The Central Government shall have power to relax the provisions of any of these rules in respect of any class or category of persons.
Schedule – I (See rule 3) Sl.
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Category of the post Scale of pay(Rs.)
1 2 3 1 Secretary 22400-525-24500 2 Principal Advisor 22400-525-24500 3 Advisor 18400-500-22400 4 Joint Advisor 14300-450-18300 5 Deputy Advisor 12000-375-16500 6 Senior Principal Private Secretary 12000-375-16500 7 Senior Research Officer 10000-325-15200 8 Principal Private Secretary 10000-325-15200 9 Technical Officer 8000-275-13500 10 Section Officer 6500-200-10500 11 Assistant Accounts Officer 6500-200-10500 12 Librarian 6500-200-10500 13 Private Secretary 6500-200-10500 14 Assistant 5500-175-9000 15 Personal Assistant 5500-175-9000 16 Junior Accounts Officer 5500-175-9000 17 Stenographer Grade „D‟ 4000-100-6000 18 Lower Division Clerk 3050-75-4590 19 Driver Grade – I 4000-100-6000 20 Driver Grade – II 3050-75-4590 21 Group „D‟ (Attendant) 2550-55-3200 Schedule- II [See rule 4(b)] MEDICAL FACILITIES 1 Outdoor Medical expenses- (i) Officers and employees shall be eligible to get medical reimbursement for self and declared members of family.
Explanation - For the purpose of this clause, the expression “family” has the same meaning as assigned to it in the Central Services (Medical Attendance) Rules, 1944.
(ii) The reimbursement of outdoor medical expenses shall be limited to the actual expenses or one month‟s pay on 1 st January of the year (Basic pay + Dearness Allowance) whichever is less. The claim should be supported by Doctor‟s prescription and the original cash memos/bills for treatment by the Doctor and purchase of medicines.
Release of increment or promotion during the year shall not affect the limit as on 1 st January. For officers and employees joining during the year, the annual entitlement shall be restricted on pro-rata basis.
(iii) The outdoor treatment shall be taken from the Authorised Medical Attendants from the panel to be maintained by the Authority.
2 Indoor treatment-
(i) For the purpose of indoor treatment the officers and employees of the Authority shall be entitled for medical treatment at hospitals authorised by the Authority in this behalf, and for this purpose cost of treatment including hospital accommodation, nursing home facility, etc shall be as per the provisions of the Central Services (Medical Attendants) Rules, 1944 as applicable to the Central Government employees drawing equivalent pay.
(ii) The authorised hospitals for the purpose of (i) above shall be the same as are available to the Central Government employees regulated by Central Services (Medical Attendance) Rule 1944.
(iii) Treatment at authorised hospitals may be taken on the advice of the Authorised Medical attendants except in emergency.
Schedule III [See rule 4(d)] Traveling Allowance in respect of foreign tours- (1) Selection of officers for deputation abroad – Selection of officers for proceeding on deputation abroad shall be done by a Selection Committee comprising of the Chairperson and two whole time Members.
(2) Entitlement for travel by Air.- The officers and employees of the Authority shall be entitled to travel abroad by Air at par with facilities available from time to time to Central Government employees drawing equivalent pay.
(3) Per diem halting allowance.- While on foreign tour, the officers and employees of the Authority are entitled to draw per diem allowances at the following rates; namely :- Pay scale of officers Per diem halting allowance
(i) Rs. 22400-24500 US $ 450 per day
(ii) Rs. 18400-22400 & Rs. 14300-18300 US $ 350 per day
(iii) Rs. 12000-16500 and below US $ 250 per day
(iv) for travel to Nepal (all categories) US $ 250 per day (to be paid in Indian Rupees):
Provided that –
(a) the proposed per diem would be a consolidated amount limited to actual subject to production of vouchers covering room rent, taxi charges, entertainment if any, official telephone calls, daily allowance at the rates available from time to time to Central Government employee drawing equivalent pay and other contingent expenditure.
(b) if full hospitality (i.e. lodging and boarding) is provided by the host organization/official agencies, Indian Missions, the incidental expenses would be US $ 100 per-diem for all categories of officers and employees for the entire period of stay. In case of Nepal, in such case, the same would be US $ 50 per diem. In such a case, economy cut if any, as applicable in case of Central Government officers shall also apply on the rate of US $ 100 or US $ 50, as the case may be.
(c) in case only free lodging is provided, cash allowance at the rate of 50% of the per-diem at normal rate would be applicable.
(d) in case of stay beyond 7 consecutive days, the per diem from the 8 th to 28 th days shall be US $ 250 for all grades of officers and the rate of per diem in case of stay beyond 28 days consecutively will be decided on case to case basis keeping in view the facilities provided.
[F.No. 10-2/2000-Restg.]
ANIL KUMAR, Jt. Secy.