**Summary:**
This document summarizes the Indian Ministry of Labour and Employment's response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1219, addressed on July 28, 2025, regarding benefits to Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS) 95 pensioners. The question inquired about potential Supreme Court orders mandating minimum pension benefits, including higher pensions based on actual salary, medical facilities, and dearness allowance relief for EPS 95 pensioners and their dependents.
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Sushri Shobha Karandlaje, stated that the Supreme Court has not issued any orders to provide the aforementioned benefits to EPS 95 pensioners. Therefore, no government orders have been issued for implementation, and no EPS 95 pensioners have benefitted from such orders. The response clarifies that the premise of the question—that the Supreme Court has mandated these specific benefits—is incorrect.
Key Entities Referenced
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT: A ministry within the Government of India responsible for labour and employment related matters.
LOK SABHA: The lower house of the Parliament of India.
EPS 95: Employees' Pension Scheme 1995, a pension scheme in India.
SHRI BAJRANG MANOHAR SONWANE: Member of Parliament who raised a question in the Lok Sabha.
SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT: Member of Parliament who raised a question in the Lok Sabha.
Honble Supreme Court: The Supreme Court of India, the highest judicial body of the country.
SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: Minister of State for Labour and Employment, who provided the answer to the question in Lok Sabha.
dearness allowance: A cost of living adjustment allowance paid to government employees and pensioners in India.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1219
TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2025
BENEFITS TO EPS 95 PENSIONERS
†1219. SHRI BAJRANG MANOHAR SONWANE:
SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to
state:
(a)whether the Hon’ble Supreme Court has passed orders to provide
minimum pension benefit of higher pension and medical facilities
on actual salary alongwith relief in dearness allowance to the
pensioners and their dependents getting pensions under EPS 95;
(b)if so, the details thereof alongwith the action taken by the
Government thereupon;
(c)whether the Government has issued any order regarding
implementation of the said order;
(d)if so, the details thereof along with the total number of the EPS 95
pensioners benefitted from the said order; and
(e)if not, the reasons for non-implementation of the orders of the
Hon’ble Supreme Court?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)
(a) to (e): Hon’ble Supreme Court has not passed any order to
provide minimum pension benefit of higher pension on actual salary,
medical facilities along with relief in dearness allowance to the
pensioners and their dependents getting pensions under EPS 95.
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