Restoration of withheld portion of Ordinary Family Pension to widow of ESM in Nepal
No.8(01)/2007-D(Pen/Pol) (Vol.III)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare
B-Wing, Sena Bhawan,
New Delhi
Dated 23 August, 2012
To
THE CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF
THE CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF
THE CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF
SUBJECT : Restoration of withheld portion of Ordinary Family Pension to widow of ESM in Nepal.
The proposal regarding restoration of withheld portion of Ordinary family pension to the Widow of ESM in Nepal has been under consideration by the Government of India. As per extant provision, ordinary family pension can be divided in the event of a pensioner having more than one wife. Plural marriages are apparently very common in Nepal. Therefore, Record office, Indian Embassy has recommended apportionment of ordinary family pension depending upon the number of wives recorded. PCDS(P) is the pension sanctioning authority and full share of family pension to a claimant is not agreed unless it is established that the other widows whose names are recorded are dead.
