MoU signed between BSNL and the Union bank of India
The MoUs signed by BSNL, with the Union Bank of India and Canara bank, for the purpose of availing various loans by BSNL employees, expired long back. Since then, BSNLEU has been taking continuous efforts to get the MoUs renewed. However, both the Union Bank of India and the Canara bank were not interested in signing the MoU with BSNL. This might be due to the fact that, in the past, the EMI amount deducted from the salaries of the employees, was not promptly remitted to the banks, by the BSNL Management. Hence, both the Union Bank of India and the Canara bank were reluctant to sign any MoU with BSNL. Under these circumstances, BSNLEU wrote to the CMD BSNL soliciting his personal intervention, for taking up the issue with the top Management of the Union Bank of India and the Canara bank. Accordingly the CMD BSNL has made the intervention. Consequent to this, the MoU between BSNL and the Union Bank of India, has been renewed today the 29-12-2022. The validity of this MoU will be for one year.
CGEGIS Tables of Benefits from Oct 2022 to Dec 2022
No. 7(2)/EV/2016 Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure E-V Branch
New Delhi, the 16th December, 2022
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme-1980 โ Tables of Benefits for the savings fund for the period from 01.10.2022 to 31.12.2022.
The Tables of Benefits for Savings Fund to the beneficiaries under the Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme-1980, which are being issued on a quarterly basis from 01.01.2017 onwards, as brought out in this Ministryโs OM of even number dated 17.03.2017, for the quarter from 01.10.2022 to 31.12.2022, as worked out by IRDA based on the interest rate of 7.1% per annum (compounded quarterly) as notified by the Department of Economic Affairs as per their Resolution No. 9(4)-B(PD)/2021 dated 03.10.2022, are enclosed.
2. The Tables enclosed are of two categories as per the existing practice. As hitherto, the first Table of Benefits for the savings fund of the scheme is based on the subscription of Rs.10 p.m. from 1.1.1982 to 31.12.1989 and Rs.15 p.m. w.e.f. 1.1.1990 onwards. The second Table of Benefits for savings fund is based on a subscription of Rs.10 p.m. for those employees who had opted out of the revised rate of subscription w.e.f. 1.1.1990.
3. In so far as the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these Orders are issued in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, as mandated under Article 148(5) of the Constitution of India.
4. Hindi version of these orders is attached.
Sd/- (Gulveena Badhan) Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
To : 1. All Ministries/ Department of the Central Government as per standard list. 2. Copy with spare copies for information and necessary action to C&AG, UPSC, all State Government etc. as per standard list.
Small Savings Schemes Interest Rates from Jan 2023 to March 2023
F.No.1/4/2019-NS Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Economic Affairs (Budget Division)
North Block, New Delhi Dated: 30.12.2022
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Revision of interest rates for Small Savings Schemes โ reg.
The rates of interest on various Small Savings Schemes for the fourth quarter of FY 2022-23 starting from 1st January, 2023 and ending on 31st March, 2023 have been revised as detailed below:
Study Leave to Railway Employees – Clarification Railway Board Order RBE No. 171/2022
RBE No. 171/2022
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR) MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA) (RAILWAY BOARD)
No 2011/F(E)III/2(2)/3
New Delhi, Dated: 29.12.2022
The General Managers/Principal Financial Advisers, All Zonal Railways/Production Units etc., DGs of RDSO and NAIR.
Sub: Study Leave Rules – clarification reg.
In terms of Rule 14 of the Study Leave Rules contained in Appendix -V of the Indian Railway Establishment Code (IREC) Vol-I(1985-Edition), if a Railway servant resigns or retires from service or otherwise quits service without returning to duty after a period of study leave or within a period of three years (eight years in the case of Railway Medical Service Officer who has been granted thirty six months study leave under sub-rule (2) of rule (2)) after such return to duty, he shall be required to refund;
(i) the actual amount of leave salary, cost of fees, traveling and other expenses, if any, incurred by the Railways; and
(ii) the actual amount, if any , of the cost incurred by other agencies such as foreign Governments, Foundations and Trusts in connection with the course of study, together with interest thereon at rates for the time being in force on Government loans, from the date of demand, from his resignation is accepted or permission, to retire is granted or his quitting service otherwise.
2. In this regard, references have been received from various Railways seeking the details of the โGovernment Loanโ, the rate of interest of which is to be considered for charging the interest on the actual amount to be refunded by the Railway servant. Since, DoP&T is the nodal Department on CCS(Leave) Rules, the matter was referred to them, who in turn asked M/o Railways to consult D/o Expenditure(M/o Finance).
3. After such due consultation, Board (MF & CRB) have considered the matter and decided as follows :
(i) The โAdvancesโ admissible to Government employees will be taken as โGovernment Loanโ as provided in Rule 14 of the Study Leave Rules contained in Appendix-V of IREC Vol I.
and
(ii) The highest rate of interest prevailing on specific Advance at the relevant time will be taken as the โrate of interestโ for calculating the dues recoverable under Rule 14 of the Study Leave Rules.
(G.Priya Sudarsani) Director, Finance (Estt.) Railway Board.. New Delhi-110001.
AICPIN for November 2022: Expected DA from Jan 2023
All-India CPI-IW for November 2022 remains unchanged at 132.5 (one hundred thirty two point five) when compared to October 2022
TheLabour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry Labour and Employment, has been compiling Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers every month on the basis of retail prices collected from 317 markets spread over 88 industrially important centres in the country. The index is compiled for 88 centres and All-India and is released on the last working day of succeeding month.
The All-India CPI-IW for November, 2022ย remained stationary at 132.5 (one hundred thirty two point five). On 1-month percentage change, it remained static between October, 2022 and November, 2022 when compared to an increase of 0.64 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago.
The maximum upward pressure in current index came from Miscellaneous group contributing 0.21 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Wheat, Wheat Atta, Buffalo Milk, Cow Milk, Dairy Milk, Eggs hen, Sunflower Oil, Onion, Chillies dry, cooked Meal, Doctarโs/Surgonโs fee, Hospital/Nursing home Charges and Bus fare etc. are responsible for the rise in index. However, this increase was largely checked by Apple, Banana, Orange, Brinjal, Cabbage, Carrot, Cauliflower, Cucumber, Gourd/Lauki, Lady Finger and Tomato etc. putting downward pressure on the index.
At centre level, Korba recorded a maximum increase of 4.4 points followed by Chhindwara with 3.0 points. Among others, 2 centres recorded increase between 2 to 2.9 points, 8 centres between 1 to 1.9 points and 29 centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. On the contrary, Coonor and Solapur recorded a maximum decrease of 2.2 points each followed by Raipur with 2.0 points. Among others, 12 centers recorded decrease between 1 to 1.9 points and 28 centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. Rest of four centers index remained stationary.
Year-on-year inflation for the month stood at 5.41 per cent compared to 6.08 per cent for the previous month and 4.84 per cent during the corresponding month a year before. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 4.30 per cent against 6.52 per cent of the previous month and 3.40per cent during the corresponding month a year ago.
Y-o-Y Inflation based on CPI-IW (Food and General)
All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for October, 2022 and November, 2022
Sr. No.
Groups
October, 2022
November, 2022
I
Food & Beverages
133.9
133.3
II
Pan, Supari, Tobacco & Intoxicants
148.5
148.7
III
Clothing & Footwear
131.9
132.3
IV
Housing
121.0
121.0
V
Fuel & Light
177.8
177.8
VI
Miscellaneous
128.4
129.1
General Index
132.5
132.5
CPI-IW: Groups Indices
The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of December, 2022 will be released on 31thย January, 2023.
Department of Posts launches an โOnline request Transfer Portalโ for Gramin Dak Sevaks
The Department of Posts under Ministry of Communications has launched an โOnline request Transfer Portalโ for Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS), today. Shri Alok Sharma, Director General Postal Services launched the portal through Video Conference in the virtual presence of Chief Postmaster Generals of 23 Postal Circles and Senior Officers of the Department. While launching the portal he informed that the entire transfer process, from the stage of seeking applications from GDS to the stage of approval and issuing transfer orders, has now been made paperless and simple through the above portal.
The Department of Posts has the largest network of Post Offices in the world consisting of more than 1,56,000 Post Offices across India, out of which more than 1,31,000 Branch Post Offices (BOs) are in rural areas, where the Postal facilities are rendered through Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS).
The launch of online request transfer portal is a huge step in bringing transparency and accountability in the governance processes by leveraging technology. The online process would also result in saving of the time and resources. Transfer of more than 5000 GDS has been approved through the online portal in one go on the day of launch.
TN Pongal Bonus GO 2023: Ad-hoc Bonus for ‘C’ and ‘D’ Group Government employees
Government of Tamil Nadu 2022
MANUSCRIPT SERIES
FINANCE [Allowances] DEPARTMENT G.O.Ms.No.373, Dated: 26th December 2022. (Subakiruthu, Margazhi-11, Thiruvalluvar Aandu 2053)
ABSTRACT
BONUS โ Payment of Ad-hoc Bonus and Special Ad-hoc Bonus for the Accounting Year 2021โ2022 โ Sanction โ Orders โ Issued.
ORDER:
Government has decided to grant Adhoc Bonus to celebrate harvest festival โPongalโ equivalent to 30 days emoluments subject to a ceiling of Rs.3,000/- to all “Cโ and “Dโ Group regular and temporary Government employees, employees of Local Bodies and Aided Educational Institutions including teachers on regular time scales of pay and Special Adhoc Bonus of Rs.1000/- to full time and Part time employees paid from contingencies / employees paid from Special time scale of pay for the accounting year 2021-2022.
2. Accordingly, Government direct that all โC and Dโ Group regular and temporary employees who are on regular time scales of pay, employees of Local Bodies and Aided Educational Institutions including Teachers on regular time scales of pay in C and D Group be paid adhoc bonus equivalent to 30 days emoluments subject to a ceiling of Rs.3,000/- for the accounting year 2021-2022.
3. Government also direct that, Special Ad hoc Bonus of Rs.1,000/- be paid to full-time and part-time employees paid from contingencies at fixed monthly rates, employees on consolidated pay/special time scale of pay including employees in Nutritious Meal Programme/ Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) Scheme (Anganwadi Workers /Mini Anganwadi Workers), Village Assistants, employees on daily wages and the employees partly worked on daily wages and subsequently brought under regular establishment and worked continuously for atleast 240 days or more during the accounting year 2021-2022.
4. The Ad-hoc Bonus shall be computed on the basis of actual emoluments as on 31st March 2022. The amount of ad-hoc bonus shall be calculated as if monthly emoluments were Rs.3,000/- per month. In respect of those drawing pay in the pre-revised / revised scales of pay, the calculation of Ad-hoc bonus shall be based on the emoluments drawn subject to the upper ceiling limit of Rs.3,000/- per month.
5. The Ad-hoc Bonus/Special Ad-hoc Bonus sanctioned above shall be admissible subject to the conditions prescribed in the Annexure to this order.
6. The expenditure on Ad-hoc Bonus/Special Ad-hoc Bonus shall be debited to the sub-detailed head โ04. Other Allowancesโ under the detailed head โ301. Salariesโ or the detailed head โ302. Wagesโ as the case may be, under the relevant service head of the department concerned.
(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)
N.MURUGANANDAM ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
(i) The emoluments for purposes of Ad-hoc Bonus under these orders shall be worked out on the basis of basic pay/ personal pay and dearness allowance as on 31st March, 2022. The eligible Government servants of C and D Group shall be as ordered in G.O.Ms.No.21, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (A) Department, Dated: 05-03-2019.
(ii) The employees who were in service on 31st March 2022 and have rendered a full year of service from 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022 shall be eligible for the full amount of Ad-hoc Bonus sanctioned in this Order at the rate of 30/30 days of emoluments.
(iii) The employees who have rendered service of six months and above, but less than a year during 2021-2022 shall be eligible for proportionate amount of Ad-hoc Bonus. For the purpose of this rule, period less than 15 days shall be ignored and fifteen days and above shall be treated as a full month of service.
(iv) The Ad-hoc Bonus shall be rounded to the nearest rupee, i.e., fraction of 50 paise and above shall be rounded to the next higher rupee and fraction below 50 paise shall be ignored.
(v) The period of service for the purpose of computing Ad-hoc Bonus shall include all leave other than the extraordinary leave without Allowances. In the case of employees who were on extraordinary leave without allowances / Half Pay / Study Leave without pay during the month of March 2022, the Ad-hoc Bonus shall be determined based on the emoluments last drawn before proceeding on leave.
(vi) In the case of employees under suspension at any time, during 2021 – 2022 Subsistence allowances paid during suspension shall not be treated as emoluments. Such an employee may be paid Ad-hoc Bonus / Special Ad-hoc Bonus as and when the period of suspension is treated as duty. In other cases, the period of suspension shall be excluded for the purpose of Ad-hoc Bonus/Special Ad-hoc bonus. In the case of suspension, if any, after 31st March 2022 there shall be no bar for the payment of Ad-hoc Bonus / Special Ad-hoc Bonus.
(vii) Employees who retired on superannuation / Voluntary retirement / died in harness / invalidated from service, etc., prior to 31st March 2022 are eligible for Ad-hoc Bonus / Special Ad-hoc Bonus on the basis of actual service, subject to provision in para (iii) above.
(viii) Superannuated employees who were re-employed are eligible for Ad-hoc Bonus / Special Ad-hoc Bonus provided the period of service prior to and after re-employment taken together is not less than six months, subject to provision in para (ii) and (iii) above. In such cases, the eligibility period has to be worked out separately for the period prior to and after re-employment. The total amount admissible, for the period prior to superannuation and for the period after re-employment shall be restricted to the maximum admissible Ad-hoc Bonus / Special Ad-hoc Bonus; and
(ix) Employees who have rendered service of six months and above in Group โCโ are eligible for proportionate Ad-hoc Bonus only. If an employee rendered less than six months of service in Group โCโ and more than six months in Group โBโ, he shall not be eligible for Ad-hoc Bonus.
Extension of the LTC block year 2018-21 for 3 months: DOPT O.M dt 27.12.2022
F.No. 31011/24/2022-Estt. A-IV Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training Establishment A-IV Desk
North Block, New Delhi. Dated: 27th December, 2022
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Extension of the LTC block year 2018-21 (extended) for a period of three months โ reg.
The undersigned is directed to refer to the above mentioned subject and to state that as per rule 10 of the CCS(LTC) Rules, 1988, a Government servant who is unable to avail of the LTC within a particular block of two years or four years may avail of the same within the first year of the next block of two years or four years. Accordingly, the block year 2018-21 was deemed extended upto 31st December, 2022 by virtue of rule 10 of the CCS(LTC) Rules, 1988.
2. In relaxation of Rule 10 of the CCS(LTC) Rules, 1988, exercising the powers conferred under Rule 18 โ โPower to relaxโ, of the CCS(LTC) Rules, 1988, it has now been decided with the approval of competent authority to extend the LTC Block year 2018-2021 (extended) for a period of three months i.e. upto 31st March, 2023.
(Satish Kumar) Under Secretary to the Government of India Tel: 2304 0341
To All Secretaries of Ministries! Departments of the Government of India (As per the standard list)
Copy to:
Comptroller & Auditor General of India, New Delhi.
Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi.
Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi.
Central Bureau of Investigation, New Delhi.
Parliament Library, New Delhi.
All Union Territory Administrations.
Lok Sabha / Rajya Sabha Secretariat.
All Attached and Subordinate Offices of Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions.
PFRDA has issued a circular no: PFRDA/2021/3/SUP-ASP/3 dt.14.01.2021 on partial withdrawals under NPS through self-declaration for the benefit of subscribers as a special dispensation to cope with the Covid pandemic in order to protect the subscribersโ interest and ease the burden of nodal officers including POPs from verification and authorization. The circular also provided for the option of submission of the partial withdrawal requests by the subscribers through their nodal office/POPs as per the prevalent practice.
2. In terms of the said circular, the online requests of the Subscribers directly processed in CRA system post Instant Bank Acct Verification through penny drop, without the need for the authorization by the associated nodal officers/POPs. It has benefited the subscribers during the Covid pandemic and immobility caused due to lock downs in various parts of the country to contain the spread of corona.
3. With the abating of the pandemic-related difficulties & relaxation of lock down restrictions, the issue examined after taking into consideration of the prevalent practices, circumstances and law, it has been decided to make it mandatory for all the Government sector subscribers (Central/ State Govt & Central/State Autonomous Bodies) to submit their requests through their associated nodal offices.
4. The subscribers belonging to the voluntary segment of the NPS (All citizens and Corporate) may continue to use the process as mentioned in the cited circular.
The above instructions shall come into effect from 01/01/2023.
Leave applicable to Railway employees: Important FAQs
เคญเคพเคฐเคค เคธเคฐเคเคพเคฐ/GOVERNMENT OF INDIA เคฐเฅเคฒ เคฎเคเคคเฅเคฐเคพเคฒเคฏ/ MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (เคฐเฅเคฒเคตเฅ เคฌเฅเคฐเฅเคก/RAILWAY BOARD)
RBE No.163/2022
No. E(P&A)I-2008/CPC/LE-8
New Delhi dated 19.12.2022
The General Managers/PFAs, All Indian Railways and Production Units.
Please refer to Boardโs letter of even number dated 10.09.2015, vide which certain frequently asked questions issued by DoP&T vide FAQ No. 21011/08/2013-Estt(AL) dated 25.03.2013 on leave matters were circulated for railway employees.
2. Now, DoP&T vide FAQ dated 30.08.2022 has superseded its earlier FAQ dated 25.03.2013. Accordingly, the following FAQs will supersede the FAQs circulated vide Boardโs letter dated 10.09.2015:
Sl. No.
Frequently Asked Question
Answer
1
What is the maximum period of leaveย of any kind which can be allowed to aย railway servant? What is the impact ifย such limit is exceeded?
No railway servant shall be grantedย leave of any kind for a continuousย period of 5 years {Rule 910(1) of IRECย Vol.I}. Normally, absence from duty,ย with or without leave, for a continuousย period exceeding 5 years other than onย foreign service, implies that such railwayย servant has deemed to have resignedย from railway service.ย {Rule 510(2) ofย IREC VoI}.
2
What are the leave entitlements of Railway servants serving in Railwayย schools?
Rule No. 525 of IREC Vol.-I {Railwayย Services (Liberalised Leave) Rules,ย 1949) regulates the grant of Leave onย Average Pay for persons serving in theย Railway Schools. Vide Boardโs letterย dated 23.04.2019, which came intoย force w.e.f. 14.12.2018 (the date ofย issue of DOP&Tโs notification datedย 11.12.2018), amendments have beenย made under Rule 525 & 526. The saidย rules provide for as follows:-
(1)(a). The leave account of everyย Railway servant who is serving in aย Railway school such as teacher,ย principal, headmaster, librarian,ย laboratory assistant or a waterman shallย be credited with Leave on Average Pay,ย in advance, in two instalments of fiveย days each on the first day of Januaryย and July of every calendar year.
(b). In respect of any year in which aย Railway servant avails a portion of the vacation, he shall be entitled to additional Leave on Average Pay inย such proportion of twenty days, as theย number of days of vacation not takenย bears to the full vacation, provided theย total Leave on Average Pay creditedย shall not exceed thirty days in aย calendar year.
(c). If, in any year, the Railwayย servantย does not avail any vacation, Leave onย Average Pay will be as per Rule 523ย instead of clauses (a) and (b).
For the purpose of this rule, the term โyearโ shall be construed not as โ meaning a calendar year in which duty is performed but as meaning twelve months of actual duty in a Railway School.
A Railway servant entitled toย vacation shall be considered to have availed himself of a vacation or a portion of a vacation unless he has been required by general or special order of a higher authority to forego such vacation or portion of a vacation. Provided that if he has been prevented by such order from enjoying more than fifteen days of the vacation, he shall be considered to have availed himself of no portion of the vacation.
When a Railway servant serving in aย Railway school proceeds on leave before completing a full year of duty, the Leave on Average Pay admissible to him/her shall be calculated not with reference to the vacations which fall during the period of actual duty rendered before proceeding on leave but with reference to the vacation that falls during the year commencing from the date on which he completed the previous year of duty.
As per Rule 526 (3)(1), the account of Leave on Half Average Pay of every Railway servant (other than a Railway servant serving in a Railway School) shall be credited with Leave on Half Average Pay in advance, in two instalments of ten days each on the first day of January and July of every calendar year.
3
Whether railway servant can beย permitted to leave station/ go abroadย while on CCL?
Child Care leave is granted to a railwayย servant to take care of the needs of theย minor children. If the child is studyingย abroad or the railway servant has to goย abroad for taking care of the childย she/he may do so subject to other conditions laid down for this purpose.
4
What is the intention behind theย instruction that CCL is to be treated likeย LAP and sanctioned as such?
The intention is that CCL should beย availed with prior approval of leaveย sanctioning authority and that theย combination of CCL with other leave, ifย any, should be as per the restriction onย LAP. The restriction of the limit of 180ย days at a stretch as applicable in theย case of LAP will not apply in case ofย CCL.
5
What are the prevailing provisions of CCL underโ Railway Services (Liberalised Leave) Rules, 1949 (Rule 551-E)
1) Subject to the provisions of this rule,ย a female Railway servant and singleย male Railway servant may be grantedย Child Care Leave by an authorityย competent to grant leave for a maximumย period of seven hundred and thirty daysย during entire service for taking care ofย two eldest surviving children, whetherย for rearing or for looking after any ofย their needs, such as education,ย sickness and the like.
(2) For the purposes of sub-rule (1),ย โchildโ means-
(a) a child below the age of eighteenย years; or
(b) an offspring of any age with aย minimum disability of forty percent asย specified in the Government of India inย Ministry of Social Justice andย Empowermentโs Notification No. 16-18/97-N 1.1, dated the ist June, 2001.ย (Authority- DOP&Tโs Notification No.ย 1209(E) dated 14.12.2018)
3) Grant of child care leave to a femaleย Railway servant and a single maleย Railway servant under sub-rule (1) shallย be subject to the following conditions,ย namely:-
(i) it shall not be granted for more thanย three spells in a calendar year;
(ii) in case of a single female Railwayย servant, the grant of leave in threeย spells in a calendar year shall beย extended to six spells in a calendarย year.
(iii) it shall not ordinarily be grantedย during the probation period except inย case of certain extreme situations whereย the leave sanctioning authority isย satisfied about the need of Child Careย Leave to the probationer, provided thatย the period for which such leave isย sanctioned is minimal.
(iv) Child Care Leave may not beย granted for a period less than five daysย at a time.
(4) During the period of Child Careย Leave, a female Railway servant and aย single male Railway servant shall beย paid one hundred percent of the salaryย for the first three hundred and sixty fiveย days, and at eighty percent of the salaryย for the next three hundred and sixty fiveย days.
(5) Child Care Leave may be combinedย with leave of any other kind.(Rule 551Eย of IREC Vol.I)
(6) Notwithstanding the requirement ofย productions of medical certificateย contained in Rule 527 or sub-rule (1) (ii)ย of Rule 528, leave of the kind due andย admissible (including Commuted Leaveย not exceeding sixty days and Leave Notย Due) upto a maximum of one year, ifย applied for, be granted in continuationย with child care leave granted under sub-rule (1). (Rule 551E of IREC Vol. I)
(7) Child Care Leave shall not beย debited against the leave account. (Ruleย 551E of IREC Vol.I)
Explanation – โSingle Male Railway Servantโ means – an unmarried or widower or divorcee Railway servant.โ
2. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
