applicability to IDA pensioners of BSNL – regarding.

I am directed to forward herewith a copy of DOT letter No. 40-12/2016-Pen(T) dated 15/02/2017 On the above mentioned subject and to say that Para 4.2 Of DOT 0M NO. 40-17/2008-Pen(T)-V0l. III dated 15/03/ 2011 specifies that the revised pension in no case shall be lower than 50% of the minimum of the pay in the pay scale corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale from which the pensioner had retired. Accordingly, it may be ensured that pension revision of all pre-2006 IDA pensioners W.e.f. 01/01/2007 has been carried out and no pro-rata reduction has been applied even if they had qualifying service of less than 33 years at the time of retirement.

Encl: as above

(S.P.Bhatta)
Asstt. Genreal Manager(Estt.I)

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