Guidelines On Leave And Voluntary Retirement Of Railway Workers - Ministry Of Railways

Guidelines on leave and voluntary retirement of Railway Employees - Persons with Disabilities

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

RAILWAY BOARD

RBE No.107/2017

No.E(P&A)l-2017/CPC/LE-5

New Delhi, dated 30.08.2017

The General Managers and Principal Financial Advisers,

All Indian Railways & Production Units.

Sub: Guidelines on leave and voluntary retirement of Railway servants in light of the provisions of the Section 47 of Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.

In pursuance of Department of Personnel & Training's OM No.18017/1/2014-Estt(L) dated 25.02.2015 and OM No. 25012/1/2015-Estt(A-IV) dated 19.05.2015, the issues relating to leave and notice of voluntary retirement of Railway servants who have acquired a disability while in service are required to be dealt with in the light of the provisions of the Section 47 of Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.

2. Leave applied on medical certificate in connection with disability should not be refused or revoked without reference to a Medical Authority, whose advice shall be binding. The ceiling on maximum permissible leave laid down in Rule 510 of IREC Vol-1 may not be applied to leave on medical certificate applied in connection with the disability. Any leave debited for the period after a Railway servant is declared incapacitated shall be remitted back into his/her leave account. For a Railway servant who is unable to submit an application or medical certificate on account of disability, an application/medical certificate submitted by a family member may be accepted.

3. Further, keeping in view the provisions of the Section 47 of PWD Act, 1995 and the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Bhagwan Dass & Anr Vs Punjab State Electricity Board (2008) 1 5CC 579, it has been decided that whenever a Railway servant seeks voluntary retirement citing medical grounds, or when the said notice has been submitted due to a disability, the administrative authorities shall examine as to whether the case is covered under Section 47 of PWD Act, 1995. In case the provisions are applicable, the Railway servant shall be advised that he/she has the option of continuing in service with the same pay scale and service benefits.

3.1 In case a disabled Railway servant reconsiders his decision and withdraws the notice for voluntary retirement, his case shall be dealt with under the provisions of the Section 47 of PWD Act, 1995. If however, in spite of being so advised, such Government servant still wishes to take voluntary retirement, the request may be processed as per applicable rule.

4. It is requested to keep the above in view while processing cases of requests for voluntary retirement and leave from disabled Railway servants under the provisions of the Section 47 of PWD Act, 1995.

5. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railway.

6. Please Acknowledge receipt.

(Anil Kumar)

Dy.Director/E(P&A)-I

Railway Board.

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AICPIN For The Month Of July 2017 - 5 Points Increased (285)

AICPIN for the month of July 2017 - 5 Points Increased (285)

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) - July 2017

The All India CPI-IW for July, 2017 increased by 5 points and pegged at 285.

The Index increased by 1.79% between June, 2017 and July, 2017 when compared with the increase of 1.08% for the corresponding months of last year.

No. 5/1/2017-CPI

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

LABOUR BUREAU

CLEREMONT, SHIMLA-171004

DATED: 31st August, 2017

Press Release

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) - July 2017

The All-India CPI-IW for July, 2017 increased by 5 points and pegged at 285 (two hundred and eighty five). In terms of monthly change, it increased by (+) 1.79 per cent between June, 2017 and July, 2017 when compared with the increase of (+) 1.08 per cent for the corresponding months of last year.

 The maximum upward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing (+) 3.12 percentage points to the total change. The House Rent index further accentuated the overall index by (+) 0.70 percentage points. At item level, Rice, Pure Ghee, Chillies (Green), Onion, Bitter Gourd, Brinjal, Gourd, Lady’s Finger, Palak, Parwal, Potato, Pumpkin, Tomato, Torai, Banana, Cucumber, Mango, Tea (Readymade), Bidi, Cooking Gas, Kerosene Oil, etc. are responsible for the increase in index. However, this increase was checked by Wheat, Arhar Dal, Masur Dal, Urd Dal, Coconut Oil, Mustard Oil, Poultry (Chicken), Coconut, Lemon, Petrol, etc., putting downward pressure on the index.

The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 1.79 per cent for July, 2017 as compared to 1.08 per cent for the previous month and 6.46 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at (-) 0.32 per cent against (-) 1.28 per cent of the previous month and 9.34 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.

At centre level, Jamshedpur reported the maximum increase of 12 points followed by Delhi and Ranchi-Hatia (11 points each), Raniganj and Jaipur (10 points each) and Varanasi and Amritsar (9 points each). Among others, 8 points increase was observed in 2 centres, 7 points in 7 centres, 6 points in 7 centres, 5 points in 11 centres, 4 points in 10 centres, 3 points in 13 centres, 2 points in 9 centres and 1 point in 5 centres. On the contrary, Goa recorded a decrease of 1 point. Rest of the 6 centres indices remained stationary.

The indices of 34 centres are above All-India Index and 42 centres indices are below national average. The indices of Amritsar and Lucknow centres remained at par with All-India Index.

The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of August, 2017 will be released on Friday, 29th September, 2017. The same will also be available on the office website www.labourbureaunew.gov.in.

(SHYAM SINGH NEGI)

DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL

7th CPC - Abolition Of Allowance - Ministry Of Railways

Implementation of recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission accepted by the Government - Abolition of Allowances.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(RAILWAY BOARD)

PC-VII No.47

RBE No. 103/2017

New Delhi, dated 30.08.2017

No. E(P&A)I-2017/VII CPC/AL-1

The General Managers and Principal Financial Advisers,

All Indian Railways & Production Units.

Sub: Implementation of recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission accepted by the Government - Abolition of Allowances.

Consequent upon the decisions taken by the government on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission, the President is pleased to decide to abolish the following allowances with effect from 1st July, 2017:

(i) Accounts Stock Verifiers (ASV) Allowance (incentive to Accounts Stock Verifiers on passing Appendix IV-A (IREM) Examination);

(ii) Commercial Allowance (special allowance to announcers - ECRCs/Comml. Clerks/TCs/ASMs/SMs);

(iii) Flying Squad Allowance (special allowance to CTIs/TTEs working in HQ Flying Squad);

(iv) Night Patrolling Allowance to Trackmen;

(v) Rajdhani Allowance (special allowance to Train Supdts./Dy. Train Supdts./Stewards (Dy. Train Supdts) of Rajdhani Trains); and

(vi) Vigilance Allowance (special allowance to Vigilance Inspectors working in Zonal Railways/Production Units).

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

3.Please acknowledge receipt.

S/d,

(Anil Kumar)

Dy. Director/E(P&A)-I

Railway Board

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7th CPC - Breakdown Allowance - Ministry Of Railways

7th Pay Commission - Revision of the rates of Breakdown Allowance

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(RAILWAY BOARD)

S.No. PC-VII / 51

No. E(P&A)II-2017/BDA-1

RBE No. 106 / 2017

New Delhi, dated 30.08.2017.

The General Managers/CAOs,

All Indian Railways and

Production Units etc.

Subject: Revision of the rates of Breakdown Allowance.

Consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission relating to Breakdown Allowance, the Board have decided that the rates of Breakdown Allowance indicated in this Ministry’s letter No.E(P&A)II-2007/FE-4/3 dated 25-9-2009 and further revised vide Board's letter No. E(P&A)I-2011/SP-1/Misc.1 dated 13.06.2011 and No. E(P&A)I-2014/SP-1/Genl.2 dated 19.05.2014 may be revised as under :

S.NO.	CATEGORY	LEVEL IN PAY MATRIX	AMOUNT OF BREAKDOWN ALLOWANCE/MONTH
1	Helper Gr.II /Helper Gr.I/Other staff Gr. 'D' Staff	Level 1 (1800)	Rs.270 p.m
2	Technicians Gr.III	Level 2 (1900)	Rs.405 p.m.
3	Technicians Gr.II Technician Gr.I Supervisors (erstwhile Ministry)	Level 4 (2400) Level 5 (2800) Level 5 (2800)	Rs.540 p.m.
4	Sr. Technicians/ Junior Engineers and staff in higher scales	Level 6 (4200) and above	Rs.675 p.m.

2. These orders take effect from 1st July, 2017. Other terms and conditions relating to Breakdown Allowance will remain the same.

3. In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution, the President is pleased to direct that Rule 1420 of Indian Railway Establishment Code. Volume-II, 1987 edition (2005 reprint edition) may be amended as in the Advance Correction Slip No.61 enclosed herewith.

4. This has the sanction of the President and issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

(Salim Md.Ahmed)

Deputy. Director/E{P&A)II

Railway Board.

ADVANCE CORRECTION SLIP NO. 61 - R.II/1987 EDITION ( 2005 REPRINT EDITION) 

1. First para of Rule 1420 (1) and table below Rule 1420 (1) (i) in Indian Railway Establishment Code - Vol-II / 1987 edition (2005 reprint edition) may be substituted with the following :-

(1) Non-gazetted Railway servants employed in Running sheds and Carriage and Wagon Depots who are earmarked for attending to breakdown duties and Relief Train Electrical staff, including Supervisory staff, holding posts upto Level 6 (Rs. 4200 GP) and above in the Pay Matrix (except the Supervisors in charge of Carriage & Wagon Depots, Loco Running Shed or the Electrical Relief Train), shall be allowed the following:

(i) Breakdown Allowance at the following rates :

S. No.	Category	Level in Pay Matrix	Amount of Breakdown Allowance/ month
1.	Helper Gr.II /Helper Gr.I/Other staff Gr.'D' Staff	Level 1 (1800)	270 p.m.
2.	Technician Gr.III	Level 2 (1900)	405 p.m.
3.	Technicians Gr.II	Level 4 (2400)	540 p.m.
	Technician Gr.I	Level 5 (2800)	540 p.m
	Supervisors (erstwhile Mistry)	Level 5 (2800)	540 p.m
4.	Sr. Technicians/Junior Engineers and staff in higher scales	Level 6 (4200) and above	675 p.m.

2. The following may be deleted below clause (b) to sub rule (i) to Rule 1420 (1) in Indian Railway Establishment Code - Vol.-II/1987 edition (2005 reprint edition):

(c)    The rate of this allowance will be increased by 25% whenever the Dearness Allowance payable on the revised pay structure goes upto by 50%.

(Authority : Railway Board’s letter No No. E(P&A)II-2017/BDA-1 dated 30.08.2017)

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7th CPC - National Holiday Allowance

7th Central Pay Commission accepted by the Government - National Holiday Allowance

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(RAILWAY BOARD)

PC-VII No. 46

RBE No. 108/2017

New Delhi, dated 30.08.2017

No.E(P&A)1-2017/HL/1

The General Managers and Principal Financial Advisers,
All Indian Railways & Production Units.

Sub: Implementation of recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission accepted by the Government - National Holiday Allowance.

Consequent upon the decisions taken by the government on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission relating to revision of allowances, the President is pleased to revise the rates of National Holiday Allowance as under:

LEVEL IN THE PAY MATRIX (VII CPC)	RATE OF ALLOWANCE (PER DAY)
1 and 2	Rs.384
3 to 5	Rs.477
6 to 8 (limited to non-gazetted staff)	Rs.630

2.The rates of this allowance will further increase by 25 percent each time DA rises by 50 percent.

3. The revised rates of allowance shall be admissible with effect from the 1st July, 2017.

4.The other terms and conditions as contained in Board's letter No. E(P&A)I-97/HL/2 dated 18.02.1998 for grant of this allowance shall remain unchanged.

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

6. Please acknowledge receipt.

S/d,

(Anil Kumar)

Dy. Director/E{P&A)-1

Railway Board

Source: NFIR

Come And Play Scheme For Central Government Employees & Their Dependent Families

Use of Sports facilities of Sports Authority of India under Come & Play Scheme for Central Government Employees & their dependent families - inclusion of Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Pool Complex in Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi in the said scheme

Central Civil Services Cultural & Sports Board) (Registration No. 2621)

Department of Personnel and Training

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Government of India

361 , B-Wing , 3rd Floor

Lok Nayak Bhawan

New Delhi- 110003

No. 108/01/20 16-17/CCSCSB

Dated: 31st August, 2017

CIRCULAR

Subject: Use of Sports facilities of Sports Authority of India under Come & Play Scheme for Central Government Employees & their dependent families - inclusion of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukheljee Swimming pool complex in Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi in the said scheme regarding.

The Central Civil Services Cultural & Sports Board (CCSCSB) under the administrative control of the Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT), a nodal agency for promotion of Cultural & Sports activities amongst the Central Government employees in the country, had started a scheme for use of Sports facilities of Sports Authority of India(SAI) under their 'Come & Play scheme' in Badminton, Table Tennis, Fitness Centre and Swimming for Central Government employees & their dependent family members vide circular no. 108/1/2014-15/CCSCSB dated 8th April, 2016. The details of the Come & Play Scheme are available at http://sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/ => Schemes => Come and Play-Scheme.

2. It has now been decided that with effect from 1st September, 2017 onwards, the Central Government employees & the ir dependent family members may also use the swimming facility of the Sports Authority of India (SA l) under 'Come and Play scheme' at Dr. Shyama Prasad MukheJjee Swimming pool complex in Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi at their rates (on monthly basis) or rates available for Central Government employees and their dependent family members, whichever is lower.

3. On submission of monthly payment receipts (in origi nal) of SAI to CCSCSB, the amount charged by SAI would be reimbursed after deducting the amount as mentioned below, directly to their bank accounts linked with Aadhaar number:

Amount to be deducted by CCSCSB per month ( in Rs)
	Summer	Winter
Below 16 years of age	300/-	400/-
Above 16 years of age	500/-	600/-

4. It may be noted that this scheme is one of identified scheme of DOPT for Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). The bank details (like Account number, Bank & Branch name, IFSC code) & Aadhaar Number may be furnished while submitting payment receipts for re imbursement, directly to the Secretary (CCSCSB), Room No. 361 , DOPT, Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi-110003. Further, a consent form for use of Aadhaar in the attached format may also be furnished.

5. All Ministries / Depariments are requested to disseminate this circular for wide publicity in the Ministries / Departments and their attached & subordinate offices.

(Kulbhushan Malhotra)

Secretary (CCSCSB)

Tel: 011-24646961

To

(i) Director / Deputy Secretary (Admn.) of Ministries / Departments of Government of India.

(ii) All Area Welfare Officers nominated by DOPT.

(iii) Presidents/Secretaries of all CGERWAs recognized by DOPT.

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7th CPC Dress Allowance - DoPT Orders On 31.8.2017

7th CPC Dress Allowance - DoPT Orders on 31.8.2017

7thCPC-Dress-Allowance-DoPT

F. No. 14/4/2o15-JCA 2

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

(Department of Personnel & Training)

Establishment (JCA-2) Section

North Block, New Delhi

Dated: August 31, 2017

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Implementation of recommendation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission on Dress Allowance - regarding.

The undersigned is directed to state that in pursuance of the decisions taken by the Government on the recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission, and in supersession of the existing orders relating to admissibility of Uniform Allowance/ Washing allowance/ Stitching Charges /Shoe allowance, etc to common categories of Group 'C' and erstwhile Group 'D' employees of various Ministries/Departments, including attached/ subordinate offices, who are supplied uniform and are required to wear them regularly, they shall be paid Dress Allowance at the rate of Rs. 5000/- per year.

2. The Uniform Allowance/Washing Allowance/Stitching Charges/Shoe Allowance, etc. have been subsumed in Dress Allowance.

3. The categories of Staff who were earlier being provided uniforms if any, shall henceforth not be provided with uniform.

4. Allowance related to maintenance and washing of uniform is subsumed under Dress Allowance, and will not be payable separately.

5. The amount of Dress Allowance shall be credited to the salary of employees directly once a year in the month of July.

6. The rate of Dress Allowance shall be, as mentioned in para-1 above, Rs.5oo0/- per year. The rate of Dress Allowance shall go up by 25% every time the Dearness Allowance rises by 50%.

7. This allowance covers only the basic uniform of the employees. Any special clothing will continue to be provided by the concerned Ministry as per existing norms.

8. This order shall take effect from 1st July, 2017.

Hindi version will follow.

sd/-

Deputy Secretary ( A)

Tel. No. 2309 982

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Authority: www.dopt.gov.in

Payment Of Arrears Of Pension And Family Pension

Payment of Arrears of Pension and Family Pension

Payment of arrears of pension in cases where valid nomination has not been made under the payment of arrears of pension (Nomination) Rules, 1983

No.1(10)/2013-D(Pen/Policy) 

Government of India 

Ministry of Defence 

Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare

New Delhi-110011

 Dated: 29th August 2017

To

The Chief of the Army Staff

The Chief of the Naval Staff

The Chief of the Air Staff

SUB: (i) Payment of arrears of pension in cases where valid nomination has not been made under the payment of arrears of pension (Nomination) Rules, 1983; 

(ii) Payment of arrears of family pension-regarding.

Sir,

Attention is invited to provisions for payment of Arrears of Pension under Regulation 90 of Pension Regulation Part-II (2008), which provide that after the death of the Armed Force Pensioner, all money payable to the pensioner on account of pension due to the estate of a deceased pensioner may be paid to the nominee of the deceased Armed Forces Pensioner. In the absence of any nomination made by the Armed Forces Pensioner, the arrears of his/her pension are paid as per the "Will" if such a "Will" has been made by the deceased Armed Force Pensioner. In case neither nomination nor 'Will" has been made by the deceased Armed Forces Pensioner, the arrears of his/her pension are paid under the orders of the Pension Disbursing Authority to the heir without production of usual legal authority, if the gross amount of arrears of pension claim does not exceed Rs. 10,000=00, provided he is otherwise satisfied about the right of the claimant. If the gross amount of arrears of pension claim exceeds Rs. 10,000=00, the arrears of his/her  pension are paid under the orders of Principal Controller of Defence Accounts  (Pension) on execution of an Indemnity Bond in Form IAFA-642 duly stamped  for the gross amount due for payment with such sureties as may be deemed  necessary and accepted on behalf of the “President by an officer duly  authorized under Article 299(i) of the Constitution. In case of any doubt,  payment is made only to the person producing the legal authority.

2. Considering difficulties in obtaining the legal heir-ship-certificate it has been decided that in the absence of nominee or any "Will" of the deceased pensioner, the arrear of pension will be paid as under.-

(i) Under the orders of the Pension Disbursing Authority to the heir without production of legal authority, if the gross amount of arrears of pension claim  does not exceed Rs. 25,000/-, provided he is otherwise satisfied about the  right of the claimant.

(ii) If the gross amount of arrears of pension claims exceeds Rs 25,000/- but does not exceed Rs  2,50,000/-, under the orders of Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension) on execution of an Indemnity Bond in Form IAFA-642 duly stamped for the gross amount due for payment with such sureties as may be deemed necessary and accepted on behalf of the President by an officer duly authorized under article 299(i) of the Constitution. 

(iii) In case of any doubt and also in cases where the amount of arrear exceeds Rs 2,50,000/-, payment shall be made only to the person producing the legal authority.

3. Normally there should be two sureties both of known financial ability. However, in case the amount of claim is less than Rs 75,000/- the authority accepting the Indemnity Bond for and on behalf of President of India should decide on the merits of each case whether to accept only one surety instead of two. The obligor as well as the sureties executing the Indemnity Bond should have attained majority so that the bond has legal effect or force. The Bond is required to be accepted on behalf of the President by an Officer duly authorized under Article 299(i) of Constitution. 

4. This Ministry letter No. 1(16)/2009-D(Pen/Policy) dated 15.03.2010 stipulates that in the event of death of a family pensioner, the right to receive any arrears of family pension would automatically pass on to the eligible member of the family next in line. The requirement of succession certificate for payment of any arrears occurs only where there is no member in family who is eligible to receive family pension after the death of the family pensioner. Therefore, it has been decided that the provision of this letter will also apply to the payment of arrears of family pension where no member of family is eligible to receive family pension. 

5. These orders will not be applicable In the cases where valid nomination exist under GOI, MOD letter No.4(2)84/868/B/D(Pens/Services) dated 09.05.1984. 

6. This issue with the concurrence of Ministry of Defence (Finance/Pension) vide their ID No. 10(04)/2017/Fin/Pen dated 03 August 2017

Yours faithfully

sd/-

(Manoj Sinha)

Under Secretary to the Government of India 

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7th CPC Allowances : Daily Allowance

7th CPC Allowances : Daily Allowance 

Daily Allowance - All provisions will apply to Railways Personnel also. - Existing system of Daily allowance in the Ministry of Railways to continue.

Level Ceiling for Reimbursement per day
14 and above Rs. 7500
12 and 13 Rs. 4500
9 to 11 Rs. 2250
6 to 8 Rs. 750
5 and below Rs. 450

Amount Payable
If absence from HQ <6 30="" da="" hrs="" p="">If absence from HQ
between 6-12 hrs
70% DA
If absence from HQ >12 hrs 100% DA

Ceiling of reimbursement will further rise by 25 percent whenever DA increases by 50%.

Eighty One Lakh Aadhaar Numbers Have Been Deactivated

81 lakh Aadhaar numbers have been deactivated

"Deactivation (suspension) of Aadhaar numbers was done as per the Aadhaar Life Cycle Management (ALCM) guideline."

The Aadhaar numbers are deactivated for a number of reason(s) as stated in Section 27 and 28 of Aadhaar (Enrolment & Update) Regulations, 2016. Till date, approximately 81 lakh Aadhaar numbers have been deactivated. The State-wise, year-wise and reason-wise data is not maintained by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

Prior to enactment of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, the deactivation (suspension) of Aadhaar numbers was done as per the Aadhaar Life Cycle Management (ALCM) guideline. Subsequent to the enactment of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, the provisions of the Aadhaar Life Cycle Management were incorporated in the Aadhaar (Enrolment & Update) Regulations, 2016 and deactivation of Aadhaar numbers is done as per these Regulations.

The authority to deactivate the Aadhaar number rests with Regional Offices of UIDAI. In addition, deactivation of Aadhaar due to mixed/anomalous biometrics is done by the UIDAI Technology Centre. As per the laid down procedure, “Any Case reported/ identified as a possible case of requiring omission/deactivation may require a field enquiry which may include hearing the persons whose Aadhaar number is sought to be omitted or deactivated.”