Clarification regarding Enhanced Rate of Family Pension: Death after Retirement cases – Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare O.M. dated 27.10.2025
No, 1/1(90)12024-P&PW(E)-Part(1)/10344
भारत सरकार/ Government of India
कार्मिक, लोक शिकायत और पेंशन मंत्रालय/
Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions
पेंशन एवं पेंशनभोगी कल्याण विभाग/
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare
3rd Floor., Lok Nayak Bhavan. Khan Market,
New Delhi, Dated the 27th October, 2025
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Clarification regarding Enhanced Rate of Family Pension: Death after Retirement cases — reg.
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) has been receiving few references/RTI applications etc. seeking information / clarification regarding Enhanced Rate of Family Pension after death of government employee after retirement
2. In this connection, it may be stated that as per Rule 50(2)(a) (iii) of CCS (Pension) Rules! 2021, the family pension after the death of Government employee is granted to the eligible family members of the employee at enhanced rate as under:
“(2)(a)(iii): In the event of death of a Government servant after retirement, the family pension shall be payable for a period of seven years, or. for a period up to the date on which the retired deceased Government servant would haves. attained the age of sixty-seven years had he survived, whichever is less.
3. There are some references seeking clarification on the calculation of this period where the age of retirement is more than 60 years like the age of retirement of Central Health Service (CHS) doctors is 65 years and the officer retires at the age of 65 and dies unfortunately before 67. It is clarified that the provisions of Rule 50 (2)(a)(iii) is applicable in all cases i.e. whether the retirement age is 60 or 65 years. In all such cases, the enhanced family pension is payable for a period of seven years, or for a period up to the date on which the retired deceased Government servant would have attained the age of sixty-seven years had he survived, whichever is less.
4. This issues with the approval of competent authority.
Sd/-
(Dilip Kumar Sahu)
Under Secretary to the Govt of India
COMMENTS
Is this also applicable to Defence pensioners also.
Panic in intimation of death of pensioner to the Pension Disbursing Auth.
Tha Family pensioner in her own interest would like to draw the Family pension of 30%+ DA.
In any case the excess paid due to delay in intimation of death of the pensioner,can be adjusted from the Family pension.
On similar grds, need for submission of annl Life Cert in every Nov by pensioner .The Family Pensioner in own intetest would like to submit the death cert and have own Family pension.
Why pension of a retiree is stopped after he switches citizenship to a foreign country.Pension is not a charity but an entitlement because of long service rendered.
And lastly after ret, the serviceman ceases to be subject to the Army Act,how his pension can be stopped,if he is accused of involvement in a crime.