PARLIAMENT QUESTION

 Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: SPECIAL MATERNITY LEAVE

Posted On: 20 AUG 2025 6:01PM by PIB Delhi

Considering the potential emotional trauma caused due to stillbirth or death of a child soon after birth which has a far-reaching impact on the life of mother, this Department on 2nd September 2022 made a provision to provide 60 days of Special Maternity Leave to a female Central Government employees, in such cases.

In recognition of the noble and selfless act of donating an organ to save or improve another human life, and with the aim of encouraging organ donation among Central Government employees, Special Casual Leave is provided by issue of orders on 25th April, 2023 by this Department so that a maximum of 42 days of Special Casual Leave can be granted to a Central Government servant for donating an organ. This is extended as a special welfare measure in the larger public interest.

This information was given by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, MoS PMO, MoS Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. NKR/PSM/AV (Release ID: 2158502)

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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: FAMILY PENSION TO DIVORCED DAUGHTERS

Posted On: 20 AUG 2025 6:00PM by PIB Delhi

Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) has notified the Central Civil Service (Pension) Rules, 2021. Various provisions have been incorporated in these rules and in the Office Memorandum No. F. No.1/1(1)/2022-P&PW(E) dated 26.10.2022 issued subsequently to ensure that a divorced/widowed daughter of a deceased Government employee or pensioner covered under these rules gets family pension on her turn. The same provisions as described hereunder are provided under separate Rules for Railway and Defence employees and pensioners. In terms of these rules:

Where a deceased Government employee or pensioner is not survived by a spouse or son or daughter eligible for family pension or if they die or cease to fulfil the eligibility conditions for family pension prescribed in the above mentioned rules and there is no disabled child eligible to receive family pension, the family pension shall be granted or continued to be payable to an unmarried or widowed or divorced daughter beyond the age of twenty-five years for life or until she gets married or re-married or until she starts earning her livelihood, whichever is the earliest subject to the conditions like the unmarried or widowed or divorced daughter was dependent on her parent or parents when he or she or they were alive. Further, in the case of widowed daughter, death of her husband and in the case of divorced daughter, her divorce took place or the divorce proceedings filed in a competent court during the lifetime of the Government servant or pensioner or his or her spouse.

This information was given by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, MoS PMO, MoS Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. NKR/PSM/AV (Release ID: 2158501)

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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: PUBLIC GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL FORUM

Posted On: 20 AUG 2025 5:58PM by PIB Delhi

Government has established the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), a 24x7 online platform that enables citizens to lodge grievances related to service delivery by public authorities. This single portal is connected to all Ministries and Departments of the Government of India and States and is accessible via a mobile application available on Google Play and integrated with UMANG. To enhance accessibility in rural and remote areas, CPGRAMS has been integrated with 5.1 lakh Common Service Centres (CSCs).

In the period from 2020-2025 (till 31.07.2025), more than 1.20 crore grievances have been received and 1.28 crore grievances have been redressed, on CPGRAMS portal. In 2022, the CPGRAMS 7.0 have been operationalised in all Ministries/ Departments of Government of India. Under the CPGRAMS version 7.0, Ministry specific grievance categories have been introduced so that citizens can choose the category and sub category in which the grievance is to be filed. Presently, 18398 categories and Sub-categories pertaining to 91 Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations of Central Government are available in CPGRAMS 7.0. Some of the main categories where grievances are received include EPFO related, Refund Matters in Income Tax, PM Kisan Related, Fraud in Banking, Speed Post letters etc. Apart from this some of the general grievances categories are Employee related, Government Scheme Related, land related, environment issues, police related etc.

The total number of public grievances received and redressed through CPGRAMS during the last three years, year-wise is as under;-

Year	Brought Forward	Receipt During Period	Total Disposed
2022	887971	1918238	2143468
2023	662741	1953057	2307674
2024	308124	2615321	2645869
2025 (Till 31-07-2025)	277576	1257942	1281998

This information was given by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, MoS PMO, MoS Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. NKR/PSM/AV  (Release ID: 2158498)

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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: AMENDMENT IN CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES (LEAVE) RULES, 1972

Posted On: 20 AUG 2025 5:56PM by PIB Delhi

Rule 7, 12, 14, 19 & 20 of the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 have been amended to align with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 vide Notification dated 03.04.2018. Further an OM dated 17.07.2018 was issued clarifying the applicability of Rule 20 of the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 to the notification.

The reimbursement of Children Education Allowance (CEA) for Divyaang Children has been set at ₹4500/- per month which is double the prescribed normal rates of CEA vide issue of Office Memorandum dated 17 July 2018. The rates are further revised from ₹4500/- to ₹5625/- per month.

So far other benefits related to Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 is concerned, the Government employees with benchmark disabilities are provided with four days of Special Casual Leave; Special Allowance of Rs. 3,000 per month is provided to the Women Government Servant with disabilities for Child Care from the time of birth of child till the child is two years old.

This information was given by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, MoS PMO, MoS Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. NKR/PSM/AV (Release ID: 2158494)