Pensions and Other Retirement
Benefits:..Defence Pensions provides for pensionary charges in respect of
retired Defence personnel (including civilian employees) of three Services viz.
Army, Navy and Air Force and also employees of Ordnance Factories, etc. It
covers payment of service pensions, gratuity, family pension, disability
pension, commuted value of pension and leave encashment. The increase in BE
2013-14 is mainly due to normal growth in pensionary benefits and increase in
provision towards payment of Gratuity, Commuted Value of Pension and
Superannuation and Retirement Benefits. Increase of higher provision is also
due to increase in number of pensioners and anticipated provisions of Dearness
Relief.