ADDITIONAL PENSION TO AGED PENSIONERS.

An aged pensioner being helped by Exwel Trust to get 

her additional pension from bank.

THE ADDITIONAL PENSION – A GREAT HELP TO AGED PENSIONERS.

The 6^th CPC surprisingly showered some benefits to the aged pensioners.  The additional pension benefits are really a gift to the aged pensioners.

The justification and the concept of giving some extra pension proportionate to the age was never thought by the previous pay commissions.  Therefore many pensioners who have attained 80 years of age in the year between 1976 to 1986 would have died without enjoying the benefit of 100% additional pension.

The concept, probably would have crept in to the mind of the pay commission Chairman, after seeing the miserable life of many aged pensioners in a more developing Indian economy and  changing life style.

Yes, in most of the well educated families, the aged parents are living alone.  Their children living abroad, sending dollar cheques to highly sophisticated aged homes to avoid lonely living of their parents in India.  But I don’t think they are really happy in the homes.

The real happy of pensioners are those who share the entire monthly pension along with their children, grand children and live with them.  Under such circumstances, the additional pension gives a great help to the aged pensioners.  The entire family feels happy and wish, their elders live  a long life.