Eligibility of Divorced Daughter of Armed Forces Personnel for Grant of Family Pension

As per Ministry of Defence (MoD) letter of September 2015, presently only those children who are dependent and meet other conditions of eligibility for family pension at the time of death of the Government servant or his/her spouse, whichever is later, are eligible for family pension. Accordingly, divorced daughters who fulfil other conditions are eligible for family pension if a decree of divorce had been issued by the competent court during the life time of at least one of the parents.

   The Government has been receiving grievances from various quarters that the divorce proceedings are a long drawn procedure which take many years before attaining finality. There are many cases in which the divorce proceedings of a daughter of a Government employee/pensioner had been instituted in the competent court during the life time of one or both but none was alive by the time the decree of divorce was granted by the competent authority.

   The matter has been examined and it has been decided vide Ministry of Defence letter dated 17 November 2017 to grant family pension to a divorced daughter of Armed Forces personnel in such cases where the divorce proceedings has been filed in a competent court during the life time of the employee/pensioner or his/her spouse but divorce took place after their death – provided that the claimant fulfils all other conditions for grant of family pension. In such cases, the family pension will commence from the date of divorce.

PIB : Government of India Ministry of Defence : 27-November-2017 18:22 IST 

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आधार संख्या और पेन संख्या तथा फॉर्म 60 देने की अंतिम तिथि बढ़कर 31/03/2018 हुई

विभिन्न अभिवेदनों और बैंकों से प्राप्त जानकारी पर विचार करने के बाद आधार संख्या और पेन संख्या अथवा फॉर्म 60 जमा करने की आखिरी तारीख 31 मार्च, 2018 करने का फैसला किया गया है। इस संबंध में आवश्यक अधिसूचना जारी कर दी गई है।

इससे पहले कालेधन को सफेद में बदलने से रोकने के प्रावधानों (रिकॉर्डों के रख-रखाव) के अंतर्गत दूसरे संशोधन नियम, भारत के राजपत्र में 01/06/2017 को प्रकाशित हुए थे। इसमें व्यवस्था की गई थी कि

• यदि कोई व्यक्ति आधार को दर्ज कराने के योग्य है और उसे पेन संख्या मिल जाती है और उसने प्रतिवेदन कंपनी के साथ खाता आधारित संबंधों को शुरू करने के वक्त आधार संख्या अथवा पेन संख्या जमा नहीं कराई है, तो वह व्यक्ति खाता आधारित संबंध शुरू होने की तारीख से छह महीने की अवधि के भीतर उसे जमा करा सकता है। बशर्ते वह व्यक्ति आधार के लिए दर्ज होने योग्य हो और उसके पास पेन संख्या हो और उसका अधिसूचना की तारीख से पहले प्रतिवेदन कंपनी के साथ खाता आधारित संबंध हो, वह व्यक्ति 31 दिसंबर, 2017 तक आधार संख्या और पेन संख्या जमा करा सकता है।
• यदि व्यक्ति छह महीने की अवधि के भीतर आधार संख्या और पेन संख्या जमा कराने में विफल रहता है तो वह खाता तब तक संचालित नहीं कर सकता जबतक व्यक्ति द्वारा आधार संख्या और पेन संख्या जमा नहीं कराई जाती।

सैन्य कर्मियों की तलाकशुदा बेटियों को भी परिवारिक पेंशन की सुविधा मिलेगी, वैसी स्थिति में भी जब तलाक की अर्जी माता-पिता के जीवनकाल में ही दाखिल की गई हो

सितंबर 2015 में जारी रक्षा मंत्रालय के एक पत्र के अनुसार, वर्तमान में केवल उन्ही बच्चों को परिवारिक-पेंशन का पात्र माना जाता है जो माता-पिता पर आश्रित हैं और सरकारी कर्मचारी या उसकी पत्नी/पति के मृत्यु के समय अन्य शर्ते को पूरा करते हैं। इसी संदर्भ में, तलाकशुदा बेटियाँ परिवारिक-पेंशन के योग्य हैं जो अन्य शर्ते पूरा करती हों यदि सक्षम न्यायालय ने उनके माता व पिता में से किसी एक के जीवन काल में तलाक का निर्णय दिया हो।
सरकार को शिकायतें मिली है कि तलाक प्राप्त करने की कार्यवाही एक लम्बी प्रक्रिया है जिसके पूरे होने में कई वर्ष लग जाते हैं। ऐसे कई मामले सामने आए हैं जिसमें सरकारी कर्मचारी/पेंशन भोगी की बेटी ने माता-पिता दोनों के या किसी एक के जीवित रहते ही तलाक की अर्जी सक्षम न्यायालय में दाखिल की थी लेकिन तलाक के अंतिम आदेश आने तक दोनों में से कोई भी जीवित नहीं था।
मामले की जाँच की गई और रक्षा मंत्रालय के पत्र दिनांक 17 नवंबर, 2017 के माध्यम से यह निर्णय लिया गया है कि सैन्य कर्मियों की उन बेटियों को, वैसे मामलों में पारिवारिक पेंशन की सुविधा दी जानी चाहिए जिसमें बेटियों ने सक्षम न्यायालय में माता-पिता के या दोनों में से किसी एक के जीवनकाल में या अपने पति/पत्नी के जीवित रहते ही तलाक की अर्जी दायर कर दी हो और तलाक का अंतिम आदेश उनकी मृत्यु के पश्चात् आया हो, बशर्ते कि दावेदार पारिवारिक पेंशन पाने के अन्य सभी शर्तों को पूरा करता हो। ऐसे मामलों में पारिवारिक पेंशन, तलाक का आदेश मिलने के दिन से लागू माना जाएगा।

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Inauguration of Online Examination Web Portal of Indian Air Force by Hon'ble RRM

Today (11 Dec 2017)  morning Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Subhash Bhamre inaugurated the online examination web portal of Indian Air Force at Air HQ (VB). Speaking on the occasion he congratulated the IAF for contributing towards the vision of 'Digital India' of the Prime Minister. He also congratulated IAF for developing the online examination system in collaboration with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) thus also following the 'Make in India' and 'Design in India' philosophy of the Govt of India. Air Marshal SB Deo PVSM AVSM VM VSM ADC Vice Chief of the Air Staff along with other senior Air Force Officers were present during the inauguration.

IAF is the first amongst the three services to take up IT enabled Online Testing for induction in Officers and Airmen cadre. The proposal was approved in principle by Raksha Mantri on 24 Oct 16. In association with C-DAC, IAF is switching over to online testing wef January 2018 for which online registration will commence wef 15 Dec 17.

Selection system for Officers and Airmen cadre in the IAF has been continuously evolving and sustained efforts are in place to strengthen the testing system. Though the existing system is time tested and well proven, constraints of testing capacity and geographical reach were major limitations in according opportunity to all the deserving and eligible candidates from across the country especially to rural youth.

To improve upon the system and to make it more candidate friendly while enhancing organisational efficiency, a MoU was signed on 31 Oct 17 with C-DAC a Govt of India agency. The project will be implemented with effect from Jan 2018 for Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) for Officer's cadre and Scheduled test for Airmen Recruitment (STAR) for Airmen cadre.

Earlier IAF had hundred plus centres pan India for Officer cadre exam and fourteen centres for Airmen selection exams. Certain states / UTs did not have any testing centre. Consequently, candidates had to spend considerable time and resources on travelling to the testing centres. In the new system, there would be about 760 examination centre's all over the country and the maximum distance a candidate would be required to travel now will be considerably less from the place of his/her residence. It will enable approximately four lakh candidates for Airmen selection and two lakh candidates for Officer's selection, to appear in the exam every six months.

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Inauguration of Online Examination Web Portal of Indian Air Force by Hon'ble RRM

Today morning Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Subhash Bhamre inaugurated the online examination web portal of Indian Air Force at Air HQ (VB). Speaking on the occasion he congratulated the IAF for contributing towards the vision of 'Digital India' of the Prime Minister. He also congratulated IAF for developing the online examination system in collaboration with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) thus also following the 'Make in India' and 'Design in India' philosophy of the Govt of India. Air Marshal SB Deo PVSM AVSM VM VSM ADC Vice Chief of the Air Staff along with other senior Air Force Officers were present during the inauguration.

 

IAF is the first amongst the three services to take up IT enabled Online Testing for induction in Officers and Airmen cadre. The proposal was approved in principle by Raksha Mantri on 24 Oct 16. In association with C-DAC, IAF is switching over to online testing wef January 2018 for which online registration will commence wef 15 Dec 17.

Selection system for Officers and Airmen cadre in the IAF has been continuously evolving and sustained efforts are in place to strengthen the testing system. Though the existing system is time tested and well proven, constraints of testing capacity and geographical reach were major limitations in according opportunity to all the deserving and eligible candidates from across the country especially to rural youth.

To improve upon the system and to make it more candidate friendly while enhancing organisational efficiency, a MoU was signed on 31 Oct 17 with C-DAC a Govt of India agency. The project will be implemented with effect from Jan 2018 for Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) for Officer's cadre and Scheduled test for Airmen Recruitment (STAR) for Airmen cadre.

Earlier IAF had hundred plus centres pan India for Officer cadre exam and fourteen centres for Airmen selection exams. Certain states / UTs did not have any testing centre. Consequently, candidates had to spend considerable time and resources on travelling to the testing centres. In the new system, there would be about 760 examination centre's all over the country and the maximum distance a candidate would be required to travel now will be considerably less from the place of his/her residence. It will enable approximately four lakh candidates for Airmen selection and two lakh candidates for Officer's selection, to appear in the exam every six months.

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