Daily Allowance On Tour To Defence Forces

Daily Allowance on Tour to Defence Personnel

Daily Allowance on Tour

Note :- (a) Reimbursement of Hotel Charges. For Level 8 and below, the amount of claim (up to the ceiling) may be paid without production of vouchers against self-certified claim only. The self-certified claim should clearly indicate the period of stay, name of dwelling, etc. Additionally, for stay in Class ‘X’ cities, the ceiling for all employees up to Level 8 would be Rs 1000/- per day, but it will only be in the form of reimbursement upon production of relevant vouchers. The ceiling for reimbursement of hotel charges will further rise by 25 percent whenever DA increases by 50 percent.

(b) Reimbursement of Travelling Charges. Similar to Reimbursement of staying accommodation charges, for Level 8 and below, the claim (up to the ceiling) may be paid without production of vouchers against self-certified claim only. The self-certified claim should clearly indicate the period of travel, vehicle number, etc. The ceiling for Level 11 and below will further rise by 25 percent whenever DA increases by 50 percent. For journeys on foot, an allowance of Rs 12/- per kilometer travelled on foot shall be payable additionally. This rate will further increase by 25% whenever DA increases by 50%.

(c) Reimbursement of Food Charges. There will be no separate reimbursement of food bills. Instead, the lump sum amount payable will be as per Table above and, depending on the length of absence from headquarters, would be regulated as per timing restrictions table below. Since, the concept of reimbursement has been done away with, no vouchers will be required. This methodology is in line with that followed by Indian Railways at present (with suitable enhancement or rates) i.e. lump sum amount will increase by 25 percent whenever DA increases by 50 percent.

Timing Restrictions for Food Bills.

Auth : GoI, MoD letter No 12630/Mov C/242/D (Mov)/ 2017 dated 15 Sep 2017.

Travelling Entitlements For Journey By Sea Or By River Steamer To Defence Forces

Travelling Entitlements for Journey by Sea or by River Steamer to Defence Personnel

Entitlement for Journey by Sea or by River Steamer.

Entitlement for travel between the main land and the A&N Group of Islands and Lakshadweep Groups of Islands by Ships operated by the Shipping Corporation of India Limited.

Mileage Allce for Journeys by Rd at places where no specific rates have been prescribed either by the Directorate of Transport of the concerned State or of the Neighbouring States

Mileage Allce for Journeys by Rd at places where specific rates have been prescribed.

Auth : GoI, MoD letter No 12630/Mov C/242/D (Mov)/ 2017 dated 15 Sep 2017.

TA/DA Entitlements To Defence Forces

TA/DA Entitlements to Defence Personnel

Travel Entitlement Within the Country.  (a) The entitlements are as under:-

(b) It has also been decided to allow the Government officials to travel by Premium Trains/Premium Tatkal Trains/Suvidha Trains, the reimbursement to Premium Tatkal Charges for booking of tickets and the reimbursement of Dynamic/Flexi-fare in Shatabdi/Rajdhani/Duronto Trains, while on official tour/training. Reimbursement of Tatkal Seva Charges which has fixed fare, will remain continue to be allowed. Travel entitlement for the journey in Premium/ Premium Tatkal/Suvidha/Shatabdi/Rajdhani/Duronto Trains has been promulgated.

(c) The revised travel entitlement are subject to following:-

(i) In case of places not connected by rail, travel by AC bus for all those entitled to travel by AC II Tier and above by train and by Deluxe/Ordinary bus for others is allowed.

(ii) In case of road travel between places connected by rail, travel by any means of public transport is allowed provided the total fare does not exceed the train fare by the entitled class.

(iii) All mileage points earned by service personnel on tickets purchased for official travel shall be utilised by the concerned department for other official travel by their officers. Any usage of these mileage points for purposes of private travel by any officer will attract departmental action. This is to ensure that the benefits out of official travel, which is funded by the Government, should accrue to the Government.

(iv) In case of non-availability of seats in entitled class, service pers may travel in the class below their entitled class.

International Travel Entitlements by Air

Auth : Govt of India, Ministry of Defence letter No 12630/Mov C/242/D(Mov)/ 2017 dated 15 Sep 2017.

House Rent Allowance To Defence Forces

House Rent Allowance to Defence Personnel

House Rent Allce. Matrix for House Rent Allce has been introduced. The Matrix is given below:-

An employee with dependents, during field posting or staying in Barracks as functional requirement will be eligible for accommodation for his dependents anywhere in the country.

* Provided government accommodation is not available for the dependents at Selected Place of Residence. If government accommodation is available, no HRA is payable.

** Reduced HRA means rate of HRA applicable reduced by 5 percent. However, the reduced amount cannot be less than the lowest rate of HRA applicable to Class Z cities/towns. Allowance is available provided employee is required to stay in barracks as a functional requirement and government accommodation is not available for the dependents at Selected Place of Residence. If employee is staying in barracks by choice or government accommodation is available at Selected Place of Residence, no HRA is payable.

@ Reduced HRA means rate of HRA applicable reduced by 5%. However, the reduced amount cannot be less than the lowest rate of HRA applicable to Class Z cities/towns. Allowance is available provided employee is required to stay in Barracks as a functional requirement. If employee is staying in Barracks by choice, no HRA is payable.

# Provided government accommodation is not available, else no HRA is payable.

Classification of Cities	Rate
X	24%  of   Basic Pay
Y	16%  of   Basic Pay
Z	8%  of   Basic Pay

Note :-  (a) HRA shall not be less than Rs 5,400 per month, Rs 3,600 per month and Rs 1,800 per month calculated @30% of minimum pay for X (population of 50 lakh & above), 20% for Y (5 to 50 lakh) and 10% for Z (below 5 lakh) category of cities respectively.

(b) HRA shall be revised to 27%, 18% & 9% of Basic Pay in X, Y & Z cities when Dearness Allowance (DA) crosses 25% and further to 30%, 20% and 10% of Basic Pay in X, Y & Z cities when DA crosses 50%.

Rates of Major Allowances To Defence Forces

Rates of Major Allowances to Defence Personnel

Rates of Major Allowances :

Concurrent Admissibility of Allces. Following combination of allces can be claimed concurrently:-

(a) Siachen and Highly Active Fd Area Allce (HAFA).

(b) HAFA and High Altitude Area Allce (HAA).

(c) Field Area Allce (FAA) and HAA.

(d) Mod FAA and HAA.

(e) CI Ops and HAA.

(f) Flying, HAFA and HAA.

(g) Spl Forces Allce, FAA and HAA

Auth : GoI, MoD letter No 1(16)/2017/D(Pay/Services) dated 18 Sep 2017

Risk And Hardship Allowances To Defence Forces

Risk and Hardship Allowances to Defence Personnel

Risk and Hardship Matrix. Matrix for Risk and Hardship allce has been introduced as given below:-

Ministry Of Railways Introduces Online Bill Tracking System For Vendors & Contractors

Online Bill tracking system for Vendors & Contractors

Ministry of Railways introduces Online Bill tracking system for Vendors & Contractors

This is in line with the emphasis given by Railway Minister on increased use of information technology to promote transparency.

All bills will be settled within 30 days of its receipt.

In a significant move to enhance transparency in the processing and settlement of bills, Indian Railways have introduced a bill tracking system for contractors/vendors of Indian Railways to track status of their bills. This is in line with the emphasis given by Minister of Railways & Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal on increased use of information technology to go digital and online with a view to promote transparency and efficiency in the system.

The vendor/contractor need to register with the online IT platform developed in house by CRIS, New Delhi called Indian Railways E-Procurement System (IREPS). The registration enables the vendor/agencies to see their bill status with dates through various stages of processing of bills, the stage at which it is lying, the amount for which it is passed and other details. The history feature is also available so that a vendor can see the history of the bills submitted. The bill tracking facility is available to the vendors/contractors of goods and services. The infirmities in the bill that need to be addressed are also visible to the vendor/contractor. The bill details are available on http://ireps.gov.in. It has been further reiterated that all bills will be settled within 30 days of its receipt.

To facilitate the vendor, a help facility has also been added. Detailed user Manuals are uploaded on the site for easy access and is available on the learning centre link of the home page of IREPS.

Source: PIB

National Anomaly Committee Agenda Items – Dopt

National Anomaly Committee Agenda Items – Dopt

Shiva Gopal Mishra
Secretary

National Council (Staff Side)

Joint Consultative Machinery

for Central Government Employees

13-C, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi – 110001

E-Mail : nc.jcm.np@gmail.com

No.NAC/2017

Dated: December 9, 2017

Members of the Standing Committee of NC/JCM(Staff Side)

Dear Comrades!

Sub: National Anomaly Committee

A reference has been received from the DoP&T (Government of India), wherein they have put an objection to our agenda we have submitted to the National Anomaly Committee.

To give them a proper reply, it would be in all appropriateness that, Standing Committee Members of the National Council(JCM) (Staff Side), available in Delhi, should meet on 14th December, 2017 at 13.00 hrs. in JCM Office, 13-C, Ferozshah Road, New Dlehi, to discuss and decided the strategy.

With Best Wishes,

Comradely yours,

sd/

(Shiva Gopal Mishra)

Source: Confederation