New Delhi, July 26: An online portal ‘Bhavishya’ has been introduced for the pensioners, which includes an online pension processing and sanctioning system, said the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Dr Jitendra Singh on Wednesday.
In reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, the minister informed that the government has introduced an online system of pension processing and sanctioning of pensionary benefits to Central government employees and relevant personal information is captured in the system.
Dr Jitendra said the Central government pensioners are allowed to change their name/surname in the Services Book in accordance with the instructions applicable to the government servant for change of these details in service book records during service.
As for the Family Pension, Dr Singh informed that it is given to the family of deceased Government servants in accordance with the provisions of CCS (Pension) Rules. However, a pensioner can update his family details after retirement.
The government also has an online pension grievance redressal mechanism namely “Cpengram” and the Nodal Officers have been appointed in each Ministry/Department for the handling of grievances of pensioners, he said.
The union minister also elaborated on various steps taken by the government for the welfare of Central government pensioners, some of which are as: Simplification of rules and procedures for pensioners and family pensioners, implementation of online pension processing and sanctioning system namely ‘Bhavishya’, implementation of online pension grievance redressal mechanism namely “Cpengram”, implementation of a digital system for submission of life certificate ‘Jeevan Pramaan’, conducting of pensioners awareness programmes and pre-retirement counselling workshops, etc.
In reply to another question in the same House, Dr Jitendra Singh said, “As a part of the Rozgar Mela, the vacant posts are being filled in a Mission Mode. Rozgar Mela events are being held across the country and the new appointees are being inducted into various Central Ministries/ Departments/ Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs)/ Autonomous Bodies/ Public Sector Banks, etc.”
The DoPT has been directing the ministries and departments of the Central government, from time to time, to fill up vacant posts in a time-bound manner, the union minister said.
