Ex-gratia payment of Rs. 25,00,000 – After sanction of DRM – East Coast Railway
EAST COAST RAILWAY
Office of the Pr. Chief Personnel Officer
Rail Sadan, 2nd Floor, Bhubaneswar-17
No.ECoR/Pers/Wel/Policy/Ex-gratia
Dated: 15.12.2020
To
Sr. Divisional Personnel Officer –
East Coast Railway
Sambalpur Division.
Sub :- Ex-gratia payment – Regarding.
Ref Your letter No. DRM(P)/SBP/Wel/Ex-gratia, dated- 27.08.2019.
In reference to the letter cited above, it is mention that, the suggestions given by SBP division to rationalize the policy of ex-gratia was put-up to the competent authority and has been decided that:
A) Immediate ex-gratia of Rs. 15000/- need not be paid in advance, however, full amount of Rs. 25,00,000/- may be given after sanction of DRM in consultation with associate finance.
Commercial circular No. 2011/TC-III/27/29/Ex-gratia, issued on July 26, 2012 may not be linked to ex-gratia circular issued by Welfare Directorate, Railway Board.
B) Personnel department will process for payment of lump-sum ex-gratia as per JPO.”
C) As per JPO circulated vide this office letter No. ECoR/Pers/Wel/Ex-gratia/JPO/02/12, dated- 09.07.2012 and clarification given by the PFA and PCPO, dated- 12.03.2019 and 30.04.2019 respectively, in the case of Late Shankar Chandra Sagar, Ex Tech-II/SBP, payment of lump-sum ex-gratia may be sanctioned to the families of Railway servants who died in harness in the performance of his bonafide official duties.
D) Similar cases may be dealt as per (C) above.
It is for your information and necessary action.
(R.N.A. Parida)
Chairman RRC/BBS
for Principal Chief Personnel Officer
One-time Relaxation to those Employers who could not file Return of contribution for the contribution period April, 2020 to September, 2020 within 42 days
Headquarters Employees State Insurance Corporation Panchdeep Bhawan, C.I.G. Marg, New Delhi-02
No:-P-11/12/Misc./SST Misuse/2019-Rev. II
Dated 01.01.2021
To,
All RDs / Directors (I/c) / JDs (I/c) / DDs (I/c),
Regional Office / Sub- Regional Office.
Subject :- One-time Relaxation to those Employers who could not file Return of contribution for the contribution period April, 2020 to September, 2020 within 42 days i.e. upto 11.11.2020.
Sir,
Keeping in view the problem being faced by the Employers in filing ESI contribution for the contribution period April, 2020 to September, 2020 within 42 days, the Director General, in exercise of powers vested under regulation100, has relaxed the provisions as entered in regulation 26 of The Employees’ State Insurance (General) Regulations, 1950.
Accordingly, one-time opportunity has been given to those Employers who could not file ESI contribution for the contribution period April, 2020 to September, 2020 within 42 days after end of the contribution period. The Employers are now allowed to file this contribution for the Contribution Period from 1st April, 2020 to 30th September, 2020, up to 15.01.2021. Further, it is made clear that: –
1. This one-time relaxation is limited to the contribution period ending September, 2020 only and no further relaxation in limitation for other contribution period is allowed.
2. Such relaxation is not extended to other older or new contribution period.
In this regard it is advised to give wide publicity to the above relaxation in Local Media, Employers, Trade Associations and Employers’ Unions etc.
CGA : Issuance of Pre-Loaded Rupay Cards for Government Servants as part of Special Festival Advance
Office of Controller General of Accounts
Ministry of Finance,
Department of Expenditure
Mahalekha Niyantrak Bhawan
E-Block, GPO Complex, INA,
New Delhi-110023
No. R-1106/3/2020-GBA-CGA/ 958-1003
31st December 2020
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub : Issuance of Pre-Loaded Rupay Cards for Government Servants as part of Special Festival Advance
2. The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for disbursal of pre-paid UTSAV Card has also been circulated by DoE vide its OM dated 13th October 2020 (copy enclosed). The timeline for utilizing the advance is till 31st March 2021. Vide said OM, it was desired to send the requisite details in standard indent format for UTSAV Card to be mailed to [email protected] with a copy to [email protected].
3. Chief General Manager, Govt. Banking Unit, SBI is coordinating with Ministries/Departments to take the Government’s initiative forward so that maximum members of Central Government Employees take the benefit of the interest free advance.
4. A Nodal Officer has also been designated from SBI for this purpose as per detail given as under:
Mr. Sujay Kumar Yadav, DGM (D&TB P&O), SBI, Corporate Centre, Mittal Tower, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021 Tel :- 022-22835514, E-Mail address : [email protected].
5. All the Pr. CCAs/CCAs/CAs (Independent Charge) of Ministries/Departments are, therefore, requested to bring the contents of OM dated 13th October 2020 to the notice of all its attached and subordinate Office for their information/necessary action and arrange for early submission of indents as per SOP, If not already done.
(Padamsing Patil)
Asst. Controller General of Accounts (GBA)
Payment of lump sum compensation to employees covered under NPS on retention in Government service in spite of disablement attributable to Government service in accordance with Rule 9(3) of CCS (Extra Ordinary Pension) Rules, 1939
1/3/2019-पी और पीडब्लू (एफ)
भारत सरकार
कार्मिक लोक शिकायत और पेंशन मंत्रालय
पेंशन और पेंशनभोगी कल्याण विभाग
तीसरी मंजिल, लोक नायक भवन
खान मार्केट, नई दिल्ली -११०००३
दिनांक 1st जनवरी २०२१
कार्यालय ज्ञापन
Subject : Payment of lump sum compensation to employees covered under NPS on retention in Government service in spite of disablement attributable to Government service in accordance with Rule 9(3) of CCS (Extra Ordinary Pension) Rules, 1939-regarding.
The undersigned is directed to say that on introduction of National Pension System with effect from 01.01.2004, among others, the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 and CCS (EOP) Rules, 1939 were amended vide Notification No.38/16/2003 -P&PW (A) dated 30.12.2003 to the effect that the provisions of the aforesaid Rules would not be applicable to the Government employees appointed on or after 01.01.2004. However, considering the hardships being faced by the employees covered under National Pension System and their families, orders were issued vide this Department’s OM No 38/41/06-P&PW dated 05.05.2009 for provisionally extending the benefits of invalid pension, disability pension and family pension under CCS (Pension) Rules and CCS (EOP) Rules on discharge of such employees from service on invalidation/disability or on their death during service.
2. Representations/references have been received in this Department for extending the benefit under Rule 9(3) of CCS (EOP) Rules, to the employees appointed on or after 01.01.2004 and covered under NPS. In accordance with Rule 9(3) of CCS ( EOP) Rules, applicable to Government employees appointed before 01.01.2004, if a Government employee is retained in service in spite of a disablement attributable to Government service, a lump sum compensation is paid to him by arriving at the capitalized value of the disability element of disability pension, with reference to the commutation table in force from time to time. The broad-banding under Rule 8(3) of those rules is, however , not applicable in such cases. In accordance with the OM dated 05.05.2009, the benefit of disability pension is available to the employees covered under the National Pension System only on being boarded out on account of the disability attributable to Government service, however, the benefit under Rule 9(3) of the CCS ( EOP) Rules, is presently not available to an employee covered under NPS, if he is retained in service in spite of a disablement attributable to Government service.
3. The matter has been examined in consultation with Department of Expenditure. It has now been decided that if a Government employee appointed on or after 01.01.2004 and covered under NPS is disabled, he shall also be eligible to receive a lump sum compensation computed in terms of rule 9(3) of CCS (EOP) Rules, if the disablement is attributable to Government service and the Government employee is retained in service in spite of such disablement. The provisions of this Department‘s OM No 38/41/06-P&PW (A) dated 05.05.2009 shall stand amended to that extent.
4. The provisions of this O.M. shall take effect from 01 .01.2004.
5. The is issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure vide their ID No 1(6)/EV/2020 dated 23.12.2020.
6. In their application to the persons belonging to Indian Audit and Accounts Department, these orders are issued under Article 148(5) of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India vide their “यु.ओ.संख्या-232-स्टाफ हक़ (नियम)/ए.आर./09-२०१९ दिनांक 27.11.2020.
7. The Administrative Divisions of all Ministries/Departments and attached/subordinate offices are requested to bring the contents of these instructions to the notice of all concerned for compliance. The cases for payment of lump sum compensation to the employees covered under NPS and who have been retained in service in spite of disability attributable to Government service on or after 01.01.2004 may be processed accordingly.
DoP Order on TA Rules – Receipts for reimbursement of travelling charges for travel within the city admissible under Daily Allowance on tour
File No.PP-17/2/2020-PAP
Government of India
Ministry of Communication
Department of Posts
Establishment Division/P.A.P Section
*****
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi – 1100 01
Date: 30th December, 2020.
To
1. All Chief Postmasters General/ Postmasters General
2. Chief General Manager, BD Directorate/Parcel Directorate/ PLI Directorate
3. Director RAKNPA/ GM CEPT/ Directors of All PTCs,
4. Addl. Director General, Army Postal Service, R.K. Puram, New Delhi
5. All General Managers (Finance)/ DAP/ DDAP
Ref: This office’s letter no. 17-01/2017-PAP dated 19.07.2017.
Sub : Travelling Allowance rules- production of receipts/vouchers for reimbursement of travelling charges for travel within the city admissible under Daily Allowance on tour – regarding.
All serving employees to get “Disability Compensation” , if they get disabled in the line of duty: Dr Jitendra Singh
Order to provide a huge relief to young Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel
In a significant New Year announcement, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today informed of the government decision to extend “Disability Compensation” for all serving employees, if they get disabled in the line of duty while performing their service and are retained in service in spite of such disablement.
Today’s order will particularly provide a huge relief to young Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel like CRPF, BSF, CISF, etc since disability in performance of duties is generally reported in their case due to constraints of job requirement as well as hostile or difficult work – environment.
Pertinent to mention that this new order will remove an anomaly in service rules, considering the hardship faced by the employees, since as per the earlier OM dated 5/5/2009, the provisions of disability benefits under Central Civil Services(CCS) (EOP) Rules did not provide such compensation to those government servants who were appointed on or after 1.1.2004 and covered under National Pension System (NPS). However, with the new order issued by the Department of Pensions in the Ministry of Personnel, the employees covered under NPS will also get benefits under Rule (9) of Extra Ordinary Pension (EOP).
In other words, if a government servant gets disabled while performing his duties and this disablement is attributed to government service, in that case if he is still retained in the service in spite of disablement, a lump sum compensation will be paid to him by arriving at the capitalized value of the disability element, with reference to the Commutation Table in force from time to time.
Expressing his satisfaction on today’s order, Dr. Jitendra Singh said, the Modi Government is making all efforts to simplify the rules and to do away with discriminatory clauses. The ultimate objective of all these new initiatives is to provide ease of living for the Government servants even after they have superannuated and become pensioners or family pensioners or elder citizens, he said.
In another employee-friendly decision, the Ministry of Personnel recently did away with minimum qualifying service of 10 years for pension, if a government servant is incapacitated due to bodily or medical infirmity and retired from government service. Accordingly, Rule 38 of CCS (Pension) Rules was amended to provide Invalid Pension at 50% of the last pay, even if the employee had not completed minimum qualifying service of 10 years.
In addition to above, in yet another reform in the Pension Rules, a decision was also taken to amend the rule and provide pension at enhanced rate to the family of an employee who died during service before completing the requisite service of minimum 7 years. As a result, now the family pension of 50% of the last pay is also admissible to the family of employees who die even before completing 7 years of service.
Retention of Railway accommodation at the previous place of posting by Railway officers/staff posted to Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW)
RBE No. 115/2020
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. E(G) 2018 RN 2 – 9
New Delhi, dated 29. 12. 2020
The General Manager/Director General
All Indian Railways/Production Units/RDSO-Lucknow
(As per Standard mailing list)
Sub: Retention of Railway accommodation at the previous place of posting by Railway officers/staff posted to Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW).
The issue of permitting the Railway officers/staff posted at the Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Chittaranjan to retain Railway accommodation at their previous place of posting has been considered by the Board.
2. The full Board, in exercise of the powers vested with them to make reasonable relaxations in public interest for a class/group of employees in all or any of the existing provisions regarding house allotment/retention, have decided that permission for retention of Railway accommodation at the previous place of posting in favour of officers/staff posted to Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Chittaranjan be allowed for a period of (02) two years on payment of normal rent to begin with.
F.No.26/01/2018-CS.I (PR/CMS)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions,
Department of Personnel & Training
2nd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi
Dated December 30th, 2020
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject :- Submission of Immovable Property Return (IPR) for the year 2020 (as on 31.12.2020) by the Officers of Central Secretariat Services (CSS) reg.
In terms of Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Immovable Property Return is required to be furnished by the CSS Officers in the grade of Under Secretary and above, latest by 31.01.2021. IPR should be submitted by all the CSS Officers through Web Based Cadre Management System which is hosted at cscms.nic.in. A copy of the print out (IPR submitted online) duly signed, should also be submitted to CS.I (PR/CMS) Section, which is the custodian of Immovable Property Return (IPR) of these Officers. Assistant Section Officers (ASOs) and Section Officers (SOs) of CSS will also submit the print out (IPR) duly signed, to their respective Admin/Vigilance Division.
2. Ministries/Departments are therefore, requested that the contents of this O.M. may be widely circulated to the notice of all CSS Officers/Officials working under their respective control. They should also ensure that the IPR for the year 2020 (as on 31.12.2020) is submitted within the stipulated time by all the CSS Officers. The officers are also informed that non-submission of IPR within the stipulated date, would invite the denial of vigilance clearance for empanelment, deputation and applying to sensitive posts and assignment to training programme (except mandatory training) as the IPR status needs to be checked for the said purpose(s).
3. It is, therefore, requested that all the CSS Officers may be directed to file their Immovable Property Return (IPR) for the year 2020 (as on 31.12.2020) well in time, latest by 31.01.2021, through Web Based Cadre Management System only. IPRs received beyond the stipulated date, shall not be regarded as conforming to the extant guidelines. It is also stated that the date of filing of IPR will start from 01st January, 2021 and the “Immovable Property Returns” window shall be opened/provided at cscms.nic.in. automatically from that date only.
4. In case of any doubt/difficulty about filing the IPR, Shri Vijay Pal, Section Officer (PR/CMS)/Shri Krishnandan Kumar, Assistant Section Officer (PR/CMS) may be contacted at Telephone No. 24629414.
(Amit Ghosal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Small Savings Schemes interest rates from January 2021 to March 2021
1581422/2020/NS SECTION
F.No.1/4/2019-NS
Government of India Ministry of Finance
Department of Economic Affairs
(Budget Division)
North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 30.12.2020
Office Memorandum
Subject: Revision of interest rates for Small Savings Schemes – reg.
The rates of interest on various Small Savings Schemes for the fourth quarter of financial year 2020-21 starting from 1st January, 2021 and ending on 31st March, 2021 shall remain unchanged from those notified for the third quarter (1st October, 2020 to 31st December, 2020) of financial year 2020-21.
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) – November, 2020
The All-India CPI-IW for November, 2020 increased by 0.4 points and stood at 119.9 (one hundred nineteen and point nine). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 0.33 per cent between October and November, 2020 compared to (+) 0.92 per cent increase between corresponding months of previous year.
The maximum upward pressure in current index came from Food & Beverages group contributing (+) 0.25 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Rice, Arhar Dal, Fish Fresh, Milk, Mustard Oil, Soyabean Oil, Sunflower Oil, Onion, Potato, Chillies Dry, Tea Leaf, Cooked Meal, etc. are responsible for the increase in index. However, this increase was checked by Poultry (Chicken), Tomato, Brinjal, Carrot, Cauliflower, Ginger, Gourd, Green Coriander Leaves, Lady Finger, Peas, Orange, etc., putting downward pressure on the index.
At centre level, Puducherry recorded the maximum increase of 4 points. Among others, 3 points increase was observed in 4 centres, 2 points in 7 centres and 1 point in 30 centres. On the contrary, Guntur, Bhilai, Udham Singh Nagar and Vadodara recorded a maximum decrease of 2 points each. Among others, 1 point fall was observed in 17 centres. Rest of 25 centres’ indices remained stationary.
Year-on-year inflation based on all-items stood at 5.27 per cent for November, 2020 as compared to 5.91 per cent for the previous month and 8.61 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 7.48 per cent against 8.21 per cent of the previous month and 9.87 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago.
Y-o-Y Inflation based on CPI-IW (Food and General)
All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for October and November, 2020
Sr. No.
Groups
Oct, 2020
Nov, 2020
I
Food & Beverages
123.0
123.6
II
Pan, Supari, Tobacco & Intoxicants
132.5*
133.1
III
Clothing & Footwear
117.4
117.4
IV
Housing
113.5*
113.5*
V
Fuel & Light
126.4
126.8
VI
Miscellaneous
117.0
117.2
General Index
119.5
119.9
*Rounded up from second decimal place.
Speaking about the latest index, Shri Santosh Gangwar, Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment said, “The rise in index coupled with fall in annual inflation will have dual impact in terms of increasing income and purchasing power of the workers. He added that the effect is mainly due to vegetables which had good supply in the market and provided respite to the consumers.
Shri DPS Negi, Director General of Labour Bureau while releasing the index said, “The rise in index during November, 2020 and fall in inflation rate are in line with other price indices compiled and released by other Government agencies”.
He further said that Rise in index is mainly on account of increase in prices of Rice, Arhar Dal, Fish Fresh, Milk, Mustard Oil, Soyabean Oil, Sunflower Oil, Onion, Potato, Chillies Dry, Tea Leaf, Cooked Meal, Cooking Gas, Household Goods & Services etc.
The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of December, 2020 will be released on Friday 29th January, 2021. The same will also be available on the office website www.labourbureaunew.gov.in.
The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the M/o Labour & Employment, has been compiling Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers every month on the basis of retail prices collected from 317 markets spread over 88 industrially important centres in the country. The index is compiled for 88 centres and All-India and is released on the last working day of succeeding month.
