How basic pension increases by 20% to 80% with age for retired Central Government employees

Retired Central Government employees become eligible for additional pension every five years after completing 80 years of age.

"Additional pension shall be payable to the retired Government servant after completion of eighty years of age or above. It shall be payable from the first day of the calendar month in which it falls due," the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) says in a document on retirement benefits.

The additional pension is payable in the following manner:

• 80 years to less than 85 years: 20% of basic pension

• 85 years to less than 90 years: 30% of basic pension

• 90 years to less than 95 years: 40% of basic pension

• 95 years to less than 100 years: 50% of basic pension

• 100 years or more: 100% of basic pension

For example, the DoPPW says, a pensioner born on August 20, 1940 shall be eligible for additional pension at the rate of 20 percent of the basic pension with effect from August 1, 2020.

Similarly, a pensioner born on August 1, 1940 will be eligible for additional pension at the rate of 30 percent of the basic pension with effect from August 1, 2025.

The pension of Central Government employees is governed by CCS (Pension) Rules. A government servant typically becomes eligible for a pension under the following circumstances:

A. On superannuation after completion of 10 years of service.

B. On retirement under the following conditions:

• Voluntary retirement after completion of qualifying service of 30 years or completion of qualifying service of 20 years

• Voluntary retirement after attaining the age of 50 years in the case of Group A and B) or 55 years in the case of Group C.

• Voluntary retirement after transfer to surplus cell of DoPT consequent on abolition of the post held by the Government servant

• Premature retirement, on grounds of efficiency, under Rule 48 of CCS (Pension) Rules after completion of qualifying service of 30 years and under FR 56(J) after attaining the age of 50 years (in the case of Group A and B)/55 years (in the case of Group C).

C. On absorption in a PSU/Autonomous Body, on selection against open advertisement or en-bloc absorption on conversion of a Government Department into a PSU/Autonomous Body.

D. On opting to retire on account of any bodily or mental infirmity which permanently incapacitates the employee for the service. Invalid Pension is admissible even in cases where a Government servant retires before completion of a qualifying service of 10 years.

E. On discharge of a Government servant owing to the abolition of his permanent post.

F. On imposition of a penalty of compulsory retirement after any departmental proceedings or conviction by a court of law in judicial proceedings.

G. On dismissal/removal from service in departmental/judicial proceedings, a Government servant loses his right to pension. However, in cases deserving of special consideration, competent authority may sanction a compassionate allowance.