The Defence Ministry has decided to grant Special Family Pension or Liberalised Family Pension (LFP) for next of kin of those personnel re-employed in military or civil and if their death is attributable to military service. Earlier, Ordinary Family Pension was authorised from the military or civil department wherever the veteran was employed. In the latest decision, the families will get ordinary family pension in addition to SFP or LFP.
Giving details of the order issued on Thursday, officials said prior to January 2013, the Next of Kins (NOKs) of Armed Force Pensioner who got re-employed in civil department after getting retired from military service were authorised to draw Ordinary Family Pension (OFP) either from military side or from civil side whichever was beneficial to them.
In March 2013, it was decided that the families of Armed Forces pensioners, who got re-employed in civil departments or military after getting retired from military service and were in receipt of military pension till death, shall be allowed to draw family pension from military side in addition to the family pension, if any, authorised from the re-employed civil department.
The Government was receiving grievances from various quarters for grant of dual family pension including Special Family Pension/Liberalised Family Pension where death of the re-employed government servant is attributable to government service.
The matter has been examined in the Ministry and now was decided that Special Family Pension (SFP)/Liberalised Family Pension (LFP), would be admissible on death of a pensioner who was re-employed in military service and if his death is attributable to military service, in addition to Ordinary Family Pension.