Identification of Pensioners Associations under Pensioners’ Portal – A Mission Mode Project under NeGP

Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

(Desk – C)

Subject: – Identification of Pensioners Associations under Pensioners’ Portal – A Mission Mode Project under NeGP.

A Mission Mode Pensioners’ Portal under NeGP entrusted to Department of P&PW aims at the welfare of Central Civil Pensioners across the country. Its specific objective is to facilitate redressal of Pensioners grievances and provide detailed information, guidance etc. on pension and other retirement related matters through various stake holders. The project envisages, inter-alia association of Pensioners Associations other welfare organizations in the implementation process.

Under the above project this Department had envisaged identification of a total number of 30 Pensioners Associations on the basis of the following criteria.

(a) Name of Pensioners’ Association with Address etc.

(b) Date of Registration/incorporation
(c) MOA & rules, if any
(d) Objectives of the Association
(e) Sources of funding
(f) Total membership of the Association
(g) Audited Accounts for Last 3 years
(h) Annual Activities Report for last 3 years
(i) Publication/journal details
(j) Composition of General Body
(k) No of General Body Meetings held
(I) Premises (whether hired or owned) by the Association
(m) Infra-structural details
(n) With whom the Association interact frequently.

This Department has already identified 28 pensioners Association under the Pensioners’ Portal and intend to identify two more Pensioners Associations preferably from the unrepresented States, which are Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Uttaranchal, North Eastern State (except Assam) and Union Territories. The registered Pensioners Associations in these unrepresented States/UTs, looking after the Welfare of Civil/Railways/Defence pensioners desirous of getting identified under the Pensioners Portal may send their details with reference to the above criteria to Director (PP) Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare, 3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi- 110003.

Source: www.pensionersportal.gov.in