Nodal officers for disbursement to kin of deceased

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The Centre has asked all its departments to appoint nodal officers, who would coordinate with the family members of a deceased government employee to assist in paperwork and facilitate expeditious disbursement of entitlements.

In a letter, Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare secretary Indevar Pandey said that details of the nodal officer may be prominently displayed on the website of ministries, departments, attached and subordinate offices. "As you are aware, quite a few government employees and officers have lost their lives in the recent surge of Covid-19 cases. In many cases, the deceased employees and officers were the sole breadwinners of the family," he said.

The untimely death of employees and officers has left their families devastated and in urgent need of funds in the midst of the pandemic, Pandey said. "It is, therefore, incumbent on the government to ensure that family pension and other entitlements in respect of deceased employees are released to their families expeditiously," he said in the letter issued on Thursday.