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Payment of Dearness Allowance to State Government Employees and Dearness Relief to StateService Pensioners/Family Pensioners - Revised rates effective fromO l/01/2014 Orders Issued.FINANCE PAY RESEARCH UNIT) DEPARTM ENT

G.O . P) No.221 /2014/Fin. ated, Thiruvananthapuram, 16.06.2014Read: - . G.O. P) No.85/2011/Fin, dated 26.02.2011G.O. (P) N o.87/2011/Fin, dated 28.02.2011G.O. (P) No.614/2012/Fin, dated 08.11.2012G.O. (P) No.220/2013/Fin, dated 14.05.20 13

Letter No. PM/2/6-44/13-14/163039/694 dated 21.10.2013 of Accountant General(A&E), Kerala.O.M. No. 01/01/2014 - E-II (B) dated 27/03/2014 of the Department ofExpenditure, Ministry of Finance, G overnmen t of IndiaO.M. No. F - No.42/10/2014 P PW (G) dated 09.04.2014 of the Department ofPension and Pensioners Welfare, Ministry of Petsonnel, Public Grievances andPensions, Government of India.

0.0 (P) No. 629/2013/Fin dated 23/12/2013.0.0 (P) No. 630/2013/Fin dated 23/12/2013.

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In the Office Memoranda cited above, Government of India sanctioned revised rate ofDearness Allowance/Dearness Relief to Central Government employees, Pensioners and familypensioners with effect from 01/01/2014. O n the basis of the abov e, following orders are issued:

2. (i) The rate of Dearness Allowance payable in respect of State Government Employees,Teachers, Staff of Aided Schools, Private Colleges and Polytechnics, Full time Employees borneon the contingent and work charged establishments and employees of Local Bodies will beenhanced from the existing rate of 63Y0 to 73 w.e.f 01.01. 2014.

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The Dearness Allowance payable in respect of those employees continuing in therevised scale of G.O (P) No.145/2906/Fin dated 25.03.2006 will be enhanced from the exisirate of 174 to 191 w.e.f. 01.01.2014.

The Dearness Allowance payable in respect of teachers coming unUGC/AJCTE/Medical Education Schemes (in whose case DA up to 50 has been convertedDearness Pay) will be enhanced from the existing rate of 183 to 2 00 w.e.f. 0 1.01.2 014.

The Dearness Allowance payable in respect of the teaching staff coming iUGC/AJCTE/Medical Education Schemes who have changed over to revised UGC/AICTEfrom 01.01.2006 or thereafter and Judicial Officers will be enhanced from the existing rate ofto I00 w.e.f.Ol.01.2014

The Dearness Allowance payable to those employees who are continuing in the 1997pay scales even after 01.01.2014 will be enhanced from the existing rate of 233 to 250 w.e.f.01.01.2014(up to the date of effect of option under Pay Revision 20 09).

The Dearness Allowance payable to those employees in Public Sector Undertakingswho were getting pay and allowances based on the scales of pay admissible under 1992 PayRevision will be enhanced as follows w ith effect from 01.01.2 014.Date of effect ay Range e of D per month

Basic pay up to Rs.3, 500 p.m. of Pay01.01.2014Basic pay above R s.3, 500 up to 670 of Pay subject to a minimumRs.6, 000 p.m. of Rs.26845Basic pay above Rs. 6000 631 of pay subject to minimum

of Rs. 40200

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(vii) The Dearness A llowance at the enhanced rates will be paid in cash with the salary fOrthe month of June 2014 onwards. The arrear for the period from 01.01.2014 to 31.05.2014 will bedrawn and credited to the Provident Fund Account of the employees along with the salary bill forany o, the months from June 2014 to December 2014. This procedure is applicable to thoseemployees continuing in the pre-revised scale even after 2009 Pay Revision and even after 1996UGC/AICTE/Medical Education Scheme. No withdrawal other than final withdrawal of arrears ofDearness Allowance credited to Provident Fund Account shall be made before 30.04.2018 orretirement whichever is earlier and is applicable utatis utandis to Provident Funds other thanGeneral Provident Fund also.

The enhanced rate of Dearness Allowance will also be applicable to Part-time andPart-time contingent employees on the basis of pay draw n by them .

The Dearness Relief payable to State Service Pensioners and Family Pensioners(whose pension/family pension has been revised . as per GO. (P) No.87/2011/Fin, dated28.02.2011) will be enhanced from the existing rate of 63 to 73 with effect from 01.01.2014.

The Dearness Relief payable to State Service Pensioners and Family Pensioners whosepension/family pension has not undergone revision as per GO(P)N o.87/201 1/Fin dated 28.02.2011,and also to the Pensioners/Family Pensioners coming under UGC/AICTE/Medical EducationSchemes (who retired prior to 01.07.2004 and whose family pension has been revised as perG.O.(P) No.81/2007/Fin, dated 28.02.2007 and whose pension has not undergone revision as perGO(P) No. 211/2011/Fin dated 07/05/2011), will be enhanced from the existing rate of 174 to191 with effect from 01.01.2014.

The Dearness Relief payable to retired State Judicial Officers (who are drawingDearness Relief at central rates and whose pension or family pension has not been revised as perG.O (Ms) No. 236/10/Home dated 02.11.2010) and the Pensioners/Family Pensioners, comingunder the category UGC/AICTE/Medical Education Schemes (who retired after 01.07.2004 andwhose pension] Family Pension has been revised as per G.O. (P) No.84/2007/Fin dated 01.03.2007

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and has not undergon e revision as per GO (P) No. 211/201 1 /Fin dated 7/5/2011) will befrom the existing rate of 183 to 200 w.e.f.01 .01.2014.

xii) The Dearness Relief payable in respect of Ex-Chairman and Member of KeraService Commission, whose pension structure was modified as per G.O. Ms) No.109/20dated 22.04.2013 will be enhanced as follows w .e.f. 01.01.2014.

ategory Date of termination of service Rate of RChairman nd embers ho ereappointed from outside Government service Priorto orafterol.01.2006 73Chairman nd embers aving riorservice in Government and opted benefits Prior to 01.01.2006 73of combined service.Chairman nd embers aving riorservice in Government and opted benefits On or after oi .01.2006 73of combined service.

xii) a) The Dearness Relief payable in respect of Ex-chairmen/other Members of Ke alaPublic Service Commission, whose pension has not undergone revision as per G.O. Ms.) o.109/2013 /GAD dated 22/04/2013 w ill be enhanced as follows with effect from 01.01.2014 .

ategory ate of termination of Rate of DRserviceChairman nd embers ho ereappointed rom utside overnment Prior o r fter 191service 01.01.2006Chairman nd embers aving riorservice in Government and opted benefits Prior to 01.07.2004 191of combined service.Chairman nd embers aving priorservice in Government and opted benefits On or after 01.07.2004 200of combined service.

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The rate of Dearness Relief payable to the teaching staff coming underUGC/AICTE/Medical Education Streams who have changed over to revised UGC/AICTE scalefrom 1.1.2006 and those who retired after 1.1.2006 and that to the State Judicial Officers whosepension has been revised as per G.O Ms) No.236/201 0/Hom e dated 02.11.201.0, will be enhancedfrom the existing rate of 90 to 100 w.e.f,01.01.2014, This rate will be adoptedonly after theformal sanctioning of revision of their pension in terms of G.O. (P) No.211/201 1/Fin dated07.05.2011. The teaching staff coming under the UGC / AICTE / Medical Education Streamswho have retired prior to 01.01.2006 and whose pension has been revised in terms of G.O.(P)No.211/201 1/Fin dated 07.05.2011 w ill also be eligible for D earness Relief at the above rate.

The Dearness Relief payable in respect of the State Service Pensioners/FamilyPensioners whose pension has not undergone revision as per G.O.(P) No.180/2006/Fin, dated18.04.2006 and who are drawing Pension/Family Pension as per pension revision 1997, and inrespect of pensioners / family pensioners coming under UGC / AICTE / Medical EducationSchemes whose pension has not undergone revision as per G.O.(P) No.81/2007/Fin, dated28.02.2007 or G.O.(P) No.84/2007/Fin, dated 1.3.2007 will be enhanced from the existing rate of233 to 250 w.e.f. 91.01.2014. This will be applicable only till such date of effect of option forPension Revision 2004, after which the Dearness Relief payable will be as indicated in para 2(x)above and after the date of effect of option for Pension Revision 2009, Dearness Relief will bepayable as indicated in para 2 ix) above.

The enhanced rate of Dearness Relief due from 01.01.2014 will be paid along with thepension for July 2014 and arrears from January 2014 to June 2014 will be released in cash alongwith the pension for August 2014.

The conditions laid down in the G.O. read as 8th above shall be applicable whileregulating D earness Allowance/Dearness R elief under these orders.

By Order of the Governor,

V.SOMASUNDAPANAdditional Chief Secretary to Government Finance)

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To.T he Principal Acco untant General (A E), Kerala, T hiruvananthapuramThe Principal Accountant General (General Social Sector Audit),Kerala, ThiruvananthapuramT he Accountant General (Econom ic Revenue Sector Audit),Kerala, ThiruvananthapuramT he Accountant General (A E), T amil Nadu, ChennaiT he Acco untant General (A E), Andhra Pradesh, HyderabadT he Acco untant General (A E), Karnataka, BangaluruT he Acco untant General (A E), M aharashtra, M umbaiT he Acco untant General (A E), Rajasthan, JaipurT he Acco untant General (A E), Gujarat, Gandhi NagarT he Acco untant General (A E), Hariyana, ChandigarhT he Acco untant General (A E), Punjab, ChandigarhT he Acco untant General (A E), Jamm u Kashm ir, SrinagarT he Acco untant General (A E), Himachal Pradesh, ShimlaT he Acco untant General (A E), Madhya Pradesh, Gw aliorT he Acco untant General (A E), Orissa, BhubaneswarT he Acco untant General (A E), Uttar Pradesh, AllahabadT he Acco untant General (A E), Bihar, PatnaT he Acco untant General (A E), West Bengal, Ko lkattaT he Acco untant General (A E), Assam, Dispur, Guw ahatiT he Acco untant General (A E), Manipur, ImphalT he Acco untant General (A E), T ripura, AgartalaT he Accountant General (A E), Nagaland, Ko himaT he Acco untant General (A E), ArunachaiPradesh, ItanagarThe Accountant Genera l(A E), Utharanjal, DehradunT he Acco untant General (A E), Go a, PanajiT he Acco untant General (A E), Chattisgarh, RaipurT he Acco untant General (A E), Jharkhand, RanchiT he Accountant General (A E), Mizoram, AizawlT he Acco untant General (A E), Meghalaya, Shillong

T he Acco untant General (A E), Sikkim, Gangto kT he Principal Acco unts Officer, Delhi Administration, Vikas Bhavan, New DelhiThe Principal Accounts Officer, PondicherryThe Chief General Manager Department of Government and Bank AccountsOffice, Reserve Bank o f India, Opposite Mum bai Railway Station, Byculla, I'400 008The Head Offices of all Nationalised Banks (250 copies)The Chief Manager Finance and Accounts State Bath of TraThiruvananthapuramT he Regional Manager, Union Bank o f India, Emakulam and T hiruvananthapuram

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7The General Manager (Finance) UCO Bank, Head Office, Finance Department,2 India Exchange Place, 3 ' Floor, Kolkatta - 700 001The Assistant Divisional Manager, Central Bank of India, Thiruvananthapuram and CochinThe Senior Manager Canara Bank Thiruvananth4uramThe Senior Manager, Circle Office, (Aimex), Canara Bank, Thiruvanantha ramThe Chief Regional Manager, State Bank of India, ThiruvananthapuramThe Divisional Manager, Syndicate Bank, ThiruvananthapuramThe Regional Manager, Indian Bank, ThiruvananthapuramThe Regional Manager, Indian Overseas Bank, ThiruvananthapuramThe Regional Manager, Vijaya Bank, ThiruvananthapuramAll Heads of DepartmentsThe D irector of Treasuries, ThiruvananthapuramAll District Treasuries / Sub T reasuriesThe Director of Information and Public Relations, ThiruvananthapuramAll Departments [all sections] of the SecretariatThe Secretary, Kerala Public Service Commission [with C.L.]All Un iversities in KeralaThe A dvocate General, Ernakulam [with C.L.]The S ecretary, Kerala State Electricity Board [w ith CL.]The Managing Director, Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, Thiruvananthapuram[with C.L.]All P rincipal Secretaries, Secretaries, A dditional Secretaries, Joint Secretaries,Deputy Secretaries and Under Secretaries to GovernmentThe Secretary to GovernorThe Secretary, State Election Commission, Kerala, ThiruvananthapuramThe P rivate Secretaries to Chief M inister and other M inistersThe Private Secretary to SpeakerThe Private Secretary to Deputy SpeakerThe P rivate Secretary to the Leader of OppositionThe A dditional Secretary to the C hief SecretaryThe Registrar, Kerala Lok Ayukta, ThiruvananthapuramThe Secretary, Kerala Human rights Commission, ThiruvananthapuramThe Ombudsman for Local Self Government Institutions, ThiruvananthapuramThe Nodal Officer, www. finance.kerala. gov.in

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