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Master Circular – Disbursement of Government Pension by Agency Banks – RBI Circular

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Master Circular – Disbursement of Government Pension by Agency Banks – RBI Circular RBI/2021-22/08 – Dated 01.04.2021

Reserve Bank of India

RBI/2021-22/08
DGBA.GBD.No.S-1/31.02.007/2021-22

April 1, 2021

All Agency Banks

Dear Sir/Madam

Master Circular – Disbursement of Government Pension by Agency Banks

Please refer to our Master Circular RBI/2020-21/06 dated July 1, 2020 on the above subject. We have now revised and updated the Master Circular which consolidates important instructions on the subject issued by the Reserve Bank of India till March 31, 2021

2. A copy of the revised Master Circular is enclosed for your information. This circular may also be downloaded from our website www.mastercirculars.rbi.org.in.

Yours faithfully

(R. Kamalakannan)
Chief General Manager

Encl.: As above

Master Circular – Disbursement of Government Pension by Agency Banks

Introduction

Payment of pension to retired government employees, including payment of basic pension, increased Dearness Relief (DR), and other benefits as and when announced by the governments, is governed by the relevant schemes prepared by concerned Ministries/Departments of the Government of India and State Governments. This Master Circular consolidates important instructions on the subject issued by the Reserve Bank of India till March 31, 2021 (listed in Appendix). It does not replace or supersede any existing government instructions on the matter. The instructions issued by Pension Sanctioning Authority of the Central and State Governments and circulated by RBI in the past will continue to remain in operation subject to changes being made by the competent authority. In case of any doubt or apparent contradiction, agency banks may be guided by the relevant government instructions. Contents of various circulars issued in this connection by the Reserve Bank of India are summarized here under.

Also Read : Implementation of NPS – CCS Rules 2021 – DOPPW Gazette Notification

General Instructions

Government orders on DR, etc. on websites

2. In order to obviate the time lag between issue of DR orders and payment of DR to the beneficiary and to render expeditious service to senior citizens, the following actions are required to be taken:

(a) It has been decided to discontinue the procedure of forwarding government orders in respect of dearness relief etc. to pension paying agency banks. Agency Banks may, therefore, act on the copies of government orders supplied by government to them through post, fax, e-mails or by accessing from the website and authorize their pension paying branches to make payments to the pensioners immediately.

(b) All agency banks are advised to scrupulously follow all the guidelines/instructions contained in various notifications of Government (Central as well as States) and take necessary action immediately without waiting for any further instructions from RBI.

Timing of pension disbursement by agency banks.

3. The pension paying banks will credit the pension amount in the accounts of the pensioners based on the instructions given by respective Pension Paying Authorities.

Refund of excess pension payment to Government

4. Whenever any excess/overpayment is detected the entire amount thereof should be credited to the Government account in lump sum immediately when the excess/overpayment is due to an error on the part of the agency bank. This action is independent of recovery from the pensioner.

5. If the excess/wrong payment to the pensioner is due to errors committed by the government, banks may take up the matter with the full particulars of the cases with respective Government Department for a quick resolution of the matter. However, this must be a time bound exercise and the government authority’s acknowledgement to this effect must be kept on the bank’s record. The banks may take up such cases with government departments without reference to the Reserve Bank of India.

Withdrawal of pension by old/ sick/ disabled/ incapacitated pensioners

6. In order to take care of problems/ difficulties faced by sick and disabled pensioners in withdrawal of pension / family pension from the banks, agency banks may categorise such pensioners as under:

(a) Pensioner who is too ill to sign a cheque / unable to be physically present in the bank.

(b) Pensioner who is not only unable to be physically present in the bank but also not even able to put his/her thumb impression on the cheque/ withdrawal form due to certain physical defect /incapacity.

7. With a view to enabling such old/sick/incapacitated pensioners to operate their accounts, banks may follow the procedure as under:

(a) Wherever thumb or toe impression of the old/sick pensioner is obtained, it should be identified by two independent witnesses known to the bank, one of whom should be a responsible bank official.

(b) Where the pensioner cannot even put his/her thumb/ toe impression and also would not be able to be physically present in the bank, a mark can be obtained on the cheque/withdrawal form, which should be identified by two independent witnesses, one of whom should be a responsible bank official.

8. Accordingly, the agency banks are requested to instruct their branches to display the instructions issued in this regard on their notice board so that sick and disabled pensioners could make full use of these facilities. Agency Banks are also advised to strictly implement the instructions issued by RBI regarding the facilities to be provided to the sick and disabled persons and sensitise staff members in the matter and to refer to the FAQs on pension disbursement hosted on our website www.rbi.org.in in case of any doubt.

Reimbursement of pension payments

9. Link branches of agency banks may submit reimbursement claims to Reserve Bank of India, Central Accounts Section, Nagpur / Government Banking Division at Regional Office for Central/State Government pension payments.

Continuation of either or survivor pension account after death of pensioner

10. All agency banks disbursing Central Government pension have been advised that in case the spouse (Family pensioner) opts for existing joint account for credit of family pension, banks should not insist on opening a new account when the spouse is the survivor and having a joint account with the pensioner and in whose favour an authorisation for payment of family pension exists in the Pension Payment Order (PPO).

Life Certificate – Issuance of Acknowledgement

11. There have been complaints that life certificates submitted over the counter of pension paying branches are misplaced causing delay in payment of monthly pensions. In order to alleviate the hardships faced by pensioners, agency banks were instructed to mandatorily issue duly signed acknowledgements. They were also advised to consider entering the receipt of life certificates in their CBS and issue a system generated acknowledgement which would serve the twin purpose of acknowledgement as well as real time updation of records.

Single Window System for reimbursement of Pension Payments

12. Single Window System was introduced to facilitate prompt settlement of reimbursement claims and reconciliation. The underlying objective is to make each pension paying bank responsible in its own right to effect settlement without the intervention of RBI Offices or SBI (at District Headquarters) in the process eliminating cause of delay in reimbursement claims.

Customer Service

13. All agency banks may issue instructions to their dealing branches to adhere to the recommendations of the Prabhakar Rao Committee relating to pension payments. A checklist may be provided to the inspecting officers/auditors, which may at a minimum include the items given in Annex 1. Agency banks may also instruct their internal auditors/inspectors to comment on the quality of customer service in their reports which may be made available to Reserve Bank’s inspecting officers, as and when they visit the branches.

14. Grievances of pensioners are not being addressed properly at the branch level especially after the setting up of Centralised Pension Processing Centres (CPPCs). To provide hassle free service to the pensioners, there should be a forum for regular interaction and settlement of grievances. Accordingly, agency banks should appoint one/two nodal officers at each Region/Zone for monitoring the resolution of grievances of pensioners on regular basis and the GM/CGM concerned should review the position at monthly intervals

15. At locations outside the CPPCs, there should be designated nodal officers for pension related complaints who should be easily accessible to pensioners and who should hold regular meetings at different locations in their jurisdiction on the lines of Pension Adalat. Each bank should establish toll free dedicated pension line manned by trained persons with access to the database to answer queries, note down and redress complaints.

16. Following several complaints from pensioners alleging inordinate delay in disbursing revised pension and arrears, agency banks are advised as under:

(a) Pension paying banks should compensate the pensioner for delay in crediting pension/ arrears thereof at a fixed interest rate of 8 per cent per annum for the delay after the due date of payment and the compensation shall be credited to the pensioner’s account automatically without any claim from the pensioner on the same day when the bank affords credit for revised pension/ pension arrears, in respect of all delayed pension payments made since October 1, 2008.

(b) Pension paying banks have been advised to put in place a mechanism to obtain immediately the copies of pension orders from the pension paying authorities directly and make payments without waiting for receipt of instructions from the Reserve Bank of India so that pensioners should get benefits announced by the Governments in the succeeding month’s pension payment itself.

(c) When the agency bank is calculating pension, the branch should continue to be a point of referral for the pensioner lest he/she feel disenfranchised.

(d) All branches having pension accounts should guide and assist the pensioners in all their dealings with the bank.

(e) Suitable arrangements should be made to place the arithmetic and other details about pension calculations on the web, to be made available to the pensioners through the net or at the branches at periodic interval as may be necessary and sufficient advertisement is made about such arrangements.

(f) All claims for agency commission by banks in respect of pension payments must be accompanied by a certificate from ED/CGM in charge of government business that there are no pension arrears to be credited/ delays in crediting regular pension/arrears thereof.

(g) All agency banks disbursing pension are advised to provide considerate and sympathetic customer service to the pensioners, especially to those pensioners who are of old age.

Annex 1

Checklist relating to Government Business (pension related) for internal/concurrent audit

Internal inspections should assess branch performance in servicing pensioner customers. In this regard, the following may be ensured:

1. A specific questionnaire covering all aspects of pension payment may be devised for use during inspection of pension paying branches.

2. Inspecting officers may also, during inspections, call up pensioners at random and enquire about their satisfaction with pension-related services.

3. A detailed check-list relating to pension payments/government business may be given by banks to internal auditors/inspectors in order to adhere to the recommendations of the Prabhakar Rao Committee, constituted by the Government of India, relating to pension payments/government business.

These include the following:

(a) Whether there is delay in payment of pension, revision of pension, revision in dearness relief etc.

(b) Whether the branch manager has structured interaction with a cross section of pensioners serviced at the branch on quarterly basis, where the number of pensioners of all governments and departments exceeds affixed number, say, 100 or 200.

(c) Whether nominations have been obtained for all pension accounts.

(d) Whether pension accounts have been converted into joint accounts wherever applicable.

(e) Whether the bank branch has an effective complaint redressal mechanism and the complaints of pensioners are attended promptly and their grievances redressed expeditiously.

(f) Whether the pension is credited to pensioner’s account during the last four working days of the month except for the month of March for which pension is to be credited on or after first working day of April.

(g) Whether the pension paying branch obtains Life Certificate/ Non-employment certificate/Employment Certificate from the pensioners in the month of November every year.

(h) Whether pension paying branches deduct income tax at source from pension payments wherever applicable.

(i) Whether paper tokens in acknowledgement of cheques presented are invariably given by the tax collecting branches.

(j) Whether the challans are stamped giving bank’s BSR code and Challan Identification Number (CIN) clearly.

(k) Whether the stamped challans are kept in the custody of bank’s staff and handed over to the concerned tax payer only on production of the paper token.

Appendix

List of circulars consolidated for the Master Circular

No. Circular No. Date Subject
1 Ref.DGBA.GAD.No.130/45.01.001/2002- 03 30.08.2002 Single Window System for Reimbursement of pension payments made to Central Government Civil Pensioners by public sector banks
2 Ref.DGBA.GAD.No.H- 506/45.01.001/2002-03 12.04.2003 Payment of Pension to Government Pensioners through Public Sector Banks – Steps taken by Government to minimize delay in payment of Dearness Relief (DR) to Pensioners – Discontinuation of forwarding Government orders in respect of DR etc. through Reserve Bank of India.
3 Ref.DGBA.GAD.No11303/45.01.003/2005-06 06.02.2006 Disbursement of pension through Public Sector Banks – Payment of Dearness Relief (DR)
4 Ref.DGBA.GAD.No.H- 3085/45.01.001/2008-09 01.10.2008 Recommendations of the Prabhakar Rao Committee on customer service – Pension Payments.
5 DGBA.GAD.No H-3078/45.01.001/2008-09 01.10.2008 Establishment of Centralised Pension Processing Centre (CPPC)
6 Ref.DGBA.GAD.No.H-7652/45.05.031/2008-09 03.03.2009 Scheme for payment of pension to Central Government Civil/Defence/Railway/Telecom/ Freedom Fighters/ State Governments Pensioners by Public Sector Banks-Staggering of pension payments by PSBs.
7 Ref.DGBA.GAD.No.H-10450/45.03.001/2008-09 01.06.2009 Recovery / Refund of overpayment of pension to the Government Account.
8 Ref.DGBA.GAD.No.H3194/45.01.001/2009-10 14.10.2009 Scheme for payment of pension to Central Civil/ Defence/ Railway/Telecom Pensioners/ Freedom Fighters/ State Governments’ Pensioners through Public Sector Banks- Facility for withdrawal of pension by old/ sick/ disabled/ incapacitated pensioners.
9 Ref.DO.No.CSD.CO/8793/13.01.001/2009-10 09.04.2010 Pension Payment to central/ State Govt. Pensioners by agency Banks-Compensation for delay
10 DGBA.GAD. No.H- 46/45.01.001/2010-11 02.07.2010 Pension Payment to central/ State Govt. Pensioners by agency Banks-Compensation for delay
11 DGBA.GAD.No.H- 6212 & 6213/45.01.001/2010-11 11.03.2011 Pension Payment to central/ State Govt. Pensioners by agency Banks-Compensation for delay
12 DGBA.GAD.No.H- 6760 & 6762/5.01.001/2011-12 13.04.2012 Pension Payment to central/ State Govt. Pensioners by agency Banks-Compensation for delay
13 Ref.DGBA.GAD.No.H- 7386/45.01.001/2012-13 03.06.2013 Payment of pension to the Central Government pensioners- Continuation of either or survivor pension account after death of a pensioner
14 Ref.DGBA.GAD.No.H-27/45.01.001/2014-15 01.07.2014 Redressal of Grievances of Pensioners
15 Ref.DGBA.GAD.No.H4054/45.03.001/2014-15 13.03.2015 Recovery / Refund of overpayment of pension to the Government Account.
16 RBI/2014-15/587:
DGBA.GAD.No.H-5013/45.01.001/2014-15		 07.05.2015 Mandatory issue of acknowledgement to pensioners on submission of life Certificates
17 RBI/2016-17/271
DGBA.GAD.No.2646/31.02.007/2016-17		 07.04.2017 Systems and Controls for Conduct of Government Banking
18 RBI/2017-18/111
DGBA.GBD/1616/15.02.005/2017-18		 21.12.2017 Prompt implementation of Governments’ instructions by agency banks
19 Ref.DGBA.GBD.No.3214/45.01.001/2017-18 21.06.2018 Customer Service provided by agency banks

 

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Government withdraws Small Savings Schemes Interest Rates from April 2021 – June 2021 Order

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Government withdraws Small Savings Schemes Interest Rates from April 2021 – June 2021 Order

The sharp reduction in small savings rates, which was to take effect from today, has been withdrawn by the government.

Order Link : Small Savings Schemes Interest Rates from April 2021 – June 2021

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Thursday morning that the “orders issued by oversight shall be withdrawn”. The government had on Wednesday cut interest rates on various small savings schemes sharply by 40-110 basis points. The revised rates were to come into effect from April 1 and remain in effect till June 30.

“Interest rates of small savings schemes of GoI (Government of India) shall continue to be at the rates which existed in the last quarter of 2020-2021, ie, rates that prevailed as of March 2021. Orders issued by oversight shall be withdrawn,” Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a tweet at 7.54 am on Apr 1, 2021

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Final Minutes of the meeting of the Standing Committee of JCM held on 26.02.2021

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Final Minutes of the meeting of the Standing Committee of JCM held on 26.02.2021 – DOPT Meeting Minutes – No. 3/1/2021-JCA – Dated 30.03.2021

No. 3/1/2021-JCA
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
Establishment (JCA) Section

North Block, New Delhi – 110 001
Dated :30 March, 2021

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Final Minutes of the meeting of the Standing Committee of JCM held on 26.02.2021.

The undersigned is directed to enclose herewith a copy of the Minutes of the meeting of the Standing Committee held on 26.02.2021, under the Chairmanship of Secretary (P) for information and necessary action, if any.

Encl: As above

(S.P. Pant)
Deputy Secretary (JCA)

To

1. All the Members of the Standing Committee of the National Council (JCM)

Copy to:

1. Secretary, Staff Side, NC(JCM), 13-C, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi.
2. General Secretary, AIRF, 4 State Entry Road, New Delhi
3. General Secretary, NFIR, 3, Chelmsford Road, New Delhi.

Minutes of the meeting of the Standing Committee of JCM held on 26.02.2021 at 11.00 AM and onwards under the Chairmanship of Secretary (P) in Conference Room No.119, North Block, New Delhi.

A meeting of the Standing Committee of JCM was held on 26.02.2021 under the Chairmanship of Secretary (P) to discuss the various pending as well as fresh issues raised by the Staff Side.

The list of participants is at Annexure I.

2. . The Chairman welcomed the participants, and requested them to observe two minutes of silence as a mark of respect to the two members of the Staff Side, namely, Late Shri Rakhal Das Gupta, and Late Shri M.S. Raja, who have since passed away. Thereafter, the Chairman spoke about the importance of the meeting of the SC, JCM, and the beneficial role it plays in the running of the Govt. He expressed regrets that due to various reasons, including the Pandemic in 2020, the JCM meetings have not been held. He also expressed hope that there would be more regular meetings as the situation improves. Secretary(P) invited the members from the Staff Side as well as the Government side to participate in the meeting with a free and frank approach, so that issues are appreciated and solutions are found.

3. Thereafter, from the Staff Side, Dr. M. Raghavaiah, Leader, Shri Shiva Gopal Mishra, Secretary, and Shri C. Sri Kumar, Member, addressed the Meeting, touching upon various aspects of problems being faced by the govt. employees. The following is the gist of the issues raised by the speakers: –

3.1 Ex-gratia payment to the victims of Covid-19 in different Ministries/ Departments, who have laid down their lives serving the nation during the pandemic . Secretary, Staff Side specifically spoke about the Railway employees, who worked round the clock during the COVID- 19 Lockdown and subsequent Pandemic period , in order to maintain the supply of essential commodities throughout the country. He further informed that more than 450 staff have died during the Pandemic. In view of the grim situation, the, ex-gratia amount should be suitably awarded to the employees in recognition of their contribution to the nation during this difficult time. Further, it was also informed the meagre ex-gratia amount that has been sanctioned, has also not reached the families. This needs to be monitored. He also requested that a separate quota of Covid-19 victim dependents may be created for appointments on Compassionate Ground, which is apart from the 5% quota permitted. Shri C. Sri Kumar also pointed out that the workers of M/o Defence performed duties, day and night, during the Pandemic period, and hence, the family members of victims of Covid-19 should be given Govt. job on Compassionate Grounds on priority basis.

3.2 The unilateral decision of the Government of India to freeze the DA, was also mentioned by Secretary, Staff Side and it was demanded that the freeze may be removed immediately in favour of the Govt. employees .

3.3 The New Pension Scheme was also mentioned, and that it needs to be reviewed, and advantage of the Old Pension Scheme may be given to the employees. The assurance given to the Staff Side that 50% of the last pay drawn would be ensured as pension, may also be acted upon quickly by the D/ o Pensions & Pensioners’ Welfare.

3.4 Regarding the Night Duty Allowance (NDA), it was informed that in the Core Departments, like Railways and Defence Production, the employees like Technicians (Level-3, Level-4) , Loco Pilots, Station Masters and such various Technical posts have been denied the benefit of NDA on account of the ceiling imposed by the Government . The award given by the Arbitrator in this regard was also accepted by the Govt., but it has been of no avail. It was informed that a proposal was also sent by the M / o Railways to DoPT, requesting the Govt. to allow them to take a decision on their own on this issue. However, nothing positive has come out of it.

3.5 Regarding the issue of Travelling Allowance, it was stated that the element of Mileage Allowance is yet to be granted exemption from the purview of Income Tax. This is a burning issue with regard to employees of Railways, who are awaiting some relief.

3.6 Regular meetings of the JCM at the National Council, Standing Committee, as also at the Departmental Councils-level must be held so that the employees get to present their point of view to the Govt at regular intervals. Secretary, Staff Side also stated that the issues which have already been settled during the NCJCM or Standing Committee Meetings, should be implemented in their letter and spirit, so that the purpose of JCM is served. Further, the demands of the Staff Side may not be rejected unilaterally, i.e., without consulting them. He also urged that the Staff Side must be consulted whenever stringent measures/ tough decisions are propose d to be taken by the Government so that their point of view is also heard.

3.7 The issue of certain important decisions of the Supreme Court on policy matters to be applied in rem, and not m personam, to avoid multiplicity of litigations and delay in decision-making was also mentioned.

3.8 The issue of creation of posts was also raised. The current system of surrendering posts to create new posts is not acceptable, as stated by Secretary, Staff Side, as organisations like the Railways/ Posts cannot wind up existing posts for creation of new posts. An example was given of the post of Station Master by Secretary, Staff Side in this regard. For creation of the post of a new Station Master, it will be impractical that an existing post of Station Master needs to be abolished . He also touched upon the method of cadre restructuring, wherein there is a ban on creation of new posts. These measures should be removed as they are harming the functioning of the Govt.

3.9 The issue of recovery of the TA given to the employees during Covid- 19 Pandemic was also raised. The Staff Side informed that majority of the employees even though were asked to work f rom home they were called for various emergency duties for which no attendance record was maintained due to suspension of bio metric attendance system to avoid spread of COVID- 19 virus. Therefore, the recovery of TA given during the lockdown period to the employees should not be recovered considering the extra ordinary situation. Department of Expenditure may arrange to issue instructions in this regard.

3.10 Regarding Cash Scheme against LTC, it was stated that it has been permitted with numerous conditions, which are difficult to comply with, and therefore, nobody would be interested in taking it. Further, the LTC Block Year 2018-2019 was requested to be extended till 31.12.2021 in view of the fact that the extended period was also covered by the COVID- 19 Pandemic, and nobody could take the benefit of the same.

3.11 It was also stated that the reimbursement of the expenditure incurred on medical treatment by individual employees during Covid-19 period, may be made to them on urgent basis without creating hurdles.

3.12 2 The Staff Side stated that the pay scale of the Master Craftsman of the Defence Ministry was upgraded by the fast track committee from Rs. 4,500-7000 to Rs. 5000-8000 (PB2+GP Rs. 4200 w.e.f. 1-1-2006. In accordance with DoP&T clarifications on ACP/MACP, any placement in the higher pay scale by expert bodies cannot be treated as promotion for the purpose of ACP / MACP. This was upheld by various Courts also. Therefore the MCM of Defence ,who were in the pay scale of Rs. 4500-7000, as on 31-12-2005, and upgraded to Rs. 5000-8000 by fast track committee, are entitled for two more MACP’s. As regards the pharmacist, their pay scale was also upgraded from Rs. 4500-7000, to Rs.5000-8000 after completion of 2 years by Fast Tract committee. This placement also is treated as a promotion and the pharmacist are denied their due ACP/MACP benefits. Both the cases deserves favourable consideration.

3.13 Regarding Festival Advance , it was stated that the demand of the Staff Side for restoration of Festival Advance had been agreed to in the last meeting. However, no decision has, so far, been communicated. Hence, the demand for one month’s basic pay as Festival Advance, to be recovered in 10 instalments, was also raised.

3.14 4 The Staff Side stated that the 7th CPC was implemented w.e.f. 1.1.2016. In many departments, employees were promoted after the date of the notification of the 7th CPC. The Staff Side requested for giving one more option to such employees as opted for 7th CPC from the date of their promotion to the higher post. For example of 51,000 employees of Railways were promoted on 1-9-2016. Similar cases are there is Defence, Postal and other Departments. This demand may be favourably considered .

3. 15 Secretary, Staff Side also touched upon the issue of FR 17A. FR 17-A states that where an individual employee remains absent unauthorizedly or deserts the post, the period of such absence shall be deemed to cause an interruption or break in service of the employee, unless otherwise decided by the competent authority for the purpose of LTC and eligibility for appearing in departmental examination, for which a minimum period of service is required. Unless the strike is declared as illegal, participation in strike may be dealt with under FR-17-A, and the principle of ‘No Work No Pay’ be applied and it may not be treated as ‘dies-non’. The Staff Side further stated that their claim was also supported by many Court judgements including the judgement of Delhi High Court in the case of CGHS employees. Therefore, DoP&T may issue instructions that in the Industrial Establishments where the strike is not declared as illegal by the labour court, in such cases dies non cannot be imposed. The absence day either has to be regularized with wages or at the most by imposing no work no pay and no ‘dies non’.

4. . Thereafter, the 49 agenda items were discussed one by one. The agenda items and the decisions taken thereon in the meeting have been listed in the last column of the tabular statement at Annexure II.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

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ANNEXURE-I

List of Participant Official Side / Staff Side who attended the Standing Committee Meeting held on 26.02.2021 under the Chairmanship of Secretary (P)

STAFF SIDE OFFICIAL SIDE
Dr. M. Raghavaiah Leader Ms. Suj ata Chaturvedi Additional Secretary (Estt.) DoPT
Shri Shiva Gopal Mishra Secretary, Staff Side Ms. A. G. Mathew Additional Secretary (Pers) D/ o Expenditure
Shri Guman Singh Member Shri Deepak peter Gabrel PGDMinistry of Railways
Dr. N. Kanniah Member Shri M . L. Gupta EDPC -II / IMinistry of Railways
Shri K. S. MurthyMember Shri Rakesh MittalJoint Secretary (E) Ministry of Defence
Shri R. P. Bhatnagar Member Shri Anurag Bajpai Joint SecretaryDeptt. of Defence Production
Shri C. Srikumar Member Shri Satyajit Mishra Joint Secretary (E) DoPT
Shri  R .  Srinivasan Member Shri Ruchir Mittal Director (Pension) D/ o Pension & PW
Shri R.N. Parashar Member Shri Ashok  Chakarpani Director, OSD(IP) Ministry of Defence
Shri S.P. PantDeputy Secretary (JCA) DoPT

 

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CGHS Delhi Empanelled Private Hospital List 2021

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Empanelment of private hospitals (including dental clinics and eye centres) and Diagnostic centres under CGHS Delhi & NCR

F.No: S.11011/03/2018-CGHS (HEC)
Government of India
Directorate General of Central Government Health Scheme
Department of Health & Family Welfare

Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.
Dated 25th March, 2020

OFFICE ORDER

Subject: Empanelment of private hospitals (including dental clinics and eye centres) and Diagnostic centres under CGHS Delhi & NCR.

With regard to this Directorate ‘s Office Memorandum dated 26.12.2017 regarding empanelment under continuous empanelment scheme, the undersigned is to convey that in addition to the list of the hospitals (including dental clinics & eye centres) and diagnostic laboratories already empanelled, the hospitals (including dental clinics & eye centres) and diagnostic laboratories as per the list attached (16 HCOs) have also been empanelled under CGHS in Delhi & NCR with issuance of this order. The newly empanelled hospitals (including dental clinics & eye centres) and diagnostic laboratories may be treated as included in the existing list of empanelled health care organization under CGHS on same terms and conditions as have been indicated in the Office Memorandum dated 26.12.2017. The empanelment shall be till 31.03.2021 as with other empanelled HCOs or till finalization of new empanelment whichever is earlier. Labs/HCOs would claim NABL rates only for those investigations which are NABL accredited.

Encl: As above

[Dr. Arvind Kumar]
Additional Director (HQ)

Sr. No. Name of the Hospitals Address & Tel. No. NABH/ NABL QCI Recommended Empanelled for
1 Vardan Multispecialty Hospital Garhi Sikroad (Opp. Guldhar), NH-58, Meerut Road, Ghaziabad. QCI Recommended General Medicine, General Surgery, OBS & Gynae, Orthopedics Surgery including Joint Replacement, Paediatrics, Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology (OPD), Dermatology, Dental, Nephrology ( only Dialysis), Neurology (OPD), Oncology (Medical), Urology (including dialysis) and Diagnostics
2 Dr. Chauhan Sanjeevani Hospital Plot No. NH-14 , C- Block, Gamma-I, G.B. Nagar, Greater Noida QCI Recommended General Medicine, General Surgery, OBS & Gynae, Orthopedics Surgery including Joint Replacement, Paediatrics, Dermatology , Cardiology (Non­ invasive), ENT, Dental , Urology (excluding dialysis and lithotripsy and Diagnostics
3 Swasthik Hospital A-9, Ragh ubir Enclave, Richaon Chowk, Nagafgarh , New Delhi-1 10043 QCI Recommended General Med icine, General Surgery, OBS & Gynae, Orthopedics Surgery (excluding Joint Replacement), Paediatrics , Dental and Diagnostics
4 Yatharth Super Speciality Hospitals (A unit of AKS Medical Research Centre Pvt. Ltd.,) H-01, Sector-01 Greater Noida (West),Noida Extension,Gautam Budh Nagar.Tel. No. 80105991 16. QCI Recommended General Medicine, General Surgery, OBS & Gynae, Orthopedics Surgery including Joint Replacement , Paediatrics, Bariatric Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Psychiatry (OPD), Respiratory Medicine, Dermatology , Rheumatology, Dental, Neurology , Neurosurgery , Nephrology (including Dialysis), Urology , Eye and Diagnostics.
5 Good Dental Clinic G-14, Local Shopping Complex, NBCC Towers, East Kidwai Nagar, New Delhi-110023 QCI Recommended All Available Dental Care Facilities
6 Sai Vinayak Dental and Orthodontic Centre. BH-730, GF, East Shalimar Bagh, Opp. Police Station, Delhi- 110088 QCI Recommended All Available Dental Care Facilities
7 Dr. Sekhri Dental & Implant Clinic, 3, Sukh Vihar, Tikona Park, Near Gagan Vihar, Delhi-110051. QCI Recommended All Available Dental Care Facilities
8 Dr. Mehra’s Smile Destination B-43, Basement, Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi-110017 QCI Recommended All Available Dental Care Facilities
9 South Point Dentistry, 14 B, Ground Floor, Pocket-K, Sheikh Sarai, Phase-2, New Delhi- 110017 QCI Recommended All Available Dental Care Facilities
10 Gautam Dental Care, 411/B, Main Market, Near Church (Bagh), Bypass Road, Ghaziabad QCI Recommended All Available Dental Care Facilities
11 SGD Diagnostic Center, 16, Model Basti, Rant Jhansi Road, New Delhi-110005 QCI Recommended X-ray, USG, CT Scan, MRI, Colour Doppler and Laboratory Investigations.
12 Pathkind Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd., Plot No. 55-56, Udyog Vihar, Phase-IV, A Sector-18, Gurgaon – 122015 NABL Accredited Laboratory Investigations
13 Satyakiran Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, Subash Chowk, Sonipat, Haryana 131001 NABL Accredited X-ray, CT Scan, USG, Colour Doppler, OopG, MRI and Mammography.
14 Dahiya Eye & Maternity Hospital, ITI, Chowk, Sonipat, Haryana QCI Recommended Exclusive Eye Care Centre
15 Sai Retina Foundation, F-5, Basement & Ground Floor, Dilshad Colony, Delhi – 110095 QCI Recommended Exclusive Eye Care Centre
16 Vasundhara Eye Centre B-219, Ramphal Chowk, Sector-7, Dwarka, Delhi. QCI Recommended Exclusive Eye Care Centre

 

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CGDA clarification on relaxation for purchase of Air Ticket from unauthorized Travel agent for LTC

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CGDA clarification on relaxation for purchase of Air Ticket from unauthorized Travel agent for LTC – Controller General of Defence Accounts – Dated 30.03.2021

Controller General of Defence Accounts
Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt — 110010
(IFA Wing)

No.IFA/10/Air Travel/1/2020

dated 30 .03.2021

Instruction Order No. 05 of 2021

To
All PIFAs/SAG level IFAs
(Through CGDA Website/SIFA)

Sub : Clarification regarding relaxation for purchase of Air Ticket from unauthorized Travel agent for the purpose of LTC.

In terms of Ministry of Finance OM No. 19024/1/2009/E.IV dated 16 Sep 2016 (copy enclosed), Air tickets are compulsorily to be booked directly from Airlines (Booking counters, website of Airlines) or by utilizing the services of authorized travel agents viz. M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company, M/s Ashok Travels & Tours and IRCTC.

2. DOP&T vide their OM No. 43020/2/2016/Estt (A.IV) dated 19 Feb 2020 has granted one time relaxation to such Govt. employees who had availed LTC by air to visit J&K and NER during January 2010 to June 2014 and booked the tickets through travels agents other than authorized, due to the lack of awareness of rules. Such relaxation has been granted to the concerned individual after he/she has obtained the concurrence of Financial Advisor of the concerned Ministry/Department.

3. Since the powers to grant relaxation to travel by airlines other than Air India were delegated by MoD to PIFAs/IFAs not below the level of SAG vide OMs No. 34/PCPA/Cor/Fin/MO/2016 dated 14.06.2016 and 21.06.2016 and accordingly HQrs IFA Wing Instruction Order No. 08 dated 2016 and subsequent amendments issued time to time, PIFAs and all SAG level IFAs (Dedicated/Nominated) will also deal with the aforesaid cases relating to officers/officials including Defence Civilian Officers/officials posted in the units/formation falling under the jurisdiction the said PIFAs/SAG level IFA offices.

4. Ministry of Defence (Fin) has advised that IFAs, being representatives of MoD (Fin) scrutinize such proposals received in their offices strictly in terms of aforesaid DOP&T OM dated 19.02.2020 so that only justified cases are submitted for kind consideration of FA(DS).

This issues with the approval of Addl. CGDA(Finance).

Encl: As above.

(Richa Gupta)
Dy.CGDA (Fin)

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Eligibility of the family pensioners who are beneficiaries of BSNLMRS to migrate to CGHS

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Clarification regarding eligibility of the family pensioners who are beneficiaries of BSNLMRS to migrate to CGHS and reimbursement of one time CGHS subscription fee paid by the BSNL employee to the CGHS authority

BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED

CORPORATE OFFICE
Admin Cell, Bharat Sanchar Bhavan
Janpath, New Delhi-1 10001

No: BSNLCO-ADMN/12(12)/4/2021-ADMN

Dated : 26-03-2021

To
All Head of Circles,
All Head of BSNI. Units,
BSNL.

Sub : Clarification regarding eligibility of the family pensioners who are beneficiaries of BSNLMRS to migrate to CGHS and reimbursement of one time CGHS subscription fee paid by the BSNL employee to the CGHS authority.

In reference to the above captioned subject representations are being received from various employees Unions/ Associations, BSNL circles, retired employees regarding clarification on migration to CGHS by BSNL family pensioners (Dependents of the deceased retired BSNL employee) who are availing BSNLMRS facility and reimbursement of the life time subscription to CGHS as one-time payment.

2. Vide BSNLCO letter NO: BSNL/Admn.1/14-15/09 (Pt) dated 02.04.2014 (Copy enclosed), the decision of extension of CGHS facilities to retired BSNL employees who are in receipts of Central Civil Pension/Pro-rata Pension was conveyed.

3. Vide BSNLCO letter No: BSNL/Admn.I/14-15/09 (Pt) dated 29.07.2016 (Copy enclosed) , Approval of the Management Committee of BSNL was conveyed for reimbursement of one time CGHS subscription fee, paid by the BSNL employee to the CGHS authority. This was applicable to only those BSNL employees who surrender BSNLMRS facility and opt for CGHS facility.

Further, it was also decided by the MC that the retired BSNL employees and their dependents are not eligible to opt BSNLMRS facility in future, once they migrate to CGHS facility.

4. Vide BSNL CO letter No: BSNL/Admn.I/14-15/09 (Pt) dated:22.11.2018 (Copy enclosed) it has been clarified that the order dated 29.07.2016 regarding reimbursement of one time CGHS subscription fees are effective only from the prospective date.

5. Vide BSNL CO letter No: dated: 24.09.2004 & 15.01.2021 (Copy enclosed), Clarification on eligibility of Spouse and dependents of deceased BSNL employees were issued.

6. In continuation and context of above subject, the matter is examined and following is clarified:-

The family pensioners (Dependents of the deceased retired BSNL employees) who get the CGHS facility by surrendering BSNLMRS card/facility are also allowed for one time reimbursement of CGHS subscription fee paid to CGHS authority for migrating to the CGHS facility.

This has the approval of the Competent Authority.

Encl.: As above

DGM(Admin)
BSNL CO, New Delhi

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One Time Option to change from NPS to OPS – Extension of cut-off dates – DOPPW ORDER

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One Time Option to change from NPS to OPS – Extension of cut-off dates – DOPPW ORDER No. 57/04/2019-P&PW(B) – Dated 31.03.2021

No. 57/04/2019-P&PW(B)
Government of India
Department of Pension and PW

Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi,
the 31st March, 2021

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Coverage under Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 of those Central Government employees whose selection for appointment were finalized before 01.01.2004 but joined Government service on or after 01.01.2004.

In continuation to this Department’s O.M of even number dated 17.02.2020 providing one-time option to Government servants for coverage under Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 in place of National Pension System who were declared successful for recruitment in the results declared on or before 31.12.2003 against vacancies occurring before 01.01.2004 and are covered under the National Pension System on joining service on or after 01.01.2004.

2. The said Office Memorandum provides for cut off dates for various activities involved in the process of exercising of option, deciding representations by appointing authorities and closure of NPS accounts of the concerned Government servants.

3. In view of the country-wide lockdown in the country due to outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic and references received from some Ministries / Departments for extension of time schedule prescribed in the said OM, in partial modification of this Department’s OM of even number dated 17.02.2020, it has been decided to extend the above cut-off dates as under:

S. No. Activity Last date mentioned m OM dated 17.02.2020 Revised last date
1 Exercise of option by Government servant for coverage under old pension scheme 31.05.2020 31.05.2021
2 Examination and decision on the representation by the appointing authority 30.09.2020 30.09.2021
3 Closure of NPS accounts of Government servants on acceptance of their option 01.11.2020 01.11.2021

 

4. There would be no change in the other terms and conditions mentioned m this Department’s O.M. dated 17.02.2020.

5. Hindi version will follow.

(S. Chakrabarti)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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Implementation of NPS – CCS Rules 2021 – DOPPW Gazette Notification

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Implementation of NPS – CCS Rules 2021 – DOPPW Gazette Notification G.S.R. 227(E) – Dated 30.03.2021

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 30th March, 2021

G.S.R. 227(E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India in relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules regulating the methods of implementation of National Pension System, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement. – (1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Implementation of National Pension System) Rules, 2021.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Application. – Save as otherwise provided in these rules, these rules shall apply to the Government servants, including civilian Government servants in the Defence Services, appointed substantively to civil services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union on or after 1st day of January, 2004, but shall not apply to,-

(a) Railway servants;
(b) persons in casual and daily rated employment;
(c) persons paid from contingencies;
(d) members of the All India Services;
(e) persons locally recruited for services in diplomatic, consular or other Indian establishments in foreign countries;
(f) persons employed on contract;
(g) persons whose terms and conditions of service are regulated by or under the provisions of the Constitution or any other law for the time being in force; and
(h) persons to whom the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 apply in accordance with any special or general order issued by the Government.

3. Definitions. – In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(1) (a)“Accredited Bank” in relation to a Ministry or Department or Union territory means the Reserve Bank or any bank which is appointed to transact business of the Government pertaining to that Ministry or Department or Union territory and is officially recognised for transfer of funds to the Trustee Bank;

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(b) “Accumulated Pension Corpus” means the monetary value of the pension investments accumulated in the Individual Pension Account of a subscriber under the National Pension System;

(c) “Annuity” means periodic payment by the Annuity Service Provider to the subscriber on purchase of annuity plan out of the Accumulated Pension Corpus;

(d) “Annuity Service Provider” means a life insurance company registered and regulated by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority and empanelled by the Authority for providing Annuity services to the subscribers of the National Pension System;

(e) “Authority” means the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority established under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013 (23 of 2013) and include interim Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority set up by the Central Government through Resolutions;

(f) “Central Recordkeeping Agency” means an agency registered under section 27 of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013 to perform the functions of recordkeeping, accounting, administration and customer service for subscribers to schemes;

(g) “Drawing and Disbursing Officer” means a Head of Office and also any other Gazetted Officer so designated by a Department of the Central Government, a Head of Department or an Administrator, to draw bills and make payments on behalf of the Central Government. The term shall also include a Head of Department or an Administrator where he himself discharges such function;

(h) “Cheque Drawing and Disbursing Officer” means a drawing and disbursing officer functioning under a Ministry or Department (including Central Public Works Department, Forest Department and Departments in which the provisions of Central Public Works Account Code are authorised to be followed) or a Union territory, who is authorised to withdraw money for specified types of payments against an assignment account opened in his favour in a specified branch of an accredited bank;

(i) “Defence Services” means services under the Government of India in the Ministry of Defence and in the Defence Accounts Department under the control of the Ministry of Defence paid out of the Defence Services Estimates and not permanently subject to the Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950) or the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950) or the Navy Act, 1957 (62 of 1957);

(j) “Emoluments” means emoluments as specified in rule 5;

(k) “Foreign Service” means service in which a Government servant receives his pay with the sanction of the Government from any source other than the Consolidated Fund of India or the Consolidated Fund of a State or the Consolidated Fund of a Union territory;

(l) “Government” means the Central Government;

(m) “Head of Department” means an authority specified in Schedule 1 to the Delegation of Financial Powers Rules, 1978, and includes such other authority or person whom the President may, by order, specify as Head of a Department;

(n) “Head of Office” means a Gazetted Officer declared as such under rule 14 of Delegation of Financial Powers Rules,1978, and includes such other authority or person whom the Competent Authority may, by order, specify as Head of Office;

(o) “Individual Pension Account” means an account of a subscriber, executed by a contract setting out the terms and conditions under the National Pension System;

(p) “Local Fund administered by Government” means the fund administered by a body which, by law or rule having the force of law, comes under the control of the Government and over whose expenditure the Government retains complete and direct control;

(q) “National Pension System” means the contributory pension system referred to in section 20 of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013 whereby contributions from a subscriber are collected and accumulated in an individual pension account using a system of points of presence, a Central Recordkeeping Agency and pension funds as may be specified by regulations by Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority;

(r) “Pay and Accounts Officer” means an officer, whatever his official designation, who maintains the accounts of a Ministry, Department or Office of the Central Government or Union territory and includes an Accountant-General, who is entrusted with the functions of maintaining the accounts or part of accounts of the Central Government or Union territory;

(s) “Pension fund” means an intermediary which has been granted a certificate of registration under sub-section (3) of section 27 of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013 by the Authority as a pension fund for receiving contributions, accumulating them and making payments to the subscriber in the manner as may be specified by regulations;

(t) “Permanent Retirement Account Number” means a unique identification number allotted to each subscriber by the Central Recordkeeping Agency;

(u) “Subscriber” means a Government servant who subscribes to a scheme of a Pension fund;

(v) “Trustee Bank” means a banking company as defined in the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949).

(2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Fundamental Rules,1922, the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013 or Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority regulations have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in those Act or Rules or Regulations.

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Small Savings Schemes Interest Rates from April 2021 – June 2021

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Small Savings Schemes Interest Rates from April 2021 – June 2021 – Ministry of Finance Order – F.No.1/4/2019-NS – Dated 31.03.2021

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F.No.1/4/2019-NS
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Economic Affairs
(Budget Division)

North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 31.03.2021

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Revision of interest rates for Small Savings Schemes – reg.

In exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 9(1) of the Government Savings Promotion General Rules, 2018, the rates of interest on various Small Savings Schemes for the first quarter of financial year 2021-22 starting from 1st April, 2021 and ending on 30th June, 2021 have been revised as indicated below:

Instruments Rates of interest from 01.01.2021 to 31.03.2021 Rates of interest from 01.04.2021 to 30.06.2021 Compounding frequency*
Savings Deposit 4.0 3.5 Annually
1 Year Time Deposit 5.5 4.4 Quarterly
2 Year Time Deposit 5.5 5.0 Quarterly
3 Year Time Deposit 5.5 5.1 Quarterly
5 Year Time Deposit 6.7 5.8 Quarterly
5 Year Recurring Deposit 5.8 5.3 Quarterly
Senior Citizen Savings Schemes 7.4 6.5 Quarterly and paid
Monthly Income Account 6.6 5.7 Monthly and paid
National Savings Certificate 6.8 5.9 Annually
Public Provident Fund Scheme 7.1 6.4 Annually
Kisan Vikas Patra 6.9 (will mature in 124 months) 6.2 (will mature in 138 months) Annually
Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme 7.6 6.9 Annually

*No change.

2. This has the approval of competent authority.

S/d,
(Rajesh Panwar)
Deputy Director (NS)

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Declaration of Holiday on 14th April, 2021 – Birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

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Declaration of Holiday on 14th April 2021 – Birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar – DOPT ORDER – F. No. 12/4/2020-JCA – Dated 31.03.2021

F. No. 12/4/2020-JCA
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
Establishment (JCA) Section
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North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 31st March, 2021

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Declaration of Holiday on 14th April, 2021 – Birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

It has been decided to declare Wednesday, the 14th April 2021, as a public holiday on account of the birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, for all Central Government Offices including Industrial Establishments throughout India by invoking the powers under Section 25 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

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2. All Ministries/ Departments of Government of India may bring the above decision to the notice of all concerned.

(S.P. Pant)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India

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