One of my friends and batchmate informed me that one family pensioner of a deceased AO of LIC at Chennai who died while in service in 2013 was receiving family pension and she also recently died unfortunately on 1/9/2022 in a road accident.He informed me that she was frequently enquiring when she would get enhanced family pension when she was alive.Unfortunately, she did not live to enjoy increased family pension when it will be notified.
For some reason or other ,the notification of increase in family pension is getting delayed despite the fact that Banks' family pensioners were more fortunate to get the increase more than a year ago.But not only the family pensioners are anxiously waiting for the increase from their meagre pension, but also battling health issues and the threat of mortality on account of delay in the notification.I have a hunch that during the period of the last about three years since the LIC Board recommendation was sent to the DFS, some family pensioners might have unfortunately passed away without getting the benefit of increase.I feel that we should bring this fact of deaths of family pensioners to the notice of DFS and FM, so that the gravity of the situation will be appreciated and expeditious decision will be taken at their end.
I would suggest to our pensioner friends to furnish information of deaths of family pensioners during the past one year as known to them so that we may write to Secretary(DFS) & FM in the matter for expediting the notification.
It will help if the information is furnished within a week.
C H Mahadevan
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