The amount of minimum pension shall be –
(a) Rupees three hundred and seventy five per month in respect of an employee other than a part time employee where the employee had retired before 1st day of November, 1992 (in case of workmen) or before 1st day of July,1993 (in case of Officers) an proportionate amount thereof in relation to the rate of scale of wages in the case of part time employee who had retired before the 1st day of November, 1992;
(b) Rupees seven hundred and twenty per month in respect of an employee other than a part time employee, where the employee retired on or after the 1st day of November, 1992 (in case of workmen) or on after the 1st day of July, 1993 (in case of Officers) and proportionate amount thereof in relation to the rate of scale wages in the case of a part time employee who retired on or after the 1st day of November, 1992.
(c) Rupees one thousand and fifteen per month in respect of an employee other than a part time employee where the employee retired on or after the 1st day April,1998 and rupees three hundred and thirty nine per month in respect of a part time employee drawing 1/3 scale wages, rupees five hundred and eight per month in respect of a part time employee drawing ½ scale wages and rupees seven hundred and sixty two per month in respect of part time employee drawing ¾ scale wages where the part time employee retired on or after the 1st day of April 1998.
Provided that on and from the 1st day of May, 2005 the amount of minimum pension, in respect of an employee, other than a part-time employee, who retired on or after the 1st April, 1998 but before the 31st October, 2002 shall be rupees one thousand and sixty per month and rupees three hundred and fifty five in respect of a part-time employee drawing 1/3 scale wages, rupees five hundred and thirty in respect of a part-time employee drawing ½ scale wages and rupees seven hundred and ninety five in respect of a part-time employee drawing ¾ scale wages, where the part-time employee retired on or after 1st day of April, 1998. (as per Pension (Amendment) Regulations, 2017)
(d) Rupees one thousand four hundred and thirty five per month in respect of an employee, other than a part-time employee, where the employee retired on or after 1st day of May 2005 and rupees four hundred and eighty per month in respect of a part-time employee drawing 1/3 scale of wages, rupees seven hundred and twenty per month in respect of part-time employee drawing ½ scale wages and 27 of 66 rupees one thousand and eighty per month in respect of a part-time employee drawing ¾ scale wages, where the part-time employee retired on or after the 1st day of May 2005:
Provided that on and from the 1st day of May 2005 the provisions of this clause shall also apply to an employee including a part-time employee who retired on or after 1st November 2002 but on or before 30th April 2005. (as per Pension (Amendment) Regulations, 2017)
(e) Rupees one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine per month in respect of an employee, other than a part-time employee, where the employee retired on or after 1st day of November 2007 and rupees five hundred and ninety five per month in respect of a part-time employee drawing 1/3 scale of wages, rupees eight hundred and ninety two per month in respect of part-time employee drawing ½ scale of wages and rupees one thousand three hundred and thirty nine per month in respect of a part-time employee drawing ¾ scale wages, where the part-time employee retired on or after the 1st day of November 2007. (as per Pension (Amendment) Regulations, 2017)
37. Dearness Relief –
(1) Dearness relief shall be granted on basic pension or family pension or invalid Pension or on compassionate allowance in accordance with the rates specified in Appendix II.
(2) Dearness relief shall be allowed to full basic pension even after commutation.