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