Pension & Retirement

Gratuity

Material on this site about Gratuity: Government Orders, articles, rules and documents. Always refer to the original official Government Order for authoritative use.

Articles

  • Pension & Retirement
    Retirement Benefits Explained

    Pension, gratuity, commutation and leave encashment presented as one connected settlement process.

Rules

  • Retirement
    Gratuity

    Retirement gratuity is worked out for an employee retiring on superannuation.

  • Retirement
    Gratuity calculator

    Indicative gratuity from emoluments and completed six-monthly periods.

  • Service Matters
    Employee appointment to retirement

    A junior assistant joins on direct recruitment and retires on superannuation after long service. The whole record is traced.

  • Retirement
    Retirement benefits

    A superannuation case is settled with all terminal benefits.

FAQs

  • Service
    Why is the Service Register so important?

    Almost every later benefit — increments, promotion, leave, pension and gratuity — is worked out from entries in the Service Register. Date of birth, date of joining, probation declaration, pay fixatio

  • Pension
    What is qualifying service and why does it matter?

    Qualifying service is the service that counts for pension and gratuity under the applicable pension rules. Non-qualifying spells — certain kinds of leave, breaks in service or unverified periods — red