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News and information for Government Employees
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”

Thursday, 25 July 2013

GEF met Chief Secretary and submitted demand for promotion of MTS under 5% quota of LGC post :


A delegation of GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FEDERATION, A&N Islands consisting of Shri P.KANNAN, President, Shri S. K. MAJUMDAR, General Secretary, Shri Venkat Rathanam, Vice President, along with Shri C. Selvaraj, General secretary & other office bearers of Andaman & Nicobar Administration’s Group ‘C’ Employees Association met the Chief Secretary, A & N Administration, at his chamber  on 24.07.2013 and submitted a memorandum of demands for fill-up 5% vacancies of LGCs under promotion quota on seniority-cum-fitness basis from Group ‘C’ Staff (MTS) who have completed 3 years of regular service and with Grade Pay as per guideline of GoI. 
The Chief Secretary had assured the delegation for taking appropriate action on the issue on priority basis. 


ONLINE INCOME TAX RETURN FILING TOOL BY INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT :


NEW USER FRIENDLY ONLINE INCOME TAX RETURN FILING TOOL BY INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT – FILE ITR 1 FOR ASSESSMENT YEAR 2013-14 WITH EASE

Income Tax Department has come up with a New user friendly online Income Tax Return filing tool. Unlike the tools provided earlier in which we have to fill up an offline Excel sheet, the new Income Tax tool has a neat online interface for filling up and saving data at once. Undoubtedly, the new online Income Tax Return filing facility is user friendly and professional.
We could see that presently this online tool is applicable only for ITR-1 and ITR-4S. We hope to Income Tax Department would extend this online tool to ITR-2 also in the near future.
While many of the salaried employees finished ITR filing as the deadline for the same is round the corner, some of the employees who have taxable income not  more than Rs 5 lakh were waiting for income tax notification for exempting them from filing income tax return like previous years.
But income tax department has clarified that there will not be any exemption this year for salaried employees from filing income tax return. The main reason putforth by income tax department for for not extending exemption from filing income tax return is enhanced and user friendly e-filing features have been provided in the official income tax website which would facilitate all salaried employees to file their IT return online
Here is an intro to this useful tool
1. Go to this Income Tax Department’s Official online ITR filing Website. Register using your PAN and get user name and password, if you have not already registered.

10 financial steps you must take before you retire


Do not put off today what you can not afford to do tomorrow. In spite of the world wide pension crisis and a growing acceptance that we must plan and save for our retirement, the harsh reality is we are actually not saving enough. Research reports reveal that only 15 per cent of the individuals are saving sufficiently for their retired life. Here are a few tips on things to do before you retire so that your retired life is more comfortable and enjoyable.

1. Get rid of all your debts
If you are taking a housing loan, personal loan, car loan or any other loan make sure that you will be repaying them on or before your retirement. You need to choose the term of the loan in accordance with your retirement age. You can enjoy your retired life when you have 100 per cent financial freedom, not when you have to repay your loans.

2. Protect your emergency fund
Emergency expenses can happen any time. But the possibility goes up during the old age. So we need to enhance the emergency reserve year on year, based on the inflation and change in your expense levels. Emergency fund will give you a sense of security and also you need not touch your other investments during emergency where you need to pay pre-closure penalty. Also don't forget to refill the emergency fund once you met an expense out of emergency fund.

Financial planning3. Establish a retirement budget
You need to visualize your retired life well in advance and need to create a budget for your retirement. That is you will not be going to office. So the expenses on transport and clothes may come down. Also you will have more time to spend. You may need to spend more on leisure travel and health care.

4. Examine your cash flow
Take a close look at your cash inflow as well as outflow. Is there going to be any income after retirement? Like rent, royalty.... would there be any unwanted outflow during retired life? Like paying life insurance, or SIP. At times during your beginning of the career, you could have taken a policy where you need to pay premium up to the age of 60. But now you may plan to retire at 55 itself. So you need to realign your existing policy and other investments in synchronisation with your retirement age.

5. Grow your retirement corpus
Find out how much corpus you need to have when you retire so that you will be having complete financial freedom. A professional financial planner will of great assistance to you in this regard.

6. Develop a withdrawal strategy
How are you planning to withdraw your cash outflow during retirement from the retirement corpus? Are you going to withdraw monthly, quarterly, half yearly or annually? Through systematic withdrawal plan in mutual funds or by way of dividend or interest. All these will have a great impact on the corpus you need to accumulate. So you need to decide in advance.

7. Minimize taxes
Your retirement corpus and retirement income need to be tax efficient. You need to pay taxes for the interest accrued irrespective of that you withdraw the interest or reinvest under a cumulative option. But you need to pay income tax only when you withdraw from the mutual funds. Careful selection of investment vehicle can reduce your tax during the retired life.

8. Get sufficient mediclaim coverage
The moment you retire, your employer will stop covering you under the group mediclaim. So you need to plan for your individual medical cover well in advance. At old age the medical expenses are inevitable. If you have not planned it properly the all your retirement plan will become a mess.

9. Consider inflation adjusted annuities
The monthly income you need when you retire is not going to be the same even after 5 years of your retirement. Inflation will increase your retirement expenses year after year. So year after year your retirement income needs to go up.

10. Oversee estate planning
How your fixed assets and financial assets need to be distributed to your legal heirs? Create a Will. You can avoid creating relationship problems to your next generation because of your left out wealth.

Sunday, 21 July 2013

Encadrement of newly created posts into CSS/CSSS on the strength of Min. of Social Justice & Empowerment


Dopt orders 2013 : Encadrement of newly created posts into CSS/CSSS on the strength of Min. of Social Justice & Empowerment       

F. No.24/1/2010-CS-I (P)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

Lok Nayak bhawan, New Delhi
Dated the 10th July, 2013

Order

Approval of the competent authority is accorded to encadrement of the newly created posts into the corresponding grades of Central Secretariat Service/Central Secretariat Stenographers' Service, on the strength of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment :-

S.No.Post / GradeNumber of
posts encadred
Revised Strength of
grade in the Cadre Unit
Remarks/details of
creation
of post
1Director
3
17
The posts were created
vide
Ministry of Social Justice
and
Empowerment
(Department of
Disability Affairs)
letter No.A.42018/13/2011-
Estt.
dated 21.06.2013.
2Under Secretary
6
24
3Section Officer
13
58
44Assistant
26
100
5Sr.PPS
1
4
6Private Secretary
3
34
7Personal Assistant
8
28

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(Parminder Singh)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

GEF delegation welcomed Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands



                           A delegation of  Government Employees Federation, A&N Islands led by its President Shri. P.KANNAN met the Hon’ble Lt. Governor at Raj Niwas yesterday on 18.07.2013 (evening) and welcomed him in person and  congratulated him to become the Lt. Governor (Administrator) of A&N Islands. The delegation briefed the functioning of Government Employees Federation in these Islands and assured their full support and cooperation to him. The Hon’ble Lt. Governor interacted with each office bearers of  Federation  and said to have appraised their functioning  and assured his full support and cooperation to Government Employees Federation.
         
                                The Hon’ble Lt. Governor also discussed various issues with  President  Shri. P, Kannan, General Secretary Shri. S. K. Majumdar and delegation in the presence of Chief Secretary and Secretary to LG such as :-
1. Filling-up vacant posts of all the departments, which has not attracted ban.
2. Deputing adequate staffs to inter-Islands.
3. Eradication of corruption.
4. Unemployment problems.
5. Improvement in public service.
6. Proper implementation of transfer policy.
7. Imparting short term trainings/seminars to all technical & non-technical staff.
8. Posting of  adequate IAS / DANICS and HODs.
      And also discussed various important issues related to good governance and the development of Islands. The Hon’ble Lt. Governor sought suggestions, support and cooperation of Government Employees Federation (GEF)  for the smooth function of Administration as well as for development of Islands.               
           Finally, on behalf of Federation, Shri. P.Kannan, President has expressed his gratitude to Hon’ble Lt. Governor for the assurance given by him.

SR 202 - Inspection of Service Book : Obtaining signature in Service Book every year reg.


Updation of service books and its inspection by each employee. : SR 202 (Inspection of Service Book) says, every head of Office has to initiate action to show the service book to the government servant concerned every year and to obtain his signature there in token of their having inspected / seen the Service Book.

EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION
(Ministry of Labour and Employment, Govt. of India)

No. HRM/RPFC/PA/CPFC Meeting/2013/7493
Dated: 15.07.2013 / 17 JUL 2013
To 
Director, NATRSS,
All Addl. CPFCs.
All Regional P.F.Commissioners (ROs/SROs - including RPFC(ASD))

Subject: Updation of service books and its inspection by each employee.

Sir,
You are aware that under SR 199 every step in the career of an official / officer should he recorded in the service book and each entry is attested by the Head of the Office / officer so authorized to ensure accuracy in the entries.

2. Further, under SR 202 the updated service book is required to be shown to official / officer every year. The government servant after ensuring the accuracies of each entry affixes his / her signature.

3. In view of the above, it is requested to carry out an exercise towards updation of service book and its mandatory inspection by respective employees. The head of the offices maintaining the service hooks of employees must give a certificate that Service books of all employees in his office has been updated and the signatures of respective employees have been obtained in the service book.

4. This exercise needs to be completed by 15.08.2013.

(This issues with the approval of ACC(HR) ).

Yours faithfully,
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(UDAY BAXI)
REGIONAL P.F. COMMISSIONER(HRM)

Thursday, 18 July 2013

MACP – Need for implementing Hon’ble Supreme Court Judgement


MACP – SHRI M.RAGHAVAIAH, GENERAL SECRETARY, NFIR ADVOCATES FOR IMPLEMENTAION OF HON’BLE SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT ON MACP

ADASA, Doordarshan Members meet JCM member Shri M. Raghavaiah at Hyderabad yesterday evening to know the latest developments concerning Central Government Employees.
Shri Raghavaiah explained that so far only three meetings have taken place with anomaly committee to resolve the anomalies cropped up after the implementation of VI CPCrecommendations.
While explaining the developments, he stressed the need to rectify certain provisions in MACP scheme as any new scheme should be more beneficial than the existing one.  Where as the MACP scheme is detrimental to the interest of employees, particularly at lower level.  In this context he said that he has submitted certain proposals for modifying the conditions in MACP Scheme and awaiting the reply.
The ADASA members have drawn his attention to the latest Punjab & Haryana HighCourt judgement, CAT Principle Bench judgement, Apex courts rejection to allow the SLP on MACP, he explained that they are fighting since 2010 for modifying the provisions which are having adverse affect.
He felt because of the observations of Judiciary at highest level, now the government has no other option except to modify the provisions gracefully, which will benefit all the employees in general particularly at lower level. He has asked the members to feel free and interact on the issues concerning central government employees and volunteered to support for the true cause.
The meeting ended by expressing sincere thanks by all our members for sparing his valuable time despite busy schedule.
Watch the following video featuring the speech of Mr.M.Raghavaiah, General Secretary, NFIR on implementation of Hon’ble Supreme Court Judgement MACP

Saturday, 13 July 2013

Arrears of pension in cases where valid nomination has not been made


DPPW Orders :  Payment of arrears of pension in cases where valid nomination has not been made under the Payment of Arrears of Pension (Nomination) Rules, 1983 Payment of arrears of family pension - reg.

No.1/22/2012-P&PW (E)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. and Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan
Khan Market, New Delhi - 110003.
Dated the 10th July, 2013

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub:- (i) Payment of arrears of pension in cases where valid nomination has not been made under the Payment of Arrears of Pension (Nomination) Rules, 1983; 
(ii) payment of arrears of family pension — reg.
Attention is invited to the Payment of Arrears of Pension (Nomination) Rules. 1983 which provide that after the death of the pensioner, all moneys payable to the pensioner on account of pension will be paid to the nominee of the deceased pensioner. In the absence of any nomination made by the pensioner, the arrears of his/her pension are paid to the legal heir as per the procedure indicated in para 4 of part A of annexure to Ministry of Finance OM No.1 (3)-E.V/83, dated 11.10.1983. However, dependents of some pensioners expressed difficulties in obtaining the legal heir-ship certificates and represented that the necessity of production of legal heir-ship certificates may be waived where the amount of arrears payable is small.

2. The matter had been examined in Ministry of Finance, D/o Expenditure vide OM dated 04/06/1985 and it was decided that in case where a valid nomination does not exist under the Payment of Arrears of Pension (Nomination) Rules, 1983 and the dependent of pensioner is unable to produce the legal heir-ship certificate, the Payment of Lifetime Arrears of Pension accruing to the deceased pensioner may be authorized on the basis of any documentary proof regarding the relationship and heir-ship of the claimant if the gross amount of arrear does not exceed Rupees 25,000. In such cases, if the gross amount did not exceed Rupees 5,000 and case represented no peculiar features, the accounts officer was authorised to make the payment on his own authority. 

3. The Government has further looked into the matter and decided to incrence the limits of Rupees 5000 and 25000 as indicated in Department of Expenditure OM, dated 4.6.85 to Rupees 50,000 and 2,50,000 respectively. The conditions and the procedure of payment as indicated in Department of Expenditure OM, dated 22.10.1983 and 04.06.1985 will remainthe same, which are reiterated hereunder.

4 The Pension Disbursing Authority (PDA) may receive application along with any documentary proof regarding the relationship and heir-ship of the claimant, in case the claimant is the recipient of fmily pension, the disbursing Officer will verify the identity of the claimant with reference to the disburser’s half as well as pensioner’s half of the PPO and give a certificate of having done so. PDA will duly attest the documents received from the applicant and forward these along with the application to the Accounts Officer. The Accounts Officer, on receipt of application along with a copy of PPO of the pensioner and other documents from the PDA, will calculate the amount of arrears and issue necessary authority for payment of Life-time arrears to the disbursing authority if the case does not present any peculiar features and the amount does not exceed Rs.50,000. In case the amount exceeds Rupees 50,000 hut does not exceed Rupees 2,50,000, the Accounts Officer will obtain the orders of the Head of Department or Administrator or the CAO in the case of pensioners from Indian Audit & Accounts Department or any Officer of that Department declared as an HOD. Payment will be made on execution of a duly stamped indemnity bond in Form T.R. 14/G.A.R. 26, with such sureties as necessary in terms of para 7 below. In case of any doubt and also in cases where the amount of arrears exceeds Rupees 2,50,000, payments shall be authorized to be made only to the persons producing the legal authority.

5. This department’s OM No. 43/4/95-P&PW(G), dated 30.10.1995 stipulates that in the event of death of a family pensioner, the right to receive any arrears of family pension would automatically pass on to the eligible member of the family next in line. The requirement of succession certificate for payment of any arrears occurs only where there is no member in the family who is eligible to receive family pension after the death of the family pensioner. Therefore, it has been decided that the provisions of this office memorandum will also apply to the payment of arrears of family pension where no member of family is eligible to receive family pension.

6. The Head of Department here means the Head of Department as defined in rule 2 (xvi) of the General Financial Rules, 2005. However, in order to ensure that the citizens do not have to face unnecessary hardships, it has been decided that in the case of field establishments, the Administrative Ministries/Departments may delegate the power of head of Department to the Head of Office in the rank of Deputy Secretary/Director, if felt necessary by them. It is also clarified that this OM will cover all such past cases.

7. Normally, there should be two sureties, both of known financial stability. However, in case the amount of claim is less than Rs.75,000/, the authority accepting the indemnity bond for and on behalf the President of India should decide on the merits of each case whether to accept only one surety instead of two. The obligor as well as the sureties executing the indemnity bond should have attained majority so that the bond has legal effect or force. The bond is required to be accepted on behalf of the President by an officer duly authorised under Article 299(1) of the Constitution.

8. These orders will not be applicable in cases where a valid nomination exists under the Payment of Arrears of Pension (Nomination) Rules, 1983. In such cases, the payment of arrears will be authorised to be made to the nominee (s).

9. As regards pensioners/family pensioners belonging to the Indian Audit and Accounts Departments, these Orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

10. This issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, vide their ID Note No.568/E.V/2013, dated 28th June, 2013 and O/o Controller General of Accounts vide their ID No. 1(7)/TA-III/2011-12/Miscl/116, dated 13.02.2013.

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(Sujasha Choudhury)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India



Source: DOPT

GoI issue Guidelines on Air Travel on Official Tours / Leave Travel Concession (LTC) – reg.

Finmin Orders 2013: Guidelines on Air Travel on Official Tours / Leave Travel Concession (LTC) – reg.

No.19024/1/2012-E.IV 
Government of India 
Ministry of Finance 
Department of Expenditure

North Block. New Delhi 
Dated the 9th July, 2013

Office Memorandum

Subject: Guidelines on Air Travel on Official Tours / Leave Travel Concession (LTC) – reg.

Reference is invited to instructions issued by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance from time-to-time regarding the procedure for booking of air tickets on Government account. As per existing procedure Government officials/offices can book the air tickets directly from Airlines (at Booking counters / Website of Airlines) and if needed, by utilizing the services of authorized agents. viz. M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLCL) and M/s Ashok Travels & Tours (ATT) [Department of Expenditure OM No.19024/1/2009-E.IV dated 16/09/2010 refers]. Air tickets for travel on LTC, to a limited extent, can also be get booked through Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation(IRCTC) [Department of Personnel & Training 0M No. 31011/6/2002-Estt.(A) dated 02/12/2009 refers].

2. It has now been decided to include IRCTC as an authorized for the purpose of booking air tickets on Government account. Accordingly, if the services of a travel agent for booking air tickets on Government account is to be availed of, in addition to BLCL and ATT, the services of IRCTC can also be availed of.

3. All Ministries/Departments of the Government of India. etc. may accordingly bring these instructions to the notice of all concerned for strict compliance.

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(Subhash Chand) 
Deputy Secretary of Government of India

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Request to fill up all vacant post of LGC under 10% quota

A&NAG'C'EA, General Secretary Shri.C. Selvaraj writes a letter to Chief secretary, A & N Administration  on 9th July, 2013 regarding  to fill up All Vacant Posts of  Lower Grade Clerk  (LGC) (Promotee) arisen in the A & N Administration under 10% quota from the qualified staffs appeared in the written examination conducted by Administration in the year of 2012. 
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Resolved a long pending demand of Ferro printers working in APWD



Tuesday, 9 July 2013

CABINET TO DISCUSS THE RULES REGARDING WITHDRAWAL FROM NEW PENSION SCHEME


NPS – CHANGES IN WITHDRAWAL RULES – CABINET TO DISCUSS THE RULES REGARDING WITHDRAWAL FROM NEW PENSION SCHEME

The Cabinet may discuss changes in the withdrawal rules for the NewPension Scheme (NPS) on July 11.
The proposal is to permit a subscriber to withdraw his/her entire fund on retirement, if the amount is Rs 2 lakh or lower.
The condition in all such cases would be that a subscriber would have to make a request for an ‘opt-out’ option. At present, over 4,400 accounts have accumulated amounts of Rs 2 lakh or lower. Out of these, nearly 680 have made a request for withdrawal. However, the proposal, once approved, will notapply to accounts opened under the Swavalamban scheme.
Normally, an individual can exit either at or after the age of 60. However, from March 2013, subscribers were allowed to stay invested till the age of 70, but with some conditions, such as no contribution or part withdrawal between the ages of 60 and 70.
At the time of exit, 60 per cent of the total amount is given as lumpsum, while 40 per cent is used to purchase an annuity, which provides lifetime pension to an employee and his dependent parents/spouse at the time of retirement.
The problem being faced was that the accumulated amount was inadequate for pension payouts. “Accumulated funds of less than Rs 2 lakh are not enough to purchase an annuity or annuity providing for decent monthly income,” a senior Government official said.
He said subscribers who have not made a request for withdrawal as lumpsum may like to continue, which is why a specific ‘opt out’ option is being proposed, rather than a default option.
NPS is a contributory scheme, which was made mandatory for Union Government employees(except those joining the Armed Forces) joining on or after January 1, 2004. Under the scheme, an employee contributes 10 per cent of his/her salary and dearnessallowance and an equal contribution is made by the Union Government.
However, there is no contribution from the Government in respect of individuals who are not Government employees.
Various States have also introduced NPS for their employees. Currently, there are nearly 27 lakh Central and State Government employees under the NPS. Individuals can also open accounts under the scheme.

Source : The Hindu
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CGHS – HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION DIRECTS TO EMPANEL ONE HOSPITAL IN EACH DISTRICT FOR TREATMENT OF RETIRED CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES



The State Human Rights Commission has directed the Director of Central GovernmentHealth Scheme (CGHS) to include one hospital in each district in the panel of the schemeto enable all the retired employees to get the benefits of the government’s healthinsurance scheme.
He also directed the Director and the Central Secretary to submit the report in this regard on August 7. The direction was following a complaint filed by Leela George, a retired central government employee.
There is only one hospital in the state empanelled in the health insurance scheme, which is in the capital city. There are only three consulting centres under the scheme which are also situated here. This makes it difficult for the pensioners residing in other districts to avail the benefits of the scheme.
The retired employees became members of the scheme by paying from Rs 15,000 to 20,000. The members of the scheme also had given up their medical allowance of Rs 3,600. The Commission also directed that the facility for free treatment for the members of the health insurance scheme  be made at the hospitals which are empanelled in the Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme.


HOME TOWN LTC TO EMPLOYEES WHOSE HEADQUARTER AND HOME TOWN ARE WITHIN THE SAME DISTRICT


Controller General of Defence Accounts
Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt- 110010
CIRCULAR

HOME TOWN LTC TO EMPLOYEES WHOSE HEADQUARTER AND HOME TOWN ARE WITHIN THE SAME DISTRICT



No. AN/XIV/14162/TA/DA/LTC
Dated: 28/05/2013
To
All PCsDA/CsDA/IFA’s
PCof A(Fys) Kolkata
(Through CGDA Mail server)
Subject :  Home Town LTC to employees whose headquarter and home town are within the same district.
The matter regarding admittance of Home Town LTC to employees whose headquarters and home town within the same district, are under examination at HQr’s office.
2. After taking into consideration of views and opinion of different Controllers, the matter has been examined at this HQr’s office and the undersigned has been directed to inform Home Town LTC may be admitted to employees whose HQr’s and Home Town are within the same district provided they do not come within the purview of same station as has been defined under SR 116 of FRSR Part-II TA Rules.
4. All LTC Claims may be regulated accordingly.
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(Chitra Mahendrar)
For CGDA

Wednesday, 3 July 2013

Family members of missing Central govt employee eligible for pension


Family members of a missing government employee or pensioner can get all benefits including pension, gratuity and leave encashment among others, the central government has said.

Family members of a government employee or pensioner kidnapped by insurgents and terrorists will also be eligible to all monetary benefits given by the government, according to a fresh set of instructions issued last week by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
However, family members of those employees who disappear after committing frauds or crime etc. will not be entitled to pension or any other benefits.
“In the case of a missing employee or pensioner or family pensioner, the family canapply for the grant of family pension, amount of salary due, leave encashment due and the amount of GPF and gratuity (whatever has not already been received) to the Headof Office of the organisation where the employee or pensioner had last served, six months after lodging of police report,” it said.
According to the direction, the family must lodge a report with the concerned police station and obtain a report from the police, that the employee or pensioner or family pensioner has not been traced despite all efforts made by them.
“The report may be a First Information Report or any other report such as a Daily Diaryor General Diary Entry,” it said.
“An Indemnity Bond should be taken from the nominee or dependents of the employee, pensioner or family pensioner that all payments will be adjusted against the payments due to the employee, pensioner or family pensioner in case she or he appears on the scene and makes any claim,” it said in the direction issued to all central government ministries.
The retirement gratuity will be paid to the family within three months of the date ofapplication.
In case of any delay, the interest shall be paid at the applicable rates and responsibility for delay shall be fixed.
The difference between the death gratuity and retirement gratuity shall be payable after the death of the employee is conclusively established or on the expiry of the period of seven years from the date of the police report, it said.
“The amount of salary due, leave encashment due and the amount of GPF will be paid to the family in the first instance as per the nominations made by the employee or pensioner on filing of a police report and submission of an indemnity bond,” the directive said.
Source : India.gov.in
GP

Tuesday, 2 July 2013

CPAO Orders on revision of pension of pre-2006 pensioners/family pensioners


Central Pension Accounting Office has instructed to all PAOs to dispose immediately all pending cases of stepping up of pension to pre-2006 pensioners and family pensioners according to the earlier OM No.38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 28/01/2013 issued by DPPW of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions....

No.CPAO/CO.ORD/REVISION OF PENSION /2012-13/890
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE
CENTRAL PENSION ACCOUNTING OFFICE
TRIKOOT-II, BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE,
NEW DELHI-I 10066
Dated: 25.06.2013
OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Implementation of Government’s decision on the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission - Revision of pension of pre-2006 pensioners/family pensioners etc. as per O.M. No.38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 28/01/2013 issued by DPPW of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

In pursuance of Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of personnel, PG & Pensions O.M. No.38/37/08 P&PW(A) dated 28.01.2013 regarding stepping up the pension of the pensioners of pre-2006 up to 50% of the sum of minimum of the pay in the pay band and the grade pay corresponding to the pre revised pay scale from which the pensioner had retired (effective date of payment of enhanced pension/family pension is 24/09/2012), an exercise was conducted by NIC, CPAO and NIC, CGA on the already e-revision (not manual revision) cases of pre-2006 in terms of recommendation of  CPC to find out whether pensioner/family pensioners are actually going to be befitted with this order or not.

2. This may kindly be brought to the notice of all PAOs under your control that Ministry/Department wise list of such cases are available on website of CPAO to facilitate all PAOs in order to speedily dispose of the cases. This is, however, subject to scrutiny of each revised case in the light of DOPT O. M. dated 28/01/2013 at PAOs level and issue revision authority in favour of all the pre-2006 retirees including cases having ‘No Change’.

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(Dr.Dilip Kumar)
Controller Of Accounts