Ordinary Family Pension
Ordinary family pension is payable to the widow and children of the officer who died/die while in service or after retirement with a retiring/disability/invalid/ special pension on account of causes which are neither attributable to nor aggravated by service.
Elegible Members of Family for Ordinary Family Pension
- Wife lawfully married before or after retirement
- A judicially separated wife
- Son/unmarried daughter below the age of 25 years (including those illegitimate and adopted legally before or after retirement) or till the date of earning livelihood i.e. not more than Rs. 2550/ pm., whichever is earlier.
- Widowed/ divorced daughter till she attains the age of 25 years or upto the date of re-marriage and the earning is not more than Rs. 2550/- p.m. whichever is earlier.
- Parents wholly dependant and has not left behind a widow, widower, eligible son or daughter or a widowed/ divorced daughter and the earning of the parent is not more than Rs. 2550/- p.m. The beneficiary is required to furnish income certificate by themselves. The family pension to parents will be admissible with effect from 1.1.1998 but will cover cases where death occurred even prior to 1.1.1998)
In case of parents, the mother will receive the pension first. In addition to above, the following members are also eligible for ordinary family pension:-
- Handicapped children- son or daughter suffering from any disorder of disability of mind or physically crippled or disabled so as to render him unable to earn a living even after attaining the age of 25 years.
- Post retrial spouses-
- Children born out of void or voidable marriage
- Children born from divorced wife where conception took place before divorce.
Ordinary Family Pension in case of Missing Personnel Pensioners
Ordinary family pension in such cases is admissible to the eligible member of the family from the date of lodging FIR one year after the date of lodging FIR or expiry of leave of the officer who has disappeared, whichever is later.
Rates of Ordinary Family Pension
The ordinary family pension at normal rate shall be calculated @ 30% of reckonable emoluments last drawn subject to a minimum of Rs. 1275/- p.m.(now Rs 1913/- after DA merger )and a maximum of 30% of the highest pay.
Where on officer dies while in service having rendered not less than 7 years continuous qualifying service, or who dies after retirement with pension. Ordinary family pension at enhanced rate shall be granted for a period of 7 years or upto the date on which the deceased would have attained the age of 65/67 years. The amount of enhanced rate shall be the lowest of the following amounts:
- 50% of the reckonable emoluments
- amount of retiring/ invalid/ service element of disability pension
For this purpose, reckonable emoluments comprises of pay including Rank Pay, stagnation increments and NPA, if any, last drawn. With effect from 1.4.2004, DA equal to 50% of the existing basic pay shall be merged with the basic pay which would be counted for retirement benefits.
An example showing calculation of normal rate and enhanced rate of ordinary family pension is given in Model Calculation .
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