Family Pension to the physically disabled / crippled children- removal of the condition imposed under Rule 54 (iv) of CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972 (now 2021) (D/o Pension & PW): Agenda Item No. NC-49/11/26 – 49th NC (JCM) Meeting.
(DoP&T O.M. No. 3/1/2025-JCA dated 03.06.2026)
Minutes of the 49th Meeting of the National Council (JCM) held on 11.05.2026 under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary.
5.7 Item No. NC-49/11/26: Family Pension to the physically disabled / crippled children- removal of the condition imposed under Rule 54 (iv) of CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972 (now 2021) (D/o Pension & PW)
The demand in brief is that for Family Pension, physically disabled children must obtain Medical Board certificate regarding nature of disability and a certificate that he is not able to earn his livelihood due to the disability. The process is time-consuming. bureaucratically difficult process and causes hardship to the applicants.
Secretary, Staff Side raised that the problem is not in procuring the disability certificate but there are difficulties in securing the “No Income Certificate”.
Cabinet Secretary observed that both certificates, the medical certificate on the nature of disability and the certificate on no independent income of the disabled person, are necessary. However, in case of disabled child fulfilling the eligibility, the concerned employee can endorse it in his service record while in service. DoP&PW may consider simplification of the procedure involved herein so as to avoid hardships to the applicant.
Decision: Chairman directed DoP&PW to examine the formalities involved in the issue of these certificates and take steps to simplify the processes to reduce hardships of the applicants.
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