New Pension Scheme : Family pension under NPS

New Pension Scheme : Family pension under NPS

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO-350

ANSWERED ON-18.02.2014

Family pension under NPS

350. SHRI PRABHAT JHA

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) the details of cases of family pension sanctioned, so far, under the New Pension Scheme (NPS) to the families of deceased Central Government employees;

(b) whether family pension at the rate of old pension scheme to these family members of deceased employees has been stopped after coming into force of the New Pension Scheme;

(c) if not, the fate of those who have been receiving family pension under NPS at the rate of old pension scheme;

(d) whether some of the deceased employees have left behind them only few thousands rupees as Contributory Pension Fund (CPF) with the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL); and

(e) if so, how Government would pay them family pension from their CPF?

ANSWER

FINANCE MINISTER
(SHRI P. CHIDAMBARAM )

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

STATEMENT OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *350 FOR ANSWER ON 18.02.2014 REGARDING “FAMILY PENSION UNDER NPS” RAISED BY SHRI PRABHAT JHA

(a): Central Pension Accounting Office has informed that as per its records there are 1900 cases of family pension and 20 cases of disability pension under National Pension System (NPS).

(b) and (c): The pension of the Government servants (except in the Armed Forces) appointed on or after 01-01-2004 is regulated by the NPS which is a defined contribution pension system. Employees appointed in the service of Central Government prior to this date are not covered by NPS. However, even after the introduction of NPS, the benefit of family pension is available to the families of the deceased Central Government employees covered under the NPS. Hence, family pension, at the rate of old pension scheme, to family members of deceased employees, who were in the service of the Central Government on or after 01-01-2004, is not denied or affected due to the implementation of NPS, as per the Office Memorandum (OM) No. 38/41/06/P&PW(A) dated 05-05-2009 of the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. This OM envisages payment of various benefits on death/discharge of a Government employee after adjustment of the monthly annuitised pension from the accumulated funds in the NPS account of the employee.

(d) and (e): National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) has informed that a few deceased employees, who passed away within a short span after joining NPS, had minimal accumulated pension wealth in their NPS accounts. However, as stated in reply to parts (b) and (c) above, the family members of the deceased employees are covered by the family pension

Source : http://rajyasabha.nic.in/

Report of 7th CPC : It is not possible to indicate the exact time by which the Report of the 7th CPC will be submitted

Report of 7th CPC : It is not possible to indicate the exact time by which the Report of the 7th CPC will be submitted

 

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2057

ANSWERED ON-11.02.2014

Seventh Pay Commission

2057 . SHRI NARENDRA KUMAR KASHYAP
Will the MINISTER OF FINANCE be pleased to state:
(a) Whether Government has announced constitution of Seventh Pay Commission for the Central Government employees;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the time by which the Pay Commission is expected to submit its report?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)

(a) and (b): Yes, Sir. The constitution of the 7th Central Pay Commission is as under:-
(i) Shri Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur – Chairman
(Retired Judge of the Supreme Court
and Retired Chairman,
Armed Forces Tribunal)
(ii) Shri Vivek Rae, – Member (Full time)
(Secretary, Petroleum & Natural Gas)
(iii) Dr. Rathin Roy, – Member (Part time)
(Director, National Institute
of Public Finance and Policy)
(iv) Smt. Meena Agarwal, – Secretary
(OSD, Department of Expenditure,
Ministry of Finance)
(c): It is not possible to indicate the exact time by which the Report of the Seventh Central Pay Commission will be submitted.

Source: http://rajyasabha.nic.in/

Merging of DA with basic pay of Central Government employees – Rajya Sabha News

Merging of DA with basic pay of Central Government employees – Rajya Sabha News

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2062

ANSWERED ON-11.02.2014

Merging of DA with basic pay of Central Government employees

2062 . SHRI PRABHAT JHA, ARVIND KUMAR SINGH, KUSUM RAI
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) whether Government is actively considering to merge existing dearness allowance payable to Central Government Employees with basic pay;
(b) if so, the details thereof, and if not, the reasons therefor;
(c) whether Government has received any representation from employees associations in this regard;
(d) if so, the details thereof and the details of action taken thereon; and
(e) the reasons for delay in constitution of 7th Central Pay Commission?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
( SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)

(a) No Sir.
(b) The 6th Central Pay Commission did not recommend merger of Dearness Allowance with basic pay at any stage. This has been accepted by the Government vide Resolution dated 29th August, 2008.
(c)&(d) A number of representations have been received from Associations/Organizations of Central Government Employees demanding merger of 50% of Dearness Allowance with basic pay. However, in view of (b) above, the same has not been agreed to.
(e) The Government has already decided to constitute the 7th Central Pay Commission under the Chairmanship of Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, Retired judge of the Hon’ble Supreme Court.

Source: http://rajyasabha.nic.in/

Vacancy Circular for 7th CPC office

Vacancy Circular for 7th CPC office
Camp Office: Room No. 169-B,
North Block, New Delhi

D.0 No, 7CPC/2/Staff

27th March, 2014

Dear Shri Sarkar,

Government of India has notified constitution of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) vide Gazette notification No. 1/1/2013-E.III(A) dated 28th February, 2014. You may also be kindly aware that Seventh CPC is mandated to submit its report to the Government within 18 months of its constitution. Further the Commission has been mandated to appoint such Advisors, Institutional Consultants and Experts as deemed necessary for any particular purpose.

2. Temporary posts have been created by Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure for a period of 18 months from the date of constitution of the Commission or till closure of the Commission whichever is earlier. In addition to the pay scales, the posts will carry all other usual allowances as admissible in terms of orders and instructions in force on the subject as issued by the Government of India from time to time. These posts have to be filled up only on deputation basis.

3. It is intended to fill up the following vacancies on deputation basis by calling for applications from suitable, interested persons from various Ministries/Departments. Selected Officers shall either be given Deputation Allowances as per the existing rules or in deserving cases (wherever eligible) given one higher grade.

S.No.	Post	Pay Band (in Rs.)	Grade Pay (in Rs.)	No.of Posts
1	Under Secretary / Equivalent	15600-39100	6600	4
2	Sr.Systems Analyst (Computer)	15600-39100	6600	1
3	Desk Officer / Section Officers/Equivalent	9300-34800 9300-34800	5400 4800	3
4	Assistant / Equivalent	9300-34800	4600	1
5	PS/PPS/Sr.PPS	9300-34800 15600-39100 15600-39100	4800 6600 7600	6
6	PA/Stenographer	9300-34800 5200-20200	4600 2400	5
7	Cashier / UDC	5200-20200	2400	1
8	Driver	5200-20200	1900	3
9	Multi Tasking Staff	5200-20200	1800	3

4. Keeping in view the above, Department of Personnel and Training may kindly take urgent action to circulate the above vacancies to all the Ministries/Departments (including Railways) to be filled on deputation basis.

With regards,

Yours Sincerely,

Kumar Sarkar,

IAS Personnel and Training,

Source-http://finmin.nic.in/7CPC/vacancy7CPC03042014.pdf

Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination, 2013 – Declaration of Written Result

 Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination, 2013 – Declaration of Written Result


Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

04-April-2014 15:47 IST

Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination, 2013 – Declaration of Written Result

On the basis of the results of the written part of the CAPF (ACs) Examination, 2013 held by UPSC on October 20, 2013, the candidates with the under-mentioned Roll Numbers have qualified for Physical standards Test/ Physical Efficiency Test and Medical Standards Test.  The candidature of all the candidates whose Roll Numbers are shown in the list is Provisional, subject to their being found eligible in all respects. The candidates will be required to produce the original certificates in support of their claims pertaining to age, educational qualifications, community etc. at the time of the Personality Test.  They are, therefore, advised to keep the said prescribed certificates ready.

The Central Reserve Police Force (Nodal Authority nominated by Ministry of Home Affairs) will intimate to the candidates about the date, time & venue of the Physical Standards Test/ Physical Efficiency Test (PET) & Medical Standards Test, to be conducted by them.  In case, any candidate does not receive the call letter for Physical Standards Test/ Physical Efficiency Test (PET) & Medical Standards Test (MST) by the May 20, 2014, he/she may contact the DIG (Recruitment)/Dy. Commandant (Recruitments).  Central Reserve Police Force on Telephone No. 011–24364884 Extn. 317, 226, 224 or e.mail  i.d. – digrect.crpf@mail.nic.in.

The candidates who have been declared qualified in the written examination are required to get themselves registered and fill up the Detailed Application Form on-line through the Commission’s Website http://www.upsc.gov.in. Online Detailed Application Form will be available on the Commission’s website from April 11, 2014.  A hard copy of the On-line filled Detailed Application Form, along-with relevant documents like proof of date of birth, educational qualification, caste, Civilian Central Govt. Service employee, resident of J&K etc. is to be submitted by the candidates to the CRPF authorities at the time of conduct of their PST/PET/MST who, in turn, would forward to the Commission, applications, along-with supporting documents & certificates, of those candidates who have either been declared medically fit or their appeal for Review Medical Test have been accepted by the Appellate Authority in the CRPF. The Commission would summon only those candidates for interview who, after clearing the PST and PET, have been declared “FIT” in the Medical Standards Test.

Candidates are advised to intimate change in their address, if any, to the CRPF Authorities, Block No. 1, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 and UPSC through letter or FAX immediately, to facilitate delivery of communications to them promptly.

The marks-sheets of all candidates will be put on the Commission’s Website within 15 days from the date of publication of the final result (after conducting Personality Test) and shall remain available there for a period of 60 days.

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Source: PIB News

Exit guidelines under National Pension System – Option for Complete withdrawal of accumulated pension wealth by subscriber

Exit guidelines under National Pension System – Option for Complete withdrawal of accumulated pension wealth by subscriber

PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

2nd April, 2014

PFRDA/2013/17 /PDEX/10

Subject: Exit guidelines under National Pension System – Option for Complete withdrawal of accumulated pension wealth by subscriber

In partial modification to circular no. PFRDA/2013/17 /PDEX/10 issued on 23rd October, the ‘request form’ is being replaced with ‘request cum undertaking’ form, as attached along with.


The subscribers wishing to exercise this option shall have to fill the attached ‘request cum undertaking form’ along with the NPS Withdrawal form while submitting the same to their DDO/PAO/DTO/POP. The subscribers who have sent the requests earlier also need to send a fresh request on the amended form for processing of their claims.

Sd/
Venkateswarlu Peri
General Manager

REQUEST CUM UNDER TAKING FORM FOR WITHDRAWAL OF TOTAL PENSION WEALTH UPON SUPERANNUATION / UPON ATTAINMENT OF 60 YEARS OF AGE AND WHERE THE TOTAL PENSION WEALTH IS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN RS. 200, 000/-

I, …………………………………………….S/D/W/O……………………………………, aged about ……….years, residingat……………………………………………………………………, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:

1. That I am a subscriber of National Pension System, holding PRAN ………………..

2. That since the total amount receivable by me as the benefit receivable upon exit from NPS is Rs. …………………., which is less than/equal to the limit of Rs. 2,00,000/-, I understand that I am eligible to opt for withdrawal of the total pension wealth under NPS rules/guidelines, Basing on the above, I hereby opt to withdraw my complete pension wealth lying to my credit in my aforesaid PRAN account being the full and final benefits receivable by me.

I also understand that with the aforesaid withdrawal, I or my family members shall not be entitled to receive any other or further benefits under the National Pension System (NPS) including the benefits as provided under Government of India notification dt. 22nd Dec, 2003.

Date:
Place:

Signature of the Subscriber

Attested by:
Signature of the PAO/DDO/DTO/POP : …………………………………………………
Name of the designated Official: ……………………………………………………………
PAO/DDO/DTO/POP Registration Number …………………………………………..
Rubber Stamp of the
PAO/DDO/DTO/POP …………………………………………………………………………

Source: PFRDA
[http://www.pfrda.org.in/writereaddata/linkimages/ModifiedCircular2.pdf]

7th CPC requires Central Staff on Deputation Basis

7th CPC requires Central Staff on Deputation Basis

Vacancy Circular for 7th CPC office

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
SEVENTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION
NEW DELHI - 110001

Meena Agarwal
Secretary

Camp Office : Room No.169-B,
North Block, New Delhi

D.O No. 7CPC/2/Staff

27th March,  2014

Dear Shri Sarkar,

Government of India has notified constitution of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) vide Gazette notification No.1/1/2013-E.III(A) dated 28th February, 2014. You may also be kindly aware that Seventh CPC is mandated to submit its report to the Government within 18 months of its constitution. Further the Commission has been mandated to appoint such Advisors, Institutional Consultants and Experts as deemed necessary for any particular purpose.

2. Temporary posts have been created by Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure for a period of 18 months from the date of constitution of the Commission or till closure of the Commission whichever is earlier. In addition to the pay scales, the posts will carry all other usual allowances as admissible in terms of orders and instructions in force on the subject as issued by the Government of India from time to time. These posts have to be filled up only on deputation basis.

3. It is intended to fill up the following vacancies on deputation basis by calling for applications from suitable, interested persons from various Ministries/Departments. Selected Officers shall either be given Deputation Allowances as per the existing rules or in deserving cases (wherever eligible) given one higher grade.

S.No.	Post	Pay Band (in Rs.)	Grade Pay (in Rs.)	No.of Posts
1	Under Secretary / Equivalent	15600-39100	6600	4
2	Sr.Systems Analyst (Computer)	15600-39100	6600	1
3	Desk Officer / Section Officers/Equivalent	9300-34800 9300-34800	5400 4800	3
4	Assistant / Equivalent	9300-34800	4600	1
5	PS/PPS/Sr.PPS	9300-34800 15600-39100 15600-39100	4800 6600 7600	6
6	PA/Stenographer	9300-34800 5200-20200	4600 2400	5
7	Cashier / UDC	5200-20200	2400	1
8	Driver	5200-20200	1900	3
9	Multi Tasking Staff	5200-20200	1800	3

4. Keeping in view the above, Department of Personnel and Training may kindly take urgent action to circulate the above vacancies to all the Ministries/Departments (including Railways) to be filled on deputation basis.

with regards,
Yours Sincerely,
sd/-

(Meena Agarwal)

Shri.Syamal Kumar Sarkar, IAS
Secretary,
Department of Personnel and Training
North Block
New Delhi

Source: www.finmin.nic.in
[http://finmin.nic.in/7CPC/vacancy7CPC03042014.pdf]

Expected IDA may decrease From April 2014 for CPSU Employees by 2.1%

Expected IDA may decrease From April 2014 for CPSU Employees by 2.1%

The Expected IDA w.e.f. 01-April-2014 may decrease depends upon the decreased Average All India Consumer Price Index Number (Industrial Worker) of the months December-2013, January-2014 & February-2014.

The AICPINs of the month December-2013, January-2014 & February-2014 have been declared at the end of the month January-2014, February-2014 & March-2014 respectively. The AICPINs of Dec’13, Jan’14 & Feb’14 are 239, 237 & 238 respectively, due to decreasing trend of AICPINs the avg. AICPIN has been decreased by 2.67 points w.r.t. avg AICPIN of previous quarter, consequently the IDA wef 01-Apr-14 is decreased by 2.1%. Therefore the final IDA will be 88.4%.

The AICPIN for Dec’13 – 239
The AICPIN for Jan’14 – 237
The AICPIN for Feb’14 – 238
The Average AICPIN – 238

Top 10 Projections:

S.No.	Expected CPI of Feb’14	Avg. CPI Projected	Projected IDA(%)	Projected IDA Increase(%)
1	235	237.00	87.6	-2.9
2	236	237.33	87.9	-2.6
3	237	237.67	88.1	-2.4
4	238	238.00	88.4	-2.1
5	239	238.33	88.7	-1.8
6	240	238.67	88.9	-1.6
7	241	239.00	89.2	-1.3
8	242	239.33	89.5	-1.0
9	243	239.67	89.7	-0.8
10	244	240.00	90.0	-0.5

Source: http://idapsu.blogspot.in
[http://idapsu.blogspot.in/2014/01/expected-ida-increase-from-april-2014.html]

Ministry of Railways have decided to constitute a committee for evolving a new formula for Productivity Linked Bonus(PLB) on Indian Railways.

Ministry of Railways have decided to constitute a committee for evolving a new formula for Productivity Linked Bonus(PLB) on Indian Railways.  

Government of India
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board

No.ERB-I/2014/23/15

New Delhi, dated 21.3.2014

ORDER

Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) have decided to constitute a Committee for evolving a new formula for Productivity Linked Bonus on Indian Railways. The Committee will consist of the following :-

i) Additional Member (Staff), Railway Board - Convener
ii) Additional Member (Budget), Railway Board - Member
iii) Additional Member (Civil Engineering), Railway Board - Member
iv) Additional Member (Mechanical Engineering), Railway Board - Member
v) Additional Member (Commercial), Railway Board - Member

2. The Terms of reference of the Committee will be as under :
"To evolve a new formula for calculation of number of Productivity Linked Bonus days keeping in view the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission and the views of the Ministry of Finance."

3. The Headquarter of the Committee will be at New Delhi.

4. The Committee shall submit its report within a period of four months from the date of its Constitution.

5. The Convener and Members of the Committee will be eligible to draw TA/DA, as per extant rules.

sd/-
(J.M.S. Rawat)
Deputy Secretary (Estt)
Railway Board

Source Document : http://www.nfirindia.org/

CGDA Order – Provision of Brief Case/Hand Bag for official use-regarding – to Staff drawing Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- and above

Provision of Brief Case/Hand Bag for official use-regarding – to Staff drawing Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- and above.

Controller General of Defence Accounts,
Ulan Balar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt-110010

AN/XIV/14114/III/JCM/Vol-IX

Dated : 31.03.2014

To
All PCsDA/CsDA (Through CGDA Mail Server)
PC of A(Fys) Kotkata

IFAs [except PCDA(WC) Chandigarh, PCDA(BR) Dethi Cantt. CDA(AF) New Delhi,
PCDA(R&D) New Delhi, CDA Secunderabad, CDA Patna, NADFM Pune, CDA Guwahati,
IFA(ICG), CDA Chennai, PCDA(O) Pune]

Subject : Provision of Brief Case/Hand Bag for official use-regarding – to Staff drawing Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- and above.

HQrs vide Letter of even no dated 9/12/2013 had called for the information regarding number of individuals coming under the category of “Non Gazetted” drawing Grade Pay of Rs.4600 and above for consideration of extension of benefit of brief cases/hand bags to Non Gazetted staff also drawing Grade Pay of Rs 4600 and above. The matter is one of the Agenda points to be discussed in JCM Meeting.

2. However, even after subsequent reminders on 15/01/2014 and 10/02/2014, requisite information has not been furnished by some Controllers which has been viewed very seriously. A copy of all previous references are again being forwarded for necessary action.

3. It is requested to expedite the same by return fax Latest by 4.04.2014 for consolidational HQrs. alongwith the reasons for the delay.

Please accord “TOP PRIORITY”.

sd/-
(R.K.Rai)
Dy.CGDA(AN)

Source: http://www.cgda.nic.in/
[http://www.cgda.nic.in/adm/Briefcase%2001042014.pdf]