Finmin Orders Jan 2015 – Foreign tours, Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG and Sukanya Samridhhi Account
The Finance Ministry has issued some important orders today on its
portal, the same is reproduced and given below for your kind
information…
1. Foreign tours/travels as part of Training Programmes — approval of Screening Committee of Secretaries (SCOS).
2. Direct Benefit Transfer / Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL) — payment of Commission to Banks.
3. Launch of scheme for Girl Child named “Sukanya Samridhhi Account’ by Hon’ble Prime Minister
No. 7(1)IE.Coord/2014
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
North Block, New Delhi
25th November 2014
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:
Foreign tours/travels as part of Training Programmes — approval of Screening Committee of Secretaries (SCOS).
Instructions have been issued by this Department from time to time on
the need to curtail expenditure on foreign travel. In recent months it
has been observed that Ministries/Departments have been proposing
Foreign Study Tours (FSTs) of large delegations of officers as a part of
training programmes. In keeping with the Government’s drive on economy
and rationalization of expenditure and to have an objective assessment
of such FSTs, it has been decided that prior approval of the Screening
Committee of Secretaries would be required for all FSTs of delegations
exceeding 5 members (irrespective of level/rank of officers), where
Government of India is funding such tours and which are part of career
training programme(s)
or stand alone tours or otherwise.
2. This has the approval of Cabinet Secretary.
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(N. Radhakrishnan)
Director(E.Coord)
Direct Benefit Transfer / Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL) — payment of Commission to Banks
F.No.32 (07)/PF-II/2011(VoI.II)
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
(PF-II Division)
North Block, New Delhi
Dated: the 16th of January, 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:
Direct Benefit Transfer / Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL) — payment of Commission to Banks.
The issues relating to the payment of appropriate commission with
respect to payments made under the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)/Direct
Benefit Transfer in LPG (DBTL) schemes of the Government have been under
active consideration of the Government for some time. The matter has
been examined in detail, and in supersession of earlier OMs issued in
this regard, it has been decided that:
(i) For urban based DBT schemes like DBTL, the transaction cost may
be paid at the NEFT rate as per the extant RBI circular or the APB rate
as per the extant NPCI circular (as applicable). The ‘on us and “off-us
distinction, wherever it exists, should be maintained on the basis of
actuals.
(ii) For rural based DBT schemes like pensions, NREGA, pre-matric
scholarship, maternity benefits etc. where a large number
of transactions are likely to be through the Banking Correspondents, the
transaction charges may be paid @ 1% subject to an upper limit of Rs.10
per transaction, in addition to what is required to be paid vide (I)
above.
(iii) The transaction cost may be paid at the time of credit of
benefit transfer into the accounts of beneficiaries from the same
budget line from which the respective scheme funds / benefits are being
transferred.
(iv) This OM will come into immediate effect and may be reviewed from time to time.
2. This issues with the approval of the Finance Minister.
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(Chittaranj Dash)
Director (PF. II)
Launch of scheme for Girl Child named “Sukanya Samridhhi Account’ by Hon’ble Prime Minister — rate of interest reg.
IMMEDIATE
F. No.2/3/2014.NS-II
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Departnìent of Economic Affairs
236, North Block, New Delhi-110001
Dated the 20th January, 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:
Launch of scheme for Girl Child named “Sukanya Samridhhi Account’ by Hon’ble Prime Minister — rate of interest reg.
In compliance of announcement by Finance Minister in his Budget
Speech 2014-15 the Government of India has introduced a new scheme named
“Sukanya Samriddhi Account” vide Notification No.GSR No.863 (E) dated
2nd December, 2014. It has been decided to allow 9.1% rate of interest
on investments in the scheme during the financial year 2014-15.
This has the approval of Union Finance Minister.
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Under Secretary to the Govt of India
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