Admissibility of House Rent Allowance in the event of non-acceptance or surrender of railway residential accommodation

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

RBE No.176/2010
New Delhi, dated 8-12-2010

No.E(P&A)II-2010/HRA-2

The General Managers,
All Indian Railways & Production Units etc.
(As per mailing lists No.I&III).

      Sub: Admissibility of House Rent Allowance in the event of non-acceptance or surrender of railway residential accommodation.

      Ref: Board’s letters No.(i)E(P&A)II-87/HRA-15 dated 16-5-1988,
           (ii)E(P&A)II-95/HRA-3 dated 14-2-1996,
          (iii)E(P&A)II-99/HRA-2dated12-7-1999&16-3-2000,
          (iv) No.E(P&A)II-2002/HRA-4 dated 16-10-2002and,
           (v) No.E(P&A)II-2002/HRA-4 dated 9-5-2003.

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          Attention is invited to Board’s letters quoted above delegating powers to the General Managers and other Heads of Organisations directly controlling allotment of quarters to railway servants for sanction of House Rent Allowance in accordance with the prescribed conditions to the categories of railway employees specified therein. This delegation of powers was valid upto 31-3-2010.

2.       The question of renewing this delegation of powers beyond 31.3.2010 has been engaging the attention of the Board. On the basis of the reports received from the Zonal Railways and Production Units, the matter has been considered and the Board have decided to renew the sanction contained in para 5 of their letter dated 16.5.1988 ibid and as amended/modified form time to time, w.e.f 1-4-2010 upto 31-3-2017 whereafter the question of renewing this delegation will be considered by the Board and a fresh sanction, if necessary, issued on the basis of reports received from the General Managers etc. directly controlling allotment of quarters, in regard to the position of availability of railway accommodation under their control.

3.       In case at any point of time it transpires that some accommodation is likely to remain vancant/un-occupied due to lack of demand, it should be made compulsory to submit applications for such types where there is surplus accommodation, and consequently, the employees entitled for such types would not be eligible to draw House Rent Allowance.

4.       This delegation is also subject to the over-riding condition that these orders are liable to be withdrawn/modified at any time during this period, if it is considered necessary by the Board to do so.

5.       This has the approval of the President and issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

6.       Kindly acknowledge receipt.

(Salim Md. Ahmed)
Deputy Director, Estt.(P&A) III,
Railway Board.

Revision of Room Rent applicable under CGHS

No: S.11011/23/2009-CGHS D.II/Hospital Cell (Part I)
Government of India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Department of Health & Family Welfare
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Maulana Azad Road, Nirman Bhawan
New Delhi 110 108 dated the 16^thNovember, 2010

O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M

Subject: Fresh empanelment of private hospitals and revision of Room Rent applicable under CGHS.

The undersigned is directed to state that CGHS had initiated action for fresh empanelment of private hospitals under CGHS and also for the revision of package rates (which were fixed in 2006-07), to be paid to hospitals, by floating tender for the same. On the basis of the responses received package rates for various procedures / treatments have been arrived at and have been uploaded in the website of CGHS:www.mohfw.nic.in\cghsnew\index.asp and can be downl oaded.

2. “Package Rate” shall mean and include lump sum cost of inpatient treatment / day care / diagnostic procedure for which a CGHS beneficiary has been permitted by the competent authority or for treatment under emergency from the time of admission to the time of discharge including (but not limited to) –
(i) Registration charges,
(ii) Admission charges,
(iii) Accommodation charges including patients diet,
(iv) Operation charges,
(v) Injection charges,
(vi) Dressing charges,
(vii) Doctor / consultant visit charges,
(viii) ICU / ICCU charges,
(ix) Monitoring charges,
(x) Transfusion charges,
(xi) Anesthesia charges,
(xii) Operation theatre charges,
(xiii) Procedur al charges / surgeon’s fee,
(xiv) Cost of surgical disposables and all sundries used during hospitalization,
(xv) Cost of medicines, (xvi) Related routine and essential investigations,
(xvii) Physiotherapy charges etc.
(xviii) Nursing care and char ges for its services.

(b) Cost of Implants / stents / grafts is reimbursable in addition to package rates as per CGHS ceiling rates for Implants / stents / grafts or as per actual, in case there is no CGHS pr escribed ceiling rates.

(c) Treatment charges for new born baby are separately reimbursable in addition to delivery chares for mother.

d) The hospitals empanelled under CGHS shall not charge more than the package rates / rates.

2.2 Package rates envisage upto a maximum duration of indoor treatment as follows:

    12 days for Specialised (Super Specialties) treatment;

    7 days for other Major Surgeries;

    3 days for Lapar oscopic surgeries / normal deliveries; and

    1 day for day car e / Minor (OPD) surgeries.

2.3 However, there are certain procedures where there is no prescribed package rate under CGHS. Similarly, there are medical emergencies where the treatment is mainly conservative.

The admissible amount in such cases is calculated item wise, room rent, procedures, investigation , etc.,.

Therefore , it has now been decided to revise the rates applicable for room rent (Accommodati on Charges) for different categor ies of war ds as given below:

    General ward -Rs.1000/- per day

    Semi-private ward -Rs. 2000/ - per day

    Private ward -Rs.3000/- per day

3. CGHS beneficiaries are entitled to facilities of private, semi-private or general ward dependi ng on their basic pay / pension. The entitlement is as follows:-

S. No.	Basic Pay (without the inclusion of grade pay)	Entitlement
1.	Upto Rs. 13,950/-	General Ward
2.	Between Rs.13,951/ - and Rs.19,530/-	Semi-Private Ward
3.	Rs. 19,540/- and above	Private Ward

4.2     This issues with the concurrence of Internal Finance Division in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, vide Dy. No: AS & FA / 3932 /2010 dated the 8thNovember , 2010.

    The revised rates will come into effect from the date of issue of this Office Memorandum.

    A copy of this Office Memorandum along with rate list and a copy of MOA are placed on the internet at http://mohfw.nic.in/cghsnew/index.asp.

[R Ravi]
Director

Dearness Allowance is the most eagerly awaited subject now-a-days by the Central government employees…

Dearness Allowance is the most eagerly awaited subject now-a-days by the Central government employees…

In the past, after getting job in the Central government establishments, they wait for promotion to gain some financial benefits… But today employees eagerly awaits for the announcement of Dearness Allowance twice a year, because…

Even if an employee gets a promotion after a prolonged time, the grade pay and increment is very meager. From Rs.1900 to 2000, from 2400 to 2800, from 4200 to 4600 and from 4600 to 4800….so on, the hike in pay is in between Rs.100 to Rs.400 only and so the financial benefits are not upto their expectation.

The annual increment is only 3% of the basic pay, but the DA which is announced twice a year is much more than that as the DA from January to July 2010 was 8% and from July to Dec was 10% which total of 18%.

The Central government announces the DA as per the recommendations of the Labour Bureau which calculates the prices of different essential commodities at different places. There was incidence of government announcing 12% of additional Dearness Allowance once and 1% additional Dearness Allowance on another occasion. Hence, everyone wants to know the calculations taken for DA in deep.

In the next year – 2011, the DA from January to June will be around 6%. It can be increased upto 7% which depends upon the AICPIN. Anyway, the total DA will surely cross the 50% to 51%or 52% for which the Central Government Employees have to wait for some times.

Source: CGELN