Registration of Pensioners Associations under the Pensioners Portal Scheme

Registration of Pensioners Associations under the Pensioners Portal Scheme – Advertisement by Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

F.No.4(4)/2021-P&PW(H)
Government of India
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi
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Registration of Pensioners Associations under the Pensioners’ Portal Scheme The Pensioners’ Portal Scheme being implemented by the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare aims at enhancing the welfare of Central Civil Pensioners’ across the country with the specific objective to facilitate redressal of Pensioners grievances and provide detailed information and guidance on pension and other retirement related matters through various stake holders. It envisages inter-alia association of registered Pensioners Associations of Central Government Employees and other welfare organizations in the implementation process. Under the above Scheme this Department has already registered 50 Pensioners Associations on the basis of laid down eligibility criteria. To participate in the implementation of the scheme, these Associations are given one time IT hardware as well as Grant-in-Aid up to Rs.75,000/- per annum to defray expenses on certain approved components such as telephone/internet connection, electricity and stationary. This Department now intends to register 10 more Central Government Pensioners Associations who fulfill the eligibility criterion and are from the unrepresented twelve States and four Union Territories as listed below:

1. Bihar
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Tripura
5. Goa
6. Nagaland
7. Mizoram
8. Andaman & Nicobar
9. Arunachal Pradesh
10. Meghalaya
11. Sikkim
12. Himachal Pradesh
13. Lakshadweep
14. Dadra & Nagar Haveli
15. Ladakh
16. Daman & Diu

The Central Government Pensioners’ Associations, looking after the welfare of Civil/ Railways/ Defence/ Postal/ Telecom pensioners, who have their registered office in any of the States/ Union Territories listed above and are desirous of registering under the Pensioners Portal may send their details as indicated below along with copies of relevant documents as well as a write up on their vision/plan to work towards welfare of Central Government Pensioners to the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare at the address given above within 30 days from date of publication of advertisement in newspaper, super-scribing- “Registration under Pensioners Portal”

1. Name of the Pensioners’ Association with Address and contact details
2. Date of Registration/ incorporation
3. MOA & rules, if any
4. Objectives of the Association
5. Sources of funding
6. Total membership of the Association with relevant documents supporting the same.
7. Audited Accounts for last 3 Financial Years
8. Annual activities Report for last 3 Financial Years
9. Publication/ journal details
10. Composition of General Body
11. Number of General Body Meetings held annually
12. Premises — whether hired or owned by the Association
13. Infra-Structural details
14. Entities with whom the Association interacts frequently for pensioners’ welfare. Proof of the same may be enclosed.

(Ashok Kr Singh)
Under Secretary

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