Issue of Pensioners Identity Card to Pensioners
RB No.115/2016
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No.E(W) 2016/PS 5-8/1
New Delhi, dated 29.09.2016
The General Managers (P)
All Indian Railways
Sub: Issue of Pensioners Identity Card to Pensioners.
Instructions have been issued vide Board’s letter No.E(W)2001/p85-8/10 dated 31.10.2002 and 26.09.2002 regarding issue of laminated Identity Cards to pensioners in the prescribed format on payment of Rs.10/- towards the cost.
2. Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare (DOP&PW) have since revised the format of pensioners Identity Card and laid down the following specifications for the Identity Cards:-
(i) The Pensioners Identity Card should be in the prescribed format.
(ii) The Identity Card should be of the standard size of 8 1/2 cm x5 1/2 cm.
(iii) Identity card to pensioners retiring from the Railways mey be printed as plastic Identity Cards with the help of Duplex Thermal colour Printer. Inhouse/outside printing facility may be used as appropriate, depending on the requirement.
(iv) The pensioners identity card will be issued to the retiring employees free of charge.
3. Accordingly, it has been decided that henceforth the Pensioners Identity Cards should be issued free of cost in compliance with above Specifications and in the revised format enclosed (Annexure I & II). Format at Annexure-I, in the case of railway servants retiring under Old Pension Scheme and format at Annexure-II, in the case of employees retiring under New Pension Scheme, will be applicable. Duplicate card shall, however, be issued on payment of Rs.25/- at the nearest Railway Station/Cash Office by the pensioners under Misc Receipt.
4. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Dts. of Ministry of Railways.
(Sunil Kumar)
Director Estt. (Welfare)
Railway Board
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M.V.Tulse says
Best decision taken by gov. of india
C K Mansoor Rahman says
Honorable Sir Nameshkar,
In connection with Indian Railway pensioners photo identity card, I am herewith submitting my humble ideas & suggestions for your kind self to please provide a new system of download the retired Railway pensioners photo digital identity card through http://www.digitallocker.gov.in so that the identity card of the respective retired Railway pensioner will automatically link to their own Aadhaar profile of the digital locker account holders , for this system the Railway board has to give & permit to the department of electronics & information technology to upload the data of all Indian Railway Retired Pensioners in the form of issuers document, now after introduction of Jeevan Pramaan for generating digital life certificate , it is very easy for downloading identity card also possible.
This is for your kind information & please consider my humble request & provide the system of self online downloading of pensioners ID cards.