LIC wage revision : Gazette Notification issued on 14-01-2016

LIC wage revision : Gazette Notification issued on 14-01-2016

LIC wage revision : Gazette Notification issued

Finally the much awaited notification released on 14th January 2016.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Financial Services)
(INSURANCE DIVISION)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 14th January, 2016

G.S.R. 28(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 48 of the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Life Insurance Corporation of India, Class I Officers (Revision of Terms and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1985, namely: ─

1.  These rules may be called the Life Insurance Corporation of India, Class I Officers (Revision of Terms and Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2016.
2.  Save as otherwise provided in these rules, these rules shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of August, 2012.
3. These rules shall be applicable  to those Class I Officers  who were in the whole-time  salaried service in the permanent establishment of the Corporation on or after the 1st August, 2012:

Provided that where any Class I Officer gives a notice in writing to the Corporation, within a period as specified by the Corporation, expressing his option to be governed by the provisions of these rules from a date not earlier than the date on which the said rules come into force and not later than  the date of publication  of this notification  in the Official  Gazette,  then  the Corporation may, by order, permit such Officer to be governed by the said rules with effect from the said date and no arrears for the period prior to the date so opted shall be payable to such officer:

Provided further that the officers whose resignations had been accepted or whose services had been terminated  under  rule 39 of Life Insurance  Corporation  of India (Staff)  Rules,  1960 during the period from the 1st August, 2012 to the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, shall not be eligible for the arrears on account of revision.

2. In the Life Insurance  Corporation  of India, Class I Officers (Revision  of Terms and Conditions  of Service) Rules, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), for rule 4, the following rule shall be substituted, namely :-

“4. Scales of Pay of Class I Officers.─ The scale of pay of the Class I Officers shall be as under :

Note :   A separate seniority list shall be maintained in respect of Officers appointed to posts specified in entry (ii) under various serial numbers.”.

3. In rule 5 of the principal rules,─

           (a)         for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-

‘           (1)       The scale of dearness allowance applicable to Class I Officers shall be determined as under:-

           (a) Index : All India Average Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers.

           (b)  Base : Index No.4708 in the series 1960=100.

(c)  Rate : For every four points in the quarterly average of the All India Consumer Price Index above 4708 points, a Class I Officer shall be paid dearness allowance at the rate of 0.10 % of Pay.

         Explanation.–  For the purposes of this clause, “Pay” means the basic pay including additions to the basic pay after reaching maximum of the scale as provided under rule 4A of these rules.’;

           (b)        in sub-rule(2), for the figures and words “2944 points in the sequence of  2944-2948- 2952-2956”, the figures and words “4708 points in the sequence of 4708-4712-4716- 4720” shall be substituted .

4. In rule 6 of the principal rules, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely :-

                      ‘(1)   The House Rent Allowance applicable to  Class I Officers, except those who have been allotted residential accommodation by the Corporation, shall be as under:-

Sl. No.	Place of Posting	Rate of House Rent Allowance
(1)	(2)	(3)
(1)	Cities of Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, New Delhi, Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Navi Mumbai,  Hyderabad,  Bengaluru  and other cities with population of 45 lakhs and above.	10% of Pay, subject to    the maximum of  Rs.5320/- per month.
(2)	Cities  with  population  exceeding  12  lakhs,  but less than 45 lakhs and, except those mentioned at Sl. No. (1) and any city in the State of Goa.	8% of Pay, subject to the maximum of Rs. 4490/- per month .
(3)	Other places.	7% of Pay.subject to the maximum of Rs. 4320/- per month

Notes.─ for the purpose of this sub-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 under Rule 4A and Fixed Personal Allowance under Rule 9A.’.

5. For rule 7 of the principal rules, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-

                      ‘7. City Compensatory  Allowance.─  The City Compensatory  Allowance payable to Class I Officers shall be as under:-

Sl. No.	Place of Posting	Rate of City  Compensatory Allowance
(1)	(2)	(3)
(i)	Cities of Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, New Delhi, Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Navi Mumbai,  Hyderabad,  Bengaluru  and other cities with population of 45 lakhs and above.	3% of Pay, subject to    the maximum of  Rs.1330/- per month.

(ii)	Cities  with  population  exceeding  12  lakhs,  but less than 45 lakhs and, except those mentioned at Sl. No. (i) and any city in the State of Goa.	2.5% of Pay, subject to the maximum of Rs. 1265/- per month .
(iii)	Cities with population of five lakhs and above but not exceeding twelve lakhs, State Capitals with population  not exceeding  twelve lakhs, Chandigarh, Mohali, Pondicherry, Port Blair, and Panchkula.	2% of Pay.subject to the maximum of Rs. 980/- per month

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 plus additions to basic pay under rule 4A.’.

6. For rule 7A of the principal rules , the following rule shall be substituted, namely :-

                       “7A  Hill Allowance.─ The scales of Hill Allowance payable to Class I Officers shall be as follows :-

Serial Number	Places	Rates
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	Posted  at  placed  situated  at  a  height  of  1,500 meters and over above mean sea level	at  the  rate  of  2.5%  of Basic Pay subject to maximum    of   Rs.765/- per month
2.	Posted  at  places  situated  at  a  height  of  1,000 meters and over but less than 1,500 meters above mean sea level, at Mercara  and at places which are specifically declared as ‘Hill Stations’ by Central  or  State  Governments  for  their employees.	at   the   rate   of   2%   of Basic Pay subject to maximum    of   Rs.615/- per month
3.	Posted  at places situated  at a height  of not less than 750 meters above mean sea level which are surrounded  by and accessible  only through  hills with height of 1000 meters and over above mean sea level.	at   the   rate   of   2%   of Basic Pay subject to maximum    of   Rs.615/- per month”.

7. In rule 7B of the principal rules, for the letters and figures  “Rs. 300/-” the letters and figure “Rs500/-”   shall be substituted.

8. In rule 7C of the principal rules, for the letters and figures  “Rs 680/-,” the letters and figure “Rs. 1130/-,”   shall be substituted.

9. In rule 9B of the principal rules, for the letters and figures  “Rs.800/-,” the letters and figure “Rs.1330/-,”   shall be substituted.

10. 10.  In rule 9D of the principal rules, for the letters and figures  “Rs 110/-,” the letters and figure “Rs. 185/-,”   shall be substituted.

[F. No. S-11012/01/2013-Ins.  I]

ALOK TANDON, Jt. Secy.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1. The Central Government has accorded approval to revise the terms and conditions of service of Class I  Officers  of  Life  Insurance  Corporation  of  India  with  effect  from  the  dates  specified  in  the notification.    The  Life  Insurance  Corporation  of  India  Class  I  Officers  (Revision  of  Terms  and Conditions  of Service) Rules, 1985 are being amended accordingly  with effect from these dates as specified in the notification.

2. It is certified  that no employee  of the Life Insurance  Corporation  of India is likely to be affected adversely by the notification being given retrospective effect.

Note .─  The  principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification number

G.S.R.794(E), dated  the 11th October, 1985 and subsequently amended vide G.S.R.960(E), dated the

7th December, 1987; G.S.R.493(E), dated  the 22nd April, 1988; G.S.R.872(E), dated the 22nd August,

1988, G.S.R.711(E), dated   the 25th July, 1989; G.S.R.816(E),dated the 11th October, 1990; G.S.R.324(E),dated   the 10th March, 1992; G.S.R.53(E),dated  the 2nd  February, 1994; G.S.R.597(E), dated the 30th  June, 1995; G.S.R.94(E),dated  the 16th  February, 1996; G.S.R.286(E),dated  the 18th July, 1996; G.S.R.530(E),dated  the 27th  August, 1998; G.S.R.612(E),dated  the 30th  August, 1999; G.S.R.550  (E),dated  the 22nd  June, 2000; G.S.R.287 (E), dated the 27th  April,2004;  G.S.R.559(E), dated the 5th September, 2005; G.S.R.305 (E),dated the 25th April,2007; G.S.R. 631 (E),dated the 2nd September,   2009;  G.S.R.824(E),   dated  the  8th    October,2010   and  G.S.R.16(E),   dated  the  8th January,2013.

NOTIFICATION

New  Delhi, the 14th January, 2016

G.S.R. 29(E).─In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 48 of the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Life Insurance Corporation of India Development  Officers (Revision of Terms and Conditions of Service) Rules,1986,  namely:—

3. (1)  These  rules  may  be  called  the  Life  Insurance  Corporation  of  India  Development   Officers(Revision of Terms and Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2016.

          (2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, these rules shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of August, 2012.

            (3)  These  rules  shall  be  applicable  to  those  Development  Officers  who  were  in  the  whole-time salaried service in the permanent establishment  of the Corporation as on or after the 1st  August,2012:

Provided that where any Development Officer gives a notice in writing to the Corporation, within a period as specified by the Corporation, expressing his option to be governed by the provisions of these rules from a date not earlier than the date on which the said rules come into force and not later than the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, then the Corporation may, by order, permit such Officer to be governed by the said rules with effect from the said date and no arrears for the period prior to the date so opted shall be payable to such Development Officer:

Provided further that the Development Officers whose resignation had been accepted or whose services had been terminated under rule 39 of Life Insurance Corporation of India (Staff) Rules, 1960 during the period from the 1st August, 2012 and the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, shall not be eligible for the arrears on account of revision.

2. In the Life Insurance Corporation of India Development  Officers (Revision  of Terms and Conditions  of Service) Rules, 1986 (hereinafter  referred to as the principal  rules), in rule 2, for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-

                  ‘(e)  “Special  Rules”  means  the  Life  Insurance  Corporation  of  India  Development  Officers (Revision of Certain Terms and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2009’.

3. In rule 4 of the principal rules, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:- “(1) 21865-1340(2)-24545-1580(2)-27705-1610(17)-55075;”.

4. In rule 5 of the principal rules, ─

(a)  for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-

     ‘(1)    The scale 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.4708 in the series 1960=100.

(c)  Rate : For every four points in the quarterly average of the All India Consumer Price Index above 4708 points, a Development Officer shall be paid dearness allowance at the rate of 0.10 % of Pay.

Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub-rule, “Pay” means basic pay including additions to the basic pay after reaching maximum of the scale as provided under sub-rule (3) of  rule 4.’;

(b)  in sub-rule(2),  for the figures and words “2944 points in the sequence of   2944-2948-2952-2956”,  the figures and words “4708 points in the sequence of 4708-4712-4716-4720”  shall be substituted.

5. In rule 6 of the principal rules, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely :-

‘(1)      The  House  Rent  Allowance  of  Development  Officers  except  those  who  are  allotted  residential accommodation by the Corporation shall be as under:

Sl. No.	Place of Posting	Rate of House Rent Allowance
(1)	(2)	(3)
(1)	Cities of Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, New Delhi,   Noida, Faridabad,  Ghaziabad,  Gurgaon,  Navi Mumbai,  Hyderabad, Bengaluru  and other cities with population  of 45 lakhs and above.	10% of Pay, subject to    the maximum of  Rs.5320/- per month.
(2)	Cities with population  exceeding 12 lakhs, but less than 45 lakhs and, except those mentioned at Sl. No. (1) and any city in the State of Goa.	8% of Pay, subject to the maximum of Rs. 4490/- per month .
(3)	Other places.	7% of Pay, subject to the maximum of Rs. 4320/- per month

Note.─for the purpose of this sub-rule,

3. the population figures shall be as per the latest Census Report;

4. cities shall include their urban agglomerations; and

5. “pay” means basic pay, additions to basic pay and Fixed Personal Allowance.’.

6. For rule 7 of the principal rules, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-

‘7. City Compensatory  Allowance.─  The City Compensatory  Allowance  payable  to Development Officers shall be as under:─

Sl. No.	Place of Posting	Rate of City  Compensatory Allowance
(1)	(2)	(3)
(i)	Cities  of  Mumbai,  Kolkata,  Chennai,  New  Delhi,    Noida, Faridabad,  Ghaziabad,  Gurgaon,  Navi Mumbai,  Hyderabad, Bengaluru  and other cities with population  of 45 lakhs and above.	3% of Pay, subject to    the maximum of  Rs.1125/- per month.
(ii)	Cities with population  exceeding 12 lakhs, but less than 45 lakhs and, except those mentioned at Sl. No. (i) and any city in the State of Goa.	2.5% of Pay, subject to the maximum of Rs. 1040/- per month .
(iii)	Cities  with  population  of  five  lakhs  and  above  but  not exceeding  twelve  lakhs,  State Capitals  with population  not exceeding  twelve  lakhs,  Chandigarh,  Mohali,  Pondicherry, Port Blair, and  Panchkula.	2% of Pay, subject to the maximum of Rs. 910/- 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 agglomerations; and

(iii)       “pay” means Basic Pay, Additions to Basic Pay.’.

7. For rule 7A of the principal rules, the following rule shall be substituted, namely :-

“7A  Hill Allowance.─ The scales of Hill Allowance payable to  Development Officers shall be as follows :-

Serial No.	Places	Rates
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	Posted  at  placed  situated  at  a height  of  1,500 meters and over above mean sea level	at the rate of 2.5% of Basic Pay subject to maximum of Rs.615/-  per month

2.	Posted  at  places  situated  at  a  height  of  1,000 meters  and  over  but  less  than  1,500  meters above mean sea level, at Mercara and at places which are specifically declared as ‘Hill Stations’ by Central or State Governments for their employees.	at the rate of 2% of Basic Pay subject to maximum of Rs.485/-  per month
3.	Posted at places situated at a height of not less than 750 meters above mean sea level which are surrounded by and accessible only through hills with height of 1000 meters and over above mean sea level.	at the rate of 2% of Basic Pay subject to maximum of Rs.485/-  per month.”.

8. For rule 10 of the principal rules, the following rule shall be substituted, namely :-

“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 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,  2015  by way of equitable relief in the manner provided n sub-rule (2).

(2) The equitable relief paid for the period from 1st  August, 2012 to 31st  March, 2013, from 1st  April,

2013 to 31st March, 2014 and 1st April, 2014 to 31st March, 2015 for the purpose of arriving at the annual remuneration for the purpose of appraisal year under the special rules shall be as shown below :-

(i) 30% of the equitable relief paid for the period 1st  August, 2012 to 31st  March, 2013 shall form part of the annual remuneration for the appraisal year commencing immediately  after  the date of publication  of these  rules and 70%  of the equitable relief paid shall not be taken into account for the purpose of arriving at the annual remuneration and

(ii) 30% of the equitable relief paid for the period 1st April, 2013 to 31st March, 2014 shall form part of the annual remuneration  for the appraisal year of twelve months period following the first mentioned period of twelve months and 70% of the equitable relief paid shall not be taken into account for the purpose of arriving at the annual remuneration, and

(iii) 30% of the equitable relief paid for the period 1st April, 2014 to 31st  March, 2015 shall form part of the annual remuneration  for the appraisal year of twelve months period  following  the  second  mentioned  period  of twelve  months  and  70%  of  the equitable relief paid shall not be taken into account for the purpose of arriving at the annual remuneration

Explanation .-

(1) For the removal of doubts, it is clarified that the salary relating to the financial year commencing  on   1st  April, 2015 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, 2012 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.”.

9. In rule 10C of the principal rules, for the letters and figures “Rs 110/-,” the letters and figure  “Rs. 185/-,”   shall be substituted.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

[F. No. S-11012/01/2013-Ins.  I]

ALOK TANDON, Jt. Secy.

(1)        The  Central  Government  has  accorded  approval  to revise  the  terms  and  conditions  of  service  of Development  Officers of Life Insurance Corporation of India with effect from the dates specified in the notification.   The Life Insurance Corporation of India Development Officers (Revision of Terms and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1986 are being amended accordingly with effect from these dates as specified in the notification.

(2)        It is certified  that no employee  of the Life Insurance  Corporation  of India is likely to be affected adversely by the notification being given retrospective effect.

Note :  The     principal      rules    were   published    in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary  vide notification number   G.S.R.1091(E),   dated        the  17th    September,   1986   and   subsequently   amended   vide G.S.R.962(E),  dated  the  7th   December,  1987;  G.S.R.871(E),  dated  the  22nd   August,1988;  G.S.R.

968(E),  dated the 7th  November,  1989; G.S.R.  825(E),  dated the 9th  October,  1990; G.S.R.  55(E), dated the 21st  January, 1992; G.S.R. 325(E), dated the 10th  March, 1992; G.S.R. 54(E), dated the 2nd February,  1994;  G.S.R.  596(E),  dated  the 30th  June, 1995;  G.S.R.  95(E),  dated  the 16th  February, 1996; G.S.R. 287(E), dated the 18th  July, 1996; G.S.R. 531(E), dated the 27th  August, 1998; G.S.R. 551(E), dated the 22nd  June, 2000; G.S.R. 288(E), dated the 27th April,2004; G.S.R. 560(E), dated the 5th September, 2005 and G.S.R.825(E), dated 8th October, 2010.

NOTIFICATION

New  Delhi, the 14th January, 2016

G.S.R. 30(E).─In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 48 of the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Life Insurance  Corporation  of India  Class III and Class  IV Employees  (Revision  of Terms  and Conditions  of Service) Rules, 1985,  namely:—

4. (1)  These  rules  may  be  called  the  Life  Insurance  Corporation  of  India  Class-III  and  Class-IV Employees (Revision of Terms and Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2016.

(2)  Save as otherwise provided in these rules, these rules shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of August, 2012.

(3)  These rules shall be applicable to those Class III and Class IV employees who were in the whole- time salaried  service  in the permanent  establishment  of the Corporation  as on or after the 1st August, 2012:

Provided  that  where  any  Class-III  or Class-IV  employee  gives  a notice  in writing  to the Corporation,  within  a period  as specified  by the Corporation,  expressing  his option  to be governed by the provisions of these rules from a date not earlier than the date on which the said rules come into force and not later than the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, then the Corporation may, by order, permit such employee to be governed by the said rule with effect from the said date and no arrears for the period prior to the date so opted shall be payable to such employee:

Provided  further  that  the  Class  III  or  Class  IV  employees  whose  resignation  had  been accepted or whose services had been terminated under Rule 39 of Life Insurance Corporation of  India  (Staff)  Rules,  1960  during  the  period  from  the  1st   August,  2012  to  the  date  of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette shall not be eligible for the arrears on account of revision.

(4)  Nothing contained in these rules shall entitle an employee to claim overtime wages higher than what he had been entitled to prior to the date of publication  of this notification  in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Life Insurance Corporation of India Class  III and Class IV Employees  (Revision  of Terms  and

Conditions of Service) Rules, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), in rule 4,─

(iii)       special allowance referred to in sub-rule (2)(a) of rule 6;

(iv)       Graduation Allowance payable to the employees in the scale of pay of Assistants and Stenographers as provided in rule 19A; and

(v)        special allowance referred to in rule 2 or rule 4 of the Life Insurance Corporation of India  Class-III  Employees  (Special  Allowance  for  Passing  Examination)   Rules, 1988.”;

(d)        in sub-rule(2),  for the figures and words “2944 points in the sequence of  2944-2948-2952- 2956”, the figures and words “4708 points in the sequence of 4708-4712-4716-4720”  shall be substituted .

5. In rule 9 of the principal rules, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-

‘(1)       The House Rent Allowance of Class III and Class IV employees except those who have been allotted residential accommodation by the Corporation, shall be as under:-

Sl. No.	Place of Posting	Rate of House Rent Allowance
(1)	(2)	(3)
(1)	Cities   of   Mumbai,   Kolkata,   Chennai,   New   Delhi, Noida,  Faridabad,  Ghaziabad,  Gurgaon,  Navi Mumbai, Hyderabad,  Bengaluru  and other cities with population of 45 lakhs and above.	10% of Pay, subject to    the minimum of Rs.1165/- per month and the  maximum of  Rs.5320/- per month.
(2)	Cities with population exceeding 12 lakhs, but less than 45 lakhs and, except those mentioned at Sl. No. (1) and any city in the State of Goa.	8% of Pay, subject to the minimum of Rs. 1000/- per month and the maximum of Rs. 4490/- per month .
(3)	Other places.	7% of Pay.subject to the minimum of Rs. 950/- per month and the maximum of Rs. 4320/- per month

Note .─ for the purpose of this sub-rule,─

(i)  the population figures shall be as per the latest Census Report;

(ii) cities shall include their urban agglomerations; and

(iii) “pay” means-

(a)     basic pay including additions to basic pay referred to in rule 7;

(b)     special allowance referred to in sub-rule(2) (a) of rule 6;

(c)     graduation  allowance  payable  in  the  scale  of  pay  of  Assistant       and Stenographers as provided in rule 19A;

(d)     special  allowance  referred  to in rule  2 or rule 4 of the  Life   Insurance Corporation  of India Class-III Employees (Special Allowance  for Passing Examination) Rules, 1988;

(e)     Fixed Personal Allowance provided under rule 19D.’.

6. For rule 10 of the principal rules, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-

‘10. City Compensatory Allowance.─The City Compensatory Allowance payable to Class III and Class IV employees shall be as under:-

Sl. No.	Place of Posting	Rate of City  Compensatory Allowance
(1)	(2)	(3)
(i)	Cities of Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, New Delhi,  Noida, Faridabad,      Ghaziabad,      Gurgaon,     Navi     Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and other cities with population of 45 lakhs and above.	3% of Pay, subject to     the minimum of Rs. 345/- per month and the  maximum of Rs. 1055/- per month.
(ii)	Cities with population  exceeding  12 lakhs, but less than 45 lakhs and, except those mentioned  at Sl. No. (i) and any city in the State of Goa.	2.5% of Pay, subject to the minimum of Rs. 285/- per month and the maximum of Rs. 990/- per month .
(iii)	Cities  with  population  of five  lakhs  and  above  but  not exceeding  twelve  lakhs,  State  Capitals  with  population not exceeding twelve lakhs, Chandigarh, Mohali, Pondicherry, Port Blair, and  Panchkula.	2%  of  Pay  subject  to  the minimum of Rs. 210/- per month and the maximum of Rs. 850/- per month

Provided that where any Class III or Class IV employee is in receipt of an amount of Rs.20 per month as city compensatory  allowance immediately  before the first day of April, 1983, such employee shall continue to receive the said amount so long as he is posted at the same place, to be absorbed in future wage revision.

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  under  Rule  7  and  Special

Allowance payable to Class IV under sub-rule(2) (a) of Rule 6.’.

7. 7. For rule 11 of the principal rules, the following rule shall be substituted, namely :-

“11.  Hill  Allowance.─  The  scales  of  Hill  Allowance  payable  to  Class  III  and  Class  IV employees shall be as follows :-

Serial Number	Places	Rates
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	Posted  at placed  situated  at a height  of 1,500  meters  and over above mean sea level	at  the  rate  of  2.5%  of Basic Pay subject to maximum    of   Rs.615/- per month
2.	Posted at places situated at a height of 1,000 meters and over but less than 1,500 meters above mean sea level, at Mercara and  at  places   which   are  specifically   declared   as  ‘Hill Stations’   by   Central   or   State   Governments    for   their employees.	at   the   rate   of   2%   of Basic Pay subject to maximum    of   Rs.485/- per month
3.	Posted  at  places  situated  at  a height  of not  less  than  750 meters above mean sea level which are surrounded  by and accessible only through hills with height of 1000 meters and over above mean sea level.	at   the   rate   of   2%   of Basic Pay subject to maximum    of   Rs.485/- per month”.

8. In rule 19A of the principal rules, in sub-rule (b),─

(i)  in clause (i), for the letters and figures “Rs 320/-”  the letters and figures “Rs 535/-“ shall be substituted;

(ii) in clause (ii), in sub-clause (a), for the letters and figures “Rs 530/-”the letters and figures “Rs 1000/-” shall be substituted;

(iii) in clause (ii) in sub-clause (b) for the letters and  figures “Rs 270/-”the letters and figures “Rs 510/-” shall be substituted;

(iv) in clause (ii), in sub-clause(c) for the letters and figures “Rs 530/-” the letters and figures   “Rs 1000/-” shall be substituted;

9. In rule 19E of the principal rules, for the letters and figures “Rs.275/-” the letters and figures “Rs.460/-”

shall be substituted.

10. 10. In rule 19F of the principal rules, for the letters and  figures “Rs 110/-” the  letters and figures “Rs 185/-”

shall be substituted .

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ALOK TANDON, Jt. Secy.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

6. The Central  Government  has  accorded  approval  to  revise  the  terms  and  conditions  of  service  of employees of Life Insurance Corporation of India with effect from the dates specified in the notification. The Life Insurance  Corporation  of India Class III and Class IV Employees  (Revision  of Terms  and Conditions  of Service)  Rules,  1985  are  being  amended  accordingly  with  effect  from  these  dates  as specified in the notification.

7. It is certified  that  no  employee  of  the  Life  Insurance  Corporation  of  India  is  likely  to  be  affected adversely by the notification being given retrospective effect.

Note :  The  principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,  vide notification number

G.S.R.357(E)  dated the 11th  April, 1985 and subsequently amended vide G.S.R.18(E), dated the 7th  January, 1986;  G.S.R.1076(E),   dated  the  11th    September,   1986;  G.S.R.961(E),   dated  the  7th    December,   1987; G.S.R.870(E)  and  873(E)  both  dated  the  22nd   August,  1988;  G.S.R.515(E),  dated  the  12th   May,  1989; G.S.R.509(E), dated the 24th  May, 1990; G.S.R.620(E), dated the 6th  July, 1990; G.S.R.628(E), dated the 10th July,  1990;  G.S.R.338(E),   dated  the  11th    July,  1991;  G.S.R.697(E),   dated  the  25th    November,   1991; G.S.R.46(E)  and 47(E)  both  dated  the 4th  February,  1993;  G.S.R.746(E),  dated  the 13th  December,  1993; G.S.R.55(E), dated the 2nd  February, 1994; G.S.R.595(E), dated the 30th  June, 1995; G.S.R.669(E), dated the 27th  September,  1995; G.S.R.96(E),  dated the 16th  February,  1996; G.S.R.102(E),  dated the 22nd  February, 1996; G.S.R.261(E),  dated   the 22nd  May, 1998; G.S.R.532(E),  dated the 27th  August, 1998; G.S.R.445(E), dated the 18th  June, 1999; G.S.R.611(E),   dated the 30th  August, 1999; G.S.R.   552(E), dated the 22nd  June, 2000; G.S.R. 289(E), dated the 27th April,2004; G.S.R. 561(E), dated the 5th September, 2005; G.S.R. 306 (E), dated the 25th  April,2007; G.S.R. 72 (E), dated the 6th  February, 2008 and G.S.R.826 (E),dated 8th  October, 2010.

NOTIFICATION

New  Delhi, the 14th January, 2016

G.S.R.  31(E).─In    exercise    of  the  powers  conferred  by  section    48    of    the    Life  Insurance Corporation  Act, 1956 (31 of 1956),   the   Central Government  hereby makes the following rules to further amend the Life Insurance Corporation of India (Special Area Allowance) Rules, 1988, namely:-

1. (1) These     rules   may     be     called     the   Life   Insurance  Corporation   of   India   (Special  Area Allowance) Amendment Rules, 2016.

(2)        They shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of August, 2012.

(3)        These  rules  shall  be applicable to all employees who were in the whole time salaried service in the permanent establishment of the Corporation as on or after the 1st August, 2012.

2. In the Life Insurance Corporation of India (Special Area Allowance) Rules, 1988, in rule 2,─

(a)    in second and third provisos, for the figures “2007” the figures “2012” shall be substituted;

(b)    in Table in the heading under columns (2) and (3), for the letters and figures “Rs.13700”  the letters and figures “Rs.26000“ shall be substituted;

[F. No. S-11012/01/2013-Ins.  I]

ALOK TANDON, Jt. Secy.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1. The Central Government has accorded approval to revise the Scales of Pay of  the employees of the Life  Insurance  Corporation   of  India  with  effect  from  1st   August,  2012.     The  Life  Insurance Corporation  of India  (Special  Area  Allowance)  Rules,  1988  are  being  amended  accordingly  with effect from that date.

2. It is certified  that no employee  of the Life Insurance  Corporation  of India is likely to be affected adversely by the notification being given retrospective effect.

Note : The  Principal   rules  were  published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide notification number  G.S.R.492(E),dated  the  22nd   April,1988  and  subsequently  amended  vide G.S.R.934(E),  dated  the  27th   October,    1989;  G.S.R.322(E),dated    the 10th   March,1992; G.S.R.  555(E),  dated  the  22nd   June,  2000;  G.S.R.  818(E),  dated  the  2nd   November,2001; G.S.R. 562(E), dated the 5th September, 2005 and G.S.R.827(E), dated 8th October, 2010.

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 14th January,  2016

G.S.R. 32(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 48 of the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to further amend the Life Insurance  Corporation  of India  Class  III Employees  (Special  Allowance  for Passing  Examination)  Rules, 1988, namely:—

1. (1)These rules may be called the Life Insurance Corporation of India Class III Employees (Special Allowance for Passing Examination) Amendment Rules, 2016.

(2)  They shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of August,   2012.

(3)  These  rules  shall  be applicable  to those  class  III employees  who were in the whole-time salaried service in the permanent establishment  of the Corporation as on or after the 1st August 2012:

Provided  that  the  Class  III  employees,  whose  resignation  have  been  accepted  or  whose services had been terminated  under Rule 39 of Life Insurance  Corporation  of India (Staff) Rules,  1960 during the period from the 1st  August  2012 to the date of publication  of this notification in the Official Gazette, shall not be eligible for arrears on account of revision.

2. In the Life Insurance Corporation  of India Class III employees  (Special Allowance for passing Examinations)  Rules  1988,  in rule 2, for the Table,  the following  Table  shall  be substituted, namely:—

“TABLE

Sr.No.	Professional/Technical  Examination	Special Allowance
(1)	(2)	(3)
i	Examination  of the Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai: (a)         Licentiate (b)        Associateship (c)         Fellowship	(a)         Rs.  340/- per month. (b)        Rs.  925/- per month. (c)         Rs.  1585/- per month.
ii	Examination    of   the   Institute   of   Actuaries, London.	Rs.   340/-   per   month   on   passing   each subject.
iii	Examinations of the Actuarial Society of India.	Rs.   340/-   per   month   on   passing   each subject.
iv	Examinations   of   the   Institute   of   Chartered Accountants  of  India  and  the  Institute  of  Cost and Works and Accountants of India: (a)         Intermediate (b)       Final Group `A’ or `B’ (c)       Final Group `A’ and `B’	(a)  Rs.665/- per month. (b)  Rs.1135/- per month. (c) Rs.1585/- per month.
v	Master    of    Business    Administration    of    a recognised University/ Institution.	Rs.1585/- per month.
vi	On passing Final Examination of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.	Rs.1585/- per month”.

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ALOK TANDON, Jt. Secy.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1. The Central Government has accorded approval to revise the rules for payment of Special Allowance for  passing  certain  specified  examination   being  paid  to  the  employees  of  the  Life  Insurance Corporation of India with effect from the 1st day of August 2012.

2. It is certified  that no employee  of the Life Insurance  Corporation  of India is likely to be affected adversely by the Notification being given retrospective effect.

Note :  The   principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary  vide notification  number G.S.R. 491(E), dated the 22nd April 1988 and subsequently  amended vide G.S.R. 516(E) dated the 12th  May1989;  G.S.R  621(E),  dated  the  6th July1990;  G.S.R.  339(E),  dated  the11th  July,1991; G.S.R. 109(E), dated the 1st March1996;  G.S.R.   556(E), dated the 22nd June, 2000; G.S.R. 56(E), dated the 22nd January 2002; G.S.R. 563(E), dated the 5th September, 2005 and G.S.R. 828(E), dated the  8th October, 2010.