Amendment of section 11B

In section 11B of the principal Act,-

1. (1) in sub-section (1),-
   • (a) in the opening portion, words “whose annual income does not exceed rupees six thousand and” shall be omitted;
   • (b) in clause
     • (iii) for the words “fifty rupees per mensem”, the words “one hundred rupees per mensem” and for the words “five hundred rupees per mensem”, the words “one thousand rupees per mensem” shall respectively be substituted.
2. (2) after sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be added, namely :- “(4) The widow of a deceased Member, who is not re-married, shall be entitled to receive half the pension, which deceased Member would have been entitled to receive under this section, had he been alive”.