Spouse and children with disabilities, if any, of retired government employees will get pension after their death even if the retirees had drawn the full money, the government says.
The Finance Division came up with the clarification in a circular dated Oct 28.
In a circular on Oct 8 last year, the government had said a public servant will be entitled to certain pension facilities even if they had drawn the full amount.
But the issue of their surviving family members' rights to get the facilities after their death remained unresolved.
The latest circular cleared it, entitling their spouse and children with disabilities to the facilities mentioned in the previous circular.
They will also get medical and festival allowances as per a circular issued on Aug 3, 2017.
The government introduced the option for its employees to draw the full amount of their pension at a time in 1994.
It changed the rules in 2017, making it compulsory to keep 50 percent of the pension money with the government.
A public servant, who has drawn the full pension money in line with the previous option, will get at least Tk 3,000 pension monthly from 15 years after their retirement now.