DoPT Orders 2019: Appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner and Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission

DoPT: Appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner and Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission

No. 399/7/2019-AVD-III
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 29.03.2019

Subject: Appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner and Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission.

The Government of India has constituted a body under the Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003 (the Act) known as the Central Vigilance Commission to exercise the powers conferred on and to perform the functions assigned to it under the Act. It is located In New Delhi. The Commission consists of a Central Vigilance Commissioner and not more than two Vigilance Commissioners. The functions and powers of Central Vigilance Commission are as per chapter III of the Act.

1. It IS proposed to appoint a Central Vigilance Commissioner vice Shri KV Chowdary and a Vigilance Commissioner vice Shri T.M. Bhasin, who will demit office on completion of their tenure.
2. The Central Vigilance Commissioner and the Vigilance Commissioner shall hold office for a term of four years from the date on which he/she enters upon his/her office or till he/she attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
3. The Central Vigilance Commissioner, on ceasing to hold the office, shall be ineligible for reappointment in the Commission. The Vigilance Commissioner, however, on ceasing to hold the office, shall be eligible for appointment as the Central Vigilance Commissioner, provided that the term of the Vigilance Commissioner, if appointed as the Central Vigilance Commissioner, shall not be more than four years in aggregate as the Vigilance Commissioner and the Central Vigilance Commissioner.
4. The salary and allowances payable to and other conditions of service of the Central Vlgrlance Commissioner shall be the same as those of a Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission and that of the Vigilance Commissioner shall be the same as those of a Member of the Union Public Service Commission subject to adjustment of the pensionary/retirement benefits availed by him, if any, in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
5. For complete information and details interested applicants should refer to the Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003.
6. Eligibility and other requirements:
   7.1 Section 3(3} of the CVC Act, 2003, provides that the Central Vigilance Commissioner and the Vigilance Commissioners shall be appointed from amongst persons -
7. Eligibility and other requirements:
   • In case of persons falling under section 3(3)(a) of the Act as above, such persons, preferably have held or is holding the post of a Secretary to the Government of India or any equivalent post thereto under the Central Government.
   • In case of persons falling under the first part of section 3(3)(b) of the Act as above, the person must have held or is holding the position of Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of a Schedule 'A' Central Public Sector Enterprise and has served as a whole time Director on the Board for a period of at least three years.
   • In respect of persons who have expertise and experience in finance , including insurance and banking, law, vigilance and investigations and falling under the second part of section 3(3)(b) of the Act as above, such persons must have acquired eminence and have outstanding achievement in the said field(s) provided that such persons who are in employment In a private company must have held or is holding the position of Managing Director / CEO, as Whole-Time Director on the Board of the Company for a period of at least three years.
   • All applicants should be of outstanding merit and impeccable integrity and should have knowledge and at least 25 years of experience in the relevant field(s) .
8. Persons fulfilling the criteria for appointment as Central Vigilance Commissioner / Vigilance Commissioner and interested in being considered for appointment to the post(s) may send their application in the enclosed proforma to the Under Secretary (AVD-III ), Department of Personnel and Training, Room No. 268-B , North Block, New Delhi by 01st May, 2019.
9. Serving persons are required to send their applications through proper channel. They can send their applications as an advance copy directly to DoPT by the stipulated last date, but those applications will be considered only if they are finally received through proper channel.
10. The applications received after the due date will not be considered under any circumstances.

(Anurag Sharma)
Deputy Secretary
Tel: 23094470

Proforma for sending particulars for consideration for the post of Central Vigilance Commissioner / Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission

Please affix the
latest passport
size photograph

1. Name
2. Date of birth
3. Present Address
4. Contact No.
   a) Telephone (with STD code)
   b) Mobile
   c) Fax
5. e-mail address
6. Education / Qualifications
7. Post applied for
8. Please indicate the category under
   which the applicant is applying, viz .,
   category 3(3)(a) or first part of
   category 3(3)(b) or second part of
   category 3(3)(b)
9. Details of experience in the relevant
   field(s) (Attach supporting documents)
10. Whether any criminal case /
    disciplinary proceedings were
    instituted against him/her (if yes,
    please give details)
11. Details of conferment of any Award /
    honour, etc , or any other relevant
    information
12. Please indicate your suitability
    assessments for the post (in not more
    than 300 words.)
13. Details of conferment of any Award /
    honour, etc , or any other relevant
    information
14. Please indicate your suitability
    assessments for the post (in not more
    than 300 words.)

Date :
Place :

Signature :
Name :

Source: DoPT

The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Rules, 2019: Gazette Notification

The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Rules, 2019: Gazette Notification

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 29th January, 2019

G.S.R. 58(E). - Whereas a draft of certain rules further to amend the Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975, among other rules, were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour and Employment number G.S.R. 413(E), dated the 23rd April, 2018, inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, within a period of three months, from the date on which copies of Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public;

And whereas copies of the said Official Gazette were made available to the general public on the 23rd April, 2018;

And whereas the objections and suggestions received on the said draft rules from the public have been considered by the Central Government;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 38 of the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (31 of 1965), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Rules, 2019.
   (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975, for rule 5, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-

‘5. Annual return.- Every employer shall, on or before the 1st day of February in each year, upload unified annual return in Form D on the web portal of the Central Government in the Ministry of Labour and Employment giving information as to the particulars specified in respect of the preceding year:

Provided that during inspection, the inspector may require the production of accounts, books, registers and other documents maintained in electronic form or otherwise.

Explanation.- For the purposes of this rule, the expression “electronic form” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (r) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000).’.

[No. Z-20025/24/2018-LRC]
MANISH KUMAR GUPTA, Jt. Secy.

Note: The Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975 was published in the Gazette of India dated the 6th September, 1975 vide notification number G.S.R. 2367, dated the 21st August, 1975 and lastly amended vide notification number G.S.R.1115(E) dated the 6th December, 2016.

Source: labour.gov.in

Expected DA from July 2019 - AICPIN for February 2019

Expected DA from July 2019 - AICPIN for February 2019

All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) - Feb 2019
Expected Dearness Allowance Calculation from July 2019

No.5/1/2019-CPI
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU

‘CLEREMONT’, SHIMLA-171004
DATED: 29th March, 2019

Press Release

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) - February, 2019 The All-India CPI-IW for February, 2019 remained stationary at 307 (three hundred seven). On 1-month percentage change, it remained static between January, 2019 and February, 2019 when compared with the decrease of (-) 0.35 per cent for the corresponding months of last year.

The maximum upward pressure to the change in current index came from Miscellaneous and Food groups contributing (+) 0.26 and (+) 0.17 percentage points respectively to the total change. At item level, Rice, Wheat, Wheat Atta, Goat Meat, Apple, Coconut, Gourd, Electricity Charges, Doctor’s Fee, Medicine (Allopathic), Private Tuition Fee, Petrol, etc. are responsible for the increase in index. However, this increase was checked by Jowar, Poultry (Chicken), Onion, Tamarind, Carrot, Methi, Grapes, Potato, Tomato, etc., putting downward pressure on the index.

The year-on-year inflation based on CPI-IW stood at 6.97 per cent for February, 2019 as compared to 6.60 per cent for the previous month and 4.74 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at (+) 2.63 per cent against (+) 0.97 per cent of the previous month and (+) 2.36 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.

At centre level Siliguri reported the maximum increase of 7 points followed by Amritsar (6 points) and Srinagar and Chhindwara (5 points each). Among others, 4 points increase was observed in 5 centres, 3 points in 4 centres, 2 points in 10 centres and 1 point in 14 centres. On the contrary, Salem and Quilon recorded a maximum decrease of 5 points each followed by Raniganj and . Coimbatore (4 points each). Among others, 2 points decrease was observed in 7 centres and 1 point in 11 centres. Rest of the 19 centres’ indices remained stationary.

The indices of 35 centres are above All-India Index and 42 centres’ indices are below national average. The index of Mercara centre remained at par with All-India Index.

The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of March, 2019 will be released on Tuesday, 30th April, 2019. The same will also be available on the office website www.labourbureaunew.gov.in.

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(AMRIT LAL JANGID)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Grant of Dearness Relief in the 5th CPC series effective from 01.01.2019 to CPF beneficiaries in receipt of ex-gratia payment

Grant of Dearness Relief in the 5th CPC series effective from 01.01.2019 to CPF beneficiaries in receipt of ex-gratia payment

No.42/04/2019-P&PW(D)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,
Khan Market, New Delhi – 110003

Dated the 27th March, 2019

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub:- Grant of Dearness Relief in the 5th CPC series effective from 01.01.2019 to CPF beneficiaries in receipt of ex-gratia payment - reg

In continuation of this Department’s OM No. 42/06/2018-P&PW(G) dated 08.10.2018, the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Relief w.e.f 01.0 l.20 19 to the CPF beneficiaries in receipt of ex-gratia payment shall be paid in the following manner :-

(i) The surviving CPF beneficiaries who have retired from service between the period 18.11.1960 and 31.12.1985, and were sanctioned ex-gratia @ Rs. 600/ p.m. w.e.f. 1.11.1997 under this Department’s OM No. 45/52/97-P&PW(E) dated 16.12.1997 and revised to Rs.3000, Rs.1000, Rs.750 & RS.650 for Group A, B, C & D respectively w.e.f 4th June,2013 vide OM No. 11l0/2012-P&PW(E) dtd. 27th June, 2013 shall be entitled to enhanced Dearness Relief from 284% to 295% w.e.f 01.01.2019.

(ii) The following categories of CPF beneficiaries who are in receipt of ex-gratia payment in terms of this Department’s OM No.45/52/97-P&PWCE) dated 16.12.1997 shall be entitled to enhanced Dearness Relief from 276% to 287% w.e.f 01.01.2019.

(a) The widows and eligible children of the deceased CPF beneficiary who had retired from service prior to 1.1.1986 or who had died while in service prior to 1.1.1986 and were sanction ex-gratia payment of Rs. 605/- p.m. and revised to Rs.645/-p.m w.e.f 04 June, 2013 vide OM No 1110/2012- P&PW(E) dated 27th June, 2013.

(b) Central Government employees who had retired on CPF benefits before 18.11.1960 and are in receipt of Ex-gratia payment of Rs. 654/-, Rs.659/-, Rs.703/- and RS.965/-

2. Payment of DR involving a fraction of a rupee shall be rounded off to the next higher rupee.

3. It will be the responsibility of the pension disbursing authorities, including the nationalized banks, etc. to calculate the quantum of DR payable in each individual case.

4. In their application to the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, these orders issue after the concurrence of % C&AG.

5. This issues in pursuance of Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure OM No. 1/3/2008- E.II (B) dated 08th March, 2018.

Hindi version will follow.

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(Charanjit Taneja)
aranjit aneja
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Grant of one national increment/ pension benefits to retirees those who retired on 30th June as per Honorable Madras High Court Order

Grant of one national increment/ pension benefits to retirees those who retired on 30th June as per Honorable Madras High Court Order

F, No.A-26017/16/2019-Ad IIA
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

North Block, New Delhi,
Dated the 18th March, 2018.

To,
All Pr. Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioner of GST & Central
Excise/Customs/Directors General under CBIC.

Subject:- Representation for grant of one notional increment/pension benefits to retirees those who retired on 30th June as per Hon’ble Madras High Court Order in WP No.15732 of 2017 in the case of Shri P. Iyyamperumal ys UOI and the Order of Hon’ble Supreme Court in SLP No.22283/2018 dated 23.07.2018 - regarding.

Sir/Madam,
I am directed to say that the above matter has been examined in the Board and after dismissal of SLP Dy. No.22283/2018 dated 23.07.2018, the matter was referred to DoP&T for their advice. DoP&T has advised to refer the matter to Department of Legal Affairs (DoLA) to explore the possibilities of review of the Hon’ble Supreme Court Order dated 23.07.2018 in the said SLP Dy. No.22238/2018. Hence, the matter has not attained finality as yet.

It is, therefore, informed that the final decision taken in the matter would be intimated in due Course as and when the matter attains finality.

Yours faithfully,

(Nagendra Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Copy with enclosure to:-

1. DG. of System & Data Management - for uploading on the website of CBEC.

Source: www.cbic.gov.in

Regarding anomaly in fixation of pay on promotion in the new pay scale: DoP

Regarding anomaly in fixation of pay on promotion in the new pay scale: DoP

No.2-13/2014-PAP
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
[Establishment Division / PAP Section]

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi 110 001
Dated: 27.03.2019

To

1. All Chief Postmasters General / Postmasters General,
2. Chief General Manager, BD Directorate / Parcel Directorates / PL1 Directorate,
3. Director, RAKNPA / GM CEPT / Directors of All PTCs,
4. Addl. Director General, Army Postal Services, R.N. Puram, New Delhi, 5. All General Managers (Finance) / DAP / DDAP.

Sub: Regarding anomaly in fixation of pay on promotion.

I am directed to forward herewith a copy of order dated 05.09,2018 of the Hon’ble High Court, Jodhpur Bench in DBCWP No. 2810/2014 filed by Shri Ram Swaroop Joshi Vis UOI, & others on the above mentioned subject wherein it has been ordered that:-

“The Tribunal has correctly noted that the anomaly is not on account of promotion but on account of the fixation of pay in the new pay scale.”

You are requested to kindly circulate these orders to all your subordinate offices for information/defending such cases in CAT.

Encl.: As above.

[S.B.Vyavahare]
Asstt.. Director General [ESTT.]

Reimbursement in respect of Newspapers purchased/supplied to officers at their residence

Reimbursement in respect of Newspapers purchased/supplied to officers at their residence

F.No.34-01/2018-PAP
Government of India Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts (Establishment Division)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi -110001.
Dated: 28th March, 2019.

To

1. All Chief Postmasters General/ Postmasters General
2. Chief General Manager, BD Directorate/Parcel Directorate/ PLI Directorate
3. Director RAKNPA/ GM CEPT/ Directors of All PTCs,
4. Addl. Director General, Army Postal Service, R.K. Puram, New Delhi
5. All General Managers (Finance)/ DAP/ DDAP Sub: Reimbursement in respect of Newspapers purchased/supplied to officers at their residence- guidelines regarding.

Ref. This office letter of even number dated 11.06.2018.

With reference to this office letter cited above, clarifications have been sought from various Circles. It is hereby clarified that following officials or their equivalent are entitled for reimbursement of newspaper on production of certificate given by the entitled officer:

S.No.	Level of Officers as per DoE's OM no. 25(12)/E.Coord. -2018 dated 03.04.2018	Equivalent level of Officers In Department of Posts (Dte./Circles/Division etc)	Reimbursement to be made per month (in Rs.)
1	Secretary/ Secretary equivalent	Secretary/DG Posts	As per actual
2	Additional Secretary/ Additional Secretary equivalent	i) Officers in HAG+: Member(PSB)/DG(Coordination)/ AS&FA ii) Officers in HAG: CPMG/ CGM! Sr.DDG/ Director (RAKNPA)	Rs. 1100
3	Joint Secretary/ Joint Secretary equivalent	Officers in SAG: DDG IPMG /Additional Director (RAKNPA)/GM/Chief Engineer/ GM (F)/ GM (BD/PLl/CEPT/PAF)	Rs. 850
4	Director/Deputy Secretary/ Under Secretary/Section Officer equivalent	i) Officers m JAG in NFSG: Director/DA (P)/Director (MV)/ Director (OL)/Superintending Engineer , CMO (NFSG) or equivalent ii) Officers in JAG: Director/DA (P)/Jt.Director /Sr .PPS /Superintending Engineer/Sr. Architect /Joint Director (OL) or equivalent iii) Officers in STS: Sr. Supdt. of POs./ADG !Dy. Director/PPS/Exe . Engineer/Dy Architect/ Senior Manager MMS, Dy. Director (OL)/DY (GM) or equivalent iv) Officers in JTS: Sr. Supdt. of POs./ADG /Dy. Director/ACAO/ Architect/ Manager MMS, AD(OL) or equivalent v) Gazetted Group 'B' (Grade Pay equivalent or above to Section Officer) (a) Sr. AO/AO/AAO (b) Section Officer/PS in Postal Dte. (c)Postal Services Group "B" Officers. (d) Sr. Private Secretary m subordinate offices (e) Dy Manager MMS (f) French Translator (g) Asst. Supdt. of Posts	Rs. 500

This order may be read alongwith Department of Expenditure's OM No. 25 (12)/E.Coord-2018 dated 03.04.2018 circulated vide this office's letter of even number dated 11.06.2018.

This issues with the approval of competent authority.

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(S.B. Vyavahare)
Assistant Director General (Estt.)

7th CPC Revision of hourly rates of Incentive Bonus and Bonus Factor of Workshops/ PUs

7th CPC Revision of hourly rates of Incentive Bonus and Bonus Factor of Workshops/ PUs

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No.2018/M(W)/814/59

New Delhi, dt: 25.03.2019

The General Secretary,
AIRF,
4, State Entry Road,
New Delhi-110056.

The General Secretary,
NFIR
3, Chelmsford Road,
New Delhi-110055.

Sub: Revision of hourly rates of Incentive Bonus and Bonus Factor of Workshops/ PUs following implementation of 7th CPC.

Ref.: Board’s order no. ERB-1/2017/23/39 dated 06.07.17 and 18.05.2018.

Dear Sirs,
The next meeting of the aforesaid committee will be held on 03rd April, 2019 at 10.30 hrs, in Disaster Management Centre at 3rd floor of Rail Bhavan. The nominated representatives of the Federation may kindly make it convenient to attend the same.

Yours faithfully,

(Nirmala U.Tirkey)
Dy, Director Estt. (LR)II
Railway Board

Source: NFIR

PFRDA: Amendment to the investment Guidelines (Applicable to Scheme CG, Scheme SG, Corporate CG and NPS Lite schemes of NPS and Atal Pension Yojana)

PFRDA: Amendment to the investment Guidelines (Applicable to Scheme CG, Scheme SG, Corporate CG and NPS Lite schemes of NPS and Atal Pension Yojana)

PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
B-14/A, Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhawan,
Qutab Institutional Area,
Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi-110016.

Ph: 011-26517501, 26517503, 26133730
Fax: 011-26517507
Website: www.pfrda.org.in

CIRCULAR

PFRDA/2019/8/SUP-PF/2

Date: 25.03.2019

Subject: Amendment to the investment Guidelines (Applicable to Scheme CG, Scheme SG, Corporate CG and NPS Lite schemes of NPS and Atal Pension Yojana)

Reference is invited to the Investment Guidelines for NPS Schemes (Scheme CG, Scheme SG, Corporate CG and NPS Lite schemes of NPS and Atal Pension Yojana) dated 3rd June 2015 issued vide circular no. PERDA/2015/16/PFM/7, the Change in Investment guidelines for NPS schemes W.r.t. Investment in equity Mutual funds vide circular no. PERDA/2018/56/PF/2 dated 20th August 2018 and Revised rating criteria for investments under NPS Schemes vide circular No. PERDA/2018/02/PF/02 dated 08.05.2018. The changes hereunder shall apply only to Scheme CG, Scheme SG, Corporate CG and NPS Lite schemes of NPS and Atal Pension Yojana.

2. In order to provide flexibility to the Pension Funds to improve the scheme performance depending upon the market conditions, it has been decided to increase the cap on Government Securities & related investments and Short term debt instruments & related investments by 5% each.

3. The asset class wise revised caps on the various asset classes are as under:

Asset Class	Caps on Investments for composite schemes
Government Securities & related investments	Upto 55%
Debt Instruments & related investments	Upto 45%
Equity & related investments	Upto 15%
Asset backed, trust structured etc.	Upto 5%
Short term debt instruments & related investments	Upto 10%

4.The other terms and conditions as mentioned in the circular PERDA/2015/16/PFM/7 dated 03.06.2015, circular no. PERDA/2018/56/PF/2 dated 20th August 2018 and circular No. PFRDA/2018/02/PF/02 dated 08.05.2018 shall remain the same.

This circular is issued in exercise of powers of the Authority under sub-clause (b) of the sub- section (2) of section 14 of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013 read with regulation 14 and 43 of PFRDA (Pension Fund) Regulation, 2015.

This would be effective from 01.04.2019.

Venkateswarlu Peri
(Chief General Manager)

1240 Kendriay Vidyalaya schools country conducted lottery (lots drawing) for fresh admission in class 1 on 26.3.2019

1240 Kendriay Vidyalaya schools country conducted lottery (lots drawing) for fresh admission in class 1 on 26.3.2019

KV Admission Class-1: Date and Time for Admission

Around 1240 Kendriay Vidyalaya Schools across the country conducted Lottery (Draw of lots) on 26th March, 2019 for fresh admission in Class-1.

The list of selected students of all categories has been uploaded in the respective school websites on the day itself. And further announcement has been made to candidates to join for admission with proper documents. Both the parents to accompany the child at the time of Admission.

Selected candidates are requested to come to respective school with original documents with their parents for document verification on 28th March, 2019. And the date of admission for class-1 is slightly very between the schools, so please confirm with your school administration for admission date.

As per the list of provisionally selected candidates are advised to come for admission to Class 1 with original and photocopy documents.

Documents (original and photocopy) to be brought compulsorily at the time of admission

1. Passport size photograph
2. Printed copy of the online application submitted
3. Date of birth certificate
4. community certificate (SC/ST/OBC) whatever applicable.
5. Certificate for EWS/BPL if applicable.
6. Proof of residence (Ration Card/ Post Paid/Land telephone bill/ Gas Bill/Voter ID/Passport).
7. Adhar Card of the child.
8. Service certificate of the parent with the proof of transfers.
9. Affidavit for Single Girl Child.
10. Fee Details Rupees -1525 /-(VVN-1500 + Admission Fee 25)

Both the parents to accompany the child at the time of Admission.

Note- All the admissions are subject to verification of the documents.

Fees to be paid within three days in the online through bank after entry by class teacher in the UBI web portal.

Admission Fee - Rs.25
VVN Fees 1st Qtr (April to Jun 2018) - Rs.1500
Total - Rs.1525

Note: Students considered under RTE whose parents do not get reimbursement from the department in which they are working need not pay any fees.