Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons - Scheme for disabled sportspersons

Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons - Scheme for disabled sportspersons

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Scheme for disabled sportspersons

10 FEB 2020

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is implementing ‘Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons’ scheme, Sportspersons who are Indian citizens and have won medals in Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and World Cups/ World Championships (in Olympic and Asian Games disciplines) and Paralympic Games, are eligible for lifelong monthly pension after they attain the age of 30 years or retire from active sports, whichever is later. At present, 627 sportspersons are getting lifelong monthly pension ranging from Rs. 12,000 to 20,000 under the scheme. This Ministry is also implementing the ‘Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons’ (PDUNWFS), which caters to sportspersons of yesteryears now living in indigent conditions and for medical treatment of sportspersons. These schemes are equally applicable to disabled and physically impacted sportspersons.

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Financial assistance to sportspersons under these schemes is not given state wise. Information relating to assistance provided to sportspersons from the PDUNWFS during the last five years and current year (as on 05.02.2020) is as under :

S. No.	Year	Number of sportsperson / organization	Amount (in Rs.)
1	2014-15	17	70,00,000
2	2015-16	04	12,00,000
3	2016-17	03	12,85,000
4	2017-18	06	25,37,500
5	2018-19	12	66,00,000
6	2019-20	15	59,32,415

This Information was given by the Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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LIC Policies - Life Insurance Corporation of India - PIB

LIC Policies - Life Insurance Corporation of India

Ministry of Finance

LIC Policies

10 FEB 2020

The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) Corporation works actively to provide a bouquet of life insurance products to meet the needs of different social strata. This was stated in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, the Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs.

This has helped LIC to retain its market share of 70.52 percent in the premium for the first year and 75.64 percent in policy terms as of 31.12.2019 (provisional figures) making it a dominant player. The Words Assurance, Endowment, Whole Life, Money Back, Children Specific, Women Specific, Micro Insurance, Unit-Linked and Pension policies are part of the product line, inter-alia.

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To give more details, the Minister of State reported that LIC had recruited 1,14,114 agents and 4,374 development officers during the current financial year up to 31.12.2019. This recruitment drive coupled with the Corporation's creative marketing strategies and a growth rate of 17.81 per cent of policies sold until 31.12.2019 is expected to enable LIC to cross three crore thresholds during the current fiscal year.

Shri Thakur said that LIC is constantly striving to deliver attractive products / features including the provision of higher surrender value; extension of the recovery period from two years to five years; option to take advantage of death in instalments and option to take advantage of maturity in installments (Settlement Option) etc.

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NPS - Additional Benefits on death / disability of Government Servants

NPS - Additional Benefits on death / disability of Government Servants

EAST COAST RAILWAY

Grant of Additional Benefits on death/disability of Government Servants covered under National Pension System (NPS) - Railway Board RBE No. 08/2020 No. D-43/4/2018- F(E)III dated 20.01.2020.

RBE No. 08/2020

Government of India
Ministry of Railways
(Railway Board)

No. D-43/4/2018-F(E)III

New Delhi, Dated 20.01.2020

The General Managers/ Principal Financial Advisory,
All Zonal Railways/ Production Units

Sub:- Grant of Additional Benefits on death / disability of Government Servants covered under National Pension System (NPS) - reg

Attention is invited to Board’s letter No. 2008/AC-II/21/19 dated 29.05.2009 vide which instructions were issued providing for additional relief on death/disability of Government servants covered by New Defined Contribution Pension System (NPS). Instructions issued vide letter ibid will be applicable to those Government Servants who joined Government Service on or after 01.01.2004 and will take effect from the same date i.e. 01.01.2004. Further, attention is invited to the letter No. 2016/F(E)III/1(1)/3 dated 27.05.2016 vide which Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Exits and Withdrawals under NPS) Regulation, 2015 notified vide Gazette notification dated 11.05.2015 was adopted and circulated on Railways. It is prescribed in these regulations that if the subscriber or the family members of the deceased subscriber, upon his death, avails the option of additional relief on seek transfer of the entire accumulated pension wealth of subscriber to itself.

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2. References were received in this office seeking clarification whether the rule allowing option for drawl of pension/ family pension, instead of NPS corpus, is also applicable retrospectively for the cases where corpus of NPS has already been paid to the deceased employee’s legal heirs before issue of board’s letter No. 2008/AC-II/21/19 dated 29.05.2009. If the date of application of additional benefit is retrospective, whether it is from the date the employee deceased or from the date of issue of Board’s letter dated 29.05.2009. Also, whether the arrears of pension/family pension is to be paid (upon surrender of NPS Corpus) or not, and the amount is likely to be huge which would impact the Railway Finances. Clarification was, also, sought whether the interest on the corpus is to be charged from the date of payment of corpus amount till the date of is surrender and if so, at what rate.

3. The above issue has been examined in consultation with Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DOP&PW), the nodal Department of pensioner matters. DOP&PW has clarified that Railway servant/ family member in the case of death of railway servant of his discharge from service on account of invalidation/ disability, is entitled to pension/ family pension under old pension scheme under Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993, if the Railway servant/ Family wants to. DOP&PW have, further, clarified that the entire accumulated pension funds under NPS may be recovered from him/family with interest for the period from the date of receipt of entire accumulated pension wealth to the subscriber under NPS to the date of refund to the Government at the rate and manner applicable to GPF deposits from time to time.

4. The aforesaid clarification may be kept in view while dealing with cases covered under National Pension System (NPS).

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(G. Priya Sudarsani)
Director, Finance (Estt.)
Railway Board

CONCESSION IN HOME LOAN INTEREST RATES - CLSS - PMAY(U)

CONCESSION IN HOME LOAN INTEREST RATES - CLSS - PMAY(U)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 919
ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 06, 2020

CONCESSION IN HOME LOAN INTEREST RATES

DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR
SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether any concession in interest rates on home loans is being provided at Central level to purchase/construct houses in Maharashtra; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and the number of people benefited in this regard in Maharashtra during the last three years?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) & (b) Yes, Sir. Government is implementing a Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) as one of the components of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) [PMAY(U)] to provide interest subsidy for housing loans to eligible beneficiaries. The main featuresof CLSS are at Annexure - I. During the last three years 1,46,638 households have availed benefits under CLSS in Maharashtra.

Annexure - I

Annexure for Lok SabhaUnstarred Question No 919 for 06.02.2020

S.No.	Particulars	EWS/LIG	MIG-I	MIG-II
1.	Household Income (Rs. Per Annum)	Up to.3,00,000/- for EWS and between 3,00,001 to6,00,000 for LIG	Between 600,001 upto 12,00,000	Between 12,00,001 upto 18,00,000
2.	Interest Subsidy (% p.a)	6.5%	4%	3%
3.	Maximum loan tenure (in years)	20	20	20
4.	Eligible Housing Loan Amount for Interest Subsidy (Rs.)	6,00,000*	9,00,000*	12,00,000*
5.	Dwelling Unit Carpet Area (Sq.mtr)	30#/60#	Up to 160	Up to 200
6.	Discount Rate for Net Present Value (NPV) calculation for interest subsidy	9%	9%	9%
7.	Upfront Amount for Subsidy (approximately in Rs.)	2,67,280	2,35,000	2,30,000

*Loans beyond this limit will be at non-subsidised rates.

The beneficiary, at his/her his discretion can build a house of larger area but interest subsidy would be limited to first Rs. 6 lakh only

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