Completion of APARs for the year 2017-18 in SPARROW
Government of India
Ministry of Railways
(Railway Board)
No. 2017/SCC/03/06
New Delhi, Dated 17.12.2018
To
General Managers
Zonal Railways, PUs,
DG/RDSO, DG/NAIR
Director/CTis
JR RPF Training Academy etc.
CMD/PSUs
Sub: Completion of APARs for the year 2017-18 in SPARROW.
Ref: (i) Board’s letters of even number dated 15.03.18, 31.05.2018 and 26.07.18.
(ii) Secretary, Railway Board’s d.o. letter dated 06.09.2018
(iii) Secretary, Railway Board’s letter of even number dated 07.12.18.
Attention is invited to this Ministry’s instructions contained in letters referred above mandating that entire APAR process (i.e. self appraisal to finalization of representation, if any) for the year 2017-18 are to be completed by 31.12.18, giving a clear time schedule (copy enclosed for ready reference) for each step. It was also directed to bring this to the notice of all concerned.
2. Since non-finalization of APARs for the year 2017-18 will result in delay in formation of Selection Grade Panels of various Railway Services; Railway/PUs etc. may please ensure that the time schedule is strictly adhered to.
3. Also, it may be brought to the notice of all officers that APAR being ‘Not Written’ on account of · non-submission of self-appraisal in time is different from ‘No Report Certificate’ due to officer being on training, leave, superannuation of reporting/reviewing officers etc. Hence, APARs ‘Not Written’ due to reasons attributable to officers can be viewed seriously at the time of DPC and may also have adverse consequences.
4. Necessary action may be taken accordingly.
(Pramila H Bhargava )
Joint Secretary(Conf.)
Railway Board
7th CPC Dress Allowance to officials discharging Prosecution functions on provisional basis
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
Ministry of Railways (Rail Mantralaya)
(Railway Board)
Pc-VII No. 124
RBE No. 199/2018
File No. PC-VII/2017/I/7/5/7(Pt.)
New Delhi, Dated: 21.12.2018
The General Managers/ CAOs(R),
AB Indian Railways and Production Units,
(As per mailing list)
Subject : Implementation of the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission – Dress Allowance to officials discharging Prosecution functions on provisional basis.
Consequent to the decision taken by the Government of India on the recommendations of the 7th CPC, Kit Maintenance Allowance, Shoe Allowance, Uniform Allowance, Washing Allowance, Robe Allowance and Robe Maintenance Allowance have been subsumed into a single Dress Allowance and orders in this regard have been issued vide Board’s order No. PC-VII/2017/I/7/5/7 dated 03.10.2017 (PC-VII No. 64/ RBE No. 141/2017).
2. A separate Prosecution Cadre is also being formed in the Indian Railways. While formalisation of the Cadre is awaited, officials presently designated as Public Prosecutors and Assistant Public Prosecutors continue to perform prosecution related duties, including Court appearances. References are being received from Railways on payment of separate Dress Allowance to such officials as they are no longer part of the Railway Protection Force.
3. The matter has been considered in Board’s office. While the Prosecution Cadre sanction and formation is being followed up with the Department of personnel & Training, it is nevertheless a fact that Public Prosecutors/Asst. Public Prosecutors as designated presently continue to perform prosecution related duties that involve appearing in Court. Accordingly, all such Public Prosecutors/Asst. Public Prosecutors who are actually attending Courts in performance of their official duties may be paid Dress Allowance @ Rs. 10,000 per annum provisionally as governed by all instructions/terms and conditions issued under Board’s Order No. PC-VII/2017/I/7/5/7 dt. 03.10.2017 (circulated as RBE No. 141/2017).
4. These orders will be taken up for review as and when the Prosecution Cadre is formally notified.
5. This issues with the approval of Board (MS and FC).
Hindi version will follow.
(Jaya Kumar G)
Deputy Director(Pay Commission) VII
Railway Board
Standard forms for intimation/ permission under the rules and expenditure incurred on repairs or minor construction work in respect of immovable property
F.No.11013/2/2018-Estt.A-III
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension
Department of Personnel & Training
Establishment A-III Desk
North Block, New Delhi – 110001
Dated 17 December, 2018
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Rule 18 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964- regarding standard forms for intimation/ permission under the rules and expenditure incurred on repairs or minor construction work in respect of immovable property – regarding.
The undersigned is directed to say that in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (2) of the Rule 18 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all Government servants coming within the purview of these Rules are required to make a report to the prescribed authority before entering into any transaction of immovable property in their own name or in the name of a member of family. If the transaction is with a person having any official dealings with the Government servant, the Govt. servant is required to obtain prior sanction of the prescribed authority. Sub-rule (3), ibid provides that all Govt. servants should give an intimation to the prescribed authority within one month of entering into any transaction of movable property, the value of which exceeds the monetary limits prescribed in that Rule. In case any such transaction is with a person having official dealing with the Government servant, prior sanction of the prescribed authority is necessary. All requests for obtaining prior sanction and making intimation about transactions in immovable and movable property may be made in the enclosed standard Form I and Form II, respectively.
2. Further, this Department’s O.M. No. 11013/9/89-Estt.(A) dated 27/11/1990 provides, inter-alia, that where the expenditure incurred on repairs or minor constructions work in respect of any immovable property belonging to a Government servant is estimated to exceed Rs. 10,000/-, intimation to the prescribed authority was necessary.
These instructions have been reviewed and in supersession of the said O.M., it has now been decided that in respect of the expenditure incurred on repairs and minor additions to an immovable property by a Government servant, an intimation shall be necessary to be given to the prescribed authority only if the estimate exceeds the limit prescribed in Rule 18(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964. However, prior sanction of the prescribed authority should be obtained in all cases regardless of amount involved, where the transaction regarding the material purchases or contract for such repairs or minor construction, is with a person with whom the Government servant concerned has official dealings.
3. All Ministries/ Departments/Offices are requested to bring the above guidelines to the notice of all administrative authority under their control.
4. In so far as the employees of Indian Audit and Accounts Departments are concerned, this O.M. issues after consultation with Comptroller & Auditor General of India.
5. Hindi version will follow.
(Satish Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1960
ANSWERED ON: 21.12.2018
Non-practicing Allowance of Government Doctors
MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN
Will the Minister of
HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:-
Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the doctors of Government hospitals are doing private practice despite taking non-practicing allowance, if so, the reaction of the Government thereto indicating the number of the doctors doing private practice across the country including West Bengal;
(b) whether any steps are being taken by the Government to control it, if so, the details thereof; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)
(a): Health being a state subject, information pertaining to the doctors doing private practice across the country including West Bengal is not centrally maintained. As per Rule 13 of CHS Rules, 2014, persons appointed to the Central Health Service shall not be allowed private practice of any kind whatsoever including any consultation and laboratory service.
In one case reported from Central Government Health Services(CGHS) Delhi, disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against the concerned officer as per rules and procedure of the Government.
(b) & (c): As and when any instance of private practice by a Central Health Service doctor is brought to the notice of this Ministry, appropriate action is taken in the matter as per rules and procedure of the Government.
Stagnation increment – Revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners
No. 38/37/2016-P&PW (A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan
Khan Market, New Delhi-110 003
Dated the 21st December, 2018
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners – Stagnation increment regarding
The undersigned is directed to say that in pursuance of the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of the 7th CPC, orders were issued vide this Deptt’s OM of even number dated 12.5.2017 for revision of pension/family pension in respect of pre-2016 pensioners/family pensioners by notionally fixing pay in the pay matrix recommended by the 7th CPC in the level corresponding to the pay in the pay scale/pay band and grade pay at which the Government servant/pensioner retired/died. Concordance tables for fixation of notional pay /pension of pre-2016 pensioners were issued vide this Department’s OM of even number dated 6.7.2017.
2. References/representations have been received in this Department seeking clarification on the applicability of the OM dated 7.9.2016 for the purpose of notional pay fixation and revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners and family pensioners w.e.f. 1.1.2016. The matter has been examined in consultation with the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure). It is clarified that that the benefit of additional increment has been granted to those officers who were serving as on 1.1.2016. Those who retired/died before 1.1.2016 are, therefore, not eligible for increment after retirement for the purpose of pension.
3. This issues with the approval of Department of Expenditure vide their I.D. No.1(3)/V-V/2018 dated 4.9.2018 and 1.D. No.1(3)/V-V/2018 dated 28.11.2018
(S.K. Makkar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has changed the norms for withdrawal of National Pension System (NPS) subscribers. Keeping in view the possibility of sudden financial needs of the subscribers, the requirement of minimum period under National Pension System (NPS) for availing the facility of partial withdrawal from the mandatory Tier-I account of the subscriber has been reduced from 10 years to 3 years from the date of joining w.e.f. 10th August, 2017. The minimum gap of 5 years between two partial withdrawals has also been removed w.e.f. 10th August, 2017. A subscriber is eligible for three partial withdrawals during the period of subscription under NPS, each withdrawal not exceeding twenty-five percent of the contributions made by the subscriber and excluding contributions made by the employer. There is, however, no restriction on withdrawals from the Tier-II account of the subscriber.
The extent and purpose for which partial withdrawals from the Tier-I account under NPS are permissible are as under:
Purpose
for higher education and marriage of his or her children including a legally adopted child;
for the purchase or construction of a residential house or flat in his or her own name or in a joint name with his or her legally wedded spouse. In case, the subscriber already owns either individually or in the joint name a residential house or flat, other than ancestral property, no withdrawal under these regulations shall be permitted;
for treatment of specified illnesses: if the subscriber, his legally wedded spouse, children, including a legally adopted child or dependent parents suffer from any specified illness, which shall comprise of hospitalization and treatment in respect of the following diseases:
(a)Cancer;
(b)Kidney Failure (End Stage Renal Failure);
(c)Primary Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension;
(d)Multiple Sclerosis;
(e)Major Organ Transplant
(f)Coronary Artery Bypass Graft;
(g)Aorta Graft Surgery;
(h)Heart Valve Surgery;
(i)Stroke;
(j)Myocardial Infarction;
(k)Coma;
(l)Total blindness;
(m)Paralysis;
(n)Accident of serious/ life threatening nature.
(o)Any other critical illness of a life threatening nature as stipulated in the circulars, guidelines or notifications issued by the Authority from time to time.
Towards meeting the expenses by subscriber for skill development/re-skilling or for any other self-development activities.
Towards meeting the expenses by subscriber for establishment of own venture or any start-ups.
To meet medical & incidental expenses arranging out of disability or incapacitation suffered.
Limits
The subscriber should have been in the National Pension System at least for a period of three years from the date of his or her joining;
The subscriber shall be permitted to withdraw accumulations not exceeding twenty-five per cent of the contributions made by him or her and standing to his or her credit in his or her individual pension account, as on the date of application for withdrawal;
Frequency
The subscriber shall be allowed to make partial withdrawals for a maximum of three times during the entire tenure of subscription under the NPS. There is, however, no minimum time gap now stipulated between two partial withdrawals.
This was stated by Shri Ship Pratap Shukla, Minister of State for Finance in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (Department of Personnel and Training)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 11th December, 2018
G.S.R. 1209(E) — In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 read with clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, namely:‑
(1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Leave) (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2018.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972,
(A) in rule 28, in sub-rule (1) for clauses (a), (b) and (c), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:‑
“(a) The leave account of every Government servant (other than a military officer) who is serving in a Vacation Department shall be credited with earned leave, in advance’ in two installments of five days each on the first day of January and July of every calendar year.
(b)In respect of any year in which a Government Servant avails a portion of the vacation, he shall be entitled to additional earned leave in such proportion of twenty days, as the number of days of vacation not taken bears to the full vacation, provided the total earned leave credited shall not exceed thirty days in a calendar year.
(c) If, in any year, the Government servant does not avail any vacation, earned leave will be as per Rule 26 instead of clauses (a) and (b).”;
(B) in rule 29, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:—
“(1) The half pay leave account of every Government servant (other than a military officer and a Government servant serving in a Vacation Department) shall be credited with half pay leave in advance, in two installments of ten days each on the first day of January and July of every calendar year.”;
(C) in rule 43-C. (a)-for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely”;
“(1) Subject to the provisions of this rule, a female Government servant and single male Government servant may be granted child care leave by an authority competent to grant leave for a maximum period of seven hundred and thirty days during entire service for taking care of two eldest surviving children, whether for rearing or for looking after any of their needs, such as education, sickness and the like.” ;
(b) for sub-rules (3) and (4), the following sub-rules shall be substituted, namely:‑
“(3) Grant of child care leave to a female Government servant and a single male Government servant under sub-rule (1) shall be subject to the following conditions, namely:-
(i) it shall not be granted for more than three spells in a calendar year;
(ii) in case of a single female Government servant, the grant of leave in three spells in a calendar year shall be extended to six spells in a calendar year.
(iii) it shall not ordinarily be granted during the probation period except in case of certain extreme situations where the leave sanctioning authority is satisfied about the need of child care leave to the probationer, provided that the period for which such leave is sanctioned is minimal.
(iv) child care leave may not be granted for a period less than five days at a time.
(4) During the period of child care leave, a female Government servant and a single male Government servant shall be paid one hundred percent of the salary for the first three hundred and sixty five days, and at eighty percent of the salary for the next three hundred and sixty five days.
Explanation.- Single Male Government Servant’ means – an unmarried or widower or divorcee Government servant.”;
(D) for rule 44, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-
“44. Work Related Illness and Injury Leave:‑
The authority competent to grant leave may grant Work Related Illness and Injury Leave ( herein after referred to as WRIIL) to a Government servant (whether permanent or temporary), who suffers illness or injury that is attributable to or aggravated in the performance of her or his official duties or in consequence of her or his official position subject to the provisions contained in sub-rule (1) of rule 19 of these rules, on the following conditions, namely :
(1) Full pay and allowances shall be granted to all employees during the entire period of hospitalisation on account of WRIIL.
(2) Beyond hospitalization, WRIIL shall be governed as follows:
(a) A Government servant (other than a military officer) full pay. and allowances for the six months immediately following hospitalisation and Half Pay for twelve months beyond the said period of six months. The Half Pay period may be commuted to full pay with corresponding number of days of Half Pay Leave debited from the employees leave account.
(b) For officers of Central Armed Police Forces full pay and allowances for six months immediately following the hospitalisation and full pay only for the next twenty four months.
(c) For personnel below the rank of officer of the Central Armed Police Forces full pay and allowances, with no limit regarding period.
(3) In the case of persons to whom the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 applies, the amount of leave salary payable under WRIIL shall be reduced by the amount of compensation paid under the Act.
(4) No Earned Leave or Half Pay Leave shall be credited during the period that employee is on WRIIL.”.
(E) rules 45 and 46 shall be omitted.
[F. No. 11020/01/2017 -Estt(L)]
GYANENDRA DEV TRIPATHI Jt. Secy.
PCDA Circular 611 : Revision of Pension in r/o pre-2006 Commissioned Officers / JCOs / ORs Pensioners / Family Pensioners
OFFICE OF THE PR.CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS) DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD – 211 014
Circular No.611
Dated: 10.12.2018
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- 400 051
2. All CMDs, Public Sector Banks
3. The Nodal Officers, ICICI/HDFC/AXIS/IDBI Banks
4. All Managers, CPPCs
5. The PCDA (WC), chandigarh
6. The CDA (PD), Meerut
7. The CDA Chennai
8. The ROs……
9. The PAOs…..
Subject: Revision of Pension in r/o pre-2006 Commissioned Officers/JCOs/ORs Pensioners/Family Pensioners.
Reference is invited to this office circulars mentioned above under which implementation instructions regarding new PPO series and e-PPO have been issued.
2. The procedure of forwarding of e-PPO in respect of Armed Forced personnel has been provided in ibid mentioned circulars. As in the new scenario of e-PPO, the same are being directly forwarded to the respective PDAs through SFTP mode as well as to the RO and Army HQrs (in case of Commissioned Officers).
Further, it is clarified that the identity of the pensioner/family pensioner has already been established at the time of first payment of pension. Therefore, respective ROs are requested not to forward the hard copy of corrigendum e-PPO to the Banks & DPDOs where e-PPOs has already been transmitted by concerned PSAs through SFTP mode directly. Banks & DPDOs are requested to act upon the Corrigendum e-PPO received through SFTP mode without confirmation from respective RO/Army HQrs whereas rest of the PDAs will act upon, on the basis of the copy of Corrigendum e-PPO as per the practice in vogue.
3. It is also observed that ROs are forwarding the descriptive roll to the concerned paying branch of the pensioner whereas descriptive roll is to be forwarded to the concerned CPPC of the pensioner instead of concerned paying branch which causes delay during the first payment of pension. Therefore ROs are requested to forward the descriptive roll alongwith e-PPO and undertaking for 1st payment as mentioned in Circular No.606 dated 24.09.2018 to the Concerned CPPC of the pensioner.
4. All other terms and conditions shall remain unchanged.
5. This circular has been uploaded on this office website www.pcdapension.nic.in for dissemination across the all concerned.
PCDA Circular 612 : Broad banding of disability element in respect of Armed Forces Personnel
OFFICE OF THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS) DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD – 211014
Circular No. 612
Dated: 17.12.2018
To,
The O I/C
Records/PAO (ORs)
…………………………….
…………………………….
Subject :- Broad banding of disability element in respect of Armed Forces Personnel retired/ discharged on completion of terms of engagement with disability/ aggravated by or attributable to Military Service – Implementation of Court/ AFTs orders.
Reference:- This office Circular No. 561 dated 10.06.2016.
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Consequent upon issue of AG/PS-4 (Pen/Legal) letter No. PC-A/70545/679/RRB/MI-20(A3) dated 25.07.2018 (copy enclosed) regarding broad banding of disability element in respect of Armed Forces Personnel retired/ discharged on completion of terms of engagement with disability/ aggravated by or attributable to Military Service – Implementation of Court/ AFTs orders, it is clarified that the PCDA(P), Allahabad/ PSAs can only issue PPO to affected petitioners after receiving the Govt. sanction letter issued by Services Headquarters in each and every case along with the claim from ROs.
2. Therefore, this office Circular No. 561 dated 10.06.2016 stands cancelled in toto.
3. This circular has been uploaded on official website of this office www.pcdapension.nic.in.
Pay, Allowances and other entitlements for IRMS/Dental Doctors under Ministry of Railways
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
RBE No. 189/2018
No. E(P&A)I-2016/RT-16
New Delhi, 07.12.2018
The General Managers,
All Indian Railways/Production Units.
Sub.:- Pay, Allowances and other entitlements for IRMS/Dental Doctors under Ministry of Railways who have opted to serve on clinical post after attaining age of 62 years.
Attention is invited to Board’s letter of even number dated 20.09.2018 and 01.11.2018 whereby instructions regarding option to be submitted by IRMS/Dental Doctors under Ministry of Railways to serve on clinical posts after attaining the age of 62 years and designation of such doctors on their posting to clinical post has been communicated. In continuation to that it has been decided that on posting of such doctors to clinical posts as Consultant/Sr. Consultant/Chief Consultant/Principal Consultant-Health, the pay and allowances available to them on the date of such posting will be maintained.
This issues with the concurrence of Finance Dte. of Ministry of Railways.
Kindly acknowledge receipt.
(N.P. Singh)
Jt. Director, Estt. (P&A)
Railway Board
