GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. F(E)II/2008/PN1/20
New Delhi, Dated: 25.08.2020.
The GMs/Principal Financial Advisers,
All Zonal Railways/Production Units.
(As per mailing list)
Subject :- Grant of disability pension, comprising service element and disability element to pre-2006 disability pensioners, who were boarded out from service, with less than 10 years of qualifying service, due to an injury/disability, attributable to Govt. service – regarding.
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A copy of Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DOP&PW)’s O.M.No. 1/7/2017-P&PW (F) dated 28.07.2020 on the above subject is enclosed herewith for compliance and guidance. These instructions shall apply mutatis mutandis on the Railways also. The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DOP&PW)’s O.M. No.33/5/2009-P&PW(F) dated 10″ December, 2010 mentioned in the enclosed O.M. was adopted on Railways vide letter of even number dated 31.12.2010. The CCS(EOP) Rules, 1939 corresponds to the Railway Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 1993.
(G. Priya Sudarsani)
Director, Finance (Establishment)
Railway Board.
File No. 1-30/2020-CGHS/C&P/799-810 GOVT.OF INDIA OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR C. G. H. S. (HQ) Sector – 13, Rama Krishna Puram New Delhi – 110066
Circular
Dated 25th August 2020
Sub:- Implementation of Tele Consultation in CGHS Delhi.
With the objective of facilitating CGHS beneficiaries Tele Consultation services have been started in CGHS Delhi w.e.f. 25th August, 2020.The timings for Tele Consultation are from 9 am to 12 noon daily. To begin with Tele Consultation facility will be available for following facilities :
1. Medicine
2. Orthopaedics
3. Eye
4. ENT
The facility may be considered for other specialities subsequently. The beneficiaries can avail the facility by logging into eSanjeevani application of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare through their mobile number.
The flowchart and description on steps to be followed for availing the facility on eSanjeevani Application are attached as annexure.
Dr V K Dhiman
Additional Director (Admin)
Tele Consultation in CGHS using eSanjeevani Application
Flow Chart for users
A. Registration:
i. User visits URL eSanjeevaniopd.in
ii. Verifies his/her mobile no. using OTP
iii. Fills Patient Registration Form
iv. Select Specialty OPD
v. User uploads scanned copy of his/her CGHS card under documents(Mandatory).
vi. eSanjeevaniOPD assigns a Patient ID
B. Token:
i. User requests a token for consultation
ii. Uploads health records, if any
iii. User receives Patient ID & Token through SMS
C. Login:
i. Closer to the turn eSanjeevani OPD sends an SMS notification asking user to login
ii. User logs in using Patient ID
iii. Patient enters the clinic and is placed at the end of the existing queue. If there is no queue you will be placed at serial no. 1
D. Wait:
i. eSanjeevaniOPD assigns a doctor to the patient (time interval depends on the length of the queue)
ii. As the doctor is assigned to the patient “CALL NOW” button gets activated
iii. User is required to click “CALL NOW” button within 120 seconds*
iv. Upon clicking “CALL NOW” within 10 seconds the doctor shows up in video
E. Consultation:
i. Patient consults the doctor
ii. During the consultation doctor has an access to the patient’s
health records (if uploaded at v)
F. ePrescription:
i. During the consultation, doctor prepares an electronic prescription (ePrescription)
ii. At the end of the consultation doctor sends the ePrescription and closes the call
iii. e Prescription shows up on patient’s end.
iv. Patient logs out after saving/printing the received ePrescription
v. After the call eSanjeevaniOPD sends SMS notification to the patient with a link to download ePrescription
Please Note: It is mandatory to
1. Upload scanned copy of your CGHS card under documents and
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. E(NG)I/2020/PM 1/11
New Delhi, dated August 24, 2020
The General Manager (P),
All Indian Railways / PUs,
(As per standard mailing list)
Sub : Grant of promotion with retrospective effect to the empanelled/ selected staff against vacancies – reg.
NFIR has raised the issue that due to total Lock down on account of Covid-19 pandemic, the staff promotions have been delayed on Zonal Railways etc., although vacancies existed and Staff entitled for promotion against vacancies. It has been stated that some employees entitled for promotion to higher pay levels have retired on Superannuation in March and April, 2020, which has deprived them of status, financial and retiral benefits.
The Federation has requested that keeping in view that the legitimate promotions to staff should not be denied or delayed even in extraordinary situations arisen as a result of Covid-19, all such staff may be granted promotion with retrospective effect.
The matter has been considered by the Board, while it may not be a practical solution to offer promotion with retrospective effect, Zonal Railways have been requested that the selection Process may be expedited to the extent feasible, taking any special measures during the lockdown etc.
No. 7/01/2020- Welfare
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
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Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi,
Dated 17th August, 2020
To
The Secretaries of the,
Central Government Employees,
Residents Welfare Associations (recognised by DoPT)
Subject : Grants-in-aid for the year 2020-2021 to the Central Government Employees Residents Welfare Associations- Submission of Accounts for the year 2019-2020 – regarding.
Sir/Madam,
The Department of Personnel & Training has been sanctioning Grants-in-aid to the eligible recognized Residents Welfare Associations formed by the Central Government employees in residential colonies to enable them to meet a part of their expenditure on the welfare activities, programmes during the financial year. The recognized Central Government employees Residents Welfare Associations eligible to receive grants-in-aid may send a request to this effect to this Department in the prescribed Performa. (copy enclosed)
2. The recognized Central Government Employees Residents Welfare Associations are requested to send their request keeping in view the following guidelines:-
a. Central Government employees and employees of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Supreme Court, High Court, UPSC, Statutory and Autonomous bodies and Delhi Administration shall qualify for regular membership of an Association in respect of the grants-in-aid from the Department of Personnel & Training subject to fulfillment of conditions as laid in para (b) to (h) of clause 11 (2) of the G.M. No. 5/8/2013-Welfare dated 3rd June, 2014.
b. Grants-in-aid admissible will be subject to an upper ceiling of Rs.10,000/- during a financial year.
c. Consolidated accounts for the previous financial year may be provided in Annexure `A’ signed by the President, Secretary, Treasurer and Internal Auditor.
d. A complete list of the members showing their names, residential address, official designation and address as on 31.03.2020 may be submitted as in Annexure
e. All the vouchers relating to each head of expenditure as appearing in Annexure ‘A’ should be maintained by the Association, so as to verify the expenditure as and when needed.
f. The Stock Register maintained by the Association as audited and certified by the Internal Auditor after physical verification should be maintained by the Association. The Department of Personnel & Training may verify the Stock Register as and when required. Similarly, the inventory of articles should also be maintained.
g. A copy of the minutes of the General Body meeting wherein the accounts of the Association and other activities thereof for the previous year have been approved may be submitted (Annexure ‘K’).
h. Utilization Certificate in respect of the grants-in-aid provided by this Department and information regarding assets acquired wholly or substantially funded from the grant may also be furnished as per proforma in Annexure ‘F’ and G’ respectively. The Association who have not received grants-in-aid for the year 2018-19 and 2019-20 may submit Utilization Certificate for the previous year. However, the newly formed Associations need to submit Utilization Certificate indicating ‘Nil’ along with the Accounts for the year 2019-20.
i. A report on the activities of the Association with reference to the Annual Action Plan as provided in Clause 7 of the Rules and Regulations framed under the Model Constitution may also be provided (Annexure `J’).
j. A certificate regarding expenditure on Swachh Bharat Mission may also be provided (Annexure `L’).
3. It may be noted that even if the Association is not keen to obtain further grants-in-aid from the Government, it shall have to render full and satisfactory accounts of the grants taken in the past. In case any Association fails to get grants-in-aid for any reason for two consecutive years, such Association will stand derecognized.
4. CGERW As are requested to send their request complete in all respect, in the prescribed proformae, to DoPT by 15.10.2020 for further necessary action in the matter.
Note: Incomplete Accounts for the year 2019-20, for receiving the grants-in-aid for the year 2020-21, will not be entertained by this Department.
Central Government Civil pensioners can store Electronic PPO in Digi Locker
Digi Locker will result in Ease of Living for Civil Pensioners
It had come to the notice of the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare that several Pensioners, over a period of time, misplace the original copies of their Pension Payment Order (PPO) which, needless to say, is a very important original document. In the absence of their PPO, these pensioners have to face innumerable hardship at various stages of their retired life. For newly retiring officials, in view of the widespread Covid-19 pandemic, it was a dilemma to physically receive hard copies of the PPO.
Accordingly, the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) has decided to integrate the electronic Pension Payment Order (e-PPO) generated through PFMS application of CGA (Controller General of Accounts), with Digi Locker, in order to enhance Ease of Living of Central Government Civil Pensioners. This system will enable any Pensioner to obtain an instant print-out of the latest copy of their PPO, from their Digi Locker account. This initiative will create a permanent record of their respective PPO in their Digi Locker and at the same time eliminate delays in reaching the PPO to new Pensioners, as well as the necessity of handing over a physical copy. This was a target set to be accomplished for Civil Ministries by 2021-22, which the Department completed ahead of time in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This facility has been created with ‘Bhavishya’ software, which is a single window platform for Pensioners, right from the start of their Pension processing, till the end of the process. “Bhavishya” shall now provide an option to retiring employee, to link their Digi-locker account with their “Bhavishya” account and obtain their e-PPO in a seamless manner.
The following steps are required to store e-PPO in the Pensioner’s Digi Locker:
Bhavishya” provides an option to retiring employees for linking their Digi-locker account with “Bhavishya” to get e-PPO.
Above option is available to the retiree at the time of filling of retirement forms, as well as after submission of the forms.
Retiree will sign into their Digi-locker account from Bhavishya and authorize Bhavishya to PUSH the e-PPO to Digi Locker.
As soon as e-PPO is issued, it is automatically PUSHED into corresponding Digi locker account and the retiree is informed about the same through SMS and Email by Bhavishya.
To view/download the e-PPO, retiree has to log into his Digi Locker account and simply click on the link.
The Administrative Divisions of all Ministries/Department and attached/subordinate offices have been requested to
bring these instructions to the notice of all concerned for compliance.
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 ITBP Idayapatti, Distt. Madurai (Tamil Nadu) in Parliamentary Constituency Madurai is one of the 50 new Kendriya Vidyalayas sanctioned.
Since the land for 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 at the following location with immediate effect :-
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.
Z 15025/12/2020/DIR/CGHS
Government of India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Directorate General of CGHS
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated the 24th August , 2020.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub : Reimbursement of cost of OPD Medicines: Special Sanction in view of COVID-19 till 30th September 2020 – regarding
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In view of the Corona Virus Disease(COVID-19) , all out efforts are made by the Government to contain its impact by instituting measures at community as well as at individual level
2. In this regard the undersigned is directed to draw attention is the OM of even number dated 27.03.2020, 29.04.2020 and 29.05.2020 vide which an option has been provided to CGHS beneficiaries getting medicines for Chronic diseases , to purchase medicines based on the prescription held (prescribed by CGHS Medical Officers/CGHS Specialists /other Govt. Specialists/ Specialist of empanelled hospital) till 31st July 2020, irrespective of Non-Availability certificate from CGHS or otherwise. However, several representations are received in the Ministry seeking extension of the period in view of the continued ‘Lock Down’.
3. The matter has been reviewed by the Ministry and it is now decided , in continuation of the earlier OM on the subject , that CGHS beneficiaries getting medicines for Chronic diseases shall be permitted to purchase medicines based on the prescription held (prescribed by CGHS Medical Officers/CGHS Specialists /other Govt. Specialists/ Specialist of empanelled hospital) till 30th September 2020 on the same conditions as per the earlier OM dated 27.03.2020. It is also clarified that the CGHS Wellness Centres are functional and CGHS beneficiaries also have the option to collect medicines through CGHS Wellness Centres as per normal practice, instead of purchasing from market.
4 Issued with the approval of Integrated Finance Division, MoHFW vide CD No 1181 dated 24.08.2020.
1. The Secretary,
Government of India,
Department of Personnel and Training,
North Block, New Delhi.11000
2. The Secretary,
Government of India,
Department of Expenditure,
Ministry of Finance, New Delhi-110001
Sub: Non grant of transport allowance to Central Govt. Employees in certain Departments – reg
Dear Sir,
It has been brought to our notice by various affiliates that many departments have denied payment of transport allowance for April and May, 2020 on the specious ground that the concerned employees had not attended the office even for a day in those months. While we do not question their action, being in consonance with the extant instructions on the subject, their decision is certainly without appreciation of the ground reality.
As you are aware the entire country was under a lock down due to the pandemic as per the directive of the Honorable Prime Minister in the month of April and May, 2020. Except those organizations which had been specifically exempted from the operation of the directive being essential services, no office functioned during that period and the employees could not have attended the office. What is surprising is as to how the Departmental heads expect the employees to be present in the office during this period. The denial was, therefore, purely technical and without appreciation of the situation obtaining at the relevant point of time.
We, therefore, request you to kindly cause an order to be issued exempting the abiding of the specific condition of attendance of at least for a day for the month of April and May, 2020 as a special case and direct all the departments to grant the transport allowance to the employees who were actually prevented from attending the office by the Governmental directive.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely
(R.N. Parashar)
Secretary General
Confederation of CGE & Workers
DIRECTORATE OF POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, Government of India Chanakyapuri Post Office Complex, New Delhi-110021
No 25-01/2020-LI
Dated 21.08.2020
Office Memorandum
Sub : Revision of approver limits of proposals & settlement of claims in respect of PLI & RPLI
In supersession of OM of this Directorate OM No. 25-1/2011-LI dated 19.10.2015 and to simplify the process of acceptance of new proposals and facilitate settlement of claims within Citizen Charter’s norms, approver limits for acceptance of new proposals and settlement of claims are hereby revised as following:-
1. New proposals, revival, surrender, forced surrender, maturity, survival, death claims (except early death claims) – PLI & RPLI
S.No.
Approving Authority/Approver
Revised approver limit (for single or aggregate sum assured)
1
Postmaster (HSG I/HSG II),
Sr Postmaster(Gr B),
Dy. Chief Postmaster (Gr B),
A.D of HO (Gr B) headed by Director
Upto and equal to Rs. 20 lakhs
2
Head of Division (Gr B/ Gr A),
Chief Postmaster (Gr A),
Dy. Director of HO (Gr A) Headed by a Director
Greater than Rs. 20 Lakhs and upto and equal to Rs. 50 Lakhs
II. Early death claim (Death within 3 years of acceptance of policy) – PLI & RPLI
S.No.
Approving Authority/ Approver
Revised approver limits for early
death claim (for single or aggregate
sum assured)
1
Director GPO (JAG), Director(HQ)/
Regional DPS(JAG)
All Cases (irrespective of Sum Assured)
2. Second or subsequent loan not exceeding the amount as prescribed in POLI Rules will now be granted by Postmaster/Manager of CPC instead of Postmaster General subject to the condition of full repayment of the previous loan, if any.
3. In case of reopening of claim cases (for example. in case of court case etc). the authority competent to approve claims may re-open the claim but would submit it to the next higher authority for decision.
4. The following non-financial/financial service requests will continue to be approved by Postmaster/ Manager of Central Processing Centre (GPO/ Head Office) concerned:
(a) Address change
(b) Agent change
(c) Billing frequency change
(d) Billing Method change
(e) Commutation
(f) Conversion
(g) Duplicate Policy Bond
(h) Name change
(i) Refund of premium/loan interest or principal
(j) Reduced Paid-up
(k) Free Look / policy cancellation.
(l) Authorization of medical examiner for examine PLI and RPLI proponent
5. The revised approver limits will be effective from 25th of August, 2020.
6. This issue with the approval of Competent Authority.
e.F.No. 25-08/2012-FS(CBS) (Pt-I)
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(FS Division)
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-110001
Dated :- 19/08/2020
To,
All Head of Circles/Regions,
Subject :- Regarding incorporation of Aadhaar Seeding facility in withdrawal form (SB-7) and pay in slip (SB-103).
Sir/Madam,
In order to facilitate POSB customers to avail Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) benefit payments through their Post Office Savings Account, the competent authority has decided to incorporate Aadhaar Seeding column in Withdrawal Form (SB-7) and Pay-in-Slip (SB-103)
2. A rubber stamp “Note:- My Aadhaar No……………………………….. may be seeded with my POSB Account for availing DBT benefits.” (enclosed prescribed form)”may be used for existing SB-7 and SB- 103 forms to make depositors aware about availability of Aadhaar Seeding facility for their PO Savings Account. They may also be instructed to update the Mobile Number in the CIF during the transaction process.
3. It is requested to circulate these amendments to all concerned for information, guidance and necessary action.
4.This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.
