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EMERGENCY CASHLESS TREATMENT SCHEME (CTSE) CARD ISSUE DURING RETIREMENT

Railways: Emergency Cashless Treatment Scheme (CTSE) Card issue during retirement GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS RAILWAY BOARD No. 2018/Trans.Cell/Health/Medical Card Dated: 20.03.2019 The General Manager, All Indian Railways/PUs, NF(Con), CORE The DG/RDSO/Lucknow, DG/NAIR/Vadodara CAOs, DMW/Patiala, WPO/Patna, COFMOW/NDLS, RWP/Bela, CAO/IROAF Sub:   Issue of Cashless Treatment Scheme in Emergency (CTSE) Card at the time of retirement. Ref: (1) Railway Board letter no.2018/Trans.Cell/Health/Medical Cards dated 30.07.2018. (2) GM/SECR’s letter no. G/SECR/70 dated 31.01.2019. With reference to GM/SECR’s letter at (2), and Board’s letter at (1) above, Board (MS, FC & CRB), have approved the following: Issue of Cashless Treatment Scheme in Emergency (CTSE) Card to willing and eligible retiring Railway employees and their dependents at the time of retirement or before subject to their deposition of the required fee as per extant rules and the same will be ...

GRANT OF DISABILITY PENSION

Ministry of Defence Grant of Disability Pension 31 DEC 2018 As per Ministry of Defence order dated 31.01.2001, Armed Forces Personnel who retire voluntarily / or seek discharge on request are not eligible for any award on account of disability. Provided that Armed Forces Personnel who are due for retirement / discharge on completion of tenure, or on completion of service limits, or on completion of the terms of engagement or on attaining the prescribed age of retirement, and who seeks pre-mature retirement / discharge on request for the purpose of getting higher commutation value of pension will remain eligible for disability element. Further, Armed Forces personnel who are retained in service despite disability, which is accepted as attributable to or aggravated by Military Service and have forgone lump sum compensation in lieu of that disability, may be given disability element / war injury element at the time of their retirement / discharge whether voluntary or otherwise in a...

ANNUITY BASED ALTERNATE PENSION PROPOSAL FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF NVS PRIOR TO 1.1.2004

Annuity based alternate pension proposal for the employees of NVS prior to 1.1.2004 F. No. 3-1/2018 -NVS(Admn)/3584 Date :o4/12/2018 To, The Deputy Commissioner, All Regional Offices Sub:  Annuity based alternate pension proposal for the employees of NVS prior to 1.1.2004 – reg . Sir, In continuation to this office letter of even number dated 06.12.2018 seeking willingness of the employees with regard to introduction of alternate annuity based pension, it is to clarify the following:- 1. Own share of employee in the existing CPF scheme shall remain intact. It will not be utilized for creating the corpus fund of the alternate pension plan. 2. However, the management share of the existing CPF scheme will be utilized to form the corpus fund for the proposed annuity based pension scheme. 3. Proposed basic pension is 50% of the basic pay at the time of retirement and there is no provision for DA thereon. 4. Provision for commutation of pension upto 1/3rd of the basic ...

SENIOR CITIZEN ENTITLEMENT OF EMPLOYEES

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Senior Citizen Entitlement of Employees 19 DEC 2018 Department of Social Justice & Empowerment has informed that there is at present no proposal in that Department for lowering the age of senior citizen. Government employees become entitle to pension on retirement. There is also no proposal to increase or decrease the age of retirement of Central Government Employees., The salient features of the pension entitlements of employees retiring from the Central Government are as under: A Government servant retiring in accordance with the rules, after completing a qualifying service of not less than 10 years, is entitled to a pension @ 50% of his last pay or 50% of average emoluments for the last 10 months, whichever is more beneficial to him/her. After completion of 80 years of age or above, additional pension @ 20% to 100% is payable to the retired Government servant. A retired/retiring Government servant is entitled to,...

GRATUITY FOR CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES

GRATUITY FOR CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQS) (CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES) 10. GRATUITY (10.1) When will the gratuity withheld at the time of retirement be released? The withheld amount of gratuity under sub-rule (5) of CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972, the mretiring Government employees, shall be paid immediately on production of “No Demand Certificate” from the Directorate of Estates after actual vacation of the Government accommodation. The Directorate of Estates shall ensure that “No Demand Certificate” shall be given to the Government employee within a period of fourteen days from the actual date of vacation of the Government accommodation and the allottee shall be entitled to payment of interest (at the rate applicable to General Provident Fund deposit determined from time to time by the Government of India) on the excess withheld amount of gratuity which is required to be refunded., after adjusting the arrears of licence fee and damages, if any, payable by t...

IMPORTANT JUDGEMENT- OFFICIAL RETIRED ON 30TH JUNE IS ELIGIBLE FOR INCREMENT DUE ON 1ST JULY NOTIONALLY FOR PENSIONARY BENEFITS

IMPORTANT JUDGEMET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 15.09.2017 CORAM THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE HULUVADI G.RAMESH AND THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE RMT.TEEKAA RAMAN W.P.No.15732 of 2017 P.Ayyamperumal … Petitioner -vs- 1.The Registrar, Central Administrative Tribunal, Madras Bench, High Court Complex, Chennai-600 105. 2.Union of Indirep.by the Chairman, CBEC, North Block, New Delhi-110 001. 3.Union of India rep.by Department of Personnel & Training New Delhi. 4.The Director of General (Inspection), Customs & Central Excise, “D” Block, I.P.Bhawan, I.P.Estate, New Delhi-110 002. .. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records of the first respondent in O.A./310/00917/2015 dated 21.03.2017 and quash the same and consequently direct the fourth respondent to treat the retirement date of the petitioner as on 01.07.2013 and grant all the consequential benef...

REVIEW OF WORK PERFORMANCE UNDER FR 56(J)

Review of Work Performance under FR 56(j) and Rule 48 of Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 Review of Work Performance The below statement said in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on 1st August, 2018 regarding steps taken to identify dull officers and action taken against such officers… Review of performance of Government servants is an ongoing process under Fundamental Rule 56(j) and Rule 48 of Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, which provide that the performance of a Government servant on attaining a specified age or qualifying years of service is to be reviewed and he/she can be retired in public interest.The instructions on the procedure to be adopted and various aspects to be kept in view while conducting periodical review under provisions of the said rules have been issued from time to time. As per available information provided by cadre controlling authorities, performance of a total of 25,082 Group ‘A’ and 54,873 Group ‘B’ officers has been...

RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

Retirement Benefits for Central Government Employees PENSION The minimum eligibility period for receipt of pension is 10 years. A Central Government servant retiring in accordance with the Pension Rules is entitled to receive pension on completion of at least 10 years of qualifying service. In the case of Family Pension the widow is eligible to receive family pension on death of her spouse after completion of one year of continuous service or even before completion of one year if the Government servant had been examined by the appropriate Medical Authority and declared fit for Government service. W.e.f 1.1.2006, Pension is calculated with reference to emoluments (i.e.last basic pay) or average emoluments (i.e. average of the basic pay drawn during the last 10 months of the service) whichever is more beneficial. The amount of pension is 50% of the emoluments or average emoluments whichever is beneficial. Minimum pension presently is Rs. 9000 per month. Maximum limit on pensio...