A 'pension adalat' will be organised here on Friday by the government to address the grievances of pensioners and retiring employees, according to an official statement. To strengthen the grievances redressal mechanism, the department of pension and pensioners' welfare has started pension adalat wherein unresolved grievances are taken up and petitioner along with concerned department, banks, central pension accounting office, etc. The department will organise next pension adalat on February 9 under the auspices of Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh, wherein 34 grievances of 17 departments will be considered. Also read How investing in NPS will benefit youThe issues include revision of family pension, commutation of pension, final settlement of GPF, fixed medical allowance, etc. In the first pension adalat conducted in September 2017, out of 29 grievances, 26 have been resolved.

Source: dna February 07, 2018 05:15 UTC