Jammu : Pension is the most relevant form of social security for employees and their family members in times of need and eventualities.
The EPFO Regional Office, Jammu has initiated the process of settlement of Pension claims from the offices of Jammu and Kashmir itself. Pension is being disbursed to pensioners on retirement and in some cases to the widow and family members of even such members.
Towards this, the Office has settled total 47 pension claims in Jammu with initial arrear amount Rs. 25,29,066/- in the month of Oct, 2022.
The Pension claims were settled in respect of Late Asha Rani – Ram Murti (widower), with the monthly pension amount being Rs. 1381/- , Bandu (Child) with the monthly pension of Rs. 345/- and Shviam Kumar with monthly pension of Rs. 345/-. Pension claim has also been settled in r/o Saleemali with monthly pension amount being Rs. 2971/-. Pension claim has also been settled in r/o Ramesh Kumar Khullar with the monthly pension amount being Rs. 3792 /-. Another pension claim was settled in r/o Late RupaliKesar– RomeshChander (Dependent Father), with the monthly pension amount being Rs.2851 /-. Pension claim has also been settled in r/o Late Vishal Singh- Jagdev Singh (Dependent Father) with monthly pension amount being Rs.1861/-.
The Office has also processed cases of retirement pension claim in respect of Jai Krishan with monthly pension being Rs.3928 /-, Suram Chand with monthly pension being Rs. 4137/-, Ramesh with Rs. 4218/-, GhulamQadir with monthly pension of Rs. 4167/-, Sham Lal with monthly pension of Rs. 4182/- and others.
RizwanUddin , Regional P.F. Commissioner (J&K Ladakh), Harinder Singh, Regional P.F. Commissioner(Pension), Pritpal Singh (Assistant Section Officer) and KanchanLangeh (Data Entry Operator) distributed the PPO to the Pensioners who visited Regional Office, Jammu
In this context, it is pertinent to mention that the monthly pension is available to members if they have ten or more years of service under Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 in one or more establishment(s). The eligible members may avail Superannuation Pension by applying online claim through their UAN Login after attainment of 58 years of age. Provision of monthly pension is also available to the family of EPS members in case of the unfortunate demise of an EPS member. The family member(s) may avail monthly pension by applying offline through the employer of the deceased member.
All the Pensioners, who visited EPFO, Jammu expressed their pleasure and appreciated the efforts made to team EPFO, Jammu in disbursing their monthly pension and arrears before the close of month –OCTOBER, 2022.
