The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions conducted a month-long Special Campaign 2.0 from July 1st to 31st, 2025, to address grievances of family pensioners and super senior pensioners. Launched by Union Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Singh, the campaign targeted the timely and qualitative resolution of identified grievances. Prior to the campaign, the Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) issued guidelines and identified 2,210 grievances across 51 Ministries/Departments/Organizations, including the Ministries of Defence and Railways, and CAPFs under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Daily monitoring and stakeholder interactions emphasized logical case conclusions, leading to behavioral changes among grievance officials. A "Whole of Government" approach facilitated the resolution of complex, long-pending cases. A mid-campaign review was conducted on July 15, 2025, under the chairmanship of the Secretary, Pension, with representatives from participating entities. Regular updates and success stories were shared through social media channels using #SpecialCampaign2.0. The coordinated efforts resulted in the redressal of 1,897 cases out of the 2,210 identified. The campaign also reduced the average grievance redressal time from 34 days in May 2025 to 20 days in July 2025. Several success stories highlighted the campaign's positive impact, including the resolution of cases for Ms. Sarita Tamang (arrears of Rs. 13.92 lakh), Ms. Geeta Devi (Exgratia amount of Rs. 25 lakh), Ms. Laxmi Devi (payment of more than Rs. 26 lakh), and Sh. Subhash Chandra (arrears of more than Rs. 21 lakhs). The campaign reinforced the government's commitment to Digital India and the welfare of marginalized sections, promoting financial stability and social empowerment, especially for female beneficiaries.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances Pensions: The government ministry responsible for the Special Campaign 2.0 and redressal of pensioner grievances.
Special Campaign 2.0: A month-long initiative focused on redressing grievances of Family Pensioners and Super Senior Pensioners.
Family Pensioners: Recipients of family pensions who are the target beneficiaries of the Special Campaign 2.0.
Super Senior Pensioners: Senior citizens receiving pensions who are the target beneficiaries of the Special Campaign 2.0.
CPENGRAMS: An online portal for registration and tracking of grievances related to Central government pensioners.
Jitendra Singh: The Union Minister of State for the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
DoPPW: Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare, which issued guidelines for the Special Campaign 2.0.
Sukna, Darjiling, West Bengal: The village and district in West Bengal where a family pensioner, Sarita Tamang, received arrears.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
1897 cases redressed by the end of month-long
Special Campaign 2.0 for redressal of grievances of
Family Pensioners and Super Senior Pensioners
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86% of targeted grievance cases redressed by the end of the Special Campaign 2.0
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Special Campaign 2.0 empowers hundreds of Family Pensioners and Super Senior
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brings down average redressal time to 20 days
Government of India is committed towards redressal of Central government pensioners’ grievances
through CPENGRAMS, an online Portal which provides facility of registration and tracking of the
grievances filed on the portal.
The Union Minister of State for the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr.
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Jitendra Singh launched a month long Special Campaign 2.0 from 1 to 31 July for the timely and
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qualitative redressal of grievances of Family Pensioners and Super Senior Pensioners on 2 July,
2025.
As part of the pre-campaign phase, DoPPW issued guidelines for smooth conduct of the Campaign and
2,210 grievances pertaining to 51 Ministries/Departments/ Organizations, including M/o Defence, M/o
Railways, CAPFs under the Ministry of Home Affairs were identified and shared.
Daily monitoring of the campaign was done to ensure qualitative resolution of all the identified cases. Further,
during regular interaction with the stakeholders, it was emphasized that closure of the cases should be done
only after logical conclusion,
which has brought behavioural changes in grievance dealing officials. ‘Whole of the Government approach’
adopted in the cases involving multiple stakeholders has resulted in redressal of complicated long pending
cases.
DoPPW conducted a mid-campaign review of the campaign, under the chairmanship of Secretary, Pension
with the representatives of Ministries/Departments/ Organizations on 15.07.2025. Even Ministry specificmeetings were also conducted to ensure the timely redressal of their cases. The progress of the campaign with
the focus on Success Stories was regularly shared through social media handles/channels of DoPPW including
tweets under #SpecialCampaign2.0.
The coordinated efforts of 51 Ministries/Departments have resulted in redressal of 1897 cases, including large
number of Success Stories, out of the total 2210 cases. Also, the Campaign has had positive impact on the
average redressal time of the grievances as it has come down from 34 days in May, 2025 to 20 days in July,
2025.
The Special Campaign 2.0 has benefited the family pensioners and super-senior pensioners across the country,
mostly from the remote and rural areas. Coordinated approach has helped Ms. Sarita Tamang, a family
pensioner from the remote village of Sukna, District Darjiling, West Bengal as she received arrears of Rs.
13.92 lakh after 11 years. The long pending case of Ms. Geeta Devi, a Veer Naari from village- Gahlon,
Kanpur has been resolved with the payment of Rs. 25 lakh, an Ex-gratia amount after 6 years.
Also, the long pending grievance of Ms. Laxmi Devi, a dependent mother of ex- Delhi Police personnel has
been resolved with the payment of more than Rs. 26 lakh. Sh. Subhash Chandra, a super senior pensioner,
aged 87 years from Ambala Cantt., Haryana has received arrears of more than Rs. 21 lakhs after 28 years.
Hence, this initiative has proved to be successful in bringing financial stability and social empowerment to the
Family Pensioners and Super Senior Pensioners, especially female beneficiaries.
The Special Campaign 2.0 has reinforced the commitment of Government towards the welfare of
marginalized section of the society and their empowerment through ‘Digital Bharat’.
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