Extension of Retirement/Death Gratuity benefits to employees governed by CPF Scheme

6) Extension of Retirement/Death Gratuity benefits to employees governed by CPF Scheme. - 1. Central Government employees who are subscribing to Contributory Provident Fund are not at present eligible for Death/Retirement Gratuity admissible to the employees on pensionable establishments. The Fourth Central Pay Commission have recommended that the benefit of Death/Retirement Gratuity may be extended to the Central Government employees governed by CPF Scheme on the same lines as it has been in operation in the case of Railway employees. 2. Orders are separately being issued that all CPF beneficiaries, who were in service on 1-1-1986, should be deemed to have come over to the Pension Scheme on and from that date unless they specifically opt out to continue under the CPF Scheme. In the case of Central Government employees who will continue under the CPF Scheme from 1-1-1986, it has been decided that they will be entitled to retirement gratuity and death gratuity at the same rate/scale as is admissible to temporary/quasi-permanent or permanent Government servants, as the case may be, borne on pensionable establishment. 3. These orders apply to all Civilian Central Government employees who are subscribing to the Contributory Provident Fund under the Contributory Provident Fund Rules (India), 1962. In the case of subscriber to other contributory provident funds, where similar provisions are not at present available, necessary orders will be issued by the respective administrative authorities. The concerned Administrative Ministries are advised to issue these orders is consultation with the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare. 1/30/2019 CHAPTER http://persmin.nic.in/pension/rules/pencomp7.htm#Amount%20of%20Pension 21/85 4. These orders do not apply to Central Government employees who, on re-employment, are allowed to subscribe to Contributory Provident Fund. These orders also do not apply to Central Government employees appointed on contract basis where the contribution to the Contributory Provident Fund is regulated in accordance with the terms of contract. 5. These orders issue with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, vide their U.O. No. 2038/JS (Pers)/87, dated 13-4-1987. [G.I., Dept. of P. & P.W., O.M. No. 4/1/87-PIC-II, dated the 1st May, 1987.]