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New Delhi : Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Government of India (GoI), on April 19, 2020, reiterated that there is no proposal for reduction of pension and no action is contemplated by the Government in this respect. Instead, the Government is committed for the welfare and well being of the pensioners, it said.
It has come to the notice of the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare of the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension, that in the wake of the Covid-19 and the ensuing economic scenario, many rumours are afloat that the Government is contemplating a reduction/stoppage of Pension which has become a source of worry for the Pensioners, said a PIB release.