No. 42/04/2019-P&PW(D)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,
Khan Market, New Delhi – 110003
Dated the 06th March,2019
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners — Revised rate effective from 01.01.2019-reg
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM No. 42/06/2018- P&PW(G) dated 18.09.2018 on the subject mentioned above and to state that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Relief admissible to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 9% to 12% w.e.f 01.01.2019.
2. These rates of DR will be applicable to (i) Civilian Central Government Pensioners/Family Pensioners including Central Govt. absorbee pensioners in PSU/Autonomous Bodies in respect of whom orders have been issued vide this Department’s OM No. 4/34/2002-P&PW(D) Vol.II dated 23.06.2017 for restoration of full pension after expiry of commutation period of 15 years (ii) The Armed Forces Pensioners, Civilian Pensioners paid out of the Defence Service Estimates, (iii) All India Service Pensioners (iv) Railway Pensioners/family pensioners (v) Pensioners who are in receipt of provisional pension (vi) The Burma Civilian pensioners/family pensioners and pensioners/families of displaced Government Pensioners from Burma/ Pakistan, in respect of whom orders have been issued vide this Department’s OM No. 2313/2008-P&PW(I3) dated 11.09.2017.
3. The payment of Dearness Relief involving a fraction of a rupee shall be rounded off to the next higher rupee.
4. The payment of arrears of Dearness Relief shall not be made before the date of disbursement of pension/family pension of March,2019.
5. Other provisions governing grant of DR in respect of employed family pensioners and re-employed Central Government Pensioners will be regulated in accordance with the provisions contained in this Department’s OM No. 45/73/97-P&PW (G) dated 2.7.1999 as amended vide this Department’s OM No. F.No. 38/88/2008-P&PW(G) dated 9th July, 2009. The provisions relating to regulation of DR where a pensioner is in receipt of more than one pension will remain unchanged.
6. In the case of retired Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts, necessary orders will be issued by the Department of Justice separately.
7. It will be the responsibility of the pension disbursing authorities, including the nationalized banks, etc. to calculate the quantum of DR payable in each individual case.
8. The offices of Accountant General and authorised Pension Disbursing Banks are requested to arrange payment of relief to pensioners etc. on the basis of these instructions without waiting for any further instructions from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Reserve Bank of India in view of letter No. 528-TA, II/34-80-11 dated 23/04/1981 of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India addressed to all Accountant Generals and Reserve Bank of India Circular No. GANB No. 2958/GA-64 (ii) (CGL)/81 dated the 21st May, 1981 addressed to State Bank of India and its subsidiaries and all Nationalised Banks.
9. In their application to the pensioners/family pensioners belonging to Indian Audit and Accounts Department, these orders issue after consultation with the C&AG.
10. This issues in accordance with Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure’s OM No. 1/1/2019-E.II(B) dated 27th Feb,2019.
Hindi version will follow.
(Charanjit Taneja)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
TNUSRB Recruitment 2019 – Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board issued advertisement 1/2019 on 06.03.2019 in the newspaper for recruiting 8826 candidates to fill the GR.II Police Constables, Jail Warders & Firemen in Tamil Nadu.
Application form and detail adverstisemnet available in the TNUSRB official website : http://www.tnusrbonline.org/.
No Accommodation Certificate for admissibility of House Rent Allowance
No. 2/5/2017-E.IIB
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 5th March, 2019
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject :- Dispensation of conditions of applying for Government Accommodation and furnishing of ‘No Accommodation Certificate’ for admissibility of House Rent Allowance.
Several references are being received in this Department to review the condition of applying for Government Accommodation and furnishing of ‘No Accommodation Certificate’ for admissibility of House Rent Allowance as contained in Para 4(a) of this Department’s O.M. No. 2(37)-E.II(B)/64 dated 27.11.1965 read with Para 1(1) of 0.M. No.11011/1/E.II(B)/75 dated 25.02.1977.
2. The matter has been examined in this Department and in supersession of Para 4(a) of this Department’s O.M. No. 2(37)-E.II(B)/64 dated 27.11.1965 read with Para 1(1) of O.M. No.11011/1/E.II(B)/75 dated 25.02.1977 and to simplify the procedure relating to grant of House Rent Allowance to Central Government employees, the President, in consultation with Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and the Staff Side of the National Council (J.C.M.), is pleased to decide that the conditions of applying for Government Accommodation and furnishing of ‘No Accommodation Certificate’ by Central Government employees to become eligible for House Rent Allowance, are dispensed with for all places, in respect of General Pool Residential Accommodation(GPRA) controlled by Directorate of Estates.
3. Ministries/Departments having their separate pool of residential accommodation for their employees other than GPRA, may adopt these provisions, wherever feasible.
4. These orders shall be effective from the date of issue of the orders.
5. In so far as the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.
Hindi version is attached.
(Nirmala Dev)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
F.No.3/2/2019-P&P-I. The Staff Selection Commission will hold a competitive examination for recruitment to the posts of Lower Divisional Clerk/ Junior Secretariat Assistant, Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant and Data Entry Operators for various Ministries/ Departments/ Offices of the Government of India. The details of the examination are as under:
DA to the CDA pattern employees of CPSEs for 7th CPC pay scales
F. No. W-02/0038/2017-DPE (WC)-GL-V/19
Government of India
Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises
Public Enterprises Bhawan,
Block 14, CGO Complex, Lodi Road,
New Delhi-110003, the 1st March, 2019
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Payment of DA to the CDA pattern employees of CPSEs, drawing pay in 7th CPC pay scales.
The undersigned is directed to refer to Para No. 3 and Annexure-II(a) and II(b) to this Department’s O.M. No. W-02/0058/2016-DPE(WC) dated. 17.08.2017 wherein the rates of DA payable to the employees who are following CDA pattern pay scales have been indicated.
2. The DA payable to the employees may be enhanced from the existing rate of 9% to 12% with effect from 01.01.2019.
3. The payment of Dearness Allowance involving fractions of 50 paise and above may be rounded off to the next higher rupee and the fractions of less than 50 paise may be ignored.
4. These rates are applicable in the case of CDA employees whose pay have been revised. with effect from 01.01.2016 as per DPE’s O.M. dated 17.08.2017.
5. The payment of arrears of Dearness Allowance (from January to March) shall not be made before the date of disbursement of salary of March, 2019.
6. All administrative Ministries/Departments of Government of India are requested to bring this to the notice of Central Public Sector Enterprises under their administrative Control for action at their end.
Revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners – Stagnation increment
PC-VII/ No. 130/2019
RBE No. 36/2019
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. 2016/F(E)III/1(1)/7
New Delhi, Dated : 26.02.2019
The GMs/Principal Financial Advisors,
All Zonal Railways/Production Units,
(As per mailing list)
Subject: Revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners – Stagnation increment – regarding.
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A copy of Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DOP&PW’s) O.M. No. 38/37/2016-P&PW(A) dated 21st December, 2018 on the above subject is enclosed for information and compliance. These instructions shall apply mutatis mutandis on the Railways also. The Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure’s O.M No. 1-6/2016-IC dated 07.09.2016, mentioned in the DOP&PW’s O.M. dated 21.12.2018, has been adopted on Railways vide this office’s letter No. PC-VII/2016/RSRP/4 dated 22.09.2016.
2. The Railway Board’s instructions corresponding to the DOP&PW’s instructions referred to in their aforesaid O.M. dated 21st December, 2018 are given under:-
(G. Priya Sudarsani)
Director, Finance (Estt.),
Railway Board.
7th CPC Pensin Revision – CPAO Review with all Heads of CPPCs of SBI – Minutes of Meeting
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
CENTRAL PENSION ACCOUNTING OFFICE
TRIKOOT-II, BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE,
NEW Delhi-110066
PHONES :26174596, 26174456, 26174438
Kindly find enclosed the Minutes of the Meeting held on 24.01.2019 at 11:00 AM at Conference Hall of Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO) with all Heads of CPPCs/ Government Business Divisions of State Bank of India to review the implementation of 7m CPC pension revision and to discuss other issues under the Chairmanship of Chief Controller (Pensions) for information and further necessary action.
Sr. Accounts Officer (IT & Tech)
Minutes of the meeting held on 24.01.2019 with all the Heads of CPPCs/ Government Business Divisions of State Bank of India (SBI) to discuss various issues.
A Meeting was held on 24.01.2019 under the Chairmanship of Chief Controller (Pensions) with the representatives of Heads of CPPCs/ Government Business Divisions of State Bank of India (SBI) to discuss the timely payment of revised pension and arrears under 7th CPC and other pension related issues. At the outset, Asstt. Controller of Accounts (ACA) welcomed all the participants and emphasized on the need of timely payment of revised pension and arrears in the accounts of the pensioners by the banks. After that agenda items of the meeting were discussed in detail and following decisions were taken.
List of participants is attached at Annexure.
Agenda Item No. 1- Implementation of 7th CPC Pension Revision and its reporting by Banks
It has been observed from the reports as on 21st Jan, 2019 that there are delays in crediting the revised pensions as well as arrears of pensions/family pensions by the banks. As per the reports, there are many cases which are pending for more than 31 days. Bank wise details of the pending cases was handed over to all the representatives of the concerned banks. But most of the banks reported that in some cases they had already revised and credited pension to the pensioner /family pensioner accounts. It was decided that all the CPPCs would reconcile the status of revised pension cases provided to them by 1st March. 2019.
{Action: SBI CPPCs/ NIC CPAO)
Agenda Item No. 2 – IT related issue w.r.t. e-Revision and fresh Pension cases
Acknowledgement of SSA
SBI is requested to ensure forwarding the acknowledgement of SSA electronically to CPAO at the earliest so that the difference between SSA forwarded by the CPAO and SSA received by the Bank could be nullified. Bank was also provided the format for Acknowledgement.
(Action: SBI/ NIC CPAO)
Development of e-PPO Booklet
Earlier, CPAO shared the format of electronic PPO booklet for making necessary changes in the pension processing software of banks for consuming the electronic PPO booklet with banks. All banks were instructed to make necessary changes in their software in the meeting held on 31st Jan, 2018 and 27th June, 2018. Copy of format of e-PPO with sample e-PPO,files has been e-mailed to all the Banks. SBI is requested to take necessary action.
(Action : SBI CPPC)
Agenda Item No. 3- Compliance of Internal Audit observations on 7th CPC revisions.
It has been observed that clear and complete compliance reports are not being submitted by the CPPCs. The CPPCs were requested to give full details of the objection raised by Internal Audit Wing in their compliance reports so that the same could be verified and settled. Internal control in Bank to be improved and strengthened so that errors should not take place.
(Action: SBI CPPCs & IAW (CPAO))
Agenda Item No. 4- Timely commencement of family pension, additional pension & restoration of commuted portion of pension by banks
It has been observed that family pension, additional pension and commuted portion are not timely commenced/restored . Since these issues are regularly discussed in the various meetings i.e. SCOVA Meeting, High Level Meeting, Standing Committee Meeting, etc. All the CPPCs need to commence this timely to mitigate the grievances.
(Action: SBI CPPCs)
Agenda Item No. 5- Timely submission of Life Certificates-
CPAO is responsible for the disbursement of death/disability pension under NPSÂ Additional Relief. First time identification of the pensioners is being done by the Bank branches based on the KYC details available with the Banks where the pensioners/ family pensioners have opened their pension accounts. CPAO starts the pension payment based on the first time identification report received from Banks. Also these banks branches are responsible for sending the life certificates of the pensioners/family pensioners to CPAO for the continuation of pension to NPS-AR pensioners, in the month of November as CPAO is the disbursing authority under NPS-AR cases. However, it is noticed that in many cases, despite submission of life certificates by the pensioners, bank branches have not forwarded the same to CPAO. Bank for advised to ensure that these reports /certificates are furnish to CPAO in time so that pensioners are not put under any financial hardship.
Keeping in view the hardship being faced by the family pensioner s, concerned SBI was advised to send the outstanding life certificates to CPAO without any further delay.
(Action: SBI CPPCs & NPS Section)
Agenda item No.6 – Return of Old PPO by the Banks.
Allotment of 12 digits PPO Number
It has been observed that the 12 digit PPO number has not been obtained by the banks in respect of 4951pensioners from the CPAO and still incorporating the old alpha numeric cod e in the payment scroll. Bank wise details are also provided to them. Banks were requested to obtain the 12 digit PPO number from CPAO so that pensioners could avail the facility provided by the CPAO viz lodging grievances, know their PPO status and also check their payment details due to non allotment of 12 digit numeric PPO number.
Return of Inactive PPOs.
Pension Payment orders which are not in operation / inactive may be returned to CPAO for deletion from the CPAO database. It is noticed from the database of CPAO that the old PPO which are inactive are not being forwarded by the bank to the CPAO.
(Action: SBI CPPCs)
Agenda Item No. 7- Submission of e-scrolls and Master Data Reconciliation
Submission of e-scrolls
It has been observed that there is no improvement in submission of e-scrolls by CPPCs. The bank wise details were also provided to the banks. Banks should ensure that e-scrolls are updated on a daily basis to CPAO after matching it thoroughly with the pension payments made. The Banks should further ensure that the date of scroll should match with date of transaction appeared in the put through statement issued by RBI.
(Action: SBI CPPCs)
Master Data Reconciliation
It has been observed that there is inordinate delay in uploading of Master Data by the banks. For updating on Master Data at CPAO level, it is required that whenever any value in the pension of a pensioner/family pensioner is changed the same is reported by the bank through Format-F of e-Scroll. However, it is noticed that banks are not providing the changed information to the CPAO. All the banks were instructed for reconciliation of Master Data and submission of changed information in Format-F on “quarterly” basis instead of on “annual” basis. It was also decided to nominate one Nodal Officer by each CPPCs of all authorized banks and CPAO as well.
(Action: SBI CPPCs and NIC)
Agenda Item No. 8- Any other point with permission of the chair
a) Grievances:-
Under Grievances module of WRPS, up to 18th Jan, 2019; 6040 grievances have been disposed of through WRPS and 1098 grievances are pending with CPPCs of State Bank of India. Out of these pending grievances, 1 grievance IS pend ing for more than 90 days which is a cause of concern. Banks are requested to ensure that all the grievances are disposed of which are pending with them within one month and update the same on the WRPS portal so that pensioners are informed accordingly.
(Action: SBI CPPCs/(NIC) CPAO /Grievance Cell)
b) Officials from PCDA, Allahabad, Deptt. of Telecommunication (DOT) and Deptt of Post were also invited as per Meeting Notice vide CPAO/IT &Tech/Master data/14 (Vol JU)/2018-19/184 . Their .issues are follows:-
i) Defence Accounts:-
a) SBI was suggested to develop a mechanism for acknowledgement of e-PPOs.
b) It has been observed from the e-scrolls received in the O/o PCDA that some of the CPPCs are crediting pension and Family pension very late in the account of pensioner. CPPCs were requested to improve their performance and credit the pension/family pension on time.
c) All the CPPCs are requested in the meeting to provide PPO image to them to facilitate data purification.
d) It was also pointed out that SBI Hyderabad is receiving cases which pertain to SBIÂ Amravati.
e) All the CPPCs of SBI were requested to attend the meeting as and when it is convened by the PCDA.
(Action : SBI CPPCs)
ii) Department of Telecommunication: –
a) Outstanding amount of excess / overpayment made by the banks to the pensioners are not recovered by the banks.
b) Pension Payment orders which are not in operation / inactive may be returned for deletion from the database.
c) Banks were advised to ensure that there should not be any delay in timely payment of Pension/ Family Pension.
d) SBI CPPCs were advised to reconcile the data and credit the payment of revision of pension to the pensioners as per 7th CPC.
(Action : SBI CPPCs)
iii) Ministry of Railways
a) It was pointed out in the meeting that the CPPCs are not submitting the E-scroll in time. Banks has been requested to reconcile the data at the earliest.
b) All the CPPCs are suggested to develop a mechanism for acknowledgement of e-PPOs.
(Action : SBI CPPCs)
Reconciliation of Suspense Balance:-
Reconciliation of suspense account have been a major issue. Generally, payment scrolls are to be submitted on next day of payment to CPAO. But the payment scrolls are not submitted by the banks on time. Some banks reported that scrolls are shown successful but there are not recorded on CPAO’s website. NIC, CPAO is to look into the matter to solve the issue. CPPCs are requested to clear the suspense balance at the earliest.
(Action : SBI CPPCs)
The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the chair.
7th CPC Pensin Revision – CPAO Review with Authorized banks – Minutes of Meeting
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE
CENTRAL PENSION ACCOUNTING OFFICE
TRIKOOT-II,BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE,
NEW DELHI-110066
PHONES :26174596, 26174456, 26174438
Kindly find enclosed the Minutes of the Meeting held on 23.01.2019 at 11:00 AM at Conference Hall of Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO) with all Heads of CPPCs of all the Authorized Bank other than SBI to review the implementation of 7th CPC pension revision and to discuss other issues under the Chairmanship of Chief Controller (Pensions) for information and further necessary action.
Sr.Accounts Officer (IT & Tech)
Minutes of the meeting held on 23.01.2019 with all the Heads of CPPCs / Government Business Divisions of all the Authorised Banks except State Bank of India (SBI) to discuss various issues.
A Meeting was held on 23.01.2019 under the Chairmanship of Chief Controller (Pensions) with the representatives of Authorised Banks for Pensions except State Bank of India (SBI) to discuss the timely payment of revised pension and arrears under 7th CPC and other pension related issues. At the outset, Asstt. Controller of Accounts (ACA) welcomed all the participants and emphasized on the need of timely payment of revised pension and arrears in the accounts of the pensioners by the banks. After that, agenda items of the meeting were discussed in detail and following decisions were taken.
List of participants is attached at Annexure.
Agenda Item No. 1- Implementation of 7th CPC Pension Revision and its reporting by Banks
It has been observed from the reports as on 21st )an, 2019 that there are delays in crediting the revised pensions as well as arrears of pensions/family pensions by the banks. As per the reports, there are many cases which are pending for more than 31days. Bank wise details of the pending cases was handed over to all the representatives of the concerned banks. But most of the banks reported that in some cases they had already revised and credited pension to the pensioner/family pensioner accounts. It was decided that all the banks would reconcile the status of revised pens ion cases provided to them by 1st March. 2019.
(Action:Banks)
Agenda Item No.2 – IT related issue w.r.t e-Revision and fresh Pension cases
Acknowledgement of SSA
Banks are requested to ensure forwarding the acknowledgement of SSA electronically to CPAO at the earliest so that the difference between SSA forwarded by the CPAO and SSA received by the Banks could be nullified. Banks were also provided the format for Acknowledgement.
(Action:Banks/NIC CPAO)
Development of e-PPO Booklet
Earlier, CPAO shared the format of electronic PPO booklet for making necessary changes in the pension processing software of banks for consuming the electronic PPO booklet with banks. All banks were instructed to make necessary changes in their software in the meeting held on 31st Jan, 2018 and 22nd June, 2018.
Copy of format of e-PPO with sample e-PPO files is again e-mailed to all the Banks on 28.01.2019. This is to be completed on priority.
(Action: Banks)
Agenda Item No. 3- Compliance of Internal Audit observations on 7th CPC revisions.
It has been observed that clear and complete compliance reports are not being submitted by the concerned Banks. The Banks were requested to give full details of the objection raised by Internal Audit Wing in their compliance reports so that the same could be verified and settled. Internal control in Banks to be improved and strengthened so that errors should not take place.
(Action:Banks & IAW (CPAO))
Agenda Item No. 4- Timely commencement of family pension, additional pension & restoration of commuted portion of pension by banks
It has been observed that family pension, additional pension and commuted portion are not timely commenced/restored. Since these issues are regularly discussed in the various meetings i.e. SCOVA Meeting, High Level Meeting, Standing Committee Meeting, etc. All the banks were advised to develop their internal system to ensure timely payments.
(Action: Banks)
Agenda Item No. 5- Timely submission of Life Certificates-
CPAO is responsible for the disbursement of death/disability pension under N PSÂ Additional Relief. First time identification of the pensioners is being done in the Bank branches based on the KYC details available with the Banks where the pensioners/ family pensioners have opened thei r pension accounts. CPAO starts the pension payment based on the first time identification report received from Banks. Also these banks branches are responsible for sending the life certificates of the pensioners/family pensioners to CPAO for the continuation of pension to NPS-AR pensioners, in the month of November as CPAO is the disbursing authority under N PS-AR cases. However, it is noticed that in ma ny cases, despite submission of life certificates by the pensioners, bank branches have not forwarded the same to CPAO. Banks are advised to ensure that these reports /certificates are furnished to CPAO in time so that pensioners are not put under any financial hardship.
Keeping in view the hardship being faced by the family pensioners, concerned banks were advised to send the outstanding life certificates to CPAO without any further delay.
(Action: Banks & NPS Section)
Agenda item No.6 – Return of Old PPO by the Banks.
Allotment of 12 digits PPO Number
It has been noticed from the CPAO data base that the 4870 pensioners are still drawing pension from the old alpha numeric code. These alpha numeric data is reflected in the Payment scroll. Bank wise details are also provided to concerned Banks.
It was decided in the meeting that all the Banks will send a scan copy of the PPO for allotment of 12 digit PPO Number.
Return of Inactive PPOs.
Pension Payment orders which are not in operation / inactive may be returned to CPAO for deletion from the CPAO database. It is noticed from the database of CPAO that the old PPO which are inactive are not being forwarded by the bank to the CPAO.
(Action:Banks)
Agenda Item No. 7- Submission of e-scrolls and Master Data Reconciliation
Submission of e-scrolls
It has been observed that there is no improvement in submission of e-scrolls by CPPCs. The bank wise details were also provided to the banks. Banks are requested to ensure that e-scrolls are updated on a daily basis to CPAO after matching it thoroughly with the pension payments made. The Banks are further requested to ensure that the date of scroll should match with date of transaction appeared in the put through statement issued by RBI. Some Banks such as Axis Bank intimated that they are facing some problems in fetching pending scroll details. These details will be provided by CPAO.
(Action: Banks and NIC)
Master Data Reconciliation
It has been observed that there is inordinate delay in uploading of Master Data by the banks. For updating on Master Data at CPAO level, it is required that whenever any value in the pension of a pensioner/family pensioner is changed the same is reported by the bank through Format-F of e-Scroll. However, it is noticed that banks are not providing the changed information to the CPAO. AJl the banks were instructed for reconciliation of Master Data and submission of changed information in Format-F on “quarterly” basis instead of on “annual” basis. It was also decided to nominate one Nodal Officer by each CPPCs of aJI authorized banks and CPAO as well.
(Action: Banks and NIC)
Agenda Item No. 8- Any other point with permission of the chair
a) Grievances:-
Under Grievances module of WRPS, up to 18th Jan, 2019; 3601 grievances have been disposed of through WRPS and 1098 grievances are pending with CPPCs except State Bank of lnd ia. Out of these pending grievances, 730 grievances are pending for more than 90 days which is a cause of concern. Banks are r,equested to ensure that all the grievances are disposed of which are pending with them within one month and update the same on the WRPS portal so that pensioners are informed accordingly.
(Action: Banks/ (NIC) CPAO /Grievance Cell)
b) Merger of Banks
All activities related to merger of CPPC’s of Vijaya Bank, Bank of Baroda and Dena Bank must be communicated to CPAO.
(Action : Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank)
c) Officials from PCDA, Allahabad, Deptt of Telecommunication (DOT) and Deptt. of Post were also invited as per Meeting Notice vide CPAO/IT &Tech/Master data/14 (Vol III)/2018-19/184. Their issues are follows:-
i) Defence Accounts:-
a) All the banks were suggested to develop a mechanism for acknowledgement of e-PPOs by banks.
b) It has been observed from the e-scrolls received in the O/o PCDA that some of the Banks are crediting pension and Family pension very late in the account of pensioner. Banks were requested to improve their performance and credit the pension/ family pension on time.
c) All the Banks are requested in the meeting to provide PPO image to them to facilitate data purification.
d) All the Banks were requested to attend the meeting as and when it is convened by the PCDA.
(Action : Banks)
ii) Department of Telecommunication: –
a) Outstanding amount of excess / overpayment made by the banks to the pensioners are not recovered by the banks.
b) Pension Payment orders which are not in operation / inactive may be returned for deletion from the database.
c) Banks were advised to ensure that there should not be any delay in timely payment of Pension/ Family Pension.
d) Banks were advised to reconcile the data and credit the payment of revision of pension to the pensioners as per 7th CPC.
(Action : Banks)
iii) Ministry of Railways
a) It was pointed out in the meeting that the banks are not submitting the E-scroll in time. Banks has been requested to reconcile the data at the earliest.
b) All the banks are suggested to develop a mechanism for acknowledgement of e-PPOs by banks.
(Action : Banks)
iv) Reconciliation of Suspense Balance:-
Reconciliation of suspense account has been a major issue. Generally, payment scrolls are to be submitted on next day of payment to CPAO. But the payment scrolls are not submitted by the banks on time. Some banks reported that scrolls are shown successful but there are not recorded on CPAO’s website. NIC, CPAO is to look into the matter to solve the issue.Banks are requested to clear the suspense balance at the earliest
(Action :Banks)
The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the chair.
