Recommendations In Respect Of Some Important Allowances Paid To Indian Railways - 7th CPC Allowance

Recommendations in respect of some important allowances paid to Indian Railways i. Rates of Additional Allowance have been increased from ₹500 / 1000 per month to 1125 / 2250 per month. This has also been extended to Loco Pilot Goods and Senior Passenger Guards also @₹750 per month. ii. In view of strenuous nature of the job, new Allowance namely Special Train Controller’s Allowance @5000 per month for Train Controllers of Railways has been introduced...

7th CPC Allowances: Dress Allowance

Dress Allowance At present, various types of allowances are paid for provisioning and maintenance of uniforms/outfits such as Washing Allowance, Uniform Allowance, Kit Maintenance Allowance, Outfit Allowance etc. These have been rationalised and subsumed in newly proposed Dress Allowance to be paid annually in four slabs @ ₹5000, ₹10,000, ₹15,000 and ₹20,000 per annum for various category of employees. This allowance will continue to be paid to Nurses on a monthly basis in view of high maintenance and hygiene requirements. Government...

Cabinet Decision on Risk and Hardship Matrix

Cabinet Decision on Risk and Hardship Matrix A new paradigm has been evolved to administer the allowances linked to risk and hardship. The myriad allowances, their categories and sub–categories pertaining to civilians employees, CAPF and defence personnel have been fitted into a table called the Risk and Hardship Matrix (R&H Matrix). The Matrix has nine cells denoting varying degrees of risk and hardship with one extra cell at the top named as RH – Max to include Siachen Allowance. Multiple rates applicable to individual...

7th Pay Commission: Revised allowances for Central Government Employees

7th CPC Latest News: Cabinet approved 7th CPC Allowances including HRA 7th Pay Commission: Revised allowances for Central Government Employees Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has confirmed that the Union Cabinet approved the recommendation of Seventh Pay Commission on allowances with 34 modifications. The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi met today and approved the 7th CPC recommendation on Allowances. The details of Modification Proposed on Allowances yet to be announced. But it is informed...

Cabinet Decision on 7th CPC Transport Allowance

Cabinet Decision on 7th CPC Transport Allowance Cabinet Committee has decided to implement the recommendations of 7th CPC on Transport Allowance without any change. In its official report, “For most of the allowances that were retained, the 7th CPC recommended a raise commensurate with inflation as reflected in the rates of Dearness Allowance (DA). Accordingly, fully DA-indexed allowances such as Transport Allowance were not given...

Enhanced HRA benefit only 15 Slabs for lower levels

Enhanced HRA benefit only 15 Slabs for lower levels HRA is currently paid @ 30% for X (population of 50 lakh & above), 20% for Y (5 to 50 lakh) and 10% for Z (below 5 lakh) category of cities. 7th CPC has recommended reduction in the existing rates to 24% for X, 16% for Y and 8% for Z category of cities. As the HRA at the reduced rates may not be sufficient for employees falling in lower pay bracket, it has been decided that...

Cabinet Decision on 7th CPC Children Education Allowance

Cabinet Decision on 7th CPC Children Education Allowance Rate of Children Education Allowance (CEA) has been increased from 1500 per month / child (max. 2) to 2250 per month / child (max.2). Hostel Subsidy will also go up from 4500 per month to 6750 per month. Existing rates of Special Allowance for Child Care for Women with Disabilities has been doubled from 1500 per month to 3000 per month. Higher Qualification Incentive for Civilians has been increased from 2000 – 10000 (Grant) to 10000 – 30000 (Grant)...

7th CPC Recommendations on Risk and Hardship Matrix

7th CPC Recommendations on Risk and Hardship Matrix Risk and Hardship Allowance: Allowances relating to Risk and Hardship will be governed by the newly proposed nine-cell Risk and Hardship Matrix, with one extra cell at the top, viz., RH-Max to include Siachen Allowance. This would be the ceiling for risk/hardship allowances and there would be no individual RHA with an amount higher than this allowance. The construct of the...

Highlights of Cabinet approval on 7th CPC Allowances

Highlights of Cabinet approval on 7th CPC Allowances Highlights of Cabinet approval on 7th CPC Allowances on 28.6.2017 Cabinet approves recommendations of the 7th CPC on allowances The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the recommendations of the 7th CPC on allowances with some modifications. The revised rates of the allowances shall come into effect from 1st July, 2017 and shall affect more than 48 lakh central government employees. While approving the recommendations of the...

Revitalisation of Army Base Workshops – BPMS

Revitalisation of Army Base Workshops – BPMS REF: BPMS/ MoD / EME / 186 (8/1/R) Dated: 21.06.2017 To The Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Government of India South Block, New Delhi – 110 011 Sub :- Revitalisation of Army Base Workshops. Sir, This Federation has been receiving regular inputs regarding deteriorating conditions of the Army Base Workshops, non-availability of spares on time, huge backlog in repairs and overhaul...

Complete Guidelines for Central Government Pensioners

Complete Guidelines for Central Government Pensioners 7th CPC Recommendations on Pension and Family Pension and Enhanced Family Pension PENSION : 5.1. Subject to para 5.2, there shall be no change in the provisions regulating the amount of pension as contained in Rule 49 of the CCS(Pension) Rules. 5.2 The amount of pension shall be subject to a minimum of Rs.9000/- and the maximum pension would be 50% of highest pay in the...

Submission of Periodic Certificates : Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Submission of Periodic Certificates Submission of Periodic Certificates Submit periodic certificates regarding re-employment/employment, remarriage/marriage to your PDA on due dates in order to regulate your pension correctly...

Receipt of Two Pensions - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Receipt of Two Pensions Receipt of Two Pensions If you are in receipt of more than one pension, you should furnish full details to your PDA for revision of both the pensions and regulating dearness relief thereon...

Missing Pensioner - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Missing Pensioner Missing Pensioner If a pensioner is found missing, his family should lodge an F.I.R. with the police authorities. If the pensioner is not traced after one year, a certificate should be obtained from the police authorities to this effect, and the matter should be reported to PDA, along with the submission of an Indemnity Bond so that the matter could be pursued with the concerned authorities for sanction of family pension from the date of lodging the F.I.R....

Arrear of Pension - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Arrear of Pension Arrear of Pension If the pension is not drawn for more than a year, for any reason, it becomes time-barred and would require the sanction of the competent authority. The arrear claim should be submitted in the prescribed form to your PDA with explanation for delay, non-reemployment and non-conviction certificates for obtaining the sanction for payment of the arrears...

Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Pensioners - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Pensioners Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Pensioners The NRI Pensioners should open an ordinary non resident bank account in any scheduled bank in India and execute a power of attorney in favour of the bank as required. They should also submit life certificate and nationality certificate as prescribed to enable the credit of pension amount due to them in to their accounts...

Verification of PPO - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Verification of PPO Verification of PPO As soon as you receive your PPO, please verify the pensionary awards notified in the PPO for their correctness as per extant rules. In case of any correction(s) required in the PPO, please contact your Head of Office/Pension Disbursing Agency for necessary action in this regard...

Physically Handicapped/Mentally Retarded Children - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Physically Handicapped/Mentally Retarded Children Physically Handicapped/Mentally Retarded Children If you have any physically handicapped or mentally retarded child/children, please ensure that his/their details are furnished to your Head of Office for making an endorsement in your service and pension record and obtain an acknowledgement of this intimation...

Transfer of Pension Account - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Transfer of Pension Account Transfer of Pension Account If you desire to draw your pension from another paying agency, make a request to your current Pension Disbursing Agency (PDA) for transfer of your pension account to the PDA from where you now wish to draw your pension...

Restoration of Commuted Pension - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Restoration of Commuted Pension Restoration of Commuted Pension Commuted portion of your pension can be restored after 15 years from the date of receipt of the commuted value of your pension, based on your application. Please apply for the same to your PDA in the prescribed form...

Commutation of Pension - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Commutation of Pension Commutation of Pension Commuted portion of pension is required to be reduced from pension from the date of payment of the commuted value of the pension or after three months from the date of issue of PPO or from the date, capitalized sum is credited to the pensioner’s account. If the commuted portion of pension is not reduced as above, bring this to the notice of your PDA immediately to avoid a heavy recovery later...

Nomination for Life Time Arrears - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Nomination for Life Time Arrears Nomination for Life Time Arrears Please ensure to nominate the person to whom you want to authorize Life Time Arrears (LTA) on your demise. The nomination form should be submitted to your PDA. You can also change the nomination by submitting a change nomination form to your PDA to avoid any hardship to your nominee in receiving the amount of LTA...

Loss of PPO - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Loss of PPO Loss of PPO Notify your PDA immediately if your PPO is lost. You should also request him to furnish a loss certificate to the concerned authority to obtain a duplicate copy of PPO...

Annual Identification - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Annual Identification Annual Identification Commercial Employment after Retirement: Ensure to obtain prior permission from the competent authority for accepting any commercial employment within one year of your retirement. ...

Post-retirement Conviction/Imprisonment - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Post-retirement Conviction/Imprisonment Post-retirement Conviction/Imprisonment If a pensioner is convicted or sentenced to imprisonment by a Court, his pension will be suspended. In the event of conviction/imprisonment by a court of law, full facts of the case should be reported to your PDA/Head of Office...

Changes in the family after discharge from service - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Changes in the family after discharge from service Changes in the family after discharge from service Post discharge changes in the details of your family arising out of your marriage or children born to you after your retirement should be intimated to your Head of Office with full details and relevant certificates. Also ensure that a joint notification of your family pension is done by pursuing the matter with your Head of Office...

Court Attachment - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Court Attachment Court Attachment Pension, whether due or to become due, is free from attachment from any court until it has actually been paid as per the Pension Act. No pensioner can assign or sell any interest in respect of the pension not then due...

Payment of pension through Authorised Banks - Guidelines for Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners: Payment of pension through Authorised Banks Payment of pension through Authorised Banks In case of re-employment in any Central or State Government /autonomous bodies/Public Sector Undertakings, please submit the full facts of the same to your PDA immediately after its occurrence. In case of non-reemployment, a declaration to this effect should be given to your PDA periodically (once in a year in the month of May positively)...

Submission Of Claims - Guidelines For Pensioners

Guidelines for Pensioners : Submission of Claims Submission of Claims Ensure to submit your claims in the prescribed proforma for grant of pension/gratuity/commutation/revision to your Head of Office well in advance so that the Pension Payment Order (PPO) reaches you through your Head of Office before your retirement. Remember that the processing, verification and authorization of these claims may involve several levels and one or more offices which require sufficient time and effort to be accurate...

Implementation of Goods & Services Tax (GST) on transportation of passenger by rail

Goods And Services Tax (GST) On Railway Passenger Services In Place Of Service Tax Implementation of Goods & Services Tax (GST) on transportation of passenger by rail GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) Commercial Circular No.41 of 2017 No.TC-II/2910/2017/GST/2 New Delhi, dated 23/06/2017 The General Managers, All Zonal Railways. SUB: Implementation of Goods & Services Tax (GST) on transportation of passenger by rail. REF: This office letter No.TC-II/2910/2017/GST/2...

Restoration Of Full Pension Of Absorbee Pensioners

Restoration of full pension of absorbee pensioners in view of the order dated 01.09.2016 of Hon’ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No. 6048/2010 and Civil Appeal No. 6371/2010 F.No.4/34/2002-P&PW(D).Vol.II Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare 3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi Dated : 23rd June, 2017 Office Memorandum Subject: Restoration of full pension of absorbee pensioners in view of the order dated...

Counting of former AF Service (Army/Navy/AF) towards Civil Services – PCDA Clarification Orders issued on 16.6.2017

Counting of former AF Service (Army/Navy/AF) towards Civil Services – PCDA Clarification Orders issued on 16.6.2017 Circular No.C-166 No.GI/C/077/Vol-XIII/Tech O/o the PCDA (P), Allahabad Dated: 16/06/2017 To, —————————— —————————— —————————— (All Head of Department under Min. of Defence) Sub:- Counting of former AF Service (Army/Navy/AF) towards Civil Services – Clarification regarding… On the introduction of New...

Revision of pension of Pre-2006 Pensioners/family pensioners who retired as NCC Whole Time Officers (Male) in rank of lieutenant, Captain, Major & Lt. Col

Revision of pension of Pre-2006 Pensioners/family pensioners who retired as NCC Whole Time Officers (Male) in rank of lieutenant, Captain, Major & Lt. Col – reg. Circular No:C-167 No:-GI/C/0183/Vol-II/Tech O/o the Pr.C.D.A. (Pensions) Draupadighat Allahabad -211014 Dated: – 21/06/2017 To, The Treasury Officer The PO- Master, Kathua, Srinagar (J&K) The PO- Master, Campbell Bay (Andman & Nicobar) The...

EPFO Signs MoU With HUDCO Under New Housing Scheme Of EPF & MP Act-1952

EPFO signs MoU with HUDCO under new Housing Scheme of EPF & MP Act-1952 Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Labour & Employment 22-June, 2017 EPFO signs MoU with HUDCO under new Housing Scheme of EPF & MP Act-1952 Dr. V.P. Joy, Central Provident Fund Commissioner and Dr. M. Ravi Kanth, CMD HUDCO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the august presence of Union Minister of Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu and the Minister...