Minimum monthly pension increased by 9,000 for central govt employees

The Government has increased the minimum monthly pension to nine thousand per person, besides a two-fold hike in ex-gratia amount for central government employees.

Addressing the meeting of the Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies in New Delhi yesterday, Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office, Dr Jitendra Singh said the ex-gratia amount for the



employees has been increased from 10 -15 lakh to 25-35 lakh rupees. He said, there are about 50-55 lakh pensioners in the country and almost 88 per cent of their accounts have been seeded to Aadhaar.

Dr Singh also stressed on the need for putting in place an institutionalised mechanism to make good use of the knowledge and experience of the retired employees.