New Year Appeal – Background
As we step into the New Year 2026, the RBI retiree community across the country carries with it a mix of hope, patience, and deep concern. For several months, there have been encouraging signals that the long‑pending proposal for updating the pension of RBI retirees is under active consideration by the Ministry of Finance.
Pension Updating for RBI Retirees
Senior officials of the Bank have also conveyed that discussions with the Ministry have been positive and that approval was expected.
Dignity and Justice
Yet, as the year turned, thousands of retirees — many in their late seventies and eighties — continue to wait for a decision that directly affects their dignity, financial security, and ability to meet rising medical and living expenses.
The updating of pension is not merely an administrative matter. It is a recognition of decades of dedicated service rendered to the nation’s central bank. It is a measure of fairness, ensuring that those who built and strengthened the institution are not left behind in their advancing years.
New Year Appeal to FM
In this spirit, AIRBIOPF has addressed a respectful appeal to the Hon’ble Finance Minister, requesting early clearance of the proposal.
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We have also conveyed our sentiments to the Reserve Bank of India, acknowledging the efforts made by HRMD and the Central Office in pursuing this matter with sincerity.
As an organisation representing retirees across the country, AIRBIOPF stands united in its commitment to ensure that the voices of our senior members are heard with compassion and urgency. We begin this year with renewed determination and collective hope that justice will soon be delivered.
Let 2026 be the year when long‑awaited relief finally reaches those who devoted their lives to the service of the Institution.
Wishing a Happy New Year to All with heartfelt hope that 2026 brings long‑awaited relief, renewed dignity, and lasting well‑being to every RBI retiree and their family.
— AIRBIOPF
News: DR Increase
Based on the AICPI-IN data for November 2025, RBI pensioners who retired prior to November 1, 2022 — including all family pensioners — may receive a Dearness Relief (DR) increase of 4.34%, equivalent to 62 additional slabs, effective February 2026.
This projection holds if the index figure of 148.2 for November 2025 is repeated in December 2025.
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 pm
Thanks for such a compact and condensed communication addressed to Hon’ble FM Madam. It speaks volumes about the underlying pain and agony of thousands of RBI Pensioners and family pensioners, whose fingers remain crossed till date, in the absence of her mandatory nod for their Pension Updation. Anyways, keeping their hopes alive could be the only option available to them.