Employee Pension Amendment Scheme 2016 - Monthly Orphan Pension

Employee Pension Amendment Scheme 2016

Monthly Orphan Pension

In the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995, in paragraph 16, in sub- paragraph (4), after the proviso to clause (a), the following shall be inserted, namely:- "(aa) The monthly orphan pension shall be payable to each orphan till such orphan attains the age of twenty-five years: Provided that the monthly orphan pension shall be payable to an orphan beyond the age of twenty-five years, if such orphan is suffering from disorder or disability of mind or who is physically crippled or disabled.".