As per SR 317-B-5 here is the type of residences based on the grade pay
1. Residential Accommodation
Grade Pay
Type of Residences
Rs. 1,300, 1,400, 1,600, 1,650 & 1,800
I
Rs. 1,900, 2,000, 2,400 & 2,800
III
Rs. 4,200, 4,600 & 4,800
III
Rs 5,400 to Rs. 6,600
IV
Rs. 6,600
IV (Spl.)
Rs. 7,600
V-A (D-II)
Rs. 8,700 and Rs. 8,900
V-B (D-I)
Rs. 10,000
VI-A (C-II)
Rs. 67000-74999
VI-B (C-I)
Rs. 75,000 to Rs. 79999
VII
Rs. 80,000 and above
VIII
2. Hostel Accommodation
Category of officer or his Grade Pay as on such date as may be specified by the
Central Government for the purpose
Type of Hostel
Rs. 4,200 and above
Single Suite (Without Kitchen)
Rs. 4,200 and above
Single Suite (With Kitchen)
Rs. 5,400 and above
Double Suite
All lady officers without limit of emolument
Working Girl Hostel
(a) Eligibility of an officer for Government accommodation shall be determined as per the Grade Pay of such officer in his present post held in the Government of India,
(b) Date of priority in respect of lower type accommodation i.e. Type-I to TypeIV shall be the date of joining the service in the Government of India.
(c) The inter-se seniority for the higher type accommodation shall be considered on the basis of following principles, namely:
(i) Firstly the Grade Pay of the Officer;
(ii) Secondly the priority dates within the same Grade-Pay. In this case the priority date shall be the date from which the applicant continuously drawing his existing Grade Pay.;
(iii) Where the priority date of two or more officers is the same, the inter-se seniority of the officers shall be determined on the basis of the basic pay i.e. the officer who have a higher pay shall be senior in the waiting list;
(iv) Where the priority date and the basic pay of two or more officers are the same, the earlier date of joining in the service of the Government of India shall be the next determining principle of inter-se seniority.
(v) where the priority date, basic pay and the date of joining in the service of the Government of India of two or more officers are the same, the officers retiring earlier may be accorded higher priority over the officer retiring later.
(d) The principle of determining the inter-se seniority of two or more officers as specified in sub-clause (ii) of clause (c) shall be implemented from the 1st January 2010.
(e) where Type-V and Type VI accommodation has not been classified as Type V-A and type V-B and type-VI-A and type-VI-B respectively, all the officers eligible for type –V shall be grouped together and similarly those eligible for type –VI shall also be grouped together,
(f) in the case of Secretaries to the Government of India and Additional Secretaries to the Government of India, the date of joining in the Government of India at Delhi shall determine their inter-se seniority subject to condition that no junior batch officer of the same service shall get priority over his senior batch officer. Where the date of joining is the same, the date of retirement shall determine their inter-se seniority on the principle that the eqrlier date of joing the Government of India, irrespective of the poace of posting and service/batch seniority, shall determine the inter-se seniority.
(g) officer entitled for Type-V and above accommodation shall also be eligible to apply for accommodation below entitlement subject to the condition that such accommodation shall not be below type-IV Special accommodation,
It has been decided by the competent authority that allotment of type VII and type VIII house will be made by the Minister of Urban Development keeping in view the functional necessity, criticality/sensitivity of the post held, urgency in requirement of houses by the eligible high dignitar8es and such allotments would not entail imposition of any enhanced rate of licence fee upon allottees which are working on very sensitive posts having lot of responsibility on behalf of the Government. O.M.
A.32018/1/2015/MF.CGA(A)/Gr.B/243
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
Controller General of Accounts
7th floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan
Khan Market, New Delhi
Dated 26-Jun-15
Office Memorandum
Sub : Forwarding of applications for deputation.
The issue regarding laying down a policy on forwarding of applications for proceeding on deputation received from filed offices in the case of AAOs, PAO/Sr.AOs has been engaging the attention of this office for quite some time. In order to ensure transparency and uniformity and also keeping in view the prevailing vacancy position in the grade of AAO, the following decisions have been arrived at:
(1) An AAO to be considered for deputation has to render a minimum service of 8 years as AAO on the date of application for deputation.
(2) In the case of AAOs who are in the zone of consideration for promotion as PAO, their applications will be sent with a rider that they should complete the full term of deputation. In case they seek premature reversion, then, they shall be liable for posting wherever vacancy exists and cannot insist on posting at station where they served last.
(3) In respect of AAOs & PAOs posted outside their station on promotion and have joined the new station, they will have to complete at least half of the tenure at outstation as stipulated in the “Transfer Policy” before they can be considered for deputation.
(4) In respect of Sr.AOs all applications received will be considered, provided if they are found otherwise suitable for deputation.
(5) As regards terms of deputation, upper age limit for proceeding on deputation, tenure of deputation, extension of deputation, regulation pay on deputation, grant of NBR etc standing nstructions of DoP&T as amended from time to time shall continue to apply.
(6) Apart from the above, in case any borrowing authority requests for nomination from CCAS, and no volunteer fulfilling the above criteria is available, then the competent authority can open it up for others with some relaxed conditions. Such relaxations whenever decided on case to case basis will be put on public domain for all concerned to see and comply.
No.S.14025/09/2013-MS
Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Department of Health & Family Welfare
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated June, 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Stoppage of Fixed Medical Allowance (FMA) being paid to the Central Government employees working in the interior/remote areas and their governance under CS(MA) Rules, 1944.
Reference is invited to OM No.S-14020/1/88-MS dated 17.07.1990 in which fixed medical allowance to the tune of Rs.25/- per month was granted to employee working in the interior/remote areas where no Authorized Medical Attendant was available within a radius of 5 kms, which was subsequently revised to the tune of Rs.100/- per month vide OM F.No.14025/33/98-MS dated 18.01.1999.
2. On receiving a proposal from Ministry of Defence on the issue of medical reimbursement to employees who are in receipt of Fixed Medical Allowance, the matter was examined in the Ministry in consultation with Department of Expenditure and Department of Personnel & Training.
3. It has now been decided to stop the above mentioned Fixed Medical Allowance. Henceforth, the Central Government employees residing in interior/remote areas will be governed by the extant rules as laid down under CS(MA) Rules, 1944.
4. This O.M. will be effective from the date of issue. After issuance of this OM, the above mentioned O.Ms i.e. O.M. No.S-14020/1/88-MS dated 17.07.1990 and O.M. F.No.14025/33/98-MS dated 18.01.1999, stand withdrawn.
5. This issues with the concurrence of the Department of Personnel & Training and Department of Expenditure.
All Subscribers of Swavalamban scheme between 18-40 years of age can opt to migrate to Atal Pension Yojana* (APY) through their bank account.
Swavalamban scheme subscribers between 18 to 40 years of age may approach their bank branches to submit the APY application along with PRAN card for migration to APY.
The subscribers’ PRAN issued under Swavalamban scheme would continue to be retained in APY and new PRAN will not be issued.
Swavalamban scheme Subscribers without bank account will have to open a bank account and simultaneously submit the request for migration from Swavalamban to the APY to the bank.
*APY provides guaranteed minimum pension of Rs 1000-5000 to the subscriber after 60 years. The spouse also gets minimum assured pension after subscriber’s death and the indicative pension wealth of Rs 1.70 – 8.50 lacs is returned to the nominee upon death of subscriber and spouse
SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION FORM FOR MIGRATION AT YOUR BANK BRANCH ALONG WITH PRAN CARD For more information, Please call on our APY Toll free No. 1800110069
1. Anybody in the age group of 18-40 years can join !!
2. You can choose your pension plan from Rs 1,000/- to Rs 5,000/- per month.
3. Your contribution depends on your age and the pension plan you choose!
4. You can be a member of any existing PF/Pension scheme such as EPF/PPF/Govt. pension and still join APY!
5. You can be an Income tax payer and still join APY.
6. For (4) and (5) above, Govt. Co-contribution is not available but Govt. guarantee for pension will be available!
7. Govt. Co-contribution of 50% of subscribers’ contribution or Rs 1,000/- per annum, whichever is lower will be available for five years only to subscribers joining by 31st December 2015.
The monthly contribution chart for different age groups and pension amounts is given below:
SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION FORM AT YOUR BANK BRANCH For more information, Please call on our APY Toll free No. 1800110069
The Government has directed all Government servants to strictly observe punctuality in attendance. All Ministries and Departments besides Autonomous Bodies, CBI, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariats and the Union Territories Administrations have been asked to issue necessary directions to all employees at all levels to mark their attendance in the Biometric Attendance System (BAS) portal on regular basis.
In a recent Office Memorandum, it is reiterated that the BAS is only an enabling platform and there is no change in the instructions relating to Office Hours, late attendance etc.
Citing provisions under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 the Memorandum reiterates that habitual late attendance will be viewed as conduct unbecoming of a Government servant and disciplinary action may be taken against such offenders.
The Memorandum is available on the DoPT website with the following link: http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/11013_9_2014-Estt.A-III-22062015.pdf
No. 22038/1/2015-Est (D)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 25th June 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Review of instructions on appointment to Non Functional Selection Grade of Organized Group ‘A’ Central Services-regarding.
Reference is invited to the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) Office Memorandum (OM) No. 28038/1/88-Estt.(D) dated 09.10.1989 & OM No. 28038/1/88- Estt.(D) dated 22.11.1990 regulating appointment to Non Functional Selection Grade (NFSG) of organized Group ‘A’ Central Services and DPC Guidelines issued by this Department vide OM Nd1 22611/5/86-Estt.(D) dated 10.04.1989.
2. The provisions contained in OM dated 22.11.90 regarding calculation of vacancies in NFSG in respect of officers proceeding on long term deputation (more than one year) have been reviewed and it has been decided that the vacancies arising due to officers proceeding on long term deputations (more than one year) can be considered while calculating the total number of vacancies for grant of NFSG, subject to the following conditions:-
(i) as and when the officers return from deputation, the junior most officer (s) who has/have been granted NFSG will be reverted to JAG level and
(ii) the total number of posts in the cadre in NFSG at any point of time shall not exceed 30% of the Senior Duty Post (SDP). The OM dated 22.11.90 shall stand amended to this extent.
3. The suitability criteria for appointment to NFSG contained in OM dated 9.10.89 provides that the overall performance of an officer shall be good and he shall have at least two ‘Very Good’ gradings in the last five APARs/ACRs. This criteria has been reviewed and it has been decided that overall performance of an officer for appointment in NFSG shall be “Very good” i.e. 5 Very Good in the last five APARs. The OM dated 9.10.89 shall stand
amended to this extent.
Minutes of the PNM meeting held between Railway Board and AIRF on 20-21 May, 2015
DG/RHS
7/2011: Qualifying Service for eligibility of RELHS-97. & 22/2011: Retired Employees Liberalized Health Scheme RELHS. & 04/2014: Relaxation in Qualifying Service of 20 years for RELHS.
Official side indicated that final approval for extending RELHS benefits to Railway employees who joined late but retired at the normal superannuation age is expected shortly. Federation requested for expediting the matter.
19/2012: Formation of Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006, Organize Railways.
Discussed.
(Closed)
55/2012: Sanction of adequate manpower for Central Hospital, West Central Railway, Jabalpur.
Federation desired to discuss this item separately.
18/2013: Holding of Pre-Medical Examination – Staff kept on Sick List for years – Abnormal delay in setting-up of Medical Board–Belated declaration of medically invalidation – Compassionate ground appointment denied to the wards.
Federation pointed that serious hardship is caused to Railway employees who remain sick for prolonged periods and there is undue delay in constitution of Medical Board and finally declaring them unfit. It was decided that such cases will be henceforth included in MCDO and will be reviewed at Board’s level on monthly basis.
08/2014: Merger of Northern and West Central Railway Health Units in Tughlakabad.
Item withdrawn. Accordingly, Federation demanded withdrawal of Board’s letter dated 29.4.2015, which was agreed to. With the issue of the letter, the items will be treated as closed.
14/2014: AVC for the categories where there is no avenue of promotion of Group ‘B’ staff etc.
Matter was referred to all CMDs/ CMOs for their views. Reply has been received from ten Zonal Railways which will be given to Estt(NG) Dte for taking further action. AIRF
requested that decision should be taken expeditiously without waiting for reply from rest of the zones.
23/2014: Decentralization of the powers to tie-up with Referral Hospitals & 25/2015: Empanelment of private hospitals on CGHS rates.
Federation stated that, where the rates of Referral Hospitals are at par with CGHS rate, Zonal Railways/ Production Units should be empowered to sanction them without referring to Railway Board.
Proposals for referral Hospitals from the Zonal Railways need to be promptly attended to. Official side indicated that empanelment of Private Hospitals at CGHS rates is at an advance stage of consideration.
27/2014: Reimbursement of expenses towards purchase of Medtronic Insulin Pump in case of diabetic patients.
Federation strongly urged for giving reimbursement towards Insulin Pump to the particular case on Northern Railway. Official side agreed that in the specific case, reimbursement, as a special case, would be considered. The policy issue in this regard would be examined separately.
11/2015: Hardship being faced by serving/retired railway employees and their family members in getting treatment out of station
Official side stated that Railway Medical facilities are available to all the serving/retired railway employees and their eligible dependents. Emergency railway medical facilities can be availed by them on production of their railway identity or any other documentary proof in the Hospitals/ Health Units all over India. However, the existing instructions would be reiterated. With reiteration of orders, the item will be treated as closed.
12/2015: Cancer disease be covered in the definition of “Emergency Criteria”
The matter is under examination.
15/2015: Creation of posts of various categories of paramedical staff in Medical Department on the basis of yardsticks issued by the Railway Board
Official side stated that the yardsticks issued on 11.3.2013 were only guidelines and without Finance concurrence. It is being revised to include all left out categories and then will be sent to for Finance concurrence, before being issued to all Zonal Railways/Production Units.
EDPM
10/2008: Manning of UTS and PRS Terminals by Commercial Staff – Reg.
Federation suggested to hold a joint meeting involving the other Federation. This was agreed to.
25/2008: Provision of berths for Guards/Crew working spare.
A separate meeting to be held associating ED(Coaching) as well.
The Seventh Pay Commission published the below statement in the portal
Further to the memoranda received from a variety of Organisations, Federations, Groups representing civil employees in the Government of India as also from the Defence Services, the Commission has had fruitful and wide ranging discussions on relevant issues with all stakeholders. Such interactions have now been concluded. Valuable inputs have been received and the work of compilation and finalization of the report is underway, so that the Commission completes its task in the time frame given to it. Accordingly, any future requests for meeting with the Commission will not be entertained.
So we can expect 7th Pay Commission report at any time from August 2015.
Minutes of the meeting held by EDE(IR) with Federation(AIRF) on 10.06.2015 on the left over PNM/AIRF items.
Adv.(Safety)
26/2010: Implementation of the recommendation of the Railway Safety Review Committee, 1998.
&
29/2012: Punishment to be imposed in accidents and derailment.
Federation was advised that the matter was again put up to the Board whereupon the Board has decided that it will not be feasible to change the existing instructions. Federation requested for a separate meeting with Board which was agreed to. ED/Safety-I informed the Federation that punishment norms for SPAD issued vide Board’s letter No.99/Safety (A&R)/6/1 dated 23.04.1999, have provision that the punishment is reduction to lower grade if there are contributory factors like loss of brake power on the run which he could not have detected when he took charge. The removal or compulsory retirement is awarded only when SPAD is entirely due to the driver’s fault. It was also agreed to reiterate these instructions so as to avoid any undue hardship to the staff as brought out by the Federation. AIRF however demanded that the clause of minimum punishment of dismissal/removal should be removed in case of SPAD.
34/2012: Accident Free Service Certificates.
Instructions have been reiterated vide Board’s letter No.86/ Safety-I/24/35 dated 17.02.2014 to all Zonal Railways to ensure grant of Accident-Free Service Award to all eligible categories of staff and to maintain proper records as per guidelines laid down in Board’s letter No.86/Safety-I/24/35 dated 06.07.1998. Federation, however, requested for zone-wise figures of last two years in this regard; the same was agreed to.
ED(T&MPP)
17/2009: Upgradation of the facilities in the Zonal Railway Training Schools/ Centres.
The Federation was apprised of the budgetary allocation made in 2015-16. They were also informed that a separate plan Head for HRD has been created and now it would be possible to care for Training Centres in a better way. AIRF pointed out that there was a need to improve the living condition, quality of food etc. in the Training centres. It was also agreed to visit ZRTI, Bhuli which is being fixed for 27.06.2015.
23/2010: Revision of the rates of Training Allowance and Sumptuary Allowance to the Faculty Members of different Training Centers.
File has been submitted to Board.
11/2011: Provision for training institutes for various disciplines in East Central Railway.
File being put up to Board for inclusion in next work programme the setting up of a new multi-disciplinary Training Centre in and around Danapur.
23/2011: Creation of posts for additional workload provided to Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala by the Railway Board.
A separate meeting is being fixed for 16.06.2015 at 11:00 hrs.
52/2012: Sanction of additional staff for manning newly constructed railway lines opened for traffic.
Position already explained to the Federation in a separate meeting held by ED(T&MPP) on 09.05.2015.
12/2013: Action Plan Targets for the year 2012-13 in respect of Manpower Planning.
Vision 2020 envisages 1% reduction to be achieved in the sanction strength every year as a corporate objective. Indian Railways has been undertaking 1% reduction of sanctioned strength as it action plan since 2007-08, whereas this was 2.5% and likewise since 2001-02. It may be mentioned that despite the above in the last few years, creation have outpaced surrenders as a result of which sanctioned strength has actually increased.
ED(T&C)
29/2014: (A) Grievances of the Commission Vendors/ Bearers of Catering Department of Indian Railways. (B) Compassionate ground appointment to the wards of Commission Vendors/ Bearers of Railway Catering Services. (C) Issue of Form 16-A to Commission Vendors.
Necessary instructions have been issued to the Zonal Railways regarding absorption of commission Vendors/Bearers in Railway service over Indian Railways as per available vacancies by giving them three opportunities for absorption with complete relaxation of educational qualification in compliance of various Court orders including order passed by Hon’ble Supreme Court in this regard.
Accordingly, all Commission Vendors/ Bearers working in departmental catering units of different railways whose age is below sixty year to be absorbed in the railway service in group “D” post (now in group–C in PB I grade pay Rs.1800/-).
In case of those Commission Vendors/ Bearers who are absorbed as Group “D” staff on the Railways, direct compassionate appointment to their widow/ward will be permissible as per the extant rules in case of their death or medical incapacitation before their retirement. All commission Vendors/ Bearers should retire at an age of 60 years. Also legal heir of deceased commission vendors/ bearers cannot be appointed as commission vendor as per extant rules.
As far as comparing commission vendors with coolies are concerned, Commission Vendors/ Bearers were engaged by the Railways on commission basis hence their engagement cannot be compared with coolies etc.
AIRF demanded that those commission vendors who wants employment for their wards should be given opportunity.
No instruction regarding issuing of Form 16-A reg. TDS towards Income Tax deposit has been issued from Railway Board. However, comments have been sought from IRCTC and CCM/ Northern Railway and the same is still awaited. A copy of reference made to Northern Railway given to Federation.
DE(W)
21/2010: Revision in the Dress Regulations – 2004.
The finalized report of the Uniform Committee has been put up for Board (MS)’s approval. 19/2011: Raising of upper age limit in case of entitlement of Privilege Passes/ PTOs for dependent sons.
It was explained to the Federation that as decided in the earlier meeting the matter was reviewed but the demand could not be found feasible of acceptance. AIRF however giving the argument of 35 yrs age for recruitment asked for reviewing the issue so that wards of railway employees should not face the hardship.
7/2012: Implementation of various welfare schemes announced by the then Hon’ble Minister for Railway during her Rail Budget Speech.
Position on Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya Vidyalayas, Engineering Colleges and Polytechnics was apprised to the Federation A list of twelve new Civil Sector Kendriya Vidyalayas was also given to Federation as desired.
12/2012: Provision of Post Retirement Complimentary Passes in favour of widows of ex-railway employees. & 1-A/2013: Provision of Post Retirement Complimentary Passes to the spouse/widow of deceased railway employees appointed on compassionate ground.
Matter has again been reviewed in consultation with Finance Dte after the separate meeting held on 6.5.2015 but could not be found feasible of acceptance. AIRF made arguments that widows must get the passes/PTOs of the entitlement of their husband and desired review in the light of discussion.
28/2012: Sanction of Flood Relief Fund for the flood affected staff over the Indian Railways.
A letter has been written to Ministry of Home Affairs to provide financial grant of Rs.100 crores to cyclone affected Railwaymen in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha under East Coast Railway. Further, Board has also approved Rs.40 crores towards repairs & resurrection of damaged Railway property in Waltair Division of E.Co. Railway. Meanwhile an amount of Rs.8.09 lakhs has been released from Calamity Relief Fund for relief work in the aftermath of
Hudhud cyclone. AIRF felt quite anguish for not providing any relief to the employees for loss of their property and demanded an early relief to them.
A letter was written to Northern Railway regarding financial assistance to flood affected railway employees in Jammu & Kashmir. However, no response has been received from Railway in this regard till date. Copy of reference given to federation.
07/2014: Issue of Special Passes on medical ground in favour of two attendants in case of kid patient.
It was advised to the Federation that the issue has been re-examined but the demand has not been found feasible of acceptance due to financial and other implications. Federation however, requested that apart from mother who is the natural guardian, one attendant may also be allowed. This is to be examined.
10/2014: Provision of two sets of Post Retirement Complimentary Passes to retired railway employees working in GP Rs.1800.
Matter is under examination in consultation with Finance and Pay Commission Dtes.
DE(LL)
58/2006: Privatisation/ Contractorisation/ Outsourcing/ offloading of various activities of the Indian Railways.
Federation stated that the railways be advised to adhere to connected labour laws in the matter and to particularly ensure the following:
(i) payment to the contract labour through bank/ cheque,
(ii) issue of Identity Card,
(iii) P.F. deduction,
(iv) E.S.I.
It will be the responsibility of the CPO/ CWM to ensure implementation of the above and other connected labour laws. It was agreed to advise the Railways accordingly.
Federation further emphasised that jobs of perennial nature not to be contractorised.
20/2009: Rest Rules for Running Staff. & 19/2014: Implementation of the Report of High Power Committee constituted to review duty hours of Running Staff and other Safety related Categories of Staff.
Views of the both Federations have since been received on the recommendation of the Committee and the matter is under further consideration.
JDE(G)
29/2011: Retention of railway quarter in favour of totally medically incapacitated railway employees.
The matter is under consideration of Board.
EDE(IR)
3/2008: Facilities to the recognised Unions.
Discussed.
(Closed)
27/2013: AC Card Passes to the Divisional Office Bearers of the AIRF affiliated unions.
Federation pointed out that in case of All India SC & ST Railway Employees Association and All Indian OBC Railway Employees Association, the jurisdiction of the 1st Class card passes issued to their Divisional office bearers are available over the entire Zonal Railway. The same be extended to the Divisional office bearers of the recognised Unions. This to be examined.
