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Divorced daughter of army personnel eligible for pension

Accordingly, divorced daughters who fulfill other conditions are eligible for family pension if a decree of divorce had been issued by the competent court during the lifetime of at least one of the parents

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The Ministry of Defence has agreed to provide grant of family pension to a divorced daughter of an armed force personnel if the divorce is filed in the lifetime of either parents. Currently, only those children who are dependent and meet other conditions of eligibility for family pension at the time of death of the government servant or his or her spouse, whichever is later, are eligible for family pension.

Accordingly, divorced daughters who fulfill other conditions are eligible for family pension if a decree of divorce had been issued by the competent court during the lifetime of at least one of the parents.

The ministry has been receiving grievances from various quarters that the divorce proceedings are long-drawn, and take years to finalise. There are many cases in which the divorce proceedings of a daughter of a government employee or pensioner had been instituted in the competent court during the lifetime of one or both but none was alive by the time the divorce was granted.

"The matter has been examined and it has been decided by the Ministry of Defence to grant family pension to a divorced daughter of an armed force personnel in such cases where the divorce proceedings has been filed in a competent court during the lifetime of the employee or pensioner or his or her spouse, but the divorce took place after their death," said the ministry in an statement.

CURRENT DECREE

  • Currently,  only those children who are dependent and meet other conditions of eligibility for family pension at the time of death of the government servant or his or her spouse, whichever is later, are eligible for family pension.
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