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PLIGHT OF WIDOWS FOR GETTING THEIR FIRST PENSION
As per CDA cicular 213, instructions are given to Banks/ PDAs.
Where ever, Joint
Notification and Join A/c is there, there is no need for Form-14.
The Bank/ PDA can switch over to Family pension on receipt of intimation/
application along with Death certificate
of pensioner.
But , what is happening is heartening- Calling for personnel appearance of Widows, and fresh Documents like Non-Marriage/ Non-employment/ Life certificate / Descriptive Roll and Declaration with 2 witnesses, attestation by Gazetted Officers and so on. Thus , delay in switching over.
To get all the documents
prepared may take a long time, months. The widows have to take somebody’s help in this regard, mostly they are not
that educated.
Then the branch will forward it to their CPPC,
and there, they may take their own time, some time raising observations . Like wise
, the process takes a long time.
In some cases, according
to Hindu customs, the widows are not
allowed to come out from home before 41 days
of death of husbands. Here, again
delay.
Due to all these
happenings, it takes about 3 to 6
months to get the first pension.
In case of no Joint Notification/ Joint
account, it will take months together, some time more than a year or so to
start first pension.
Till such time, the poor
widows have to face the financial hardship
and untold mental agony.
In view of the above practical happenings, we request the Banks/ PDAs Authorities to follow the latest CDA circular 213 and make efforts to switch over to Family pension as early as possible with humanity .
We also request our ESM
associations/ Organisations to take
up this Harassment with respective authorities where ever possible.
Ref: CDA cirs : C132, 632, 633, 213
AND Dept. of Pen & Pen Wel: No: 12/4/2020-P&PW© 6300 dated
15-05-2020.
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