IMPLEMENTATION OF E-SERVICE BOOK IN
ALL MINISTRIES/ DEPARTMENTS - REG. (CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO VIEW)
https://documents.doptcirculars.nic.in/D2/D02est/circular5RRCo.pdf
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e-F.No.
Z-20025/02/2023-Estt.(AL)
Government
of India
Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension Department of Personnel &
Training Block IV,
Old JNU Campus,
New
Delhi
dated
17.06.2025
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Implementation of e-Service Book in all Ministries!
Departments— Reg.
The Service Book of a Government Servant is a document to
record all the events in his! her entire service period and career recording
each and every administrative action of the Government Servant right from the
stage of his recruitment till his retirement to reflect the history of service
of a Government employee. As per SR 198 & 199 such a Service Book is to be
maintained for a Government servant from the date of his! her first appointment
and is required to be kept in the custody of the Head of Office in which he is
serving and needs to be transferred along with the employee, upon transfer.
2.
It has now been decided to maintain the c-Service Book on e-HRMS 2.0 portal.
3.
Hence all the Ministries! Departments, further to their onboarding on e-HRMS
2.0, are requested to maintain e-Service Books on e-HRMS 2.0 only and phase out
physical service books, after ensuring the completeness & accuracy of data
in the e-Service books on eHRMS 2.0, as the same will be treated legally
tenable for all purposes.
(D S Nag Deputy Secret. ''j L&A)
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OPTIONS TO AVAIL BENEFITS UNDER OLD
PENSION SCHEME ON DEATH OF GOVERNMENT SERVANT DURING SERVICE OR HIS DISCHARGE
FROM GOVERNMENT SERVICE ON ACCOUNT OF INVALIDATION OR DISABILITY FOR CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT SERVANTS COVERED UNDER UNIFIED PENSION SCHEME (18/06/2025)
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No.
57/01/2025-P&PW(B)/UPS/10498
Government
of India
Ministry
of Personnel, P.G. and Pensions
Department
of Pension and Pensioners’
Welfare
Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan
Market, New Delhi, the 18 June, 2025
OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
Subject: Options to avail benefits under old
pension scheme on death of Government servant during service or his discharge
from Government service on account of invalidation or disability for Central
Government servants covered under Unified Pension Scheme – reg.
The undersigned
is directed to refer to the Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial
Service’s Notification No. FS-1/3/2023-PR dated 24.01.2025 regarding
introduction of the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) as an option under NPS for the
recruits to the Central Government civil service w.e.f. 01.04.2025 giving one
time option to the Central Government employees covered under the National
Pension System (NPS) for inclusion under the UPS.
2.
The Department of Pension and Pensioner’ Welfare had notified the CCS
(Implementation of National Pension System) Rules, 2021 to regulate service
related matters of Central Government employees covered under NPS. Rule 10 of
these rules provides for the option to be exercised by every Central Government
employee covered under NPS for availing benefits under NPS or Old Pension
Scheme (OPS) in the event of death of Government servant during service or his
discharge on the ground of invalidation or disablement.
3.
UPS has been notified as an option under the NPS. Therefore, it has been
decided that the Central Government civil employees who opt for UPS under NPS
shall also be eligible for option for availing benefits under UPS or the CCS
(Pension) Rules, 2021 or the CSS (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 2023 in the
event of death of the Government servant during service or his discharge on the
ground of invalidation or disablement.
4. Every Central Government servant covered
who opts for Unified Pension Scheme under the National Pension System shall, at
the time of joining Government service, exercise an option in Form 1 for
availing benefits under the UPS or under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021 or the
CCS (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 2023 in the event of his/her death or
boarding out on account of disablement or retirement on invalidation. Existing
Government servants, who have opted for the Unified Pension Scheme under the
National Pension System, shall also exercise such option as soon as possible
after the notification of these clarifications
5.
The option shall be exercised to the Head of Office who will accept the same
after verifying all the facts submitted therein and place it in the service
book. A copy of the option shall be forwarded by the Head of Office to the
Central Recordkeeping Agency through the Drawing and Disbursing Officer and the
Pay and Accounts Officer for their record. The Pay and Accounts Officer shall
also make suitable entry in the online system indicating the details regarding
the option exercised by the Government servant.
6. Every Government servant shall, along with
the option in Form 1, also submit details of family in Form 2 to the Head of
Office. The Head of Office shall, on receipt of the Form 2, acknowledge receipt
of the Form 2 and all further communications received from the Government
servant in this behalf, countersign it indicating the date of receipt and get
it pasted on the service book of the Government servant concerned. The Head of
Office on receipt of communication from the Government servant regarding any change
in the size of family shall also incorporate such a change in Form 2.
7.
The option exercised may be revised at any number of times by the Government
servant before his retirement by making a fresh option intimating his revised
option to the Head of Office. On receipt of the revised option, the Head of
Office and the Pay and Accounts Officer shall take further action as mentioned
above
8.
A Government servant who is discharged on invalidation or disability shall be
given an opportunity to submit a fresh option at the time of such discharge.
Where such Government servant does not exercise a fresh option or is not in a
position to exercise fresh option at the time of discharge, the option already
exercised by the Government servant shall become operative. Where no option was
exercised by the Government servant and the Government servant is not in a
position to exercise an option at the time of discharge, his case will be
regulated in accordance with para 11 below.
9.
In the case of death of a Government servant while in service, the last option
exercised by the deceased Government servant before his death shall be treated
as final and the family shall have no right to revise the option.
10.
Where a Government servant who did not exercise an option and dies before
completion of service of fifteen years, his family will be granted family
pension in accordance with the provisions of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021 or
the CCS (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 2023, as the case may be, as a default
option.
11.
Where a Government servant is discharged from Government service on account of
invalidation or disability before completion of service of fifteen years
without exercising an option, and is also not in a position to exercise an
option at the time of discharge, he will be granted invalid pension or
disability pension in accordance with the provisions of the CCS (Pension)
Rules, 2021 or the CCS (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 2023 as the case may be,
as default option;
12.
In all other cases, where no option was exercised by the Government servant,
the claim of the Government servant on discharge from the service and that of
the family on death of the Government servant, shall be regulated in accordance
with the regulations to be framed in this regard.
13.
In cases where the option exercised by the deceased Subscriber or the default
option for benefit under the CCS (Pension) Rules or the CCS (Extraordinary
Pension) Rules becomes infructuous on account of non-availability of an
eligible member of the family for grant of family pension under the CCS
(Pension) Rules, 2021 or the CCS (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 2023 such
option would be deemed to have become invalid and the benefits admissible under
the Unified Pension Scheme shall be granted in accordance with the regulations
to be framed in this regard.
14.
A Government servant, who had exercised option or in whose case the default
option is for availing benefits under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021 or CCS
(Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 2023 on death of Government servant during
service or his discharge from service on account of invalidation or
disablement, as the case may be, further action will be taken by the Head of
Office for disbursement of benefits in accordance with the provisions of the
CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021. Where the death or disablement of the Government
servant is attributable to Government service, further action will be taken by
the Head of Office for disbursement of benefits in accordance with the CCS
(Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 2023 subject to fulfillment of all the
conditions for grant of benefits under those rules.
15.
If on death of the Government servant during service or his discharge from
service on account of invalidation or disablement, benefits are payable under
the CCS (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 2023 or the CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021,
the Government contribution and returns thereon in the accumulated pension
corpus of the Government servant shall be transferred to Government account.
The remaining accumulated pension corpus shall be paid in lump sum in
accordance with the regulations to be framed in this regard.
16 In the case of death of a Government
servant during service or his discharge from service on account of invalidation
or disablement, who had exercised option or in whose case the default option is
for availing benefits under the UPS, such benefits may be granted in accordance
with the regulations to be framed in this regard.
17. Copy of Form 1 and Form 2 are also
enclosed.
18.
This issues in consultation with of Ministry of Finance, Department of
Expenditure vide ID Note No. 1(18)/EV/2024 ( part 2) dated 16.06.2025.
19.
In so far as the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department
are concerned, these orders are issued in consultation with Comptroller and
Auditor General of India, as mandated under Article 148(5) of the Constitution
of India.
(Dhrubajyoti Sengupta)
Joint
Secretary to the Government of India
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EXTENSION OF BENEFITS OF RETIREMENT
GRATUITY AND DEATH GRATUITY TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES COVERED BY
UNIFIED PENSION SCHEME - REG. (18/06/2025)
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https://documents.doptcirculars.nic.in/D3/D03ppw/extensiont6n30.pdf
No.
57/01/2025-P&PW(B)/UPS/10498
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel,
P.G. and Pensions
Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare
Lok Nayak
Bhawan, Khan Market,
New Delhi, the 18 June, 2025
OFFICЕ
МЕМORANDUM
Subject:
Extension of benefits of 'Retirement Gratuity and Death Gratuity' to the
Central Government employees covered by Unified Pension Scheme - reg.
The
undersigned is directed to refer to the Ministry of Finance, Department of
Financial Service's Notification No. FS-1/3/2023-PR dated 24.01.2025 regarding
introduction of the Unified Pension Scheme as an option under NPS for the
recruits to the Central Government civil service w.e.f. 01.04.2025 giving one
time option to the Central Government employees covered under the National
Pension System (NPS) for inclusion under the Unified Pension Scheme.
2.
Accordingly, it is clarified that the Central Government employees covered by
Unified Pension Scheme shall be eligible for benefit of 'Retirement gratuity
and Death gratuity' under the provisions of the Central Civil Service (Payment
of Gratuity under National Pension System) Rules, 2021.
3.
This issues in consultation with of Ministry of Finance, Department of
Expenditure vide ID Note No. 1(18)/EV/2024 dated 03.06.2025.
4.
In so far as the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department
are concerned, these orders are issued in consultation with Comptroller and
Auditor General of India, as mandated under Article 148(5) of the Constitution
of India.
(Dhrubajyoti
Sengupta)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India
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ANNUAL SPORTS CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR
2025-26 (CLICK THE LINK BELOW
TO VIEW)
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MOBILE TALKTIME/DATA CHARGE ALLOWANCE
TO THE SECTION IN-CHARGE OF WELFARE & SPORTS SECTIONS OF POSTAL
DIRECTORATE/POSTAL CIRCLE. (CLICK THE LINK BELOW
TO VIEW)
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