Partial Withdrawal under NPS

Ministry of Finance

Partial Withdrawal under NPS

06 MAR 2018

The Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority (PFRDA) has relaxed the norms for partial withdrawal under the National Pension Scheme (NPS). In accordance with the PFRDA (Exits and Withdrawals under the National Pension System) (First Amendment) Regulations 2017, the subscriber ought to be subscribed to the National Pension System, at least for a period of three years from the date of his or her joining to such system, to be eligible to make partial withdrawals, under specific circumstances as specified in such regulations.

The NPS subscribers can withdraw after three years from the date of joining the system and a maximum of three times during the entire tenure of subscription under NPS, but the partial withdrawal is linked with contributions made by the subscriber. The subscriber shall be permitted to withdraw accumulations not exceeding twenty-five per cent of the contributions made by him or her and standing to his or her credit in his or her individual pension account, as on the date of application for withdrawal.

Earlier the subscriber under NPS was permitted to withdraw accumulations not exceeding twenty-five per cent of the contributions made by him or her after 10 years from the date of his or her joining the system, and a maximum of three times during the entire tenure of subscription under NPS.

This was stated by Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla, Minister of State for Finance in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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Facilities to CAPF Personnel

Ministry of Home Affairs

Facilities to CAPF Personnel

06 MAR 2018

The total number of CAPFs & AR personnel posted in the country, force- wise as on 31.01.2018 is as under :-

Force	Number of personnel posted
CRPF	3,01,041
BSF	2,46,554
CISF	1,42,836
SSB	80,285
ITBP	83,641
Assam Rifle	63,485
Total	9,17,842

As per information received from CAPFs & AR, 4202 personnel died during service and on duty due to non-combat causes during the last three years and current year upto 31.01.2018.

CAPFs & AR personnel and officers (upto the rank of Commandant, who are deployed in field formation only) are entitled to Ration Money Allowance @ Rs. 97.85 per head per day.

The details of facilities provided to CAPF personnel is as per details given below:

1. Continuous endeavours are made to improve the living conditions of the CAPF personnel, including enhancing the level of their housing satisfaction and appropriate budgetary allocations are also made for this purpose.
2. Forces have taken adequate steps to provide potable drinking water to its troops and families even in remotest areas. Borewells in permanent locations, water supplies from State Water bodies, installing commercial Reverse Osmosis (RO) system and water-harvesting are some of the measures undertaken by the forces for providing water.
3. CAPF personnel deployed at borders are provided with barrack accommodation with cook house, dining hall and toilet blocks. In harsh areas, integrated composite building with central heating and freeze proof toilets are provided. Medical facilities, Air Courier Services, dedicated rail coaches in some major trains, Central Police Canteen, recreation and transit camp facilities are also available to the personnel deployed at borders.
4. Ex-gratia lump-sum compensation @ Rs.35 lakhs for death on active duty and Rs.25 Lakhs for death on duty, as the case may be, is entitled to the Next of Kin of the deceased personnel.
5. Under the Prime Minister Scholarship Scheme, amount @ Rs.2250/- pm for girls and Rs.2000/- pm for boys is being released to the wards of serving/retired CAPFs, AR and NSG personnel. Prime Minister Scholarship is admissible to 1000 girls and 1000 boys.
6. 5% vacancies are reserved in Group 'C&' for compassionate appointments for NoK of the deceased personnel.
7. There is a reservation in MBBS and BDS seats for the wards of CAPFs & AR personnel in Medical Colleges.
8. Central Police Canteens are functioning at various locations in the country.
9. A Welfare & Rehabilitation Board has been established for the welfare and rehabilitation of CAPF & AR personnel and their families including disabled personnel.
10. The NOKs of deceased CAPFs & AR personnel who sacrificed their lives for the cause of nation are eligible for 'Operational Casualty Certificate'.
11. The Government has accepted the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) on various allowances, inter alia, Risk & Hardship Allowance, Dress Allowance, Additional Free Railway Warrant/LTC, etc.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply to question in the Lok Sabha today.

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Ministry of Railways instructs Zonal Railways to link the arrival & departure of trains with Data Loggers

Ministry of Railways

Ministry of Railways instructs Zonal Railways to link the arrival & departure of trains with Data Loggers

A data logger (also data recorder) is an electronic device that records data over time or in relation to location either with a built-in instrument or sensor or via external instruments and sensors
41 stations across India records Punctuality of trains through Data Loggers
Punctuality of almost 80% of mail/express trains is being monitored through this system
This system will improve punctuality of trains & provide real time train movement information to passengers.

06 MAR 2018

Ministry of Railways have eliminated the practice of manually recording punctuality performance at 41 major railway junctions across zones to ensure correct reporting of such data. The Railway Board has instructed zonal railways to link the arrival and departure of trains with data loggers from January 1 2018 without the fear of drop in punctuality and report authentic punctuality status.

A data logger (also data recorder) is an electronic device that records data over time by sensing status of relays. Railway zones have provided such data loggers this across 41 stations which include Howrah, Mumbai CST, Mughalsarai, Lucknow, Kanpur, Chennai Central, Ahmedabad and Bangalore.

It has been an endeavour of Indian Railways to run trains punctually and provide information to their customers more current, reliable and accurate, with minimal human intervention. Data Loggers were provided at Stations to monitor the status of functioning of signaling gears. For train control, Optical Fibre network has also been laid and linked to control centres of the Divisions.

It was decided to utilize these data loggers for capturing trains running information & update Control Office Application (COA) automatically at the central server. For this purpose, to start with, the data loggers of one terminal station and one more station at each zonal railway is linked with COA through optical fibre backbone for automatically picking up the train running status. The work at 17 terminal stations and 17 other stations has been implemented as a pilot project. The system has been working since 1st Jan.2018 and extended to total 41 stations. (List attached)

As on date, punctuality of almost 80% of mail/express trains is being monitored through this system. It has been planned to further expand the network covering all the terminal stations. With the implementation of this system, the information available to the passenger is reliable and more current.

List of Railway stations zones where data loggers have been provided :

S.No.	Statio	Division	Railway
1.	Khandwa	Bhusawal	CR
2.	Balahrshah	Nagpur	CR
3.	Roha	Mumbai	CR
4.	Mumbai CST	Mumbai	CR
5.	Asansol	Asansol	ER
6.	Howrah	Howrah	ER
7.	East Outer Cabin	Mughalsarai	ECR
8.	Manpur	Mughalsarai	ECR
9.	Mughalsarai (NEWC)	Mughalsarai	ECR
10.	Goldenganj	Sonpur	ECR
11.	Seemapur	Sonpur	ECR
12.	KIUL	Danapur	ECR
13.	Pradankhunta	Dhanbad	ECR
14.	Bhubaneshwar	Khurda Road	ECoR
15.	Bhadrakh	Khurda Road	ECoR
16.	Duvvada	Waltair	ECoR
17.	Chipyana	Delhi	NR
18.	Palwal	Delhi	NR
19.	Kanpur	Allahabad	NCR
20.	Lucknow Jn	Lucknow	NER
21.	Gorakhpur RRI	Lucknow	NER
22.	Varanasi City	Varanasi	NER
23.	Guwahati	Lumding	NFR
24.	New Bongaigaon-3 cabins	Rangiya	NFR
25.	Rani nagar Jalpaiguri	Katihar	NFR
26.	Old Malda Jn	Katihar	NFR
27.	Katihar RRI-3 cabins	Katihar	NFR
28.	Jaipur	Jaipur	NWR
29.	Rewari	Jaipur	NWR
30.	Chennai Central	Chennai	SR
31.	Jolarpetttai	Chennai	SR
32.	Gudur	Vijayawada	SCR
33.	Secuderabad	Secuderabad	SCR
34.	Jharsuguda	Chakradharpur	SER
35.	Bilaspur	Bilaspur	SECR
36.	Banglore	Banglore	SWR
37.	Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad	WR
38.	Nagda	Ratlam	WR
39.	Bina	Bhopal	WCR
40.	Jabalpur	Jabalpur	WCR
41.	New Katni Jn	Jabalpur	WCR

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Grant of NFSG in the Level-6 (erstwhile GP-4200) to Stenographers Grade D of CSSS - Issuance of Zone of Consideration for Placement of eligible Stenographers Grade D in Non Functional Selection Grade (NFSG)

Grant of NFSG in the Level-6 (erstwhile GP-4200) to Stenographers Grade D of CSSS - Issuance of Zone of Consideration for Placement of eligible Stenographers Grade D in Non Functional Selection Grade (NFSG) - regarding

No.6/5/2017-CS-II(C)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances Pension
Department of Personnel and Training

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New 110003
Dated: 5th March, 2018

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Grant Of NPSG in the Level-6 (erstwhile GP 4200) to Stenographers Grade ‘D’ of CSSS - Issuance of Zone of Consideration for placement of eligible Stenographers Grade ‘D’ in Non Functional Selection Grade (NFSG)-regarding.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Division’s 0M No. 20/49/2009-CS-II(B) dated 22.06.2011 on the subject mentioned above and to say that based on the Common Seniority List of Stenographers Grade ‘D’, list of 331 Stenographers Grade ‘D’ who are considered eligible for of NFSG is annexed to this O.M., subject to their being found suitable by Internal Committee to be constituted by the cadre units as per para I (b) of the this Department 0M No.20/49/2009-CS-II(B) 22.06.2011. These Stenographers Grade 'D' who have completed the approved service of 5 years on 1st July, 2017 be granted the NFSG w.e.f. 1st July, 2017, subject to availability of last 5 years ACRs/APARs and other in the aforesaid 0M dated 22.06.2011.

2. Accordingly, the concerned cadre units of CSSS are requested to place the eligible Stenographers Grade ‘D’ as given in Annexure to this 0M in the NFSG alter strictly following the procedure and keeping in view other conditions as prescribed in 0M dated 22.06.2011 and also furnish the details of Stenographers Grade 'D', if any, who have not been covered in this order and are eligible NFSG. A copy of order in NFSG in respect of eligible Stenographers Grade ‘D’ may please be to this Department for the purpose of record.

sd/-
(Chirabrata Sarkar)

Under Secretary to the
Govt of India

Source: DoPT Order

Providing opportunity for submitting representation to the employees who have been awarded below "Very Good" Grading in their last three years APARs for the purpose of MACPs

Providing opportunity for submitting representation to the employees who have been awarded below "Very Good" Grading in their last three years' APARs (for the purpose of MACPs.)

NFIR

No. IV/MACPS/09/Part II

Dated: 01/03/2018

The Secretary (E),
Railway Board,
New Delhi

Dear Sir,
Sub: Providing opportunity for submitting representation to the employees who have been awarded below "Very Good" Grading in their last three years APARs (for the purpose of MACPS-reg. 

Ref: (i) NFIR's letterNo.IV/MACPS/09/Part 10 dated 19/01/2017.
(ii) Railway Board's letter No.E(NG)I-2018/CR/2 dated 27/02/2018.

Kind attention is invited to NFIR'S letter No. IV/MACPS /09/Part 10 dated 19/01/2017, responding to which Railway Board have issued instructions vide letter dated,27/02/2015 giving a chance as a onetime measure to represent against the 'Good' or below gradings recorded in the APARs of staff pertaining to the years 2014-15 , 2015-16 & 2016-17 .

While appreciating the decision of the Board for granting an opportunity to the staffto submit representations against the awarded gradings of 'Good' or below within 30 days from the date of Board's communication, NFIR desires to convey that in such a large network of Indian Railways, the Board's communication may not reach on time to the staff working at remote places as the publicity of the administration is also not adequate. Many staff may also

not be aware of the gradings already awarded to them by the controlling authorities.
NFIR, therefore, urges upon the Railway Board to kindly reconsider and grant 90 days time from the date of Board's instructions i.e.27/2/2018, to facilitate staff to prefer appelas, wherever needed. It would also be necessary to advise General Managers of Zonal Railways to arrange to give copy of the gradings awarded to the concemed employees at the earliest. A copy of modified instructions may be endorsed to the Federation.

Yours faithfully

(Dr. M.Raghavaiah)
General Secretary

Source: NFIR

NFIR: Exemption of Railway employees appointed on or after 01.01.2004 from the purview of National Pension System (NPS)

NFIR: Exemption of Railway employees appointed on or after 01.01.2004 from the purview of National Pension System (NPS)

Government of India (BHARAT SARKAR)
Ministry of Railways (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No.2012/F(E)III/1(1)/4-Pt.

New Delhi, dated 13/02/2018

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

Dear Sir,
Sub : Exemption of Railway employees appointed on or after 01.01.2004 from the purview of National Pension System (NPS) - regarding

The undersigned is directed to refer to NFIRs letter No. IV/NPS/PFRDA BILL/Part- I dated 13.02.2017, 26.10.2017 and 11.12.2017 on the above subject.

2. In this regard it is informed that on the request of NFIR, Hon’ble former Minister of Railways, Sh.Suresh Prabhu had written a D.O letter dated 11.04.2017 to the Hon’ble Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Sh.Arun Jaitley, to have a second look on the issue of exemption of Railway employees from the application of National Pension System (NPS). In reply, Hon’ble Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Sh. Arun Jaitley has communicated that the matter was reconsidered in consultation with pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) and that the request for exemption railway servants appointed on or after 01.01.2004 from the application of NPS does not seem to be feasible proposition.

Yours faithfully,
sd/-
for Secretary/Railway Board

Source: NFIR

Ayurveda Doctors and Yoga Teachers for Rural Areas

Ayurveda Doctors and Yoga Teachers for Rural Areas

06 MAR 2018

The National Policy on Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy - 2002, envisages integration of AYUSH systems of medicine with the Healthcare Delivery System. Mainstreaming of AYUSH is one of the strategies in National Health Mission (NHM) which seeks to provide accessible, affordable and quality health care in order to improve the existing health care delivery system.

Government of India has adopted a strategy of Co-location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs), thus enabling choice to the patients for different systems of medicine. The engagement of AYUSH Doctors / paramedics and their training is supported by the Department of Health & Family Welfare, while the support for AYUSH infrastructure, equipment / furniture and medicines are provided by Ministry of AYUSH under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM).

Further, under NAM, there is provision of AYUSH Wellness Centres including Yoga & Naturopathy which also envisage engagement of Yoga manpower.

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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KV School Staff: Post Code & Subject Code

KV School

KV School Staff: Post Code & Subject Code

The detailed table of Post Code & Subject Code for all group of employees working in Kendriya Vidyalayas.

SL. No.	NAME OF POST	SUBJECT	POST CODE	SUBJECT CODE
1.	HEAD MASTER	NA	HDM	NA
2.	LIBRARIAN	NA	LBR	NA
3.	YOGA TEACHER	YOGA	YOG	YOGA
4.	ASSISTANT SECTION OFFICER	NTS	ASO	ASST
5.	SUB-STAFF	NTS	MTS	SUBS
6.	HINDI TRANSLATOR	NTS	HDL	HITR
7.	STENOGRAPHER GRADE II	NTS	SII	JRST
8.	LAB ASSISTANT	NTS	LAB	LAST
9.	JUNIOR SECRETARIAT ASST	NTS	JSA	JSAT
10.	STENOGRAPHER GRADE I	NTS	SGI	SRST
11.	STAFF CAR DRIVER	NTS	SCD	DRIV
12.	SENIOR SECRETARY ASST	NTS	SSA	SSAT
13.	POST GRADUATE TEACHER	BIO TECHNOLOGY	PGT	BTEC
14.	POST GRADUATE TEACHER	COMPUTER SCIENCE	PGT	COMP
15.	POST GRADUATE TEACHER	BIOLOGY	PGT	BIOL
16.	POST GRADUATE TEACHER	CHEMISTRY	PGT	CHEM
17.	POST GRADUATE TEACHER	COMMERCE	PGT	COMM
18.	POST GRADUATE TEACHER	ECONOMICS	PGT	ECON
19.	POST GRADUATE TEACHER	ENGLISH	PGT	ENGL
20.	POST GRADUATE TEACHER	GEOGRAPHY	PGT	GEOG
21.	POST GRADUATE TEACHER	HINDI	PGT	HIND
22.	POST GRADUATE TEACHER	HISTORY	PGT	HIST
23.	POST GRADUATE TEACHER	MATHS	PGT	MATH
24.	POST GRADUATE TEACHER	PHYSICS	PGT	PHYS
25.	PRIMARY TEACHER	MUSIC	PRT	MUST
26.	PRIMARY TEACHER	N.A.	PRT	N.A.
27.	TRAINED GRADUATE TEACHER	BIOLOGY	TGT	BIOL
28.	TRAINED GRADUATE TEACHER	ART	TGT	DRGT
29.	TRAINED GRADUATE TEACHER	ENGLISH	TGT	ENGL
30.	TRAINED GRADUATE TEACHER	HINDI	TGT	HIND
31.	TRAINED GRADUATE TEACHER	MATHS	TGT	MATH
32.	TRAINED GRADUATE TEACHER	PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION	TGT	PETR
33.	TRAINED GRADUATE TEACHER	SANSKRIT	TGT	SANS
34.	TRAINED GRADUATE TEACHER	SOCIAL STUDIES	TGT	SOST
35.	TRAINED GRADUATE TEACHER	WORK EXPERIENCE	TGT	WETR

Source: http://kvsangathan.nic.in/

Modernisation of Ordnance Factories

Ministry of Defence

Modernisation of Ordnance Factories

05 MAR 2018

To keep pace with contemporary manufacturing technologies, Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has undertaken modernisation of Ordnance Factories including the six factories located in the State of Tamil Nadu. In addition to modernisation of Plant & Machinery, capacity augmentation programme is also under way in three factories namely Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi, Engine Factory Avadi and Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project, Trichy.

Details of factory-wise expenditure incurred in the year 2016-17 on modernisation of the six Ordnance Factories located in the State of Tamil Nadu are as follows:

Factory	Investment on Plant & Machinery and Civil Works on capacity creation & augmentation	Expenditure on Renewal & Replacement of Plant & Machinery
(i) Heavy Vehicles Factory,  Avadi	554.00	24.59
(ii) Engine Factory  Avadi	234.00	5.30
(iii) Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project, Trichy	35.19	12.19
(iv) Ordnance Factory, Trichy	-	6.65
(v) Ordnance Clothing Factory, Avadi	-	1.22
(vi) Cordite Factory  Aruvankadu	-	2.93

This information was given by RakshaRajyaMantriDr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to ShrimatiSasikalaPushpain Rajya Sabha today.

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7th CPC: Payment of overtime Allowance (OTA) in the revised pay to the employees of Defence Industrial Establishments governed by the Factories Act, 1948

Payment of overtime Allowance (OTA) in the revised pay to the employees of Defence Industrial Establishments governed by the Factories Act, 1948

Overtime Pay in 7th CPC for Defence Industrial Establishments governed by the Factories Act, 1948 - MoD Order

Government of India
Ministry of defence
(Department of Defence)
D(Civ-II)

B-Wing, Sena Bhavan,

New Delhi, the 26 February, 2018

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Payment of overtime Allowance (OTA) in the revised pay to the employees of Defence Industrial Establishments governed by the Factories Act, 1948.

Consequent upon revision of pay structure as per VII CPC recommendations, the matter regarding payment of OTA, as per revised pay, to the employees of the Defence Industrial Establishments under the Factories Act, 1948 has been considered in consultation with the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Law & Justice.

2. It has been decided that the Overtime Allowance shall be paid to the employees of the Defence Industrial Establishment governed by the Factories Act, 1948 on the basis of revised wages with effect from the date the wages have been revised i.e. 1.1.2016. The OTA on the basis of revised wages is subject to the conditions stipulated in this Ministry's OM No. 14(1)/97/D(Civ-11) dated 1st July 1998.

3. It is further added/clarified that those categories of "workers" who come within the scope of Section 64 of the Factories Act and whose basic pay exceed the wage limit, as specified in sub-section (6) of Section (1) of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, are entitled for payment of OTA in terms of MoD OM No. 14(2)/76/D(Civ-II) dated 25.06.1983 on the basis of wage limit notionally determined. Accordingly, OTA will be paid to them on the basis of wage limit notionally determined on the basis of old pay scales until the new wage limit is defined by the Ministry of Labour & Employment based on the consumer expenditure survey published by NSSO. Thereafter, the OTA will be paid to them on the basis of new wage limit notionally determined, if the basic pay exceeds the new wage limit.

The other conditions as laid down in this Ministry's letter No. 14(1)/97/D(Civ-II) dated 1st July. 1998 shall remain unchanged

4. This issues with the concurrence of MoD(Finance/AG/PB) vide their Dy No. 1 04/AG/PB dated 15.02.2018 and after consultation with Ministry of Labour & Employment vide their ID No. Z- 16025/09/2017-ISH-II dated 13.11.2017

(Dalpat Singh)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Tel. 23014675