NA passes Federal Employees Benevolent Fund, Group Insurance Bill

Friday, 27 March 2015 00:19

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday passed 'The Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance (First Amendment) Bill 2013 aiming to remove the age limit fund beneficiaries from 70 years.

The Bill was moved by State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmed. According to statement of objects and reasons a monthly Benevolent Grant is provided to the family members of an employees, who dies upto the age of 70 years whereas the grants under other schemes including marriage, burial charges and educational stipend are admissible without restriction of any age limit. The purpose of the Bill is to remove the age limit of 70 years.

The Bill offers amendment of section 13 Act II of 1969,in section 13 in sub section (3) (a) after the word " retirement" , the words " before attaining the age of seventy years" shall be omitted and (b) in the first proviso, after the word "years", the words and comma " or upto the date the deceased employees would have attained the age of seventy year, which ever is earlier" shall be omitted.

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NA passes Federal Employees Benevolent Fund, Group Insurance Bill