7th Pay Commission latest news: Big relief for central government employees! Centre takes this decision

7th Pay Commission latest news: In a bid to provide relief to the retiring central government employees, the central government has decided to provide 'DigiLocker' facility. The decision will enable central government employees to place their PPO (Pension Payment Order) in this digital locker to avoid any kind of problem after misplacement of the PPO. The Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare has now validated an e-copy of the PPO, in case the original copy of the PPO is not available. The Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare made its decision public through an Office Memorandum in this regard on 26th August 2020.

The Office Memorandum of the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare said, “It had come to the notice of the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare that several Pensioners, over a period of time, misplace the original copies of their Pension Payment Order (PPO) which, needless to say, is a very important original document. In the absence of their PPO, these pensioners have to face innumerable hardship at various stages of their retired life. For newly retiring officials, in view of the widespread Covid-19 pandemic, it was a dilemma to physically receive hard copies of the PPO.”

This facility has been created with ‘Bhavishya’ software, which is a single window platform for Pensioners, right from the start of their Pension processing, till the end of the process. “Bhavishya” shall now provide an option to retiring employees, to link their Digi-locker account with their “Bhavishya” account and obtain their e-PPO in a seamless manner.

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How to store e-PPO in DigiLocker

Here is the step by step guide to store e-PPO in the DigiLocker:

1] Bhavishya” provides an option to retiring employees for linking their Digi-locker account with “Bhavishya” to get e-PPO;

2] This option is available to the retiree at the time of filling of retirement forms, as well as after submission of the forms;

3] Retiree will sign into their Digi-locker account from Bhavishya and authorize Bhavishya to PUSH the e-PPO to Digi Locker; and

4] As soon as e-PPO is issued, it is automatically PUSHED into the corresponding Digi locker account and the retiree is informed about the same through SMS and Email by Bhavishya.

To view/download the e-PPO, the retiree has to log into his Digi Locker account and simply click on the link.

The Administrative Divisions of all Ministries/Department and attached/subordinate offices have been requested to bring these instructions to the notice of all concerned for compliance.

This was a target set to be accomplished for Civil Ministries by 2021-22, which the Department completed ahead of time in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the official release said.