Spot Check of Pension Payments by Pension Disbursing Banks

Spot Check of Pension Payments by Pension Disbursing Banks.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

RBA No.114 /2018

No. 2012/AC-II/21/6 (Part-II)

New Delhi dated 17th October, 2018

General Managers,
All Zonal Railways/Production Units

Sub:- Spot Check of Pension Payments by Pension Disbursing Banks.

Expenditure on Pension accounts has increased substantially due to revision of pension as per 7th CPC. It is therefore necessary that the pension payments made by the banks are monitored closely and the pension debits are checked concurrently to ensure that there are no excess payments and the debits are in respect of bonafide Railway pensioners only. .

Besides internal checks and spot checks of pension payments, a physical verification drive of pensioners may also be launched during November, 2018 like previous years to carry out inspections and verifications of the 'Life Certificate' by pensioners to the banks. A team of staff from Personnel and Accounts department may be deputed for this purpose to visit the banks in their proximity. A suggestive checklist for verification to be carried out is enclosed. A brief report of the outcome of the above verification may be submitted to Board by 15th December, 2018.

S.No.	Bank visited	No. of Records verified	Type of Pension/Family Pension	Discrepancy detected	Remarks

(Anjali Goyal)
Pr. Executive Director Accounts
Railway Board

List of Pension sanctioning authority and its corresponding disbursing agency as on 01.11.2018

List of Pension sanctioning authority and its corresponding disbursing agency as on 01.11.2018

Jeevan Pramaan
List of Sanctioning Authority and its corresponding Disbursing Agency (as on 1st November' 2018)

S.No	Pension Sanctioning Authority	Pension Disbursing Agency
1	Banking Staff	Bank
2	Central Government	Bank
3	Chennai Port Trust	Bank
4	Coal Mines Provident Fund Organization (CMPFO)	Coal Mines Provident Fund Organization (CMPFO)
5	Cochin Port Trust	Cochin Port Trust
6	Deendayal Port Trust (Kandla Port Trust)	Deendayal Port Trust (Kandla Port Trust)
7	Defence	Bank,DPDO, CPDA-PCDA (Pensions) Allahabad
8	Defence - Jt.CDA(AF), Subrato Park, Delhi Cantt	Bank,DPDO, CPDA-PCDA (Pensions) Allahabad
9	Defence - PCDA (P) Allahabad	Bank,DPDO, CPDA-PCDA (Pensions) Allahabad
10	Defence - PCDA(Navy) Mumbai	Bank,DPDO, CPDA-PCDA (Pensions) Allahabad
11	EPFO	Bank, Kerala Gramin Bank, Purvanchal Bank Gorakhpur, Uttar Banga Kshetriya Gramin Bank
12	Haldia Dock Complex Kolkatta Port Trust	Haldia Dock Complex
13	IIT Madras	IIT Madras
14	Life Insurance Corporation of India	LIC-Individual Pension Plan
15	Mahatma Gandhi University Kerala	Mahatma Gandhi University Kerala
16	Ministry of Culture - Artistes Pension Scheme	Ministry of Culture - Artistes Pension Scheme
17	Mormugao Port Trust	Mormugao Port Trust
18	Mumbai Port Trust	Bank
19	Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai	Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
20	NCERT Delhi	NCERT Delhi
21	New Delhi Municipal Council	New Delhi Municipal Council
22	New Mangalore Port Trust	Bank
23	Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited	Bank, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
24	Paradip Port Trust	Bank
25	Port Blair Municipal Council	Port Blair Municipal Council
26	Postal	Bank, Post Office
27	Railway	Bank, Post Office
28	Sahitya Akademi	Sahitya Akademi
29	Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences	Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences
30	State Government Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh Treasury-sub Treasuries
31	State Government Arunachal Pradesh	Bank, Arunachal Pradesh Treasury-Sub Treasuries
32	State Government of Bihar	Bank, Bihar Treasury-Sub Treasuries
33	State Government Chattisgarh	Bank
34	State Government Goa	Bank, Goa Treasury-Sub Treasuries
35	State Government Gujarat	Gujarat Treasury-Sub Treasuries
36	State Government Haryana	Bank, Haryana Treasury-Sub Treasuries
37	State Government Himachal Pradesh	Himachal Pradesh State Treasury
38	State Government Jharkhand	Bank, Jharkhand Treasury-Sub Treasuries
39	State Government Karnataka	Bank, Karnataka Treasury-Sub Treasuries
40	State Government Kerala	Kerala State Treasury-Sub Treasuries
41	State Government Madhya Pradesh	Bank,MP State Treasury
42	State Government Maharashtra	Maharashtra State Treasury
43	State Government Manipur	Manipur Treasury-Sub Treasuries
44	State Government Mizoram	Mizoram Treasury-Sub Treasuries
45	State Government Odisha	Bank, OdishaTreasury-Sub Treasuries
46	State Government of Jammu and Kashmir	Bank, State Government of Jammu and Kashmir
47	State Government Puducherry	Bank, Puduherry UT Treasury
48	State Government Punjab	Bank, State Government Punjab
49	State Government Rajasthan	Bank
50	State Government Tamil Nadu	Tamil Nadu Treasury-Sub Treasuries
51	State Government Telangana	Telangana Treasury-Sub Treasuries
52	State Government Tripura	Bank
53	State Government Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh Treasury-Sub Treasuries
54	Telecom	Bank, Department of Telecommunication, Post Office
55	Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation	Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
56	Union Territory - Andaman and Nicobar	Bank
57	Union Territory - Daman Diu	Daman Diu Treasury
58	University of Hyderabad	University of Hyderabad
59	UT-Lakshwadeep	Bank
60	Visakhapatnam Port Trust	Visakhapatnam Port Trust
61	VO Chidambaranar Port Trust	VO Chidambaranar Port Trust

Source: jeevanpramaan.gov.in

Issuance of Special Passes on Medical grounds for follow-up medical treatment in outstation Hospitals: Railway Board Order

Special Passes for Medical Treatment - RBE 178/2018

Issuance of Special Passes on Medical grounds for follow-up medical treatment in outstation Hospitals: Railway Board Order

RBE No. 178/2018

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. E(W)2015/PS5-2/4

New Delhi, dated 16.11.2018

The General Managers (P)
All Zonal Railways &
Productions Units.

The Chief–Medical Directors
All Zonal Railways.

Sub: Issuance of Special Passes on Medical grounds for follow-up medical treatment in outstation Hospitals.

It has been brought to the notice of Board that difficulties are being faced by serving/retired railway employees & their family members due to the present practice or issuing of Special Passes on medical grounds for follow-up medical treatment. Such passes are being issued just a few days before the due date of visit to specialized hospitals located in outstations. Due to this practice, the beneficiaries of such Special Passes are unable to secure confirmed advance reservation.

2. The matter has been examined in consultation with Health Dte. of the Ministry of Railways. Keeping in view the fact that the beneficiaries of such passes are normally those who are suffering from serious ailments like cancer, renal failure, heart ailments, etc. and in order to facilitate securing of advance reservation for them, it has been decided to stipulate the following procedure for issuing of Special Passes [under Schedule VII of Railway Servants (Pass) Rules, 1986 (Second Edition 1993) for follow-up medical treatment:-

(i) The Competent Medical Officer in the Railway Hospital will issue necessary prescription on the basis of follow-up visit advice recorded by the outstation Hospital, as and when approached by the beneficiary, without waiting for the due date for follow-up visit to come nearer. In the said prescription, the period of travel validity (which is to be endorsed on the pass) must be indicated clearly, which shall be one week i.e. 7 days before and 21 days after the clue date of visit. For example, If a beneficiary has to reach a Hospital in Mumbai for follow-up treatment on 8th December 2018, the Medical Officer concerned should write in the prescription: "Special Pass valid for travel from 1st Dec, 2018 to 29th Dcc, 2018 may be issued."

(ii) The PASS Issuing Authorities, on the basis of Aforementioned prescription and recommendation will issue Special Pass upto 5 months in advance endorsing thereon the travel validity period as "Valid for travel from __/__/_____ to __/__/_____" (i.e. the dates as recommended in the prescription).

3. Moreover, representations are also being received in Board's office. from the beneficiaries of Special Passes issued on medical grounds complaining of delays in issue of such passes. In this context, the Railways are directed to sensitize the concerned pass issuing officials to issue the Special Passes on medical grounds on the very same day of receipt-of the application in case of serious ailments and at the most, next day in all other cases.

4. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways;

(V. Muralidharan)
Dy. Director Estt. (Welfare)-I
Railway Board

Source: Railway Board