Anubhav platform for retired government employees

‘Anubhav’ is an online initiative that enables submission and display of commendable work done by retiring employees. Initially this facility is being provided only to retiring Central government employees. It is an initiative of the Department of Pensions & Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Government of India. The Anubhav portal was launched during 2015. 

Vision and Mission

To provide a platform for the retiring Central Government employees to showcase commendable work done during service, to share their experiences of working in the Government and to give suggestions for improvement in governance. This would provide satisfaction to the retiring employee and also act as a motivator for serving employees. This would also be a wonderful opportunity to garner the resource of retiring employees for voluntary contribution to nation building post retirement.

Framework/ Modalities

Coverage

• Initially this facility is to be provided only to retiring Central government employees. Employees retiring in the next 6 months may be provided an online facility to submit their achievements.
• Submission would be voluntary
• 96 Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations have registered on Anubhav Portal 

Procedure

• The retiring employee may submit a write-up, not more than 5000 words along with appropriate attachments where need be. The write up may be submitted at the time of furnishing of Form 5 (Pension Application form which is required to be submitted 6 months before retirement).
• The online link for submission of the write-up is https://pensionersportal.gov.in/Anubhav/. Employees can also submit hard copies instead of the online submission.
• Since most successful ventures would have contributions of the entire team, retiring persons may indicate names of other members of the team in the write-up.
• Comments which are religious, gender based or based on caste and creed will not be permitted.
• The comments should not have a potential to disturb communal harmony or against the national interest. They should not reveal any sensitive or secret information. iv. The input will be checked by the Head of Office and result submitted to the administrative head/ authority designated for this purpose to ensure that the submission is as per format.
• Write-up submitted by the retiree will be published after the due verification by concerned organisation.
• This exercise would be completed at least one month before retirement and the result uploaded on the concerned departmental website.
  • The comments made by the employee not belonging to All India Service may be hosted on the website of the Ministry/ Department from where the employee retired and on the website of the cadre controlling authority where a link may be provided.
  • In respect of employee belonging to All India Service, the comments may be hosted on website of the cadre controlling authority and on the website of the state on whose cadre they were borne.
• The Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare will coordinate and collate the data and information.

Anubhav awards

In order to encourage submission of write-ups by retired Government servants, an Annual Award Scheme was started in 2016. 5 Anubhav awards and 10 Jury Certificates are provided as part of the awards. The Anubhav Awardees will be felicitated with a Medal, a Certificate and a cash prize of Rs.10,000/-. The Jury Certificate winners will be conferred with a Medal and a Certificate.

To participate in the scheme, retiring Central Government employees/pensioners are required to submit their Anubhav write ups, 8 months prior to retirement and up to 1 year after their retirement. Thereafter, the write-ups will be published after assessment by concerned Ministries/Departments. The published write-ups will be shortlisted for Anubhav Awards and Jury Certificates. The last date for submission under ANUBHAV Awards Scheme of a given year is 31st March of that year.

54 ANUBHAV awards have been conferred from 2016 to 2023. 

To view the list of awardees, click here.

Source : Anubhav Portal

Related Resources

1. User manual of Anubhav Portal