Minister of Labour and Employment's reply regarding 1. Enhancement of Minimum Pension under EPS95 and 2. EPS 5 Higher Pension on actual salary as per Supreme Court orders dated 4-10-16.
Reply From Minister of State Labour & Employment For information of all respected EPS 95 Pensioner as Below
Please refer to the matter raised by you during zero hour in Rajya Sabha on 18th September 2020 on the subject demand for increasing minimum pension for Provident Fund Pensioners and urging upon the Government to take necessary action in this regard and implement the verdict of the Honorable Court.
I would like to inform you that the issue raised have been examined in this ministry in consultation with Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). As regards demands for enhancement of minimum pension under EPS 1995 it is informed that my Ministry had taken up the issue of enhancement of minimum pension under EPS 1995 with Department of Expenditure Ministry of Finance since 2018, Further on 9 September 2020, a proposal has been sent to Ministry of Finance by secretary Labour and Employment. As such, the matter is under examination in consultation with Ministry of Finance.
As regards demands of implementing the verdict of Honorable Supreme Court, it is informed that the matter is under consideration of Honorable Supreme Court and such the matter is currently sub-judice. Therefore, further decision is this matter shall be taken on finalization of the court proceedings.
This reply is given by Ministry of Labour and Employment on the question by Shri Elamaram Karim Honorable Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha who ask about Implementation of Minimum Pension as well as the EPS 95 pensioners Higher Pension based on Supreme Court decision on this questions Ministry of Labour and Employment given this answers Shri Elamaram Karim.
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