The Haryana Cabinet, which is under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh here today approved a proposal to amend the Old Age Samman Allowance Scheme. This amendment will extend benefits to Employee Provident Fund (EPF) pensioners, ensuring that the combined total of the government allowance and the EPF pension equals the Old Age Samman Allowance of Rs 3,000 per month or as amended from time to time.
Now EPF pensioners who were receiving annuity pensions less than Rs 3000 per month will also be eligible under the scheme* Previously, senior citizens receiving EPF benefits were excluded from the Old Age Samman Allowance. There have been cases where the EPF pension amounts to less than Rs 3,000 per month.
The amendment to the Old Age Samman Allowance Scheme ensures that retirees from any government or any local/statutory body or any organization owned and controlled substantially by any government, who receive an annuity or pension less than the Old Age Samman Allowance, shall be entitled to the Old Age Samman Allowance, subject to eligibility. This entitlement shall be equal to the difference between the current Old Age Samman Allowance of Rs 3000 per month and the pension or annuity received.