AIR INDIA DOMESTIC FARES : UPDATED LTC-80 SCHEME FARE LIST AS ON 25.10.2012

Air India publishes the new updated LTC Fare list on its official website, the new revised fare list has been uploaded on 25th October, 2012. We are reproduced and given belwo the fare list for your ready reference...

                                   TABLE IV- LTC Fares :-

S No	SECTOR & V.V		HLTC	DLTC	Airline Fuel Charges
			Base Fare	Base Fare
1	Agartala	Guwahati	4831	9056	1750
2	Agartala	Kolkata	3891	7753	1750
3	Agartala	Silchar	4401		1750
4	Agatti	Bengaluru	10691		1750
5	Agatti	Chennai	10646		2050
6	Agatti	Kochi	8571		1750
7	Agatti	Kozhikode	7471		1750
8	Ahmedabad	Chennai	7426	24361	2800
9	Ahmedabad	Delhi	4851	15137	2050
10	Ahmedabad	Hyderabad	7076	18254	2050
11	Ahmedabad	Mumbai	4351	11965	1750
12	Aizawl	Guwahati	5351		1750
13	Aizawl	Imphal	4466	6640	1750
14	Aizawl	Kolkata	4626	10231	1750
15	Allahabad	Delhi	6541		1750
16	Allahabad	Kanpur	4751		1750
17	Amritsar	Delhi	4366	11140	1750
18	Aurangabad	Delhi	8801	20287	2050
19	Aurangabad	Mumbai	4451	9191	1750
20	Bagdogra	Delhi	9716	19199	2800
21	Bagdogra	Guwahati	4536	7651	1750
22	Bagdogra	Kolkata	5436	11728	1750
23	Bengaluru	Chennai	4701	9231	1750
24	Bengaluru	Delhi	9901	27160	3500
25	Bengaluru	Goa	5151	11837	1750
26	Bengaluru	Hyderabad	5451	11363	1750
27	Bengaluru	Kochi	4501	9896	1750
28	Bengaluru	Kolkata	9701	28974	3500
29	Bengaluru	Mumbai	6851	14896	2050
30	Bengaluru	Pune	6184	15046	1750
31	Bengaluru	Trivandrum	5451	12107	1750
32	Bhopal	Delhi	4801	13396	1750
33	Bhopal	Indore	4281	7786	1750
34	Bhopal	Mumbai	5356	14100	1750
35	Bhubaneshwar	Chennai	8291	16790	2800
36	Bhubaneshwar	Delhi	9001	25423	2800
37	Bhubaneshwar	Kolkata	5406	11399	1750
38	Bhubaneshwar	Mumbai	9401	27693	2800
39	Bhubaneshwar	Port Blair	11216		2800
40	Chandigarh	Delhi	4301	9461	1750
41	Chandigarh	Mumbai	8836	24470	2800
42	Chennai	Coimbatore	4251	10706	1750
43	Chennai	Delhi	8456	27744	3500
44	Chennai	Goa	6311	14757	1750
45	Chennai	Hyderabad	4451	13013	1750
46	Chennai	Kochi	5251	13170	1750
47	Chennai	Kolkata	8566	25718	2800
48	Chennai	Madurai	4251	10706	1750
49	Chennai	Mumbai	8571	16798	2800
50	Chennai	Portblair	9411	23134	2800
51	Chennai	Trivandrum	5601	13177	1750
52	Chennai	Vishakhapatnam	4801	13323	1750
53	Coimbatore	Delhi	9751	30507	3500
54	Coimbatore	Kozhikode	4451	6070	1750
55	Coimbatore	Mumbai	8001	17601	2800
56	Dehradun	Delhi	5221	12520	1750
57	Delhi	Gaya	6851	18254	2050
58	Delhi	Goa	8821	23933	3500
59	Delhi	Guwahati	9811	24258	3500
60	Delhi	Gwalior	5051	9155	1750
61	Delhi	Hyderabad	8401	23923	2800
62	Delhi	Imphal	9081	25255	3500
63	Delhi	Indore	4851	14692	1750
64	Delhi	Jabalpur	6401		1750
65	Delhi	Jaipur	3551	7950	1750
66	Delhi	Jammu	4401	11721	1750
67	Delhi	Jodhpur	5706	12830	1750
68	Delhi	Kanpur	5701		1750
69	Delhi	Khajuraho	5651	13648	1750
70	Delhi	Kochi	12351	35905	3500
71	Delhi	Kolkata	9061	22444	2800
72	Delhi	Kozhikode	10051	30507	3500
73	Delhi	Kullu	6301		1750
74	Delhi	Leh	5501	13681	1750
75	Delhi	Lucknow	4821	11348	1750
76	Delhi	Ludhiana	4351		1750
77	Delhi	Mangalore	9901	27160	3500
78	Delhi	Mumbai	8951	20915	2800
79	Delhi	Nagpur	7171	16163	2050
80	Delhi	Pathankot	5101		1750
81	Delhi	Patna	7151	16071	2050
82	Delhi	Port Blair	21516		3500
83	Delhi	Pune	9401	26383	2800
84	Delhi	Raipur	7851	20652	2050
85	Delhi	Ranchi	8811	20002	2800
86	Delhi	Srinagar	6201	12129	1750
87	Delhi	Surat	9101	19480	2050
88	Delhi	Tirupati	9016	21930	3500
89	Delhi	Trivandrum	12156	35905	3500
90	Delhi	Udaipur	5786	13922	1750
91	Delhi	Vadodra	7051	18393	2050
92	Delhi	Varanasi	5681	13867	1750
93	Delhi	Vijayawada	8566	24258	2800
94	Delhi	Vishakhapatnam	10401	28084	2800
95	Dibrugarh	Dimapur	3251	4515	1750
96	Dibrugarh	Guwahati	4801		1750
97	Dibrugarh	Kolkata	6526	13724	2050
98	Dibrugarh	Lilabari	4051		1750
99	Dimapur	Guwahati	4701		1750
100	Dimapur	Imphal	4401		1750
101	Dimapur	Kolkata	6101	12816	1750
102	Dimapur	Shillong	4101		1750
103	Gaya	Kolkata	4501	10837	1750
104	Gaya	Varanasi	4851	8717	1750
105	Goa	Hyderabad	5251	12659	1750
106	Goa	Mumbai	5321	10180	1750
107	Goa	Pune	4536	8103	1750
108	Goa	Srinagar	12351	35905	3500
109	Guwahati	Imphal	4901	9133	1750
110	Guwahati	Jorhat	3736		1750
111	Guwahati	Kolkata	5076	10407	1750
112	Guwahati	Lilabari	5151		1750
113	Guwahati	Silchar	5251		1750
114	Guwahati	Tezpur	4436		1750
115	Gwalior	Mumbai	8401	18272	2050
116	Hyderabad	Kolkata	9696	23160	2800
117	Hyderabad	Mumbai	5251	13597	1750
118	Hyderabad	Pune	5231	12805	1750
119	Hyderabad	Tirupati	4656	11111	1750
120	Hyderabad	Varanasi	8811	20002	2800
121	Hyderabad	Vijayawada	5051	9666	1750
122	Hyderabad	Vishakhapatnam	4946	12586	1750
123	Imphal	Kolkata	4281	11315	1750
124	Imphal	Silchar	4601		1750
125	Indore	Mumbai	4481	11177	1750
126	Jaipur	Mumbai	6416	17334	2050
127	Jammu	Leh	4886	8290	1750
128	Jammu	Srinagar	4403	6253	1750
129	Jamnagar	Mumbai	5181	11461	1750
130	Jodhpur	Mumbai	7686	17210	2050
131	Jodhpur	Udaipur	4231	7961	1750
132	Jorhat	Kolkata	4976		1750
133	Jorhat	Tezpur	4136		1750
134	Kanpur	Kolkata	7401		2050
135	Khajuraho	Varanasi	4936	11221	1750
136	Kochi	Kozhikode	3501	6589	1750
137	Kochi	Madurai	4301		1750
138	Kochi	Mumbai	8401	19809	2800
139	Kochi	Trivandrum 4301	7581	1750
140	Kolkata	Lilabari	5801		2050
141	Kolkata	Mumbai	8486	21733	3500
142	Kolkata	Port Blair	11071	24955	2800
143	Kolkata	Shillong	5481		1750
144	Kolkata	Silchar	5001	10209	1750
145	Kolkata	Tezpur	5151		1750
146	Kozhikode	Mumbai	6951	15783	2050
147	Kozhikode	Trivandrum	4391		1750
148	Kullu	Pathankot	4001		1750
149	Leh	Srinagar	4603	7541	1750
150	Lilabari	Tezpur	3881		1750
151	Lucknow	Mumbai	8051	23160	2800
152	Lucknow	Varanasi	4626	8717	1750
153	Ludhiana	Pathankot	4201		1750
154	Madurai	Mumbai	7851	21835	2800
155	Mangalore	Mumbai	6086	14312	1750
156	Mumbai	Nagpur	5001	13757	1750
157	Mumbai	Raipur	7306	19232	2050
158	Mumbai	Rajkot	5281	11012	1750
159	Mumbai	Ranchi	9751	20988	2800
160	Mumbai	Srinagar	9016	21930	3500
161	Mumbai	Trivandrum	10201	22076	2800
162	Mumbai	Udaipur	4786	13947	1750
163	Mumbai	Varanasi	9696	22649	2800
164	Mumbai	Vishakhapatnam	9101	23047	2800
165	Raipur	Bhubaneshwar	4281	9155	1750
166	Raipur	Nagpur	5181	11710	1750
167	Raipur	Vishakhapatnam	4251	10706	1750
168	Shillong	Jorhat	4551		1750
169	Silchar	Tezpur	4101		1750
170	Vishakhapatnam	Bhubaneshwar	5321	9669	1750

TABLE V -  Remarks & Notings     
Remarks & Notings 
1 a) EAP30/ERT30/E30PP, SAP14/SRT14/S14PP & SAP 7/ SAPRT/S7PP Fares Levels are Advance Purchase Fares which are  available for sale  
upto 30 days/ 14 days, & 7 days respectively in advance before schedule date of departure of the flight.

2 Taxes, Fee & Charges 
In addition to the above fares, Passenger Service fee, Airport Development Fee (wherever applicable) and Service Tax would apply.

a)  Passenger Service fee is Rs. 233 except  (a) Ex Jammu,Srinagar  Leh where it is 207 (b) ex Bengaluru, Hyderabad  & Kochi it is 225/-& ( c ) ex Delhi Rs.146/- 

b) (a)  User Development Fee (UDF)  ex  Hyderabad Rs. 484, Bengaluru Rs. 260, Jaipur Rs. 150,  Mumbai Rs. 113, Amritsar Rs. 150, Trichy Rs. 150, Vishakapatnam Rs. 150, Udaipur Rs. 150, Ahmedabad Rs. 124, Mangalore Rs. 150, Varanasi Rs. 150.    

(b) UDF  from Delhi( from 15th May12-31 Mar13) : Distance upto 500 Km- Rs 260/- more than 500 Km- Rs 520/-  

( c) UDF  to Delhi( from 15th May12-31 Mar13) : Distance upto 500 Km- Rs 220/- more than 500 Km- Rs 440/-  

(d) UDF  from Delhi( from 1st Apr 13- 31Mar14) : Distance upto 500 Km- Rs 275/- more than 500 Km- Rs 551/-  

( f ) UDF  to Delhi( from 1st Apr 13- 31Mar 14) : Distance upto 500 Km- Rs 233/- more than 500 Km- Rs 466/-  

(g) Airport Development ( ADF ) ex Delhi Rs. 225/-

c)  Service Tax  as applicable would be additional.

d)  w.e.f. 16th July,2012 Air india has permitted levy of Transaction Fee (OC), on tickets issued by Travel Agents,for services rendered to customer. 
Details as under:
Domestic - Business class Rs 325 & Economy Class Rs 225 per ticket .

3 Fare Rules: Fee for Refund/revalidation/re-issuance  is levied as detailed under:

(i) First/Executive & Economy class under RBDs Y,B & M and LTC fares

(ia) On Refund -  a processing fee of Rs.200 per coupon is levied. 
(ib) No re-issuance and revalidation fee is  applicable.

(ii) Tickets issued  on fares  under RBDs H to T  
(iia) Refund - Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Refund Fee of -Rs.500 per coupon . 
Refund of No-show ticket, permitted  against a Refund Fee of -Rs.1500 per coupon
(iib) Revalidation /re-issuance - Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Change Fee of -Rs.500 per coupon
Revalidation of No-show ticket, permitted  against a Change Fee of -Rs.1000 per coupon

(iii) Tickets issued  on fares under RBDs E & S  
(iiia) Refund  - Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Refund Fee of -Rs.950 per coupon . 
Refund of No-show ticket: Basic Fares would be forfeited. 

(iiib) Revalidation /re-issuance - Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Change Fee of -Rs.950 per coupon
Revalidation of No-show ticket, permitted  against a Change Fee of -Rs.1500 per coupon

(iv) Service Tax  as applicable would be additional.

4 Updated Fares as on 25th  Oct , 2012

5 These  fares are subject to Change without prior  notice.

Source: airindia

Dopt issued guidelines while dealing with cases of vigilance clearance for promotion of the Government Employees

Comprehensive review of instructions pertaining to vigilance clearance for promotion-regarding.:-

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F.No.22034/4/2012 -Estt. (D)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training 

North Block, New Delhi,

Dated the 2nd November, 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Comprehensive review of instructions pertaining to vigilance clearance for promotion-regarding.

Instructions issued vide O.M. No. 22012/1/99-Estt. (D) dated 25.10.2004 based on the O.M. No. 22011/4/1991-Estt. (A) dated 14.09.1992 (issued on the basis of procedure laid down by Supreme 

Court in K.V. Jankiraman case AIR 1991 SC 2010) makes it clear that vigilance clearance for promotion may be denied only in the following three circumstances:

(i) Government servants under suspension;
(ii) Government servants in respect of whom a charge sheet has been issued and the disciplinary proceedings are pending; and
(iii) Government servants in respect of whom prosecution for a criminal charge is pending.

Withholding of vigilance clearance to a Government servant who is not under suspension or who has not been issued a chargesheet and the disciplinary proceedings are pending or against whom prosecution for criminal charge is not pending may not be legally tenable in view of the procedure laid down in the aforesaid O.Ms.

2. Existing instructions provide for processing the cases of disciplinary proceedings in a time bound manner. A number of cases have however, come to notice where initiation of disciplinary proceedings/issue of chargesheet/processing of the case is considerably delayed by the administrative Ministries/Departments.

Such delays allow an officer whose conduct is under cloud, to be considered for promotion. It becomes essential in respect of officer(s) in whose case disciplinary proceedings are contemplated or pending and are included in consideration zone for promotion, necessary action be taken for placing the proposal before the DPC so that vigilance clearance is not allowed as per conditions mentioned in para 1 above.

3. The Hon’ble Supreme Court in its judgment dated 27.08.1991 in Union of India Vs. K.V. Jankiraman etc. (AIR 1991 SC 2010) has held

"5. An employee has no right to promotion. He has only a right to be considered for promotion. The promotion to a post and more so, to a selection post, depends upon several circumstances. To qualify for promotion. the least that is expected of an employee is to have an unblemished record. That is the minimum expected to ensure a clean and efficient administration and to protect the public interests. An employee found guilty of misconduct cannot be placed on par with the other employees and his case has to be treated differently. There is therefore, no discrimination when in the matter of promotion, he is treated differently".

4. The issue of promotion of an officer who may be technically cleared from vigilance angle but in whose case it may not be appropriate to promote him/her in view of doubtful integrity or where a charge-sheet is under consideration etc. has been under examination in this Department.

5. The O.M No. 22012/1/99-EStt. (D) dated 25th October, 2004 further provides that a DPC shall assess the suitability of the Government servant coming within the purview of the circumstances mentioned in para 2 of the Office Memorandum No. 22011/4/91-Estt.(A) dated 14.09.1992, alongwith other eligible candidates, 

without taking into consideration the disciplinary case/criminal prosecution pending. No promotion can be withheld merely on the basis of suspicion or doubt or where the matter is under preliminary investigation and has not reached the stage of issue of charge sheet etc. If in the matter of corruption/dereliction of duty etc., there is a serious complaint and the matter is still under investigation, the Government is within its right to suspend the official. In that case, the officer’s case for promotion would automatically be required to be  placed in the sealed cover.

6. When a Government servant comes under a cloud, he may pass through three stages, namely, investigation, issue of chargesheet in Departmental Proceedings and/or prosecution for a criminal charge followed by either penalty/conviction or exoneration/acquittal. During the stage of investigation prior to issue of charge sheet in disciplinary proceedings or prosecution, if the Government is of the view that the charges are serious and the officer should not be promoted, it is open to the Government to suspend the officer which will lead to the DPC recommendation to be kept in sealed cover. The sealed cover procedure is to be resorted to only after the charge memo/charge sheet is issued or the officer is placed under suspension. The pendency of preliminary investigations prior to that stage is not sufficient to adopt the sealed cover procedure.

7. The law on sealed cover based on the judgement of the Apex Court in Union of India vs. K.V. Janakiraman etc. (AIR 1991 SC 2010), is by now well settled. The O.M. dated 14.9.92 confined the Circumstances for adopting sealed cover to the three situations mentioned in para 2 of the said O.M. Even after recommendation of the DPC, but before appointment of the officer if any of the three situations arise, the case is deemed to have been kept in sealed cover by virtue of para 7 of the O.M. dated 14.9.92.

8. As regards the stage when prosecution for a criminal charge can be stated to be pending, the said O.M. dated 14.9.92 does not specify the same and hence the definition of pendency of judicial proceedings in criminal cases given in Rule 9 (6)(b)(i) of CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972 is adopted for the purpose. The Rule 9 (6)(b)(i)of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 provides as under :-

(b) judicial proceedings shall be deemed to be instituted —
(i) in the case of criminal proceedings, on the date on which the complaint or report of a Police Officer, of which the Magistrate takes cognizance, is made.

9. For the purpose of vigilance clearance for review DPC, instructions exist in O.M. No. 22011/2/99-Estt.(A) dated 21.11.2002 that review DPC will take into consideration the circumstances obtaining at the time of original DPC and any subsequent situation arising thereafter will not stand in the way of vigilance clearance for review DPC. However, before the officer is actually promoted it needs to be ensured that he / she is clear from vigilance angle and the provision of para 7 of O.M. No. 22011/ 4/91-Estt. (A) dated 14.09.1992 are not attracted.

10. Opening of sealed cover on conclusion of proceedings, is covered in the instructions in para 3 of the O.M. dated 14.9.92. In cases where by the time the Departmental Proceedings are concluded and the officer is fully exonerated but another charge sheet has been issued, the second charge sheet will not come in the way of opening of sealed cover and granting promotion notionally from the date of promotion of the junior and para 7 of O.M. dated 14.9.92 will not apply as clarified in the O.M. No. 22011/2/2002-EStt.(A) dated 24.2.2003. After the disciplinary proceedings are concluded and penalty is imposed, vigilance clearance will not be denied. The details of the penalty imposed are to be conveyed to the DPC.

11. This Department has issued separate instructions for accordance of vigilance clearance to a member of Central Civil Services/holder of Central Civil post with respect to (a) empanelment (b) deputation (C) appointments to sensitive posts and assignments to training programmes (except mandatory training) vide O.M. No.11012/11/2007-(Estt. A) dated 14.12.2007. it has been further clarified in the O.M. No. 11012/6/2008-Estt. (A) dated 07.07.2008 that these instructions do not apply to promotions. While consideration for promotion is a right of an employee but empanelment, deputation, posting and assignment for training (except mandatory training) is not a right of an employee and is decided keeping in view the suitability of the officer and administrative exigencies.

12. It may thus be noted that vigilance clearance cannot be denied on the grounds of pending disciplinary/criminal/court case against a Government servant, if the three conditions mentioned in para 2 of 

this Department’s O.M. dated 14.09.1992 are not satisfied. The legally tenable and objective procedure in such cases would be to strengthen the administrative vigilance in each Department and to provide for processing the disciplinary cases in a time bound manner. If the charges against a Government servant are grave enough and whom Government does not wish to promote, it is open to the Government to suspend such an officer and expedite the disciplinary proceedings.

13. All Ministries/Departments are, therefore, requested to keep in view the above guidelines while dealing with cases of vigilance clearance for promotion of the Government servants.

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(Virender Singh)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

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CGA has decided to expand the e-Samarth application to all PAOs of Civil Ministries shortly...

No. ITD-CGA/07-11/GPF-MIDS/Pt. file III/

Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure

Office of the Controller General of Accounts

Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market

New Delhi —110003

(l.T. Division)

Office Memorandum

Dated September 14, 2012

As a part of mission towards bringing transparency and strengthening the Information (GPF Module) System of the O/o CGA this office has decided to expand the e-Samarth application to all PAOs of Civil Ministries, presently running in four PAOs of CISF, M/o Home Affairs and PAO (NIC).

2. e-Samarth. a web-based application, follows a very transparent approach in providing a comprehensive resource of GPF-related information through a website open to all account holders and accounting units. All account holders will be able to get the information regarding their GPF accounts directly from internet. The subscribers will be able to view the current status of their request for GPF Withdrawal, Advances, Final 

Payment, Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme (DLIS), and Transfer Out and balances,etc.

3. In the present system of maintenance of GPF accounts, new account number is allotted to the subscriber at the time of his first deduction towards GPF or at the time of his transfer from one office to another either within Ministry or inter-Ministry, resulting in holding of multiple account numbers by a subscriber with a possibility of GPF credits scattered over different accounting Units. In such cases, subscribers do not know what balance is lying in their accounts.

4. In e-Samarth application, a subscriber can view his/her GPF details through a unique number only. It is therefore mandatory to map all his/her existing account numbers through a Unique Key. It has been decided that PAN (allotted by Income Tax Department) would be treated as a Unique Key to map all the account numbers allotted to a subscriber.

5 It is, therefore, compulsory for all the PAOs to first capture the PAN Number details of all the GPF Accounts opened in their COMPACT database and also update their Date of Birth, Date of Joining Govt. Service and Date of Superannuation so that the multiple account numbers of a subscriber could be mapped and unique Id could be allotted. A new upgrade of COMPACT is available at www.pao2000.nic.in. All the 

PAOs have to upgrade their COMPACT before capturing this information. In order to further facilitate in data entry, a separate off-line utility has also been available at www.pao2000.nic. A User-guide for the utility is attached as annexure-1.

6. It is therefore requested to instuct all the PAOs under your control to obtain PAN number and update Account Allotment General Information of all the subscribers under their control latest by 5th October, 2012 so that multiple account numbers of a subcriber could be mapped and unique IDs could be issued to all the Account Holders.

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(Alok Kumer Verma)

Asstt. Controller General of Accounts (ITD)

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Risk Allowance, Hospital Patent Care Allowance and Patient Care Allowance doubled

The Cabinet today approved revision of rates of Risk Allowance. Hospital Patient Care Allowance and Patient Care Allowance payable to about two lakh entitled Central Government employees to double the existing rates with effect from 1s' September, 2008. The proposed revision in the rates of the Risk Allowance, Hospital Patent Care Allowance and Patient Care Allowance will provide succor to the employees at risk due to the nature of their duties. It will also result in considerable financial savings as compared to the Risk Insurance Schemes/Packages. The financial implication of doubling the extant rate of Risk Allowance, Hospital Patient Care Allowance and Patient Care Allowance would be Rs.42.16 crore per annum, as against Rs.503.26 crore plus service tax (approximately) {Rs.40.50 crore plus service tax per annum for insurance policy and Rs.462.76 crore plus service tax for purchase of annuity} for implementing the Risk Insurance package.  The amount of Risk Allowance, Hospital Patient Care Allowance and Patient Care Allowance would be automatically raised by 25 per cent every time the Dearness Allowance on the revised pay structure goes up by 50 per cent. The proposed revision in the rates of Risk Allowance, Hospital Patient Care Allowance and Patient Care Allowance will benefit certain categories of Central Government employees engaged in duties involving special risks. 

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Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme for the Central Government Civilian Employees — Clarification regarding

One more clarification order regarding the MACP Scheme has been issued by the Dopt to the issue of 'Financial upgradation under MACPS in the case of staff who joined another unit / organisation on request' and the 'Benchmark for MACP Scheme'...

No.35034/3/2008-Estt.(D) (Vol.II)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

(Department of Personnel & Training)

Establishment (D)

North Block, New Delhi

Dated: 4th October, 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme for the Central Government Civilian Employees — Clarification regarding.

Reference is invited to the Department of Personnel & Training OM No.35034/3/2008-Estt.(D) dated 19.05.2009 with regard to Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS). Pursuant to the discussions in the meeting of National Advisory Committee held on 17.7.2012 and subsequent meeting on 27.07.2012 held with the Staff Side and in continuation to clarifications issued vide this Department’s O.M. No, 35034/3/2008-Estt.(D) (Vol.II) dated 01.11.2010, it is further clarified as under :

2.(i) Financial upgradation under MACPS in the case of staff who joined another unit / organisation on request:

           This Department’s OM No. 35034/3/2008-Estt.(D) (Vol.II) dated 01.11.2010 provides that in case of transfer ‘including unilateral transfer on request, regular service rendered in previous organisation / office shall be counted alongwith the regular service in the new organisation/office for the purpose of getting financial upgradations under the MACPS. However, financial upgradation under the MACPS shall be allowed in the immediate next higher grade pay in the hierarchy of revised pay bands as given in CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008. It is now further clarified that wherever an official, in accordance with terms and conditions of transfer on own volition to a lower post, is reverted to the lower Post/Grade from the promoted Post/Grade before being relieved for the new organisation/office, such past promotion in the previous organisation/ office will be ignored for the purpose of MACPS in the new organisation/office.

2.(ii) Benchmark for MACP Scheme:

          Para 17 of Annexure-I of the MACP Scheme provide that the financial upgradation would be on non-functional basis subject to fitness, in the hierarchy of grade pay within the PB-I. Thereafter for upgradation under the MACPS, the benchmark of ‘good’ would be applicable till the grade pay of Rs.6600/- in PB-3. The benchmark will be ‘Very Good’ for financial upgradation to the grade pay of Rs. 7600 and above. This Department's OM No.35034/3/2008-Estt(D) (Vol.II) dated 01.11.2010 provides that where the financial upgradation under MACPS also happens to be in the promotional grade and benchmark for promotion is lower than the benchmark for granting the benefit under MACPS as mentioned in para 17 ibid, the benchmark for promotion shall apply to MACP also. It is now further clarified that wherever promotions are given on non-selection basis (i.e. on seniority — cum — fitness basis), the prescribed benchmark as mentioned in para 17 of Annexure — I of MACP Scheme dated 19.05.2009 shall not apply for the purpose of grant of financial upgradation under MACP Scheme.

3. The MACP Scheme issued by this Department vide OM No. 35034/3/2008-Estt.(D) dated 19th May, 2009 stands modified to the above extent.

4. Hindi version will follow. 

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(Mukta Goel)

Director (Estt-I)

Source: MoPPG&P (DoPT)