CGHS Revision of ceiling rates for reimbursement of the cost of Cardiac pacemaker, AICD, Combo-device, Rotablator and Aortic Stent Graft
Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Department of Health & Family Welfare
Directorate Genera! of CGHS
Office of the Director, CGHS
No: S-11011/29/2018-CGHS(HEC)/ DIR/CGHS
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated the 6th August, 2018
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject :- Revision of ceiling rates for reimbursement of the cost of Cardiac pacemaker, AICD, Combo-device, Rotablator and Aortic Stent Graft for beneficiaries of CGHS/CS(MA) Rules
With reference to the above subject attention is drawn to the OM No 12034/02/2014/Misc./CGHS D.III dated 22nd July 2014 vide which ceiling rates for reimbursement of the cost of Cardiac pacemaker, AICD, Combo-device, Rotablator and Aortic Stent Graft for beneficiaries of CGHS/CS (MA) Rules were prescribed and to state that the matter has been reviewed by the Ministry and it is decided to revise the ceiling rates as per the details given under:
SI. NO.
CARDIAC DEVICE
CEILING RATE
1
Single Chamber Cardiac Pacemaker without Rate Response
Rs. 34,840/- + GST
2
Single Chamber Cardiac Pacemaker with Rate Response
Adhoc Bonus 2018 to Kerala Government Employees and Pensioners
GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
Abstract
AD-HOC BONUS AND SPECIAL FESTIVAL ALLOWANCE 2017-18 TO STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONERS – SANCTIONED – ORDERS ISSUED.
FINANCE(LOANS) DEPARTMENT
G.O.(P)No.123/2018/Fin
Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 08/08/2018
Read:- G.0.(P)No.107/2017/Fin dated 16.08.2017.
ORDER
Government are pleased to sanction Ad hoc Bonus/ Special Festival Allowance to the State Government Employees, Employees of Aided Educational Institutions, Full-time Contingent Employees and other categories of Staff subject to the conditions specified in thfs order.
Ad hoc Bonus
2. All State Government employees (including Personal Staff of Ministers, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Leader of the Opposition and Chief Whip), All India Service Officers working in connection with the affairs. of the State, Employees of the Aided. Educational Institutions, Staff of the Local Bodies and Employees of Panchayat Raj Institutions etc. drawing total emoluments upto and including ₹ 25,000/- in the pre-revised scale and ₹ 26,000/- in the revised scale of pay as on 31.03.2018 will be paid Ad hoc Bonus @ ₹ 4,000/- for the year 2017-18 before the ensuing Onam Festival Subject to the following conditions.
(i) For those drawing emoluments of more than ₹ 4,000/- per month and not exceeding ₹ 25,000/- ( pre-revised scale), ₹ 26,000/- ( revised scale) per month, the Ad hoc Bonus will be calculated as if the emoluments were ₹ 4,000/- per month. In the case of those who have opted to come over to the revised scales of pay on or before 31.03.2018, the term “emoluments” means Basic pay, Personal Pay, Special Pay, Special Allowance, Personal Allowance and Dearness Allowance at 15% of the basic pay in the revised scale, excluding House Rent Allowance and other Compensatory Allowances.
(ii) In the case of employees remaining in pre-revised scale, the term “emoluments” means the same as (i) above in all other respects except that the DA will be 112% of the Basic Pay in the pre-revised scale excluding House Rent’ Allowance and Compensatory
(iii) The personal Allowance sanctioned to protect drop in Dearness Allowance in Special *Pay will also be reckoned as emoluments for computing Ad hoc Bonus in such cases.
(iv) In the case of employees who were on leave without allowance, half pay leave, study leave or leave not due during the month of March 2017, their Ad hoc Bonus will be calculated based on the emoluments last drawn by them before proceeding on leave.
(v) The rate of Dearness Allowance. for the purpose of this order will be that sanctioned vide G.O. (P)No.84/2018/Fin dated 07/06/2018.
3. The Ad hoc Bonus/Special Festival Allowance will be admissible to such employees who were in service on 31.03.2018 and have atleast 6 months continuous service during the financial year 2017-18. Those who have retired or even relieved from service on or before 31.03.2018 and had put in 6 months continuous service during the financial year 2017-18 will also be eligible for Ad hoc Bonus/ Special Festival Allowance as the case may be.
4. Regular employees who were under suspension during the whole, or part of the Financial Year 2017-18 will be eligible for Ad hoc Bonus/ Special Festival Allowance, provided they have been reinstated in service on or before the date of issue of this order and the period of suspension is regularised as duty or eligible leave and have drawn full salary for that period.
5. The following categories will also be eligible to receive Ad hoc Bonus.
(i) The NMR and permanent workers/ labourers and seasonal workers of all Departments including those working in Agricultural farms, Seed farms, Regional Workshop etc. ( for calculation of Ad hoc Bonus variable Dearness Allowance will also be taken into account in the case of employees drawing variable Dearness Allowance).
(ii) Provisional Employees who have at least 6 months continuous service during the financial year 2017-18 and got regular appointments in Government service through the S.0 without service break and aided school Teachers got regular appointment in Government school, provided they were in service as on 31.03.2018.
(iii) Part-time Teachers of Education Department who are drawing pay in a scale of pay.
(iv) In the case of Government Employees who are working in Corporations/ Public Sector Undertakings or Boards on deputation during 2017-18 and if their service in the parent department was more than six months, the Ad hoc Bonus/Special Festival Allowance admissible will be drawn and disbursed by the foreign employer in relaxation of para 3 above.
(v) Part-time Contingent Employees including those working in aided educational Institutions.
(vi) The employees of Government Presses will be given option either to draw Bonus as admissible to other Government employees as per these orders or the performance allowance ( including ex-gratia allowance’ if any) payable to industrial workers as usual. No revision of options will be allowed if the employee exercises any one of the above options.
Special Festival Allowance
6. The following categories of employees who are not eligible to draw bonus will be paid Special Festival Allowance @ ₹. 2,750/-:
(i) Who are not eligible to draw Ad hoc Bonus in terms of para -2 to 5 above are eligible for Special Festival Allowance.
(ii) All regular/temporary employees including personal staff of Ministers, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Leader of the Opposition and Chief Whip and who joined service after Onam holidays of 2017, and who are in service on the date of issue of this order and all regular P.S.0 hands who joined duty before fourth Onam of 2018.
(iii). Teachers deputed for training from Aided/Government Schools who are eligible for Onam Advance under Article 250 of the Kerala Financial Code Volume I.
(iv).Re-employed Pensioners on re-employment pay.
(v).Employees on contract appointments/ Senior residents ( Doctors in bonded service) who have six months service during 2017-18 and relieved before the issuance of this order are eligible for this benefit. Contract employees who are in service on the date of issuance of this order are also eligible for festival allowance.
(vi) Provisional hands recruited through Employment Exchange who are in service on the day before the First Onam ( 24.08.2018) but whose service are not terminated before the Fourth Onam (27.08.2018) irrespective of their length of service.
(vii) All the teaching and non-teaching staff of Aided Anglo-Indian Schools which have not been brought under the direct payment system.
(viii) Staff of the Sree Chithra home.
(ix) Honorary Physicians of Government Ayurveda Colleges.
(x) Honorary Sisters in Government Hospitals.
(xi) Chainmen of the Revenue Department on daily wages.
(xii) Permanent labourers in Government Departments.
(Xiii) Full-time Contingent employees in Government Department, Local Bodies and the contract employees of Kerala House, New Delhi. Those who have put in 6 months continuous service on 31.03.2018 will have option to claim either Ad hoc Bonus or Special Festival Allowance.
(xiv) Editor and Reporters of Indian Law Reports (Kerala Series )
(xv) Government Pleaders and Additional Government Pleaders.
7. The following categories of Staff will be paid Special Festival Allowance @ ₹ 1,210/-.
(i) Pollination workers who are in the list of Agriculture Department and the workers under the scheme of spraying to control leaf rot disease of coconut palms implemented through Panchayat/Municipalities/ Corporations who are on the rolls of Agriculture Department and are now employed by Local Bodies under instructions from the Agriculture Department.
(ii) Cattle improvement Assistants in the Dairy Development Department.
(iii) Public Counsel
(iv) Life Guards of Tourism Department/Home Guards of the Home Department who are on daily wages.
(v) Family planning Voluntary Workers who have worked at least 30 days during the period from the last Onam holidays to the ensuing Onam holidays and part-time contingent employees on daily wages recruited from the category of Family Planning Voluntary Promoters of Trained Dais.
(vi) Scheduled Tribes Promoters working in the Scheduled Tribes Development Department and Scheduled Caste Promoters working in the Scheduled Caste Development Department.
(vii) Employees on daily wages who are in service before the first Onam (i.e. 08.2018) and whose services are not terminated before the Fourth Onam (i.e. 27.08.2018).
(viii) Persons acting as substitutes in the place of regular employees in Government Departments, Farms and Local Bodies and the Casual Labourers/CLR Workers including those in Irrigation Department/H.R.Workers of Irrigation Department, provided they have put in 30 days work during the last one year beginning from the last Onam holidays to the ensuing Onam holidays. However,. those who have put in a minimum of 200 days work during the period will be eligible for 30 days wages as Adhoc Bonus. Those who have put in less than 200 days work but more than 30 days work shall be eligible for Ad hoc Bonus proportionate to the days worked by them subject to a minimum of ₹ 1,210/-. In the case of Casual workers, CLR workers and HR workers who have been regularized in service, the period of eligibility as indicated above will also include the period of their service before regularization. ‘However, the maximum admissible Ad hoc BOnus is 4,000/-.
(ix) Non regularized CLR and HR workers who have put in a minimum of 30 days work between the last Onam holidays and ensuing Onam holidays.
(x) The volunteers of Attappady Hill Area Development Society.
(xi) Guest Lecturers/Instructors in Educational Institutions who have worked at least 200 hours during the financial year 2017-18.
(xii) The patient employees of the Leprosy Hospitals.
8. The following categories of employees will be paid Special Festival Allowance @ ₹ 1,200/,
(i) Asha Workers.
(ii) The Anganwadi/ Balawadi teachers, workers under the Social Justice Department, Rural Development Department, Scheduled Caste Development Department and Scheduled Tribe Development Departments.
(iii) Anganwadi/ Balawadi Helpers and Ayas.
(iv) Special messengers of Women Protection Officers of Mahila Samakhya Society.
(v) Kishori Shakthi Yojana School Counsellors.
(vi) Nurses in Palliative care.
(vii) Teachers and other Employees in Buds School.
9. The following categories of employees will be paid Special Festival Allowance at the rates noted against each
(i) Teachers and Ayahs of Peripatetic Schools and Single Teacher Schools 1,300/-
(ii) Noon feeding workers in schools ( including Pre-primary schools run by PTA s) 1,300/-
(iii) School Counsellors 1,140/-
(iv) Additional Staff of MLAs 1,100/-
(v) Teachers and Ayahs of Pre-primary schools run by PTAs 1,100/-
(vi) Preraks and Assistant Preraks 1,000/-
(vii) The conveners of Balawadi/Anganwadi and Feeding Conveners of the upgraded regular feeding centres of the Rural Development Department. 1,000/-
(viii) Sweepers on consolidated remuneration 1,000/-
(ix) The Kashaya servants of Ayurveda Dispensaries 1,000/-
(x) Teaching and Non-teaching staff of Special School. 1,000/-
(xi) Teachers in Fashion Designing & Garment Technology Institutions under the control of Technical Education Dept. 1,100/-
10. The following categories of Pensioners will be paid Special Festival Allowance @ ₹ 1,000/-.
(i) Service Pensioners who are not eligible for Bonus or Festival Allowance as indicated in para 3 and 6.
(ii) Family Pensioners
(iii) Pro-rata Pensioners
(iv) Pro-rata Family Pensioners
(v) Ex-gratia Pensioners
(vi) Ex-gratia Family Pensioners
(vii) Part-time Contingent Pensioners
(viii) Part-time Contingent Family Pensioners
(ix) Personal staff Pensioners
(x) Family Pensioners of Personal Staff
(xi) Compassionate Allowance Pensioners
(xii) Retired Leprosy Patient Employees
(xiii) Invalid Pensioners
(xiv) UGC Pensioners
(xv) UGC Family Pensioners
Note:- The Special Festival Allowance under any one of the above schemes alone will be paid, if a pensioner comes within the purview of Para (i) to (xv) above.
11. The Categories of employees mentioned below will not be eligible to receive Ad hoc Bonus/ Special Festival Allowance.
(i) Those who are eligible for bonus, ex-gratia or such other payments and being governed by any other Bonus Act/ Act.
(ii) Those who were on leave without allowance as per Appendix 12 of KSR as on 31″ March 2018 to take up employment abroad or within India or to join their spouses.
12. The Ad hoc Bonus/ Special Festival Allowance should be drawn before 31.03.2019. The expenditure will be debited to the head of account from which the pay and allowances/wages/pension of the individual concerned is drawn. In the case of employees of Local Bodies, the expenditure on account of the payment of Ad hoc Bonus/ Special Festival Allowance will be met from the funds of the respective Local bodies.
13. Payment of Ad hoc bonus/ Special Festival Allowance for 2017-18 in the case of employees and pensioners will be made with effect from 14.08.2018.
Sub:- Centralized online GPF Module roll out – regarding
Reference is invited to this office OM. No. ITD-CGA/07/11/GF-MIDS/Pt. FileNo1.2/163 dated 09 May 2017 regarding complete roll out of Centralized online GPF module. The module can be implemented in PAOs whose all DDOs are using Employees Information System (EIS) for generation of Salary Bills.
2. For migrating to the online GPF module on PFMS, PAOs have to complete some activities in “COMPACT” as per the annexure-I before exporting the GPF data from COMPACT to PFMS portal.
3. The merged DDOs of the PAOs are also required to upload the current year GPF data on the PFMS Portal. Merged DDOs have been provided with an offline utility within EIS to enter data for uploading.
4. In view of the above, all Pr. CCAs, CCAs, CAs (with independent charge) are requested to direct the PAOs under their control to complete the activities mentioned in Annexure-I in COMPACT at the earliest possible.
(Anupam Raj)
Asstt. Controller General of Accounts
Subject: Amendment in essential qualification for Recruitment of Primary Teachers in KVS
In reference to NCTE notification dated 28.06.2018 regarding minimum qualification of Primary teacher, the following amendment has been made in the essential qualification for the post of Primary Teacher:
Essential:
1. Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known)
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.EI.Ed.)
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 2-year Diploma in Education (Special Education)
OR
Graduation with atleast 50% marks and Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.)*
* who has acquired the qualification of Bachelor of Education from any NCTE recognized institution shall be considered for appointment as a teacher in class I-V provided the person so appointed as a teacher shall mandatorily undergo a six month Bridge Course in Elementary Education recognized by the NCTE within two years of such appointment as Primary Teacher.
2. Qualified in the Central Teacher Eligibility Test conducted by the Govt. of India.
3. Proficiency to teach through Hindi & English media.
Grant of additional HRA to the Central Govt Civilian Employees in the States of NER, A&N Islands, Lakshadweep Islands and Ladakh
No. 28/1 /2017-E.II(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
New Delhi, dated the 14th, August, 2018.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject.- Grant of additional HRA to the civilian employees of the Central Government serving in the States of North Eastern Region, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands and Ladakh.
Consequent upon revision of rates of House Rent Allowance (HRA)/additional HRA w.e.f.01.07.2017 vide this Department’s O.M. No. 2/5/2017-E.II(B) dated 07/07/2017 and O.M. of even number dated 19.07.2017 respectively, it has been decided to grant additional HRA at old duty station w.e.f. 01.07,2017 to all those Central Government civilian employees who have been transferred to North Eastern Region, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands and Ladakh, prior to 01.07.2017 or after 01.07.2017 and continue to remain posted there after 01.07.2017, as under:-
(I) In case of civilian employees of Central Government transferred to and posted from a date prior to 01.07.2017 who leave their families behind at the old duty station, the HRA of the old duty station will be calculated on the revised pay drawn on 0107.2017 with the percentage rates of HRA effective on 01.07.2017 as per O.M. No. 2/5/2017-E.II(B) dated 07/07/2017
(ii) In case of civilian employees of Central Government transferred to and posted from a date on or after 01.07.2017 who leave their families behind at the old duty station, the HRA of the old duty station will be calculated on the revised pay drawn on the date of transfer with the percentage rates of HRA effective on the date of transfer.
2. This is issued with the approval of Secretary (Expenditure).
(Nirmala Dev)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
Closure of Office / Buildings surroundings R.P.Bhawan on the occasion of Independence Day Celebrations 2018
MOST IMMEDIATE
F. No. 12/10/2016-JCA2
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
JCA Section
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 14th August, 2018
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Closure of Office/Buildings surroundings R.P. Bhawan in connection with AT HOME FUNCTION on the occasion of Independence Day Celebrations 2018. – regarding.
The Anti-Sabotage Checks are required to be done in the buildings (as per list enclosed), before AT HOME FUNCTION at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 15.08.2018 evening. These buildings will have to be vacated by 0900 hours on 15.08.2018, so that rooms are scaled after regular Anti-Sabotage checks are completed. It has therefore been decided that the Government Offices located in the buildings in the Annexure to this OM would be closed by 0900 hours on 15.08.2018 (Wednesday)
Hindi version will follow.
(Juglal Singh)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
F.No. 12/4/2018 – JCA2
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
JCA Section
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 14th August, 2018
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Change of date of holiday on account of Id-u-Zuha (Bakrid) during 2018 for all Central Government administrative offices located at Delhi / New Delhi.
As per list of holidays circulated vide this Ministry’s O.M.No.12/3/2017-JCA-2 dated the 14th June, 2017, the holiday on account of Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) falls on Wednesday the 22nd August, 2018. It has been brought to notice of this Ministry that in Delhi Id-ul-Zuha will be celebrated on 23rd August, 2018. Accordingly, it has been decided to shift the holiday to 23rd August, 2018 in place of 22nd August, 2018 as notified earlier, for all Central Government administrative offices at Delhi / New Delhi.
2. For Offices outside Delhi / New Delhi the Employees Coordination Committees or Head of Offices (where such Committees are not functi ning) can decide the date depending upon the decision of the concerned State Government.
Hindi version will follow.
(Juglal Singh)
Deputy Secretary Government of India
Doctors Age of superannuation – Gazette Notification G.S.R. 767(E)
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Personnel and Training)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 11th August, 2018
G.S.R. 767(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Fundamental Rules, 1922, namely :—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1)These rules may be called the Fundamental (Second Amendment) Rules,2018.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Fundamental Rules, 1922, in rule 56, for clause (bb), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“(bb) (i) The age of superannuation in respect of the doctors belonging to–
(i) Central Health Service;
(ii) Indian Railways Medical Service;
(iii) AYUSH and working under the Ministry of AYUSH;
(iv) Civilian doctors under the Directorate General of Armed Forces Medical Service;
(v) Medical Officers of the Indian Ordnance Factories Health Service;
(vi) Dental Doctors under the Department of Health and Family Welfare;
(vii) Dental doctors under the Ministry of Railways; and
(viii) General Duty Medical Officers, Specialist Grade doctors and Teaching Medical Faculty working in Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre,
shall be sixty-two years unless they exercise the option of posting to Teaching, Clinical, Patient Care,Implementation of Health programmes, Public Health programmes and functions including advisory and consultancy depending on their expertise and experience, as decided by the competent authority in the concerned Ministry or Department from time to time, in case they desire to continue in their service upto the age of sixty-five years:
Provided that the age of superannuation in respect of the doctors belonging to the General Duty Medical Officers sub-cadre of Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles and Specialist Medical officers of Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles shall be sixty-five years.
(ii) The serving doctors belonging to the services referred to in sub-clause (i) who have either already attained the age of sixty-two years or attaining the age of sixty-two years within six months from the date of publication of these amendment rules in the Official Gazette, may exercise their option in regard to their posting to Teaching, Clinical, Patient Care, Implementation of Health programmes, Public Health programmes and functions including advisory and consultancy as specified in sub-clause (i), within a period of thirty days from the date of the commencement of the Fundamental (Second Amendment) Rules, 2018.
(iii) The serving doctors who fail to exercise the option in regard to their posting to Teaching, Clinical, Patient Care, Implementation of Health programmes, Public Health programmes and functions including advisory and consultancy as specified in sub-clause (i), within the period specified in sub clause (ii), shall be superannuated form their service on attaining the age of sixty-two years or on expiry of a period of thirty days from the date of the commencement of the Fundamental (Second Amendment) Rules, 2018, whichever is later. ”.
[F. No. 25012/4/2016-Estt.(A-IV)]
GYANENDRA DEV TRIPATHI, Jt. Secy.
Note : The Fundamental Rules were published in the Gazette of India on the 1st day of January, 1922 and were last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 27(E), dated the 5th January, 2018.
7th CPC Fitment Factor – No changes in the fitment factor [Rajya Sabha QA]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 2273
ANSWERED ON 07.08.2018
Increase of fitment factor under 7th CPC
2273 Shri Ravi Prakash Verma
Shri Neeraj Shekhar
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state :-
(a) whether Government is contemplating to increase fitment factor from 2.57 to 3.68 under 7th CPC to all pay levels, as demanded by employees associations;
(b) if so, the details thereof and by when it would be announced; and
(c) if not, the reasons for betrayal from assurances given by Home Minister and Railway Minister etc. to employees associations in 2016?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI P. RADHAKRISHNAN)
(a) to (c): The Minimum Pay of Rs. 18,000 p.m. and Fitment Factor of 2.57 are based on the specific recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission in the light of the relevant factors taken into account by it. Therefore, no change therein is at present under consideration.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3975
TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 10TH AUGUST, 2018
19, SHRAVANA, 1940 (SAKA)
TAX RELAXATION ON NPS MATURITY VALUE
3975. SHRI KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO:
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government is contemplating to give tax rebate on the maturity value of the amount deposited under National Pension Scheme (NPS) like Public Provident Fund and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the Securities and Exchange Board of India has also recommended to this tax relaxation in the recently held Financial Stability and Development Council meeting and if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the stand of the Government in this regard?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)
(a) No Madam. Currently, Government is not contemplating to give any tax rebate on the maturity value of the amount deposited under National Pension Scheme (NPS) like Public Provident Fund. In this context, it may be noted that under the existing provisions of the Income tax Act, 1961 the following payments from the National Pension System Trust are exempt:
(i) up to 40% of the total amount payable to an assessee on closure of his account or on his
opting out of a Pension Scheme; and
(ii) partial withdrawal by an employee from NPS up to 25% of own contribution.
