7th Pay Commission: In a big relief, the Defence Ministry has recently scrapped the requirement of minimum 7-year continuous service for the grant of enhanced ordinary family pension (EOFP) to the next of kin of deceased defence personnel.
An EOFP is 50 per cent of personnel's last emoluments and is payable for 10 years from the date of the death of the personnel in service, a statement issued by the ministry read.
As per the statement, "The requirement of continuous qualifying service of 7 years (to get EOFP) is done away with effect from October 1, 2019."
If the service personnel dies after his or her release, retirement, discharge or invalidment, the EOFP is given for seven years from the date of death or up to the time when the personnel would have reached 67 years of age, whichever is earlier, it said.
Moreover, the family of defence personnel who died within 10 years before October 1, 2019, without completing continuous service of seven years, would be getting the EOFP, the ministry noted.
Earlier, there was a requirement of continuous qualifying service of 7 years for grant of the EOFP to the next of kin of defence forces personnel.
While the EOFP is 50 per cent of last emoluments of the personnel, the ordinary family pension (OFP) is 30 per cent of last emoluments of the personnel, PTI reported.
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