Inordinate delay in finalization of pension related grievances of Railway Pensioners
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD
No. 2018/AC-II/21/11/Pn rep to MoS(G)
RBA No. 15/2019
New Delhi, dated 18th March, 2019
General Managers,
All Zonal Railways and Production Units
Sub :- Inordinate delay in finalization of pension related grievances of Railway Pensioners.
Ref:- Board’s letter No. 2018 /AC-I1/21 11/Pn rep to MoS (G) dated 28.09.2018.
Hon’ble MoSR(G) has expressed deep dissatisfaction at the inordinate delay, on one Zonal Railway, in inclusion of the name of unmarried disabled daughter in PPO. He has directed that efforts should be made to dispose off such grievances within a month’s time.
Attention is also drawn to Board’s letter under reference, wherein a detailed Action ‘Taken Report (ATR) was required to be submitted to Board’s office by 8.10.2018 by all Railways on status of disposal of pension related grievances. Many Zonal Railways took a prolonged period to report their respective status. This resulted in delay in submission of the ATR to MoSR/G. While reviewing the ATR, MoSR/G has expressed his displeasure and has directed that responsibility may be fixed for the delay in submission of the ATR, in the subject case. Further, MoSR/G has directed all the Zonal Railways and Production units to urgently initiate the following course of action:-
a) GMs, PCPOs and PE As needs to put a system in place for adapting a coherent approach in resolving the pension related grievances immediately;
b) Immediate action must be taken to digitize the records so that Railways move away from paper documentation;
c) Electronic communication means should be adopted, including periodic reporting, rules/records updation, seeking documents and disseminating information, to ensure regulatory disclosure; .
d) Updatation of pension related records and validation of revision by various stakeholders should be close to real time.
e) System improvement and technological upgradation should be adopted in strict time lines so that the system may come into force from 1st April, 2019.
Action taken in this regard may kindly be reported to Board’s Office urgently latest by 25th March, 2019 .
(Anjali Goyal)
Principal Executive Director {Accounts)
Railway Board
Report of the Committee on Classification of Railway Posts consequent upon implementation of 7th CPC recommendations through RS(RP) Rules, 2016
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. PC-VII/2017/RSRP/2(Part-IV)
New Delhi, dated : 13.03.2019
The General Managers
All Indian Railways/Production Units
(As per mailing list)
Sub :- Report of the Committee on Classification of Railway Posts consequent upon implementation of 7th CPC recommendations through RS(RP) Rules, 2016.
Please refer to Board’s letter No. PC-VII/2017/RSRP/2(Pt.II) dated 18.06.2018 regarding constitution of a Committee to examine Classification of Railway Posts consequent upon implementation of 7th CPC recommendations through RS(RP) Rules, 2016. The report submitted by the Committee was uploaded on Board’s Website i.e http://www.indianrailways.gov.int
2. Consequent to uploading of the report, it has been observed that a general perception has been created about the recommendations of the Committed treating it as final. In this regard, it is clarified that the report of the Committee was considered by Board and it has been decided by Board that recommendations of the Committee are not practically feasible for implementation.
3. It is also advised that till any further orders are issued, the existing guidelines circulated vide Boards’ letter dated 08.01.2010 (RBE No. 5/2010) will continue to be applicable.
Simplification of procedures for financial up-gradation under MACPS for Assam Government Employees
GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM
FINANCE (PAY RESEARCH UNIT) DEPARTMENT
Janata Bhawan, Block ‘F’, 2nd floor
Dispur Guwahati-6.
ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR OF ASSAM NOTIFICATION
No.FPC.12/2017/7
Dated Dispur, the 09-03-2019
Sub. : Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS).
The matter of simplification of procedures for processing the proposals relating to financial up-gradation under MACPS prescribed in Para (C) of this Department’s Notification No.FPC.12/2017/4, dtd.06-07-2017 have been under consideration of the Government.
Now, considering all aspects of the matter and with a view to simplifying the processing of such proposals, the Government has decided to review the earlier directions and prescribe the following procedures under Para (C) of the Notification referred to above, as follows:
(C) Procedure for grant of financial un-gradation benefit :
i) For Class I & Class II Officers, there shall be a Screening Committee headed by the senior most Secretary of the concerned Administrative Department and comprising two other members, one of which shall be from the Finance Service or Accounts Service, where no officer from Finance Service is available. For Class III & Class IV employees, the Screening Committee shall be headed by concerned Head of Department/ Head of Office, who is Appointing Authority for the concerned cadre, as the case may be, as Chairman and it shall comprise of two other members, one of which shall be from the Finance Service or Accounts Service, where no officer from Finance Service is available.
ii) The Committee as constituted above, in the month of January of every year, will consider the cases of Government servants who have completed 10 years of service/20 years of service/30 years of service in the previous calendar year. The list of such Government servants will be prepared by the concerned appointing authority in the month of December of the previous year and placed in the meeting of the Committee to be held in January.
iii) The Committee will verify the length of service as on 1st January of the year in which the meeting is held and verify if any Departmental Proceeding/Criminal Case is contemplated or pending against the government servant under consideration. ACRs need not be considered for deciding the MACP benefit.
iv) The Committee shall recommend all the cases of the Government servants who have completed 10 /20/30 years of service and have no DP or criminal cases against him.
v) On receipt of the recommendation of Committee for financial up-gradation under the MACPS, the concerned Department/Head of Department/Head of Office, as the case may be, shall issue orders granting the benefit of financial up-gradation with effect from 1st January of the year.
Other conditions as prescribed vide Notification No.FPC.12/2017/4, dtd. 06-07-2017 remain unchanged.
Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Assam
Finance (PRU) Department
Recording of Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) for the financial year 2017-18 in respect of CSS officers
No.22/10/2018-CS-I (APAR)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
2nd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi-110003,
dated the 19th March, 2019
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Recording of Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) for the financial year 2017-18 in respect of CSS officers – reg.
The undersigned is directed to say that Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) of CSS officers from Under Secretary and above levels was required to be recorded online on ‘SPARROW’ web portal. For the financial year 2017-18, the date-lines for recording of APARs were extended vide OM dated 24th July, 2018 as under:-
S.No.
Activity
Extended timelines for the Year 2017-18
1.
Submission of self-appraisal by Officer to be
Reported Upon (ORU) to Reporting Officer
31st July, 2018
2.
Forwarding of Report by the Reporting Officer to Reviewing Officer
16thAugust, 2018
3.
Forwarding of Report by the Reviewing Authority to the Administrator / APAR Cell
31stAugust, 2018
2. The progress of writing of APARs of CSS officers was monitored closely and it was observed that a large number of ORUs, Reporting & Reviewing Officers, had not recorded their remarks in the APARs even after the expiry of extended date-lines. All the Ministries/Departments were, therefore, requested vide O.M. dated 29.11.2018 to send ‘alert’ to all the officers for completing action on their part at the earliest and force forward APARs of ORUs, who failed to submit their self-appraisal by 14.12.2018, to next level i.e. Reporting Officer. The ‘SPARROW’ window has been closed on 31.12.2018.
3. The details of activities completed for writing of APARs on SPARROW for the year 2017-18 are as under:
S. No.
Stage at which the APAR was closed
No. of PARs (2017-18 -as on 01.01.2019)
1
Officer to be Reported Upon (ORU)
51
2.
Reporting Authority
180
3.
Reviewing Authority
200
4.
NRCs
461
5.
Pending for Disclosure
286
6.
Representations
07
7.
Closed by the system after all activities
2010
8.
Total
3195
4. Attention is invited to the O.M. dated 29.11.2018 followed by Secretary (P)’s D.O. dated 11.12.2018, in terms of which the APARs for 2017-18 pending at ORU level were required to be force forward to next level i.e. Reporting Officer. However, 51 APARs for 2017-18 were closed at ORU level. The concerned Ministries/Departments are requested to elaborate reasons for not force-forwarding these APARs to the next level i.e. Reporting Officer. A list of 51 ORUs whose APARs were not force forwarded is enclosed at Annexure.
5. Secondly, inspite of clear cut instructions from this Department vide O.M. No.21011/02/2009-Estt(A) dated 16.02.2009, a large number of APARs have been closed at the level of Reporting Officers and Reviewing Authorities. Further, around 286 APARs are pending for Disclosure. It is brought to the notice of all the Ministries/Departments that the APAR for 2017-18 are now available for viewing to the officer concerned by visiting sparrow-css.eoffice.gov.in—>Dossier—Ny Completed PAR. The officers may be advised to view their APARs for 2017-18 through above link and send representation, if any, to their Ministry/Department, within 15 days from the issue of this O.M. Their representations may be examined as per the extant instructions and outcome of such representations may be intimated to the officer concerned under intimation to this Department.
6. All the Ministries/Departments are, therefore, requested to take necessary action as per extant instructions and send a completion report alongwith a printout of APARs for 2017-18 closed on SPARROW web portal for records in this Division.
BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED (Govt. of India Enterprise)
No.36-8/2018-BSNL(Sports)
Dated: 15.03.2019
To
All the Presidents,
BSNL Circle Sports & Cultural Board.
Subject : The 19th All India BSNL Sports and Cultural Tournament 2019-20 suspension regarding.
It is to inform you that the sports activities including conduct of 19th All India BSNL Sports & Cultural Tournament 2019-20 and participation of BSNL Team in National / National level tournaments has been suspended for one year (1st April, 2019 to 31st March, 2020), as an austerity measures.
This issues with the approval of competent authority.
Declaration of Holiday on 14th April, 2019 – Birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
F.No.12/6/2016-JCA-2
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
Establishment (JCA-2) Section
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 15th March, 2019.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Declaration of Holiday on 14th April, 2019 – Birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
It has been decided to declare Sunday, the 14th April 2019, as a public holiday on account of the birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, for all Central Government Offices including Industrial Establishments throughout India by invoking the powers under Section 25 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
All Ministries/Departments of Government of India may bring the above decision to the notice of all concerned.
(Juglal Singh)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India
PCDA Circular 619 : Deletion of note of conditional sanction printed in PPOs
OFFICE OF THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)
DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD- 211014
Circular No. 619
Dated: 14.03.2019
To
1. The Chief Accountant, RBI, Deptt. Of Govt, Bank Accounts, Central Office C-7,Second Floor, Bandre- Kuria Complex, P B No. 8143, Bandra East Mumbai- 400051
2. All CMDs, 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 :- Regarding deletion of note of conditional sanction printed in PPOs of Pre-01.01.2006 retirees Havildar granted Hony Rank of Naib Subedar in compliance of Hon’ble High Courts and AFTs orders.
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In compliance of various court orders, conditional sanctions were being issued by AG/PS-4 (Pen/Legal), IHQ (MoD), New Delhi in respect of Pre-01.01.2006 retiree Havildars granted Hony rank of Naib Subedar for implementing GoI, MoD letter dated 12.06.2009 in their cases. Accordingly, corrigendum PPOs were/are being issued notifying their pension w.e.f. 01.01.2006 @ Rs. 8450/- for Group “X” and @ Rs. 7750/-for Group “Y” and “Z” as per the provisions of ibid MoD letter by this office. These Corrigendum PPOs have a Note containing that condition as The sanction will, however, be subject to the final outcome of appeal, if any filed before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. In the event, the appeal is decided in favour of Vol, the petitioners shall be liable to refund the entire amount paid to him under the ibid sanction”.
2. Of late, it has been observed that large number of such cases of pre-01.01.2006 retiree Havildar granted Hony rank of Naib Subedar for grant of pension in terms of GoI, MoD letter dated 12.06.2009 were decided by the various Courts/AFTs. Now, AG/PS- 4 (Pen/Legal), IHQ of MoD, New Delhi has started converting conditional sanction into absolute sanction by deleting the ibid contents as printed in Note of Corrigendum PPO of these cases. Large number of such type of sanctions for deleting conditional sanction are being received in this office from Record Offices concerned for issuing Corr. PPO for deleting that Note of conditional sanction in respect of pre-01.01.2006 retiree Havildar granted Hony rank of Naib Subedar.
3. As large number of Corr. PPOs are to be issued in such cases without any financial bearing or other changes, as such, it has been decided by the competent authority that the note “The sanction will, however, be subject to the final outcome of appeal, if any filed before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. In the event, the appeal is decided in favour of UoI, the petitioners shall be liable to refund the entire amount paid to him under the ibid sanction” as printed in the respective PPO of those pre-01.01.2006 retirees Havildars granted Hony rank of Naib Subedar issued in compliance of the Court/AFT orders, may be treated as deleted.
4. It is further reiterated that deletion of ibid note will be applicable only where Service Pension w.e.f. 01.01.2006 @ Rs. 8450/- for Group “X” and Rs. 7750/- for Group “Y” and Group “Z” were notified in compliance of various Courts/AFTs orders in respect of Pre-01.01.2006 retiree Havildar granted Hony rank of Naib Subedar and not in other cases.
5. This circular has been uploaded on this office website www.pcdapension.nic.in.
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(Welfare & Sports Section)
Dak Bhawdn, Sansad Marg
New Delhi-110001
Dated: 12.03.2019
No. 1–1/2017-WL/Sports
To
All Heads of Postal Circle
Subject: Guidelines of Holiday Home.
Madam / Sir,
The undersigned is directed to forward herewith the guidelines of Holiday Home for information, guidance and compliance.
2. The Scheme is approved by Member (Planning & HRD).
sd/-
(Daisy Barla)
Director(W&S)
Guidelines for Holiday Homes
I.Objective:
To establish clear guidelines for short stay use of holiday homes by employees of Department of Posts and other verified persons primarily for tourism.
II. Definitions:
i. Applicant Departmental Employees Serving.
ii. Family means spouse/dependent family member of Government servant.
iii. Guest means persons other than mentioned at sub para (ii) above.
iv. Booking means granting permission to applicants/visitors vide Confirmation Slip by Circle for occupying rooms/suites of holiday homes for specified period subject to authentication of personal details appearing in Confirmation Slip by administrative office of the applicants.
III. Broad Criteria:
Holiday homes have been established throughout the country fot the benefit of the Postal Employees. The broad Principle, within the framework of which Department of Posts may establish Holiday Homes are as below:
i. Holiday Homes may be set up in suitable hill stations or sea-side resorts or other pleasant surroundings or where popular demand exists.
ii. Priority would be given to States where there is no Holiday Home.
iii. Buildings for Holiday Home may be hired from any available source i,e. Defence, Civil, Municipal or private at suitable sites or made available from any surplus Postal buildings / space. Necessary alterations may be effected to set up the Holiday Home.
iv.The Rent where applicable for hiring buildings for Holiday homes should be approved by the Fair Rent Assessment Committee of the Circles and all the formalities and rules will be observed as in the case of hiring accommodation for offices.
v. The head of Circles could also consider construction of Holiday Departmental land and send proposals to the Postal directorate for the cost of construction from welfare fund.
vi The Holiday home should have normally minimum of four suites, minimum of four families at a time.
vii. Each suite should have furniture, utensils, crockery, etc. at the scale indicated in the annexure and the total cost of the same should not exceed Rs.50,000/- as a one time expenditure.
viii. The Holiday Home may have a common room with various facilities, including essential equipment such as utensils, furniture, recreation facilities for Indoor games etc. The total cost of furniture etc. for the common room should not exceed Rs.70,000/- as a one time expenditure.
ix. Expenditure on petty replacements, electricity and water should not normally exceed Rs.5000/- per month for a Holiday Home with four suites.
x. Expenditure on holiday home would have to be made from Welfare Funds available with the Circle. In case additional funds are required by the Circles on expenditure on holiday homes, the same should be taken up with the Directorate accordingly.
xi. Current/recurring expenditure on renovation/maintenance/repairing would have to be made from welfare funds available with the circle. In case additional funds are required, the same should be taken up with the Directorate accordingly.
IV. Delegation of powers to Heads of circles for opening of Holiday Homes on the following terms and conditions:
i. These delegated powers shall be exercised with the approval of the Head of the Circle for the Circle as a whole. These powers will not be delegated further to any other authority including the Postmaster General and Head of Region.
ii. The location for opening the Holiday Homes may be identified according to the all India importance of the place vis-a-vis tourists’ interest, importance, and requirements of the Staff of the Department as a whole and likely occupancy of the facility.
iii. As soon as the locations and building/space is identified for opening the Holiday Homes a detailed proposal may be sent to the Directorate (Welfare and Sports Section) indicating the factors as mentioned in (ii) above. As holiday home becomes operational information regarding its location, full address along with telephone number, controlling officer, weather conditions, approach, surrounding etc. be given to the Directorate for circulation to all circles and uploaded on the Departments website.
iv. The actual accommodation should be easily approachable and in a prominent place of the city. The security needs of the place as well as of visiting staff may be kept in view.
v. Generally not more than one holiday home should be opened in one city/town. However, where considered necessary more suites could be added to an existing holiday home.
vi. Where it is necessary to hire the accommodation for Holiday Home, the Head of Circles may exercise the financial powers as have been delegated vide Circular No. 2-l12001-Wel/sports dated26.04.2002 subject to the same terms and conditions as laid down in the OM No. 6-14/87-Fin.coord (Vol. V) dated 26.03.2001 for Item 7(b) (vi) for hiring accommodation for office-cum-residence. The rent should be invariably approved by the ‘Fair Rent Assessment Committee’ of the Circle and all the formalities and rules that are required to be observed as in the case of hiring accommodation for office-cum-residence should be complied with.
vii.Current/recurring the expenditure in connection with establishment of Holiday homes may be met from Circle Welfare Fund. There will however, be no special allotment of fund to the Circle on this account from Postal Services Staff Welfare Fund.
viii. These powers are delegated to the extent of existing infrastructure and no new building would be constructed unless the funds are specially allotted for the purpose for Directorate.
ix. No operational / Post Office building would be converted into a Holiday home without personal approval of the Head of Circle who will ensure that the accommodation in question is not likely to be required for operational needs in the next 3 years.
x.The Holiday home should be provided with a caretaker, for which no additional posts would be created and no additional staff would be given. This may be done by diversion of an existing post, where possible or by outsourcing as per rules on the subject.
xi. All other conditions such as period and rules of occupancy, rent charged, facilities to be provided etc will continue to be the same as at present and as amended from time to time.
xii. The concurrence of the Internal Financial advisor and Circle welfare Board should also be obtained before opening a Holiday Home.
V. Eligibility for Booking:
All applicants mentioned at Para II will be eligible for holiday homes for themselves and their spouse/dependent family members and guests.
VI. Priority in Booking:
Booking will be made through automated online system (if online facility is available) primarily on ‘first-come first-serve’ basis subject to fulfillment of prescribed eligibility, time limit and payment of booking charges, etc.
VII. Rent for Holiday Home:
Rent to be charged from occupants of the Holiday Homes (for one suite) would be as indicated below:-
(i) Basic pay upto Rs35.400/- (7th Pay Commission) Rs. 40- per Day.
(ii) Basic pay exceeding Rs.35,400/-(7th Pay Commission) Rs. 100/- per Day.
List of items for four suites of Holiday Home
1. Bed(s)
2. Mattress(es)
3. Mattress cover
4. Cotton Mattress
5. Bed Sheets
6. Pillows
7. Pillow covers
8. Bed covers
9. Coat hangers
10. Blankets
11.Doormets
12.Gentre table
13.2 bedside chairs
I4. Floor covering
15. Chest of drawers and/or cupboard
16. Heater
17.Bedside tables and soft reading lights
18. Towels. 1 bath towel one hand towels per guest
19. Dressing Table
20.Curtains
21.Toiletries
22.Wall clock
23.Dustbin
Crockery & Utensils
1. Cooker
2. Gas stove
3. Tea set
4. Set of Crockery
5. Cutlery
6. Plastic buckets
7. Plastic Mugs
8. Plastic Jugs
9. Kitchen Towels
10. Stainless steel tea spoons
11.Belan and Chakla
12.Karchis steel
13. Patila Steel
l4. Masaladani
15. Parat Steel
16. Karahi
17.Frying Pan and cookware
18. Tawa
19.Steel Plates for rice
20. Chopping Board
21.Serving Spoons
22.Soup Bowls
23.Steel Bowls
24.Kettle
25. Knife set
26. Glass
27. Liquid soap
Apart from the above items, Circles may include other items as per requirement with the permission of Heads of Circle.
14 percent Central Government Contribution in National Pension System – Gazette
MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Financial Services) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 31st January, 2019
F. No. 1/3/2016-PR.—In partial modification of para 1(i) of Ministry of Finance’s Gazette Notification No. 5/7/2003-ECB-PR dated 22nd December, 2003, based on the Government’s decision on 6th December, 2018 on the recommendations of a Committee set up to suggest measures for streamlining the implementation of National Pension System (NPS), the Central Government makes the following amendments in the said notification, namely :-
(1) In para 1(i) of the said notification, for the words “The monthly contribution would be 10 percent of the salary and DA to be paid by the employee and matched by the Central Government”, the words “The monthly contribution would be 10 percent of the Basic Pay plus Dearness Allowance (DA) to be paid by the employee and 14 percent of the Basic Pay plus DA by the Central Government” shall be substituted.
(2) The following provisions shall be inserted after para 1(v) of the said notification, namely:-
CHOICE OF PENSION FUND AND INVESTMENT PATTERN IN TIER-I OF NPS AS UNDER:
(vi) Choice of Pension Fund: As in the case of subscribers in the private sector, the Government subscribers may also be allowed to choose any one of the pension funds including Private sector pension funds. They could change their option once in a year. However, the current provision of combination of the Public-Sector Pension Funds will be available as the default option for both existing as well as new Government subscribers.
(vii) Choice of Investment pattern: The following options for investment choices may be offered to Government employees: –
(a) The existing scheme in which funds are allocated by the PFRDA among the three Public Sector Undertaking fund managers based on their past performance in accordance with the guidelines of PFRDA for Government employees may continue as default scheme for both existing and new subscribers.
(b) Government employees who prefer a fixed return with minimum amount of risk may be given an option to invest 100% of the funds in Government securities (Scheme G).
(c) Government employees who prefer higher returns may be given the options of the following two Life Cycle based schemes.
(A) Conservative Life Cycle Fund with maximum exposure to equity capped at 25% – LC-25.
(B) Moderate Life Cycle Fund with maximum exposure to equity capped at 50% – LC-50.
(viii) Implementation of choices to the legacy corpus: Transfer of a huge legacy corpus of more than Rs. 1 lakh crore in respect of the Government sector subscribers from the existing Pension Fund Managers is likely to impact the market. It may be practically difficult for the PFRDA to allow Government subscribers to change the Pension Funds or investment pattern in respect of the accumulated corpus, in one go. Therefore, for the present, change in the Pension Funds or investment pattern may be allowed in respect of incremental flows only.
(ix) Transfer of legacy corpus in a reasonable time frame: PFRDA may draw up a scheme for transfer of accumulated corpus as per new choices of Government subscribers in a reasonable time frame of say five years. Once PFRDA draws up this scheme, change in the Pension Funds or investment pattern may be allowed in respect of the accumulated corpus in accordance with that scheme.
COMPENSATION FOR NON-DEPOSIT OR DELAYED DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTIONS DURING 2004-2012:
(x) 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 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.
(xi) 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.
(xii) 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 of three months.
The above provisions shall come into force with effect from 1st April, 2019.
No. 1/5/2017-Estt (Pay-I)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 15th March, 2019
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Incentive for acquiring fresh higher qualifications, in the 7th CPC Scenario – reg
Central Government Servants acquiring fresh higher qualifications after coming into service are granted incentive in the form of one-time lump-sum amount ranging from Rs.2000/- to Rs.10,000/-, as provided in this Department’s OM No. 1/2/89-Estt.(Pay-l) dated 09.04.1999 and other related OMs.
2. The 7th CPC has reviewed the rates of incentive presently available to employees on this account in addition to pay, and have suggested their rationalization and simplification in Para 8.9.11 to 8.9.14 of their report.
3. Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure (DOE) Resolution No. 1-2/2016-IC dated 25.07.2016 vide Para 7 provided that the matter regarding allowances (except Dearness Allowance) based on the recommendations of the 7th CPC shall be referred to a Committee under the Chairmanship of Finance Secretary, and until a final decision thereon, all allowances including this incentive were required to be paid at the existing rates in the existing pay structure (the pay structure based on 6th CPC) as if the pay has not been revised w.e.f. 1st January, 2016.
4. The decision of the Government on various allowances based on the recommendations of the 7th CPC and in the light of the recommendations of the Committee under the Chairmanship of Finance Secretary has been issued as per the Resolution No. 11-1/2016-IC dated 06.07.2017 of DOE.
5. The President is pleased to decide that in supersession of all the existing orders/OMs/instructions/guidelines on the subject of granting incentive for acquiring fresh higher qualifications, the following one-time lump-sum rates as incentive for acquiring fresh higher qualification by a Government employee shall be permissible for courses in fields that are directly relevant to the employee’s job.
SI. NO.
QUALIFICATION
AMOUNT (RS)
1.
Ph.D. or equivalent
30,000
2.
PG Degree/Diploma of duration more than one year, or equivalent.
25,000
3.
PG Degree/Diploma of duration one year or less, or equivalent.
20,000
4.
Degree/Diploma of duration more than three years, or equivalent.
15,000
5.
Degree/Diploma of duration three years or less, or equivalent.
10,000
6. Professional courses directly relevant to the functional requirement of the Organization/Ministry/Department but not covered by any one of the categories mentioned in para 5 above, shall be notified specifically under SI. No. 4 or S of para 5 above, by the concerned Ministry/Department in consultation with their respective IFD.
7. Ministries/Departments are free to choose courses on their own. However, the grant of incentive in respect of above qualifications will be subject to the fulfillment of the criteria laid down in para 8 below. The grant of incentive for the qualifications listed above shall be considered by the administrative authorities in consultation with their lFD and necessary orders shall be issued after ensuring that the criteria laid down in para 8 below are fulfilled.
8. Criteria/guidelines for granting incentive for acquiring fresh higher qualifications, in the 7th CPC Scenario, are as under:
8.1. The incentive will not be available for the qualifications which are laid down as essential or desirable qualifications in the recruitment rules for the post.
8.2. No incentive shall be allowed for acquiring higher qualification purely on academic or literary subjects. The acquisition of the qualification should be directly related to the functions of the post held by him/her, or to the functions to be performed in the next higher post. There should be direct nexus between the functions of the post and the qualification acquired and that it should contribute to the efficiency of the government servant.
8.3. The quantum of incentive will be uniform for all posts, irrespective of their classification or grade or the department.
8.4. The incentive shall not be admissible where the government servant is sponsored by the government or he/she avails study leave for acquiring the qualification.
8.5. The incentive would be given only for higher qualification acquired after induction into service.
8.6. No incentive would be admissible if an appointment is made in relaxation of the educational qualification. No incentive would be admissible if employee acquires the requisite qualification for such appointment at a later date.
8.7. The qualifications meriting grant of incentive should be recognized by University Grants Commission, respective regulatory bodies like AICTE, Medical Council of India, etc. set up by Central/State Government or recognized by the Government.
8.8. The incentive shall be limited to maximum two times in an employee’s career, with a minimum gap of two years between successive grants.
8.9. The Government servant should prefer the claim within six months from the date of acquisition of the higher qualification.
9. The incentive as per this OM will be admissible for above qualifications acquired on or after 01.07.2017
10. Government Servants, who have acquired the fresh higher qualification on or after 01.07.2017 till the date of issuance of this OM, may also claim these incentives within six months from the date of issuance of this OM.
11. Insofar as the persons working in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
12. Hindi Version will follow.
(Bajeev Bahree)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
