Date: 2016-05-19Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6A read with subsection 1 of Section 7 of the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
Executive Summary:
This document is a notification from the Ministry of Labour and Employment, announcing the Employees' Pension Third Amendment Scheme, 2016. It further amends the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995, and comes into force on the date of its publication (May 19, 2016). The amendment modifies the conditions for family pension benefits when a member dies before age 58 with less than ten years of eligible service.
Key Points / Main Content:
Amendment Overview:
* The notification introduces the Employees' Pension Third Amendment Scheme, 2016.
* It amends the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995.
* The amendment is effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette (May 19, 2016).
Changes to Pension Benefits (Paragraph 12):
* The amendment modifies the proviso to subparagraph 8 of paragraph 12 in the principal scheme.
* If a member dies before age 58 with less than ten years of service and before 36 months have elapsed without contributions:
* Contributions are converted into monthly widow and children pensions.
* Widow pension is calculated per Table C, and children's pension is 25% thereof (up to two children).
* If there is no widow, orphan pension is payable at 75% of the widow pension amount, subject to paragraph 16.
* If a member dies before age 58 with less than ten years of service after a continuous period of 36 months has elapsed without contributions, the family is entitled to benefits under paragraph 14.
Impact Analysis:
Employees:
* Impact: Alters the conditions under which family pension benefits are payable in the event of death before age 58 with less than ten years of eligible service.
* Action Required: Understand the revised conditions for family pension eligibility to ensure beneficiaries receive appropriate benefits.
Pension Fund Administrators:
* Impact: Requires adjustments to the calculation and disbursement of pension benefits based on the new amendment.
* Action Required: Update systems and processes to comply with the amended rules for calculating and distributing widow, children, and orphan pensions.
Government (Ministry of Labour and Employment):
* Impact: Responsible for overseeing the implementation and compliance with the amended Employees' Pension Scheme.
* Action Required: Ensure the amended scheme is effectively communicated and implemented across relevant organizations and stakeholders.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Labour and Employment: The ministry responsible for the notification.
New Delhi: The city where the notification was issued.
Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952: The primary legislation under which the scheme is framed.
Central Government: The governing authority making the scheme amendment.
Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995: The pension scheme being amended.
Employees' Pension Third Amendment Scheme, 2016: The title of the amendment to the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995.
Manish Kumar Gupta: The Joint Secretary who issued the notification.
Gazette of India: The official government gazette where the notification is published.
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[सं. आर – 15011/2/2016-एस एस-II]
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2528 GI/2016 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
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16 नवंबर, 1995 -ारा (cid:26)कािशत (cid:4)कया गया था और अिधसूचना संT या सा.का.िन. 440(अ) तारीख 25.04.2016 -ारा
अंितम संशोधन (cid:4)कया गया ।
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 19th May, 2016
G.S.R. 533(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6A read with sub-section (1) of
Section 7 of the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952), the
Central Government hereby makes the following Scheme further to amend the Employees’ Pension Scheme,
1995, namely :—
1. (1) This Scheme may be called the Employees' Pension (Third Amendment) Scheme, 2016.
(2) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 (hereinafter referred as the principal scheme), in
paragraph 12, for the proviso to sub-paragraph (8), the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:—
“Provided that if the member does not take up an employment coverable under this Scheme and
has rendered less than ten years eligible service on the date of exit, but dies before attaining the
age of fifty-eight years and before a continuous period of thirty-six months has elapsed during
which contributions have not been received in respect of the member in the Pension Fund, the
amount of contributions received in his case shall be converted into a monthly widow pension or
children pension and the widow pension in such cases shall be calculated at the scale laid down in
Table ‘C’ and the children pension at 25 per cent thereof for each child (upto two):
Provided further that if there is no widow, then the orphan pension shall be payable at the rate of
75 per cent of the amount which would have been payable as a widow pension subject to the provisions of the
paragraph 16.
Provided also that if the member does not take up an employment coverable under this Scheme and
has rendered less than ten years eligible service on the date of exit, but dies before attaining the age of
fifty-eight years after a continuous period of thirty-six months has elapsed during which contributions have
not been received in respect of the member in the Pension Fund, the family shall be entitled to benefits under
paragraph 14.”.
[No. R-15011/2/2016-SS-II]
MANISH KUMAR GUPTA, Jt. Secy.
Note: The Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 748(E) dated 16th November, 1995 and was
lastly amended vide notification number G.S.R. 440(E) dated 25.04.2016.
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