1) Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr Jitendra Singh said the department of pension has a portal which can be accessed by any government employee approaching superannuation to find out the status of his or her pension papers.2) Because of the disruption in official work due to COVID pandemic and lockdown, Dr Singh said, some of the employees who had retired during this period may not have been provided with PPO.
In order to avoid a delay in the start of regular pension covered under CCS (Pension Rules) 1972, the rules have been relaxed to enable seamless payment of “Provisional Pension" and “Provisional Gratuity" till the regular PPO is issued.3) The payment of “Provisional Pension" will initially.