The central government has issued a major clarification regarding gratuity payments. The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) has clarified through an order that only those central government civil servants who fall under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021 or the Central Civil Services (Payment of Gratuity under National Pension System) Rules, 2021 will receive a maximum gratuity of up to Rs 25 lakh .

This means that this increased gratuity limit will not apply to all institutions or employees — such as employees of public sector undertakings (PSUs), banks, port trusts, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), autonomous institutions, universities, state governments, or employees associated with societies.

The DoPPW order has said that it keeps “receiving ref

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