CENTRAL GOVERNMENT New Delhi: As many as 225 Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ officers have been punished for non-performance, the central government said today. The performance of a total of 25,082 Group ‘A’ and 54,873 Group ‘B’ officers has been reviewed up to May 2018, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply to Lok Sabha. Of these, the relevant rules were invoked against 93 Group ‘A’ and 132 Group ‘B’ officers, he said. In reply to another question, the minister said during 2017 and March 2018, vigilance clearance has been denied to 80 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) on the ground of filing Immovable Property Returns after prescribed time or failing to file it. He said that from the year 2014 onwards, sanction for prosecution has been granted against three IAS officers on account of having disproportionate assets. PTI

Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme-1980-Table of Benefits for the saving fund for the period from 01.01.2018 to 31.03.2018 No.7(2)/EV/2016 Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure New Delhi, the 27th February, 2018 Office Memorandum Sub: Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme-1980 Tables of Benefits for the savings fund for the period from 01.01.2018 to 31.03.2018 – reg. The Tables of Benefits for Savings Fund to the beneficiaries under the Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme-1980, which are being issued on a quarterly basis from 01.01.2017 onwards, as brought out in this Ministry’s 0M of even number dated 17.03.2017, for the quarter from 01.01.2018 to 31.03.2018, as worked out by IRDA based on the interest rate of 7.6% per annum (compounded quarterly) as notified by the Department of Economic Affairs as per their Resolution dated 01.01.2018, are enclosed. 2. The Tables enclosed are of two cat...