Revised rate of dearness relief to Pensioners/family pensioners of state of Madhya Pradesh
Government of Madhya Pradesh
Finance Department
Mantralaya- Bhopal
No.F 9-3 /2019/Rule/IV
Bhopal, dated 30 November, 2022
To,
All Departments of Government
The President of Board of Revenue, Gwalior
All Commissioners of Divisions,
All Heads of Department,
All Collectors,
Madhya Pradesh
Sub – Revised rate of dearness relief to Pensioners/family pensioners of state of Madhya Pradesh.
The State Government had sanctioned 28% Dearness Relief in 7th Pay Scale and 189% in 6th Pay Scale w.e.f. 01 August 2022 on pension/family pension to their pensioners/family pensioners vide Finance Department Memo No.F 9-3/2019/Rule/IV dated 21 September, 2022.
- The State Government is pleased to sanction the Dearness Relief admissible to pensioners/family pensioners as given below :-
The additional pension payable to the pensioner’s aged 80 years or above shall also qualify for dearness relief.
- The above dearness relief shall be payable on the Superannuation Retirement Invalid and Compensation Pension. This dearness relief shall also be payable on the Compassionate Allowance sanctioned to the employees discharged or removed from service and the said dearness relief shall also be payable to persons receiving family pension and extraordinary pension subject to the restrictions contained in the Finance Department’s Memo No.F.B.6/43/76/r-II/IV dated 05.10.76. This relief on family pensions shall be payable in such cases, where a person was already in service at the time of the death of the spouse and was not appointed on compassionate grounds. However, this relief on family pension shall not be payable in those cases, where a person has been appointed on compassionate grounds, on account of death of the spouse.
- Pensioners, who have commuted a part of their pension, shall be paid the dearness relief on their original pension (Pension before commutation).
- This order shall be applicable in respect of State Government employees who had drawn lumpsum amount on absorption in PSU/Autonomous body/Board/Corporation etc and have become eligible to restoration of 1/3rd commuted portion of pension in terms of this Department’s memo No.F.9/9/2006/Rule/IV dated 05-01-2007.
6.Fraction of rupee of the amount to be paid as dearness relief shall be rounded off to the next rupee.
- All Treasury Officers/Sub Treasury Officers/Pension Disbursing Officers are directed to make payment of the above sanctioned dearness relief to state government pensioners early, keeping in view the provisions of relevant rules M.P.T.C. 2020.
- After payment of dearness relief, the same may be got test checked by the Director pension in bank branches, and if some inaccuracy/discrepancy comes to the notice, the same may be adjusted in the payment of next months.
By order and in the name of
Governor of Madhya Pradesh
(P.K.Shrivastava)
Deputy Secretary
Government of Madhya Pradesh
Finance Department