“Major procedural reforms such as clarification on vigilance clearance before the retirement has been included for reducing the delay in issuance of PPOs/ePPOs,” the Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare said. Photo: X/@DOPPW_India
The Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare (DPPW) under the Centre said on Friday (October 10, 2025) that it has finalised guidelines for timely payment of retirement dues of Union government officials, which entail appointment of a welfare officer or pension mitra for each employee.
The officer would be deputed by the head of office and assigned to each retiring employee to facilitate filling up of forms and other formalities. The officer shall also be responsible for hand-holding the dependents for documentation and verification in the event of death of the pensioner while submitting the claim for family pension.
The guidelines have been issued for effective inter-ministerial coordination for timely payment of retirement dues (pension and pensionary dues) and issue of Pension Payment Orders (PPOs)/e-PPOs of Central Civil Services (CCS) employees.
“Major procedural reforms such as clarification on vigilance clearance before the retirement has been included for reducing the delay in issuance of PPOs/ePPOs. It has been clarified that no pension can be delayed for the want of vigilance clearance as per the specific provisions under CCS(Pension) Rules, 2021. It has been underlined that each ministry/ department should ensure that vigilance clearance in respect of their retiring employees is issued three months prior to retirement since the validity of the clearance is of three months as per extant norms,” the Department said.
It added that the government seeks to achieve the objective of ensuring “issue of PPOs/e-PPO, 60 days before the retirement, payment of retirement dues a day after the retirement date and payment of first pension on the last day of following month of retirement” for all Central Civil Services (CCS) employees.
Published – October 10, 2025 10:39 pm IST
