| 1. | Whether a retiring Government servant is entitled for leave encashment after retirement under the NPS? |
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The
benefit of encashment of leave salary is not a part of the retirement benefits
admissible under Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972. It is payable in
terms of CCS (Leave) Rules which will continue to be applicable to the
government servants who join the government service on after 1-1-2004.
Therefore, the benefit of encashment of leave salary payable to the
governments/to their families on account of retirement/death will be
admissible.
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| 2. | Why is it mandatory to use 40% of pension wealth to purchase the annuity at the time of the exit (i.e. after the age of 60 years) from NPS? |
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This
provision has been made in the New Pension Scheme with an intention that the retired
government servants should get regular monthly income during their retired
life.
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| 3. | Whether any minimum age or minimum service is required to quit from Tier-I? |
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Exit from Tier-I can only take place when an individual leaves Government service.
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| 4. | Whether Dearness Pay is counted as basic pay for recovery of 10% for Tier-I? |
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As per
the New Pension Scheme, the total Dearness Allowance is to be taken into
account for working out the contributions to Tier-I. Subsequently, a part of
the “Dearness Allowance” has been treated as Dearness Pay. Therefore, this should also be
reckoned for the purpose of contributions.
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| 5. | Whether contribution towards Tier-I from arrears of DA is to be deducted? |
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Yes. Since the contribution is to be worked out at
10% of (Pay+ DP+DA), it needs to be revised whenever there is any change in
these elements
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| 6. | Who will calculate the interest PAO or CPAO? |
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The PAO should calculate the interest.
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| 7. | What happens if an employee gets transferred during the month? Which office will make deduction of Contribution? |
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As in
the case of other recoveries, the recovery of contributions towards New Pension
Scheme for the full month (both individual and government) will be made by the
office who will draw salary for the maximum period.
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| 8. | Whether NPA payable to medical officers will count towards ‘Pay’ for the purpose of working out contributions to NPS? |
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Yes. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has clarified vide their O.M. no.
A45012/11/97-CHS.V dated 7-4-98 that the Non-Practising
Allowance shall count as ‘pay’ for all service benefits. Therefore, this will
be taken into account for working out the contribution towards the New Pension
Scheme.
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| 9. | Whether a government servant who was already in service prior to 1.1.2004, if appointed in a different post under the Government of India, will be governed by the CCS (Pension) Rules or NPS? |
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In cases
where Government servants apply for posts in the same or other departments and
on selection they are asked to render technical resignation, the past services
are counted towards pension under CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972. Since the
Government servant had originally joined government service prior to 1-1-2004,
he should be covered under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972.
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