Coverage under Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993, in place of National Pension System, of those Railway employees

NPS

RBE No. 28/2020

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. D-43/12/2018-F(E)III

New Delhi, Dated : 03.03.2020

The GMs/ Principal Financial Advisors,
All Zonal Railways/ Production Units,
(As per mailing list)

Subject: Coverage under Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993, in place of National Pension System, of those Railway employees whose selection for appointment was finalized before 01.01.2004 but who joined Railway service on or after 01.01.2004.

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A copy of Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DOP&PW’s) O.M. No. 57/04/2019-P&PW(B) dated 171 h February, 2020 is enclosed herewith for compliance and guidance. These instructions shall apply mutatis mutandis on the Railways also. Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 correspond to the Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993. The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance’s Notification No. 5n/2003-ECB &PR dated 22.12.2003, mentioned in the DOP&PW’s O.M. dated 17.02.2020, has been circulated on Railways vide this office’s letter No. F(E)III/2003/PN 1/24 dated 31.12.2003.

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Similar to the amendments made in the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 and other connected rules, as mentioned in para 1 of the DOP&PW’s O.M. dated 17.02.2020, the Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993 and other connected rules were also amended vide Notification No. F(E)III/ 2003/PN1/38 dated 30.12.2003.

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Further, separate instructions with respect to para 9 of the DOP&PW’s O.M. dated 17.02.2020 will be issued by the Accounts Directorate for accountal of the corpus available in the NPS account of the railway servant.

D.A.: as above

(G. Priya Sudarsani)
Director, Finance (Estt.)

Railway Board

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7th CPC Stagnation increment - Revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners

7th CPC Stagnation increment - Revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners

Pc -VII No. 130/2019
RBE No. 36/2019

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. 2016/F(E)III/1(1)/7
New Delhi,Dated : 26.02.2019

The GMs/Principal Financial Advisors,
All Zonal Railways/Production .Units,
(As per mailing list)

Subject: Revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners - Stagnation increment - regarding.

A copy of Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare (DOP&PW's) O.M. No. 38/37/2016-P&PW(A) dated 2151 December, 2018 on the above subject is enclosed for information and compliance. These instructions shall apply mutatis mutandis on the Railways also. The Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure's O.M No. 1-6/2016-IC dated 07.09.2016, mentioned in the DOP&PW's O.M. dated 21.12.2018 , has been adopted on Railways vide this office's letter No. PC- VII/2016/RSRP/4 dated 22.09.2016 .

The Railway Board's instructions corresponding to the DOP&PW's instructions referred to in their aforesaid O.M. dated 21st December, 2018 are given under:-

S.No.	DOP&PW's instructions	Railway Board's corresponding instructions.
1.	O.M. No. 38/37/2016-P&PW(A)dated 12.05.2017	Letter No. 2016/F(E)III/1(1)/7 dated 22.05.2017
2.	O.M. No.38/37/2016-P&PW(A) dated 06.07.2017	Letter No. 2016/F(E)III/1 (1)/7 dated, 11.07.2017

sd/-
(G. Priya Sudarsani)
Director, Finance (Estt.),
Railway Board.

Source: Indian Railways

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