Govt to give special family pension to kin of soldiers who get re-employed

NPnews24 Online New Delhi: The Defence Ministry has decided to give special or liberalised family pension to the families of armed forces pensioners who get re-employed after retiring from military service and receive military pension till death.

Earlier, the Next of Kins (NOKs) of Armed Force pensioner, who got re-employed in civil department after getting retired from military service, were authorised to draw Ordinary Family Pension (OFP) either from military side or from civil side whichever was beneficial to them in terms of GoI, MoD letter No. 10(6)/92/D(Pens/Sers) dated 28.09.1992.

According to a Defence Ministry statement, the families shall be allowed to draw a family pension from the military side beside any other authorised from the re-employed civil department.

The government has been receiving grievances from various quarters for grant of dual family pension including special family pension or liberalised family pension where the death of the re-employed government servant is attributable to government service.

The matter has been examined in the ministry and now, it has been decided by the Ministry of Defence  that Special Family Pension (SFP) or Liberalised Family Pension (LFP), would be admissible on death of a pensioner who was re-employed in military service and if his death is attributable to military service, in addition to Ordinary Family Pension in respect of the previous military/civil service subject to fulfilment
of other condition as mentioned in a letter by the government.

The matter was examined by the Defence Ministry and it was decided that special or liberalised family pension would be admissible on the death of an armed forces pensioner who was re-employed.

Earlier, the kin of Armed Forces pensioners who got re-employed in civil departments after retiring from military service was authorised to draw ordinary family pension either from military or civil side whichever was beneficial to them.