Subject: Implementation of Government’s decisions on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission – Revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners/family pensioners etc.
The undersigned is directed to say that, in implementation of the decisions taken by the Government on the recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission, various orders/instructions/clarifications have been issued by this Department from time to time for revision of pension/family pension, with effect from 01.01.2016, of all pre-2016 pensioners / family pensioners. With a view to facilitate easy access and reference to all the orders/instructions issued in this respect, these orders/ instructions have been consolidated and are enclosed as Annexure. The details of the original OMs/orders have been indicated in the consolidated instructions. These original OMs/orders arc also available on the website of this Department (https://pensionersportal.gov.in).
2. It is requested that these consolidated orders/instructions may be brought to the notice of all concerned for information, guidance and necessary action.
Office of The Controller General of Defence Accounts
Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt. – 110010
Admin-Estt. (IDAS) Section
website: www.cgda.nic.in
No: IDAS-PAROCorr(FY20)/1/2020-AN (E-IDAS)
Date:18/11/2020
THROUGH WEBSITE
To,
All PCsDA/CsDA/PCA (Fys)
Sub: Extension of timelines for reporting/reviewing of part period of APAR of Group ‘B’ and ‘C’ officers of Central Civil Services during the current year 2020-21, by officers retiring from 30/06/2020 to 31/10/2020
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR) MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA) (RAILWAY BOARD)
No. E(G) 2008 QR 1 – 15 (PSUs)
New Delhi, dated 12.11.2020
The General Manager/Director General All Indian Railways/Production Units/RDSO-Lucknow (As per Standard mailing list)
Sub : Retention of railway accommodation by Railway officers / staff on their deputation to Railway PSUs.
Ref: Board’s letter No. E(G) 2008 QR 1 – 15(PSUs) dated 01.08.2019 (RBE No.121/2019)
Instructions issued vide letter under reference regarding retention of Railway accommodation at the previous place of posting by officials on deputation to Railway PSUs have been reviewed.
2. Now, in exercise of the powers 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, full Board, in partial modification of Board’s letter No. E(G)2008 QR 1 -15(PSUs) dated 01.08.2019 (RBE No. 121/2019), have decided that Railway accommodation at the previous place of posting by Railway officers/staff on deputation to DFCCIL in occupation of Railway accommodation in Delhi/NCR area shall be extended further from 1st April, 2020 to 31st March, 2022.
3. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
4. Please acknowledge receipt.
(Anita Gautam) Director Establishment (Gent.) Railway Board New Delhi, dated 12.11.2020
No. W-02/0039/2017-DPE(WC)-GL-XVI/20 Government of India Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises Department of Public Enterprises
Public Enterprise Bhawan Block No. 14, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 Dated, the 19th November, 2020
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Freezing of Dearness Allowance to Employees of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) drawing pay as per 2017, 2007, 1997, 1992 & 1987 IDA pay revision guidelines at current rates till 30 June, 2021-reg
The undersigned is directed to say that in view of the crisis arising out of COVID-19, it has been decided that additional installments of Dearness Allowance payable to Employees of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) drawing pay as per 2017, 2007, 1997, 1992 & 1987 IDA pay revision guidelines, due from 01.10.2020 shall not be paid. The additional installments of Dearness Allowances due from 01.01.2021 & 01.04.2021, shall also not be paid. However, Dearness Allowance at current rates (w.e.f. 01.07.2020) will continue to be paid.
2. As and when the decision to release the future installment of Dearness Allowance due from 01.07.2021 is taken by the Government, the rates of Dearness Allowance as effective from 01.10.2020, 01.01.2021 & 01.04.2021 will be restored prospectively and will be subsumed in the cumulative revised rate effective from 01.07.2021. No arrears for the period from 01.10.2020 till 30.06.2021 shall be paid.
4. All administrative Ministries/Departments of Government of India are requested to bring the foregoing to the notice of the CPSEs under their administrative control for necessary action at their end.
5. This issues with the approval of the Minister (HI&PE).
Sub :– Doorstep service for submission of DLC through IPPB
The India Post Payments Bank of the D/o Posts, in coordination with Jeevan Pramaan NIC team, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has launched the “Doorstep DLC service” for pensioners. The DLC from Home initiative of the D/o Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare had initially been started with the assistance of registered Pensioners’ Associations in several cities, which went door-to-door to obtain Digital Life Certificate from Pensioners. To expand this service across the country, D/o Posts huge network of Postmen & Gramin Dak Sevaks has been put to use. IPPB has customized its software with the Jeevan Pramaan Digital service and is now utilizing the huge national network of more than 1,36,000 access points in Post Offices and more than 1.89,000 Postmen & Gramin Dak Sevaks, who have been equipped with smart phones and biometric devices in providing doorstep service for submission of Digital Life Certificate in every part of the country .
2. In order to avail the aforementioned “Doorstep DLC service” through IPPB, pensioners can request their nearest post office or make a request through PostInfo App or through the website http://ccc.cept.gov.in/covid/request.aspx. It is a chargeable service and shall be available to all Central Government Pensioners across the country. The process to avail “Doorstep DLC service” of DLC through IPPB can be viewed on ippbonline.com or on YouTube, or Facebook page of D/o Pension & Pensioners Welfare.
3. The Administrative Divisions of all Ministries/Departments and attached / subordinate offices are requested to bring the above details about doorstep service for submission of Digital Life Certificate across the country through India Post Payments Bank to the notice of all their retirees.
Sd/- (Rajesh Kumar) Under Secretary to the Government of India
PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY B-14/A. Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhawan, Qutub Institutional Area. Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi-110016 Ph : 011-26517501, 26517503, 26133730 Fax 011-26517507 Website wvw.pfrda.org.in
CIR No.: PFRDA/2020/49/SUP-CRA/20
Date: November 12, 2020
To AD Stake Holders under Govt. Sector NPS (Central Govt. /State Govt. /Central Autonomous Bodies/State Autonomous Bodies)
Subject: Option for Govt. employees to on-board NPS through eNPS (Stake Holder Feedback)
e-NPS is the online NPS on boarding portal hosted by the Central Record Keeping Agency (CRA) wherein a Subscriber can register and contribute online into NPS. Through eNPS, a Subscriber can register under NPS, generate a Permanent Retirement Account Number (PRAN) under All Citizens of India and Corporate Sectors_ Further, the Subscribers who have already been registered under NPS across sectors with active PRAN can make contributions through eNPS as well as activate their Tier II account. The prospective NPS Subscribers under private sector can register in e-NPS either through ‘Aadhaar Offline e-KYC’ or through ‘PAN & Bank Account’.
2. At present, the Government sector Subscribers are registered under NPS either through submission of physical form to CRAs or through online processes viz. OPGIVI (Online PRAN Generation Module ) adopted by the Nodal Offices of Govt. Now, PFRDA is exploring the possibility to enable e-NPS platform as an additional option to Government Sector employees to facilitate their online onboarding under NPS. Accordingly, the employees of Government Sector will have option to register under NPS through e-NPS. Further, an existing Subscriber of other sectors. on entering into the Government sector, shall have an option to shift to Government sector through e-NPS.
3. The proposed methodology is placed at Annexure I.
4. The proposed mode of e-NPS based registration of Govt Sector employees bring the following benefits to the stakeholders:
i. Ease of on boarding for employees and online verification/authorization of employee NPS information by nodal officers.
ii. Paperless process of enrollment with e-Sign/OTP.
iii. Easing the work of Nodal officers from manual process of Acct opening and freeing them from handling papers and associated challenges of dispatching the physical forms to CRA.
iv. Optimizing the cost of Acct opening by end to end digitization.
v. Expediting the account opening process compared to existing modes of account opening methods made available to the Government sector.
vi. Timely PRAN generation and hence timely deposit of NPS contribution which would lead to higher investment benefits.
vii. Since the employees fill the data in e-NPS portal themselves while on-boarding, data entry error may come down and consequently the decline in rejection of forms.
viii. Currently, CRA-FC services are also utilized by SG/CG for data entry /digitization which may be prone to data entry error which results in return/re-submission of forms.
ix. The logistical cost associated with submitting physical forms by subscribers to nodal officers, by nodal officers to CRA-FC and resubmitting the return forms will be avoided.
x. Covid pandemic induced immobility leading to piling up of CSRF at Govt. offices can be overcome.
xi. Few State Govt. depts. are advising their new employees to open acct under UoS and carry out Inter Sector Shifting (ISS) thereafter which increases the cost of account opening and turn around time.
xii. By enabling eNPS onboarding for Govt employees, ISS can also be carried out seamlessly.
5. In view of the above, PFRDA invites comments/suggestions/feedback from all the Government nodal offices on this proposal (Option for Govt employees to join NPS through e NPS). as per the format attached as Annexure II.
6. The comments can be e-mailed to [email protected] or through a letter before 15th December 2020.
भारत सरकार /GOVERNMENT OF INDIA रेल मंत्रालय /MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (रेलवे बोर्ड/RAILWAY BOARD)
RBE No. 90/2020
No. E(P&A)I-2019/PS-5/PE-2
Dated 21.10.2020
The General Manager/PFA & CAO, South Central Railway, Secunderabad.
Sub:- Revision of Pension of Pre-2016 Pensioners/Family Pensioners etc. for faculty and other staff in Railway Degree College, Secunderabad South Central Railway.
In pursuance of Government’s decision on the recommendation of 7th Central Pay Commission, the pension of pre-2016 pensioners/family pensioners etc. for the faculty and other staff in Railway Degree College/Secunderabad/South Central Railway, may be revised as contained in the Ministry of HRD (Department of Higher Education)’s letters No. 1-1/2017-U.II dated 11.06.2018 and 09.06.2020, copies of which alongwith the concordance tables for fixation of pension/ family pension of retired faculty and other staff is enclosed herewith for information and compliance.
M/o HRD (DoHE)’s aforementioned letter dated 09.06.2020 also refers to Department of Pension and Pensioner’s Welfare’s OMs No. 38/37/2016-P&PW(A) dated 12.05.2017, 06.07.2017, 18.07.2017 & 13.09.2017, vide which instructions were issued for revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners/ family pensioners other than the retired faculty and staff in Central Universities, colleges thereunder etc. These earlier instructions of DoP&PW have already been circulated to the Railways in terms of Board’s letters No. 2016/F(E)INI/1(1)/7 dated 22.05.2017, 11.07.2017, 03.08.2017 & 24.10.2017, respectively. These instructions are available on Ministry of Railways’ website “www. indianrailways.gov.in Ministry of Railways -> Railway Board -> About Indian Railways -> Railway Board Directorates -> Finance -> F(E) III Circulars”.
3. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
4. Kindly acknowledge receipt.
DA: As above.
(N.P.Singh) Joint Director, Estt. (P& A) Railway Board
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN Under Ministry of Education, Govt. of India Website : www.kvsangathan.nic.in
18, Institutional Area, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, New Delhi-110016
F.11029-3/2018-KVS(Admn.-I)/Vol-II/685
Date: 12.11.2020
OFFICE-ORDER
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan vide office-order of even number dated 08.03.2019, conveyed the approval of Government of India, for establishing 50 new Kendriya Vidyalayas under Civil Sector with the stipulation that the sponsoring authority concerned is required to transfer the identified and demarcated land and also to give possession of the same to KVS prior to opening of the new Kendriya Vidyalaya. Kendriya Vidyalaya Chatrapur, Distt. Ganjam (Odisha) in (Parliamentary Constituency- Berhampur) is one of the 50 new Kendriya Vidyalayas sanctioned.
Since the land in the matter of this Kendriya Vidyalaya has been transferred by the Sponsoring Authority in favour of Kendriya Vidyalaya concerned, sanction of the Commissioner, KVS is hereby conveyed to start a new Kendriya Vidyalaya under Civil Sector with immediate effect, at the following location:-
The above Vidyalaya will start functioning from class I to V (single section in each class) during the academic year 2020-21 and thereafter will grow consequently based on feasibility.
The admission process may be completed within 30 days from the date of issue of this order.
(Dr. E. Prabhakar) Joint Commissioner (Trg./ Pers.)
No.100-4/2020-Pen(pt) Government of India Ministry of Communications Department of Posts (Pension Section)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg New Delhi – 110 001 17th November , 2020
To
1.CPMG of all Postal Circles 2.Chief General Manager (BD&M). Dak Bhawan 3.Chief General Manager (PLI), Chanakya Puri, New Delhi 4.Secretary(PSB), Dak Bhawan 5.Director, Rail Ahmad kidwai National Postal Academy, Ghaziabad 6.All Directors/Dy. Directors of Accounts (Postal) 7.Principal Director of Audit (Postal), Delhi-54 8.Addl. Director General, Army Postal Service Corps, APS Bhawan, Rao Tula Ram Marg, Delhi Cantt.-10 9.Chief Engineer (HQ), Dak Bhawan
Subject : Provision of Rs.10 lakh to GDS and Departmental employees of Department of Posts to cover death due to Covid-19 while discharging official duties – clarification regarding extension of guidelines dated 01.06.2018 – reg.
Madam/ Sir,
I am directed to refer to this Directorate’s letter of even number dated 17.04.2020 whereby original guidelines for payment of compensation of Rs.10 lakh were extended to Departmental employees and GDS to cover death due to Covid-19 while discharging official duties. We have been receiving representations seeking clarification on the applicability of para 6 of the said Guidelines which bar claimant from claiming additional compensation’ from the Department.
2.The matter has been examined in detail and it is stated that guidelines dated 01.06.2018 were meant for individuals other than the government employees and GDS i.e. persons engaged on contract or the private individuals whose death can be attributed to accidents related to works of the Department of Posts. However, in the exceptional circumstances, these guidelines were extended vide letter dated 17.04.2020 to the Departmental employees and GDS who succumb to Covid-19 in performance of their duties. Thus, para 6 of the Guidelines dated 01.06.2018 is not applicable in case of Departmental employees and GDS. Therefore, their wards/next of kin will continue to be eligible for all such benefits, as per the Rules, what would have been available to them otherwise.
Yours faithfully ( Tarun Mittal ) Asstt. Director General (Pension) Tel.No.011-2304 4768
Subject: Strengthening of Administration – Periodic review of Central Government Employees under FR 56(j) and Rule 48 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972
The undersigned is directed to refer to DoP&T’s O.M No.25013/03/2019-Estt.A-IV dated 28.08.2020 and this office O.M.of even No.50 dated 05.08.2019 (copy enclosed) on the above mentioned subject.
All Pr. CCAs/CCAs/CAs are requested to undertake the periodic reviews in respect of CCAS (Group’B’& ‘C’ officials) working under their jurisdiction in terms of DoP&T’s O.M. No.25013/03/2019-Estt.A-IV dated 28.08.2020. Further,it should also be ensured that the prescribed procedure like forming of opinion to retire a Government employee prematurely in public interest is strictly adhered to, and that the decision is not an arbitrary one, and is not based on collateral grounds as per the order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in case of UOI & Col.J.N. Sinha (1571 SCR (1)791).
All Pr. CCAs/CCAs/CAs are requested to furnish a report to this office in the format given below by 2nd day of each month :-
Group wise
Number of mployees to he reviewed under FR 56(j)
Number of employees reviewed under FR 56(j)
Number of employees reviewed and against whom FR 56(j) invoked/recommended
Number of employees retired prematurely under FR 56(j)
