Extension of Online GPF Module to Group D Work Charged Employees of the West Bengal

Government of West Bengal
Finance Department
Audit Branch

NOTIFICATION

Dated 5th June, 2018

Sub :- Extension of Online GPF Module to Group D Work Charged Employees of the State

Ref:- Finance Department Memorandum No.734-F(J)W.B. dated-28.02.2018 and 1353- F(J) W.B. dated 18.04.2018

The Finance Department vide Notification No-734-F(J)W.B. dated 28.02.2018 has notified that the Head of Offices (HOOs) shall cease to maintain the General Provident Fund Accounts of Group-D employees of the State with effect from 01.04.2018 and instead the Directorate of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance, West Ben gal (DPPG) shall maintain the General Provident Fund Accounts in IFMS in Online Platform w.e.f. 01.04.2018.

2. Clarification was issued later vide Finance Department Memo No-1353-F(Jl W.B . dated 18.04.2018 th at Group-D work charged employees shall not come under the purview of Online GPF Module at present. However, it was under the consideration of the Government from sometime past to bring the Group-D work charge employees within the purview of Online GPF Module at the earliest.

3. Now in partial modification of the Order No. 1353-F(J)W.8. dated-18.04.20 18, the Governor is pleased to declare that the Group-D Work Charged employees shall be brought under the purview of Online GPF Module with retrospective effect from 01. 04.20 18. Accordingly, the following aspects are to be followed by the concerned Head of Offices.

1) All Work Charged employees shall be mapped with their respective Head of Offices in the stakeholder module of HRMS within 15.06.2018.

2) After completion of stakeholder mapping, capturing and approval of GPF Balance as on 01.04.2018 of Group-D Work Charged employees shall be completed following the procedure as laid down in Notification No-734-F(J)W.8 . dated 28.02.2018 within 22.06.2018. After approval by Head of Offices, the required documents viz. Annexure-1 & II shall be sent to DPPG by 29.06.2018 without fail.

3) Application and processing of final payment of accumulated GPF balances becoming payable to Group-D Work Ch a rged employees due to retirement, death , resignation or otherwise on or after the date of issuance of this order s h all be processed following the procedure as laid down in Notification No- 1115-F(J)W.8. dated 28.02.2018. Final Payment of GPF accumulation shall be made on the basis of Final Payment Authority issued by DPPG, W.B only.

4) Final payment of accumulated GPF balance of those Group-D Work Charged employees falling due to retirement, death, resignation or otherwise before the date of issuance of this order shall be made following the existing procedure. However, GPF Balance of those Group-D employees as on 0 1.04.2018 shall also require to be captured and approved following the procedure as laid down in Notification No-734-F(J)W.B. dated 28.02.2018.

5) Necessary amendments in “The General Provident Fund (West Bengal Services) Rules shall be made in due course.

(H.K.Dwivedi)
Additional Chief Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal

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West Bengal Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme, 1987 – Table of Benefits under Savings Fund for the year of cessation of Membership 2017-2018.

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
AUDIT BRANCH

No. 1960-F(J)-W.B. Date: 04/06/2018

MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT: State Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme, 1987 – Table of Benefits under Savings Fund for the year of cessation of Membership 2017-2018.

In continuation of this Department’s Memo No. 4521-F(J)WB dated 03.11.2017, the undersigned is directed to say that a new table of benefits showing accumulation of savings fund under the above mentioned scheme corresponding to a unit subscription of Rs. 10/- (Rupees Ten) only per month has drawn up for the period from 01.11.2017 to 30.04.2018 in matching with the Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme, 1980 circulated under GOI’s OM NO. No. 7(2)/EV/2016 dated 23.11.2017.

A copy of the said table is enclosed herewith as ready reckoner. The figures have been worked out on the basis of the rate of interests as follows:-

The mortality rate continues to remain unchanged.

2. The amounts shown in the table are applicable (with the fractions) for one unit and to be rounded off after calculating the final amount payable.

3. The amounts shown in the table are applicable to a member of Group-D category. Corresponding amounts for the member of higher groups may be calculated proportionately.

4. It is assumed that subscriptions have fully been realised from salary up to the month in which a member ceases to be in service, failing the same shall be deducted with interest from his/her entitlement.

 K. K. Banerjee
Deputy Secretary to the
Govt. of West Bengal

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Ex-gratia Payment to West Bengal Government Pensioners, 2018

Government of West Bengal
Finance Department
Pension Branch
Block-IV, 2nd floor, Writers’ Buildings,
Kolkata-700 001.

Memo. No. 288 — F(Pen)/1P-1(16)/11

Dated, Kolkata, the 1st June, 2018.

MEMORANDUM

Subject : Grant of ex-gratia payment to the State Government Pensioners.

The undersigned is directed by order of the Governor to say that in order to provide some relief to the State Government Pensioners during the ensuing festivals, the Governor has been pleased to decide that all State Government Pensioners including the holders of provisional pension who retired prior to 30.9.2017 and also the pensioners who retired or died after 30.9.2017 but prior to 01.09.2018 and whose basic pension plus Dearness relief on pension as on March 31,2018 did not exceed Rs. 25000/-(Rupees twenty five thousand) only and are not eligible for ad-hoc bonus shall be paid an ex-gratia grant of Rs. 2000/- (Rupees Two thousand) only in lump per head.

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2. The charge is debitable to the head “2071-Pensions and other retirement Benefits-OlCivil-800-other Expenditure-NP-001-fund required for meeting other expenditure-V-04-Pension / Gratuities” during the current financial year.

3. The ex-gratia grant sanctioned herein will also be admissible to :

i) The holders of family pension, ex-gratia family pension and adhoc family pension ;
ii) Pensioners (including widow pension holders) who draw their pension sanctioned under French Pension Rules ;
iii) Holders of extra-ordinary pension ; and
iv) Holders of ex-gratia pension.

The benefit will also be admissible to the pensioners of the undivided Government of Bengal and the pensioners of the erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) Government who migrated to West Bengal and are receiving pension under “Provisional Payment of Pension Scheme”.

4. The ex-gratia grant sanctioned herein will not be admissible to the special categories of pensioners, such as :-

i) Pensioners who have migrated from Pakistan ;
ii) Political Pensioners ;
iii) Special Pensioners ;
iv) War Risk Pensioners ;
v) Pensioners governed by the All India Services Rules.

5. The benefit will also not be admissible to those who are entitled to ad-hoc bonus sanctioned by the State Government and those who are employed/re-employed under any Public Undertakings/Statutory Bodies under the Government and are in receipt of bonus or ex-gratia payment in lieu there of during the current financial year.

6. State Government pensioners who draw their pension through Public Sector Banks will get this ex-gratia grant through their respective Bank Accounts. The Principal accountant General (A&E), West Bengal will issue an authority for this purpose to all such Banks under the Kolkata Payment Scheme immediately on receipt of this order so that the pensioners may draw the ex-gratia grant immediately to make their commitments for their festival. The Treasury/Sub-Treasury Office will take appropriate steps for issue of cheque to the respective paying branches of the Banks and Post Offices, so that the pensioners receiving pension through Banks, and Money Order get the payment of ex-gratia immediately to meet their commitments for their festival. No authority of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal will be required for this purpose.

7. Subject to para 6 above, this order will also be applicable to those who are eligible for this ex-gratia grant but whose pension/family pension has not yet been sanctioned. In their cases and in the case of persons who are drawing provisional pension, this amount of ex-gratia will be drawn by the authority competent to draw provisional pension in the same manner as the amount of provisional pension is drawn by him. In their cases, the facts of payment of ex-gratia grant should be intimated to the Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal at the time of forwarding their pension papers for final sanction of pension.

This benefit of ex-gratia grant of Rs. 2000/- per head as has been sanctioned in this memorandum for the State Government Pensioners will also be allowed to the teaching and non-teaching Pensioners of State aided Non-Government Educational Institutions and Pensioners of Panchayats, the Pensioners of Municipal Corporations/Municipalities/Local Bodies and other Organisations for whom pension is authorised either by the Accountant General, West Bengal or the DPPG, West Bengal. In such cases the respective Administrative Department may sanction the benefit of ex-gratia payment @ Rs. 2000/- per head this year to the pensioners concerned under their control without making any further reference to Pension Branch of this Department.

The payment of ex-gratia as sanctioned herein above should be made by 8th June, 2018 for the Muslim Pensioners / Family Pensioners and other than Muslim Pensioners / Family Pensioners the benefits should be disbursed in between 26th September,2018 to 5th October,2018.

Sd/-
K.K. Banerjee
Deputy Secretary, Finance Department
Government of West Bengal

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