Railway Board clarifications on Children Education Allowance during Covid-19 Lockdown period
RBE No.49/2021 PC-VII No.172
भारत सरकार Government of India रेल मंत्रालय Ministry of Railways रेलवे बोर्ड (Railway Board)
No. E(W)2017/ED-2/3
New Delhi, dated: 12.08.2021
The General Manager(P) All Indian Railways and Production Units.
Sub: Clarifications on Children Education Allowance (CEA) during Covid-19 epidemic Lockdown period.
Please refer to Railway Board’s letter of even number dated 13.08.2018 circulating therewith consolidated instructions on the subject of Children Education Allowance (CEA) & Hostel Subsidy to Government Servants.
2.Now Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel & – Training) vide their OM No.A-27012/02/2017-Estt(AL) dated 01.07.2021 have issued a clarification on Children Education Allowance during COVID-19 epidemic Lockdown period (copy enclosed). The same is circulated herewith for guidance of all concerned. These instructions shall apply mutatis-mutandis to Railway employees.
Compassionate engagement cases of dependent of deceased / missing GDS
Smriti Sharan DDG (Establishment)
Government of India Ministry of Communications & IT Department of Posts Oak Bhawan, New Delhi-110001
DO No. 17-14/2021-GDS
Date : 12.08.2021
Dear Madam / Sir
Please refer to this office letter no. 17-01/2017-GDS dated 05.03.2020 wherein it was requested to review the compassionate engagement cases of dependents of deceased/missing GDS, which were rejected by the CCE between the period year 2005 and May 2017 as a one time measure.
2.In this context, the matter has been reviewed again and it is observed that a large number of cases are pending on the part of the Circles. It is felt that Circles did not fully comply with the instructions issued vide letter no. 17-0112017-GDS dated 05.03 .2020 and 17-01/2017-GDS dated 01.06.2021. Therefore, it is again requested to finalize all pending compassionate cases within a period of one-month i.e by 11th September 2021. A completion certificate signed by DPS (HQ) with the approval of CPMG may be sent to Directorate by 15th September, 2021.
3.Further, attention is invited to letter no. 17-0112017-GDS dated 01.06.2021 wherein it was requested to finalize compassionate case within a period of two months from the death of GDS. To expedite the process, Competent Authority has approved the following stage wise timelines to finalize the Compassionate Engagement within the period of 2 months of from the date of death of GDS:-
Time limit for finalization of the compassionate engagement within 2 months of the death of GDS
SI No
Step
Time limit to complete each step
i
Family should be I informed about the scheme of compassionate engagement along with the list of regular GDS vacancies available in the Division and provide necessary documents to the family.
Immediate.
ii
Sub Divisional Head should obtain duly filled applications of compassionate engagement and submit along with all documents to Divisional Head.
20 days
iii
Divisional Head should submit the duly completed case to Regional office
12 days
iv
Regional office should submit the case to Circle office
07 days
v
The case should be considered by CCE and decided by the Circle Head
14 days
vi
Issue of order of compassionate engagement
7 days
4.In case family of the deceased GDS, refuses or delays the case, Sub Divisional Head shall report such reasons to Divisional Head within the prescribed timelines of 20 days from the death. Divisional Head in all cases, where the offer is refused or delayed, shall personally enquire the matter and record his findings. In case of delay on the part of family members of deceased GDS, Sub Divisional Head shall send a report every month to Divisional Head about all such pending cases along with status thereof. Divisional Head shall keep a close watch on such delays and intervene personally wherever required.
5.Therefore, I would be greatful if you could direct concerned officers to follow the above time lines strictly and to finalize the compassionate engagement cases of GDS.
DA Order from July 2021 for 5th CPC Employees and Central Autonomous Bodies
DA Order July 2021 5th Pay Commission
No. 1/3(2)/2008-E.II(B) Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure
North Block, New Delhi Dated the 13th August, 2021.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Revised rates of Dearness Allowance to the employees of Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies continuing to draw their pay in the pre-revised pay scale/Grade Pay as per 5th Central Pay Commission from 01.07.2021
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. No. 1/3(2)/2008-E,II(B) dated 25 October, 2019 revising the rate of Dearness Allowance (DA) w.e.f. 01.07.2019 in respect of employees of Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies continuing to draw their pay in the pre-revised pay scale/Grade Pay as per 5th Central Pay Commission and to this Department’s OM No. 1/1/2020-E.II(B) dated 23.04.2020 vide which instalments of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees due from 01.01.2020, 01.07.2020 and 01.01.2021, were frozen.
2.The rate of DA admissible to above categories of employees of Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies shall be enhanced from the existing 312% to 356% of the Basic Pay with effect from 01.07.2021. The increase subsumes the additional instalments arising on 01.01.2020, 01.07.2020 and 01.01.2021. The rate of Dearness Allowance for the period from 01.01.2020 till 30.06.2021 shall remain at 312%
3.The provisions contained in paras 3, 4 and 5 of this Ministry’s O.M.No.1(13)/97-E.II(B) dated 3rd October, 1997 shall continue to be applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance under these orders,
4.The contents of this Office Memorandum may also be brought to the notice of all organisations under the administrative control of the Ministries/Departments which have adopted the Central Government scales of pay.
(Nirmala Dev) Director
To
All Ministries/Departments of the Government of India (as per standard distribution list). Copy to: C&AG, UPSC, etc.(as per standard endorsement list).
DA Order from July 2021 for 6th CPC Pay Scale Employees and Central Autonomous Bodies
DA Order July 2021 6th Pay Commission
No. 1/3(1)/2008-E.II(B) Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure
North Block, New Delhi Dated the 13th August 2021
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject :- Revised rates of Dearness Allowance to the employees of Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies continuing to draw their pay in the pre-revised pay scale/Grade Pay as per 6th Central Pay Commission w.e.f. 01.07.2021
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. No. 1/3(1)/2008-E.II(B) dated 25 October, 2019 revising the rate of Dearness Allowance (DA) w.e.f. 01.07.2019 in respect of employees of Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies continuing to draw their pay in the pre-revised pay scale/Grade Pay as per 6th Central Pay Commission and to this Department’s OM No. 1/1/2020- E.II(B) dated 23.04,2020 vide which instalments of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees due from 01.01.2020, 01.07,2020 and 01.01.2021, were frozen.
2.The rate of DA admissible to above categories of employees of Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies shall be enhanced from the existing 164% to 189% of the Basic Pay with effect from 01.07.2021. The increase subsumes the additional instalments arising on 01.01.2020, 01,07.2020 and 01.01.2021. The rate of Dearness Allowance for the period from 01.01.2020 till 30.06.2021 shall remain at 164%.
3.The provisions contained in paras 3, 4 and 5 of this Ministry’s 0.M.No.1(3)/2008-E.II(B) dated 29th August, 2008 shall continue to be applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance under these orders.
4.The contents of this Office Memorandum may also be brought to the notice of all organisations under the administrative control of the Ministries/Departments which have adopted the Central Government scales of pay.
(Nirmala Dev) Director
To All Ministries/Departments of the Government of India (as per standard distribution list). Copy to: CMG, UPSC, etc.(as per standard endorsement list).
Exits and Withdrawals under the National Pension System – Railway Board [ RBE No. 61/2021 ]
RBE No. 61/2021
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR) MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA) (RAILWAY BOARD)
No. 2016/F(E)}IIN/1(1)/3
New Delhi, dated: 10.08.2021.
The GMs/Principal Financial Advisors, All Indian Railways/Production Units (etc), (As per mailing list)
Sub: Exits and Withdrawals under the National Pension System – regarding. .
A copy each of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)’s Gazette Notification No.PFRDA/12/RGL/139/8 dated 29.09.2020 and 14.06.2021 issued in amendment of the provisions of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Exits and Withdrawals under the National Pension System) Regulations, 2015 are enclosed herewith for information and compliance.
F.No. TA-2-03002(2)/1/2020/TA-U/(E-3001)/ 624 Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure Controller General of Accounts Mahalekha Niyantrak Bhawan, E Block, GPO Complex INA, New Delhi-110023
Date: 11-08-2021.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Disbursement of salary/ wages/ pension to the Central Government Employees/Pensioners in the State of Kerala for the month of August, 2021 on account of ONAM festival and in the State of Maharashtra for the month of September 2021 on account of Ganpati Festival-reg.
In view of the ‘ONAM’ and Ganpati festival, the Government have decided that the salary/wages/pension of all Central Government employees in the State of Kerala and Maharashtra may be drawn and disbursed by the Central Government offices (including Defence, Posts & Telecommunications) as per the following dates:-
(i) Kerala – 19-8-2021 (Thursday) (ii) Maharashtra – 18-9-2021 (Saturday)
2. The wages of the industrial employees of Central Government serving in the State of Kerala and Maharashtra may also be disbursed in advance as per the dates given above.
3. The pension of all Central Government Pensioners in the State of Kerala/ Maharashtra may also be disbursed by Bank/PAOs as per the dates given above.
4. The salary/wages/pension so disbursed is to be treated as advance payments and will be subject to adjustment after the full month’s salary/wages/pension of each employee/ pensioner is determined. The adjustment, if any, will be made without exception from the salary/wages/ pension of the month of August/September, 2021.
5. The concerned Ministries/Departments are requested to bring these instructions to the notice of their offices located in the State of Kerala/ Maharashtra for necessary action immediately.
6. Reserve Bank of India is requested to bring these instructions to the notice of all paying branches of all Banks located in the State of Kerala/Maharashtra for necessary action immediately.
(T.C.A. Kalyani) Joint Controller General of Accounts
Relaxation in the eligibility service – change in the crucial date i.e. 1st January – DOPT
No. AB-14017/17/2018-Estt. RR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training
North Block, New Delhi Date: 12th August, 2021
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject – Relaxation in the eligibility service – change in the crucial date i.e. 1st January – regarding
As per instructions contained in DoPT’s OM No.22011/4/2013-Estt.(D) dated 8.5.2017, Ministries/ Departments, which were mostly following Financial Year (April – March) based vacancy year system till 2017-18 for promotion to various grades, were required to shift to Calendar Year (January to December) based vacancy year from the year 2018 onwards. Consequently, the crucial date for determining eligibility also changed from 1st April to 1st January.
2.Due to the shift in the vacancy year and consequent change in the crucial date for determining eligibility, employees, who were completing eligibility service as on 1st April of the vacancy year, were not becoming eligible for consideration for promotion in that vacancy year and that such these employees were becoming eligible for consideration for promotion for vacancies arising only next year e.f 1st January, subject to fulfillment of other conditions.
3.Requests have been received for the vacancy year 2019 onwards, requesting for grant of relaxation of eligibility service by upto 3 months as on the crucial date of 1st January, on the grounds of shifting of vacancy year from financial year-wise to calendar year-wise, to enable employees to be considered for promotion in that year and that this Department has been granting relaxation, on case to case basis, for the Vacancy Years 2019, 2020 and
4.With a view to enable timely holding of DPCs, where the recruitment has been shifted from financial year-wise to calendar year-wise, in the light of DoPT’s OM dated 5.2017, it has been decided in consultation with the Union Public Service Commission and approval of the competent authority, to delegate powers to the Administrative Ministries and Departments (Cadre Controlling Authorities) to relax the eligibility service prescribed in the Recruitment Rules/Service Rules (RRs/SRs) for these posts/cadre, as on the crucial date viz. 1st January, 2021, for upto a maximum period of 3 months. Relaxation in eligibility service is to be accorded in such cases where the employees would have been eligible for being considered for promotion as on 1st April, 2021, but due to change in the crucial date to 1st January, 2021, they become ineligible for being considered for promotion during 2021. Similar relaxation is permitted for vacancy years 2022 and 2023, as indicated in the table below:
Vacancy Year
Crucial dateof eligibility
Maximum relaxation of eligibility service delegated to the Administrative Ministry I Department
2021
1.1.2021
Upto3 months for those who have completed eligibility service prescribed in the RRs by 31st March, 2021
2022
1.1.2022
Upto3 months for those who would complete eligibility service prescribed in the RRs between 1st January and 31st March, 2022
2023
1.1.2023
Upto3 months for those who would complete eligibility service prescribed in the RRs between 1st January and 31st March, 2023
5.No delegation of relaxation of eligibility service so granted to Administrative Ministries/ Departments shall be available for vacancy year 2024. Further, the relaxation is subject to the condition that actual promotions are effected only after completion of the eligibility service prescribed in the Recruitment Rules/Service Rules.
6.If case any RRs/SRs, prescribe a different crucial date of eligibility, other than 1st January, the concerned Administrative Ministry/Department would have to necessarily amend the SRs/RRs and align the same with extant instructions by prescribing the crucial date as 1st January of the vacancy year.
(Rajeev Bahree) Under Secretary to the Government of India
CGHS – Reimbursement of cost of OPD Medicines – Extended till 31st October 2021
Z 15025/12/2020/DIR/CGHS Government of India Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Directorate General of CGHS
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi Dated the 10th August, 2021
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Reimbursement of cost of OPD Medicines: Special Sanction in view of COVID-19- till 31st July 2021- regarding
In view of the Corona Virus Disease(COVID-19), all out efforts are made by the Government to contain its impact by instituting measures at community as well as at individual level.
2. In this regard the undersigned is directed to draw attention is the OM of even number dated 27.03.2020, 29.04.2020, 29.05.2020, 24th August 2020, 30th September 2020, 29.12.2020 and 15.04.2021 vide which an option has been provided to CGHS beneficiaries getting medicines for Chronic diseases, to purchase medicines based on the prescription held (prescribed by CGHS Medical Officers/CGHS Specialists /other Govt. Specialists/ Specialist of empanelled hospital) till 31st July 2021, irrespective of Non-Availability certificate from CGHS or otherwise. However, several representations are received in the Ministry seeking extension of the period in view of the COVID-19 Pandemic and resurgence of active cases.
3.The matter has been reviewed by the Ministry and it is now decided, in continuation of the earlier OM on the subject, that CGHS beneficiaries getting medicines for Chronic diseases shall be permitted to purchase medicines based on the prescription held (prescribed by CGHS Medical Officers/CGHS Specialists other Govt. Specialists/ Specialist of empanelled hospital) till 31st October, 2021 on the same conditions as per the earlier OM dated 27.03.2020. It is also clarified that the CGHS Wellness Centres are functional and CGHS beneficiaries also have the option to collect medicines through CGHS Wellness Centres as per normal practice, instead of purchasing from market.
4 Issued with the approval of Integrated Finance Division, MoHFW vide CD No.1018 dated 10.08.2021.
Muharram Holiday 2021 for Central Government Employees in Delhi
No. 12/13/2016-JCA-2 Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) Establishment (JCA-2 Section)
North Block, New Delhi – 110001 Dated the 11th August, 2021
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Change in the date of Holiday on account of Muharram.
The undersigned is directed to say that holiday on account of Muharram was notified for 19th August 2021 vide this Department’s O.M. No. 12/9/2020-JCA2, dated 10th June 2020, subject to change in date, depending on sighting of the Moon. Now the Ruiyat Hilal (Moon Sighting) Committee, headed by Shahi Imam, Jama Masjid, Delhi, has announced that, in Delhi, Muharram would be observed on 20.08.2021(Friday).
2. Accordingly, in Delhi/New Delhi, the Holiday on account of Muharram will be observed on Friday, the 20th August, 2021 and all Central government Administrative Offices, located in Delhi / New Delhi, shall remain closed on account of Muharram on 20th August, 2021.
3. For Offices outside Delhi / New Delhi, the Central Government Employees Coordination Committee or Head of Offices (where such Committees are not functioning) can decide the date, depending upon the decision of the concerned State Government.
(S. P. Pant) Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India
ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE SHRI AJAY BHATT
(a) As per current pension structure applicable to Armed Forces personnel, following pensionary awards are given:
(i) Retiring Pension / Service Pension
(ii) Retiring Gratuity / Service Gratuity
(iii) Special Pension / Special Gratuity
(iv) Invalid Pension / Invalid Gratuity
(v) Retirement Gratuity / Death Gratuity
(vi) Disability Pension / War injury pension
(vii) Ordinary Family pension / Special Family pension/Liberalized Family pension
(viii) Dependent pension/Second life award of special family pension/Liberalized family pension
(ix) Family Gratuity
Pension is calculated at 50% of the last emoluments drawn by the individual. The minimum qualifying service for earning a service pension is 20 years in case of Commissioned Officers and 15 years in case of Personnel Below Officer Rank.
(b) & (c): Pension in respect of Armed Forces personnel has increased from time to time on the basis of recommendations of various Central Pay Commissions. In addition, various Government policy letters have been issued from time to time which resulted in increase in pension/family pension.
