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Enhancement in the rate of Special Pension to Blinded Ex-Servicemen

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Enhancement in the rate of Special Pension to Blinded Ex-Servicemen 

No.161/KSB/Policy/SPL PEN/C
Government Of India
Ministry Of Defence
Department Of Ex-Servicemen Welfare

New Delhi, Dated 8th June, 2017

The Controller General Of
Defence Accounts, (CGDA)
New Delhi.

Subject: Enhancement in the rate of Special Pension to Blinded Ex-Servicemen under AO 606/75.

Sir,

In supersession of Government of India, Ministry Of Defence letter No.12-SB(8)/52-2001/958/D(Res) dated 16th Nov.2001, I am directed to convey the sanction of the President to enhance the Special Pension to blinded Ex-Servicemen from Rs.500/- p.m. to Rs.4000/- per month with effect from June 2017. The expenditure will be debited to relevant Head of account of Defence Services Estimates.

2. The sanction is issued with the concurrence of Ministry Of Defence (Fin/Pen) vide their ID No.10(12)/2016/FIN/PEN dated 05-06-2017.

Yours faithfully

(A.K.Pandey)
Under Secretary to the Government Of India

Online Appointment System for CGHS beneficiaries

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Online Appointment System for CGHS beneficiaries

F.No.44/22/2014/MCTC/CGHS/2211-44
Directorate General Of CGHS, MOHFW
Monitoring, Computerization & Training Cell
CGHS Wellness Center Building, 1st Floor
Kalibari, New Delhi- 110 001

Dated: 09-05-2017

Office Memorandum

Sub: Online Appointment System for CGHS beneficiaries

For the convenience of CGHS beneficiaries and with an objective of reducing the waiting time at the Wellness Centers, CGHS is pleased to announce a new initiative of booking online appointments. Existing beneficiaries can now book an appointment for Medical Officer or Specialist consultation online. The steps involved in booking an appointment online are given below.

Online Appointment by Beneficiary himself

1. Visit the website cghs.nic.in

2. Click on the option “Book Appointment” available on RHS of the Screen.

3. Enter beneficiary ID and click on ” Generate OTP”

4. An OTP (One Time Password) will be sent on registered mobile no. of the beneficiary or to the main card holde’s mobile if that is the only registered number.

5.Enter OTP and click on “Proceed”‘

6.Beneficiary details are displayed on screen’ Click displayed on screen are correct otherwise click on and proceed as above.

7. Select Specialty, Dispensary, Doctor as per your choice and click on “Proceed” button’ A beneficiary can select a GDM (General Duty Medical Officer Jora Specialist of any of the CGHS wellness center for appointment’.

8. A calendar is displayed to choosead ate that has the availability of appointment for the selected doctor. Select date for appointment’

9.On selecting date, top of the screen shows the slot timings and the appointments available’ A beneficiary can choose the desired slot’

10. Click on “proceed to Book Appointment”. one can go back and make changes by using the’Change the Specialty button’.

11. On clicking the button “Proceed to Book Appointment”‘ beneficiary details and the appointment details are displayed on the screen for confirmation’

12. Click on the option “confirm to Book Appointment”, confirmation status page is displayed. one can print the confirmation slip, or book another appointment’ system would also send an SMS to registered mobile number’

13. Appointment for the GDMO can be taken within 72 hours of date of appointment whereas appointment for the Specialist can be taken within 1 month of date of appointment’ online appointment cannot be made for the same day/date’ [This window period may changedependinguponthedecisionstakenfromtimetotime)

14. If a self registered patient arrives at the indicative time slot and by that time his “Q” number has already passed, he will be called as very next patient, barring emergencies’ However, if the indicative time slot has passed beyond half an hour then he will have to
get fresh registration from WC registration counter’

15. If patient fails to turn up on appointed time thrice in a row the facility forhim may be blocked for a month’.

For walk in patients who directly visit the center without a prior; self booked appointment, ihe facility of online registration at the registration counter of Wellness Center is available’.

The introduction of this facility may be given due publicity by all Wellness Center In-charges.

Dr.D.C.Joshi
Director , CGHS

Order copy

GPF Final Settlement/Final withdrawal Claims and Release of Payment

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GPF Final Settlement/Final withdrawal Claims and Release of Payment 

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS (FYS)
FUND SECTION
10-A, S.K.BOSE ROAD, KOLKATA – 700 001

No.F/Tech/130/Pt-II/B

Date:18.07.2017

To

The GM

Subject: Processing of GPF Final Settlement/Final withdrawal Claims and Release of Payment thereof.

Off late, it has come to notice that despite passing of bills for Final withdrawal/Final Settlement of GP Fund Accounts in respect of Non-DAD officers well in advance, on priority GM/Controller by Bank Authority on due date, the said amount could not be disbursed to the concerned officer, in time, at your end due to late receipt/non-receipt of Cheque Slips, which has caused grievances from the officers.

To redress such grievances of the officers, henceforth following document may please be obtained from the concerned officers and enclosed the same with their GPF Final withdrawal/settlement bills to enable this office to credit the passed amount to the officers personal Bank Account directly instead of public fund account of GM/Controller.

i) NEFT Mandate Form, in duplicate, duly filled in (Copy Enclosed)
ii) A Photo copy of the first page of the pass book of bank account for which NEFT Mandate form is given
iii) A leaf of cancelled Multi city Cheque of that Bank account, mentioned in NEFT Mandate Form, where Bank Account No & Name of the Account holder are printed.

It is, therefore, requested to ensure that the above documents have been enclosed with the GP Fund Final withdrawal/settlement claims in respect of all the officers of your office, before forwarding the same to this office through your respective Local Accounts Office.

Form for availing NEFT Mode of Payment – Click here

Order Copy

Enhancement Of Rates Of Marriage Grant

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Enhancement of rates of Marriage Grant

Government Of India
Ministry Of Defence
Department Of Ex-Servicemen Welfare

MoD.I.D.No.102/AFFD/Marriage Grant/2016-D(Res-II)

Dated:15-07-2016

Subject: Enhancement of rates of Marriage Grant

The standing committee on Defence (16th Lok Sabha) directed vide para 56 to 58 of its 2nd Report that rate of marriage grant to needy ESM (upto the rank of Hav/Equivalent) and their widows be enhanced from Rs.16,000/- to Rs.50,000/- per daughter (for 2 daughters). The standing Committee also desired that an additional allocation of Rs.10.30 crores may be provided to DESW to meet the requirement of enhanced Marriage Grant.

2. Accordingly Army, Navy & Air Force has agreed to provide the additional funds on pro-rate basis i.e 85:5:10, annually w.e.f. 2016-17.

3. Approval of competent authority is conveyed to the enhancement of the rates of marriage grant from Rs.16,000/- to Rs.50,000/- per Daughter (for 2 Daughters) to ESM (upto the rank of Hav/equivalent) and their widows w.e.f 1.4.2016.

(santosh)
Joint secretary (Res-II)
Telefax – 23015772

 Order copy

Facilities To Retiring Persons: Settlement Of PF/EFP, Gratuity Etc

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Facilities to Retiring Persons: Settlement of PF/EFP, Gratuity etc.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 67

ANSWERED ON: 17.07.2017

Facilities to Retiring Persons

SUKENDER REDDY GUTHA

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government has decided to settle the PF/EPF, Gratuity etc. of the retiring person on the day of retirement itself; and
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken/being taken in this regard?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

(a) & (b): Directions have been issued by Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to all its field offices to make the payment of Provident Fund and Pension to members of Employees’ Provident Funds (EPF) Scheme, 1952 and Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995 on the date of retirement itself.

As regards settlement of gratuity, as per Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, the employer shall arrange to pay the amount of gratuity within thirty days from the date it becomes payable to the person to whom the gratuity is payable

Source: http://loksabha.nic.in/

Extra Work Allowance - 7th CPC

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7th Pay Commission Extra Work Allowance

No.12-3/2016-E.III(A)
Ministry Of Finance
Department of Expenditure
(E.III-A Branch)

North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 20th July, 2017

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Grant of Extra Work Allowance -(abolition of existing Caretaking Allowance, Extra Duty Allowance, Flag Station Allowance, Flight Charge Certificate Allowance, Library Allowance, Rajbhasha Allowance and Special Appointment Allowance)- decision of the Government on the recommendation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission (7th CPC).

The undersigned is direct to say that the decisions of the Government on various allowances based on the recommendations of the 7th Central and in the light of the recommendations of the Committee under the Chairmanship of Finance Secretary have been notified vide Resolution No.11-1/2016, dated 6th July, 2017.

2. As mentioned in the Appendix-II of the said Resolution, dated 6th July, 2017, the existing allowances viz. Caretaking Allowance (SI.No.22 Appendix -II, as at present governed under this Departments OM No.7(21)/2008/E.IIIA dated 22.9.2008), Extra Duty Allowance (SI. No.57 of Appendix-II), Flag Station Allowance (SI.No.64 of Appendix-II), Flight Charge Certificate Allowance (SI.No.65 of Appendix-II), Library Allowance (SI.No.100 of Appendix-II), rajbhasha Allowance (SI.No.136 of Appendix-II) and Special Appointment Allowances (SI.No.157 of Appendix-II) have been abolished as a separate allowance ant the eligible employees are now to be governed by the newly proposed Extra Work Allowance.

3. Accordingly, the above allowances shall stand abolished ant the President is pleased to decide that the eligible employees shall now be covered under a new Extra Work Allowance which shall be governed as under:

  • a) Extra Work Allowance will be paid at a uniform rate of 2% (two percent) of the basic pay per month.
  • b) An employees shall receive this allowance for a maximum period of one year, and there should be minimum gap of one year before the same employee is deployed for similar duties again.
  • c) This allowance shall not be combined i.e.if the same employee is performing two or more such duties and is eligible for 2% (two percent) allowance for each add-on, then the total Extra Work Allowance payable will remain capped at 2% (two percent) of basic pay.


4. In respect of the existing Special Appoinment Allowance , which stands abolished, apart fron the existing eligible employees, Assistant Sub-Inspector (radio Mechanic), Assistant Sub Inspector (Radio Operator) and Sub Inspector (Radio Mechanic) are also to be included in the list eligible for Extra Work Allowance at the rate 2% of Basic Pay per month with the Conditions recommended by the 7th CPC.

5. These orders shall effective from 1st July, 2017.

6. In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit & Acccounts Department are Concerned , these orders issues after consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India

(Annie George Mathew)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India

Grant Of House Rent Allowance To Railway Employees - 7th CPC

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Seventh central Pay Commission relation to grant of House Rent Allowance (HRA) to Railway employees.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

S.No.PC-VII/24
RBE No.71/2017
No.E(P&A)II-2017/HRA-7

New Delhi, dated 19-07-2017

The General Managers/CAOs
All Indian Railways & Prod. Units etc.

Sub: Decision of the Government on the recommendations of the Seventh central Pay Commission relation to grant of House Rent Allowance (HRA) to Railway employees.

Consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of the seventh Central Pay Commission relating to House Rent Allowance (HRA), the president is pleased to decide that, in modification of Railway Board’s letter No.PC-65/HRA-1/3 dated 21.7.1965 as amended from time to time, letter No.E(P&A)II-2008/HRA-10 dated 12.09.2008 and letter No.E(P&A)II-2015/HRA-7 dated 244.09.2015, the admissibility of HRA shall be as under:-

Classification of Cities/Towns
Rate of House Rent Allowance per month as a percentage
of Basic pay only
X
24%
Y
16%
Z
8%

2. The rates of HRA will not be less than Rs.5400/-, 3600/- and 1800/- at X,Y, & Z class cities respectively.

3. The rates of HRA will be revised to 27%, 18% and 9% for X, Y and Z class cities respectively when Dearness Allowance (DA) crosses 25% and further revised to 30%, 20%, and 10% when DA Crosses 50%.

4. The term basic Pay in the revised pay structure means the pay drawn in the prescribed pay levels in the Pay Matrix and does not include Non-Practising Allowance (NPA) etc. or any other type of pay like special pay, etc.

5. In the case of running staff HRA will continue to be calculated on the basic pay plus 30% Pay element till further orders.

6. The list of Cities classified as X, Y and Z issued vide Board’s letter No.E(P&A)II-2015/HRA-7 dated 24.09.2015, for the purpose of grant of House Rent Allowance is enclosed as annexure to these orders.

7. Special orders on continuance of HRA at Delhi (‘X’ class city) rates to railway employees posted at Faridabad, Ghaziabad, NOIDA and Gurgaon, at Jalandhar (‘Y” class `city) rates to Jalandhar Cantt, at ‘Y’ class city rates to Shillong, Goa & Port Blair and HRA at par with Chandigarh (‘Y’ class city) to Panchkula which have been allowed to continue vide Para ‘4’ of this Ministry,s letter No.E(P&A) II-2015/HRA-7 dated 24.09.2015 and S.A.S Nagar (Mohali) at par with Chandigarh (‘Y’ class city) vide Ministry’s letter No.E(P&A)II-2015/HRA-7 dated 12.05.2017 , shall continue till further orders.

8. All other conditions governing grant of HRA under existing orders shall continue to apply.

9. These order shall be effective from 1st July, 2017.

10. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

Salim Md.Ahmed)
Deputy Director/E(P&A)II,
Railway Board.

To Board’s letter no.E(P&A)II-2017/HRA-7 dt.19.07.2017
LIST OF CITIES/TOWNS CLASSIFIED FOR GRANT OF
HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE TO RAILWAY EMPLOYEES

SI.No
STATES/UNION TERRITORIS
CITIES CLASSIFIED AS “X”
CITIES CLASSFIED AS “Y”
1.
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
———–
————-
2.
ANDHRA PRADESH/ TELANGANA
Hyderabad(UA)
Vijayawada(UA), Warangal (UA), Greater Visakhapatnam
(M.Corpn.), Guntur (UA), Nellore (UA).
3.
ARUNACHALA PRADESH
————
———–
4.
ASSAM
————
Guwahati (UA).
5.
BIHAR
——–
Patna(UA).
6.
CHANDIGARH
———-
Chandigarh(UA).
7.
CHATTISGARH
———-
Durg-Bhilai Nagar (UA), Raipur
(UA).
8.
DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI
———-
————
9.
DAMAN & DIU
———-
————
10.
DELHI
Delhi(UA)
———–
11.
GOA
———-
———–
12.
GUJARAT
Ahmadabad (UA)
Rajkot (UA)    , Jamnagar (UA), Bhavnagar
(UA), Vadodara (UA), Surat (UA).
13.
HARYANA
————
Faridabad * (M.Corpn.), Gurgaon*
(UA).
14.
HIMACHALA PRADESH
———–
———–
15
JAMMU & KASHMIR
———-
Srinagar (UA), Jammu (UA).
16.
JHARKHAND
———–
Jamshedpur (UA), Dhanbad (UA), Ranchi (UA), Bokaro
Steel City(UA).
17.
KARNATAKA
Bangalore/Bengaluru (UA)
Belgaum (UA), Hubali (UA), Thiruvanathapuram (UA),
Thrissur (UA), Malappuram (UA), Kannur (UA), Kollam (UA).
19.
LAKSHADWEEP
—————-
————–
20.
MADHYA PRADESH
—————
Kozhikode (UA), Hubli-Dharwad (M.Corpn.), Mangalore
(UA), Mysore (UA), Malappuram (UA),
21.
MAHARASHTRA
————-
Gwalior (UA), Indore (UA), Bhobal (UA), Jabalpur (UA),
Ujjain (M.Corpn.).
22.
MANIPUR
———–
———
23
MEGHALAYA
———–
———
24
MIZORAM
———–
———
25
NAGALAND
———–
———
26
ODISHA
———–
Cuttack (UA), Bhubaneswar (UA), Raurkela
(UA)
27
PUDUCHERRY
———-
Puducherry/ Pondicherry (UA)
28
PUNJAB
———
Amritsar (UA), Jalandhar (UA), Ludhiana
(UA).
29.
RAJASTHAN
——–
Bikaner (M.Corpn), Jaipur (M.Corpn), Jodhpur (UA), Kota
(M.Corpn.), Ajmer (UA).
30
SIKKIM
———–
————
31.
TAMIL NADU
Chennai (UA)
Salem (UA), Tiruppur (UA), Coimbatore (UA),
Tiruchirappalli (UA), Madurai (UA), Erode (UA).
32
TRIPURA
————-
————–
33
UTTAR PRADESH
————
Moradabad (M.Corpn), Meerut (UA), Ghazibad* (UA),
Aligarh (UA), Agra (UA), Bareilly (UA), Allahabad (UA), Gorakhpur (UA),
Varanasi (UA), Saharanpur (M.Corpn), Noida * (CT), Firozabad (NPP), Jhansi
(UA).
34
UTTARAKHAND
——–
Dehradun (UA).
35
WEST BENGAL
Kolkata (UA)
Asansol (UA), Silguero (UA), Durgapur
(UA).



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