F.No.42/10/2014-P&PW(G)
Government
of India
Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances & 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
