Revised Dearness Relief from July 2016 for Tamilnadu State Govt Pensioners
Dearness Allowance to the Pensioners and Family Pensioners -Revised rate admissible from 1st July 2016 – Orders – Issued.
Tamil Nadu Govt GO for Dearness Allowance increase to the Pensioners
FINANCE [Pension] DEPARTMENT
G.O.No.310, Dated 16th December 2016.
(Dhunmugi, Margazhi-01, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2047)
ABSTRACT
PENSION – Dearness Allowance to the Pensioners and Family Pensioners -Revised rate admissible from 1st July 2016 – Orders – Issued.
Read :
1. G.O.Ms.No.118, Finance (Pension) Department, dated: 20-04-2016.
2. Government ย of ย India, ย Ministry ย of ย Personnel, Public Grievances ย & Pensions, Department of Pension & Pensionersโ Welfare, New Delhiโs Office Memorandum F.No.42/15/2016-P&PW(G), dated: 16-11-2016.
3. G.O.Ms.No.309, Finance (Allowances) Department, dated:16-12-2016.
ORDER :
In the Government Order first read above, orders were issued sanctioning the revised rate of Dearness Allowance to the State Government Pensioners / Family Pensioners as detailed below:-
Date from which payable | Revised rate of Dearness Allowanceย ย (per month) |
With ย effect ย from 1st January, 2016. |
125% of ย Pension ย / ย Family |
2. The Government of India, in its Office Memorandum second read above has conveyed its decision on admissibility of the Dearness Relief to its Pensioners / Family Pensioners subsequent to implementation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission recommendations, as detailed below:-
Date from which payable | Rate of Dearness Relief per month |
From ย 01-01-2016 | No ย Dearness ย Relief |
From ย 01-07-2016 |
2% o f ย Basic ย Pension ย / ย Family |
3. In ย the ย Government ย order ย third ย read ย above, ย orders ย were ย issued revising the Dearness Allowance of Government employees and teachers to 132% with effect from 01-07-2016, following the Government of Indiaโs decision on enhancing the Dearness Allowance to its employees drawing pay in pre-2016 Scales of Pay.
4. The Government, after careful consideration of the fact that the pension / family pension is yet to be revised, has decided to enhance the Dearness Allowance of Pensioners / Family Pensioners by 7% with retrospective effect from 01-07-2016 as allowed to Government employees andย teachers.ย Accordingly,ย Governmentย sanctionย theย revisedย rateย of Dearnessย Allowanceย toย theย Stateย ย Governmentย Pensioners /ย Family Pensioners as indicated below:-
Date from which payable |
Revised rate of Dearness |
1stย ย July, ย 2016 |
132% of Pension / Family Pension |
5. The Government also direct that the arrears of enhanced Dearness Allowance for the months of July to November 2016, be drawn and paid by existing cashless mode of Electronic Clearance System (ECS).
6. While ย arriving ย at ย the ย revised ย Dearness ย Allowance, ย fraction of ย a rupee shall be rounded off to the next higher rupee if such fraction is 50 paise and above and shall be ignored if it is less than 50 paise. ย It will be the responsibility of the Pension Disbursing Authority including Public Sector Banks to calculate the quantum of Dearness Allowance payable in each individual case.
7. Pending formal authorisation by the Principal Accountant General, the revised Dearness Allowance shall be paid straightaway by the Pension Pay Officer, Chennai, Treasury Officers and Public Sector Banks concerned.
8. This order will apply to the following categories of pensioners:-
(i) Government Pensioners, Teacher Pensioners of aided and local bodyย educationalย institutionsย andย otherย pensionersย ofย local bodies;
(ii) The State Government employees who ย had ย drawn ย lumpsum paymentย on absorption in Public Sector Undertaking /Autonomous Body / Local Body / Co-operative institution and have become entitled to restoration of 1/3rd commuted portion of pension as well as revision of the restored amount;
(iii) Present and future family pensioners; In the case of divisible familyย pensioners,ย Dearnessย Allowanceย shallย be divided proportionately;
(iv) Formerย Travancore-Cochinย Stateย pensionersย drawingย their pension on 1st November, 1956 in the Treasuries situated in the areasย transferred ย to ย Tamil ย Nadu ย State ย on ย that ย date, ย i.e. Kanniyakumari District and Shencottah Taluk of Tirunelveli District;
(v) Pensioners who are in receipt of special pensions under Extra- ordinaryย Pensionย ย Rules,ย ย Tamilย ย Naduย ย andย ย Compassionate Allowance.
9. The expenditure on Dearness Allowance payable to the Pensioners and Family Pensioners shall be debited to the respective following Heads of Account:
“2071. Pension and Other Retirement Benefits – 01. Civil – 101. Superannuation and Retirement Allowances – I. Non-Plan – AC. Dearness Allowance to Pensioners – 03. Dearness Allowance (D.P.C. 2071 01 101 AC 0306)”
“2071. Pension and Other Retirement Benefits – 01. Civil – 105. Family Pensions โ I. Non-plan – AC. Dearness Allowance to Family Pensioners of Tamil Nadu Government – 03. Dearness Allowance (D.P.C. 2071 01105 AC 0308) “.
10. Necessary additional funds will be provided in Revised Estimate / Final Modified Appropriation 2016-2017. ย Pending provision of such funds, the Pension Disbursing Authorities are authorized ย to disburse the amount as ordered above.
11. The ย orders ย regarding ย sanction ย of ย Dearness ย Allowance ย to ย the widows and children of the deceased Contributory Provident Fund / Non Pensionableย Establishmentย beneficiariesย ofย Stateย Governmentย andย the former District Boards who are drawing ex-gratia will be issued separately.
12. The ย increased ย expenditure ย due ย to ย the ย sanction ย of ย Dearness Allowance in this order is allocable among the successor States as per the provisions laid down under the State Reorganization Act, 1956.
13. This order issues with the Additional Sanction Ledger Numberย 1628 [One Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty Eight].
(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)
K.SHANMUGAM
ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT.
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