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Rates of Remuneration to the staff deployed on Lok Sabha 2019 Election Duty

Rates of Remuneration to the staff deployed on Lok Sabha 2019 Election Duty

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, DELHI
Old St. Stephen’s College Building,
Kashmere Gate, Delhi – 110 006

F. No.: CEO/B&A/109(48)/2008/28435-89

Dated: 02.04.2019

ORDER

With the concurrence of the Finance Department, GNCTD, to the rates approved by the Election Commission of India, vide U.O. No. DSF-V /296 dated 25-03-2019 and DSF-V/343 dated 29-03-2019, the rates of remuneration to be paid to the staff deployed on Election Duty for the General Election to LokSabha-2019 are as under :-

SL. NO. DESIGNATION OF OFFICERS/ OFFICIALS MINIMUM RATE OF REMUNERATION
1 Section Officer Rs. 5000/- lumpsum
2 Master Trainer Rs. 2000/- lumpsum
3 Presiding Officer / Counting Supervisor / Reception Supervisor 350/- per day or part thereof
4 Polling Officers/ Counting Asstt./ Reception Assistant 150/- per day or part thereof
5 Class-IV 150/- per day or part thereof
6 Packed Lunch and/ or Light Refreshment 150/- per day or part thereof
7 Video Surveillance Team, Video Viewing Team, Accounting Team, Expenditure Monitoring Control Room and Call Center Staffs, Medis Certification and Monitoring Committee, Flying Squads, Static Surveillance Team, Expenditure Monitoring Cell Class-I/II (Rs. 1200/- lumpsum)
Class-III (Rs. 1000/- lumpsum)
Class-IV (Rs. 200/- per day)
8 Micro Observer Rs. 1000/- lumpsum
9 Assistant Expenditure Observer Rs. 7500/- lumpsum for full time duty and for partial duration on pro-rata basis.

The Above Mentioned Rates Are Equally Applicable To Police Personnel Actually Deployed On Polling Booths/Counting Centres.

The above rates are payable to the staff for attending class, collecting polling material as well as attending duty on the polling day/counting day.

The letter of the Commission communicated vide this office letter No. F.CEO/Admn/104(2)/2013/Cir/16980-94 dated 20-03-2014 inter-alia direct that keeping in view the long hours of duty, the day next to the day of polling is also to be treated as period on Election duty. Accordingly, polling staff shall be paid for maximum 4 days for training collecting polling materials ete. And 2 days for polling day, subject to the condition that such number of training are actually attended and record.

Reserve staff shall be paid 4 days for training and only 1 day for polling day.

Reception duty staff may be paid remuneration for 2 days i.e. 1 day for training and 1 day for attending the duty on reception counter on polling day.

Voter assistance booth staff may be paid remuneration equal to Polling officers i.e. Rs.250/-per day for 2 days i.e. 1 day for training and 1 day for attending the duty on polling day.

Counting duty staff (including statistical staff) may be paid remuneration for 2 days i.e. 1 day for training and 1 day for attending the duty on counting day.

MTS / Class-IV /Volunteers deployed for assisting voters with disabilities will be paid remuneration @ Rs. 150/-per day for 2 days i.e. one day for training and 1 day for attending the duty on polling day.

If same Micro-Observer is deployed for polling day as well as on counting day, it will be treated as sperate duty and remuneration will be paid accordingly.

The staff deployed on polling stations/counting centers may be provide with packed lunch and/or light refreshment @ Rs. 150/- per head per day. In case of difficulty in respect of providing packed lunch, a cash payment @ Rs. 150/-per head may be paid to poll/counting staff. Further, police Personnel deployed on election work on poll/counting day including mobile parties/Home Guards/Forest Guards/Gram Rakshak Dal/NCC Sr. Cadets/Ex-army/Central Police Force may be provide with packed lunch/refreshment or payment in lieu thereof as is being given to Polling/Counting Personnels. No refreshment charge should be paid to the reserve parties for polling day as they can be spared immediately, if they are not needed on that day.

All the Assistant Expenditure Observes and Executive Magistrates (Team In-chage) of Flying Squad Deployed are to be reimbursed Rs.500/- (Rupees Five Hundred only) as a fixed amount on account of Mobile Recharge for whole election process.

The above rates may be strictly adhered to and all personnel on election duty be well apprised of these rates during training etc.

All the DEOs/ROs are requested to ensure that the officers/staff deployed on Election Duty for the General Election to Lok Sabha-2019 are paid accordingly and following conditions are to be followed :-

a) All codal formalities be observed.

b) All ECI and FDs guidelines be followed.

c) No duplicate payment is to be made

d) The responsibility rests with the CEO Office and DEOs concerned with regard to payment of each paisa in the right perspective.

The actual expenditure booked on this account may be intimated to Audit Officer, CEO (HQ) as the same is to be conveyed to Finance Department, as per the approval.

sd/-
(SATENDRA KUMAR)
ELECTION OFFICER (ADMN.)

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Transfer under Rule 38 against vacancies reported for filling up through Direct recruitment

Considering transfer under Rule 38 against vacancies reported for filling up through Direct recruitment examination conducted by Staff Selection Commission

No. 12-1/2019-SPN-II(Pt.}
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(Personnel Division)

DakBhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi – 110 001
Dated: 12th April, 2019

To

1. All Chief Postmasters General I 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, New Delhi
5. All General Managers (Finance) / Directors Postal Accounts / DDAP

Subject :- Considering transfer under Rule 38 against vacancies reported for filling up through Direct recruitment examination conducted by Staff Selection Commission.

Sir/Madam,

As per guidelines for transfer under Rule 38 of Postal Manual Volume-IV, vacancies left over after considering transfer cases are reported for filling up through Direct recruitment / LDCE. Moreover, transfer under Rule 38 is considered only against concerned mode of recruitment and category of an employee seeking transfer.

2. It is observed that Circles are not considering transfer requests against reported vacancies presumably for the reason that candidates in relevant category will be allocated on completion of examination process. Examination process is a time consuming affair and the concerned unit has to wait for almost two (2) years for appointment of a candidate from the date of reporting of vacancies by Circles. Resultantly, inspite of availability of vacancies in a Circle, officials from other Circles seeking transfer are waiting for vacancy to arise in subsequent recruitment year.

3. Request for transfer under Rule 38 is made by an employee on personal grounds, primarily for joining their family who are away from their workplace.

4. The matter has been examined in detail and it has been decided as under:

a) Before consideration of transfer under Rule-38 as per the schedule for the year 2019, which will cover the vacancy to be occurred in 2020 recruitment year (O l.01.2020 to 31.12.2020), all applications pending till 31.03.2019 may be considered even if vacancy for Direct Recruitment through SSC/Examinations conducted by the Department has been reported/earmarked.

b) While considering the applications as at (a) above, the following shall be taken into consideration: –

(i) Transfer against vacancy reported or earmarked for Direct Recruitment through Staff Selection Commission (SSC) can be considered if the application was received prior to end of the recruitment year for which vacancy has been reported. [E.g. Applications received till 31.03.2018 can be considered only if relevant category of vacancy has been reported for 2017-18 recruitment year or subsequent recruitment years.] As on date, vacancy has been reported to SSC for (i) CGL 2017, (ii) CGL 2018, (iii) CHSL 2017, (ii) CHSL 2018 examinations.

(ii) Transfer against vacancy earmarked for Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE) / Competitive Examination limited to Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) can be made only if the examination for relevant recruitment year is yet to be held by relevant Circle (s), i.e. in case of inter-Circle transfer, examination should not have been held in both Circles. Transfer against vacancy of a recruitment year can be considered only if the application was received prior to end of the relevant recruitment year as explained above.

(iii) Guidelines circulated vide Directorate communication No.141-141/201 3- SPB II dated 31.01.2014 shall be followed for vacancy available till 31.12.2018. Guidelines circulated vide Directorate Communication No. 141-14112013-SPB II dated 31.07.2018 shall be followed for vacancy available during 2019 recruitment year (01.01.2019 to 31.12.2019).

(iv) Since transfer under Rule 38 is permissible against relevant category of vacancy, (e.g. SC/ST/OBC/UR candidate against SC/ST/OBC/UR vacancy respectively), instructions issued by the Government for appropriate representation of SC/ST/OBC, etc. should be followed.

(v) An official belonging to a particular category in Circle-X can be transferred to Circle-Y only if Circle-Y has reported vacancy for that category in the relevant recruitment year and after approval of the transfer under Rule-38, relevant category of vacancy of Circle-Y will be transferred to Circle-X for allocation of relevant category of candidate. [E.g. An OBC candidate of Circle-X applied for transfer in July 2018 can be transferred to Circle-Y only if Circle-Y has reported OBC vacancy for 2018 or 2019 recruitment year. After approval of the transfer of the official under Rule-38, one (1) OBC category of vacancy will be reduced from the total number of OBC vacancy reported by Circle-Y and consequently one (1) OBC category of vacancy will be added to the total number of OBC vacancy reported by Circle-Y for allocation of candidate.]

(vi) This will be a one time exercise to be completed by Circles by 15.05.2019. After completion of the exercise, Circles shall inform the details of inter-Circle transfer made, category-wise, against vacancy reported for Direct Recruitment through SSC. For vacancy earmarked for examinations conducted by Directorate, revised vacancy status shall be communicated to DE Section of the Directorate. For examination conducted at Circle level, concerned Circle will take appropriate action.

Yours faithfully,

(Muthuraman C)
Assistant Director General (SPN)

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Extension of timelines for completion of APAR online for the year 2018-19 – DOPT

Extension of timelines for completion of APAR online for the year 2018-19 – DOPT

No.21011/02/2015-Est(A-II)-Part II
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension
Department of Personnel & Training

North Block, New Delhi — 110001
Dated the 18th April 2019

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Online generation and recording of Annual Performance Assessment Report (APAR) on SPARROW (Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recoding Window) of Group ‘A’, `B’ and ‘C’ officers— Extension of timelines for completion of APAR online for the year 2018-19.

The undersigned is directed to say that a large number of officers of the Central Government Ministries/Departments have been deputed for election duty in the General Election to the Lok Sabha, 2019. It is understood there would be practical difficulties in recording of APAR online as per the target dates prescribed in DoPT O.M.No.21011/01/2005-Estt.(A)(Pt.11) dated 23rd July, 2009, through SPARROW platform, for officers deputed for election duty.

2. The matter has been examined in this Department and it has been decided with the approval of competent authority that the target dates prescribed in O.M. dated 23rd July, 2009 be relaxed as one time measure only for online generation, filling up of self-appraisal, reporting, reviewing and acceptance of APAR for the year 2018-19 through SPARROW portal for all Group ‘A’, 13′ and ‘C’ officers. The revised target dates for online recording and completion of entire APAR process for the year 2018-19 is enclosed as Annexure. This relaxation is subject to the condition that no remarks shall be recorded in the APAR for the year 2018-19 after 31.12.2019. Where the reporting, reviewing and the accepting authority fail to record their comments within the time frame, the officer reported upon may be assessed on the basis of the overall record and self-assessment for the year, if he has submitted his self-appraisal within stipulated time.

(Jayashree Chellamani)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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PCDA Circular 623 : Submission of Descriptive roll alongwith PPO to PDA

PCDA Circular 623 : Submission of Descriptive roll alongwith PPO to PDA

OFFICE OF THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)
DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD- 211014

Circular No. 623

Dated: 03.04.2019

To,
The OI/C
Records/PAOs (ORs)

Subject:- Submission of Descriptive roll alongwith PPO to PDA.

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As per existing procedure Descriptive Roll is being forwarded by the respective Record Office of the pensioner along with the PPO (Pension Payment Order) to the CPPC of concern Banks/PDAs. It is informed that the Descriptive Roll has now been amended by Army Headquarter AG Branch.

2. It has been decided by the competent authority that now this amended Descriptive Roll will be used as being done earlier during payment of pension. Therefore, Record Offices are requested to approach the Army Headquarter to obtain copy of amended Descriptive Roll along with guidelines and forward the Descriptive Roll duly completed along with PPOs of JCOs/ORs to the concerned PDAs as per existing instruction in Circular No. 611 dated 10.12.2018.

3. This circular has been uploaded on this office website www.pcdapension.nic.in.

(Sushil Kumar Singh)
(AddI.CDA(P)

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PCDA Circular 622 : One Rank One Pension to all Pre – 01.06.1953 Defence pensioners and their families

PCDA Circular 622 : One Rank One Pension to all Pre-01.06.1953 Defence pensioners and their families

OFFICE OF THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)
DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD- 211014

Circular No. 622

Dated: 03.04.2019

To,

1. The Chief Accountant, RBI, Deptt. Of Govt, Bank Accounts, Central Office, C-7, Second Floor, Bandre- Kurla Complex, P B No. 8143, Bandre East Mumbai- 400051
2. CMDs, All Public Sector Banks.
3. The Nodal Officers, ICICI/HDFC/AXIS/IDBI Banks
4. All Managers, CPPCs
5. Military and Air Attache, Indian Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal
6. The PCDA (WC), Chandigarh
7. The CDA (PD), Meerut :
8. The CDA, Chennai
9. The Director of Treasuries, All States
10. The Pay and Accounts Officer, Delhi Administration, R K Puram; and Tis Hazari, New Delhi.
11. The Pay and Accounts Office, Govt of Maharashtra, Mumbai
12. The Post Master, Kathua (J&K); and Camp Bell Bay.
13. The Principal Pay and Accounts Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Administration, Port Blair.

Subject:- Implementation of ‘One Rank One Pension’ to all Pre-01.06.1953 Defence pensioners and their families.

Reference :- GoI, MoD letter No. 12(1)/2014/D(Pen/Policy)-Part-II dated 3rd Feb 2016 (Circular No. 555 dated 04.02.2016), Circular 557 dated 17.03.2016, Circular 580 dated 05.07.2017, Circular 581 dated 02.08.2017 and Circular 591 dated 13.11.2017.

Pension Disbursing Agencies (PDAs) are aware that as per this office Circular No. 555 dated 04.02.2016, pension of Armed Forces Personnel is to be revised w.e.f. 01.07.2014 by the PDAs as per tables attached with the circular.

2. In continuation of the same, the rates of ordinary family pension, Special Family Pension, 2nd life award of SFP, Liberalized Family Pension, 2nd life award of LFP, Disability/Liberalized disability element for 100% Disability, War Injury Element for 100% disability (Invalid out cases) meant for post -53 retirees JCOs/ORs of Regular Army of Group “Y” may be allowed to the families of pre-53 retirees under OROP scheme.

3. Further, cases where data is not available with PDAs, the same may be referred to PCDA(P) Allahabad for issue of Corr. PPOs.

4. In view of the above, this office Circular No. 591 dated 13.11.2017 stands cancelled in toto.

5. This Circular has been uploaded on this office website www.pcdapension.nic.in for dissemination of all concerned.

No. Gts/Tech/0167/XXX
Dated: 03.04.2019

Sd/-
(Sushil Kumar Singh)
Addl. CDA (Pensions)

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Dearness Relief to KV pensioners from Jan 2019

Dearness Relief to KV pensioners from Jan 2019

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN (HQ)
18, Institutional Area,
Saheed Jeet Singh Marg
New Delhi-110016.

F.110230(Misc.)2016/KVS(HQ)/P&I/1615

Dated: 15.04.2019

The Manager(Instt)
State Bank of India,
Main Branch(4th Floor),
Parliament Street,
New Delhi-110001

Subject : – Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners / family pensioners- Revised rate effective from 01.01.2019 under Seventh CPC.

Sir,

it is to state that the Govt. of India, Department of Pension & Pensioner’s Welfare has issued an Office Memorandum No. F.No. 42/04/2019- P&PW(D) dated 06th March, 2019 regarding the revision of rates for Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners/ family pensioners (drawing pension under Seventh CPC) from 9% to 12% w.e.f. 01.01.2019.

You are, therefore, requested to comply with the same for all cases of Pensioners/ family pensioners of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.

This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority.

Yours faithfully

(A.K.Srivastava)
Assistant Commissioner(Finance)

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Admissibility of HRA in the event of non-acceptance or surrender of railway residential accommodation

Admissibility of HRA in the event of non-acceptance or surrender of railway residential accommodation

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

NO. E(P&A)IT/2012/F.E.2/4

Dated : 02.04.2019

The General Manager, All Indian Railways/PUs, NF(Con), CORE
The DG/RDSO/Lucknow, DG/NAIR/Vadodara
CAOs, DMW/Patiala, WPO/Patna, COFMOW/NDLS, RWP/Bela, CAO/IROAF

Sub: Admissibility of House Rent Allowance (HRA) in the event of non-acceptance or surrender of railway residential accommodation.

Ref: (1)Department of Expenditures, MoF’s OM No. 2/5/2017-E.IIB dated 05.03.2019
(2)Railway Board’s letter No. E(P& A)II-87/HRA-15, dated 16.05.1988
(3)Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-95/HRA-3, dated 14.02.1996
(4)Railway Board’s letter No. E(P& A)II-99/HRA-2, dated 12.07.1999 & 16.03.2000
(5)Railway Board’s letter No. E(P& A)II-2002/HRA-4, dated 16.10.2002 & 09.05.2003
(6)Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-2010/HRA-2, dated 08.12.2010
(7)Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-2017/HRA-3, dated 15.01.2018

With reference to Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance’s Office Memorandum at (1) & other Railway Board’s references above, Board (MS, FC & CRB) have approved the following:

1. For other than those Railway employees (officers and staff) for whom accommodation is specially earmarked and whose occupation of railway quarter is essential for easy accessibility during emergencies, efficient discharge of their duties, etc., the condition of Applying for Government Accommodation and furnishing of ‘No Accommodation Certificate’ by Employees to become eligible for HRA may be dispensed with and Department of Expenditure, MoF’s letter under reference may be made applicable Mutatis Mutandis for such categories of Railway employees.

2. The Railway accommodation so vacated may be allotted to other employees of the same pool or other pool or Essential category employees by changing the pool, if required, by the Zonal Railway. The Quarter-allotment Authority shall promptly take necessary action in this regard.

3. Other extant instructions/guidelines issued from Board on the subject shall remain unchanged or as modified from time to time.

Department of Expenditure, MoF’s letter under ref. (1) above is enclosed for ready reference.

This issues with the concurrence of Associate Finance of Transformation Cell of Railway Board.

Kindly acknowledge the receipt and ensure compliance.

Sd/-
(Umesh Balonda)
Executive Director/S&T
Transformation Cell

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One time contribution for ECHS membership and entitlement of Ward in empanelled Hospitals – DESW

One time contribution for ECHS membership and entitlement of Ward in empanelled Hospitals – DESW

No.17(11)/2018/WE/D(Res-I)
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
(DEPARTMENT OF EX-SERVICEMEN WELFARE)
B WING, ROOM No.221
SENA BHAVAN, NEW DELHI

Dated 12th April, 2019

The Chief of Army Staff
The Chief of Naval Staff
The Chief of Air Staff

Subject : One time contribution for ECHS membership and entitlement of Ward in empanelled Hospitals / Medical facilities in respect of World War II veterans, ECOs, SSCOs and Pre-Mature Retires.

Sir,

In continuation of MoD letter No.17(11)/2018ANE/D(Res-I) dated 7.3.2019, I am directed to convey the sanction of the Government prescribing one time contribution for ECHS membership and entitlement of ward in empanelled hospitals / medical facilities in respect of World War-II Veterans, Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs), Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs) and Pre-mature Retirees (PMR) and their spouses as under :-

SER NO. RANK ONE TIME CONTRIBUTION WARD ENTITLEMENT
(a) Recruit to Havildars of Army & equivalent Ranks in Navy & Air Force Rs. 30,000/- General
(b) Nb Sub/Sub/Sub Maj. and equivalent Ranks in Navy & Air Force (including Hony Nb Sub/MACP Nb Sub and Hony Lt/Capt) Rs. 67,000/- Semi Private
(c) All Officers Rs. 1,20,000/- Private

2. All other provisions of this Ministry’s letter referred above, unaffected by this order, will remain unchanged.

3. This issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Defence (Finance) vide their U.O. No.31(02)/2019/Fin/Pen dated 12.04.2019.

Yours faithfully,

(A.K. Karn)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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Compensation for non-deposit or delayed deposit of contribution under NPS during 2004-12

Compensation for non-deposit or delayed deposit of contribution under NPS during 2004-12

No.1(21)/EV/2018
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
(E-V Branch)

North Block, New Delhi,
the 12th April, 2019.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Compensation for non-deposit or delayed deposit of contribution under National Pension System during 2004-12

The undersigned is directed to invite attention to the guidelines issued by Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, vide OM No.1(7)/2003/TA/Part file/279, dated 02.09.2008 for streamlining of procedure for remittances of contributions under the National Pension System (NPS) by PA0s/CDDOs and NCDDOs which provides, inter-alia, the detailed procedure for the purpose of crediting of the NP5 contribution to the NPS Trustee Banks so as to ensure that the contribution is credited to the NPS regulatory system as per the timelines prescribed therein without delay .

2. Based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission and the recommendations of a Committee of Secretaries, as set up in pursuance of the decision of the Government contained in para 15 of the Resolution of this Department bearing No. 1-2/2016-IC dt. 25.7.2016 to suggest measures for streamlining the implementation of the NP5, the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, has issued a Notification F. No. 1/3/2016-PR dt. 31.1.2019, clause 1(2)(x), 1(2)(xi) and 1(2)(xii) thereof provides as under:

Compensation for non-deposit or delayed deposit of contribution under National Pension System during 2004-12

(a) In all cases, where the NPS contributions were deducted from the salary of the Government employee but the amount was not remitted to CRA system or was remitted late, the amount may be credited to the NPS account of the employee along with interest for the period from the date on which the deductions the amount may be credited to the NPS account of the employee along with interest for the period from the date on which the deductions were made till the date the amount was credited to the NPS account of the employee, as per the rates applicable to GPF from time to time, compounded annually.

(b) in all cases where the NPS contributions were not deducted from the salary of the Government employee for any period during 2004-2012, the employee may be given an option to deposit the amount of employee contribution now. In case he opts to deposit the contributions now, the amount may be deposited in one lump sum or in monthly installments. The amount of installment may be deducted from the salary of the Government employee and deposited in his NPS account. The same may qualify for tax concessions under the Income Tax Act as applicable to the mandatory contributions of the employee.

(c) In all cases where the Government contributions were not remitted to CRA system or were remitted late (irrespective whether the employee contributions were deducted or not), the amount of Government contributions may be credited to the NPS account of the employee along with interest for the period from the date on which the Government contributions were due till the date the amount is actually credited to the NPS account of the employee, as per the rates applicable to GPF from time to time. Instructions to this effect may be issued by the Department of Expenditure/Controller General of Accounts. All such cases of delay may be resolved within a period three months.

3. In pursuance of the aforesaid provisions of the said Notification dt. 31.1.2019, all the Ministries/Departments are required to ensure that the decisions, as contained therein insofar as these relate to the issue of delayed credit of NPS contribution to CRA system, are carried out in respect of Central Government employees under their administrative purview in consultation with the concerned Financial Advisors and the respective pension accounting organizations, i.e., Controller General of Accounts in respect of Central Civil Ministries/Departments, Railway Accounts in respect of Ministry of Railways, P&T Accounts in respect of employees of Department of Posts and Department of Telecommunication and the Controller General of Defence Accounts in respect of Defence Civilians.

4. While carrying out the above decision contained in the afore said notification dt. 31.1.2019, it has to be ensured that the modalities for implementing the same are uniform across the pension account mg organizations and, therefore, for this purpose, the office of Controller General of Accounts of this Department shall be the nodal organization for laying down the modalities. Accordingly, the office of Controller General of Accounts shall issue guidelines for the purpose. The concerned Financial Advisor shall be the central point for the purpose in the respective Ministries/Departments.

5. It is likely that the concerned Ministries/Departments need data and information from the Central Record keeping Agency, namely, NSDL, to carry out the above decision in respect of employees under their administrative domain. In order, therefore, to facilitate such action by the Ministries/Departments, the CRA shall look into its record and in all cases which are covered under the decision contained in the aforesaid Notification dt. 31.1.2019, it shall pass on such employee-wise details, on its own, to the concerned Head of the Office and DDO/PAO, where the employee is currently posted within 15 days of the date of issue of these orders so that the desired and timely action gets initiated by the Ministries/Departments.

6. In their application to the employees working in the Indian Audit & Accounts department, these orders issue in consultation with the Office of Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

7. Hindi version of this order is attached.

(Amar Nath Singh)
Director

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Dress Allowance to the Station Masters performing the duties of Yard Masters – NFIR Letter

Dress Allowance to the Station Masters performing the duties of Yard Masters – NFIR Letter

NFIR

No.IV/NFIR/7th CPC (Imp)/Allowance 2016/Part II

Dated: 08/04/2019

The Secretary (E),
Railway Board,
New Delhi

Dear Sir,

Sub: Payment of Dress Allowance to the Station Masters performing the duties of Yard Masters, Traffic Inspectors, Movement Inspectors etc., on Zonal Railways-reg.

In terms of Railway Board’s orders vide letter No. PC-III/2003/CRC/6 dated 09/10/2003 (RBE No. 177/2003) – Para 10.1, the posts of Station Master, Yard Master, Traffic Inspector, Movement Inspector etc., have been unified with the revised designation as “Station Master”. With the emergence of single category of Station Master, these staff are utilized wherever their services are required as TI or Movement Inspector or Yard Master etc., while their designation being “Station Master or Station Manager”, as the case may be.

The Government of India has accepted the recommendations of 7th CPC and granted Dress Allowance @ Rs. 10,000/- p.m. to the Station Master category in the Railways. It has however been brought to the notice of the Federation that on some Zonal Railways, the Station Masters deployed to perform the duties of Traffic Inspector/Movement Inspector etc., are denied payment of Dress Allowance on the pretext that they are Traffic Inspector/Movement Inspector/Yard Master and not the “Station Masters”. The plea taken by those Zonal Railways is totally wrong considering the fact that there is only one designation of “Station Master” and those designated Station Masters are made to take up different functions. Therefore, denial of Dress Allowance simply because Station Master is working as a Traffic Inspector or Movement Inspector or Yard Master, is highly unjustified.

NFIR, therefore, requests the Railway Board to kindly issue clarificatory instructions to the GMs of Zonal Railways to ensure payment of Dress Allowance to the Station Master category although some of them are deployed to perform the duties of TI/MI/YM etc.

Yours faithfully

(Dr.M.Raghavaiah)
General Secretary

Source: NFIR

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