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Government of India
Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievacnes & Pensions
Department
of Pension & Pensioner’s Welfare
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,
Khan Market, New Delhi – 110003
Date: 09th April, 2014
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Grant of Dearness Relief to Central
Government pensioners/family pensioners – Revised rate effective from
1.1.2014.
The undersigned is
directed to refer to this Department’s OM No. 42/13/2012-P&PW(G) dated 3rd
Oct, 2013 on the subject mentioned above and to state that the President
is pleased to decide that the Dearness Relief (DR) payable to
Central Government pensioners/family pensioners shall be enhanced from the
existing rate of 90 % to 100% w.e.f. 1st Jan, 2014.
2. These orders apply to (i) All Civilian Central Government
Pensioners/Family Pensioners (ii) The Armed Forces
Pensioners, Civilian Pensioners paid
out of the Defence Service Estimates, (iii) All India Service Pensioners
(iv) Railway Pensioners and (v) The Burma Civilian pensioners/family pensioners
and pensioners/families of displaced Government pensioners from Pakistan,
who are Indian Nationals but receiving pension on behalf of Government of
Pakistan and are in receipt of ad-hoc ex-gratia allowance of Rs.3500/- p.m. in
terms of this Department’s OM No. 23/1/97-P&PW(B) dated 23.2.1998 read
with this Department’s OM No. 23/3/2008-P&PW(B) dated 15.9.2008.
3. Central Government Employees who had drawn lump sum amount
on absorption in a PSU/Autonomous body and have become eligible to restoration of 1/3rd commuted
portion of pension as well as revision of the restored amount in terms of
this Department’s OM No. 4/59/97-P&PW (D) dated 14.07.1998 will also
be entitled to the payment of DR @ 100% w.e.f. 1.1.2014 on full pension i.e. the revised pension which
the absorbed employee would have received on the date of restoration had
he not drawn lump sum payment on absorption and Dearness Pension subject
to fulfillment of the conditions laid down in para 5 of the a.M. dated
14.07.98. In this connection, instructions contained in this Department’s
OM NoA/29/99-P&PW (D) dated. 12.7.2000 refer.
4. Payment of DR
involving a fraction of a rupee shall be rounded off to the next higher
rupee.
5. Other provisions
governing grant of DR in respect of employed family pensioners and
re-employed Central Government Pensioners will be regulated in accordance
with the provisions contained in this Department’s OM No. 45/73/97-P&PW(G)
dated 2.7.1999 as amended vide this Department’s OM No. F. No.
38/88/2008-P&PW(G) dated 9th July, 2009. The provisions relating to
regulation of DR where a pensioner is in receipt of more than one pension,
will remain unchanged.
6. In the case of retired Judges of the Supreme Court and High
Courts, necessary orders will be issued by the Department of Justice
separately.
7. 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.
8. The offices of
Accountant General and Authorised Public Sector Banks are requested to
arrange payment of relief to pensioners etc. on the basis of
these instructions without waiting for any further instructions from the
Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Reserve Bank of India in
view of letter No. 528-TA, II/34-80-II dated 23/04/1981 of the Comptroller
and Auditor General of India addressed to all Accountant Generals and
Reserve Bank of India Circular No. GANB No. 2958/GA-64 (ii) (CGL)/81 dated
the 21st May, 1981 addressed to State Bank of India and its
subsidiaries and all Nationalised Banks.
9. In their application
to the pensioners/family pensioners belonging to Indian
Audit and Accounts Department, these orders issue after consultation with the
C&AG.
10. This issues with the
concurrence of Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure conveyed
vide their OM No.1( 4)/EV/2004 dated 07th, April, 2014.
11. Hindi version will follow.
sd/-
( Charanjit Taneja)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
