Latest Family Pension News & Updates

Aizawl, July 15 (IANS) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Wednesday appealed to individuals receiving family pensions from the state government through fraudulent or invalid documents to voluntarily surrender their Pension Payment Orders (PPOs) during the designated voluntary surrender window, warning that strict legal action would follow against those found guilty after verification. The Finance Department of the Mizoram government on Wednesday launched the statewide kick-off programme on “Sen…

New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has barred the State Bank of India (SBI) from recovering alleged excess pension payments from a widow drawing family pension, holding that the overpayment arose entirely due to errors in pension processing and not because of any misrepresentation or concealment on her part. A single-judge bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula, allowing the plea filed by a woman identified as Indra, directed the SBI to refund the amounts already deducted from her family pen…