Reimbursement of Pulse Oximeter Cost for the family of COVID-19 positive CS(MA) beneficiaries – EHS
File No.S.14025/43/2020-EHS
No. S.14025/43/2020-EHS
Government of India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Department of Health & Family Welfare
EHS Section
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Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated: the 14th December, 2020
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub:- Reimbursement of cost of ‘Pulse Oximeter’ for the family of COVID-19 positive CS(MA) beneficiaries.
In view of the current coronavirus disease (COVID-1 9) pandemic, all out efforts are being made by the Government to contain its impact by instituting measures at community as well as at individual level.
2. As measuring of oxygen saturation level is one of the most important parameters for monitoring the health of COVID-19 patients, it has been decided to reimburse the cost of pulse oximeter purchased by the beneficiaries as per the following conditions:
i. CS(MA) beneficiaries, who have been tested positive for COVID-19 infection are permitted to purchase one pulse oximeter per family. In other words, in case there are more than one COVID positive cases in a family of CS(MA) beneficiary, they can claim reimbursement only for one pulse oximeter;
ii. The reimbursement shall be claimed as per actual cost of pulse oximeter, subject to a ceiling of Rs. 1200/-;
iii. The claim for reimbursement of cost of such pulse oximeter shall be submitted as per prescribed norms enclosing therewith a copy of the COVID-19 test report, to the concerned Ministry/ Department.
3. This OM is applicable from 16.06.2020, as in the case of CGHS beneficiaries.
4. This issues with the concurrence of Integrated Finance Division, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare vide concurrence Diary No. 2057 dated 14.12.2020.
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(Bimal Kumar)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India
The Deputy Commissioner/Director,
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan,
All Regional Offices/ZIETs
Subject: Conduct of Nation-wide Pension Adalat to be held in the last week of December, 2020-reg.
Madam/Sir,
With reference to the Ministry of Education letter No.8-11/2020-E.E.1 dated 23rd October, 2020 vide which DO letter dated 21st October, 2020 of Dept. of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has been forwarded directing all the organisations to conduct a Nation-wide Pension Adalat in the month of December, 2020 for prompt resolution of pensioners’ grievances, within the framework of extant policy/ guidelines.
In view of the above, it has been decided by the Competent Authority of KVS that all the Regional Offices/ZIETs may conduct the Pension Adalat in the last week of December, 2020. It is advised that in the fist instance, a Notice to this effect that pension Adalat will be conducted in the last week of December, 2020, should be published in the website of Regional Offices. It should also be mentioned in the said Notice that the aggrieved pensioners may submit their grievances to the Regional Offices/ZIETs through e-mail. Thereafter, the grievances received may be examined in your office and taken up in the Pension Adalat to be organized through Digital Technology only in the last week of December, 2020. It may be noted that only those grievances are to be taken up in the said Adalat which fall within the perview of extant Pension Policy/Rules/Guidelines etc. The family pension cases should be given Top Priority.
You are therefore, requested to circulate the content of this letter among all the KVs under your jurisdiction. Further, the copy of this letter should also be published on the official website of all the Regional Offices and KVs for information of pensioners under your jurisdiction. After conducting the said Adalat, the required information may be submitted to this office in the enclosed format by 4th January, 2020 through email ([email protected]) only for onward submission of the consolidated information by KVS(HQ) to Dept. of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare.
F.No. 25-04/2020-LI
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(Directorate of Postal Life Insurance). New Delhi-110021
Dated:-17.12.2020
Office Memorandum
Subject: Standard Operating Procedure for Appeal in Postal Life Insurance/Rural Postal Life Insurance Death claim cases.
This is regarding introduction of provision of preferring an appeal by a claimant (nominee/legal heir etc) against rejection of a death claim case in respect of PLI/RPLI, to further improve the quality of customer service,
2 The Standard Operating Procedure in this regard, as approved by DG (Posts), is enclosed herewith for wide circulation across the Circle including sales force, to follow the procedure laid down and adhering to the timelines given in the SOP.
This issues with the approval of the competent authority.
State Railway Provident Fund interest rate from October to December 2020
RBE No. 110/2020
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. F(E)III/2003/PF-1/1 pt.
New Delhi, Dated: 11.11.2020
The General Managers/Principal Financial Advisers,
All Zonal Railways/Production Units etc.,
(As per mailing list)
Subject: State Railway Provident Fund – Rate of interest during the year 2020-21 (1st October, 2020 — 31st December, 2020).
A copy of Government of India’s Resolution No. 5(2)-B(PD)/2020 dated 27th October, 2020 issued by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) prescribing interest at the rate of 7.1% (Seven point one percent) w.e.f. 1st October. 2020 to 31st December. 2020 on accumulations at the credit of the subscribers to State Railway Provident Fund. is enclosed, for information and necessary action.
(G. Priya Sudarsani)
Director, Finance (Estt.),
Railway Board.
2. WR’s letter no. PEN/05372/E789/ARPAN/Charge Allowance dated 16.3.2020.
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Please connect NER Letter No. Admn/79/180/23/Pt.IV dated 11.12.2020 on the above subject. Suitable clarification has already been issued by Board in this regard vide letter cited under reference (1) above. ARPAN Team/WR has also confirmed that the relevant module in ARPAN Portal has suitably been customized to facilitate pension revision on this account. The procedure for the same has also been notified to all concerned vide WR’s letter cited under reference ( 2 ) above (copy enclosed ).
Suitable instructions may kindly be issued to the concerned.
DA:As above
( V. Prakash)
Joint Director Accounts
Railway Board
OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL ADVISER, WESTERN RAILWAY, CHURCHGATE,MUMBAI-400020
No.PEN/05372/E789/ARPAN/Charge Allowance
dt.16-03-2020
PCPOs/PFAs
Sub: Reckoning of Charge Allowance for revision of Pre-post-2016 Pension cases
Ref : Railway Board’s letter No.D-43/15/2019-F(E)III dt.30-01-2020
In terms of clarifications issued vide Railway Board’s above referred letter, in order to revise the Pre-2016 as well as Post-2016 pension cases as per the recommendations of 7 CPC in ARPAN Module by reckoning the element of Charge Allowance as Pay which the following procedure may be adopted respectively:
i. Revision of Pre-2016 cases:
The cases that have been revised excluding element of Charge Allowance actually drawn by the ex-employee may be re-opened and re-processed by taking into account the last pay as Basic Pay plus Charge Allowance by applying same Concordance Table as originally selected at the time of revision under 7th CPC. Considering the methodology adopted in construction of Notional Pay Ready Reckoner Table, the modified last pay (basic pay + charge allowance) if does not fit the prescribed pay slab/pay range in the concordance table, the basic pay provided in very next range/slab, may be reckoned as basic pay for determining the Notional pay for revision of pension/family pension w. e. f 1-01-2016 as per 7th CPC.
In terms of para-3(iii) of Bd’s letter dt.30-01-2020, in the case of post-2016 cases settled in ARPAN, since both PPO as well as Settlement dues need to be revised, the affected cases may be initiated and re-processed in ‘ARPAN-Revision Module’ by selecting ‘Change in Pay’ option and basic pay may be modified by adding component of Charge Allowance actually drawn by the railway servant at the time of retirement as per the payroll detail. The entire cycle of settlement process at all levels of USERS may be completed for successful generation of Bills (difference settlement bills) as well as revised PPOs. Due care may be taken to ensure correctness of settlement bills actually payable to the retired employee. The cases where PPOs were generated in ARPAN but payment of Settlement dues was made outside ARPAN, the same methodology may be adopted to avoid undue overpayment of revised settlement dues. Further, since the ARPAN generated Bills data needs to be pushed to IPAS platform though SFTP, the 8 digit PF number may be modified in Bill txt file data at par with IPAS party master (IPAS-PF Number) for seamless transition of bills.
In case of any difficulty, ARPAN Team may be contacted for technical assistance.
DA from Jan 2021 for West Bengal Government Employees
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
FINANCE (AUDIT) DEPARTMENT
NABANNA, MANDIRTALA, HOWRAH-711 102
No.3490-F(P2)
Dated, Howrah, the 14th December, 2020.
MEMORANDUM
Subject: Grant of Dearness Allowance to State Government Employees and the employees of Government aided Educational Institutions, employees of Statutory Bodies, Government Undertakings, Panchayats including Panchayat Karmee, Municipal Corporations / Municipalities, Local Bodies etc. and also Dearness Relief to the Pensioners/Family Pensioners.
The question of grant of (i) Dearness Allowance in the revised pay structure implemented as per recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission in respect of Government employees, the teaching & non-teaching employees of Government aided Educational Institutions, employees of Statutory Bodies, Government Undertakings, Panchayats including Panchayat Karmee, Municipal Corporations/ Municipalities, Local Bodies etc. and (ii) Dearness Relief on the pension/family pension since revised as per recommendation of the said Pay Commission has been under consideration of the Government for some time past.
2. After careful consideration, the Governor has been pleased to decide the following:
(i) The whole time State Government employees drawing basic pay upto Rs. 2,01,000/ shall draw Dearness Allowance @3% of basic pay w.e.f. 01.01.2021. The calculation of Dearness Allowances shall be made taking into account the revised basic pay and NPA, if any, but it shall not include any other type of pay.
(ii) The Dearness Allowance as sanctioned at (i) above in respect of State Government employees shall be admissible to the teaching and non-teaching employees of Government aided Educational Institutions, employees of Statutory Bodies, Government Undertakings, Panchayats including Panchayat Karmee, Municipal Corporations/Municipalities, Local Bodies etc. The respective Administrative Department may sanction the benefit of Dearness Allowance @3% of revised basic pay w.e.f. 01.01.2021 to the employees concerned drawing basic pay upto Rs. 2,01,000/- under their control without making any further reference to Group P2 of this Department.
(iii) (a) The State Government Pensioners/Family Pensioners shall draw Dearness Relief @ 3% of revised basic pension/revised family pension w.e.f. 01.01.2021 in supersession of the rates previously allowed on the pre-revised pension/family pension.
(b) It will be the responsibility of the Pension Sanctioning Authority to calculate the
quantum of Dearness Relief on revised Pension/revised Family Pension payable to each individual case.
(c) For the purpose of payment of dearness relief sanctioned herein, the Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal, will issue authority to the Public Sector Banks in Kolkata and the Accountant General of other States.
(d) The Treasury or Sub-treasury Officers in this State will give effect to this para of this order without the authority of the Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal.
(iv) The Dearness Relief as sanctioned at (iii)(a) above for the State Government Pensioners/Family Pensioners shall also be admissible to the Pensioners/Family Pensioners of State aided Non-Government Educational Institutions, Statutory Bodies/Government Undertakings/Panchayats, Municipal Corporations/Municipalities, Local Bodies etc., who are in receipt of revised Pension/revised Family Pension as per recommendations of 6th Pay Commission. The respective Administrative Department may sanction the benefit of Dearness Relief @3% of revised Pension/revised Family Pension w.e.f. 01.01.2021 to the Pensioners/Family Pensioners concerned under their control without making any further reference to Pension Branch of this Department.
(v) The rate of Dearness Allowance in respect of the employees mentioned in para (1) above who are drawing pay in the pre-revised pay structure as per recommendation of the 5th Pay Commission shall be enhanced from 125% to 133% w.e.f. 01.01.2021.
(vi) The Dearness Allowance/Dearness Relief sanctioned herein shall be rounded off to the nearest rupee in each case.
(vii) In the case of Public Undertakings/Statutory Bodies, the additional expenditure for sanction of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief should be borne by such Undertakings/Bodies themselves out of their own resources or out of financial assistance provided to them in the budget and no additional financial assistance will be given to them on that account.
(viii) There will be a further ad-hoc increase in the Daily Rate of Wages by Rs. 17/-(Rupees Seventeen) only w.e.f. 01.01.2021 for the daily rated workers under the Government whose wages are not regulated by any Statutory provisions like the Minimum Wages Act, etc.
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Manoj Pant
Principal Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal
F. No. A-34013/02/2020-DE Government of India Ministry of Communications Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi – 110 001 Dated: 16th December, 2020
To General Manager (Operations), CEPT, Mysuru.
Subject: Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE) for promotion to the cadre of P.S. Group ‘B’ for the year 2017-18, 2018 and 2019 held on 29.11.2020.
Madam,
I am directed to forward herewith the Provisional answer keys in respect of MCQs of Paper-I and Paper-II of the above-mentioned examination for uploading the same on the departmental website for receiving feedback/comments on it from candidates who appeared in the examination.
2. Candidates who appeared in the aforesaid examination held on 29.11.2020 may send their feedback/comments on the Provisional answer keys, in the proforma attached, through e-mail to the e-mail ID [email protected] latest by 1730 hours on 1st January 2021. Feedback/comments are required to be submitted for each Paper seperately.
Reconciliation of post check of bills passed during COVID-19 for Work from Home
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE, D/O EXPENDITURE O/O CONTROLLER GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS MAHALEKHA NIYANTRAK BHAWAN K-BLOCK, GPO COMPLEX, INA, NEW DELHI Email: [email protected]
No. Q-18001/4/2020-IAD-CGA/1740-54
Dated: 9/12/2020
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Reconciliation of post check of bills passed during COVID-19 for Work from Home (WFH).
Your attention is invited to this office OM No.25014/F.CGA/IAD/4/2020 dated 19.05.2020 wherein guidelines on report and bills passed during COVID-I9 for Work From Home (WFH) was circulated to all Pr. CCAs/CCAs/CA(I/Cs). It has been requested to submit a monthly report regarding bills passed during COVID-19 without presenting original bill by DDOs in prescribed Proforma-I and II to IAD, O/o CGA, Further, the Reconciled Statement and Certificate of post check are also required as indicated in the guidelines.
Even issuing reminders for reconciliation of post check bills passed during COVID-19, dated 18.06.2020, 18.09.2020, 06.10.2020 and 2.11.2020 , some Ministries / Departments failed to submit the reconciliation of post check in Proforma I and II. The details of pending reports are as per Annexure A.
In view of the above all concerned Ministries/Departments are requested to furnish the pending Statement and Certificate by 21st December 2020 positively. Check it also: Gazetted Holidays during the year 2021 for Central Govt. Offices located at Delhi/New Delhi
(Dr. Richa Pandey) Asstt.Controller General of Accounts (IAD)
To,
1.All concerned Pr.CCAs/CCAs/CAs(I/c) of Ministries/Departments,
2. Sr.AO (ITD) request for uploading on CGA website.
Compassionate Appointment – Relative merit point & revised procedure for selection/Tie breaking formula – CBDT
F.No.A.12012/ 8/ 2020-Ad.III.B
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
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Gr. Floor, Hudco Vishal Building ,
Bhikaji Cama Place, RK Puram, New Delhi-66,
Dated: 14.12.2020
To
The All Cadre Controlling Authorities
Under CBIC (through CBIC’s website)
Subject :- Scheme for compassionate appointment – Relative merit point & revised procedure for selection/Tie breaking formula – reg.
Sir/ Madam ,
Please refer to Board’s letter F.No.A.12012/52/2018-Ad.III B dated 15th May, 2019 wherein a standard operating procedure based on a 100-point scale was circulated for compassionate appointment to ensure transparency and maintain uniformity and to avoid litigation in the selection process.
2. It has been reported to the Board by one CCA that while applying 100 points scale parameters, as mentioned in SOP, some candidates have equal marks in merit and Cadre Controlling Authority is unable to decide the merit of such The matter of tie of marks secured by some candidates has been deliberated in the Board to resolve such situation.
3. After examination the issue in detail, it has been decided that the tie breaking factor can be per dependent available income i.e. total of first three financial parameters prescribed in SOP (Pension annualised, total terminal benefits and annual income of earning members and income from property) divided by total number of dependants (spouse, parents, dependent married / unmarried / widowed /divorced daughters, dependent minor children of deceased Government Servant OR dependent sister(s)/ brother(s) of an unmarried deceased Government Servant, unmarried major son below 25 years & dependant major sons who are physically / mentally challenged) . The lesser the per dependent available income, the higher the rank amongst the applicants whose scores had a tie.
4. In case of tie even after applying the factor of per dependent available income, then the left-over service of Government Servant can be This is suggested as it is felt that longer the left-over service of the deceased, the more is the impact on the family. Applicants related to Government servant with higher left-over service would be considered over the one with lesser left-over service. In case of tie even then, the next factor can be No. of physically /mentally challenged dependents & unmarried /divorced daughter(s). In case of tie even then, the next factor can be age of the applicant, with elder applicants given preference.
5. The tie breaking factor(s) in the order indicated above, should be used only to decide relative merit of the applicants scoring same points on 100-point scale and only if the applicants scoring same points cannot be accommodated against available All the above details are already included in the SOP and hence would be readily available with CCAs in case of a tie.
6. Apart from this while deciding the tie breaking factors as mentioned in the preceding paras, based on suggestions received from some Cadre Controlling Authorities, the entries made at point N 7 & 8 in 100-point scale of SOP issued vide letter No. A.12012 / 52/ 2018- Ad.IIIB dated 15.09.2019 shall be substituted by the following entries;
(7)”Dependent married / unmarried / widowed / divorced daughters of deceased Government Servant”
SI.No.
No. of dependent married / unmarried/widowed / divorced daughters of deceased Government Servant
Weightage points
1
01
05
2
02 & Above
10
(8). “Dependent minor children of deceased Government Servant OR dependent sister(s) / brother(s) of an unmarried deceased Government Servant”
SI.No.
No. of dependent minor children of deceased Government Servant OR dependent sister(s) /brother(s) of an unmarried deceased Government Servant
Weightage points
1
01
05
2
02 & Above
10
7. The other contents mentioned in original SOP issued vide letter A.12012/52/2018-Ad.IIIB dated 15.05.2019 will remain unchanged. Henceforth, all the concerned are advised to strictly follow weightage points system keeping in view instructions of DoPT & Board issued from time to time.
8. This issued with the approval of Chairman (CBIC).
Yours faithfully,
(Mohammad Ashif)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
The Deputy Commissioner/Director,
All Regional Offices/ZIETs,
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Sub: Provision of Jeevan Pramaan / Digital Life Certificate Services at the doorstep of the Pensioners through Indian Post Payments Bank – regarding.
Madam/Sir,
With reference to the letter No.17-1/2020-E.E.1 dated 06.11.2020 issued by Gol, Ministry of Education regarding the subject cited above, it is to inform that the Jeevan Pramaan/Digital Life Certificate Services can be availed by the pensioners of KVS through Postmen and Gramin Dak Sevaks considering the current COVID pandemic situation.
Hence, the said letter is being enclosed for your information and necessary action with the request to circulate the information among all the pensioners under your jurisdiction and to upload the same on the official website.
