Friday, March 29, 2013
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RECOMMENDATION OF DEPARTMENT RELATES PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENT-REG.{Click link below for details)
FAQ ON CHILDREN EDUCATION ALLOWANCE, JOINING TIME RULES, HONORARIUM & SPECIAL ALLOWANCE FOR CHILD CARE FROR WOMEN WITH DISABILITY.(CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS)
FAQ ON LEAVE –EARNED, COMMUTED, PATERNITY, STUDY, CHILDCARE AND LEAVE ENCASHMENT ON LTC.{CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS}
Consolidated instructions relating to action warranted against
Government servants remaining away from duty without -authorisation/grant of leave- click here to see details
Government servants remaining away from duty without -authorisation/grant of leave- click here to see details
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Revision of Tatkal Charges for Train Journeys to be Effective From 1st April 2013 Onwards.
Revision
of Tatkal Charges for Train Journeys to be Effective From 1st April 2013
Onwards
Press
Information Bureau
Government
of India
Ministry
of Railways
26-March-2013
Revision of Tatkal Charges for Train
Journeys to be Effective From 1st April 2013 Onwards
As per announcement made in the Railway Budget 2013-14, it has been
decided by the Ministry of Railways to revise Tatkal charges. These
charges will be applicable for journey starting from 01.04.2013 onwards. Now,
the Tatkal charges will be realized @ 10% of basic fare for reserved Second
(2S) class and 30% of basic fare for all other classes subject to minimum and
maximum as given below:-
|
Class to Travel
|
Minimum Tatkal
Charges (in Rs.)
|
Maximum Tatkal
Charges (in Rs.)
|
|
Reserved Second Sitting (2S)
|
10
|
15
|
|
Sleeper
|
90
|
175
|
|
AC Chair Car
|
100
|
200
|
|
AC-3 tier
|
250
|
350
|
|
AC-2 tier
|
300
|
400
|
|
Executive
|
300
|
400
|
Source : PIB
Continuance
of family pension to mentally/physically disabled children after their marriage
and withholding of 10% gratuity – Implementation of Govt. decision regarding
Dual family pension
OFFICE OF
THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)
DRAUPADI
GHAT, ALLAHABAD- 211014
Circular No.
106
No: GI/C/0198/Vol-V/Tech
O/o the
Pr. CDA (P) Allahabad
Dated:
18/03/2013
T o,
( All Head of Department under Min
of Defence )
Sub: Implementation of
Govt. decision regarding Dual family pension continuance of family pension to
mentally/physically disabled children after their marriage and withholding of
10% gratuity.
Ref : This office
important circular No. 58 dated 23-09-2008.
The Govt.
of India, Min of PPG & P, Deptt of P&PW vide – their OM No. 1/33/2012 –
P&PW (E) dated 16-01-2013 have decided to allow continuance of family
pension to mentally/physically disabled children after their marriage. Further
the Govt. has also decided to allow two family pensions for military and or
civil employment. DP & PW vide OM No. 20/16/1998 – P&PW (F) dated
19-02-2013 has issued clarifications regarding withholding of 10% gratuity.
2. In order to
implement the above orders/instructions, all the 4 L.P.C. cum Data Sheets for
pensionary awards in r/o Defence Civilians have been redesigned to accommodate
additional information of Dual family pension continuance of family pension to
mentally/physically disabled children after their marriage and withholding of
10% gratuity. For this purpose following new fields have been introduced in the
new data sheets.
A. For Civil Pension (Appendix É’), Civil Pension Corr (Appendix ‘F’), Civil family pension (Appendix ‘G’) and Civil family pension Corr ( Appendix ‘H’).
A. For Civil Pension (Appendix É’), Civil Pension Corr (Appendix ‘F’), Civil family pension (Appendix ‘G’) and Civil family pension Corr ( Appendix ‘H’).
|
SL No.
|
FIELD NAME
|
NATURE OF FIELD
|
FIELD LENGTH
|
|
1
|
DUAL F. P. ( D/ S )
|
ALPHABETIC
|
1
|
|
2
|
GTY WITHHELD (Y/N)
|
ALPHABETIC
|
1
|
B. FIELD OF DISABLED CHILD IN F. P. (APPEX. G) &
FP CORR (APPX. H) data sheets.
|
3.
|
WHETHER DISABLED CHILD
MARRIED (Y/N)
|
ALPHABETIC
|
1
|
3.
Fieldwise instructions for filling up new fields of data sheets are
as under:-
(i). GTY WITHHELD (Y/N)-If any ‘Government dues’ on a/c of Government accommodation
are outstanding then in this column Ý’should be filled otherwise it should be
filled with ‘N’.
If ‘N’ is required to be filled in
the revised data sheet i.e. in case Retirement/death
gratuity is not to be withheld for the purpose of recovery of outstanding
Government dues pertaining to Government accommodation, No demand certificate
in this regard may be furnished along with data sheet. A specimen
of certificate is enclosed.
(ii). DUAL F. P. (D/S)-
In the dual family pension case, the code ’D’ should be filled in
this field otherwise the code ’S’ should be filled in this field. ‘D’denotes
for Double and ‘S’ for single.
Where government employee died after
retirement but before 24/09/2012, the Dual family pension will not be
notified/processed through Civil pension Data Sheets. Such cases will be
processed through Civil F. P. Data sheets. Where employee retired before
24/09/2012, before processing of Dual F. P. case through civil pension Data
sheets it may be ensured that the individual was alive on 23/09/2012.
(iii). WHETHER DISABLED CHILD
MARRIED (Y/N) - If the disabled child married the code Ý’ should
be filled in this field otherwise it should be filled with ‘N’.
Further, new code for the column
of Medical Category of data sheets for civil F. P. ( Appendix
‘G’& ‘H’) has been allotted. Modified codes of Medical Category are as
under:
FOR CODES
UNMARRIED DISABLED CHILD (FOR LIFE)
—- H
MARRIED DISABLED CHILD (FOR LIFE) —-
M
UNMARRIED/WIDOWED/DIVORCED DAUGHTER
—– F
(FOR LIFE)
4. In this connection 5 sets of each
of data sheet along with instructions are forwarded here
with for onward transmission of the same to the lower formation/unit/HOO under
your control. The unit/formation declared as HOO may be instructed to
initiate the data sheets along with supporting documents as per
the revised procedure. No case on the old Data-Sheets will be
accepted after 30-04-2013.
The receipt of this communication
may please be acknowledged.
Sd/-
( S. B.
Mathdevaru )
Dy. CDA
(P)
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Revised Interest Rates of Post Office Small Saving Schemes Cut Down w.e.f 01.04.2013
Interest Rates of Post Office Small Saving Schemes Cut Down w.e.f 01.04.2013
New Delhi,
25th March, 2013
Based on the decisions taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Shyamala Gopinath Committee for Comprehensive Review of National Small Savings Fund (NSSF), the interest rates for small saving schemes are to be notified every financial year,before 1st April of that year. Accordingly, the rate of interest on various small savings schemes for the financial year 2013-14 effective from 01.04.2013, on the basis of the interest compounding/ payment built-in in the schemes, shall be as under :
Scheme
|
Present Rate of Interest
|
Rate of Interest w.e.f 01.04.2013
|
Remarks
|
PPF
|
8.8
|
8.7
| |
MIS
|
8.5
|
8.4
| |
NSC 5 YEAR
|
8.6
|
8.5
| |
NSC 10 YEAR
|
8.9
|
8.8
| |
SCSS
|
9.3
|
9.2
| |
RD
|
8.4
|
8.3
| |
1 YEAR TD
|
8.2
|
8.2
|
NO CHANGE
|
2 YEAR TD
|
8.3
|
8.3
|
NO CHANGE
|
3 YEAR TD
|
8.4
|
8.4
|
NO CHANGE
|
5 YEAR TD
|
8.5
|
8.5
|
NO CHANGE
|
Saving Deposit
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
NO CHANGE
|
Monday, March 25, 2013
RECOVERY OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY DUES FROM DCRG/PENSION-CLARIFICATION ISSUED BY HON’BLE MINISTER V.NARAYANASAMY IN RAJYASABHA
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2693
ANSWERED ON-21.03.2013
Recovery of dues from a Government servant
2693 . CHAUDHARY MUNABBAR SALEEM
(a) whether Cooperative Societies dues can be recovered from the Death-cum-retirement Gratuity, pension and other retirement benefit of Government servant;
(b) if so, under which rules and conditions; and
(c) if not, the reasons there for?
ANSWER
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)
(a) to (c): In accordance with CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972 “Government dues as ascertained and assessed by the Head of Office which remain outstanding till the date of the retirement of the Government servant, shall be adjusted against the amount of the retirement gratuity or death gratuity becoming payable”. The expression ‘Government dues’ including dues pertaining to Government accommodation, a balance of house building or conveyance or any other advance, overpayment of pay and allowance or leave salary and arrears of income tax-deductible at source under Income Tax Act, 1961. In CCS(Pension) Rules, there is no provision to recover Cooperative Societies dues from Death-cum-retirement Gratuity, pension and other retirement benefits of the Government servant.
Source : http://rajyasabha.nic.in
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