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June 25, 2019, 3:11 am
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 142
ANSWERED ON: 21.06.2019

CGHS and RSBY

Rajiv Pratap Rudy
Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) has been effective in reducing the burden of out-ofpocket spending of poor households;

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

(c) the total number of beneficiaries under CGHS and RSBY during the last four years, year-wise and State-wise; and

(d) the total funds allocated under the CGHS and RSBY to the beneficiaries in the country, State/UT-wise particularly in Bihar?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) & (b): Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) is a contributory scheme primarily of Central Government Employees and Pensioners. CGHS subscribers are provided health facilities including OPD, medicines, reimbursement of expenditure incurred on hospitalization etc. On the other hand, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), which has now been subsumed in Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY, provided hospitalization cover of upto Rs. 30,000/- per Annum (on family floater basis) to upto 5 members of BPL and 11 other categories of unorganized workers’ families. No assessment to measure reduction in out of pocket spending of poor households by RSBY has been done by the Government. 

(c): The number of CGHS beneficiaries during last four years is at Annexure-I. The total number of enrolled families under RSBY during the last four years year- wise and State-wise is at Annexure-II.

(d): Details of Funds allocated to CGHS Cities including CGHS, Patna, are at Annexure-III. There is no beneficiary wise allocation of Funds under RSBY by the Central Government. The details of funds released under RSBY State/ UT wise is at Annexure IV. No amount was released to Bihar during last four years.


Annexure-I  
  
City NameAs on 31-03-2016As on 31-03-2017As on 31-03-2018As on 31-03-2019
AGARTALA464918304367
AHMEDABAD & GANDHINAGAR 42151 47418 53188 60101
AIZAWAL252649572
AMBALA22210
BENGALURU101319106342111942119140
BERHAMPUR2224
BHOPAL11503132391481016351
BHUBANESHWAR15895173591922921966
CHANDIGARH24896275883037533556
CHENNAI94193100424108371115461
CUTTACK293335306
DEHRADUN17870217672477129618
DELHI AND NCR1349104145596915547861665908
GANGTOK171941163
GAYA0022
GOA44547923152
GUNTUR22238
GUWAHATI36812402084376249483
HYDERABAD157044167698177570187989
IMPHAL68828152385
INDORE893142618172481
JABALPUR74262789568286986467
JAIPUR43364481205263257908
JALANDHAR25283448
JALPAIGURI00012
JAMMU1442202030405889
KANPUR70331756087973684377
KOLKATA123256133265144197155017
LUCKNOW55232596276426670093
MEERUT35331373343952742090
MORADABAD3333
MUMBAI139473150389167429184138
NAGPUR70487736737653579432
NELLORE161618134
PATNA35164378824114044955
PONDICHERRY154117316342026
PRAYAGRAJ51441539475644359305
PUNE96957103550109327115826
RAIPUR1751946791037
RAJAHMUNDRY14141515
RANCHI12349136881508216779
SHILLONG12340143271696419760
SHIMLA387165020862948
SILIGURI00023
TIRUNELVELI881010
TRICHY331377420472
TRIVANDRUM32248346873725639662
VADODARA00133
VARANASI6490122366
VIJYAWADA242628123
VISAKHAPATNAM338964371347717205
TOTAL2710182292679631491613399206


Annexure II   
RSBY Schem e: Statewise Status for the last four years
S.No.State
No. of Enrolled Families
Year2015-162016-172017-182018-19
1Assam142110414211041421104*
2Bihar689914470284097028409*
3Chhattisgarh3442749414622741462274146227
4Gujarat1876628269149726914972691497
5Haryana437850***
6Himachal Pradesh480588480588480588480588
7Jharkhand1682894***
8Karnataka6731881620662062066206206620
9Kerala2021572206095320444172044417
10Manipur70925709257092570925
11Meghalaya256138256138130516130516
12Mizoram152983194886194886194886
13Nagaland*255314233328233328
14Orissa4462959446295944629594462959
15Punjab232352***
16Rajasthan2769097***
17Tripura492022481331481331481331
18Uttar Pradesh285229***
19Uttarakhand1464242285229**
20West Bengal6150716629044662904466290446
Grand Total41331073363326263588325327433740
 * States not implementing RSBY during the period. 

Annexure III
     
Funds Allocated to CGHS Cities for the year 2019-20
  CGHS City  STATE( Rs. in Thousand)
1AHEMDABADGUJARAT630994
 2 ALLAHABAD UTTAR PRADESH 585699
3BANGALOREKARNATAKA1340889
 4 BHOPAL MADHYA PRADESH 229998
5BHUBANESWARORRISA269871
6CHANDIGARHCHANDIGARH419711
7CHENNAITAMIL NADU1365202
8DEHRADUNUTTRAKHAND424642
9GUWAHATIASSAM251698
 10 HYDERABADTELANGNA & ANDHRA PRADESH 1749372
 11 JABALPUR MADHYA PRADESH 699188
12JAIPURRAJASTHAN955593
13KANPURUTTAR PRADESH845071
14KOLKATAWEST BENGAL2100954
 15 LUCKNOW UTTAR PRADESH 924927
 16 MEERUT UTTAR PRADESH 645765
17MUMBAIMAHARASHTRA1808931
18NAGPURMAHARASHTRA985104
19PATNABIHAR479401
20PUNEMAHARASHTRA1105580
21RANCHIJHARKHAND157935
22SHILLONGMEGHALAYA90851
23THIRUVANTHAPURAMKERALA528490
24Delhi & NCRDelhi18174458

  Annexure-IV
   
RSBY Scheme: Statewise fund release Status for the last four years
Amount released in Financial Year (Rs. In Crore)
Sr. No.Name of State2015-162016-172017-182018-19
1Assam23.2454.720.000.00
2Chhattisgarh88.77114.09171.380.00
3Gujarat74.2422.3415.0731.55
4Haryana4.670.600.000.00
5Himachal Pradesh13.9012.306.150.00
6Karnataka94.9945.897.3921.93
7Kerala112.3773.2977.5386.90
8Madhya Pradesh1.000.000.000.00
9Manipur1.172.200.000.00
10Meghalaya4.104.100.0011.08
11Mizoram9.4314.1312.965.48
12Nagaland0.000.004.870.00
13Odisha59.5531.7055.7555.76
14Puducherry0.170.000.000.00
15Punjab2.800.000.000.00
16Rajasthan53.570.000.000.00
17Tripura15.6410.830.040.00
18Uttar Pradesh11.910.000.000.00
19Uttarakhand10.200.009.150.00
20West Bengal93.3850.4795.019.73
Grand Total675.10436.66455.30222.42
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Shortage of Doctors in the CGHS Dispensaries, details of engagement of retired doctors

June 25, 2019, 3:12 am
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 116
ANSWERED ON: 21.06.2019

Shortage of Doctors in the CGHS Dispensaries

Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara
Will the Minister of
HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:-

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is an acute shortage of doctors in the CGHS dispensaries across the country;

(b) if so, whether the Government has appointed retired doctors in the CGHS dispensaries, if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government intends to appoint new doctors in the said dispensaries; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along with number of vacancies reserved for SCs/STs and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) & (b): Yes, there is a shortage of Central Health Services (CHS) doctors in CGHS Dispensaries. For due patient care, retired doctors are engaged on contract basis against vacant posts of regular doctors as an interim measure. Presently, a total of 204 doctors have been engaged on contract basis in various CGHS dispensaries all over India. 
(c) & (d): Government makes efforts on a continuous basis to fill up the vacant posts of doctors in CGHS dispensaries. For this purpose, requisition is sent to the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment of General Duty Medical Officers (GDMOs) through the Combined Medical Services Examination. The Reservation Roster for GDMO Sub-cadre of the CHS is maintained as per the reservation policy of the Government.

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DoPT Order: Minutes of the 47th Meeting of National Council (JCM) held on 13th April, 2019.

June 25, 2019, 3:14 am
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No.3/1/2019-JCA
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
Establishment (JCA) Section

North Block, New Delhi - 110 001
Dated: 13th June, 2019

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Minutes of the 47th Meeting of National Council (JCM) held on 13th April, 2019.

The undersigned is directed to forward a copy of the minutes of the 47th Meeting of the National Council (JCM) held on 13th April, 2019 in Conference Hall, Rail Bhavan, New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary for information and necessary action.

Encl.: As above

(Juglal Singh) 
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India
Tel: 2309 2338

MINUTES OF THE 47th MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE JOINT CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY(JCM) HELD ON 13th APRIL, 2019.

The 47th Meeting of the National Council (JCM) was held on 13th April, 2019 under the Chairmanship of Shri P. K. Sinha, Cabinet Secretary, at Rail Bhawan, New Delhi. A list of the representatives of Staff Side and Official Side who participated in the meeting is annexed.

2. At the outset, Secretary (Personnel) welcomed Cabinet Secretary and Chairman, National Council (JCM), the Leader of the Staff Side, the Secretary of the Staff Side, the Senior Officers from-different Ministries/Departments-and Members of-the Staff Side.

3. Thereafter, Cabinet Secretary and Chairman, National Council (JCM) extended a hearty welcome to the representatives of the Staff Side as well as the Official Side. He stated that there has been a long gap between the 46th and 47th meeting of the National Council. However, four meetings of the Standing Committee were held during the last four years. He thanked the Staff side for their cooperation for successful and smooth implementation of recommendations of the 7th CPC and further stated that Government of India have taken several new initiatives, such as maintaining 10% employees' contribution and increasing Government contribution from 10% to 14% in the New Pension Scheme(NPS), promotion of more than 4000 Central Secretariat Officers viz. Deputy Secretaries, Under Secretaries and Section Officers, increasing the duration of admissible maternity leave upto 6 months, employee friendly modifications to the CGHS and abolition of the interview for recruitment to Group 'B' and Group 'C' posts. He further observed that some of the agenda items of the 47th meeting are too old and may have thus lost relevance. He also stated that Staff Side should come up with new ideas for the welfare of the employees, and that National Council and the Standing Committee meetings must be held regularly in future. Chairman also emphasized on the need for all Departmental Council meetings to be held on a regular basis to remove the gap between the two sides as also to identify the issues which require further consideration, and desired that all Secretaries of the concerned Ministries/Departments should ensure regular meetings of the Departmental Councils.
4. Leader of the Staff Side thanked the Chairman for highlighting important initiatives of the Government and for the assurance to continue sustained dialogue through JCM. He highlighted following issues for consideration:-

Para 4.1 to 4.16 and 5 to 5.21
7th CPC Fitment Formula, Option beyond 25.07.2016, MACP Benchmark, Withdrawal of NPS etc: Issues highlighted in 47th NC JCM Meeting

6. Thereafter, the 36 agenda items for meeting of the 47th National Council and Action Taken Statement on 9 agenda items of the 46th meeting of the National Council, JCM held in 2010, were taken up for discussion department-wise, which are summarized below:-

6.1 M/o Health and Family Welfare
6.1.1 Item No.04/10/NC-46 - Grant of Fixed Medical Allowance (FMA) in lieu of outdoor treatment facilities 


6.1.2 Item no.13/19/NC-47 - Reimbursement of expenses on indoor treatment to pensioners living in non-CGHS towns

6.1.3 Item No. 16/19/NC-47 - Grant of Medical Advance to the Central Govt. employees.

6.1.4 Item No. 17/19/NC-47 - Reimbursement of additional charges paid on account of overstay in the hospitals.

6.1.5 Item No. 18/19/NC-47 - Reimbursement of Oxygen charges.

6.1.6 Item No. 27/19/NC-47 - Hospital Patient Care Allowance for C.G. employees working in hospitals.

6.1.7 Item No. 34/19/NC-47 - Fixing of CGHS rates applicable to the treatment and diagnostic procedure.

6.1.8 In conclusion of items of M/O H&W, Chairman observed that there were many demands for rationalization of the CGHS Scheme. He stated that besides the agenda items, there may be other issues as well which may require to be looked into by the Government. He suggested that the Staff Side may send all the points considered necessary for resolution to Secretary, MoHFW, who may take a meeting in a month's time.

6.2 M/o Defence
6.2.1 Item No. 18/10/NC-46 - Casual labourers (Grant of temporary status & regularization) Scheme -Non implementation of

6.2.2 Item No. 19/10/NC-46Restricted Holidays for the employees working in the industrial establishments.

6.2.3 Item no. 20/10/NC-46 - Applicability of CCS(RSA) Rules to the workers employed in Defence establishments

6.2.4 Item No. 30/19/47-NC - Consultation with UPSC under rule 9 of CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972 with regard to retired Defence Civilian employees

6.2.5 Item No. 32/19/NC-47 - Revision of Fixed Medical Allowance (FMA) to the Defence Civilian employees posted in remote/border areas.

6.2.6 Item no. 33/19/NC-47 -Revision of Risk Allowance to the Defence Civilian employees

6.3 D/o Expenditure, M/o Finance
6.3.1 Item No. 8/10/NC-46 - Sanction of Incentive Allowance to Central Government Employees working in Extremists Infested Areas.

6.3.2 Item No.9/10/NC-46 - Declaration of Gandhinagar as Link-City of Ahmedabad.

6.3.3 Item No. 10/10/NC-46 - Upgradation of Jamnagar as B-2 Town with effect from 14.2.2006.

6.3.4 Item No. 11/10/NC-46 - A-l Status to Bangalore City

6.3.5 Item No.3/19/NC-47 - Benefit of proviso to rule 10 CCS(RP) Rules, 2008

6.3.6 Item No. 11/19/NC-47 - Insisting on non-availability certificate from the Estate officer.

6.3.7 Item No. 28/19/NC-47 - Moped Advance.

6.3.8 Item No.35/19/NC-47- Revision in the amount of advance given to the family of a Government Servant who dies while in Service.


6.4 DoPT

6.4.l Item No.16/10/NC-46 - Relaxation of Upper Age Limit for Departmental Candidates for Appointment to Group C Posts


6.4.2. Item No. 1/19/NC-47 - Stoppage of Direct Recruitment in Group-D Posts in Central Govt. Offices.

6.4.3  Item No.2/19/NC-47 - Arbitration Awards.

6.4.4 Item No. 4/19/NC-47 - JCM Coverage.

6.4.5 Item No.6/19/NC-47: Washing Allowance

6.4.6 Item No. 12119/NC-47 - Stepping up of pay of Seniors with that of juniors under ACP and MACP.

6.4.7 Item No. 14/19/NC-47 - Increase in Residency Period for future Promotion.

6.4.8 Item No. 15/19/NC-47 - Fixation of Pay in case of employees who seek transfer to a lower post under FR-15(a).

6.4.9 Item No. 19/19/NC-47 - LTC for Dependent parents to visit their son at his duty station and to go back to native place.

6.4.10 Item No. 20/19/NC-47 - Revised Scheme of Compassionate Appointment.


6.4.11 Item No.22/19/NC-47 - Creation of NFSG grade in cadre of UDC/Stenographers in all offices outside Secretariat.


6.4.12. Item No.23/19/NC-47 -Hostel Subsidy.


6.4.13 Item No.26/19/NC-47 -Revision in rates of Sewing Charges of Uniform.

6.4.14 Item No.29/19/NC-47 - Revision of Sports increment

6.4.15 Item No.31/19/NC-47 - Litigation cases on service matters.

6.4.16 Item No. 8/19/NC-47 - Granting temporary status to all eligible casual laborers.


6.5 D/o Pension & Pensioners Welfare & D/o Financial Services:
6.5.1 Item No. 5/19/NC-47 - GPF for those who have been recruited on or after 1.1.2004.

6.5.2 Item No. 21/19/NC-47 - Eligibility of Unmarried/ divorced/ widowed and dependent real sister of Govt. servant/pensioners for Family Pension. 

6.5.3 Item No. 24/19/NC-47-Extension of constant attendant allowance to totally visually handicapped pensioners who retired under CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972.

6.5.4 Item No.25/19/NC-47 - Arbitrary orders denying revision of pension and family pension in favour of the pensioners who were receipt of compulsory retirement pension and compassionate allowance under Rule 40 and 41 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972.


6.6 CBDT/Department of Revenue


6.6.1 Item No. 7/19/NC-47 - Exempt transport/running allowance from income-tax.


6.6.2 Item no. 10/19/NC-47 - Exempt the island special duty allowance, special duty allowance granted to employees in the north eastern region from the purview of income tax.

6.6.3 Item No. 36/19/NC-47 - Exemption from payment of income tax to Pensioners who have attained age of 80 years or more.

6.6.4 Item no. 9/19/NC-47 - Denial of Parity in scales of pay to the workshop staff of Railway/Defence and Postal Department.

7. After detailed discussions on the agenda, the following important points were raised by Staff Side member of MoD:-

i) MoD has taken a decision to declare 289 items being manufactured in the Ordinance Factories as non-Core and to outsource the same, thereby affecting drastically the workload of Ordinance Factories. Moreover, MoD has decided to close down many Defence Establishments, rendering more than 31,000 employees surplus. These decisions are taken without any discussion with the Staff Side, in spite of the fact that there is a clear direction from the Cabinet Secretary that before taking such decisions, the views of Staff Side should be kept in mind.

ii) During the strike negotiations with recognized Federations, Department of Defence Production has agreed to consider the demand of Staff Side to allot salary expenditure separately to the Ordinance Factories and to de-link the same from the cost of OFB products. The issue is still remaining unsettled and Staff Side requested to settle the matter at the earliest.

Thereafter the following points were noted and summarized:


i) Regular meeting of the National Council, Standing Committee as well as Departmental Councils of the JCM may be held in order to have speedy resolution of issues concerning the employees.

ii) On the persistent demand raised by the Staff Side concerning unavailability of latest instructions/circulars issued by various Departments to the Staff Side, it was directed by the Chairman that steps should be taken by the Departments to ensure that copies of the latest OMs/Circulars are made available to the Staff Side on e-mail as well as by other means.
iii) The Chairman also directed the Official Side to ensure that all matters which require further examination as discussed in today's meeting should be taken up for resolution.
iv) The Chairman directed the official side to look into employee-specific grievances likely to arise due to implementation of decision of the Government to restructure the Printing and Stationery Department and Central Public Works Department.

8. This was followed by a briefing given by Shri Ajay Kumar, Secretary, Department of Defence Production about the work being done, including the important initiatives being taken, by the Ordnance Factory Board. He mentioned the efforts being undertaken to modernize the Board. It was also informed that a meeting of the Departmental Council would be held to discuss the issues of the Ordnance Factory Board with the Staff Side.

9. The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks given by Smt. S1tjata Chaturvedi, Additional Secretary (Estt.), DoPT

LIST OF MEMBERS OF OFFICIAL SIDE/STAFF SIDE WHO ATTENDED THE 47TH MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL (JCM) HELD ON 13TH APRIL, 2019 UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF SHRI P. K. SINH CABINET SECRETARY
S. NOOFFICIAL SIDESTAFF SIDE
1.Shri C. Chandramouli SecretaryD/ o Personnel and TrainingShri M. Raghavaiah Leader
2.Shri S. N. Agrawal Member, Staff       - Railway BoardShri Shiva Gopal Mishra, Secretary
3.Shri Girish C. Murmu Secretary (Expenditure) M/o FinanceShri Rakhal Das Gupta Member
4.Shri K.V. Eapen Secretary (Pension)Shri N. Kannaiah Member
5.Dr. Ajay KumarSecretary (Defence Production)D/ o Defence ProductionShri K.L Gupta Member
6.Shri Rajeev KumarSecretary (Financial Services) D/ o Financial ServicesCh. Sankara Rao Member
7.Ms. Preeti Sudan Secretary(M/ o Health & FW)Shri Venu P. Nair Member
8.Shri Saurabh Kumar Chairman (Ordinance Factory Board)M / o DefenceShri. S.K. Bandhopadhyaya Member
9.Shri Vivek JoshiRegistrar General of India M/o Home AffairsShri R.D. Yadav Member
10.Shri S. Dashora DDG(SR&Legal) D/ o PostShri Mukesh Galav Member
11.Shri P. K. Bisoi Member Personal (D/ o Post)Shri Mukesh Mathur Member
12.Ms. Sujata Chaturvedi Additional Secretary (Estt.) D/ o Personnel & Training . .Shri Gautam Mukherjee Member  ..
13.Ms. Anuradha Prasad Additional Secretary (Ministry of Labour & Employment)Shri J R Bhosle Member
14.Ms. A. G. MathewAdditional Secretary(Personal) D/ o ExpenditureShri Guman Singh Member
15.Shri Sanjeeva Kumar Additional Secretary (M/ o Health & FW)Shri R. P. Bhatnagar Member
16. Shri Amarirleep Garg   - -Joint Secretary (Cabinet Secretariat)Shri K. S; Murty,Member
17.Shri Ritvik Ranjanam Pandey Joint Secretary(D/ o Revenue)Shri Binod Sharma Member
18.Shri N. Subbarayan Joint Secretary (E)M/ o DefenceShri B.C. Sharma Member
19.Shri Ashok Chakyon OSD(P)M/ o DefenceShri P.S. Suryaprakasam Member
20.Shri S.N. Mathur Joint SecretaryD/ o Pension & PWShri R.P. Singh Member
21.Ms. Smriti Sharn DDG(Establishment) (D/ o Post)Shri Ashok Sharma Member
22.Ms. Manju Pandey Joint SecretaryM/o Environment Forest &Climate ChangeShri V. Bhattacharje Member
23.Shri Gyanendra Dev TripathiJoint Secretary (Estt.)D/ o Personnel & TrainingShri K K N KuttyMember
24.Shri Sanjay Kumar Joint Secretary(M/ o Housing & UA)Shri M. S. Raja Member
25.Shri Shantanu Joint SecretaryD/ o Defence ProductionShri R. Srinivasan Member
26.Ms. Jayanthi. G Joint SecretaryD/ o Personnel & TrainingShri C. Srikumar Member·
27.Shri V. M. Rao DDG(Coordination) OFS& DOM/ o DefenceShri Ravindra S. R.eddy Member
28.Dr. D. C. Joshi Advisor (CGHS)(M/ o Health & FW)Shri Rajinder Singh Member
29.Shri Alok Kumar EDE (IR)M/ o RailwaysShri Sadhu Singh Member
30. .Shri Harjit Singh DirectorD/ o Pension & PWShri Tapas BoseMember
31.Shri Juglal Singh Deputy SecretaryD/ o Personnel & TrainingShri K. Balakrishanan Member
32.Shri Ashok Kumar Jain Deputy Secretary (Pay)D/o Personnel & TrainingShri R. N. Parashar Member .
33.Shri Sandeep Saxena Under Secretary (L&A)D/o Personnel & TrainingShri D. Kishen Rao Member
34.Shri V S Venkatanathan Asstt. C&AG0/ o C&AG
35.Shri S. N. JhaUnder Secretary (Estt.)D/ o Personnel & Training-

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Revision of pension and family pension in favour of the pensioners who were receipt of compulsory retirement pension and compassionate allowance: Agenda Item 47th NC(JCM) Meeting

June 25, 2019, 3:16 am
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Revision of pension and family pension in favour of the pensioners who were receipt of compulsory retirement pension and compassionate allowance: Agenda Item 47th NC(JCM) Meeting
[Part of the Minutes of the 47th Meeting of National Council (JCM) held on 13th April, 2019 issued by DoPT vide OM No. 3/1/2019-JCA dated 13.06.2019]

6.5 D/o Pension & Pensioners Welfare & D/o Financial Services:
6.5.4 Item No.25/19/NC-47 - Arbitrary orders denying revision of pension and family pension in favour of the pensioners who were receipt of compulsory retirement pension and compassionate allowance under Rule 40 and 41 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972. 

Staff Side stated that in terms of rule 40 & 41 of Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, compulsory retirement pension and compassionate allowance are sanctioned and are revised at par with other pension. DoP&PW O.M. No. 38/37/08 - P&PW(A) dated 03.10.2008 has stated that there should not be any revision on the Compulsory Retirement Pension and Compassionate Allowance. Tills order will adversely affect the living standard of such retired employees.
Staff Side said that the order of the DOPT cited in the agenda amounts to imposition of further penalty on a person who has already been punished once. This apart, they said that in all the past revision of pensions effected by the successive Pay Commissions, such revisions had been granted to those compulsorily retired personnel. They added that it was for the Government to take a view in the matter whether the compulsorily retired personnel must be given the benefit of minimum pension revision or not.

Reply of the Official Side :

As per the orders issued after 5th and the 6th CPC, the pension of past pensioners was revised by consolidating the pre-revised pension, dearness pension, dearness relief, interim relief and fitment benefit. These orders further provided an alternate method according to which the revised pension will not be less than 50% of the minimum pay in the revised pay-scale.

Sanctity of the penalty of reduced pension in such cases would be lost if the benefit of modified parity was also extended to the pensioners drawing compulsory retirement pension/ compassionate allowance.
Hon'ble Kerala High Court, in its order dated 31.07 .2015 in OP(CAT) No. 108/2016, directed to grant pension based on the minimum pay in the revised pay- scale (modified parity). However, on the advice of the Department of Pensions, the Department of Posts filed SLP No. 6726/2017. After discussion on the issue, the Chairman asked the official side to re-look into the matter in the light of the submission of the Staff Side .
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Procedure for recording date of birth on entering Railway service and its alteration – Master Circular.

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The General Managers,
All Indian Railways,
Production Units.
(as per mailing list)
Sub: Procedure for recording date of birth on entering Railway service and its alteration – Master Circular.
At present the orders relating to the procedure for recording date of birth on entering Railway service and its alteration are scattered in a number of office circulars/ orders issued from time to time. Consolidated orders on the subject of “Procedure for recording date of birth on entering Railway service and its alteration” updated till 01.06.2019 is as follows:-
Declaration of date of birth at the time of appointment:
1. According to the existing provisions, every person appointed to a service/post under the Government shall at the time of his/her appointment, declare the date of birth and it shall be accepted by the appropriate authority on production of confirmatory/documentary evidence such as a Matriculation Certificate or a Municipal Certificate. If the person is not able to produce such an evidence, he/she should be asked to produce any other authenticated documentary evidence, which could be the school leaving certificate, a Baptismal Certificate in original or some other reliable document. However, horoscope should not be accepted as an evidence in support the date of birth. (Nos. E(NG)II/70/BR/1 dated 03/12/71, Rule 225-RI and E(G)84/FR1/1 dated 12/12/85).
2. When a candidate is not able to produce a confirmatory documentary evidence or any other authenticated proof to the satisfaction of the appointing authority, he/she should be asked to produce an affidavit in support of the declaration of his/her age.
3. In the case of literate staff, the date of birth shall be entered in the record of service in their own handwriting. In the case of illiterate staff, the declared date of birth shall be recorded by a senior railway servant and witnessed by another railway servant.
4. When the year or year and month of birth are known but not the exact date, the 1st July or 16th of that month, respectively shall be treated as the date of birth.
5. In the case of Group ‘D’ employees, care should be taken to see that the date of birth as declared on entering regular service is not different from declaration expressed or implied given earlier at the time of employment, if any, as a Casual Labourer or as a substitute.
6. A person who is not able to declare his/her age at the time of entry into Railway Service should not be appointed.
7. It should be ensured that the date of birth at the time of entry into service is recorded invariably in Christian Era and wherever possible in Saka Era also, both in words and figures.
8. The source/basis on which the date of birth has been recorded in the Service Records of the employees at the time of entering service may be recorded below the date of birth recorded.
II. Procedure in regard to alteration of date of birth:
1. The date of birth as recorded in accordance with the rules shall be held to be binding and no alteration of such date shall ordinarily be permitted subsequently. It shall, however, be open to the President in the case of Group `A’ & ‘B’ railway servants and a General Manager in the case of Group ‘C’ & `Cr railway servants to cause the date of birth to be altered.
(i) Where in his opinion, it had been falsely stated by the railway servant to obtain an advantage, otherwise inadmissible, provided that such alteration shall not result in the railway servant being retained in service longer than if the alteration had not been made, or
(ii) Where, in the case of illiterate staff, the General Manager is satisfied that a clerical error has occurred, or
(iii) Where a satisfactory explanation (which should not be entertained after completion of the probation period of three years service, whichever is earlier) of the circumstances in which the wrong date came to be entered is furnished by the railway servant concerned, together with the statement of any previous attempts made to have the record amended, (Rule 225-RI).
2. As a one – time exception to the time limits laid down in para-II.1 above, the Railway employees in service on 03/12/1971 were allowed to represent their cases for alteration in the recorded date of birth latest by 31/7/1973. After 31/7/1973, no request for alteration in the recorded date of birth can be entertained if it has not been submitted before completion of the probation period or three years’ service, whichever is earlier. (E(NG)11/70/BR1 dated 4/8/1972).
3. It is clarified that the above time limits will not apply in the case of illiterate Group ‘D’ staff.E(NG)II/78/BR/12 dated 25/10/78 and E(NG)1/86/BR/7 dated 19/10/86).
4. Regarding alteration in the recorded date of birth of Group ‘C’ & ‘D’ railway employees, General Managers may re-delegate their powers under Rule 225.RI to their PCPO’s. It is clarified that these powers do not include the power to relax the time limits and other conditions stipulated, in Para II.1 above. (E(NG)II/71/BR/4 dated 16/7/71 and E(NG)I/82/BR/10 dated 4/11/82)
5. Where the date of birth in the Matriculation Certificate has been corrected by the State Education Authority at the instances of or on direction from the Court of Law, the requests for alteration in the recorded date of birth’ may be considered provided that where the Court was moved by the employee before 31/7/1973, he had also made representations to the Railway Administrations before 31/7/1973. It is, however clarified that though the request of the employee could be entertained it need not necessarily be accepted. Relevant considerations like why the employee could not move a Court before 31/7/1973, whether the employee had derived any advantage by declaring the original date of birth, which he would not have got as per the revised certificate and also whether the date recorded was as per Matriculation Certificate or on some other basis, will have to be kept in view by the PCPO before deciding the case in the light of the extant instructions. The reasons for accepting or rejecting the request should be recorded.
(E(NG)I/85/BR/2 dated 07.05.1985)
(No.2018/Trans101/Policy dated 10.10.2018)
6. In the case of Railway Servants who had matriculated from the Calcutta and Patna Universities and whose dates of birth have been recorded as first day of the month on the basis of their ‘Matriculation Certificate indicating the age in terms of years and months only, the alteration in recorded date of birth in such cases may be made on production of satisfactory documentary evidence to support the fact that Calcutta/Patna University had been following, at the relevant time, the practice of indicating the age of a person in terms of years and months, as on 1st March excluding days and also an extract from the Birth Register indicating actual date of birth claimed by the employee. The power to decide such cases rests with the Principal Chief Personnel Officers. However, no change on the basis of these orders will be permissible in case of employees whose Matriculation Certificate also indicates the actual date of birth. [E(NG)III/75/BR/1 dated 3/1/1977] No.2018/Trans/01/Policy dated 10.10.2018).
III General:
(a) While referring to this Circular, the original letters referred to herein should be read for a proper appreciation. This Circular is only a consolidation to the instructions issued so far and should not be treated as a substitution to the originals. In case of doubt, the original circular should be relied upon as authority.
(b) The instructions contained in the original circulars referred to have only prospective effect from the date of issue unless specifically indicated otherwise in the concerned circular. For dealing with old cases, the instructions in force at the relevant time should be referred to, and
(c) If any circular on the subject, which has not been superseded, has not been taken into consideration while preparing this consolidated letter, the said circular, which has been missed through oversight should be treated as valid and operative. Such a missing circular, if any, may be brought to the notice of the Railway Board.
Please acknowledge receipt.
(D.Joseph)
Jt. Director, Estt.
Railway Board
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National Pension System (NPS): Increase in mandatory contribution by Central Government from 10% to 14%

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 366
ANSWERED ON: 24.06.2019
National Pension System

Raksha Nikhil Khadse
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government proposes to enhance the contribution which is presently at 10 percent to National Pension System (NPS) to make the retirement income scheme more attractive; 
(b) if so, whether the Government has notified this change; 

(c) if so, the details thereof; and 

(d) if not, the date proposed for the notification of the new scheme?


ANSWER

Finance Minister 

(a) to (c) Government has increased the mandatory contribution by Central Government from 10% to 14% of the basic pay+DA for all the Central Government employees covered under National Pension System Tier-I. The employees’ contribution rate would remain at the existing 10% of the basic pay+DA. This has been notified vide Gazette Notification No. 1/3/2016 PR dated 31.01.2019, and has come into force with effect from 01.04.2019. 
(d) Does not arise in view of reply given to parts (a) to (c).

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National Pension System (NPS) streamlining: Setting up of Committee in each Ministry/Department for oversight mechanism.
No. 1(24)/EV/2016
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
New Delhi, the 2nd July, 2019

Office Memorandum

Subject: Setting up of NPS oversight mechanism.

The undersigned is directed to say that the Committee, as set-up by Department of Financial Services in terms of their OM No. 1/3/2016-PR dt. 21.10.2016 under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Pension) and comprising Secretary, Department of Financial Services and Secretary (Department of Personnel and Training), had submitted its report on 28.2.2018, containing its recommendations for streamlining implementation of the National Pension System (NPS).
2. One of the recommendations contained in para 8.7.1 of its report relating to grievance redressal is as under:- 
“Three-tiered NPS oversight mechanism of the DDO/Head of Office, Joint Secretary (Admin)/Chief Controller of Accounts and the Financial Advisor set up vide Department of Expenditure’s OM No.1(2)/EV/2008, dated 03.02.2009 may be strengthened/streamlined to monitor grievances as well as timely registration and credit of contributions to subscribes’ accounts. Fresh instructions to this effect and for strict compliance of instructions may be issued by Department of Expenditure.”
3. In the OM of this Department No. 1(2)/EV/2008 dated 3.2.2009, it was provided, inter-alia, that Ministries/Departments may constitute a Committee headed by JS (Admin) and Principal CCA/CCA to monitor registration/regular upload of data and transfer of NPS contributions in respect of Central Government employees to ensure that no delay therein occurs. Subsequently, in terms of instructions of this Department vide OM No. 1(5)/EV/2011 dated 10.7.2011 the Committee was broad-based to include the concerned Financial Advisors and the said instructions dt. 10.7.011 also provided, inter-alia, that the implementation of NPS, with its various attendant parameters, in each Central Ministry/Department, shall be a “key performance area” of the Financial Advisors.

4. The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, which is the nodal Department in respect of pension related matters of Central Government employees, is separately in the process of framing statutory rules to regulate the matters of National Pension System in case of Central Government employees. These Rules would also cover the issue relating to timely credit of contributions of Central Government employees and the Central Government, as deducted from the salaries of the concerned Government employee, to NPS architecture.

5. However, since timely credit of deduction made from the salary of Central Government employees towards their contribution to NPS, as also the applicable contribution of the Central Government, to the NPS financial architecture is of paramount importance for availability of due and timely returns thereon towards generation of pension corpus, it has been decided that a Committee in each Ministry/Department shall be constituted as under to ensure oversight over the NPS contributions crediting:-
(i) Financial Advisor – Head of the Committee
(ii) Joint Secretary (Administration)
(iii) Principal CCA/CCA
(iv) The concerned Head of the office
(v) The concerned DDO

6. The Committee shall be responsible for the following actions:-
(i) Ensuring that the contribution of employees and the Government are credited without delay to the NPS financial architecture both in case of existing employees and employees newly recruited from time to time and the existing system and procedure being followed for the purpose shall be monitored effectively to ensure that no delay in credit of the contributions takes place.

(ii) Ensuring that in case any grievance by any employee is received in regard to delay in credit of contribution, either directly from the employee or through PFRDA, the same has been looked into and disposed of in a manner to the satisfaction of the concerned employee.

(iii) Any other matter as having a bearing on the issue of crediting/remittance of NPS contributions.

(iv) The Committee shall devise its own mechanism as also appropriate checks & balances to ensure that NPS contributions are credited on time in respect of all employees under NPS system.

(v) The Committee shall meet at least once in 3 months to review the progress and in case any slippages are noticed, it shall take immediate corrective action. However, the concerned Principal CCA/ CCA shall keep a watch over the progress on a regular basis.

7. While the above Committee shall be set-up in each Ministry/Department, appropriate mechanism for keeping a watch in respect of attached and subordinate offices under that Ministry/Department shall be put in place by the concerned Financial Advisor, so that the overall oversight in respect of the entire Ministry/Department as a whole is exercised by the Committee as mentioned in para 5 above.

8. The concerned Financial Advisor shall send a status report every six month to the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare about the result of the monitoring carried out through the above oversight mechanism with concluding remarks whether the NPS contributions are being credited on time and in case of any slippages, the details of the action taken.

sd/-
(Amor Nath Singh)
Director


[https://doe.gov.in/sites/default/files/NPS%20Oversight%20Mechanism%20OM_Eng.pdf ]
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Sub :  Reference from Bharat Pensioners’ Samaj regarding to review the provisions of FR (a) reg
The undersigned is directed to forward herewith a lettter No.SG/BPS/fr56/019/01, dated 08.06.2019, received from Bharat Pensioners’ Samaj, on the subject cited above, for taking necessary

Ram Gopal, Under Secy GOI

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