Family Pension: After the death of any government employee, according to the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, a fixed amount is given to his family every month. This amount is called family pension.
For this family pension, the employee gives the names of his family members, so that his family continues to get financial assistance after his death.
Central Civil Services Rule 54 Central Civil Services Rule 54 is a social welfare scheme. Under this scheme, financial relief is given to the spouse or children of pensioner employees who have died.
Who is entitled to get pension under Rule 54? Under Rule 54, the following people are entitled to receive pension after the death of a pensioner: 1. Spouse of the pensioner 2. Children of the pensioner 3. Parent or guardian of the pensioner 4. Disabled siblings of the pensioner
Can a daughter get family pension?
Now the question is, can a pensioner’s daughter get family pension? So the answer is yes. According to the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, unmarried, married, and widowed daughters are eligible for family pension. Under this rule, the name of the daughter cannot be removed from the list of family members eligible for family pension of a government employee. To get family pension, the daughter must be more than 25 years of age. All other children in the family should also be more than 25 years of age and they should have some source of income.
How long is the daughter eligible?
A daughter remains eligible to receive family pension until she gets married, gets a job, or has a mental or physical disability. If someone’s father or mother was in government service and their daughter is unmarried, divorced, or widowed, then in the absence of such employees, the daughter is entitled to receive family pension.
Under what circumstances will lifelong pension be available? If a government employee has included his daughter’s name in Form 4, then she is officially considered a member of the family. If the daughter is mentally or physically handicapped, then she can get family pension for life. A widowed or divorced daughter can also get family pension for life. If any child in the house is handicapped, then he gets the first right to get pension.
What are the rules for unmarried daughters?
The Government of India has made some rules for eligible unmarried daughters to get family pension. The rules explain how and in which state an unmarried, widowed or divorced daughter is eligible for family pension. Let us know whether an unmarried daughter can get family pension or not. All single and widowed daughters are eligible to get family pension. If the daughter’s divorce decree is passed, then the daughter of the pensioner father is entitled to family pension.
Eligibility for Unmarried Daughter Under Sub-rule 6 (iii) of Rule 54, an unmarried daughter is fully entitled to family pension until she gets married or starts earning on her own.
Eldest in the family: If an unmarried daughter is the eldest among all the siblings, she is entitled to receive family pension in case the parents are not alive.
Twins: If the unmarried daughter has a twin sister, then the amount will be divided equally between the sisters.
Two pensions: If both the mother and father were affiliated with the pension scheme, then the daughter is also entitled to receive two pensions. But the amount of both the family pensions should not exceed Rs 1,25,000 per month.
Income: If an unmarried daughter is the beneficiary of the scheme, then the first pension will not be considered as her income.
Adopted child: If the unmarried daughter is an adopted daughter of the husband or wife then family pension can be denied.
Disabled daughter: In case the daughter is physically or mentally disabled, pension can be given for life or till the age of 25 years.
Divorced parents: If the deceased parents of the unmarried daughter had filed a petition for divorce or were divorced, then in that case also the unmarried daughter is entitled to family pension.
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