GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

Abstract Payment o[ Dearncss Allowance to state (]overnment Employccs and Dcarncss Relief to state Scrvice Pcnsic>ncrs/Family pcnsioncrs - Rcviscd raLcs cfl'cct.ivc from 1 .7.2O 13 - Orders Issued. FINANCE (PAY RESEARCH UNIT) DEPARTMENT G.O.(PlNo.63O I ZO 1 3 I Fin. Read:

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Dated, Thiruvananthapuram r2S.L2. 20 13 1. G.O.(P) No.85/20lllFin, dated 26.O2.2O11 2. c.O.(P) No.87 /2O1 1/Fin, dated 28.O2.2Otl 3. G.O.(P) No.323/2Ol2lFin, dated 04.O6.2Ot2 4. c.O.(P) No.614l2Ol2f Frn, dated O8.Lt.2OI2 5. G.O.(P) Nf thc Dcpartment of Expenditure, Ministry of Financc, (]ovcrnment of India. 8. O.M.No. F-No. 4211312O12-P&PW (G) dated 03.10.2013 of the Dcpartme nt of Pension and Pensioners We lfarc, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Government of India. 9. G.O. (P) No. 62912013lFin. dated 23.12.t2.2Ot3.

ORDER In the Office Memoranda cited above, Government of lndia sanctioned revised rate of Dcarness Allowance/Dearncss Relief to Ccntral (]overnmcnt employees, Pensictners and lamily pcnsioners with cffect from 1.7.2O13. On thc basis of thc abovc, ftlllowing ordcrs arc issucd:

2. (i) Thc rate of Dcarncss Allowancc payablc in rcspcct oI

Statc

()overnment Employccs, Teachcrs, Staff ol Aided Scho<>ls, Privatc Collegcs and Polytechnics, Full time Employees borne on the contingent and work chargecl cstablishments and employces of Local Bodies will be enhanced from the existing rate of 53% to 636/o w.e.f . 1.7.2013.

(ii) continuing 25.03.2006

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The Dearness

in the

Allowance payable

in respect of those

employees

of G.O (P) No.1a5/2006/Fin dated will bc cnhanccd from thc cxisting ratc of 157oh to 174oh w.c.f. pre-revised scale

1.7.2013.

(iii) The Dearness Allowance payable in respect of teachers coming under UGC/AICTE/Medical Education Schemes (in whose case DA up to 50% has becn convcrted as Dearness Pay) will be enhanccd from the existing ratc of 1660/o

t<'t

183oh w.e.f. 1.7.2013.

(i") The Dearness Allowance payable in respect of the teaching stalf coming under UGC/AICTE/Medical Education Schemes who havc cha.ngcd over

to.rcviscd UGC/AICTE scalc lrom 01.01 .2006 or thereafter and ..ludicial Officcrs

will bc cnhanccd from thc cxisl.ing ratc ol80%

t.<>

9Oo/o

w.e.[. 1.7.2O13.

(u) The Dearness Allowancc payable to those employcr:s who

will bc cnhanced from thc to 233oh w.c.[. 1.7.2O13 (up to the datc of cffcct of optiorr

continuing in the 1997 pay scalcs even aftcr existing rate of 2160/0

arc

1.7 .2O 13

under Pay Revision 2009).

("i) The Dearness Allowance

payable to those employees in Public Sector

Undertakings who were getting pay and allowances based on thc scales ol pay admissible under 1992 Pay Revision will be cnhanced as follows with cflect from 1.7.2013. i b:Ai,i of effect

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PaA Range

Ra.t:e oJ'

DA per rnonth

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Basic pay up Lo Rs.3, 500 p.m.

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Basic pay abovc Rs.3, 500 uptir

628%

Rs.6,000 p.m.

minimum of Rs. 25,3751

Basic pay above Rs.6,000

589o/o

2Sd/, ol' Pa)'

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Pay subject

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minimum of Rs. 37,680 l-

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(vii) The Dearness

at the enhanced rates will be paid in cash with the salary for the month of Januzrry, 2014 onwards. The arrear for the period from 1.7.2O13 to 31.72.2O13 will be drawn and credited to the provident Allowan<;e

Fund Account of the employees along with the salary bill lor any of the months from January 2Ol4 to July 2014. This procedure is applicable to those employees continuing in thc pre-revised scale even after 2OOg Pay Revision and cvcn aftcr 1996 UGC/AIC'I'E/Mcdical Education Schcmc. No wit.hdrawal othcr

than linal withdrawal of arrcars of Dcarncss Allowancc crcditcd to providcnt Fund Account shall be made before 30.1 1 .2017 or rctircmcnt, whichovcr is earlier and is applicable Mutatis Mutandis to Provident Funds othcr than Gcneral Provident Fund also.

(viii) The enhanced rate of Dearness Allowance will also bc applicable to Part-time and Part-time cclntingent employees on the basis of pay drawn by them.

(ix) The Dcarness Rclief payable to Statc Service Pcnsioncrs ancl Family Pensioncrs (whosc pension/lamily pcnsion has bccn rr:viscd as pcr G.O.(p) No.87/2011f trin, datcd 28.O2.2O11) will bc cnhanccd from thc cxisting ratc of 53% to 63% with eflect from 1.7.2013.

(x) The Dearness Relicf payable to State Service Pensioncrs and

Family

Pensioners whose pension/lamily pension has not undergonc rcvision as per GO(P)No.87 l20 1 1/ Fin dated 28.02.2O11 , and also to the Pensioners/ h-amily Pensioners coming under UGC/AICTE/Medical Education Schemes (who retired

prior to

and whose family pension has been revised as per G.O.(P) No.81l2OO7 lFin. dated 28.O2.2OO7 and whose pension has not undergonc revision as per.GO(P) No.21112O1 1/Fin datcd 07 lOSl2O11), will bc cnhanccd from thc cxisting ratc of 157% L
("i) The Dearness Relief

payble to rctired State .Judicial Officcrs ( who arc

drawing Dearness Reliet at central rates and whose pension or lamily pcnsion has not been revised as per G.O (Ms) No.236/10/Home dated 02.1t.2010) anci

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the uG

Pensioners/

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IAICTE,

Family

under

Pcnsioners, coming

lMedical Education Schemcs (who rc:tired aftcr

whose pcnsictnl framily Pcnsion has bcen rcviscd as pcr G.O.(P)

dated

o 1 .03

.2007 and has not

21t lZot I lFin dated 7 l5l20t

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undcrgc)nc

thc

catcgory

01 . OT .2OO1 and Nr>

.84 l2OO7

/Fin

revision as PCr GO(P)

will bc cnhanccd from thc cxisLing ratc

No'

t>l' 1660/o

Lo 183% w.e.f. 1.7 .2O 13.

(xii) The Dearness Relief payable

in respect of Ex-Chairman and Member of

as per Kerala Pubtic Service Commission, whose pension structure was modified

follows w'e'f' G.O.(Ms)No.109 12013/GAD dated 22.O4.2O13 will be enhanced as 1.7

.2013.

Category

Ch;ii*oo ""a

bot" ,f tiiir.ina"tioi of

Rate of DR

Prior to or after 01 .01 .2006

63o/o

Prior to 01.01 .2006

63%

Mcmbers who were

appointed frclm outside Government scrvicc

-_rr[ -M.*b"i* rt"ui"g prior service in Government and

Ch"i.*;"

opted benefits of combined service.

Ch"**"" -il4

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vr.rnU&- h""ing

prior service in (iovernment

and

On or aftcr

O 1 .O 1

.2006

630/o

olltcci bcnc{-its o{' c()mbincd scrvicc.

(xii) (a) The Dearncss Reliel payablc in rcsPect of Ex-chairm en lothcr

has not Members of Kerala Public Service Commission, whose pcnsion 22 la4 l20 13, undergone revision as per G'O' (Ms') No. 109 l2oL3 IGAD dated

will be enhanced as follows with effect from 1.7.2O13.

Category

Rate of DR

Chairman and Members whcl werc

appointed

from

Prior t.o or

outside

after

01.01.2006

Government service

L7 4o/o

Chairman and Members having

prior service in Government and Prior to 01. 07 .2OO4

opted b_enefits of combined service. --h"r-g]

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or prior scrvice in Governmcnl and On 01 07 .2004 _gp_tcd bcncfits c>f combincd scrvi...,

after

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183%

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(xiii) Thc ratc of Dcarness Reliel payable to the teaching stalf

coming

under UGC/AICTE/Medical Education Streams who have changed over tr> revised UGC/AICTE scale from t.l.2006 and those who retircd aftcr l.l.2006 and that to the State Judicial Officers whose pension has bcen revised as per G.O (Ms) No.236/2OLOlHome dated O2.LL2OIO, will bc enhanccd from the existing rate of 80% to 9Oohw.e.f. 1.7.2U.3. This rate will be adopted only after

the formal sanctioning of revision of their pension in terms of G.O.(P)No.21L 12O11/Fin datcd

07.05.2O1). The teaching staff coming undcr the UGC / AICTE / Mcdical trducation Streams who havc rctircd prior tcr 01 '01 .2006 and whosc pcnsion has bccn revised in tcrms of G.O.(p) No.21112O1 1/Fin dated 07.O5.2O11 will also be cligible for Dcarncss Rclict at the above rate.

(xiv) The Dearness

Relie

f payable in

re

spect of the State

Service

Pensioners/Family Pensioners whose pension has not undcrgonc rcvision as pcr

G.o.(P) No.180/2006/Fin. dated t9.o4.2006 and who are drawing Pension/Family Pension as per pension revision tgg7, and in respect of pensioners / family pensioners coming under UGC / AICTE / Mcdical Education Schemes whosc pension has not undergone revision as per G.O.(p) lFin. dated 28.O2.2007 or G.O.(P) No.8al2007 lFin. datcd t.3.2OOZ will bc enhanccd from thc cxisting rate ol 2160/o lc> 233o/o w.e .f. I .7.2013. I'his will be applicable only till such date of effect of option lor Pension Rcvisir>n 2OO4, after which thc Dearness Rclicf payable will be as indicated in para 2(x) above No.81 12007

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and after the date of effect of option for Pension Revision 2OO9, Dearness Relicf will be payable as indicated in para 2 (ix) above.

3. The enhanccd ratc o[ Dcarness Rclicf due from 1.7 .2O13 will be paid along wit.h thc pcnsion o[ .January 2014 and arrears from .Iuiy 2013 t<; December 2013 will be relcascd in four quartcrly cqual instalmcnts along with the Pension for the months of Fcbruary 2014, May 2014, August 2014 and November 2014.

4. The conditions laid down in the G.O. read as 9th abovc shall bc applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance/Dearness Rclicf under these ordcrs.

By Order of the Governor V. SOMASUNDARAN, Government(Finance) to Additional Chief Secretary '1'r>

The Principal Accountant Gencral (A&tr), Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram The Principal Accountant General (Gencral & social Sector Audit), Keral a, ThiruvananthaPu ram The Accountant General (Economic & Revenue Sector Audit), Kerala, Thiruvan anthaPu ram The Accountant General (A&E), Tamil Nadu, Chennai The Accountant General (A&B), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad The Accountant General (A&E), Karnataka, Bangalore The Accountant General (A&E), Maharashtra, Mumbai The Accountant General (A&E), Rajasthan , .Jaipur The Accountant General (A&E), Gujarat, Gandhi Nagar The Accountant General (A&E), Hariyana, Chandigarh The Accountant General (A&E), Punjab, Chandigarh The Accountant General (A&E), .Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar Thc Accountant Gencral (A&E), Himachal Pradcsh, Shimla Thc Accountant Gcncral (A&lr), Madhya Pradcsh, Gwalior The Accountant Gcncral (A&tr), Orissa, Bhubancswar Thc Accountant Gcncral (A&E), Uttar Pradcsh, Allahabzrd The Accountant Gcncral (A&B), Bihar, Patna The Accountant General (A&E), West Bcngal, Kolkatta The Accountant Gencral (A&tr), Assam, Dispur, Guwahati The Accountant General (A&lr), Manipur, Imphal The Accountant General (A&E), Tripura, Agartala Thc Accountant General (A&E), Nagaleind, Kohima The Accountant Generzrl (A&E), ArunachalPradesh, It'anagar The Accounternt Genera 1(A&B), Utharanjal, Dchradun The Accountant General (A&E), Goa, Panaji The Accountant General (A&tr), Chattisgarh, Raipur The Accountant General (A&E), .-lharkhand, Ranchi .

Thc Accountant Gcncral

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(A&E), Missoram, Iswal The Accountant General (A&E), Meghalaya, Shillong The Accountant General (A&E), Sikkim, Gangtok The Principal Accounts Officer, Delhi Administration, Vikas Bhavan, New Delhi The Principal Accounts Officer, Pondicherry The Chief General Manager, Department of (iovernment and Bank Accounts, Central Office, Rcserve Bank of India, Opposite Mumbai Railway Station, Byculla, Mumbai-400 008 The Head Offices of all Nationalised BzLnks (250 copies) The Chief Manager, Finance and Accounts, State Bank of Travancore, Thiruvananthapuram 'l'hc Rcgional M anagcr, union Bank of India, Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapu ram The General Manager (Finance) UCO Bank, Head Office, Financc Dcpartment, 2 India Exchangc Placc, 3.d Floor, Kolkattzr - 700 O0l Thc Assistant Divisional Managcr, Central Bank of India, Thiruvananthapuram and Cochin The Senior Manager, Canara Bank, Thiruvananthapuram The Senior Manager, Circle Office, (Annex), Canara Bank, Thiruvananthapuram The chief Regional Manager, state Bzrnk of India, Thiruvananthapuram The Divisional Manager, Syndicate Bank, Thiruvananthapuram The Regional Manager, Indian Bank, Thiruvananthapuram Thc Regional Manager, lndian overscas Bank, Thiruvananthapuram The Regional Manager, Vijaya Bank, Thiruvananthapuram All Heads of Departments The Director of Treasuries, Thiruvananthapuram All District Treasuries / Sub Treasuries The Director of Information and Public Relations, Thiruvananthapuram AII Departmcnts [all scctions] of the Secrctariat The Sccretary, Kerala Public Service'Commission [with C.L.l All Universities in Kerala Thc Advocatc General, Ernakulam lwith C.L.l The Secretary, Kerala Statc Elcctricity Board [with C.L.] Thc Managing Director, Kerala Statc Road Transport Corporation, Thiruvananthapuram [with C.L.] All Principal Secrctaries, Secretaries, Additional Secretaries, .Joint Secrctaries, Deputy Secretaries and Under Secretaries to Governmcnt The Secretary to Governor The Secretary, state Election commission, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram The Private Secretaries to chief Minister and other Ministers The Private Secretary to Speaker The Private Secretary to Deputy Speaker The Private Secretary to the Leader of Opposition The Additional Secretary to thc Chief Secretary Thc Registrar, Kerala Lok Ayukta, Thiruvananthapuram Thc sccrctary, Kcrala Human rights commission, Thiruvananthapurarn The Ombudsman for Local Self Governmcnt Institutions, Thiruvananthapuram ,,,Vh" Nod a I ( )fficcr, wrrtt'. I-inar r cc. ]
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