ANNEXURE - 4 Life Insurance Corporation of India Development Officers (Revision of Terms And Conditions of Service) Rules, 1986 ANNEXURE - 4 LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS (REVISION OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) RULES, 1986* G.S.R. 1091(E) — In exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (cc) of sub-section (2) of Section 48 of the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules regulating certain terms and conditions of service of Development Officers of the Life Insurance Corporation of India, namely:
1. Short title and commencement:
(1) These rules may be called the Life Insurance Corporation of India Development Officers (Revision of Terms and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1986.
(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 1986.
Definitions:
In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires —
(a) “Act” means the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956);
(b) “Development Officer” means a whole-time salaried employee of the Corporation belonging to Class-ITand includes any person who became an employee of the Corporation onthe 1st day of September, 1956 and is working as a Development Officer;
(c) “Special Provisions” means the provisions contained in Schedule III to the Staff Rules;
*(d) “Instructions” means the instructions issued by the Chairman under Sub-Regulation (2) of Regulation 51 of the Staff Rules.
#e) “Special Rules” means the Life Insurance Corporation of India Development Officers (Revision of Certain Terms and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2009 as amended by the Life Insurance Corporation of India Development Officers (Revision of Certain Terms and Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2016.
(f) “Staff Rules” means the Life Insurance Corporation of India (Staff) Rules, 1960, which by virtue of sub-section (2A) of Section 48 of the Act are deemed to be rules.
**(g) Words and expressions used in these rules and not defined but defined in the Special Rules or the Staff Rules shall have the same meanings assigned to them in the Special Rules or the Staff Rules;
Conditions of service of Development Officers:
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Staff Rules, the terms and conditions of service of Development Officers relating to matters covered by these rules shall be regulated in accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained in these rules.
* KK # Notified in Gazette of India dated 18.7.1996 and came into force with immediate effect.
Asamended vide Notification No. GSR No.551(E) dated 22.06.2000.
Notified in Gazette of India, vide GSR No.29 (E) dated 14.01.2016 # As amended by notification GSR 269 (E) dated 15.04.2021
4. Scales of Pay:
#(1)The scales of pay of the Development Officers shall be Rs. 35650-2200(2)-40050-2595(2)-45240-2645(17)-90205;
*(2) The pay referred to in sub-rule (1) and other allowances admissible to a Development Officer under these rules shall be regulated in accordance with the Staff Rules and the Special Rules.
*(3) Addition to the Basic Pay after reaching maximum of the scales :
Subject to the work record being found satisfactory a Development Officer who has reached the maximum of the scale of pay, may be granted an addition to the basic pay equal to the last increment drawn by him, on first day of the month following completion of every three completed years of service after reaching such a maximum or on the first day of the month following the completion of his appraisal year subject to the maximum of four such additions #and after two years from availing the fourth such addition he may be granted one further addition to the basic pay equal to the last increment drawn by him in the scale of pay.
Provided that no Development Officer shall be entitled to the fourth such addition to the basic pay before completion of three years after drawing the third such addition:
Provided furtherthat wherea Development Officeris not granted such addition to the basicpay on first day of the month following completion of three years of service or after drawing such additions, (such first day of the month following completion of three years of service from the date of reaching maximum of the scale of pay or after drawing of such additions referred to as “the relevant date”), his case shall fall due for review in each appraisal year in the month following that in which he completes twelve months of service as reckoned from the relevant date, so long as he has not been allowed such addition to the basic pay, and if itis decided to allowthesuch addition subsequently, itshalltake effect from the first ofthe month in which the review has fallen due in the appraisal year in which the decision is taken.
Explanation: Forthe purposes ofthis rule ‘calendaryear’ meansthe period from the Ist day of January to the 31st day of December.
5. Dearness Allowance:
#(1)The scales of dearness allowance applicable to Development Officers shall be determined as under :
(a) Index: All India Average Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers.
(b) Base : Index No. 6352 in the series 1960=100.
(c) Rate: Forevery four pointsin the quarterly average of the All India Consumer Price Index above 6352 points, a Development Officer shall be paid dearness allowance at the rate of 0.08% of Pay.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this clause, “Pay” means basic pay including additions to the basic pay after reaching maximum of the scale as provided under subrule (3) of rule 4 * As amended vide Notification No. GSR 825(E) dated 08.10.2010.
# As amended by notification GSR 269 (E) dated 15.04.2021
(2) Thereshall bean upwardrevision of the dearness allowance payablefor every four points risein the quarterly average (hereinafter referred to as the “current average figure”) of the All India Consumer Price Index above [6352 points in the sequence of 6352-6356-6360-6364 |* andso onand there shall be a downward revision of the dearness allowance payable if current average figure falls by four points below the index figure in the above sequence with reference to which the dearness allowance has been paid for the last preceding quarter. On the downward revision, the dearness allowance payable shall correspond to the current average figure if such current average figure is a figure in the above sequence; and the dearness allowance payable shall correspond to the figure in the above sequence next preceding the current average figure if such current average is not a figure in the above sequence. For this purpose, quarter shall mean a period of three months ending on the last day of March, June, September or December. The final Index Figure as published in the Indian Labour Journal or the Gazette of India, whichever publication is available earlier, shall be the Index figure which shall betaken forthe purpose of calculation of dearnessallowance.
For the purpose of calculating dearness allowance for a particular month, the quarterly average for the last quarter for which the final index figures are available on the 15th day of that month shall be taken. Actual payment of this revised dearness allowance shall be made in the month following that in which the relevant index figures are available.
6. House Rent Allowance :
*(1) The House Rent Allowance of Development Officers, except those who are allotted residential accommodation by the Corporation, shall be as specified in the table below:— or Place of posting Rate of House Rent Allowance
(1) (2) (3)
1. | Cities of Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, New | 10% of Pay, subject to a maximum of Delhi, Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, | Rs.7840/- per month Gurugram, Navi Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and other cities with population of 45 lakh and above
2. | Cities with population exceeding 12 lakh | 8% of Pay, subject to a maximum of but less than 45 lakh, and except those | Rs.6620/- per month mentioned at SI. No. 1., and any city in the State of Goa
3. | Other places 7% of Pay, subject to a maximum of Rs.
6370/- per month Note: for the purpose of this rule,
(i) the population figures shall be as per the latest Census Report;
(ii) cities shall include their urban agglomerations; and
(iii) ‘Pay’ means basic pay, additions to basic pay and Fixed Personal Allowance.
Development Officers who are allotted residential accommodation by the Corporation shall pay for such residential accommodation appropriate licence fee as may be decided by the Corporationfromtimetotimeandthey shall not be entitled to any houserentallowance.
[ ]* and * As amended by notification GSR 269 (E) dated 15.04.2021 *7, City Compensatory Allowance.—The City Compensatory Allowance payable to Development Officers shall be as specified under:— S.N. Place of Posting Rate of City Compensatory Allowance
(1) (2) (3)
1. Cities of Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, New Delhi, Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Navi Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and other cities with population of 45 lakh and above 3% of Pay, subject to a maximum of Rs.1660/- per month Cities with population exceeding 12 lakh but less than 45 lakh, and except those mentioned at Sl. No. 1., and any city in the State of Goa
2.5% of Pay, subject to a maximum of Rs. 1535 /- per month Cities with population of five lakh and above but not exceeding 12 lakh, State capitals with population not exceeding 12 lakh, Chandigarh, Mohali, Puducherry, Port 2% of Pay, subject to a maximum of Rs. 1345 /- per month Blair, and Panchkula Note : for the purposes of this rule, i. the population figures shall be as per the latest Census Report;
ii. cities shall include their urban agglomerations; and iii, ‘Pay’ means Basic Pay, Additions to Basic Pay.
**7A. Hill Allowance.—The scales of Hill Allowance payable to Development Officers shall be as specified in the table below: — Sl.No Places Rates
(1) (2) (3)
1. Posted at a place situated at a height of 1,500 metres or | At the rate of 2.5% of Basic more above the mean sea level Pay subject to maximum of Rs.1000/- per month
2. Posted at a place situated at a height of 1,000 metres or | At the rate of 2% of Basic more but less than 1,500 metres above the mean sea level, or at Mercara, or at a place which is specifically declared as a “hill station” by the Central Government or the State Government concerned for their employees Pay subject to maximum of Rs. 790/- per month Posted at a place situated at a height of not less than 750 metres or more above the mean sea level and which is surrounded by and accessible only through hills having a height of 1,000 metres or more above the mean sea level At the rate of 2% of Basic Pay subject to maximum of Rs. 790/- per month”.
@7B. Kit Allowance:
Every Development Officer of the Corporation, on his first appointment at, or transfer to, any of the hill stations at which hill allowance is admissible in terms of rule 7A, shall be paid a kit allowance of Rs.
1,500/- as one-time payment :
Provided that no kit allowance shall be payable to a Development Officer if he has drawn such allowance at any time earlier.
* & ** Notified in Gazette of India GSR 269(E) dated 15.04.2021 @ Notified in Gazette of India dated 21.1.1992, effective from the date of notification **7C. Special Allowance:
(1) Every Development Officer of the Corporation shall be paid an amount of Rs. 3,200/- per month by way of Special Allowance:
(2) The allowance under this rule shall be reckoned for the purpose of calculation of dearness allowance but shall not be reckoned for the purposes of Provident Fund, gratuity, House Rent Allowance, pension, encashment of privilege leave and fixation of pay upon promotion.
*8. Provident Fund:
(1) Every Development Officer of the Corporation other than a Development Officer on probation or a Development Officer appointed on a temporary basis or a Development Officer appointed on or after 01.04.2010 or a Development Office who is a transferred employee of the Oriental Government Security Life Assurance Company Limited, whois contributing to the Pension Fund of that Company, shall contribute every month to the Provident Fund established by the Cor poration at the rate of ten percent of his basic pay. The Corporation shall contribute to the Provident Fund an amount equal to the actual contribution of each such Development Officer subject to a maximum of ten percent ofthe basic pay of eachsuch Development Officer:
Provided that the Corporation shall not be required to make any such contribution to the Provident Fund in respect of a Development Officer governed by the Life Insurance Corporation of India (Employees) Pension Rules, 1995.
(2) Development Officers who are transferred employees of the Oriental Government Security Life Assurance Company Limited and who are contributing to the Pension Fund of that company, shall be permitted to contribute to the Provident Fund established by the Corporation but the Corporation shall not be required to make any contribution to the Provident Fund in respect of such Development Officers.
9. Gratuity:
(1) A permanent Development Officer
(a) who has been in continuous service of the Corporation (including regular salaried service with the Insurer) for not less than 15 years (excluding period of probation or temporary service in respect of employees recruited on or after the 1st September, 1956) and
(i) whose services are terminated by the Corporation for any reason whatsoever;
or
(ii) _who voluntarily resigns from the services of the Corporation; OR
(b) who dies while in service of the Corporation; or
(c) who retires from the service of the Corporation; or
(d) whose service is determined either due to continued illness or accident incapacitating him from the proper discharge of his duties; or
(e) whose services are dispensed with owing to reduction of staff or reorganisation of establishment;
shall be eligible for the payment of gratuity.
(2) The gratuity admissible under sub-rule (1) shall be at the rate of one month’s terminal basic pay for each completed year of continuous service or part thereof in excess of six months (inclusive of regular salaried service with the Insurer) subject to a maximum of 15 months’ terminal basic pay upto 30 years of service, and for service over 30 years, at the rate of half-a-month’s terminal basic pay for each completed year of service or part thereof in excess of six months:
Provided that any period spent by such Development Officer on extra-ordinary leave exceeding 12 months during the entire period of his service shall be excluded.
(3) Gratuity admissible to a Development Officer shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (2) or calculated under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (39 of 1972), whichever, is more favourable to him.
(4) Inthe case of a Development Officer who has been appointed from Class-III cadre on or after the 1st day of April, 1983 and who dies or retires after such appointment, the gratuity payable to him shall not be less than the gratuity that would have been payable tohimifhisserviceshad been terminated while he was in Class-III cadre.
* Rule 8 substituted by Amendment dated 8.10.2010, GSR No.825(E).
** As amended by notification GSR 269 (E) dated 15.04.2021
(5) Subject to any lien the Corporation may have on the amount of gratuity admissible to any Development Officer, the Corporation shall pay to the Officer or his nominee or nominees, or if no nomination has been made or is subsisting, to his heirs, the amount of gratuity admissible under this rule.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in the forgoing sub-rules — *(j) Where the penalty of dismissal is imposed on a Development Officer for any act involving violence against the management or other employees or any riotous or disorderly behaviour in or near the place of employment or for an offence involving moral turpitude provided that such offence is committed by him in the course of his employment, the gratuity payable to him shall stand wholly forfeited.
(ii) Where the penalty of compulsory retirement, removal from service or dismissal is imposed on a Development Officer for any act involving the Corporation in a financial loss, the gratuity payable to him shall stand forfeited to the extend of such loss.
**10. Equitable Relief:—
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (3) of rule 1 of the Life Insurance Corporation of India Development Officers (Revision of Certain Terms and Conditions of service) Amendment Rules, 2016, the Corporation may, in respect of Development Officers, by instructions, provide for grant of arrears of salary for the period prior to 1st April, 2021 by way of equitable relief.
(2) The 100% of equitable relief paid to the Development Officers for the period from 1st August, 2017 to 31st March, 2021 shall not be taken into account for the purpose of arriving at the annual remuneration for the purpose of appraisal year under the special rules commencing immediately after the date of publication of Life Insurance Corporation of India Development Officers (Revision of Terms and Conditions of service) Amendment Rules, 2021.
Explanation.-
(1) | For the removal of doubts, it is clarified that the salary relating to the financial year commencing on ist April, 2021 shall form part of the annual remuneration in the relevant appraisal years in that financial year.
(2) The Corporation may provide by instructions issued in this behalf under sub-rule (2) of rule 51 of Life Insurance Corporation of India (Staff) Rules, 1960 for fixation of basic pay in the scales of pay as revised by these rules of persons who may have worked as Development Officers on or after 1st August, 2017 but before the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, classify them according to the nature of cessation of their service as Development Officers and specify whether the payments by way of equitable relief may be allowed to any class of Development Officers at all for the period of their service as such and if so, the amount and the terms and conditions thereof :
Provided that no payment by way of equitable relief shall be allowed in respect of the class of Development Officers whose services may have been terminated under the Special Rules.
(3) Subject to the other provisions of this rule, where basic pay is fixed in accordance with this rule, the other allowances and benefits as revised by these rules shall also be payable on the basis of such fixation."
As amended by Notification dated 7.11.1989 and came into force w.e.f. 1.4.1989.
** Substituted by notification GSR 269 (E) dated 15.04.2021
10A. Fixed Personal Allowance:
(1) ADevelopment Officer other than a Development Officer on probation on first appointment or who has reached the maximum of the scale of pay applicable to him on the 1st day of November, 1993, shall be paid, onaccountofcomputerisation oneincrementin the scale of pay applicable to him on the ist day of November, 1993:
Provided that a Development Officer who on his first appointment in the Corporation's service was on probation on the ist day of November, 1993 shall be paid one such increment on completion of one year of service after confirmation.
(2) ADevelopment Officer who has reached the maximum of the scale of pay applicable to him on the first day of November 1993, shall be paid a Fixed Personal Allowance on account of computerisation equal to the last increment drawn in the scale of pay applicable to him on the first day of November 1993.
(3) ADevelopment Officer whoisin receipt ofanincrementonaccountof computerisation and who has reached the maximum of the scale of pay applicable to him shall be paid the fixed personal allowance referred to in sub-rule (2) on the expiry of a period of one year after reaching the maximum of scale of pay.
(4) Fixed Personal Allowance granted as per sub-rule (2) above shall count for the purposes of House Rent Allowance, Provident Fund, Pension, Gratuity and Encashment of Privilege Leave.
(5) Additional Increment for Computerisation for Development Officers who have joined the services of the Corporation after 1.11.1993 but before the date of publication of this notification in the official gazette:
The Development Officers who have joined the services ofthe Corporation after 1.11.1993 but before the date of publication of this notification in the official gazette shall be granted one incrementin the scale of pay applicable to them on the date of publication of notification in the official gazette, with effect from the first day of the month following the date of publication of this notification in the official gazette, subject to the following conditions:
(i) | Suchofthose Development Officers who on their first appointment in the Corporation’s service were on probation on the date of publication of this notification in the official gazette shall be granted the said increment only on completion of 365 days of service after the date ofconfirmation;
(ii) | ADevelopment Officer whoisinreceipt ofthesaidincrementandwhoreachesmaximum of the scale of pay applicable to him shall be paid the Fixed Personal Allowance, which shall be equal to the last increment in the scale of pay applicable to him onthe first day of the month following the date of publication of this notification in the official gazette, on the expiry of a period of one year after reaching the maximum of the scale of pay, and such Fixed Personal Allowance shall count for the purposes of House Rent Allowance, Provident Fund, Pension, Gratuity and Encashment of Privilege Leave.
*(iii) Any Development Officer who has joined the services of the corporation after the 22nd June, 2000 shall not be eligible for this increment. ;
!110B. Productivity Linked Lumpsum Incentive (PLLI):
The Development Officers ofthe Corporation shall be paid Productivity Linked Lumpsum Incentive as under:
(i) Fortheperiodfrom 1stApril, 2009 to 31st March, 2010 Productivity Linked Lumpsum Incentive shall be payable based on the performance of the Corporation as a whole on the basis of parameters based on Statement of Intent as approved by the Board;
* As amended vide Notification No. GSR 560(E) dated 05.09.2005.
| As amended vide Notification No. GSR 825(E) dated 08.10.2010.
As amended by notification GSR 269 (E) dated 15.04.2021
(ii) Forthe period from 1st April, 2010 onwards Board shall be empowered to formulate the parameters and performance norms of the Productivity Linked Lumpsum Incentive for its Development Officers based on Statement of Intent every year subject to following conditions:
#(a) Productivity Linked Lump Sum Incentive shall be payable at the levels of 1%, 2%, 3%, etc. up toa maximum of 6% of the annual pay of individual Development officers for any Financial Year with effect from 2013-14;
(b) Productivity Linked Lump Sum Incentive shall be payable to Development Officers in Corporate Office based on the performance of the Corporation as a whole.
(c) Productivity Linked Lump Sum Incentive shall be payable to Development Officers in Zonal Office based on the performance of the Zone as a whole.
(d) Productivity Linked Lump Sum Incentive shall be payable to Development Officers in Divisional/ Branch Office based on the performance of the Division as a whole.
(e) The threshold minimum Productivity Linked Lump Sum Incentivefor Zonal Office / Divisional Office / Branch Office shall be 50% of the Corporate level Productivity Linked Lump Sum Incentive.
Notes: #(1) Forthe purpose of this rule annual pay means the basic pay, Dearness Allowance and Fixed PersonalAllowance;
(II) For the removal of doubts, it is clarified that the amount paid under this rule to the Development Officers shall not form part of his annual remuneration and ad-hoc annual remuneration under the Special Rules.
10C. Paradeep Port Allowance:
Every Development Officer working in office(s) at Paradeep shall be paid “Paradeep Port Allowance” of [Rs. 265/-]* per month with effect from the first of the month following the date of this notification or the date of joining at Paradeep, whichever is later. This allowance shall not rank for any benefits but shall form part ofthe adhoc annualremunerationand annualremunerationunderthe special rules.
+10D.Maternity Leave:
$ The competent authority may grant maternity leave to a female development officer for a period which may extend upto six months at a stretch subject to a maximum of fifteen months during the entire period of her service:
Provided that the maternity leave to a female development officer having two or more surviving children shall be granted for a maximum period of three months at a stretch:
Provided further that the leave may be granted once during the service to a childless female development officer for adopting a child who is below one year age through a proper legal process and on submission of a certified true copy of the adoption deed to the corporation and the maximum period of leave shall be twelve weeks or till the child attains the age of one year, whichever is earlier:
Provided also that leave of maximum twelve weeks may be granted once during the service to a childless female commissioning mother (a biological mother who uses her egg to create an embryo implanted in any other woman) from the date of birth of the child and such leave may be availed for one child till the child attains the age of one year.
+10E. Sick Leave:
A Development Officer shall be entitled to sick leave on medical certificate at the rate of one month for each completed year of service subject to a maximum of sixteen months throughout the service in the Corporation.
Provided that the casual leave and the additional casual leave admissible to a Development Officer under sub-rule (1) and (2) of Rule 62 of Life Insurance Corporation of India (Staff) Rules, 1960 and not availed of by him shall be converted into additional sick leave on full pay upto amaximum oftwo months or on half pay upto a maximum of four months during the entire period of his service to be availed of by him on medical certificate:
Provided further that if a Development Officer is suffering from any of the major diseases of cancer, leprosy, T.B., paralysis, mental diseases, braintumor, cardiac ailments, AIDs orkidney diseases he may be allowed special sick leave on half pay for a period not exceeding six months if he has to his credit no sick leave including additional sick leave admissible to him.
A tp + As amended vide Notification No. GSR 269(E) dated 15.04.2021.
Inserted vide Notification No. 551(E) dated 22.06.2000.
As amended vide Notification No. GSR 196(E) dated 26.02.2016.
Substituted vide Notification dated 31.05.2019 Part-III Section 3 G.S.R.No.403(E).
11. Interpretation:
Where any doubt or difficulty arises as to the interpretation of these rules, it shall be referred tothe Central Govt. for its decision.
Note : The principal rules were published vide G.S.R. No.1091(E) dated the 17th September, 1986 and subsequently amended vide G.S.R. No. 962(E) dated the 7th December, 1987, G.S.R. No. 871(E) dated the 22nd August, 1988, G.S.R. No. 968(E) dated the 7th November, 1989, G.S.R. No. 825(E) dated the 9th October, 1990, G.S.R. No. 55(E) dated the 21st January, 1992, G.S.R. No. 325(E) dated the 10th March, 1992, G.S.R. No. 54(E) dated the 2nd February, 1994, G.S.R. No. 596(E) dated the 30th June, 1995, G.S.R. No. 95(E) dated the 16th February, 1996, G.S.R. No. 287(E) dated the 18th July, 1996, G.S.R. No. 531(E) dated the 27th August, 1998, G.S.R. No. 551(E) dated the 22nd June, 2000, G.S.R. No. 288(E) dated the 27th April, 2004 ,G.S.R. No. 560(E) dated the 5th September, 2005, G.S.R. No. 825(E) dated the 8th October, 2010, G.S.R. No. 29(E) dated the 14th January, 2016 , G.S.R. No. 196(E) dated the 26th February, 2016, GSR No. 403(E) dated
31.05.2019. and GSR 269 (E) dated 15.04.2021