NEW DELHI, AUG 17 (PTI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said the government’s pension reforms are aimed not only at providing ease of living to pensioners but also at making the administrative system more efficient.
Addressing the 9th National ANUBHAV Awards Ceremony-2026 and the 60th Pre-Retirement Counselling Workshop at Vigyan Bhawan here, he said technology-driven pension service delivery has brought greater efficiency, while saving significant manpower and financial resources.
Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel, said retiring employees are a national asset and called for continued use of technology and feedback from pensioners to make the pension system simpler, more responsive and aligned with changing social requirements. He said the pension reforms were aimed not only at providing ease of living to pensioners but also at making the entire administrative system more efficient, according to a Personnel Ministry statement.
Singh said the government has continued to simplify pension procedures in response to changing administrative and social requirements.
“Unnecessary provisions have been removed from pension forms and cumbersome procedures have been replaced with simpler processes,” the minister said.
He said the pension system must remain in a continuous state of reform, with changes guided by experience, feedback and evolving social requirements.
Singh said the increasing use of technology in pension services has simultaneously improved convenience and reduced the administrative burden on the system. He said the experiences of retiring and retired employees provide valuable feedback for identifying systemic gaps and improving government practices.
The ANUBHAV initiative, launched in 2015 on the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, allows retiring government employees to share their experience while working with the government through a dedicated portal.
Singh congratulated all the national ANUBHAV awardees and jury award recipients and said government employees who have devoted decades to public service constitute a valuable national asset.
Pension reforms, he said, are therefore not merely about processing retirement benefits but about ensuring dignity, convenience and continued engagement with the experience and expertise of those who have contributed to the nation’s development.
Secretary, Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, Nivedita Shukla Verma said ANUBHAV has become an important platform for capturing and sharing the institutional experience of retired government employees.
More than 14,000 experiences have been shared on the portal so far, while the 2026 awards received over 2,000 nominations, the highest number so far.
The 60th Pre-Retirement Counselling Workshop brought together around 800 central government officials in the national capital region scheduled to retire in March 2027.
The workshop covered retirement benefits, CGHS facilities and procedures, Digital Life Certificate and face authentication, cyber security, investment choices for pensioners, family pension and income-tax related issues, among others.
