Is any authorization from PAO/CPAO required for payment of dearness relief on increase rates to pensioners/family pensioners ?
No. Whenever any additional relief on pension/family pension is sanctioned by Government an intimation to this effect is sent by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension (Deptt. of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare) to the authorised representative of each nominated Authorised Banks. Each link branch will be responsible for ensuring that copies of the orders sanctioning additional relief have actually been received by their paying branches and payment of additional relief at the revised rates to the pensioners has been commenced by them without any undue delay. Whenever there is change in the rates of dearness relief on pension, paying branch will keep a note of rates alongwith date from which relief would take effect in disburser’s portion and the pensioner’s half of the PPO under attestation by the branch Manager or in-charge before commencing payment of relief at the revised rates and/or payment of arrears, if any, due to the pensioner on this account.
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- Is any authorization from PAO/CPAO required for payment of dearness relief on increased rates to pensioners/family pensioners?
- Is any authorization from PAO/CPAO required for payment of dearness relief on increase rates to pensioners/family pensioners ?
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