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SERIES I No. 7

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INDEX

Department

Office Memorandum

Subject

Pages

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4

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Finance

O.M.- 12/3/82-Fin(R&C)/Vol.II/

Grant of D.R. to Government Pensioners/

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/25460

/Family Pensioners.

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GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Finance

Revenue & Control Division

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Office Memorandum

12/3/82-Fin(R&C)/Vol.II/25460

The Office Memorandum No. 42/02/2024-

-P&PW(D) dated 13-03-2024 transcribed below

regarding Grant of Dearness Relief to Central

Government Pensioners/Family Pensioners—

Revised rate effective from 01-01-2024 issued

by the Government of India, Ministry of

Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions,

Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare,

New Delhi has been adopted by the State

Government.

The Dearness Relief @ 50% is to be paid to

the pensioners alongwith with arrears from

01-01-2024 to 30-04-2024 alongwith the

pension for the month of May, 2024.

Pranab G. Bhat, Under Secretary, Finance

(R&C).

Porvorim, 8th May, 2024.

NOTE

There is a Supplement to the Official Gazette, Series I No. 6 dated 9-5-2024, namely:—

(1) Supplement dated 10-5-2024 from pages 287 to 292, Notifications from Department of Finance regarding Schemes.

F. No. 42/02/2024-P&PW(D)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances

& Pensions

Department of Pension & Pensioner’s

Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,

Khan Market, New Delhi - 110003

Date: 13th March, 2024

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Grant of Dearness Relief to Central

Government

Pensioners/Family

Pensioners—Revised rate effective

from 01-01-2024-reg.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this

Department’s O.M. No. 42/04/2023-P&PW(D)

dated 27-10-2023 on the subject mentioned

above and to state that the President is

pleased to decide that the Dearness

Relief admissible to Central Government

Pensioners/Family Pensioners shall be

enhanced from the existing rate of 46% to

50% of the basic Pension/Family Pension

(including additional pension/family pension)

w.e.f. 1st January, 2024.

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2. These rates of DR will be applicable to

the following categories:—

i.

Civilian

Central

Government

Pensioners/Family Pensioners including

Central Government absorbee pensioners

in PSU/Autonomous Bodies in respect of

whom orders have been issued vide

this Department’s O.M. No. 4/34/2002-

-P&PW(D)Vol.II dated 23-06-2017 for

restoration of full pension after expiry of

commutation period of 15 years.

ii. The Armed Forces Pensioners/Family

Pensioners and Civilian Pensioners/Family

Pensioners paid out of the Defence Service

Estimates.

iii. All India Services Pensioners/Family

Pensioners.

iv. Railway Pensioners/Family Pensioners.

v. Pensioners who are in receipt of

provisional pension.

vi. The Burma Civilian Pensioners/Family

Pensioners and Pensioners/Families of

displaced Government pensioners from

Burma/Pakistan, in respect of whom orders

have been issued vide this Department’s

O.M. No. 23/3/2008-P&PW(B) dated

11-09-2017.

3. The payment of Dearness Relief involving

a fraction of a rupee shall be rounded off to

the next higher rupee.

4. The payment of arrears of Dearness

Relief shall not to be made before the date of

disbursement of Pension/Family pension of

March, 2024.

5. Other provisions governing grant of DR

in respect of employed family pensioners and

re-employed Central Government Pensioners

will be regulated in accordance with the

provisions contained in Rule 52 of CCS

(Pension) Rules, 2021 and this Department’s

O.M. No. 45/73/97-P&PW(G) dated 2-7-1999

as amended from time to time. The provisions

relating to regulation of DR where a pensioner

is in receipt of more than one pension will

remain unchanged.

6. In the case of retired Judges of the

Supreme Court and High Courts, necessary

orders will be issued by the Department of

Justice separately.

7. It will be the responsibility of the pension

disbursing authorities, including the

nationalized banks, etc. to calculate the

quantum of DR payable in each individual

case.

8. The offices of Accountant General and

authorised Pension Disbursing Banks are

requested to arrange payment of Dearness

Relief to Pensioners/Family Pensioners on the

basis of these instructions without waiting

for any further instructions from the

Comptroller and Auditor General of India and

the Reserve Bank of India in view of letter

No. 528-TA.II/34-80-II dated 23-04-1981 of the

Comptroller and Auditor General of India

addressed to all Accountant Generals and

Reserve Bank of India Circular No. GANB No.

2958/GA-64 (ii) (CGL)/81 dated the 21st May,

1981 addressed to State Bank of India and its

subsidiaries and all Nationalised Banks.

9. In so far as the persons serving in Indian

Audit and Accounts Department are

concerned, these orders are issued in

consultation with the Comptroller and

Auditor General of India, as mandated under

Article 148 (5) of the Constitution of India.

10. This issues in accordance with the

Ministry

of

Finance,

Department

of

Expenditure’s O.M. No. 1/1/2024-E-II(B) dated

12-03-2024.

Hindi version will follow.

Sd/-

(Ravinder Kumar)

Director.

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