In line with the vision of the Prime Minister to enhance the “Ease of Living” for pensioners and family pensioners, the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Government of India, has introduced several progressive initiatives in pension policy and the digitization of pension-related processes. As part of these ongoing efforts, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions will inaugurate the 58th Pre-Retirement Counselling Workshop (PRC) organized by DoPPW in collaboration with other Central Government Departments and Ministries on February 23 at Administrative Staff College Guwahati.
These workshops, are held for the benefit of retiring employees of the Government of India and, is a concrete step in direction of ‘Ease of Living’ of the pensioners. In order to facilitate the smooth transition for the retiring employees, various sessions on Retirement Benefits, CGHS, Cyber Security, Investment modes, BHAVISHYA portal, Integrated Pensioners Portal, Family Pension, CPENGRAMS, ANUBHAV and Digital Life Certificate, etc., will be conducted. It is expected that around 350 retirees, presently posted across Assam and due for retirement in the next 12 months, will benefit hugely from this Pre-retirement Counselling Workshop.
Apart from the PRC, the Department is organizing a Bankers’ Awareness Programme in collaboration with State Bank of India. The objective of these workshops is to spread awareness among Pension Disbursing Banks relevant to various pension related rules and procedures contextual to central government employees. An “Exhibition” of Pension Disbursing Banks’ will also be organised during the 58th PRC Workshop, wherein multiple Banks will be actively participating and showcasing their best products on Pension matters. All pensioner related banking services will be made available to the participants. Banks will also guide the retirees for opening pension accounts and investment of pension corpus in various schemes suitable to them.
