The Haryana Government on Monday announced to broaden the benefits of pension of pre-2006 pensioners. The spokesman said that as per the decision, the pension of these pensioners would be raised to 50 per cent of the sum of minimum of pay in the pay band and the grade pay corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale from which the pensioner had retired.
He said that similarly, the normal family pension in respect of pre-2006 pensioners or family pensioners would also be stepped up to 30 per cent of the sum of minimum of pay in the pay band and the grade pay corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale in which the Government servant had retired. In the case of HAG scale, this would be 30 per cent of the minimum of the pay in the revised pay scale, he added.