Enhancement of ceiling of Payment of Gratuity to the NVS employees from Rs.10.00 lacs to Rs.20.00 lacs

Enhancement of ceiling of Payment of Gratuity to the NVS employees from Rs.10.00 lacs to Rs.20.00 lacs

Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Government of India

(Department of School Education & Literacy)

B-15. Institutional Area. Sector-62 Noida

Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh -201209

Dated: 24.02.2020

NOTIFICATION

Sub:- Enhancement of ceiling of Payment of Gratuity to the employees of NVS from Rs.10.00 lacs to Rs.20.00 lacs.

It is hereby notified that the ceiling limit of Gratuity has been enhanced from Rs.10.00 lacs to Rs.20.00 lacs with effect from 29.03.2018 in respect of the employees who joined NVS prior to 01.01.2004.

Also read: Benefit of gratuity in respect of Central Government Employees counting of service on joining new service covered under National Pension System (NPS)

It is also notified that the NVS-Payment of Gratuity Rules, 2007 hither to in operation has been scrapped. Henceforth, the Payment of Gratuity, as amended from time to time under Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 ( amended in 2018) will be applicable for employees of NVS who joined NVS prior to 01.01.2004.

This has the approval of the Ministry as communicated vide letter No. F.No. 17-30/2018-UT-3 dated 11.02.2020.

Also check: NPS: Extension of benefits of Retirement Gratuity and Death Gratuity to the Central Government employees covered by New Defined Contribution Pension System (National Pension System)

(G. Arumugam)

Joint Commissioner (Admn.)

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KVS: Safety and Security of Children in Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools

KVS: Safety and Security of Children in Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools

KVS

Safety and Security of Children in Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools

MEASURES TO PREVENT CHILDREN FROM DANGERS OF WATER AND DROWNING

Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) and Kendriya Vidyalay Sanghatan (KVS) in their guidelines have explained steps to be taken to avoid danger of children from drowning.

WELLS AND PONDS

I. The wells and ponds if exist in the campus are to be provided with protective wall and iron grills covering the well and the movements of the students should be restricted towards it.

RIVER, CANALS, PONDS AND RAILWAY TRACKS

II. Children should not be allowed to go towards the nearby river, canals, ponds and railway tracks and to take bath using water from the overhead tanks by climbing on the terrace.

Fencing should be provided to the steps of overhead tank to avoid children climbing over head tank.

III. Movements of children are to be strictly watched through formation of groups by school authorities.

IV. Children should not be permitted to go outside the School premises during the school hours.

SCHOOL CAMPUS STRICTLY ENFORCED

V. The presence of the students in the School campus at all times should be strictly enforced. Strict discipline and to check the unauthorized absence of the students from the School is to be given paramount importance.

VI. The root cause for such behavior of the child must be ascertained, parents should be informed accordingly and corrective steps should be taken.

VII. For certain ritual and functions which are observed in the school, necessary precautions and arrangements to be made in advance.

Children should not be permitted to go on rallies for immersion of idols in tanks, ponds and wells etc.

VIII. No procession should be allowed to move from school out of the campus in the eve of any religious celebrations.

SWIMMING POOL

IX. No swimming pool will be constructed without prior permission of competent authority.

X. If swimming pool is constructed in school premises, it must be constructed as per the prescribed norms of competent authority and should also be maintained as prescribed.

Source: KVS

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Annuity based alternate pension proposal for the employees of NVS prior to 1.1.2004

Annuity based alternate pension proposal for the employees of NVS prior to 1.1.2004

F. No. 3-1/2018 -NVS(Admn)/3584

Date : 4/12/2018

To,
The Deputy Commissioner,
All Regional Offices

Sub: Annuity based alternate pension proposal for the employees of NVS prior to 1.1.2004 - reg.

Sir,
In continuation to this office letter of even number dated 06.12.2018 seeking willingness of the employees with regard to introduction of alternate annuity based pension, it is to clarify the following:-

1. Own share of employee in the existing CPF scheme shall remain intact. It will not be utilized for creating the corpus fund of the alternate pension plan.

2. However, the management share of the existing CPF scheme will be utilized to form the corpus fund for the proposed annuity based pension scheme.

3. Proposed basic pension is 50% of the basic pay at the time of retirement and there is no provision for DA thereon.

4. Provision for commutation of pension upto 1/3rd of the basic pension exists..Employee at the time of retirement can get the commutation value. It would be more or less equal to the management share. Besides 213rd of basic pension per month fixed at the time of retirement is payable.

5. The pension is payable till the pensioner is alive. There is no provision for family pension after death of the employee.
6. However, proposal for provisioning of DA and family pension is also being sent to the Ministry for
consideration.

7. In case of death of the eligible employees during service, Provision for a lump sum insured amount payable to their dependents is proposed to be covered under group term Insurance Scheme.

The above mentioned information may be widely circulated amongst the eligible employees to enable them to franchise their options/willingness for the proposed annuity based pension.

This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.

Yours faithfully,
S/d,
(B.C. Panda)
Assistant Commissioner (Admn.)

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Special Allowance to Teaching Staff in NVS

Special Allowance to Teaching Staff in NVS

20-01/2017-NVS(Admn.)-C4073

Date: 15.06.2018

NOTIFICATION

Sub: Continuance of "Special Allowance" to Teaching Staff in NVS - reg.

The proposal for continuance of special allowance @ 10% of Basic Pay to the teaching staff of NVS including Librarian has since been approved by the Department of Expenditure as communicated vide Ministry of HRD's letter No.17-01/2017-UT.3 dated 04.06.2018.

This is issued in continuation to Samiti's Notification of even number dated 20.02.2018,

sd/-

(B. Panda)

Assistant Commissioner (Admn.)

Source: http://nvshq.org

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Benefits of Pay Commission to employees of KVS and NVS

No time frame can be fixed for the disbursal of arrears to the employees of NVS and KVS

Benefits of Pay Commission to employees of KVS and NVS

Approval of the competent authority for the extension of the revised pay scales as per the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations for the employees of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has been conveyed on 11th July 2017 and 26th July 2017 respectively.
NVS and KVS have been advised to project their specific requirement of funds for implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations to their employees and reflect them in their proposals for Revised Estimates 2017-18.

Disbursement of arrears etc. will depend upon projection of requirement by these organizations as also allocation of funds for this purpose. As such, no time frame can be fixed for the disbursal of arrears to the employees of NVS and KVS.

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Pension scheme in NVS

Pension scheme in NVS

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1612

ANSWERED ON-08.12.2014

Pension scheme in NVS

1612 . Shri Arvind Kumar Singh

(a) whether Government is aware of the fact that the retired teachers and officials of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) are leading a precarious life after retirement, as the provision for pension was not available to the employees who joined before 2004, prior to introduction of New Pensions Scheme;
(b) whether Government is planning to provide pensions to such retired teachers and officials;
(c) if so, by when such pension would be disbursed and the details thereof; and
(d) if not, the reasons therefor?

 

ANSWER

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (d) The employees of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti had been given the benefit of Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) scheme since its inception. Subsequently, the Government had approved introduction of New Pension Scheme (NPS) for all regular employees of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) joining on or after 01.04.2009. However, those employees who joined NVS on regular basis before 01.04.2009 were given the option vide NVS’s notification dated 04.08.2009 either to continue with the existing Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) scheme or to join the New Pension Scheme. This option was to be exercised latest by 03.11.2009. Thus, the Government has already provided post retirement benefits of either CPF Scheme or NPS to the employees of NVS including teaching and non-teaching staff.

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