Army Welfare Fund Battle Casualties Fund Latest: Rs. 17.60 Crore received, funds cannot be utilized unless Rules are framed

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Army Welfare Fund Battle Casualties Fund Latest: Rs. 17.60 Crore received, funds cannot be utilized unless Rules are framed -

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1666

ANSWERED ON: 10.03.2017

Army Welfare Fund Battle Casualties

RAM CHARITRA
Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the rules for Army Welfare Fund Battle Casualties have been framed so far;

(b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(c) the total amount received by the Army Welfare Fund Battle Casualties so far;

(d) whether the fund cannot be operated or utilized as yet as the standard operating procedures are still not in place; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard?

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ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE) IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(a) No, Madam.

(b) The draft Rules for the Army Battle Causalities Welfare Fund are under consideration of the Government.

(d) The funds cannot be utilized unless Rules are framed.

(e) The draft Rules for the Army Battle Causalities Welfare Fund are under consideration of the Government.

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Taxation on Transfer of amount from Provident Fund/Superannuation fund to NPS

March 14, 2017, 6:39 pm

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Taxation on Transfer of amount from Provident Fund/Superannuation fund to NPS

PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

B-14/A, Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhawan Qutab Institutional Area,

Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi-110016

CIRCULAR

PFRDA/2017/11/PD/3

06 March 2017

To,

All Stakeholders in the National Pension System

Subject: Transfer of amount from recognised Provident Fund/Superannuation fund to National Pension System (Applicable for the individual employees)

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1. With a view to facilitate transfer from recognised provident funds to the National Pension System (NPS), Clause (iv) in Rule 8 of Part A of the Fourth Schedule to the Income Tax Act has been inserted through the Finance Act 2016 so as to provide exemption from taxation to one time portability from a recognised provident fund to the NPS. Further, a sub clause (v) to section 10(13) of Income Tax act has been inserted so as to provide for the exemption from tax to any payment from an approved superannuation fund by way of transfer to the account of the employee under NPS referred to in section 80CCD and notified by the Central government. With introduction of this provision in the said clause, transfer of funds of an assesse employee from his existing superannuation fund to a pension account under National Pension System (NPS), is not liable to be treated as income of such assesse for the said Assessment Year.

2. Accordingly, in case the subscriber is interested to get his recognised provident fund/superannuation fund transferred to NPS, he may follow the below mentioned process:

• The subscriber should have an active NPS Tier I account which can be opened either through the employer (where NPS is implemented) by filling up the prescribed subscriber registration form or through the Points-of-Presence(POPs) (Banks/non-banks entities registered as POPs with PFRDA) or online through eNPS on the NPS Trust website www.npstrust.org.in

• The subscriber presently under Govt./Private Sector employment is required to approach the recognised provident fund/Superannuation Fund Trust through the current employer by giving request for transfer of his recognised provident fund / superannuation fund to his NPS account.

The recognised Provident fund Trust may initiate transfer of the Fund as per the provisions of the Trust Deed read with the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961

The Recognised provident fund/Superannuation Fund may issue the cheque/draft in the name of:

In Case of Govt .employee: Nodal Office Name (PAO or CDDO Name)<> Employee Name<>PRAN (12 Digital No.)

In case of Subscriber presently under private Sector including All Citizen Model: POP (Name of the POP) Collection Account-NPS Trust<>Subscriber Name<>PRAN (12 Digit No.)

In case of Government Employee, the employee should request the recognised provident fund/superannuation Fund to issue a letter to his present employer mentioning that the amount is being transferred from the recognised provident fund/ superannuation fund to be credited in the NPS Tier I account of the employee

The present employer/POP i.e.nodal office shall while uploading the fund may mention the transfer from recognised provident fund/superannuation fund in the remarks column while uploading it through Arrears mode. The upload may be made as per the request letter of the ex-employer.

In case of private Sector employee including subscriber covered under All Citizen model,the employee should request the recognised provident fund/superannuation Fund to issue a letter to his present employee/POP as the case may be mentioning that amount is being transferred from the recognised provident fund/superannuation fund to be credited in the NPS account of the employee/individual Tier I account.

The POP will get the amount collected and the same may be uploaded by the POP in the NPS account of the subscriber.

3. It may be noted that as per the provisions of the Income Tax Act,1961 the amount so transferred from recognised provident fund/superannuation Fund to NPS is not treated as income of the current year and hence not taxable. Further, the transferred recognized provident fund/superannuation fund will not be treated as contribution of the current year by employee/employer and accordingly the subscriber would not make It claim of contribution for this transferred amount.

4. For further clarification,if any , the person may like to contact the undersigned on email akhilesh.kumar @pfrda.org.in , Telephone No.011-26543158.

Yours faithfully

sd/-

(Akhilesh Kumar)

Deputy General Manager

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Provide the CR or PAR dossiers of the AIS officers to them on their request – DOPT Circular

March 14, 2017, 6:52 pm

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Provide the CR or PAR dossiers of the AIS officers to them on their request – DOPT

No. 11/10/2016 – EO(PR)

Ministry of Personnel & PG, Pensions

Department of Personnel & Training

EO (PR) Section

North Block, New Delhi

Dated the 14th March 2017

CIRCULAR

In terms of this Department’s Letter No. 11059116/76-AIS(III) dated 26.2.1977, Confidential Rolls of the members of All India Services may be destroyed after a period of two years after their death or retirement. Subsequently, however, it was decided vide this Department’s letter No.11 059113/201 O-AIS-III dated 9.9.2010, to provide the CR / PAR dossiers of the AIS officers to them on their request, after the normal period of retention of two years time is over from the date of their retirement. This shall, however, be subject to the provisions of this Department’s letter No. 11059/11/78-AIS-III dated 16th May, 1978.

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2. Action is accordingly being taken for destroying such CRs / PARs. Officers who wish to obtain their dossiers may send their requests to the undersigned along with a copy of valid identity / full current postal address /phone no. etc, to the undersigned at the address given below, within ninety days time from the date of issue of this circular:

Address

D/o Personnel & Training

Room No.215, North Block

New Delhi – 110001

(Amit Srivastava)

Under Secretary (PR)

Ph: 011-23092112

Email: amit.s13@nic.in

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March 14, 2017, 7:17 pm

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Revise 7th CPC Minimum wages to Rs.26000, Fitment from 2.57 to 3.60, Allowances from 01.01.2016: Press Statement for 16th March Strike by COC Karnataka

Confederation Of Central Government Employees And Workers Karnataka State

C/o Civil Audit & Accounts Association

Principal Accountant Generals Office A&E

Park House Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 560001

website http://karnatakacoc.blogspot.in/

Ref : COC/Karnataka-2017-189

Date:14/3/2017

To
The Editor

Sub: All India Central Government Employees Strike on 16/3/2017

Sir,

The Central Government employees working in following departments such as Postal, Income Tax, RMS, CGWB, AG’s, Postal Accounts, Civil Accounts, Survey of India , Census etc. Are participating in the one day All India Central Government Employees Strike on 16/3/2017 in respect of 21 charter of demands , the main demands are as follows. The strike shall be held in all Central Government offices of the Karnataka State.

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CHARTER OF STRIKE DEMANDS

1) Revision of minimum wage from Rs 18000/ to Rs 26000/- for Central Government employees.

2) Revision of fitment formula from 2.57 to 3.60 ie wage hike provided by the 7th CPC shall be hiked from present 14% to 50%.

3) Revision of house rent allowances and restoration of old HRA rates and restoration of all allowances with effect from 1/1/2016.

4) Scrap PFRDA Act and New Pension System (NPS) and grant Pension/Family Pension to all Central Government employees under CCS (Pension) Rules 1972.

5) No privatization, outsourcing, contractorisation of Government functions.

6) Treat Gramin Dak Sevaks as Civil Servants and extend all benefits on pay, pension and allowances of departmental employees. Implement GDS committee report.

7) Regularize casual, contract, contingent and daily rated workers and grant equal pay and other benefits as per Supreme Court orders.

8) Fill up all vacant posts by special recruitment. Lift ban on creation of new posts.

It’s requested to publish the same in your esteemed news paper for publication.

Thanking you,
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Yours faithfully

(P.S.Prasad)

General Secretary

Ph: 9480066620

Source – http://karnatakacoc.blogspot.in

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Cadre restructure of Group ‘A’ officers: Report of Task Force constituted under the Chairmanship of Shri T. Jacob, Additional Secretary

March 15, 2017, 10:10 am

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Cadre restructure of Group ‘A’ officers: Report of Task Force constituted under the Chairmanship of Shri T. Jacob, Additional Secretary

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

15-March-2017 15:59 IST

Cadre restructure of Group ‘A’ officers

In compliance with the directions of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), a Task Force was constituted by the Department of Personnel & Training on 16/8/2016 for comprehensive study of the cadre structure of all the organised Group ‘A’ Central Services and to suggest measures to remove stagnation and other issues.

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The Task Force was constituted under the Chairmanship of Shri T. Jacob, Additional Secretary with members from Department of Personnel & Training, Department of Revenue, Department of Expenditure, Department of Defence and Department of Posts. The Terms of References of the Task Force were as under:

-To comprehensively study the cadre structures of all organised Group ‘A’ Services in Govt. of India.

- To recommend an ideal structure especially at Apex, HAG plus, HAG and SAG level.

-To suggest the percentage of various Reserves in Organised Group ‘A’ services.

-To suggest the ideal recruitment in Organised Group ‘A’ services.

-To suggest the way forward to mitigate the stagnation level.

After consultation with all the stakeholders and deliberations, the Task Force has submitted its report on 31/01/2017. The recommendations of Task Force are, inter-alia, mainly on timely cadre review of all the Organised Central Group ‘A’ services as well as other Services including Group ‘B’ and ‘C’ posts, simplification of cadre review procedure/forms, normative cadre structure to ensure better career progression of the Service and functional needs of the organization, increase of deputation reserves, ideal recruitment in the cadre to keep balance between career progression and requirement of the Service and to discourage the ad-hoc measures taken by the cadre controlling authorities.

The Government is yet to consider the report.

Cadre review is the most important tool for better cadre management. The Department of Personnel and Training has issued guidelines and Monographs on better cadre management from time-to-time since 1972. The latest guidelines in this regard were issued in 2010 along with Monograph on various issues of cadre management. The ideal periodicity of a cadre review is five years and the Department of Personnel & Training has been regularly taking up with the Cadre Controlling Authorities to undertake timely cadre reviews. Since 2014, cadre reviews of 16 Central Group ‘A’ services have been completed. Besides, a Task Force has been constituted for comprehensive study of the cadre structure of all the Organised Group ‘A’ Central Services and to suggest measures to remove stagnation and other issues.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Dr. Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question by Dr. Bharatiben D. Shyal and Smt. Vanaroja R. in the Lok Sabha today.

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March 15, 2017, 10:17 am

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Weightage to General Studies in UPSC Civil Services Examination

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

15-March-2017 15:57 IST

Weightage to General Studies in UPSC

The changes in the syllabus of Civil Services (Prelims) took place from Civil Services Examination (CSE), 2011 followed by changes in the Civil Services (Main) from CSE 2013 in which four papers of General Studies carrying 250 marks each were included. Thus General Studies is having 1000 marks out of 1750 marks in written part of examination. From CSE 2015 onwards, the General Studies Paper-II of the preliminary examination was made qualifying with minimum marks fixed at 33%. Further, UPSC has constituted an Expert Committee under chairmanship of Shri B.S. Baswan to comprehensively examine the various issues, raised from time to time regarding the CSE, with respect to the eligibility, syllabus, scheme and pattern of the Examination vide notice dated 12.08.2015. The report of Baswan Committee is currently under the consideration of the UPSC and the recommendations of the UPSC on the report are yet to be received.

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Dearness Allowance / Dearness Relief due from January, 2017 - 2% hike approved by Cabinet

March 15, 2017, 10:20 am

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Dearness Allowance / Dearness Relief due from January, 2017 - 2% hike approved by Cabinet

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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

15-March-2017 19:55 IST

Cabinet approves additional 2% Dearness Allowance / Dearness Relief due from January, 2017

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 01.01.2017. It has increased by 2% over the existing rate of 2% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise.

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This increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission.

The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief would be Rs. 5,857.28 crore per annum and Rs.6,833.50 crore in the Financial Year 2017-18 (for a period of 14 months from January, 2017 to February, 2018).

This will benefit about 48.85 lakh Central Government employees and 55.51 lakh pensioners.

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Discrimination by the 7th CPC: AIIMS nurses to go on mass casual leave on 17th March, 2017

March 16, 2017, 11:28 am

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AIIMS nurses to go on mass casual leave tomorrow: PTI

New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI)

Services at AIIMS are likely to be hit tomorrow as around 5,000 nurses of the premier hospital plan to go on mass casual leave to protest against the "discrimination" by the Seventh Central Pay Commission.

The AIIMS Nurses' Union has also threatened to go on an indefinite strike from March 27 if their demands for revision of their pay scales and a hike in allowances are not met.

"We are protesting against the retrograde recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission. Our demand is that the entry pay grade for staff nurses should be enhanced to Rs 5,400 from the existing Rs 4,600 and the nursing allowance should be enhanced by Rs 7,800.

"Besides, risk allowance and night duty allowances should be given to all nurses as it is given to all other government employees," said Harish Kumar Kajla, President of AIIMS Nurses' Union.

"We deal with the deadly infections daily but we are not provided enough risk allowance. If the demands are not met, we will go on an indefinite strike from March 27," Kajla added.

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The association further claimed that the AIIMS management despite giving assurances has not addressed their issues for over a year.

"On the assurance give by the management in a meeting regarding recommendation of enhanced pay scale, the Nurses' Union had withdrawn the agitation called upon by the All India Nurses Union and subsequently withdrawn the mass casual leave called on February 26, 2016.

"The AIIMS Nurses' Union was patiently waiting for the last one year for the fulfillment of the promises made by the administration but our demands went into deaf ears. Despite repeated representations, the administration has shown no mood to address the issue raised by the Union," Kajla claimed.

According to faculty members, the move will badly hit the emergency services and the functioning of the operation theatres of the institute apart from other patient services.

"The pay scales proposal has been sent to the Ministry of Health for consideration while the report of government on the allowances has not yet been finalised," a senior AIIMS official said.

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Tenure of Chief Vigilance Officers in CPSEs and other organization beyond 5 years & upto 7 years: Clarification

March 19, 2017, 5:35 am

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Tenure of Chief Vigilance Officers in CPSEs and other organization beyond 5 years & upto 7 years: Clarification

F.No.385/7/2011-AVD-III

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

Department of Personnel & Training

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North Block, New Delhi

Dated the 14 March, 2017

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Clarification regarding extension of tenure of CVOs in CPSEs and other organizations beyond 5 years and upto 7 years.

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The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. No. 2/6/2016-Estt.(Pay-II) dated 17.02.2016, wherein it was circulated that if the administrative Ministries/Departments and other borrowing organizations wish to retain an officer beyond 5 years, they may extend the tenure of deputation covered under earlier deputation guidelines dated 28.11.2007, where absolutely necessary in the public interest, upto a period not exceeding 7 years at a stretch subject to willingness of the concerned officer, cadre clearance from the lending authority/State Government, approval of the UPSC/ACC etc., wherever applicable and to say that the matter has already been clarified vide O.M. No. 385/2/2014-AVD-III dated 21.09.2016 for the officers of All India Services who are working as CVO in CPSEs and other organizations.

2. Now, it is also clarified that DoPT’s O.M. No. 2/6/2016-Estt.(Pay-II) dated 17.02.2016 is not applicable to CVOs in CPSEs and other organizations under Ministries/Departments as they are governed under the separate guidelines issued by this Department from time to time.

(SaritaNair)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

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Guidelines regarding adherence to timelines for Departmental Proceedings: Amendment to AIS (D&A) Rules, 1969

March 19, 2017, 5:48 am

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Guidelines regarding adherence to timelines for Departmental Proceedings: Amendment to AIS (D&A) Rules, 1969.

File No.106/7/2015-AVD.I(Part)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

(Department of Personnel & Training)

New Delhi, Dated 15th March, 2017

To
1. The Chief Secretaries of All the State Governments / Union Territories
2. All the Cadre Controlling Authorities (as per standard list).

Subject: Amendments to All India Service (Discipline & Appeals) Rules, 1969- Guidelines regarding adherence to timelines for Departmental Proceedings.

Dear Sir / Madam,

Reference is invited to this Department’s Notification dated 20.01.2017 vide which amendments were made to the All India Service (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1969 by providing specific time frames for different stages of the inquiry process.

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2.The salient features of the amendments are:

i. Introduction of time frame in Rule 8(5) providing the Charged Officer (CO) a period of days for submission of his representation on the chargesheet served on him. The period may be extended by another 30 days by the Disciplinary Authority (DA) for reasons to be recorded in writing. Under no circumstances, the extension shall exceed 90 days from the date of receipt of the Articles of Charge.

ii. Insertion of new Sub-rule 8(25) (a), (b) & (c) whereby the Inquiring Authority should conclude the inquiry and submit his report within six months from the date of appointment. Any further extension of time would be permissible, six months at a time with the approval of the DA or any authority authorised by the DA on his behalf for reasons to be recorded in writing by Inquiring Authority.

iii. Introduction of time frame of 15 days for submission of the representation by the charged officer on the advice of UPSC regarding quantum of penalty proposed. This period can be extended by 15 days by the DA for reasons to be recorded in writing. Under no circumstances, the extension shall exceed 45 days from the date of receipt of the Articles of Charge.

3.In view of the introduction of time frames as elaborated in paragraph 2, all the State Governments / Union Territories and Cadre Controlling Authorities are advised to adopt the following measures so that the time frames can be strictly adhered to and the inquiry process can be completed expeditiously.

i. All listed documents on the basis of which the proposed disciplinary proceeding is to be initiated must be in the custody of the DA.

ii. In case disciplinary proceedings are initiated simultaneously with criminal proceedings on the same set of charges, a copy of all the documents and files should be kept in the custody of the DA prior to handing over the records, in case the said records are to be submitted in a court of law. In this regard, CVC OM No. 3(v)/99/7 dated 6th September, 1999 may be referred to.

iii. Care may be taken to ensure that all listed documents are provided to the charged officer along with the charge sheet to enable him to submit his representation within the stipulated time.

iv. The date of serving notice on the CO seeking his representation should be duly noted and acknowledgement of the same should be retained in records as well as communicated to the Central Government in case departmental proceedings are initiated by the Central Government as well as in the departmental proceedings forwarded to the Central Government for imposition of major penalties under rule 6.

v. The chargesheet / advice of UPSC served on the CO may clearly indicate that in the absence of a Statement of Defence or comments on the advice from the CO within the stipulated time frame as mentioned in Rule 8(5) and Rule 9(5) or a request from CO for extension of time, it would be assumed that the CO has no views to offer.

vi. During the course of inquiry, where the CO seeks additional documents, the IO may decide on the relevance of the documents so sought expeditiously. The JO may be advised to procure the permitted additional documents from the custodian Department / Ministry and supply copies of documents to CO within one month. In case of delays at the level of the Department / Ministry, the same may be brought to the notice of the DA by the JO to resolve the issue expeditiously and DA should issue a non-availability certificate with regard to the documents which are not available.

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vii. The time taken during the inquiry process may be regularly monitored and a register of all pending inquiries may be maintained. The JO should be advised to complete the inquiry within six months. However, if he is unable to do so for any good and sufficient reasons, he should make a request for extension in terms of new sub-rule 8 (25) to the DA well within the stipulated time frame. Every such extension must be approved by the DA before expiry of the six months time period.

viii. As per Rule 7 of the AIS (D&A) Rules, 1969, the Competent Authority is the State Government itself to institute proceedings if the act of omission was while the CO was serving in connection with the affairs of a State Government. Hence, the DA for granting extension for submitting the representation by the CO on the charge sheet [Rule 5 (b)] as well as extension of the inquiry for a further period of six months at a time [Rule 8 (25) (a)] is the State Government in all such cases.

ix. As per Rule 8 (22) (a) where a State Government on completion of the inquiry is of the opinion that a major penalty under Rule 6 is to be imposed on the member of service, the records are forwarded to the Central Government for imposition of the major penalties under Rule 6. In such cases, the Competent Authority for granting extension to the CO for submitting his representation on the advice of UPSC will be the Central Government.

x. The DA may authorise any authority subordinate to him to grant extension of time period as elaborated in paragraph 2 above on his behalf.

xi. The CCA / State Governments should appoint a Nodal Officer of the rank of Under Secretary, Government of India / UTs with contact details (mobile / e-mail / fax) for effective coordination between the Central and the State Governments.

Yours faithfully,

(Kavitha Padmanabhan)

Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

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Status of implementation of 7th CPC Report in respect of Defence Forces personnel and ex-servicemen:- Lok Sabha Q&A

March 19, 2017, 6:04 am

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Status of implementation of Seventh Pay Commission Report in respect of Defence Forces personnel and ex-servicemen:- Lok Sabha Q&A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1774

ANSWERED ON: 10.03.2017

Implementation of Seventh Pay Commission Report

ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:-

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(a) whether there has been delay in the implementation of the recommendations made in the Seventh Pay Commission report for Defence forces personnel;

(b) if so, the reasons therefor; and

(c) the present status of revision and payment of arrears of retired personnel of defence forces as per the implementation of the recommendations made in the Seventh Pay Commission report?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(a) & (b): The following steps have been taken to implement the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission Report in respect of Armed Forces personnel:

(i) Issue of Resolution dated 25th July 2016 by Ministry of Finance.

(ii) Issue of Resolution dated 5th September 2016 by Ministry of Defence.

(iii) Issue of orders dated 10th October, 2016 by Ministry of Defence for payment of ad-hoc arrears equal to 10% Basic Pay and Dearness Allowance.

(c) The order for revision of pension to ex-servicemen pursuant to the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission Report was issued on 29th October, 2016. As per information available in respect of pre-2016 pensioners, 24 public sector banks have revised pension of 18,99,697 pensioners and have paid Rs.5883.27 crore (approx) on account of arrears of pension / family pension.

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March 19, 2017, 7:10 am

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रक्षा सेवा कार्मिकों एवं पेंशनरों के लिए सातवें वेतन आयोग की रिपोर्ट का कार्यान्वयन: लाेकसभा में सरकार का बयान

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रक्षा विभाग

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अतारांकित प्रश्न संख्या 1774

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सातवें वेतन आयोग की रिपोर्ट का कार्यान्वयन

1774- श्री अरविंद सावंत:

क्या रक्षा मंत्री यह बताने की कृपा करेंगे कि :

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(क) क्या रक्षा सेवा कार्मिकों हेतु सातवें वेंतन आयोग की रिपोर्ट के कार्यान्वयन में विलंब हआ है;

(ख) यदि हॉं, तो इसके क्या कारण हैं ; और

(ग) सातवें वेतन आयोग की रिपोर्ट की सिफारिश के कार्यान्वयन के फलस्वरूप सेवानिवृत्त रक्षा कार्मिकों के वेतन संशोधन तथा बकाया के भुगतान की वर्तमान स्थिति क्या है?

उत्तर

रक्षा मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (डॉ. सुभाष भामरे)

(क) और (ख) : सशस्त्र बल कार्मिकों के संदर्भ में सातवें वेतन आयोग की सिफारिशों को लागू करने के लिए निम्नलिखित कदम उठाए गए हैं :

(i) वित्त मंत्रालय द्वारा दिंनांक 25 जुलाई, 2016 का संकल्प जारी किया जाना ।

(ii) रक्षा मंत्रालय द्वारा दिंनांक 5 सिंतबर, 2016 का संकल्प जारी किया जाना ।

(iii) मूल वेतन और महंंगाई भत्ते के 10 प्रतिशत के बराबर तदर्थ बकाया राशि के भुगतान के लिए रक्षा मंत्रालय द्वारा दिनांक 10 अक्तूबर, 2016 के आदेश जारी किया जाना ।

(ग) : सातवें वेतन आयोग की रिपोर्ट की सिफारिशों के अनुसरण में भूतपूर्व सैनिकों की पेशन में संशोधन के लिए दिनांक 29 अकतूबर, 2016 को उपदेश जारी किया जाना। 2016 के पूर्व के पेंशनभाेगियों के संबंध में उपलब्ध सूचना के आधार पर सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र के 24 बैकों ने 18,99,697 पेंशनभाेगियों की पेंशन में संशोधन किए हैं और पेंशन/परिवार पेंशन की बकाया राशि के रूप में 5883.27 करोड़ रुपए (लगभग) का भुगतान किया है ।

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CGHS card is valid in any CGHS Wellness Centre in CGHS covered cities all over India

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1639

ANSWERED ON: 10.03.2017

CGHS

KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL
Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:-
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(a) whether the Government is aware that Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) card holders in Delhi and NCR are getting medical facilities only in enrolled dispensaries and other dispensaries are refusing medical facilities to such card holders;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government to ensure each CGHS card holder can get medical services from any CGHS dispensary in Delhi and NCR?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

(a) & (b): CGHS card is valid in any CGHS Wellness Centre in CGHS covered cities all over India and CGHS Wellness Centres (WCs) cannot refuse medical facilities to the beneficiaries not enrolled with the WC.

(c): Instructions have been reiterated from time to time to ensure compliance with the guidelines for issue of medicines from any CGHS Wellness Centre all over India.

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1917

ANSWERED ON: 14.03.2017

Restructuring of ICAR

MAUSAM NOOR

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government has held any consultations to restructure the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to make the organization stronger in the domain of agricultural research, considering its contribution to national economy; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

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ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

(SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a) & (b): The Competent Authority under DARE/ ICAR vide Office Order No. Fin/20/2012-CDN (A&A) dated 13th Feb 2017 has constituted a High Power Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. T. Ramaswami, Former Secretary Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India to review the functioning of the ICAR, an autonomous body, as part of the clause V of Rule 208 of GFR, which provides for a system of Peer Review of Autonomous Organisations. The committee has been mandated to review the structure and the function of the ICAR system and the Institutes under it and make recommendations for further strengthening the Organisation.

ICAR serves the technology and information needs of over half of the Indian population that lives in rural areas and predominantly cultivates small and marginal farms. With 102 ICAR research institutes, 11 Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes (ATARIs) and 73 agricultural universities spread across the country, National Agricultural Research System (NARS) is the largest national agricultural research and educational systems in the world. ICAR together with her partner institutions in National Agricultural Research System (NARS) has developed a number of technologies in various fields of Agriculture including, crop production, horticulture, dairying, poultry and fisheries sciences as a result of which the country experienced, green revolution, white revolution, yellow revolution and the pink revolution. India is now the second largest producer of wheat and rice in the world and is amongst the top exporters of rice. India is first in the world to develop hybrid cultivars of grain pearl millet, pigeon pea, castor and safflower, and second to develop hybrid cultivars of rice and sorghum. Incorporation of resistance to pests and tolerance to abiotic stresses in high yielding background have enabled insulation of crop plants against these stresses and thus provided stability in food production and food security. Development of short duration varieties of rice, sorghum, cotton, pigeon pea, chickpea, green gram, black gram etc. has opened up avenues for multiple cropping systems and enhanced cropping intensity. Improved varieties of sugarcane, wheat, rice, maize, sorghum, groundnut, mustard etc. developed, under NARS have been used for commercial cultivation in many other countries.

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has been alive towards the need to adapt to the changing Agricultural Research requirements of the country. Keeping this in view, committees under the Chairmanships of eminent scientists have been constituted during past decades also towards further strengthening of the organisation. Gajendra Gadkar committee (1972) recommended strengthening of the linkage between ICAR and Ministry of Agriculture, and consequently the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) was established. On the recommendations of G V K Rao committee (1988) on strengthening inter institutional linkages, all ICAR institutions were put under the control of 8 Subject Matter Divisions headed by the respective Deputy Director General assisted by Assistant Director Generals. Based on the recommendations of the Johl Committee (1995) a number of reforms were introduced to provide functional autonomy to the scientists on all research related matters. A number of new research programmes in the strategic areas were initiated. Based on the recommendation of the Mashelkar committee (2005) initiatives were taken to improve the research base, ICAR -Industry interface and Scientist-Entrepreneur tie-up. The National Agricultural Innovation Project and the National Fund for Basic & Strategic Research were initiated apart from creating the Agrinnovate India Ltd. to improve ICAR- Industry linkages. ICAR has also developed technical collaborations with various national and international research institutions to address the present and future research requirements of the country.

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No.7(1)/EV/2016

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Expenditure

New Delhi, the 17th March, 2017

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Simplification of procedure for payment of Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme (CGEGIS) dues – regarding

It has been brought to the notice of this Department that in a number of cases delay occurs in payment of Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme (CGEGIS) dues, owing to missing entries, despite the fact that a provision has been made for making entries of subscription for CGEGIS, recovered from pay & allowances every year in Part- VII-C of the service book.

2. In terms of para 8.1 of the Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme, 1980, as contained in this Ministry’s O.M. No. F.7(5)-EV/89 dated 15th May, 1989, which relates to Savings Fund of the Scheme, the total accumulation of savings together with interest thereon will be payable to the member on retirement or on cessation of his employment with the Central Government or to his family on his death while in service. The total accumulation under Savings Fund is provided for in terms of the applicable Table of Benefits pertaining to a particular year as prescribed under the relevant Orders issued by this Ministry from time to time.

3. The issue has been considered in consultation with Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare and Controller General of Accounts. It has been decided that in order to ease the process of payment of Savings Fund on account of CGEGIS at the time of retirement of a Central Government employee, in all cases where the service of the retiring Central Government employee has been verified, payment of the accumulation under Savings Fund of CGEGIS be made without awaiting confirmation of deduction of each monthly subscription of CGEGIS, as service verification is carried out based on the monthly salary payment and the CGEGIS subscriptions are mandatory deductions from these payments.

4. All Ministries/Departments are accordingly advised to ensure compliance of above instructions so that the dues of CGEGIS in respect of Government servants retiring on attaining the age of superannuation are discharged with due promptness. Further, it may be ensured that Ministries/Departments send their budget requirements for payments under CGEGIS to CCA (Finance) well in advance, preferably, at the time of RE/BE so that the budget under this head is made on a realistic basis.

(Amar Nath Singh)

Director

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Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme-1980 — CGEGIS Tables

No.7(2)/EV/2016

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Expenditure

New Delhi, the 17th March, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme-1980 — Tables of Benefits for the savings fund for the period from 01.01.2017 to 31.03.2017.

Every year two Tables of Benefits are issued by the Ministry of Finance on calendar year basis for the savings fund to the beneficiaries under Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme (CGEGIS-1980). While one Table of Benefits for the Savings fund of the Scheme is based on a subscription of Rs.10 per month from 1.1.1982 to 31.12.1989 and Rs.15 per month w.e.f. 1.1.1990 on wards, the other Table of Benefits for the savings fund is based on a subscription of Rs.10 per month for those employees who had opted out of the revised rates of subscription w.e.f. 1.1.1990.

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2. The Tables of Benefits under CGEGIS-80 are prepared by IRDA based on the rate of interest notified by DEA for small savings including GPF. Earlier, DEA used to notify the interest rate on financial year basis. However, DEA has now shifted to notifying the interest rate on quarterly basis. In view of this, it has been decided that the Table of benefits will be issued on quarterly basis commencing from 1.1.2017 to 31.3.2017.

3. The Two Tables under CGEGIS-80 for the first quarter of the year 2017 i.e. 01.01.2017 to 31.03.2017, prepared by IRDA, are enclosed. The benefits in the Tables have been worked out on the basis of interest @ 8% per annum (compounded quarterly), as notified by Department of Economic Affairs.

4. While calculating the amount it has been assumed that the subscription has been recovered or will be recovered from the salary of the month in which a member ceases to be in service failing which it should be deducted from accumulated amounts payable.

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5. In its application to the employees of Indian Audit and Accounts Department this Office Memorandum issues in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

(AMAR NATH SINGH)

DIRECTOR

CGEGIS Table 1 - From Jan, 2017 to March 2017

CGEGIS Table 2 - From Jan, 2017 to March 2017

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

DEPARTMENT OF EX-SERVICEMEN WELFARE

LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO.223

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 17TH MARCH, 2017

WELFARE OF EX-SERVICEMEN

*223. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of Ex-servicemen in the country at present, State / UT-wise;

(b) the details of the schemes being implemented for the welfare, resettlement and rehabilitation of the Ex-servicemen in the country; and

(c) whether the Government proposes to provide some more benefits to the Ex-servicemen and if so, the details thereof?
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MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI ARUN JAITLEY)

(a) The State / UT-wise number of Ex-servicemen in the country as on December, 2016 is attached as Annexure ‘A’.

(b) The details of scheme being implemented for the resettlement and welfare / rehabilitation of the Ex-servicemen in the country are attached as Annexure ‘B’. In addition to this, Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), a healthcare scheme, has been structured to provide quality medicare to only Ex-servicemen and their dependents of all Tri

Services through a network of its Polyclinics, service hospitals and civil empanelled / Government hospitals spread across the country.

(i) Number of scholarships under Prime Minister Scholarship Scheme has been enhanced from 4000 to 5500 from Academic Year 2015-16.

(ii) Marriage Grant for daughter has been enhanced from Rs.16,000/- to Rs.50,000/- from April, 2016.

(iii) Web portal has been launched by Kendriya Sainik Board on 11th March, 2016 for online process of applications.

(iv) Development of App. Services for beneficiaries of Prime Minister Scholarship Scheme and Raksha Mantri’s Ex-servicemen Welfare Fund.

(v) E-Library facilities for Ex-servicemen and their dependents for reading, search, download and print from any of the E-books.

(vi) Constructed Sainik Rest House at Naraina, Delhi Cantt. for helping boarding / lodging problem of Ex-servicemen / Widows visiting Delhi.

(vii) Grant to Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre (PRC) Kirkee increased to Rs. 1.20 crore from Rs.0.20 crore.

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ANNEXURE ‘A’

STATE/ UT/RSBs		EX-SERVICEMEN
STATE/ UT/RSBs		ARMY	AIR FORCE	NAVY	TOTAL
1.	ANDHRA PRADESH	48517	6234	5134	59885
2.	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	575	0	0	575
3.	ASSAM	29763	2217	644	32624
4.	BIHAR	78923	15297	9161	103381
5.	CHATTISGARH	5024	317	225	5566
6.	GOA	1114	213	797	2124
7.	GUJARAT	21385	4117	940	26442
8.	HIMACHAL PRADESH	105052	2197	3723	110972
9.	HARYANA	252011	18272	13143	283426
10.	JAMMU & KASHMIR	73740	679	559	74978
11.	JHARKHAND	20350	1811	1246	23407
12.	KARNATAKA	64280	10683	2646	77609
13.	KERALA	135012	22600	13264	170876
14.	MADHYA PRADESH	42274	1832	1303	45409
15.	MAHARASHTRA	147243	12254	14638	174135
16.	MANIPUR	7084	119	74	7277
17.	MEGHALAYA	2288	80	53	2421
18.	MIZORAM	5842	21	27	5890
19.	NAGALAND	2506	15	4	2525
20.	ODISHA	30460	5592	2485	38537
21.	PUNJAB	270928	11508	6463	288899
22.	RAJASTHAN	161792	7781	4402	173975
23.	SIKKIM	1058	1	4	1063
24.	TAMIL NADU	109766	11749	3602	125117
25.	TRIPURA	1980	99	44	2123
26.	TELANGANA	21149	8708	1263	31120
27.	UTTAR PRADESH	293523	36373	22224	352120
28.	UTTARAKHAND	118555	2543	2762	123860
29.	WEST BENGAL	54695	10584	3878	69157
30.	A & N ISLANDS	404	30	142	576
31.	CHANDIGARH	6882	2807	393	10082
32.	DELHI	42948	8831	5050	56829
33.	PONDICHERRY	1231	378	100	1709
	Total	2158354	205942	120393	2484689

ANNEXURE ‘B’

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I. Details Of various schemes provided by Directorate General Resettlement (DGR):

Resettlement Opportunities : Ex-Servicemen (ESM) are provided re-employment opportunities under the various schemes as mentioned in succeeding paragraphs.

1. Job Opportunities For ESM In Central Government:

(a) In Central Govt Ministries/Departments:

(i) 10% Direct recruitment posts upto the level of Asst Comdt in Central Para Military Force.

(ii) 10% Direct recruitment posts in Group ‘C’.

(iii) 20% Direct recruitment posts in Group ‘D’.

(b) In Central Public Sector Enterprise:

(i) 14.5% in Group ‘C’ Posts.

(ii) 24.5% in Group ‘D’ Posts Including 4.5% for Disabled & Widows

(i) 14.5% in Group ‘C’ Posts.

(ii) 24.5% in Group ‘D’ Posts Including 4.5% for Disabled & Widows

2. Placement Assistance through DGR:

Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) sponsors Ex-Servicemen (Officers) to various Government organizations, Public Sector Undertakings, Corporate Houses, Private Sector, Central Para Military Forces etc. based on their requisition for re-employment of ESM.

3. DGR Sponsored Security Scheme:

The DGR empanels / sponsors ESM run Private Security Agencies and State ESM Corporations for providing security guards to various CPSUs, Corporate Houses, Private sector Undertakings etc.

4. Schemes For Officers Only:

(i) ESM Coal Loading and Transportation Scheme: The Scheme is administered on the basis of MoU between the Coal India Ltd (CIL) and DGR.

(ii) Allotment of BPCL/IOCL COCO Outlets Pan India: ESM(Officer) who is registered with DGR and has not availed any other benefit is sponsored for the COCO outlets in the state of choice given by ESM(Officer) based on Oil Company’s requisition.

(iii) Management of CNG Station By ESM (O) In NCR: Desirous ESM (Officers) registered in the scheme are sponsored on receipt of requisition from IGL.

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5. Schemes for JCOs/OR Only:

(i) Allotment of Mother Dairy Milk Booths and Fruit & Vegetable (Safal) Shops In NCR: The ESM register for Milk / SAFAL (Fruit andVegetable booths separately and give multiple choice of zones for the purpose of areas where booths are required.

6. Schemes for All:

(i) Coal Tipper Attachment Scheme:This scheme is linked with theESM Coal loading and transportation scheme.

(ii) Tipper attachment Scheme for War Widows and Disabled Soldiers :

War widows upto age of 65 and disabled soldiers having 50% or more disability are also allowed to enrol for this scheme.

(iii) Allotment of Army Surplus Vehicles:ESM, widows and Ex-Servicemen Co-operative societies are eligible to apply for allotment of Army Surplus Class V-B Vehicles.

(iv) Allotment of Regular LPG Distributor Ship:

War widows/dependents of those who died in war, war disabled/disabled on duty while serving in operational area, widows/dependents of those who died in harness due to attributable or aggravated causes to Military Service and ex-servicemen disabled in peace due to attributable or aggravated causes to Military Service are eligible.

(v) LPG Agency Under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitrak (RGGLV)Scheme : War widows/dependents of those who died in war, war disabled/disabled on duty while serving in operational area, widows/dependents of those who died in harness due to attributable or aggravated causes to Military Service and ex-servicemen disabled in peace due to attributable or aggravated causes to Military Service are eligible.

(v) Retail Outlet Dealership (Petrol/Diesel): War widows/dependents of those who died in war, war disabled/disabled on duty while serving in operational area, widows/dependents of those who died in harness due to attributable or aggravated causes to Military Service and ex-servicemen disabled in peace due to attributable or aggravated causes to Military Service are eligible.

7. Training:

(i) Officers’Training :– DGR imparts Resettlement training to the retiring officer /Ex-Servicemen (Officer) in various institutes Pan India.

(ii) JCOs/OR and Equivalents’Training at Institutes:- DGR imparts Resettlement training to the retiring JCOs/OR /Ex-Servicemen (JCOs/OR) in various institutes Pan India.

II. Details Of Various Schemes Provided By Kendriya Sainik Board (KSB):

1. Benefits given from Armed Forces Flag Day (AFFD) Fund :-

	Grants	Amount (in Rs)
(a)	Penury Grant (65 Yrs and above) (Non-Pensioners upto Hav Rank)	Rs 1,000/-pm (Life time)
(b)	Education Grant (upto two children) (i)Boys/Girls upto Graduation (ii) Widows for PG (Pensioner/Non Pensioner upto Hav Rank) and upto two children	Rs 1,000/-pm
(c)	Officer Cadet Grant (for Cadets of NDA only) (Pensioner/Non-Pen upto Hav Rank)	Rs 1,000/-pm
(d)	Disabled Children Grant (Pensioner/Non-pen upto Hav Rank)	Rs 1,000/-pm
(e)	House Repair Grant (Pensioner/Non-Pen upto Hav Rank) 100% Disabled ESM Orphan Daughter (of all ranks)	Rs 20,000/-
(f)	Daughter’s Marriage Grant (upto 02 Daughters) (Pensioner/Non-Pen upto Hav Rank)	Rs 50,000/- *
(f)	Widow Re-Marriage Grant (Pensioner/Non-Pen upto Hav Rank) * If married solemnly on or after 21 Apr 16.	Rs 50,000/- *
(g)	Funeral Grant (Pensioner/Non-Pen upto Hav Rank)	Rs 5,000/-
(h)	Medical Treatment (Non-pensioner upto Hav Rank) Medical Grant (Non-pensioner upto Hav Rank Nepal)	Rs 30,000/- (Max)
(j)	Orphan Grant (Pensioner/Non-pen All Ranks) Daughters of ex-servicemen till she is married. One Son of ex-servicemen upto 21 years of age.	Rs 1,000/-PM
(k)	Vocational Trg Grant For Widows (Pensioner/Non-Pen upto Hav Rank)	Rs 20,000/- (One Time)

1. Modified Scooter Grant: Rupees 57,500/- provides to those ESM, who aredisabled after service with a disability of 50% or more and who are not covered under the scheme of AG’s Branch of IHQ (Army, Navy & Air Force).

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2. Tool Kit of Ex-servicemen Technicians: Tool Kits are provided at a costnot exceeding Rs. 8,000/- subject to fulfilling the following conditions :-

(a) The individual holds the qualifications to utilize the tool kits.

(b) The individual has the appropriate infrastructure to set up for himself the proposed trade.

3. Serious diseases Grant from AFFD Fund to Non Pensioners ESM of all Ranks:-

(a)	Serious Diseases as listed below: - Angioplasty, Angiography, CABG, Open Heart Surgery, Valve Replacement, Pacemaker Implant, Renal Implant, Prostate Surgery, Joint Replacement and Cerebral Stoke. Other Diseases : Where more than Rs 1.00 Lac has been spent on treatment	75%/90% of total expenditureOfficer and PBOR respectivelyUpto Rs 1.25 Lac (max)
(b)	Dialysis and Cancer treatment	75%/90% of total expenditureOfficer and PBOR respectivelyUpto a max of Rs 75,000/- perFY only.

5. Financial support to States for ESM welfare:-

(a) Special category States: 75% of the expenditure on establishment ofRajya Sainik Boards/Zila Sainik Boards is shared by the Centre to the special category States i.e Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.

(b) Balance States: 60% of the expenditure on establishment ofRSBs/ZSBs is shared by the Centre to the balance of the States.

6. Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme: For financially supporting degree
level professional education for the wards of War widows (all ranks) and ESM (PBOR) including ex Coast Guard personnel. Total 5500 scholarship are provided to eligible wards based on merit for the entire duration of the courses. Priority is given to the wards of War widows/War disabled Soldiers. The rates of Scholarship are as follows :

(a) Rs. 2000/- per month for boys.
(b) Rs. 2250/- per month for girls.

6. Financial support to institutions involved in rehabilitation of ESM :-

Ser	Organisation	Quantum of Aid/Grant
(a)	Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centers:	Estb	Inmates
(a)	(i) Kirkee (ii) Mohali	Rs.20,00,000/- Rs.10.00.000/- (wef Apr 2015)	30,000/- pa per inmate
(b)	St. Dunstan’s after care organization, Dehradun for blinded ex-servicemen	Rs. 14,00,000/- pa
(c)	All India Gorkha Ex-servicemen welfare association, Dehradun	Rs. 12,00,000/- pa
	Cheshire Homes:
(d)	(i) Lucknow (ii) Dehradun (iii) Delhi	Rs 9,000/- pa per inmate
(e)	War Memorial Hostels: There are 36WMHs which provide shelter to the children of War Widows/War disabled, attributable and non attributable cases.	Rs 1350/- per month

8. Reservation of seats in Medical/Dental Colleges for wards of Defence Personnel as Govt of India Nominee : A total of 17-20 MBBS seats and 1-3 seatsin BDS courses are allotted by Ministry of Health Family Welfare to KSB for wards of defence personnel as a Govt. of India nominee.

9. Children Education Concession: Wards of Armed forces personnel killed/missing/ permanently disabled in action are granted Educational concession.

10. Rail Concession:The Chakra Series Gallantry Awardees and Widows of defence personnel are granted Rail Concessions.

11. Air Travel Concession: Recipients of Level-I and II Gallantry Awards, Pre Independence Awards Level-I and II, War disabled officers (1962, 1965, 1971 conflicts and OP Vijay) and war widows of Indian Armed Forces personnel killed in action are eligible for Air Travel Concession.

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Special Leave connected to inquiry of sexual harassment: CCS (Leave) Amendment Rules, 2017

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(i)]

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

(Department of Personnel and Training)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 15th March, 2017

G.S.R. 251(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 read with clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, namely:-

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1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Leave) Amendment Rules, 2017.

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

2. In the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, for rule 48, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-

“ 48, Special Leave connected to inquiry of sexual harassment - Leave upto a period of 90 days may be granted to an aggrieved female Government Servant 'on the recommendation of the Internal Committee or the Local Committee, as the case may be, during the pendency of inquiry under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the leave granted to the aggrieved female Government Servant under this rule shall not be debited against the leave account”.

[F. No. 13026/2/2016-Estt. (L)]

GYANENDRA DEV TRIPATHI, Jt. Secy.

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Footnote : The principal rules were published vide Notification Number 80. 940, dated the 8th April, 1972 f and were last amended vide Notification number G.S.R. 711(E) dated the 8th October, 2014.

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Grievances of CAPF - Communication with CAPF: Lok Sabha Q&A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO: 173

ANSWERED ON: 14.03.2017

Communication with CAPF

A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government has any proposal to establish a direct line of communication between officials of various hierarchical levels with the top echelon in the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government is developing a mobile application which could be used by CAPF personnel and officers to air their grievances and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) whether all security aspects are being taken into account while introducing such application and if so, the details thereof?

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ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*173 FOR 14.3.2017.

(a) to (c): All the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) have in place appropriate channels of communication between men and officers in respective organisations. Apart from direct forms of communication/ interaction such as Open Darbar, Sainik Sammelan and personal hearing etc, which are part of established fora of communication/interaction at various levels, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) based communication such as web-based/app-based grievance redressal, mobile services, e-mail etc are also put in use with due security audit as per rules.

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Increase in Minimum Wages for scheduled employment under the Central Sphere w.e.f. 19.01.2017

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Ministry of Labour & Employment

20-March-2017 16:52 IST

Increase in Minimum Wages

Under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, both Central and State Governments are appropriate Governments to fix, review and revise the minimum wages of the workers employed in the scheduled employments under their respective jurisdictions. The Central Government has notified the revision of minimum wages for the scheduled employments in the Central sphere on 19.01.2017. The increase in minimum wages for scheduled employment under the Central sphere w.e.f. 19.01.2017 as shown in the table below:-

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(Wages in Rs. per day) w .e f. 19.01.2017

Scheduled Employment	Category of Workers	Area A			Area B		Area C
		old	Revised		old	Revised	old	Revised
Agriculture	Unskilled	237	333		216	303	214	300
	Semi-skilled/Unskilled Supervisory	259	364		239	335	219	307
	Skilled/Clerical	281	395		259	364	238	334
	Highly-skilled	312	438		289	407	259	364
Sweeping and Cleaning	Unskilled	374	523		312	437	250	350
Watch and Ward	Without Arms ( Upgraded to skilled with training)	414	637		353	579	293	494
	With Arms( Upgraded to highly skilled for supervision)	456	693		414	637	353	579
Loading & Unloading	Unskilled	374	523		312	437	250	350
Construction	Unskilled	374	523		312	437	250	350
	Semi-skilled/Unskilled Supervisory	414	579		353	494	293	410
	Skilled/Clerical	456	637		414	579	353	494
	Highly-skilled	495	693		456	637	414	579
		Existing				Proposed
Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing	1.Excavation & removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift:*
	(a) Soft Soil	252.00				351
	(b) Soft Soil with Rock	380.00				531
	(c) Rock	503.00				703
	2. Removal and Staking of rejected stones with 50 metres lead/1.5 metreslift*	203.00				283
	3. Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size of category**
	(a) 1.0 inch to 1.5 inches	1553.00				2171
	(b) Above 1.5 Inches to 3.0 Inches	1329.00				1857
	(c) Above 3.0 Inches to 5 Inches	778.00				1088
	(d) Above 5.0 Inches	639.00				893
Non - Coal Mines		Above Ground				Below Ground
		Existing		Proposed		Existing		Proposed
	Unskilled	250		350		312		437
	Semi-skilled/Unskilled Supervisory	312		437		374		523
	Skilled/Clerical	374		523		436		610
	Highly-skilled	436		610		495		683

*Per 2.831 cubic meters or 100 cubic feet

** Per truck load of 5.662 cubic meters or 200 cubic feet

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This information was given by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment,in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.

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Source: PIB

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