The Central government has clarified that once a pension or family pension has been authorised or revised under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, it cannot be reduced to the disadvantage of the pensioner, except in cases where a clerical mistake is discovered later.

In a recent Office Memorandum (OM), the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) stated that any downward revision in pension or family pension can only be made if the error is purely clerical in nature. Even in such cases, if the error is identified more than two years after the pension was sanctioned or revised, the correction cannot be made without prior approval from the DoPPW. Advertisement

The government has clarified that individual ministries and departments have the authority to determin

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