Revision of pension in respect of Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) discharged prior to 01.01.2006

Revision of pension in respect of Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) discharged prior to 01.01.2006.





No PC 10(1)/2009-D (Pen/Pol)



Government of India,



Ministry of Defence,



Deptt. of Ex-servicemen Welfare,



New Delhi Dated 8th March 2010





Subject: Implementation of the Government decision on the recommendations of the Cabinet Secretary’s Committee – Revision of pension in respect of Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) discharged prior to 01.01.2006.



The undersigned is directed to state that in order to consider various issues on pension of Armed Forces pensioners, the Government had setup a Committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary. The Committee in its Report have recommended the following for pre-2006 PBOR pensioners -

1.1 Pre-10.10.1997 PBOR pensioners may be brought on par with post-10.10.1997 PBOR pensioners;and





1.2 To reduce the gap between the pensions of pre & post-1.1.2006 PBOR pensioners, following principle may be followed -





1.2.1 Pension of all pre-1.1.2006 PBOR pensioners may be reckoned with reference to a notional maximum in the post-1.1.2006 revised pay structure corresponding to the maximum of pre-Sixth pay commission pay



scales as per fitment table of each rank.





1.2.2 To continue with the enhanced weightages awarded by the Group of Ministers (GOM) of 2006.





2. The above recommendations of the Committee have been accepted by the Government and the President is pleased to decide that with effect from 1st July 2009, service pension/special pension/invalid pension/service element of disability pension and service element of war injury/liberalized disability pension (in release cases only) of all pre-1.1.2006 PBOR pensioners of Army, Navy and Air Force (including DSC and TA) shall be reckoned at 50% of the notional pay in the post-1.1.2006 revised pay structure corresponding to the maximum of pay scalesapplicable from 10.10.1997 of the rank and group continuously held for last 10 months preceding invalidment/discharge. The amount so determined shall be the



pension for 33 years of reckonable qualifying service including rank weightage (except for TA personnel) as provided under this Ministry’s letter No. 1(6)/98/D(Pension/Services) dated 3.2.1998 and enhanced vide this Ministry’s letter No. 14(3)/2008/D(Pen/Sers)/Vol-III dated 1.2.2006. For lesser period of qualifying



service, this amount shall be proportionately reduced. The amount of pension finally arrived at shall be subject to a minimum of Rs. 3,500/- per month             SOURCE;GEN