General Provident Fund Rules - GPF (CS) RULES, 1960

EXTRACTS FROM THE GPF (CS) RULES, 1960

Rule – 12: Advances from the fund




    (1)     The appropriate sanctioning authority may sanction the payment to any subscriber of an advance consisting of a sum of whole rupees and not exceeding in amount three months’ pay or half the amount standing to his credit in the Fund,
whichever is less, for one or more of the following purposes.



(a)     to pay expenses in connection with the illness, confinement or a disability, including where necessary, the traveling expenses of the subscriber and members of his family or any person actually dependent on him;



(b)     to meet cost of higher education, including where necessary the traveling expenses of the subscriber and members of his family or any person actually dependent on him in the following cases, namely :-



    (ii)     for education outside India for academic, technical, professional or vocational course beyond the High School
stage; and



    (ii)     for any medical, engineering or other technical or specialized course in India beyond the High School stage, provided that the course of study is for not less than three years.



(c)     to pay obligatory expenses on a scale appropriate to the subscriber’s status which by customary usage the subscriber
has to incur in connection with betrothal or marriages, funerals or other ceremonies;



(d)     to meet the cost of legal proceedings instituted by or against the subscriber, any member of his family or any person actually dependent upon him, the advance in this case being available in addition to any advance admissible for the same purpose from any other Government source.



(e)     to meet the cost of the subscriber’s defence where he engages a legal practitioner to defend himself in an enquiry in respect of any alleged official misconduct on his part.



(f)     to purchase consumer durables such as TV, VCR/VCP, washing machines, cooking range, geysers and computers.



    (1-A)     The president may, in special circumstances, sanction the payment to any subscriber of an advance if he is satisfied that the subscriber concerned requires the advance for reasons other than those mentioned in sub-rule (1).



    (2)     An advance shall not, except for special reasons to be recorded in writing, be granted to any subscriber in excess of the limit laid down in sub-rule (1) or until repayment of the last installment of any previous advance.



    (3)     When an advance is sanctioned under sub-rule (2) before repayment of last installment of any previous advance is completed, the balance of any previous advance not recovered shall be added to the advance so sanctioned and the
installments for recovery shall be fixed with reference to the consolidated amount.




Rule – 15:     Withdrawals from the Fund



    (1)     Subject to the conditions specified therein, withdrawals may be sanctioned by the authorities competent to sanction an advance for special reasons under sub-rule (2) of Rule 12, at any time –



    (A)     after the completion of (fifteen) years of service (including broken periods of service, if any) of a subscriber or within then years before the date of his retirement on superannuation, whichever is earlier, from the amount standing to his credit in the Fund, for one or more of the following purposes, namely :-



(a)     meeting the cost of higher education, including where necessary, the traveling expenses of the subscriber or any child of the subscriber in the following cases, namely :-
    (i)     for education outside India for academic, technical, professional or vocational course beyond the High School stage; and



    (ii)     for any medical, engineering or other technical or specialized course in India beyond the High School stage;



(b)     meeting the expenditure in connection with the betrothal/marriage of the subscriber or his sons or his daughters, and any other female relation actually dependent on him;



(c)     meeting the expenses in connection with the illness, including where necessary, the traveling expenses of the subscriber and members of his family or any person actually dependent on him ;



(d)     meeting the cost of consumer durables such as TV, VCR/VCP, washing machines, cooking range, geysers and computers.

    (B)     during the service of a subscriber, from the amount standing to his credit in the Fund for one or more of the following purposes, namely :-



(a)     building or acquiring a suitable house or ready-built flat for his residence including the cost of the site, or any payment
towards allotment of a plot or flat by the Delhi Development Authority, State Housing Board or a House Building
Society;



(b)     repaying an outstanding amount on account of loan expressly taken for building or acquiring a suitable house or readybuilt flat for his residence;



(c)     purchasing a house-site for building a house thereon for his residence or repaying any outstanding amount on account of loan expressly taken for this purpose;



(d)     reconstructing or making additions or alterations to a house or a flat already owned or acquired by a subscriber;



(e)     renovating, additions or alterations or upkeep of the ancestral house or a house built with the assistance or loan from
Government;



(f)     constructing a house on a site purchased under Clause (c);



    (C)     within twelve months before the date of subscriber’s retirement on superannuation from the amount standing to the credit in the Fund, without linking to any purpose.




Rule – 16:     Conditions for withdrawal



    (1)     Any sum withdrawn by a subscriber at any one time for one or more of the purposes specified in Rule 15 from the amount standing to his credit in the Fund shall not ordinarily exceed one-half of such amount or six months’ pay, whichever is
less. The sanctioning authority may, however, sanction the withdrawal of an amount in excess of this limit up to ¾ of the balance at his credit in the Fund having due regard to (i) the object for which the withdrawal is being made, (ii) the status the subscriber, and (iii) the amount to his credit in the Fund [in case of withdrawal under Clause(A) and up to 90% of balance at credit in cases of withdrawals under clause (B) of sub-rule (1) of Rule 15.



    (2)     A subscriber who has been permitted to withdraw money from the Fund under Rule 15 shall satisfy the sanctioning authority within a reasonable period as may be specified by the authority that the money has been utilized for the purpose for which it was withdrawn, and if he fails to do so, the whole of the sum so withdrawn or so much thereof as has not been applied for the purpose for which it was withdrawn shall forthwith be repaid in one lump sum by the subscriber to the Fund and in default of such payment, it shall be ordered by the sanctioning authority to be recovered from his emoluments either in lump sum or in such number of monthly installments, as may be determined by the President.

CIRCULAR ON RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING OF ADVANCE/WITHDRAWAL/REFUND

No. NITR/BOT/Circular/07/M/295

Dt: 21-08-2007

Sub:- Rules and Procedures for Processing of Advance/Withdrawal/Refund-reg.

        For some time, our Institute has been recommending undue requests of GPF/CPF subscribers for advances / withdrawals in violation of Govt. guidelines. This is attracting criticism of Audit and exposing BOT officials to disciplinary action. Depleted PF balances are also reducing protection of our employees after retirement.



        In view of the above it is decided that the following rules and procedures will be strictly followed while processing cases of advance, withdrawal or refund w.e.f. the date of issue.



I.     Eligibility:
        A subscriber can apply for temporary advance at any time after commencement of subscription and for withdrawals after completion of 15 years of service or within 10 years before the date of retirement on superannuation, which ever is earlier, for purposes mentioned in Rule 15(1)(A) and any time after commencement of subscription for purposes mentioned in Rule 15(1)(B), except during last 3 months of service.



II.     Purpose:
        Applications for advance/withdrawal for any purpose other than those contained in Rule 12(1)/15(1) will not be entertained
/ processed. However, withdrawal(s) during last 12 months of service may be sanctioned without linking to any purpose.



III.      Quantum:
        Advances from the fund will be sanctioned for an amount not exceeding 3 months pay or half the amount standing to the credit of the applicant subscriber whichever is less. Similarly, withdrawals from the fund will be sanctioned for an amount not exceeding 6 months pay or half the amount standing to the credit of the applicant subscriber whichever is less.



IV.     Subsequent Advance/Withdrawal:
        Subsequent advance will be sanctioned only after 30 days of recovery of the last installment and/or full refund of outstanding balance of the previous advance(s), if any. Application for subsequent withdrawal for any purpose for which a withdrawal has been sanctioned to the subscriber in any earlier occasion will be processed according to GoI, Dept. of Pen & PW, Notification No. 45/44/97-P & PW (F), dated 18.11.1998.



V.      Time Gap:
        At least 6 months time gap will be maintained between any two advances and/or withdrawals.



VI.      Disbursement
        Disbursement of sanctioned amount of advances and withdrawals will be made twice (on 10th & 25th) every month for general cases and once (on 10th) every month for special cases. Where 10th and 25th happens to be a Saturday/Sunday/Holiday disbursement will be made in the

next working day.



VII.     Processing Period

        Applications for advance/withdrawals must be submitted at least 3 working days before the designated dates for disbursement



VIII.      Exceptional Cases



    (a)      Advances in excess of the limit laid down in Rule12(1) or until repayment of the last installment of any previous advance,withdrawals in excess of the limit (up to 75% of the accumulations) in excess of the limit laid down in Rule 15 (1), and applications for subsequent advance and/or withdrawal within 6 months will not be considered/sanctioned, except for any special reasons, to be intimated by the applicant subscriber and to be approved by the Director, in writing.



    (b)      Similarly, applications for advance/withdrawal in less than 3 working days and/or requesting disbursement in any date
other than 10thand 25th will not be considered, except for any emergency case(s) to be intimated by the applicant subscriber and agreed by the Chairman, BOT in writing.



IX.      Refund
        Refund of withdrawals and partial refund of advances will not be entertained under any circumstances. Refund of whole outstanding advance will be accepted only within the first week of every month and subject to the condition that the subscriber will not apply for another advance within the next 30 days.



X.     Application
        All applications for advance / withdrawal are to be in the new prescribed format available with the BOT section (sample copy enclosed).



XI.      General
        Rules referred in this circular are of General Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules, 1960. Any other cases not covered in this circular will be as per General Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules, 1960 or Contributory Provident Fund (India) Rules, 1962 or Provident Fund Act, 1925 as the case may be. This circular supersedes all circulars issued in this regard till date. This issues with the approval of the competent authority.

Sd/-

Secretary, BOT

CC to :
1. All HODs/HOOs for wide circulation among staff members.

2. Chairman, BOT for information

3. Secretary to Director for kind information of Director.

ENTITLEMENT AND PROCEDURE FOR PURCHASE OF ITEMS AGAINST FIRM DEMAND (AFD) CATEGORY –I A) FOUR WHEELERS (CARS)

ENTITLEMENT AND PROCEDURE FOR PURCHASE OF ITEMS AGAINST FIRM DEMAND (AFD) CATEGORY –I A) FOUR WHEELERS (CARS): OFFICERS

1. Eligibility:

a) All Commissioned / Honorary Commissioned Officers (serving / retired).

b) Widows of Service Officers.

c) Equivalent status of Civilian Officers / Officers of CSD. However, they will have to pay sales tax / Value Added Tax as applicable in the respective State

d) All GREF Officers (serving / retired).

e) All SSC and EC Officers who have put in five years of reckonable service before release.

f) One of the parents i-e. either the father or the mother of unmarried deceased officers.

g) Either of the officers child, if both the parents have died and the child is drawing pension from Defence Estimates.



2. Other conditions:

a) Applicant must not have purchased a four wheeler (Car) within the last two years on the day of submission of the application. In addition, the applicant will have to give an undertaking that he/she will not sell the vehicle within next two years.

b) As per finance bill of 1998-99, quoting of PAN/GIR No is mandatory at the time of purchase of Car.

c) Application form for all entitled officers is at Appendix ‘A’

B) FOUR WHEELERS (CARS): PBOR



1. Eligibility:

All Personnel Below Officer rank (serving & retired), of the three services having minimum of 15 years colour service and having been released honorably are entitled to purchase a four wheeler upto 1300cc capacity.


2. Procedure and Conditions:

a) JCOs/equivalent can purchase the second car after five years of the initial purchase and all other entitled soldiers/Sailors/Airmen after seven years. Sale of car is not allowed before completion of two years from the date of purchase.

b) Serving and retired PBOR will apply on the prescribed forms as enclosed at Appendices B & C respectively.

c) The following documents shall be submitted alongwith the application:



I) Serving PBOR:-

i) A certified copy of Driving licence issued by the civil authorities.

ii) A certificate from PBOR countersigned by the CO/OC troops that the individual has not purchased a car in the last five / seven years, as applicable, and that he will not sell the car before two years and that he is liable to pay the entire excise/sales tax concession in case of any violation.

iii) A certified copy of the pay book wherein the entry with regard to purchase of car by the PBOR is made.

iv) Following Certificate from the Commanding Officer / OC Troops that financial position of the applicant allows him to purchase a car:-

CERTIFICATE

        Certified that No. __________________ Rank _________ Name is eligible to purchase a car and that his financial position allows him to purchase a car.

Commanding Officer/OC Troops



II) Retired PBOR: The retired PBOR shall submit an affidavit of Rs. 5/- on Non Judicial Stamp Paper covering the following:-

i) I have not purchased a car in the last 5/7 years as applicable.

ii) I shall not sell the car for the next two years.

iii) I understand that any Violation of the above will make me liable to pay back the entire excise / sales tax concessions to the Govt.

iv) The vehicle is for my personal use.

v) The vehicle purchased from the CSD will be registered on self name.

d) Entry with regards to purchase of car by retd PBOR will be made on the original PPO at the depot.

e) Misuse:


In case an individual is found to have violated any of the above conditions, that is, purchase of second car before five/seven years (as applicable) or sale of car before two years from the date of purchase, he will be liable to pay the full excise duty/sales tax as applicable.

f) Action by the CSD:

At the CSD Depot level the following action will be taken on receipt of application from the PBOR:-

a) Verify the correctness of the details furnished by the PBOR.

b) Cross check from CSD HO whether the PBOR has already purchased a car from any other CSD depot.

c) Share the data with regard to purchase of car by PBOR with other depots.

d) The PBOR will be allowed to purchase the car only after receipt of confirmation from CSD HO.

g) In case of retired PBOR following additional action shall be taken:-

i) Ensure that affidavit as above has been obtained.

ii) Ensure entry of purchase of car with date is made on the original PPO.



C) CANCELLATION OF APPLICATION

In the event of Officer / PBOR intending to withdraw his application due to any reason, the officer shall have to forfeit the incidental charges of Rs.500/- and balance amount will be refunded.

D) PROCEDURE FOR BOOKING OF CARS

a) For readily available vehicles

Customer selects the vehicle with dealer. He/she submits indent form (duly completed in all respects) at the depot. He/she also deposits full amount of cost of vehicle with CSD depot. Depot in turn places Local Supply order on dealer and customer gets the delivery of vehicle.

b) For vehicles with waiting period of delivery

i) Depot will inform the customer of applicable selling price & CSD handling charges on the vehicle to be purchased by customer.

ii) Customer will deposit only 0.5% as CSD handling charges in the first instance.

iii) Depot will issue provisional booking order to concerned Dealer.

iv) Booking amount (as decided by firm and applicable for civil customers also) will be paid directly by the customer to the dealer concerned.

v) On intimation of availability of the vehicle, the customer will deposit full amount (excluding 0.5% CSD handing charges already paid) with the Depot and the Depot will place LS Order on the dealer concerned.

vi) The customer will take delivery and obtain refund of booking amount and applicable interest (as conveyed by the firm) from the dealer.


E) TWO WHEELERS/COMMERCIAL VEHICLES/TRUCKS/TRACTORS:

1. Eligibility:

a) All ranks (serving / retired) qualifying under entitled categories.

b) Widows of service personnel (including remarried) qualifying under entitled categories.

c) Eldest child of the deceased service personnel, if he is not survived by his wife, provided the under mentioned conditions are fulfilled:

i) If a son, he should be between 18 to 25 years of age and should not be in service or commercially employed.

ii) If a daughter, she should be unmarried.



2. Other Condition:

Entitled category of personnel should not have drawn/brought any of above items from the CSD within the last two years. Entitled purchaser shall have to give an undertaking that he / she shall not sell the vehicles for two years from the date of purchase.


F) REFRIGERATORS/COLOUR TVs/AIR CONDITIONERS/WASHING MACHINES/AND OTHER AFD CAT-I ITEMS:

1. Eligibility:

All Ranks (Serving / retired) of Armed Forces.



2. Other Condition:

Entitled category of personnel should not have drawn/brought any make of same AFD (CAT-I) items from the CSD within the last two years. Entitled purchaser shall have to give an undertaking that he / she shall not sell the item for two years from the date of purchase.



G) PROCEDURE FOR ALL CATEGORIES OF AFD-I ITEMS:

a) Entitled customers will fill the application form and submit the same to the CSD Area Depot of their choice alongwith a Bank Draft for the value of the item. Form for purchasing AFD-I items (except cars) is at Appendix ‘D’ for serving personnel and at Appendix ‘E’ for retired personnel.

b) Customers are required to deposit Demand Draft / Bankers Cheque drawn on Nationalized Bank / Scheduled bank or UTI, HDFC, ICICI, IDBI banks only. For all other State & Central Co-operative and other Private Banks, the release order will be given only after the draft / bankers cheque amount is actually credited in CSD Public Fund Account (Main). The Demand Draft / bankers cheque should be drawn in favour of “CANTEEN STORES DEPARTMENT PUBLIC FUND ACCOUNT (MAIN)” payable at the location of Area Depot. Cheques will not be accepted.

c) The application form must be countersigned by the Commanding Officer of the unit/Formation. In case of retired officers, the application must have the countersignature of Stn HQs/DDZSB. They should also produce original PPO for verification.

d) Customer should select four wheeler/car/two wheeler available with authorized dealer and obtain Engine No./ Chasis No. & other details and submit the same alongwith application form. For other AFD-I items, customers should preferably confirm availability of item with the dealer.

e) Purchase of AFD-I items is subject to compliance of procedural requirements laid down by Central / State Govts. and payment of taxes (as applicable).



H) COLLECTION OF AFD-I ITEMS THROUGH AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVES:

Where the bonafide customer is unable to collect in person due to valid reasons proper authority letter with the signature of the nominee duly attested by the bonafide customer and countersigned by the Unit Commander in case of Serving personnel and Station HQ/Secretary, Zila Sainik Board/Deputy Director, Zila Sainik Board in case of retired Service personnel can be accepted for effecting delivery at the discretion of the Depot. All the necessary documents in respect of the bonafide customer required to be perused at the Depot will be brought by the authorised representative to book the AFD item. The delivery of an item will be given to the same person only, who signs at the Depot and in whose favour the authority for collection has been given by the Depot. No authorization in favour of any dealer or his employee will be accepted by the depots.


I) PROCUREMENT OF AFD-I ITEMS FROM ANY OF THE DEPOT

AFD-I items including cars can be purchased from any CSD Depot of choice of CSD customer subject to following preconditions:-

a) These items will be allowed to be purchased on smart cards since AFD limit (excluding car) is catered for in the smart card.

b) The purchase will be through valid forms processed through the CSD.

c) The form duly countersigned by the CO/OC of the unit will be verified by the CSD Manager concerned with an undertaking (on the form itself) that the individual is making a valid purchase as per authorization.

d) For all other entitled category of pers, the form will be verified by the CSD Manager/station HQ or local authority involved with canteen management.

J) PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON DELAYED DELIVERY

No interest will be paid by the Department for late delivery of AFD-I items including vehicles. Customers are requested to ascertain the delivery position from the concerned dealer(s) and the concerned Depot(s) before booking of AFD-I items. Prices prevailing on date of delivery will be applicable.

K) APPLICATION FORMS


Application Forms are enclosed as under:

1.       Application Form for Cars (for Officers):       Appendix ‘A’

2.       Application Form for Cars by PBOR (Serving) :       Appendix ‘B’

3.       Application Form for Cars by PBOR (Retired) :       Appendix ‘C’

4.       Application Form for AFD-I items (except Cars) by Serving Personnel :       Appendix ‘D’

5.       Application Form for AFD-I items (except Cars) by Retired Personnel :       Appendix ‘E’





More detais pl. visit : CSD India

Last Date For Change of Option as per Rule No.11 CCS Rules(Revised Pay) 2008 is 31.12.2010

When the 6th pay commission was implemented ,all central govt employees were asked to give option form as per rule No:11 in the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules-2008, it was asked that whether
the implementation of 6th cpc is to be from 01/01/2006 or on any other date(Promotion/Increment). Almost all employees opted 01/01/2006 for the implementation


But employees requested in the JCM level that, they may get additional financial benefit of they option for any other date rather than 01/01/2006.The govt accepted the JCM's(National Anomaly Committee) opinion and
provide one more chance to give new option as per Rule No.11 to the beneficial employees. This chance is closing at 31.12.2010.


Particularly employees who got promotion after 01/10/2006, have to calculated the differences individually and they may get some financial benefit the last Date for this exercise is an 31st
December, 2010

What says Rule No.11...



Fixation of pay in the revised pay structure subsequent to the 1st day of January,2006 -

"where a Government servant continues to draw his pay in the existing scale and is brought over to the revised pay structure from a date later than the 1st day of January 2006,his pay from the later date in the revised pay structure shall be fixed in the following manner;-

     (i)  Pay in the pay band will be fixed by adding the basic pay applicable on the later date,the dearness pay applicable on that date and
the   pre-revised dearness allowance based on rates applicable as on 1.1.2006.this figure will be rounded off to the next multiple of 10 and will then become the pay in the
applicable pay band. In addition to this, the grade pay corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale will be payable .Where the Government servant is in receipt of special pay or non-practicing
allowance ,the methodology followed will be as prescribed in Rule 7(i),(B),(C) or (D) as applicable, except that the basic pay and dearness pay to be taken into account will be the basic pay and dearness pay applicable as on that date but dearness allowance will be calculated as per rates applicable on 1.1.2006."

See the table given below for your information...
Except the first two basic pay(pre-revised scale) multiply with 1.86, there is some difference with comparing to others. Please follow this article, clarify your pay fixation details individually once again before give option...

					Difference
3050	1.86	5673	5680	5880	200
3200	1.86	5959	5960	6060	100
4000	1.86	7440	7440	7440	-
4500	1.86	8370	8370	8370	-
5000	1.86	9300	9300	9300	-

Source: govtempdiary

Akashdeep: An IAF – IGNOU Program to Enable One Lakh Airmen Achieve Graduate Status in Service

Akashdeep: An IAF – IGNOU Program to Enable One Lakh Airmen Achieve Graduate Status in Service

Addressing professional certification needs of higher learning of its personnel below officers rank including recognition of ‘in service’ training, Indian Air Force (IAF) today, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), launching ‘Akashdeep’– a project registering existing airmen training institutes as Community Colleges enabling all serving airmen to obtain a Bachelor’s degree within 8-13 years of their service.
The MoU allowing conferring of educational certifications to airmen and NCs (E) (Non Combatants) (Enrolled) within the parameters laid down by IGNOU for Community Colleges was signed by Air Officer-In-charge Personnel, Air Marshal KJ Mathews on behalf of IAF and by IGNOU Vice Chancellor, Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai in the presence of the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal PV Naik, senior IAF, IGNOU Officials and the MoU beneficiaries – IAF Airmen and NCs (E).

Under the arrangements, the two modules of the Joint Basic Phase Training (JBDT) will enable airmen to earn credit points that would be transferred to IGNOU for completing their Certificates, Diplomas and Associate Degrees in Arts, Science, Commerce, Business Administration, Hotel Management, Hospitality services, Medical services, Para Medical Sciences, Office Management, Automobile Trade performing skill, Music, Instrument Music. Subsequent to this, an airman can enroll for a one-year distance learning programme with IGNOU leading to award of Bachelor’s Degree.
For the non-combatants, the basic trade training imparted at IAF Training Institutes will make them eligible for award of Certificates in their respective trade by IGNOU. The launch of the project will immediately benefit nearly one lakh IAF personnel who will, on completion of the syllabus receive a Degree from the National University that has the potential to transform their post-retirement life besides helping them prepare for competitive jobs.

Presently, the entry level qualification requirements for airmen in IAF is 10+2 in Group-X and Y trades (Technical and non-technical trades), and Class-X for Group-Z trade (Musicians). For NCs (E), the minimum educational qualification requirement is also Class-X. However, individuals who did not complete 10+2 examination prior to joining the IAF can undergo a bridge programme of one semester before qualifying for registration to the Associate Degree.

Better qualified human resources will help IAF in gainful utilization of its resources. The programme, while validating IAF training curriculum is also one among the several welfare measures for its personnel. Project Akashdeep also signifies IAF’s association with sky and its quest for knowledge.

Source: PIB

Public Provident Fund (Amendment) Scheme, 2010

Public Provident Fund (Amendment) Scheme, 2010

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY


MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(Department of Economic Affairs)


NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 7th December, 2010

G.S.R.956(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of Section 3 of the Public Provident Fund Act, 1968 (23 of 1968), the Central Government hereby makes the foliowing Scheme further to amend the Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968, namely :-



1. (1) This scheme may be called the Public Provident Fund (Amendment) Scheme, 2010.



(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.



2. In the Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968 in paragraph 9, in sub-paragraph (3), after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :-

“Provided further that an account opened on behalf of a Hindu Undivided Family prior to the 13th day of May, 2005, shall be closed after expiry of fifteen years from the end of the year in which the initial subscription was made and the entire amount standing at the credit of the subscriber shall be refunded, after making adjustments, if any, in respect of any interest due from the subscriber on loans taken by him. In the case of accounts opened on behalf of Hindu Undivided Family, where fifteen years from end of the year in which initial subscription was made, has already been completed, they shall also be closed at the end of the current year, i.e. the 31st day of March, 2011 and the entire amount standing at the credit of the subscriber shall be refunded, after making adjustments, if any, in respect of any interest due from the subscriber on loans taken by him.”

[F.No. F. 7/4/2008-NS.II]

M.A. KHAN, Under Secy

Source: www.finmin.nic.in

Defence Pension Adalat

Defence Pension Adalat  

As per the Annual action Plan of Controller General of Defence Accounts, New Delhi in consultation with the Ministry of Defence, the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions) Allahabad will be organising a Defence Pension Adalat at Jorhat (Assam) during the month of December, 2010 for redressal of grievances of Defence pensioners including Defence Civilians drawing pension through PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS, TOs’ and DPDOs in the State of Assam and adjoining areas.
 
Objective
 
Any Defence Pensioners / Defence Family Pensioners / Defence Civilian and their families having any specific grievances relating to sanction or disbursement of Defence pension are requested to submit their representation, in writing, in duplicate to :

Sri S M Deshpande,
Pension Adalat Officer
O/o Principal CDA (Pensions),
Draupadi Ghat,
Allahabad-211014,

A format of the representation is given on this website. Applicants are advised to apply as per the format, for easy processing of their applications.

Kindly Note
Applications can either be sent by post or by E-Mail
Two copies of the applications should be sent
Photocopies of Pension payment order, Corr PPO, discharge certificate (wherever required) and other documents must be enclosed
Each application will be allotted a unique Adalat Registration Number.
The same should be quoted in all future correspondence.
Individual call letters notifying the date and venue of the Adalat will be sent in due course
Incomplete and unsigned representations will be rejected.

The Adalat will be held in RHINO OFFICERS INSTITUTE, LICHUBARI COMPLEX, JORHAT on 23rd and 24th December, 2010.

TA/DA will not be reimbursed to pensioners/individuals attending the Adalat for redressal of their pension related problems.

Source: PCDA

Grievances of Personnel

Grievances of Personnel


The Hon’ble Supreme Court vide its order dated 15.11.2010 has directed the Central Government to set up a Commission, named the Armed Forces Grievances Redressed Commission to address the grievances of both serving and retired armed forces personnel. The matter is presently under examination.


This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri SS Ramasubba and Shri Asaduddin Owaisi in Lok Sabha today.

EPFO suspends new investments in LICHF

EPFO suspends new investments in LICHF

New Delhi, Dec 9 (PTI) Retirement fund manager EPFO today decided to suspend further investments in the LIC Housing Finance till CBI completes investigations into the alleged involvement of its top official in the bribes-for-loans scam.

"As of now we have suspended further investments in the LIC Housing Finance. Safety of fund is our prime concern.

We are doing so because CBI is investigating the case", Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said.    Kharge, who was speaking after a meeting of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT)-- the highest policy making body of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)-- said the EPFO will not invest in LIC housing finance company till the CBI inquiry is not over.

LIC Housing Finance company is the subsidiary of LIC, the largest insurance company in India.

Source: PTI

Raise Retirement Age Of Headmasters: HC

Raise Retirement Age Of Headmasters: HC


More than 1,700 headmasters working under various Municipal Corporation Delhi (MCD) schools in the city have a good reason to cheer as a division bench of the Delhi high court on Tuesday asked the state government to increase the retirement age of government school headmasters by two years from 60 to 62 like those of teachers.


The division bench comprising Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Siddharth Mridul said that the headmasters are also entitled to all the benefits granted to teachers as they also teach students besides performing other administrative duties.


The bench passed the order after dismissing a plea by the MCD, which had contended that the benefits granted to teachers cannot be extended to headmasters.
The MCD had moved the high court challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal’s (CAT) direction to raise the retirement age of headmasters from 60 to 62.


Hearing the petition filed by headmasters seeking raise in their retirement age by two years from 60 to 62, like those of teachers, the CAT had said that the headmasters, basically being teachers, continue to work as teachers and teach students till their retirement while performing additional administrative duties.
“In view of the matter, they cannot be denied the benefit of the government of NCR resolution merely because their incidental working is on the administrative side,” the tribunal had said.




Source: Asianage

CHENNAI HIGH COURT ALLOWS 5400 TO ACP INSPECTORS AFTER 4 YEARS IN 7500

GOOD NEWS - CHENNAI HIGH COURT ALLOWS 5400 TO ACP INSPECTORS AFTER 4 YEARS IN 7500

THANKS TO SRI. M.SUBRAMANYAM SUPDT. OF CHENNAI FOR HIS RELENTLESS EFFORT TO FIGHT FOR 5400 IN HIGH COURT OF CHENNAI. 
THE HIGH COURT HAS FINALLY ALLOWED HIS PETITION AND DIRECTED SECRETARY REVENUE TO GIVE 5400 TO ACP INSPECTORS AFTER COMPLETING FOUR YEARS IN  4800 GP(7500)  


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Filling up of Vacancies for Reserved Categories in Railways

Filling up of Vacancies for Reserved Categories in Railways


Filling up of vacancies in Group C and D in Railways is a continuous process done through Railway Recruitment Boards and Railway Recruitment Cells. Candidates from amongst the SCs/STs and backward communities (OBCs) are selected against the reserved quota as provided in the Constitution. The prescribed limits of reservation i.e. 15 % for SCs, 7.5% for STs and 27% for OBCs are adhered to while filling up the vacancies. Process of filling up of backlog vacancies for reserved categories identified as on 01.11.2008 is underway through a Special Recruitment Drive.

As far as sportspersons are concerned, their recruitment against sports quota in India Railways is done purely on the basis of specified sports achievements of candidates. To cater the needs of talented sportspersons of all regions of the country, setting up of Sports Academies at major cities i.e. Delhi, Secunderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai have been announced in Railway Budget 2010-11.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways, Shri E. Ahamed in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.

No plans to invest GPF in stock market - Finance Ministry

No plans to invest GPF in stock market: Finmin



New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI) New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI) The Centre today said in the Lok Sabha that it does not intend to invest the provident fund of government employees, estimated at Rs 83,363 crore, in stock market.

Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena said "no" to a written question whether the government proposed to invest a part of the General Provident Fund (GFP) corpus in the stock market.


"The accumulations in the GPF is kept in the Public Account of India. Hence, there is no compromise on the safety of the GPF accumulation," the Minister said, adding the total corpus as on March 31, 2009 was Rs 83,363 crore.


GPF maintains the pension fund of government employees, while Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) manages retirement fund of private and public sector enterprises.


Source: PTI

Health Insurance Scheme for Central Government Employees and Pensioners and their family members...

Government of India

Ministry of Health & Family welfare

Department of Health & Family Welfare

Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi

ATTENTION

HOSPITALS, DIAGNOSTIC LABS & IMAGING CENTRES

                        Government of India is contemplating introduction of a Health Insurance Scheme for Central Government Employees and Pensioners and their family members all over India. Medical services will be provided to the beneficiaries by the Insurance Company(s) through hospitals, diagnostic laboratories and imaging centres to be empanelled by the Insurance Company(s).


Government is also contemplating accreditation by National Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) as an essential condition for the empanelment of hospitals for this scheme by the insurance companies. Similarly, diagnostic laboratories whether independent/standalone/housed in hospitals/outsourced, would have to obtain accreditation from National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration of Laboratories (NABL). Imaging centres would have to be approved by BARC / AERB. These requirements have already been made compulsory under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS).


Through this notice, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is informing all hospitals, diagnostic laboratories and imaging centres, who would be interested in empanelment under the proposed insurance scheme, that they should initiate action well in time to obtain the requisite accreditations / approvals.





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LATEST LIST OF CGHS HOSPITALS IN CHENNAI

Central Government Health Scheme

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has published the latest list of Hospitals, Diagnostic Laboratories

and Imaging Centres empanelled with

Central Government Health Scheme

for Central Government Employees and Pensioners

as on 10th June 2010




The following hospitals and diagnostic centres have been empanelled under CGHS

with effect from 1st November, 2006, and thereafter, for the purposes specified:-



[As on 10th June 2010]

CHENNAI : Hospitals List

1.	Bharathiraajaa Hospital & Research Centre Pvt. Ltd., No: 11 Madley Road, T. Nagar, Chennai 600 017	Lab services (Clinical Pathology and Clinical Biochemistry), X – Ray and Bone Densitometry.
2.	Beach-Chennai Hospital, 4 LIG Colony, Cross Road, New Washermenpet, Chennai 600 081 [Tel: 044 – 2591 3351 / 2591 1793]	Lab services (Clinical Pathology and Clinical Biochemistry), X – Ray and Bone Densitometry.
3.	Sri Devi Hospitals, 1620 A, 16th Main Road, Anna Nagar, Chennai 600 040 [Tel: 044 – 2616 2000 / 2616 2900]	General purpose, specialised purpose for laparoscopic surgery and IOL implant, Diagnostic centre (lab services, USG / Colour Doppler and X – Ray).
4.	Billroth Hospitals. 43 Lakshmi Talkies Road, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai 600 030 [Tel: 044 – 2644 1777 / 2644 0020]	General purpose, Specialised purposed (TURP, Laparoscopic surgery, IOL implant and Joint Replacement) and diagnostic Centre (Laboratory services, CT Scan, USG / Colour Doppler and X – Ray).
5.	Miot Hospitals, 4/112 Mount Poonamalee Road, Manapakkam, Chennai 600 089 [Tel: 044 – 2249 2288]	General purpose, Specialised purpose (Cardiological investigation, cardiothoracic surgery, lithotripsy / TURP, IOL implant, laparoscopic surgery and Joint replacement) and Diagnostic Centre (Lab services, CT scan, Mammography, USG / Colour Doppler, Conventional Radiology and Bone Densitometry).
6.	National Hospital, 12 Jaffar Serang, Street I, Beach Line, Chennai 600 001 [Tel: 044 – 2524 0130 / 2424 0131]	General purpose, specialised purpose for laparoscopic surgery, IOL implant and Joint Replacement, Diagnostic centre (Laboratory services, CT Scan, USG / Colour Doppler).
7.	Frontier Lifeline Pvt. Ltd., R 30 C, Ambattur Industrial Estate Road, Chennai 600 101 [ Tel: 044 – 4201 7575 / 2656 7200]	Specialised purpose (Cardiological investigation and Cardio-thoracic surgery) and Laboratory services
8.	Sugam Hospital, 349 Thiruvotriyur High Road, Thiruvotriyur, Chennai 600 019 [Tel: 044 – 2573 3830 / 2573 3296]	General purpose and Specialised purpose (Laproscopic surgery, IOL Implant and Joint replacement) and Diagnostic USG.
9.	Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital Ltd., 19 (Old No: 13) Cathedral Road, Chennai 600086 [Tel: 044 – 2811 2811 / 2811 2592]	IOL and Lab services
10.	C. S. I. Rainy Multi Speciality Hospital, 45 G. A. Road, Chennai 600 021 [Tel: 044 – 2595 1204 / 2595 3232]	General purpose and Specialised purpose (Laproscopic surgery, IOL implant, and Joint Replacement) and Diagnostic Centre (Lab services, Mammography, USG / Colour Doppler and Conventional Radiology).
11.	Chennai Kaliappa Hospital, 52 Second Main Road, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai 600 028 [Tel: 044 – 2464 1111]	General purpose, Specialised purpose (Renal Transplantation, Haemodialysis, TURP, IOL Implant and Joint Replacement) and Diagnostic Centre (Laboratory services, USG / Colour Doppler and Conventional Radiology).
12.	12. J. V. Hospitals, 31 Railway Border Road, Kodambakkam, Chennai 600024 [Tel: 044 – 2483 3998 / 2472 5582]	Lab services (Clinical Pathology and Clinical Bio-chemistry).
13.	CSI Kalyani General Hospital, 15 Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Chennai 600 004. (Tel. 044 28475101/28476433)	General Purposes, specialized purpose for laproscopic surgery, IOL implant, USG/Colour Doppler and Joint Replacement.
14.	14. Prem’s Eye Clinic, 120 A, Bazaar Road, Saidapet, Chennai 600 015	Super-speciality Eye Care [Cateract / Glaucoma, Retinal – Medical & Vitreo- retinal surgery, strabismus, Occuloplasty & Adnexa & other specialised treatment].
15.	KKR ENT Hospital & Research Institute Pvt. Ltd., No: 274 (827), Poonamallee High Road, Kilpauk, Chennai	ENT including specialised surgeries
16.	Soundarapandian Bone & Joint Hospital & Research Institute Pvt. Ltd., AA – 16, 3rd Main Road, Anna Nagar, Chennai 600040 [Tel: 044 – 26211026/42066667]	Super Speciality [Orthopaedic surgery including Arthroscopy and Joint Replacement].
17.	Srushti Hospital, No: 1, Padmavathy Street, Thirumalai Nagar, Ramapuram, Chennai 600089 [Tel:044 2486 1144]	General purpose only
18.	Durgabai Deshmukh General Hospital & Research Centre, Andhra Mahila Centre, No: 11 & 12, Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh Road, R. A. Puram, Chennai 600 028	Obstetrics & Gynaecology only
19.	Udhi Eye Hospital, 9 Murrays Gate Road, Alwarpet, Chennai 600 018	Super-speciality Eye Care [Cataract / Glaucoma, Retinal – Medical & Vitreo – retinal surgery, Strabismus, Occuloplasty & Adnexa, etc.].

Chennai : Diagnostic Centres

1.	Sarath Diagnostic Centre, “Kalpatharu”, No: 38 (Old 51-A), 1st Avenue, 100 Feet Road, Ashok Nagar, Chennai 600 083 [Tel: 044 2489 8961 / 2474 7704]	Laboratory services
2.	Vita Diagnostics Ltd., 51 Montieth Road, Egmore, Chennai 600 008 [Tel: 044 – 2855 3589 / 2842 0461]	CT Scan
3.	MNRI Scans Pvt. Ltd., 45 & 53, CIT Nagar, 1st Main Road, Nandanam, Chennai 600 035 [Tel: 044 – 2433 2396 / 2433 4843]	USG / Colour Doppler and CT Scan
4.	Chennai Medical Centre, No: 51 Thiruvalluvar Salai, Nesapakkam, West K. K. Nagar, Chennai 600 078 [Tel: 044 – 2474 8884 / 2474 8885]	Laboratory services and USG / Colour Doppler.
5.	Bharat Scans and Research Centre (Bharat Scans) AB-1, IInd Avenue, Anna Nagar, Chennai 600 040 (Tel. 044-26267000)	Diagnostic services (laboratory services, MRI, CT Scan, Mammography, USG/Colour Doppler, X-Ray & Bone Densitometry)
6.	Bharat Scans 197 Peters Road, Royapettah, Chennai 600 014. (Tel. 044 – 28418334/28418337)	Diagnostic imaging services (MRI, CT Scan, Mammography, USG/Colour Doppler, X-Ray & Bone Densitometry)
7.	Aarthi Advanced CT Scan & MRI, Alwarpet, Chennai	Diagnostic purposes [MRI, CT, USG / Colour Doppler and X – RayY].

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Opening of Post Offices

Opening of Post Offices


The existing number of Post Offices in urban and rural areas of the country is 15,797 and 1, 39,182 respectively as on 31.03.2010. Opening of Post offices in Rural and urban areas of the country is an ongoing exercise and these are opened subject to fulfilment of prescribed norms. In view of the poor socio-economic conditions prevalent in rural areas, there are liberalized population and financial norms for opening of Post offices there. During the current financial year 2010-11, target for opening of 200 Branch Post Offices (BOs) and 110 Sub Post Offices (SOs) has already been issued to Circles.


Rural areas are served by regular Departmental Post Offices manned by regular Departmental employees and Extra Departmental Post Offices manned by part time Gram Dak Sevaks. Departmental employees are paid regular salary as being paid to the Central Government employees, while Gramin Dak Sevaks who work on a part time basis, are paid Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA) on a pro-rate basis and normal Dearness Allowance. The Gramin Dak Sevaks are not paid regular salary at par with Central Government employees as they are outside the regular civil service.


Details of targets issued to circles for opening of Post offices during 2010-11


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Assistance to Widows of CPF Personnel

Assistance to Widows of CPF Personnel


The Government has formulated schemes for widows of CPF personnel. Brief details of the scheme are as under:-

i) If the death occurred due to active duty, then widow is entitled for Liberalized Pensionary Award, which is equal to last pay drawn and provision of family pension for other cases.


ii) Ex-gratia compensation @ `15 lac for death on active duty and @ `10 lac for death on duty, as the case may be, is entitled to widow of the deceased CPF personnel.


iii) 5% vacancies reserved for compassionate appointments for widows and Next of Kins of the deceased CPF personnel.


iv) Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme for the wards of the widows of Non Gazetted officers.


v) Welfare And Rehabilitation Board has been set up to attend to the grievances of the widows by the State and District Welfare Officer concerned.


vi) Central Police Canteen facility providing goods on cheaper rates is also authorized.


Financial Assistance provided during the last three years is as under:-


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Booking of Railway Tickets Through Mobile Phones

Booking of Railway Tickets Through Mobile Phones


It is obligatory for all passengers to take print out of e-ticket from a computer on the basis of confirmation message sent to them on mobile phone before commencing journey.


As per the extant rules, passenger is required to carry with him a computerized print out of the Electronic Reservation Slip (ERS). In case the passenger does not carry the electronic reservation slip, a charge of Rs. 50/- per ticket is recovered by the ticket checking staff and an excess fare ticket is issued in lieu of that.


A few complaints have been received in this regard. The proposal for permitting the virtual ticket sent to the mobile phone as valid ERS is under examination.


This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways, Shri E. Ahamed in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on 12.11.10.

Recruitment in CPF

Recruitment in CPF


Recruitment of Constable (GD) in Central Para Military Forces is being conducted as per scheme issued by MHA, in which 60% of vacancies are being allotted amongst all states/UTs on the basis of population ratio, 20% vacancies are allotted to border districts falling within the area of responsibility of Border Guarding Forces (BGFs) and 20% vacancies in Border Guarding Forces are allotted to the militancy affected area (i.e. J&K, North Eastern States and Naxal affected areas) as notified by the Government from time to time. In Forces other then BGFs, 40% vacancies are allotted to militancy-affected areas (i.e. J&K, North Eastern States and Naxal affected areas). The recruitment in CPMFs is being conducted on a regular basis. Recruitment from border areas is also being made as per the provisions mentioned above.


This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Shri Ajay Maken in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

State Bank staff stage agitation

State Bank staff stage agitation


Officers and staff of State Bank of India (SBI) staged a demonstration here in front of the administrative unit of the SBI on Thursday in support of their demands. Around 300 bank staff from various branches in the city took part in the agitation .


While opposing the new pension scheme, they demanded pension at 50 per cent of last drawn pay without ceiling. Their other demands included commutation on par with the industry, family pension on par with the government and revision of pension of earlier retirees.


State Bank Officers Association regional secretary Jayakumar and State Banks Staff Union deputy general secretary Ashokan explained the ill effects of the new pension scheme and the need to improve the existing pension scheme.


The demonstration was led by Ashok, deputy regional secretary, SBI Officers Association. It was organised as per the call given by the All India State Bank Officers Federation and All India State Bank of India Staff Federation.


Source: The Hindu

Extension of health insurance scheme to wider range of groups

Extension of health insurance scheme to wider range of groups


The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) was launched on 01.10.2007 to provide smart card based cashless health insurance cover of Rs.30,000 per annum to BPL families (a unit of five) in the unorganized sector. The scheme became operational from 01.04.2008. The scheme has since been extended to building and other construction workers registered under the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Service), Act and street vendors.


In the Budget for the year 2010-11, the Government has announced to extend benefits of RSBY to all such MNREGA beneficiaries who have worked for more than 15 days during the preceding financial year and to all licensed railway porters, vendors and hawkers, who are from the unorganized sector and are socially challenged.


Policy guidelines have been issued for proper implementation of the scheme to all stakeholders. Various documents viz General documents, operational documents, technical documents, medical procedures have been devised for use of the State Nodal Agencies, Insurance Companies and Service Providers for smooth implementation of the scheme. National, State and regional level workshops are held from time to time to sensitize all concerned and to review the progress of the scheme.


The Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shri Harish Rawat gave this information in reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today(10.11.2010)

Source: PIB