Pension Eligibility Checker: Are you a Central government employee? Check if you are eligible

Central Government Employee Pension Eligibility Checker: Even as a Central government employee retiring in accordance with the Pension Rules is entitled to receive a pension on completion of at least 10 years of qualifying service, the minimum eligibility period for receipt of a pension is 10 years. According to pensioners' portal, from January 1, 2006, the pension is calculated with reference to emoluments, your last basic pay, or average emoluments-- an average of the basic pay drawn during the last 10 months of the service, whichever is more beneficial. 

Notably, the amount of pension is 50 per cent of the emoluments or average emoluments whichever is beneficial. Currently, minimum pension is Rs 9000 per month, while the maximum limit on pension is 50 per cent of the highest pay in the government of India (presently Rs 1,25,000) per month, according to the portal. 

The pension is actually payable up to and including the date of death. 

The eligibility for pension, therefore, is related to a government servant appointed in a pensionable establishment on or before December 12, 2003, and retires from government service with a qualifying service of 10 years or more.

The department of pensions and pensioners' welfare website (http://persmin.nic.in), which talks about CCS (Pension) Rules 1972, has described Regulation of all types of Amounts of Pensions/Family Pension from Rule No. 49-54, 51A, 55A). 

Accordingly, the Rule 49, Section 2 is related to Amount of Pension, which says: "In the case of a Government servant retiring in accordance with the provisions of these rules after completing qualifying service of not less than ten years, the amount of pension shall be calculated at fifty per cent of emoluments or average emoluments, whichever is more beneficial to him, subject to a minimum of three thousand and five hundred rupees per mensem and maximum of forty-five thousand rupees per mensem."

The pension policy rules, therefore, govern pension and gratuity to the employees retiring from Central government civil departments.

Pension and gratuity of the employees retiring from Central government departments is regulated by the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972. 

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Notably, there are separate rules regarding pension and gratuity of Railway employees and Defence personnel.