Dr. Jitendra Singh, MoS, PMO, PPG&P to Inaugurate 58th Pre-Retirement Counseling Workshop for Central Government Employees, Bankers’ Awareness Program And Exhibition of Pension Disbursing Banks on 23rd February, 2026 at Guwahati
Dr. Jitendra Singh, MoS, PMO, PPG&P to Inaugurate 58th Pre-Retirement Counseling Workshop for Central Government Employees, Bankers’ Awareness Program And Exhibition of Pension Disbursing Banks on 23rd February, 2026 at Guwahati
In line with the vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister to enhance the “Ease of Living” for pensioners and family pensioners, the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Government of India, has introduced several progressive initiatives in pension policy and the digitization of pension-related processes. As part of these ongoing efforts, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions shall inaugurate the 58th Pre-Retirement Counselling Workshop (PRC) organised by DoPPW in collaboration with other Central Government Departments and Ministries on 23rd February, 2026 at Administrative Staff College Guwahati, Assam.
These Workshops, are held for the benefit of retiring employees of the Government of India and, is a concrete step in direction of ‘Ease of Living’ of the pensioners. In order to facilitate the smooth transition for the retiring employees, various sessions on Retirement Benefits, CGHS, Cyber Security, Investment modes, BHAVISHYA portal, Integrated Pensioners Portal, Family Pension, CPENGRAMS, ANUBHAV and Digital Life Certificate etc. will be conducted.
It is expected that around 350 retirees, presently posted across the State of Assam and due for retirement in the next 12 months, will benefit hugely from this Pre-retirement Counselling Workshop.
Apart from the PRC, the Department is organising a Bankers’ Awareness Program in collaboration with State Bank of India. The objective of these workshops is to spread awareness among Pension Disbursing Banks relevant to various pension related rules and procedures contextual to central government employees.
An “Exhibition” of Pension Disbursing Banks’ will also be organised during the 58th PRC Workshop, wherein multiple Banks will be actively participating and showcasing their best products on Pension matters. All pensioner related banking services will be made available to the participants. Banks will also guide the retirees for opening pension accounts and investment of pension corpus in various schemes suitable to them.