The amount of the package is Rs. 10,000/- to be paid as advance to Central Government servant. This amount is interest free.
Festival Advance to Central Government Employees
F.No.12(2)/2020-EII(A) Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure EII(A) Branch
North Block, New Delhi 12th October, 2020
Office Memorandum
Sub: Grant of Advance - Special Festival Package to Government Servants.
The undersigned is directed to say that with a view to enable
Government servants to meet expenses relating to festivals and to
encourage spending thereby giving a boost to economic activities, in
pursuance of decision taken by the Government, it has been decided that a
special festival package of advance will be accorded to all Government
servants for any important festivals upto 31st March, 2021.
2. A Head of Office may sanction this special package on the eve of
any important festival to any Central Government Servant under his
administrative control. The term “important festival”
is clarified as such festivals or one of such festivals as Head of
Department may declare in respect of establishments under his/her
administrative control.
3. The amount of the package is Rs. 10,000/- to be
paid as advance to Government servant. This amount is interest free. The
amount would be released through pre-loaded Rupay Card from SBI. DDOs,
on receipt of application from Government servants for this package may
process and acquire the prepaid cards from SBI for issue among the
applicants. A detailed SOP for DDOs for obtaining these cards would be
separately issued.
4. The festival package may be granted to a Government servant if
he/she is on Government duty or on leave excluding leave preparatory to
retirement, on the date on which the advance is disbursed. The amount
paid under this package is recoverable in not more than ten (10)
instalments.
5. These orders will take effect from the date of issuance of this
Office Memorandum and will be in force during the current financial year
till 31 March, 2021.
6. All the Ministries/ Departments are requested to bring the
contents of this OM to the notice of all its Attached and Subordinate
offices for their information /necessary action.
Hindi version of this Office Memorandum will follow.
(B.K.Manthan) Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India
To
All the Ministries/ Departments of the Government of India.
F. No. 1/7/2017-Estt (Pay-l) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training)
North Block, New Delhi Dated the 24th July, 2020
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Advance increments granted to Stenographers of
Subordinate Offices on qualifying speed test in shorthand at 100/120
w.p.m., in the 7th CPC Scenario-reg.
In accordance with the provisions contained in Department of
Expenditure’s OM No. 7(31)E-IIKA)/75 dated 04.10.1975 and this
Department’s OM No. 18/44/88- Estt.(Pay-l) dated 14.08.1989 and OM No.
1/9/98-Estt.(Pay-l) dated 30.01.2001, Stenographers of Subordinate
Offices were granted one or two advance increments for qualifying speed
test in shorthand at 100/120 wpm. This Department vide OM No.
18/44/88-Estt.(Pay-7) dated 07.12.2009 provided that these advance
increments should be treated as pay for all purposes. Further, due to
the introduction of Grade Pay and Pay Band system, consequent to the
implementation of CCS (RP) Rules, 2008, this Department vide OM No.
1/1/2010-Estt.(Pay-l) dated 06.12.2012 had clarified the manner in which
these advance increment(s) are to be computed.
2. Consequent upon the implementation of CCS (RP) Rules, 2016, the
system of Pay Band and Grade Pay has been replaced by the Pay Matrix.The
manner in which the advance increment(s) are to be computed and the
guidelines for granting these advance increments to Stenographers of
Subordinate Offices on qualifying speed test in shorthand at 100/120
w.p.m., in the 7th CPC Scenario, have been considered in this Department, in consultation with Department of Expenditure.
3. The President is pleased to decide that in supersession of all the
existing orders/ OMs/ instructions/ guidelines on the subject of
granting the advance increment(s) to Stenographers of Subordinate
Offices on qualifying speed test in shorthand at 100/120 w.p.m., w.e.f.
01.01.2016 the advance increments shall be regulated as under:
The stenographer who is recruited on the basis of speed test in
the shorthand at 80 w.p.m. may be granted one advance increment on
qualifying speed test in shorthand at 100 w.p.m. and one more advance
increment on qualifying speed test in shorthand at 120 w.p.m. while in
service. However, if a stenographer who is recruited on the basis of
speed test in the short hand at 80 w.p.m. directly qualifies the speed
test in shorthand at 120 w.p.m. while in service, he/she may be granted
two advance increments.
The stenographer, who is recruited on
the basis of speed test in the shorthand at 100 w.p.m., may be granted
one advance increment on qualifying speed test in shorthand at 120
w.p.m. while in service.
These speed tests shall be conducted by properly constituted Authorities including Departmental Authorities.
These advance increments shall be granted from the date of passing the test.
These
advance increments shall not be absorbed in future increments and the
date of next increment after the grant of these advance increments shall
remain the same. No option for fixation of pay from the Date of Next
Increment shall be available/ allowed for fixation of pay on account of
these advance increments.
The amount of these advance increments
shall be treated as a separate element in addition to the basic pay and
it should be counted as pay for all purposes. Further, once these
advance increments are taken into account for the purpose of fixation of
pay on promotion or being placed in a higher scale on grant of MACP or due to revision of Pay Scale or Pay Structure etc., these advance increments no longer continue as a separate element.
In
respect of the stenographers, who become eligible for grant of these
advance increments consequent upon the implementation of CCS (RP) Rules,
2016, they may be granted one/ two advance increments (as the case may
be) in the vertical Level, in which the Government Servant is placed on
the date of passing the test, as illustrated below:
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(a) For granting two advance increments:
1
Due date of grant of next annual increment: 01.07.2017
2
Date of qualifying proficiency Stenography Test: 25.04.2017
3
Basic Pay in pay Matrix, on the date of qualifying proficiency Test: 30100 [Level 5]
4
Value in pay Matrix, after grant of two advance increments : 31900 [Level 5]
5
Separate Element: 31900-30100=1800/-
6
Basic Pay as on 25.04.2017=30100 + 1800 (Separate Element); DNI will remain the same i.e. 01.07.2017.
7
Basic Pay on 01.07.2017 (DNI)= 31000+ 1800 (Separate Element)
Grade Pay
2400
2800
Levels
4
5
1
25500
29200
2
26300
30100
3
27100
31000
4
27900
31900
5
28700
32900
6
29600
33900
7
30500
34900
8
31400
35900
9
32300
37000
10
33300
38100
(b) For granting one advance increment:
1
Due date of grant of next annual increment: 01.01.2018
2
Date of qualifying proficiency Stenography Test: 10.09.2017
3
Basic Pay in pay Matrix, on the date of qualifying proficiency Test: 34900 [Level 5]
4
Value in pay Matrix, after grant of one advance increment : 35900 [Level 5]
5
Separate Element: 31900-30100=1000/-
6
Basic Pay as on 10.09.2017=34900 + 1000 (Separate Element); DNI will remain the same i.e. 01.07.2018.
7
Basic Pay on 01.01.2018 (DNI) = 35900+ 1000 (Separate Element)
Grade Pay
2400
2800
Levels
4
5
1
25500
29200
2
26300
30100
3
27100
31000
4
27900
31900
5
28700
32900
6
29600
33900
7
30500
34900
8
31400
35900
9
32300
37000
10
33300
38100
(viii) Benefit of these advance increments will not be treated as an anomaly for the purpose of stepping of pay of seniors.
4. In their application to the employees of Indian Audit and Accounts
Department, these orders are issued after consultation with the
Comptroller & Auditor General of India, as mandated under Article
148(5) of the Constitution.
5. Hindi Version will follow.
(Rajeev Bahree) Under Secretary to the Government of India
To
All Ministries/ Departments of Government of India 7th CPC Advance increments to Stenographers
Source: DoPT
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