One of the most important things that require more attention as retirement comes near for many central government employees is pension issues, including early retirement pensions. Nevertheless, retirees use a lot of time waiting to be heard since pension files usually transfer from one office to the other, making many elderly persons develop frustrations.
Government’s new method of moving pension approvals faster
The Department of Pensions and Pensioners Welfare have this very important memo which states rosed timelines for the approval of pension documents. This step is meant to elongate the various complains that people have had especially on the delay in pension disbursement. Hoping to make pension process more efficient, the government is planning to introduce tighter time limits for the pension process and particular stages of it.
Timing for Processing and Approving the Pension Files
Monthly Retiree List: Every HOD has to submit to the CAM an estimate of the number of employees expected to retire within the next fifteen months before the 15th of the following month. This is particularly proactive because the formal writing ensures that all the documents are ready before the time they are needed is realized.
Government Accommodation Clearance: The government employees have to disclose their assets in shape of government accommodation one year before their retirement. These allow persons to pay all the due that is required in order to streamline pensions.
Pension Form Processing: The law states that once a pension form has been received it must be forwarded to the Pay and Accounts Office by the Head of Office within 2 months. From there the Accounts Officer goes through the verification process to confirm everything is in order and issues a pension payment order.
Issuance of Pension Payment Order: The pension payment order must have been made at least two months before the intended leaving date of the employee though ready to be Effects of pension on employees productivity paid out as soon as the leaving date arrives.
