Kohima, March 29 : Reacting to remarks made in the House regarding payment of dues to pensioners including those who retired after completion of 35 years of service, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio today clarified that the government has not regulated payment of salary or pension in any manner.
In his concluding remarks on the budget speech, the chief minister clarified that pensions are paid ‘almost instantly as and when authorized by the AG’. If there is any delay in processing the pension cases because the retired employee himself has not furnished the required documents or information or there is delay in the office of the AG ‘we cannot help’ he said. However, he assured prompt action on receiving complaints.
The chief minister also reminded that the government - through the Personnel & Administrative Reforms (P & AR) - has been repeatedly instructing the departments to process the pension papers promptly of retired employees. He advised against construing that the government ‘forgets’ the services of its employees once they retire.
Rio also said budget provisions of Rs. 496.33 crore made in 2010-11 for payment of pensions in respect of all pensioners including those retired in the past. However, he said, because only 1520 cases could be settled by the AG out of approximately 3900, the provision has been reduced to Rs.400 crore in RE 2010-11. However, the provision for 2011-12 has been hiked to Rs.576 crore to take care of the backlog as well, he added.
Meanwhile, reacting to the charges made on Revision of Pay (RoP), Rio said that the central government has constituted a working group to work out a remedy to address the adverse impact of the 13th Finance Commission award on the Special Category States as an interim measure. “Our stand has been vindicated,” Rio said.
Rio said that the non-plan salary requirement of Rs.2196 crore during 2011-12 projected before the Prime Minister in May 2010 is ‘very close to the provision of non-plan salary in 2011-12 which stands at Rs.2181 crore.’
In his concluding remarks on the budget speech, the chief minister clarified that pensions are paid ‘almost instantly as and when authorized by the AG’. If there is any delay in processing the pension cases because the retired employee himself has not furnished the required documents or information or there is delay in the office of the AG ‘we cannot help’ he said. However, he assured prompt action on receiving complaints.
The chief minister also reminded that the government - through the Personnel & Administrative Reforms (P & AR) - has been repeatedly instructing the departments to process the pension papers promptly of retired employees. He advised against construing that the government ‘forgets’ the services of its employees once they retire.
Rio also said budget provisions of Rs. 496.33 crore made in 2010-11 for payment of pensions in respect of all pensioners including those retired in the past. However, he said, because only 1520 cases could be settled by the AG out of approximately 3900, the provision has been reduced to Rs.400 crore in RE 2010-11. However, the provision for 2011-12 has been hiked to Rs.576 crore to take care of the backlog as well, he added.
Meanwhile, reacting to the charges made on Revision of Pay (RoP), Rio said that the central government has constituted a working group to work out a remedy to address the adverse impact of the 13th Finance Commission award on the Special Category States as an interim measure. “Our stand has been vindicated,” Rio said.
Rio said that the non-plan salary requirement of Rs.2196 crore during 2011-12 projected before the Prime Minister in May 2010 is ‘very close to the provision of non-plan salary in 2011-12 which stands at Rs.2181 crore.’
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