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Provisional release of retirement benefits as per Rule 64 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 during Covid Pandemic time

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No.12/9/2020-P&PW(C)-6450
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

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8th Floor, Janpath Bhavan,
Janpath, New Delhi,
Dated: 17th July, 2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject :- Provisional release of retirement benefits as per Rule 64 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 during Covid Pandemic time.

The undersigned is directed to say that in view of the unprecedented situation which has arisen due to the outbreak of COVID-19, there may be cases where the processing of pension case of a retiring Government servant gets delayed due to various factors. A Government servant may find difficulty in submission of his pension Forms (Form 5, Form 3, etc.) to the Head of Office (HOO) or the Head of Office (HOO) may not be able to forward the claim form in hard copy along with service book to the concerned Pay & Accounts office in time, particularly when both the offices are located in different cities. There may also be cases where the Pay & Accounts Office is not able to process the case for authorization of pension before the retirement of the Government servant.

2. Rule 64 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 provides for sanction of provisional pension and provisional gratuity in cases where a Government servant is likely to retire before finalization of his pension and gratuity. In order to ensure timely payment of pension and retirement gratuity on retirement of a Government servant, wherever a Government servant is likely to retire before finalization of his pensionary benefits, the Head of Office may rely upon the information as available in the official records and take action to sanction provisional pension and provisional gratuity, with the approval of the Head of Department. The provisional pension and provisional gratuity may be sanctioned in those cases also, where retiring Government servant is unable to submit the pension claim Forms for any reason. In cases where it is not possible to verify the entire length of qualifying service immediately, provisional gratuity may be sanctioned in respect of the verified continuous spell of service immediately preceding the date of retirement. A copy of the draft letter for sanction of provisional pension and provisional gratuity is enclosed.

3. The Pay & Accounts Office shall consider the case on the basis of details of last emoluments and length of qualifying service indicated by the Head of Office and release the provisional pension and provisional gratuity in the same manner as pay and allowances of the establishment are paid. The Pay & Accounts Office shall not insist for complete documents of the case, including service book, at the stage of release of provisional pension and provisional gratuity.

4. These instructions shall also be applicable in cases where the Government servant retires otherwise than on superannuation, i.e. voluntary retirement, retirement under FR 56, etc.

5. In cases where the amount of provisional pension is later found to be in excess of the final pension, the excess amount of pension may be adjusted in the manner indicated in Rule 64 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972.

6. The payment of provisional pension sanctioned in accordance with para 2 above, may initially continue for a period not exceeding six months from the date of retirement. The period of provisional pension may be further extended, in exceptional cases, with the concurrence of PAO and after approval by the Head of Department. However, the total period of provisional pension shall, in no case, be more than one year from the date of retirement.

7. The date from which the final pension shall be commenced by the Pension Disbursing Authority(PDA), may be indicated by the Pay & Accounts Office in the PPO. The date for commencement of final pension by the PDA shall be at least two months after the date of issue of the PPO, taking into consideration the time likely to be taken by CPAO and CPPC to process the pension case. Pay & Accounts Office shall record a note in the PPO, as mentioned below, while authorizing the final pension.

“Provisional pension has been/shall be paid by the office for the period from to _____ @ Rs.________plus DA. The payment of final pension shall commence from the bank w.e.f…….”

The payment of provisional pension shall, accordingly, continue from the office till the date mentioned in the PPO for commencement of final pension by the PDA so that there is no gap between the date upto which the provisional pension is to be paid and the date of commencement of final pension by the PDA.

8. The instructions in this OM, in so far as they are at variance with the provisions of rule 64, shall be applicable till the work in offices is affected due to the outbreak of COVID-19. These instructions would be reviewed by this Department after normalcy is restored. The provisions of Rule 64 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 shall stand relaxed to the extent indicated above.

9. .The Administrative Divisions of all Ministries/Department and attached/subordinate offices are requested to bring these instructions to the notice of all concerned for compliance.

This issues with the approval of the competent authority.

(Rajesh Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Signed Copy

ECHS : Reimbursement of Pulse Oximeter for ECHS Beneficiary

pulse oximeter ECHS

Central Organisation, ECHS
Adjutant General’s Branch
Integrated Headquarters
Ministry of Defence (Army)
Thimayya Marg, Near Gopinath
Circle, Delhi Cantt-110010

B/49770/AG/ECHS/Treatment

13 Jul 2020

IHQ of MoD (Navy)/Dir ECHS(N)
DAV Subroto Park
All HQ Command (Med)
All HQ Command (ECHS)
AMA ECHS, Embassy of India, Nepal
All Regional Centres

REIMBURSEMENT OF COST OF ‘PULSE OXIMETER’ FOR THE FAMILY OF COVID
19 POSITIVE ECHS BENEFICIARY UNDER HOME CARE

1. In view of the current Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) 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.

Also ReadReimbursement of cost of ‘Pulse Oximeter’ for the family of COVID-19 Positive CGHS Beneficiary under Home Care

(a) ECHS 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 ECHS beneficiary, they can claim reimbursement only for one Pulse Oximeter.

(b) The reimbursement shall be claimed as per actual cost of Pulse Oximeter, subject to a ceiling of Rs. 1200/-.

(c) 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 dependant Polyclinic, which in turn will process the case for reimbursement by RC out of 365/00

3. This order is applicable from date of issue of this letter

(Anupam N Adhaulia)
Col
Dir (Med)
for MD ECHS

Signed Copy

Night Duty Allowance Calculation

Night Duty Allowance Calculation

Night Duty Allowance Calculation

Night Duty allowance will be calculated as per following method, the following 4 values required to calculate NDA

1. Weightage Hours

Weightage of 10 minutes for every hour of duty performed between 22:00 Hrs and 06:00 Hrs will be taken for calculation of payment of NDA, which means In the Night Duty every one hour is considered as 10 minutes to calculate NDA

Example, an employee worked 8 hours in Night Duty, then weightage hours will be 80 minutes (10 Mins x 8 hours)

2. Basic Pay

3. Dearness Allowance

4. No of Night Duty Hours

Formula to Calculate Night Duty Allowance

Night Duty Allowance (NDA) = [(Basic Pay + Dearness Allowance) / 200]

Night Duty Allowance Calculation Method

Example :

  • Basic Pay : 20300
  • Current DA : 17% (20300 x 17% = 3451 )
  • No of NDA Hrs : 80 Mins. (8 Hrs)

NDA = [(20300+3451) / 200]

NDA = 120 per hour

For 8 Hours = 120 x 8

Total NDA Per Day = Rs. 960

Latest Orders on Night Duty Allowance

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NVS : Postponement of Annual Transfer Drive 2020

NVS Annual Transfer Drive 2020

NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI
(An Autonomous Organization under Ministry of HRD)
Department of School Education and Literacy),
Government of India
B-15, Institutional Area, Sector-62,
Noida, District Gautam Budh Nagar,
Uttar Pradesh – 201 309

No.F.2-1/2020(ATD)-NVS(Estt.II)/Camp Off./2008

July 01, 2020

To
The Deputy Commissioner,
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti,
All Regional Offices.

Subject : Regarding postponement of ATD 2020.

Sir/Madam

This is brought into your notice that the Annual Transfer Drive 2020 has been decided to be kept in abeyance till further orders keeping the adverse circumstances owing to the Pandemic COVID-19.

You are requested to disseminate the information to all the staff in your region with a request not to prefer transfer representations to the office.

This issues with approval of the competent authority.

Yours faithfully,

[Vikram Johi]
Deputy Commissioner [Pers.]

Signed Copy

New Form 26AS is the Faceless hand-holding of the Taxpayers

The new Form 26AS is the faceless hand-holding of the taxpayers to e-file their income tax returns quickly and correctly. From this Assessment Year, taxpayers will see an improved Form 26AS which would carry some additional details on taxpayers’ financial transactions as specified in the Statement of Financial Transactions (SFTs) in various categories.

It is stated that the information being received by the Income Tax Department from the filers of these specified SFTs is now being shown in Part E of Form 26AS to facilitate voluntary compliance, tax accountability and ease of e-filing of returns so that the same can be used by the taxpayer to file her or his income tax return (ITR) by calculating the correct tax liability in a feel-good environment. This would also bring in further transparency and accountability in the tax administration.

The earlier Form 26AS used to give information regarding tax deducted at source and tax collected at source relating to a PAN, besides certain additional information including details of other taxes paid, refunds and TDS defaults. But now, it will have SFTs to help the taxpayers recall all their major financial transactions so that they have a ready reckoner to enable them while filing the ITR.

It is further explained that the Department used to receive information like cash deposit/withdrawal from saving bank accounts, sale/purchase of immovable property, time deposits, credit card payments, purchase of shares, debentures, foreign currency, mutual funds, buy back of shares, cash payment for goods and services, etc. under Section 285BA of Income-tax Act, 1961 from “specified persons” like banks, mutual funds, institutions issuing bonds and registrars or sub-registrars etc., with regard to individuals having high-value financial transactions since the Financial Year 2016 onwards. Now, all such information under different SFTs will be shown in the new Form 26AS.

It is stated that the Form 26AS for any taxpayer, from now onwards, will display in part E of the Form, different fields such as, type of transaction, name of SFT filer, date of transaction, single/joint party transaction, number of parties, amount, mode of payment and remarks etc.

Furthermore, this would help the honest taxpayers with updated financial transactions while filing their returns, whereas it will desist those taxpayers who inadvertently conceal financial transactions in their returns. The new Form 26AS would also have information of transactions which used to be received up to Financial Year 2015-16 in the Annual Information Returns (AIR).

CBDT to start e-campaign on Voluntary Compliance of Income Tax for FY 2018-19 from 20th July, 2020

The Income Tax Department is all set to start an e-campaign on voluntary compliance of Income Tax for the convenience of taxpayers from Monday, the 20th of July, 2020. The 11 days campaign ending on 31st July, 2020 focuses on the assessees/taxpayers who are either non-filers or have discrepancies/deficiency in their returns for the FY 2018-19.

The objective of the e-campaign is to facilitate taxpayers to validate online their tax/financial transaction information available with the I-T Department, especially for the assessees for FY 2018-19 and promote voluntary compliance, so that they do not get into notice and scrutiny process etc.

This e-campaign is being run for the benefit of the taxpayers. Under this e-campaign the Income Tax Department will send email/sms to identified taxpayers to verify their financial transactions related information received by the I-T Department from various sources such as Statement of Financial Transactions (SFT), Tax Deduction at Source (TDS), Tax Collection at Source (TCS), Foreign Remittances (Form 15CC) etc. The Department, has also collected information related to GST, exports, imports and transactions in securities, derivatives, commodities, mutual funds, etc., under information triangulation set up and data analytics.

It is stated that data analysis has identified certain taxpayers with high value transactions who have not filed returns for AY 2019-20 (relevant to FY 2018-19). In addition to the non-filers, another set of return filers have also been identified wherein the high value transactions do not appear to be in line with their Income Tax Return.

Under the e-campaign, the taxpayers will be able to access details of their high value transaction related information on the designated portal. They will also be able to submit online response by selecting among any of these options: (i) Information is correct, (ii) Information is not fully correct, (iii) Information related to other person/year, (iv) Information is duplicate/included in other displayed information, and (v) Information is denied. There would be no need to visit any Income Tax office, as the response has to be submitted online.

It may be noted that the last date for filing as well as revising the Income Tax Return for Assessment Year 2019-20 (relevant to FY 2018-19) is 31st July 2020. Taxpayers are requested to avail the opportunity to participate in the e-campaign for their own ease and benefit.

Night Duty Allowance Implementation – DOPT Latest Order

Night Duty Allowance Central Government Employees

No. A-27016/ 02/ 2017-Estt.(AL)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension
Department of Personnel & Training

Block IV, Old JNU Campus
New Delhi dated 13th July, 2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Implementation of Government decision on 7th CPC’s recommendations on Night Duty Allowance (NDA).

Consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the 7th Central Pay Commission on the subject of Night Duty Allowance, the following instructions are being issued in supersession of this Department’s O.M.s No. 12012/4/86-Estt.(Allowances) dated 04.10.1989 and OM No.15020/2/92- Estt.(Allowances) dated 05.05.1994

(i) Wherever the working hours have been arrived at after taking into account the night weightage factor, no further compensation may be admissible.

(ii) Night Duty will be defined as duty performed between 22:00 hours and 6:00 hours

(iii) A uniform weightage of 10 minutes shall be given for every hour of night duty performed.

(iv) The ceiling of basic pay for entitlement of Night Duty Allowance shall be Rs. 43600/- per month.

(v) The hourly rate of NDA equal to [(BP+DA)/200] will be paid and the basic pay and DA for the calculation of NDA rates shall be the basic pay and DA prevalent as per 7th CPC.

Also Read : How to Calculate Night Duty Allowance ?

(vi) This formulation will extend to all employees across all Ministries/ Departments who were already in receipt of NDA.

(vi) The amount of NDA will be worked out separately for each employee depending upon the basic pay the concerned employee is drawing on the date of performing the night duty. The existing practice for giving same rate of NDA to all employees with a particular Grade Pay should be discontinued.

(vii) A certificate should be given by the supervisor concerned that Night Duty is essential.

2. The above instructions will be applicable with effect from 1st July 2017

Also Read7th CPC – Revision of the rates of Night Duty Allowance (NDA) – Railway Board

3 Hindi version will follow.

(Rajendra Prasad Tewari)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Signed copy

Review of policy regarding re-engagement of Group ‘C’ staff – Railway Board

RBE No. 52/2020

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

E(NG)II/2007/RC-4/CORE/1(Pt.)

Dated: 10.07.2020

The General Manager (P),
All Zonal Railways/Production Units,
(As per standard mailing list). |

Sub: Review of policy regarding re-engagement of Group ‘C’ staff.

With a view to reduce cost and improve savings in Establishment related expenditure, it has been decided by Full Board that General Managers’ may review and personally decide the quantum of re-engaged Group ‘C’ staff to continue only where it is absolutely necessary for safety reasons.

2. Railways may, therefore, review services of all re-engaged employees except services of those engaged in healthcare related services including para-medical staff. After review, General Managers’ may permit Railways to continue services of staff where it is absolutely necessary for safety reasons. As regards other re-engaged retired employees, whose services are not found to be absolutely necessary for safety reasons, their services may be considered for termination.

(M.M Rai)
Director Estt.(N)
Railway Board

No. E(NG)T/2007/RC-4/CORE/1(Pt.)

Signed Copy

KVS Admission 2020-21 for Class 1

kvs admission 2020-21 date class 1

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (HQ)
New Delhi

Admission Notice: 2020-2021

Online Registration for Admission to Class I in Kendriya Vidyalayas for the Academic Year 2020-2021 will commence at 10:00 am on 20.07.2020 and will close at 7:00 pm on 07.08.2020. The Admission details can be obtained through website https://kvsonlineadmission.kvs.gov.in and also through Android Mobile App.

The official Android Mobile App for KVS Online Admission for Class I for the academic year 2020-2021 and instructions for downloading and installing the App will be available at https://kvsonlineadmission.kvs.gov.in/apps/ The app will be available at the above URL and also at the Google Play Store. Parents are requested to go through the instructions for using the portal and mobile app carefully before using them.

Also ReadKV Admission Schedule 2020-21

Registration for Class II and above will be done from 20.07.2020 and 8:00 am to 25.07.2020 upto 4:00 pm if vacancies exist (in offline mode). For Class XI, Registration forms may be downloaded from Vidyalaya Website as per the schedule for admission 2020-2021 available on KVS(HQ) Website (https://kvsangathan.nic.in)

Reckoning of age for all Classes shall be as on 31.03.2020. Reservation of seats will be as per KVS Admission Guideline available on the Website (https://kvsangathan.nic.in)

Also ReadKendriya Vidyalaya Admission Guidelines 2020-21

Under present situation of COVID -19, the directions issued by Competent Authority (Central/State/Local) are to be followed. Accordingly, the parents are requested not to visit Kendriya Vidyalayas physically to avoid gathering. All information regarding Admission, Registration form will be available on Vidyalaya/KVS (HQ) website for download.

Kindly fill the Registration form, Scan it and send it to concerned KV through email only.

Contact Principal/Admission Incharge only when called in the given time slot.

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KV Admission Schedule 2020-21

KV Admission Schedule 2020 for class 1

KV Admission Schedule 2020-21

SCHEDULE FOR ADMISSION

The Admission Schedule for the Session 2020-21 will be as under:-

SL.NO. CONTENTS SCHEDULED DATE
1 Advertisement for admission 17/07/2020 (Friday)
2 Online Registration for Class-I 20/07/2020 (Monday) 10:00 AM onwards
3 Last date of Online Registration for Class-I. 07/08/2020 (Friday) till 7:00 PM (19 days)
4 (a) Declaration of provisional select and waitlist of registered candidates
(b) Admission of eligible candidates of selected list in following order:
(i) RTE
(ii) From Service Priority Category (I and II) only
(iii) Shortfall of Reservation Quota after admission in (i) and (ii) above
1st list on 11/08/2020 (Tuesday)
2nd list on 24/08/2020 (Monday) (if seats remain vacant)
3rd list on 26/08/2020 (Wednesday) (if seats remain vacant)
5.(i) Declaration of provisional select list of candidates as per priority service category for unreserved seats, if any (keeping the left over reserved seats blocked). 27/08/2020 to 29/08/2020 (Thursday) (Saturday) (3 days)
5.(ii) Extended date for Second Notification for offline registrations for admissions to be made under RTE Provisions, SC/ST and OBC(NCL) if sufficient applications not received in online mode. Notification on 31/08/2020 (Monday) Registration from 31/08/2020(Monday) to 05/09/2020 (Saturday) Display of list and Admissions 07/09/2020(Monday) to 11/09/2020 (Friday)
6 Registration for Class-II onwards (except Class XI)- Subject in offline mode to availability of vacancies in a particular class. 20/07/2020 to 25/07/2020 (Monday) (Saturday)
7 Declaration of list of class II onwards. 29/07/2020 at 4:00 PM (Wednesday)
8 Admission for class II onwards. 30/07/2020 to 07/08/2020 (Thursday) (Friday)
9 For KV students: Registration for admission in class XI. Within a week of declaration of class X results
10 KV students: Display of admission list & admissions for Class-XI. Within two weeks of declaration of class X results.
11 Non-KV students: Registration, display of admission list & admissions in class XI (Subject to availability of vacancies) After the admissions of KV students in class X
12 Last date of admission for all classes including XI. 15/09/2020 (Tuesday) (tentative, depending on the declaration of class X result)

Also ReadKendriya Vidyalaya Admission Guidelines 2020-21

Note:-

List of children registered, list of eligible children, category-wise list of provisionally selected children, waiting list and subsequent lists to be compulsorily displayed on the web-site of the Kendriya Vidyalayas concerned, in addition to display on School’s Notice Board.

If any of the dates happens to be a public holiday the next working day shall be treated as opening/closing date.

The studies of Class I will commence from 15th Sept, 2020 either online or regular in vidyalaya depending upon improvement in situation due to COVID-19.

It is brought to your notice that presently around 198 Kendriya vidyalayas across country are being used as Isolation Centre or Quarantine Center by Central/State Government due to pandemic COVID-19. These KVs will be functional for regular classes only after lifting of lockdown and permission from respective authorities.

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Also Read : Kendriya Vidyalaya Admission Age Limit – 2020-21

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