Victory for Veterans: Military Gratuity Protected After Civil Re-employment, Military Gratuity Won’t Cut Civil Gratuity, There will be Separate Gratuity for Military & Civil Service.
On 26th December 2025, the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW), Government of India, issued an Office Memorandum (OM No. 28/03/2025-P&PW(B)/10865) this is clarification on limitation of gratuity under the National Pension System (NPS) for individuals who have served in the military and civil services. https://doptcirculars.nic.in/Default.aspx?URL=VZ3QRCTDH7P
Military gratuity does not affect or reduce the gratuity payable for later civil service under NPS. This is a major relief for ex-servicemen re-employed in civil roles and addresses a long-standing ambiguity about counting previous military gratuity when computing gratuity after civil re-employment.
One of the most significant points in this OM relates to defence personnel who have received gratuity on retiring from military service, and are later re-employed in civil posts under the Central Government covered by NPS.
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