After the death of the pensioner, the spouse or family members of the deceased are asked by the banks to produce a lot of documents for starting the family pension. However, there are many documents which are not required, causing nuisance to family members and delay in starting pension. The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has asked all banks to expedite the process of settlement of all family pension matters with them.
These documents are needed for pension
- Deceased pensioner and spouse holding joint account
- An application for starting family pension
- Death certificate of deceased pensioner
- Copy of PPO issued to pensioner (if available)
- Proof of age, date of birth of the applicant
- For family pension, the spouse or family members are not required to submit the details in Form 14 to the bank.
The deceased pensioner and spouse do not have a joint account
- Application in Form 14 with signature of two witnesses
- death certificate of deceased pensioner
- Copy of PPO issued to pensioner if available
- Proof of applicant’s age or date of birth
- In case of death of pensioner and spouse
- If other family member has been co-authorized for family pension then the above procedure is applicable.
- If the name of other family member is not included in the PPO, a fresh PPO can be requested from the office where the deceased pensioner last worked.
To start family pension, the details of family members other than the applicant are not necessary.
