Functions performed by the Pension Division to the retiring community
Civil and Military Pension Functions
- Obtaining the pension declaration and Grama Niladhari report after receiving the pension file
- Revision of ten-year salary and other pension amendments after completion of ten years of retirement.
- Payment of monthly pension to the inheritors after the death of a pensioner.
- Removal of pension anomalies
Widows / Widowers Pension Functions
- Preparation of widows/widowers pensions after the death of a pensioner.
- Preparation of Orphans' Pension for unemployed children below the age of 26 in the absence of both parents.
- Conducting preliminary inquiries into disability pension payments
- Release of bank books of orphans who have attained the age of 18 years.
Common
- Issuing railway warrants for pensioners. Three railway warrants are issued annually to pensioners.
- Obtaining Certificates of Residence
- Obtaining Salary Reports
Farmers' Pensions
Introduction of Farmers' Pension and Social Security Benefit Scheme
Act according to orders Farmers' Pension and Social Security Scheme Act No 12 of 1987, Farmers' Pensions and Social Security Schemes 2014
Eligibility to contribute to the scheme
- Become a citizen of Sri Lanka
- Between 18-59 years of age.
- A landowner, a leaseholder, a tenant farmer, a cultivator under the ownership of a landlord and a person certified as a farmer by an authorized officer under the Agrarian Development Act or the Land Ordinance.
- Not a beneficiary of a pension or provident fund.
Benefits under the Scheme.
- Pension from a minimum of Rs.1000.00 to a maximum of Rs.5000.00
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Age Monthly Pension(Rs) 60-63 1000 / = 64-70 1250 / = 71-77 2000 / = 77 or more 5000 / = - Rs. 50,000 / = on life insurance 25,000 / = death gratuity,Impairment benefits up to Rs.50,000/= . With these benefits, the installment money and interest will be refunded.
- Concessions for contributing to the new pension for contributors whose contributions have been canceled due to non-payment of contributions.
- A farmer can contribute to the scheme by paying monthly, semi-annually or in one lump sum.
