No. 1/1/2020-E- II(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 23rd April, 2020.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Freezing of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners at current rates till July 2021.
The undersigned is directed to say that in view of the crisis arising out of COVID-19, it has been decided that the additional installment of Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners, due from 1st January 2020 shall not be paid. The additional installments of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief due from 1st July 2020 and 1st January 2021 shall also not be paid. However, Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief at current rates will continue to be paid.
2. As and when the decision to release the future installment of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief due from 1st July 2021 is taken by the Government, the rates of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief as effective from 1st January 2020, 1st July 2020 and 1st January 2021 will be restored prospectively and will be subsumed in the cumulative revised rate effective from 1st July 2021. No arrears for the period from 1st January 2020 till 30th June 2021 shall be paid.
Pension claim submission during lock-down of Defence civilian
O/o The Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension),
Draupadighat, Allahabad - 211014
Circular No.C- 207
No.G1/C/MISC/Vol-X/Tech
O/o the PCDA(P), Allahabad
Dated: 03/04/2020
To,
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(All Head of Department under Min. of Defence)
Sub:- Submission of pension claim during lock-down in respect of Defence civilian
Government of India has declared lock-down as a precautionary measure in view of COVID-19. Some Head of office have expressed their inability in forwarding of pension claim in hard copy due to lockdown. Matter has been considered by the competent authority and it has been decided that till then lockdown, superannuation/retiring pension claim whose date of retirement is on or before 30.04.2020 and all death cases pension claim may also be forwarded as a soft copy i.e. scanned copy to PCDA (Pension) Allahabad email address cda-albd@nic.in. This arrangement is optional for those HOO who are not in position to forward pension claim in hard copy. Subject of email should be "Pension claim- G1/Civil".
2. In view of the above, you are requested to issue suitable instructions (along with copy of this circular) to all the head of the Offices under your administrative control to ensure the submission of pension claim as stated above.
DPE- No. 10037/2014-GM-FTS-1867
Government of India
Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises
Public Enterprises Bhawan
In view of Department of Personnel & Training OM No.
11013/9/2014-Estt-(A-III) dated 22.03.2020, on the above-mentioned
subject, the following further directions are issued:
2 All administrative Ministries /Departments concerned with the CPSEs are requested to advise their
respective CPSEs suitably in this regard and obtain a compliance report from them.
Heads of CPSEs may draw up a Roster of Staff (all officers and employees, including executives, non-
executives, consultants, contractual and outsourced employees) who are required to render essential
services within each CPSE (Keeping in view the work /production exigencies). They alone may be asked to
attend the Office/ Unit from 23rd March until 31st March, 2020.
In other words, the CPSEs should function with skeletal staff. The officials
who are working from home should be available on telephone and electronic means of communication at all
times. They should attend office if called for, in case of any exigencies of work.
These instructions shall not apply to the Officers and employees engaged in essential/emergency services
and those directly engaged in taking measures to control spread of COVID 19.
These instructions shall be applicable with immediate effect.
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(Pavanesh Kr Sharma)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
(i) Heads of Department (HoDs) may ensure that 50 per cent of Group B and C employees are required to attend
office every day, and the remaining 50 per cent staff should be instructed to work from home. All HoDs are
advised to draft a weekly roster of duty for Group B and C staff and ask them to attend office on alternate
weeks. While deciding the roster for 'the first week, HoDs are advised to include officials who are residing
in close proximity to their office or use their own transport to travel to the offices.
(ii) Further, the working hours for all employees who attend office on a particular day should be staggered.
It is suggested that three groups of employees may be formed and asked to attend office as per the following
timings:-
(a) 9 AM to 5.30 PM (b) 9.30 AM to 6 PM (c) 10 AM to 6.30 PM
(iii) The officials who are working from home on a particular day as per the roster drawn up should be
available on telephone and electronic means of communication at all times. They should attend office, if
called for any exigency of work.
(iv) Similar instructions may be issued to Attached/Subordinate Offices, Autonomous/Statutory Bodies.
(v) The Department of Financial Services (DFS) and Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) may issue similar
instructions regarding Financial Institutions and Public Sector Undertakings.
(vi) These instructions shall not apply to the offices and employees engaged in essential / emergency
services and those directly engaged in taking measures to control spread of COVID-19.
(vii) These orders shall be applicable with immediate effect and will remain in force till 4th April,
2020.
(Sujata Chaturvedi)
Additional Secretary to the Government of India
To
All the Ministries/Departments of the Government of India
