State level dharna programme of NJCA / JFROPS, Odisha Circle on 21st June, 2023 in front of Raj Bhawan, Bhubaneswar.

 

No. Conodi / NJCA-JFROPS-06/2023

Dated at Bhubaneswar the 12^th June, 2023

To

The President / Office bearers of the CoC

The Circle / Zonal Secretaries of all affiliates

 

Sub: State level dharna programme of NJCA / JFROPS, Odisha Circle on 21^st June, 2023 in front of Raj Bhawan, Bhubaneswar.

 

Dear Comrades,

This is to bring your kind notice that as decided in the core committee meeting of NJCA / JFROPS, Odisha Circle held on 4^th June, 2023  in East Coast Rly Shramik Union Office, Rail Vihar, Bhubaneswar, the next phase  program of action will be held on 21.06.2023  in the  State Capital, Bhubaneswar before Raj Bhawan through a protest Demonstration / Dharana from 10 AM to 2 P M for which all organizations are appealed to attend with their rank and file sharp at 10 AM. 

         

The allocation of members for various organizations / affiliates of NJCA are fixed as  follows to attend on next State level Program on 21.06.2023 at Bhubaneswar.

 

(1) East Coast Rly Shramik Union - 200

(2) Teachers Fdn / Associations - 500

(3) OSGECC -  200 and

(4)   Confederation of C G Employees and workers - 200

     

As such, all the affiliates are requested sincerely to attend the dharna programme as scheduled above with their selected representatives to bring a roaring success to this NJCA’s programme for scrapping out NPS and restoring OPS.

 

With regards.

Comradely yours,

 (BRUHASPATI  SAMAL)

General Secretary

What’s bad in Restoration of OPS

Source : Kalinga Chronicle, dated 11.06.2023

 What’s bad in Restoration of OPS?

Bruhaspati Samal

General Secretary

Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and Workers

Odisha State Coordination Committee

Mobile: 9437022669, eMail: bsamalbbsr@gmail.com

The much awaited first meeting of the NPS (National Pension System) Committee constituted under the Chairmanship of Finance Secretary on 6th April, 2023 to propose changes for improvising NPS was held with the Standing Committee Members of National Council Joint Consultative Machinery (NC JCM) on 9th June, 2023. Since no Central Govt. Employees Organization and the Staff Side of NCJCM have ever demanded for any improvement in the NPS except demanding for restoration of Old Pension Scheme (OPS), the Terms of Reference were not acceptable and thus, the Staff Side submitted a memorandum to the Chairman of NPS Committee to scrap the No Guarantee NPS with request for restoration of OPS under CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 reiterating the historic judgement of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India delivered on 17th December, 1982 upholding the pension as a fundamental right of the employees by a five-member bench inclusive of the then Chief Justice of India V D Chandrachud against Writ Petition Nos. 5939 – 41under Article 32 of the Constitution of India known as D S Nakra and Others Vs. Union of India which stressed upon the following three important aspects in Para – 31 of the Judgement.

i. That Pension is neither a bounty, nor a matter of grace depending upon the sweet will of the employer and that it creates a vested right subject to 1972 Rules which are statutory in character, because they enacted in exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Art. 309 and Clause 50 of Art. 148 of the Constitution.

ii. That Pension is not an ex-gratia payment, but it is a payment for the past services rendered and 

iii. It is a social welfare measure rendering socio-economic justice to those who in the heyday of their life ceaselessly toiled for the employer on an assurance that in their old age they would not be left in the lurch".

The NPS Committee in the above meeting on 9th June, 2023 has assured to study the points and justification given by the Staff Side and noted to take into account while finalizing its recommendations subject to the Terms of Reference given to the Committee.

Since introduction of NPS abolishing OPS with effect from 1st January, 2004, while serious protests against scrapping up of the NPS demanding restoration of OPS are continuing by both the Central and State Govt. employees across the nation on one hand, arguments and counter arguments are going on both in favour and against of NPS and OPS by the politicians, economists and intellectuals on the other. Encumbered with decisions taken by various State Governments like Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to rollback to OPS, Andhra Pradesh Govt.’s decision to offer a guaranteed pension of 33% of the last basic pay without any monthly deduction from the employees’ salary and latest by Maharashtra Govt. to exit from the NPS only because of the continuous struggle programmes of the employees, the Hon’ble Finance Minister, Govt. of India has set up a Committee on 6th April, 2023 under the Chairmanship of Finance Secretary to propose changes for improvising NPS. 

Further, with the constitution of the NPS committee, the debate on the topic is touching the headlines always. Arguing in favour of NPS, while the decision of some State Governments as above for rolling back to OPS is treated as bad politics from election point of view, some consider it as bad economics since such restoration will put an unnecessary burden on the Govt. exchequer. Contradictorily, while some argue OPS as the fundamental right of the employees who have sacrificed their life for about 35 to 40 years in serving the nation, some even debate for a Guaranteed Pension System (GPS) instead of NPS.  

To analyze the pension issue of State Govt. employees, it is worth reminding the statements of Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh Chief Ministers who are of the opinion that Pension is a State subject and they have the power to decide what type of pension the respective Govt. employees should get. It is good politics for them. Govt. of India has no right to any kind of interference. But while talking about the pension issues of the Central Govt. employees, it may be recalled that NPS was implemented with an Executive Order on 22nd December, 2003 by the BJP led NDA Govt. Subsequently, the Congress led UPA Govt. brought the Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority (PFRDA) Act in 2013. The irony is that while both the NDA and UPA Govt. at the Centre are responsible for bringing and implementing NPS, the ruling parties of these alliances in the States are moving ahead to restore OPS.  But, unless the PFRDA Act, 2013 is repealed by the Centre, it will not be technically feasible to restore OPS both for the Central and State Govt. employees since the employees’ contribution from 2004 till date is required to be refunded to the respective State Governments opting for OPS. Unfortunately, there is no provision of such return in PFRDA Act, 2013. Thus, playing with the sentiments of the employees clearly knowing the technical loopholes of the pension policy is bad politics rather than restoration of OPS.  

The historic judgement dated 17th December, 1982 of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in D.S. Nakra versus Union of India stated as above is not being analysed by any economists and intellectuals who favour NPS. Thus, introduction of NPS just through an Executive Order at the sweet will of the Govt. ignoring the above judgement of the Hon’ble Apex Court and violating the statutory provision of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 guaranteed under Constitution of India is just bad politics.

Contradictorily, the provision of multiple pensions under OPS to the people’s representatives even after introduction of NPS is certainly bad economics and bad politics as well. In a democratic welfare country like India, there shouldn’t be two separate principles, i.e. one for the people and another for the people’s representative. If the NPS Committee skips this aspect, it may be called as bad politics since no member has been nominated from the Staff Side to the Committee to defend the employees’ interest. While argument is going on that restoration of OPS will just satisfy a small section of organized labour, say up to 3% only at the cost of the poor unprivileged citizens of India, the so called economists and intellectuals forget to calculate the total amount of bad loans written off including heavy tax relief in favour of the big corporate houses by the Govt. every year which can be able to support the OPS burden removing the unnecessary pressure on the members of public. This is certainly another form of bad economics with the help of bad politics. 

Now, the NPS Committee has to take a decision in suggesting the Govt. only to improve the NPS since the Terms of Reference do not allow to propose anything for restoration of OPS. However, some are of the opinion that it may be better for the Committee to suggest Guaranteed Pension System (GPS) with continuance of the present 10% monthly contributions from the employee’s salary as done under NPS. Stoppage of 14% contribution by the employer will balance the State’s deficiency and add to the minimum 50% of the last basic pay as guaranteed pension as was under OPS. If the return under GPS will be more than 50%, the extra amount earned beyond 50% will be kept by the Govt. and if the same is less than 50%, the Govt. has to pay the deficiency to give guaranteed pension of 50% of last basic pay. Thus, GPS may not be a bad economics. 

But the fact is that the employees are neither in favour of any improvement in NPS nor interested for GPS. Rather, they are struggling to scrap out the NPS and restore OPS which is neither bad economics nor bad politics in the light of the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s judgement.  The NPS Committee needs to consider the demands raised by the Staff Side in the light of Hon’ble Supreme Court’s Judgement as above. 

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Brief of NPS Committee Meeting with Standing Committee members of NC JCM held on 09.06.2023

 

Com. B Samal, General Secretary, Confederation Odisha CoC addressed the Open Session of Karnataka NFPE, P-III Circle Conference at Sotturu, near Mysore in Karnataka on 04.06.2023

 

Committe to review Pension System - Discussion with Staff Side (NC JCM)

Lessons from Karnataka Assembly Election

Source : The Kalinga Chronicle, Dated 31.05.2023

 Lessons from Karnataka Assembly Election

“Political parties have to pay the cost of avoiding the Govt. employees and pensioners who are a significant and powerful chunk of the vote bank” 

Bruhaspati Samal

General Secretary

Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and Workers

Odisha State Coordination Committee

Mobile: 9437022669, eMail: bsamalbbsr@gmail.com

With a sweeping victory of 135 seats out of 224 in the recently concluded Karnataka Assembly election, the Indian National Congress party formed the Govt. on 20th May, 2023. It was a do or die situation both for BJP and Congress before 2024 General Election for which political analysts and intellectuals are scrutinizing titbits of every aspect responsible for the victory of Congress and defeat of BJP. As per Lokniti-CSDS Survey on Karnataka Assembly Poll verdict, unemployment was the biggest voting issue in Karnataka followed by poverty, lack of development, price rise, educational issues and corruption and scam charges. According to voter’s choice, while 60% voter chose Congress to vote for price rise / inflation issue, only 28% and 8% went for BJP and JDS respectively.  For poverty, while 48% chose Congress to vote only 33% and 12% went for BJP and JDS respectively. Similarly, while 47% chose Congress to vote for unemployment issue, only 30% and 18% went for BJP and JDS respectively. 

In a nutshell, according to the political giants, the anti-incumbency factor, reactive campaign lacking central narrative, avoidance to senior local leaders, scams and corruption charges, confusion over reservations, poor implementation of welfare schemes and more importantly the hard Hindutva factor are considered as the major reasons of failure for BJP. But one important aspect that must be discussed is the issues of the Govt. employees and pensioners especially related to restoration of Old Pension Scheme (OPS) that was completely ignored by the ruling BJP in Karnataka in spite of their bitter experience gained from Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election. In this context, the statement of Sushil Kumar Modi, a BJP Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha and Bihar’s former Deputy Chief Minister is worth mentioning who told on 14th December, 2022, speaking at the annual conference of PRS Legislative, an independent legislative research institute in Delhi, “(Because) we didn’t revert to the Old Pension Scheme, didn’t announce anything, the results are in front of us. The BJP had to pay a price in Himachal Pradesh. There might be other reasons also but the main reason for this (election) debacle was not reverting to the Old Pension Scheme,”  

The Govt. employees and pensioners are a significant and powerful chunk of the vote bank in Karnataka and had been on a dharna over the past several months for scrapping up of National Pension Scheme (NPS) and restoration of OPS which ceased on 31st March 2004 in Karnataka. Out of 9 lakh government employees in toto, some 3 lakh are covered under the NPS in the state. Following protests in March demanding a roll back of NPS, the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government, which did not want to risk its prospects in elections, formed a panel led by Additional Chief Secretary to study the feasibility of reintroducing OPS for employees. The panel was tasked with visiting five states which have already implemented OPS and to make suitable recommendations by the end of May. Though the move was significant, it is believed that political compulsions from higher forums forced the Pradesh Congress of Karnataka to modify its stand. It is worth mentioning here that since introduction of NPS with effect from 1st January, 2004, all the Central Govt. employees including Railways and all the State Govt. employees including Teachers across the country are conducting various agitational programmes to scrap NPS and restore OPS with the support of the Central Trade Unions. Encumbered with such continuous struggle programmes, various State Governments like Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have rolled back to OPS. The Govt. of Andhra Pradesh has decided to offer a guaranteed pension of 33% of the last basic pay and the Govt. of Maharastra has already decided to exit from the NPS.  Both the local and national BJB leadership fails to closely scrutinize these developments to avoid a repeat of Himachal Pradesh–like defeat and avoid the angering influential vote bank led by Govt. employees and pensioners. The high profile loud-campaign programmes under the leadership of the Hon’ble Prime Minister and Home Minister on behalf of BJP promising for a double-engine government in Karnataka did not work to their expectations.  

But instead, the Congress tailored its campaign around local civic issues with enchanted poll promises, viz; 200 units of free electricity to each household (Gruha Jyoti), Rs.2000/- per month to head women of each family (Gruha Lakshmi), 10 Kgs of rice every month to each BPL family (Anna Bhagya), Rs. 3000 every month to unemployed youth with graduation degrees for two years and Rs. 1500 every month as an allowance to those young people with a diploma and unemployed (Yuva Nidhi). More importantly, the Congress made the OPS an electoral plank in Karnataka Assembly poll. The Congress Karnataka Chief Shri D K Shivakumar assured the protesting Govt. employees in Bengaluru on the issue of OPS with clear indication that they are actively considering it as a possible game changer ahead of the Assembly polls. In addition, the Chairman of the Congress Campaign Committee in Karnatak Shri M B Patil also said that the party will implement OPS if voted for power. Though officials and bureaucrats of the State Finance Department said that implementing OPS could deliver a blow to the state’s finances which is already in bad shape, Mr. Patil said: “We have done our homework. We will implement it without any hitch if we form the government.”

While the OPS being a defined benefit scheme without any contribution from the employee guarantees minimum pension of 50% of the last pay drawn subject to minimum of Rs.9000/- per month plus DR (7th CPC norms), there is neither any social security nor any guarantee of minimum pension under NPS even though the employee contributes 10% of his salary every month in addition to 14% similar contribution by the employer. The NPS beneficiary gets a meagre amount confined to maximum 10% of the last pay drawn as monthly pension only. To manage their families, such pensioners are now seen to work as daily-wagers, street vendors and even suicidal cases are being witnessed in case of failures.

The interesting fact is that while the ruling BJP ignored the employees and pensioners counting them for 3% only, the Congress calculated the voting strength of these 3% population. The pension does not affect a single person only. It affects the entire family as a whole. If a single family carries minimum 5 votes in average, there is 15% voting strength in the hands of these 3% employees and pensioners. In addition to their family members, they have the power to motivate others. And, they are forced to do so since their genuine grievances are not being heard either by the State Govt. or by the Central Govt. for years together not for OPS only, but for constitution of 8th CPC, filling up of all vacant posts, payment of 18 month DA / DR from January 2020 to June 2021, stoppage of implementation of labour codes, protection of Trade Union rights etc. No rally, no meeting is required for the Teachers and State Govt. employees of Public Health Department, Electricity Board, Municipality etc. and Central Govt. employees of Postal Department who are moving from door to door and have a special identity in their respective localities. They can simply canvass the members of public against unemployment, poverty, inflation etc. with normal conversation. If we see the mathematics of Karnataka election, out of 224 seats in toto, Congress won in 135 seats i.e. 60.26%, BJP 66 seats i.e. 29.46% and JDS  19, i.e. 8.48%. Had the BJP been able to manage these 15% voters, the whole equation would have been different. Thus, BJP committed a blunder by ignoring the employees and pensioners.

The assurances given by the BJP-led NDA Govt. both in 2014 and in 2019 to settle unemployment issue, to control price rise and poverty etc. which are mostly related to common citizens of India have reflected a negative trend during last 9 years which have affected not only Karnataka Assembly election but all other States also. With a serious defeat in Karnataka, now the South India is almost free from BJP. The reintroduction of OPS for Govt. employees in addition to the above burning issues has been a headache for BJP at the Centre for which it may soon need to fine-tune its strategy. The OPS is turning out to be an issue related to the masses and could damage its vote share with a major reversal of voting pattern if it is not addressed swiftly ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2024. The OPS will be a key issue before 2024 elections and if the BJP government remains in the illusion that they might win the elections again, they are highly mistaken.

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Govt Servants Can’t Be Excluded from Protection of Rights Guaranteed by Part III of Constitution: Delhi HC

 

The Delhi High Court on Thursday observed that government servants cannot be excluded from the protection of rights guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution of India and set aside the 2019 Memorandum Order (M.O.) that de-recognised the Central PWD Engineers Association.

The court said that by virtue of Article 19(1)(c) of the Constitution of India, the right to form Association or Union or Cooperative Societies is a fundamental right even though recognition of such Associations by the Government may not be a fundamental right.

The division bench of Justice Kameswar Rao and Justice Anoop Kumar Mendirata said that the decision for ‘non-continuation of recognition’ could not have been taken by DG, CPWD, without the prior approval of the Competent Authority i.e. the Central Government, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, in view of Rule 2(a) of CCS (RSA) Rules, 1993.

The court said, “The government servants cannot be excluded from the protection of the rights guaranteed by part III of the Constitution though the duties which they may discharge as a public servant might involve restrictions of freedom in terms of Article 19 of the Constitution of India. By virtue of Article 19(1)(c) of the Constitution of India, the right to form Association or Union or Cooperative Societies is a fundamental right even though the recognition of such Associations by the government may not be a fundamental right.”

The primary objective of the CCS (RSA) Rules, 1993, according to the court, is to grant recognition to any Service Association to encourage legitimate union activities in order to facilitate negotiations by the representative body, if necessary, and to maintain harmonious relations between the government and employees.

The bench was hearing the petition for writ filed by the Central PWD Engineers Association, challenging a 2019 order issued by the Central Administrative Tribunal. As alleged by the petitioners, the order denied the continuation of recognition of the petitioner Association on the grounds that the required documents as per the schedule specified in Rule 6(e) of the Central Civil Services (Recognition of Service Associations) Rules, 1993, were not submitted.

The petitioner’s counsel argued before the high court that, according to Rule 2(a) of the CCS (RSA) Rules, 1993, orders for the grant, continuation, or revocation of recognition could have been issued only by the “Government," which refers to the Central Government.

                Taking into account the petitioner’s argument, the court noted that a simple reading of the OM reveals that it was issued only with the sanction of the DG, CPWD, and “not the approval of the Central Government".

“In view of above, the OM dated January 09, 2019 referred to above, treating the petitioner Association as unrecognized Service Association, without obtaining the approval of the Competent Authority i.e. Central Government, is liable to be set aside to aforesaid extent,” said the HC.

Responding to the petitioners’ claim that the Association was entitled to continuation of recognition in accordance with CCS (RSA) Rules, but that the respondents have intentionally delayed the process, the court stated that “the rights and privileges of the petitioner Association and office bearers could not be left in limbo" pending the continuation of recognition request.

“The recognition finally appears to have been granted to the petitioner Association in 2021 for a period of five years from the date of issue of the letter but the decision for the period 2009 to 2021 still needs to be reconsidered by the Competent Authority in accordance with law, in view of setting aside of OM dated January 09, 2019 to aforesaid extent. We accordingly deem it appropriate to direct the Competent Authority/respondents to take an appropriate decision in respect of the continuation of recognition in respect of petitioner Association from 2009 till 2021, in accordance with law,” it added.

In light of this, the court vacated the tribunal’s findings, thereby denying the petition to suppress the office memorandum dated January 9, 2019, in relation to the petitioner Association.

Upon dismissing the appeal, the court ordered, “The issue regarding the continuation of recognition of the petitioner Association for the period 2009-2021 be remanded to the Competent Authority for consideration in accordance with the law.”

Source: news18.com

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Confederation Odisha State CoC writes to the Addl. Director, CGHS, Odisha for streamlining the supply of indented medicine to the beneficiaries

 

No. Confdn-Odi / CGHS – 07 /2023

Dated at Bhubaneswar the 30^th May, 2023

To

             The Additional Director

CGHS, Bhubaneswar – 751 001

 

Sub:   Streamlining the supply of indented medicine to the beneficiaries - reg.

Ref.-   Ministry of Health & Family Welfare OM 55-01/2016-17/CGHS/MSD/ALC/Part1, dated 13.02.2023

 

Respected Sir,         

Encumbered with continuous complaints received from beneficiaries, especially from the pensioners / senior citizens, we are compelled to bring the following grievances to your kind notice for early solution.

a.    Short–supply of indented medicines

b.    Non–supply of indented medicines

c.    Non–indenting and non-supply of prescribed medicines by the specialist of Govt. or referral hospitals.

d.    Dishonouring the xerox copies of the Indents to supply the indented medicines

e.    Disallowing the representatives of the beneficiaries for re-indent of short / non-supplied medicines and most importantly;

f.     Compelling the beneficiaries for physical presence to re-indent.

 Drawing your kind attention in this context, we would like to request to refer MoH&FW OM referred to above (copy attached for ready reference) which states, inter alia, in case full quantity of an indented medicine has not been supplied the next day by ALC, the remaining medicines shall not be re-indented the next day, as in the absence of patient, this falsely increases patient count and ALC is spared of penalty for delayed supply. The ALC on his own shall supply the remaining medicines at the earliest and penalty for each day of delayed supply shall be levied on the ALC. As aware, the penalty has been increased for delay in supply/non-supply from the existing Rs 100/- per item per day (irrespective of number of patients for whom the delay has occurred) to Rs.100/- per item per day per patient. However, the activities of CGHS Wellness Centres in Odisha in this regard is a matter of investigation.

Further, it is quite surprising that during the age of online services and digitalization, CGHS Wellness Centres are demanding for production of hard copies of, CGHS Cards for registration and previous Indents for supply of medicines which is quite inappreciable. Further, placing of subsequent indents is not at all the fault of the beneficiary. Hence, his/her physical presence for collection of medicine through submission of hard copy(ies) may not be made mandatory. The Senior Citizens and Pensioners may be allowed to live comfortably consuming proper medicines prescribed by the Specialists of the Govt. / referral hospitals.

Under the circumstances, we would like to request you to kindly look into the following aspects immediately.

1.    Instruct the ALC suitably for full supply of the indented medicine(s) in one lot. In case of short supply, both the Wellness Centres and ALC need to follow the instructions contained in the MoH&FW OM referred to above.

2.    The Wellness Centres may be instructed not to enforce hard copies of the CGHS Card / Indents. The beneficiary number is sufficient during this digital era.

Therefore, under the facts and circumstances, I, along with my representatives may be allowed for a detailed discussion with you as per your convenience in your chamber at the earliest. Hope, there will be no problem perhaps for a cordial discussion to save the goodwill of the Wellness Centres on one hand and for the benefit of all beneficiaries including Senior Citizens and Pensioners on the other.

Awaiting your kind response, Sir.

 With regards.

Yours sincerely,

 (BRUHASPATI  SAMAL)

General Secretary

Copy for kind information and necessary action to the Medical Officer I/C, CGHS Wellness Centre – III, PMG Square, Bhubaneswar – 751 001

 (BRUHASPATI  SAMAL)

General Secretary

 

F.NO. 55-01/2016-17/CGHS/MSD/ALC/Part1
(efile 3140051)
Government of India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Department of Health & Family Welfare

Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated the 13th February, 2023

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

 

Subject:          Regarding guidelines for streamlining the supply of indented medicines by Authorized Local Chemists

 

With reference to the subject matter, the following guidelines are being issued, for strict compliance by all concerned in CGHS and Authorized Local Chemists who shall be empanelled afresh w.e.f 01/04/2023 or earlier and existing ALCs who have been allowed to continue beyond 1/04/2023 due to any reason:

All ALCs are required to stamp “CGHS supply not for sale” on every medicine strip, pack, flap, bottle, tube, sachet, vial supplied to CGHS with indelible (non-erasable) ink on every medicine strip, pack, flap, bottle, tube, sachet, vial supplied to CGHS. CMOs I/C shall check the on-line indent before submission to ALC, to ensure that non-permissible items and items that are available in the Wellness Centre, are not indented. In case a medicine has been wrongly supplied by the ALC (in terms of strength, excess quantity, substandard quality, stolen and/or substitute medicine (either one condition or a combination of conditions)), it shall be returned back to the chemist by CMO I/C, with remarks in the online and physical voucher.

PBG shall be forfeited in case of any ALC exiting midway through the contract, irrespective of whether or not a notice has been given.

The penalty has been increased for delay in supply/non-supply from the existing Rs 100/- per item per day (irrespective of number of patients for whom the delay has occurred) to Rs.100/- per item per day per patient. In case full quantity of an indented medicine has not been supplied the next day by ALC, the remaining medicines shall not be re-indented the next day, as in the absence of patient, this falsely increases patient count and ALC is spared of penalty for delayed supply. The ALC on his own shall supply the remaining medicines at the earliest and penalty for each day of delayed supply shall be levied on the ALC.

Tampering the printed MRP of manufacturer by ALC by use of sticker or by any means will not be accepted and the item shall be rejected.

This issues with the approval of competent authority.

Signed by Anjana Rajkumar
Date: 13-02-2023 10:31:51
Reason: Approved

Anjana Rajkuma
Director CGHS

TO

1. AD(HQ), CGHS / Addl.DDG(HQ), CGHS
2. Additional Directors CGHS of Cities/

Copy to

1. PPS to SS&DG, CGHS, MoHFW, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
2. PPS to JS(CGHS), MoHFW, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
3. Office copy

Table of Benefits under Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme for the period 01.04.2023

 Source : https://doe.gov.in/order-circular/table-benefits-under-central-government-employees-group-insurance-scheme-period