Union Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions  Dr Jitendra Singh has launched an e-Booklet on one year achievements of the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) through Video Conferencing.<br />''<br />''Addressing all the officers, Mr Singh congratulated the team for carrying out a series of reforms which not only high-lighted the sensitivity of the Modi Government but also the dedication of the team during the trying times of the pandemic. He has stated that the department went outside its call of duty to organize a webinar on Covid by bringing in leading doctors to address the anxiety and fears of the Pensioners.<br />''<br />''Among a series of reforms in Pension policy, the most notable was the Amendment of Rule 54 of CCS Pension Rules, 1972 to provide enhanced Family Pension in the event of an unfortunate death of a Government servant even before completion of 7 years of service.<br />''<br />''Earlier only those families were eligible for enhanced family Pension (@50% of last pay drawn) wherein the deceased government servant had completed 7 years of service.<br />''<br />''Another landmark in the recent year was extending the Old Pension scheme to those employees who joined on or after 01.01.2004 but whose result for recruitment had been declared before 01.01.2004. This was a long standing demand of employees covered under the National Pension System (NPS) and was the cause of several court cases and anxiety among such employees.<br />''<br />''Soon after the formation of the new government a series of welfare measures for the Pensioners were also carried out such as opening of an Integrated Grievance Cell and Call Centre with Toll free number 1800-11-1960  to facilitate  elderly pensioners in registering their grievances and get information of pending grievances, holding of All India Pension Adalat wherein more than 50 locations were connected through live interactive video conferencing which resulted in resolution of more than 4000 grievances by a single event.<br />