Grant of Dearness Relief to State Government Pensioners/ Family Pensioners with effect from 01.01.2018.
Government of West Bengal
Finance Department
Pension Branch
Writers’ Buildings, Block-IV
2nd Floor, Kolkata – 700 001
Finance Department
Pension Branch
Writers’ Buildings, Block-IV
2nd Floor, Kolkata – 700 001
Memo No. 504-F (Pen) Dated, Kolkata
the 12th September, 2017.
MEMORANDUM
Sub: Grant of Dearness Relief to
State Government Pensioners/ Family Pensioners with effect from 01.01.2018.
In continuation of this Department
Memo No. 01-F (Pen) dated 02.01.2017 sanctioning
installment of relief to the State Government Pensioners/ Family Pensioners
with effect from 01.01.2017 onwards, the undersigned is directed to state that
the Governor is pleased to decide that the State Government Pensioners/ Family
Pensioners shall draw Dearness Relief @100% of basic pension with effect from
01.01.2018 onwards in supersession of the rates mentioned in the Order dated
02.01.2017 as mentioned above.
2. Payment of relief on Pension/
Family Pension involving a fraction of rupee shall be rounded off to the next
higher rupee.
3. It will now be the responsibility
of the Pension Disbursing Authority to calculate the quantum of relief on
Pension/ Family Pension payable to each individual case.
4. For the purpose of payment of
relief sanctioned herein, the Principal Accountant General (A&E), West
Bengal will issue authority to the Public Sector Banks in Kolkata and the
Accountant General of other States.
5. The Treasury/ Sub-Treasury
Officers in this State will give effect to this order without the authority of
the Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal.
6. This benefit of Dearness Relief
as has been sanctioned in the aforesaid Memorandum for the State Government
Pensioners/ Family Pensioners will also be allowed to the teaching and
Non-teaching pensioners of State aided Non-Government Educational Institutions
and Pensioners of Statutory Bodies/ Government Undertakings/ Panchayats
including Panchayat Karmee and Municipal Corporations/ Municipalities/ Local
Bodies etc. who are in receipt of Dearness Relief @85% of basic pension with
effect from 01.01.2017. In such cases the respective Administrative Department
may sanction the benefit of Dearness Relief @100% with effect from 01.01.2018
to the pensioners concerned under their control without making any further
reference to Pension Branch of this Department.
7. It has also been decided that in
the case of Public Undertakings/Statutory Bodies the additional expenditure
should be borne by such Undertakings/Bodies themselves out of their own
resources or out of financial assistance provided for them in the budget and
that no additional financial assistance will be given to them on account of
sanction of this instalment of Dearness Relief.
Sd/- B.C.
Ranjan
Joint Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal.
Joint Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal.
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