PRESCRIBED RATES OF BASIC PENSIONS
ALLOWANCES AND MINIMUM CONTRIBUTORY
RETIREMENT PENSION
Rate per month
(Rs)
1. Basic retirement pension for a person –
(a) aged 60 and below 90 11,000
(b) aged 90 and below 100 18,710
(c) aged 100 and over 23,710
2. Widow’s basic pension – 11,000
3. Orphan’s pension for an orphan -
(a) aged up to 15 10,000
(b) aged between 15 and 20, in full-time education 10,000
(c) aged between 20 and 23, who is pursuing
a full-time course at a tertiary education institution 10,000
4. Guardian allowance 1,100
5. Child’s allowance for a child –
(a) under the age of 10 2,000
(b) aged 10 and 20 2,000
(c) aged between 20 and 23, who is pursuing
a full-time course at a tertiary education institution 2,000
6. Invalid basic pension 11,000
7. Carer’s allowance for a beneficiary of an invalid’s
basic pension, who needs constant care and
attention
3,500
8. Inmate’s allowance to an inmate of a charitable
Institution 830
9. Carer’s allowance for a beneficiary of a basic
Retirement pension, who is disabled to an extent
of not less than 60 per cent and needs constant care
and attention of another person 3,500
10. Minimum contributory retirement pension 605