TO ALL OFFICES DATE: HRD Department Circular No. 37/2015

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1 TO ALL OFFICES DATE: HRD Department Circular No. 37/2015 Reg: Revision of Pay & Allowances in terms of 10 th Bipartite Settlement/Wage Revision of Employees under Proviso 2 of Section 17(1) of the Regional Rural Banks Act, We take pleasure in informing all offices/branches that in terms of letter F. No.8/1/2015-RRB dated , Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services, New Delhi in exercise of the powers conferred under second Proviso of Section 17(2) of the Regional Rural Bank s Act, 1976 and consequent upon the revision of the wages/pay structure of the workmen/officers employees of the nationalized commercial banks in terms of the 10 th Bipartite Settlement, has determined the pay scales of employees/officers of RRBs as follows: Pay Scales and Dearness Allowances:- Pay Scales and Dearness Allowance of RRB employees as on would be equal to the corresponding categories of employees of the Nationalized Commercial Bank. Pay for the purpose of DA, HRA and superannuation benefits shall means basic pay, stagnation increment, special pay, graduation pay, professional qualification pay and officiating pay, if any. The date of applicability of the above pay/allowances will be as per the respective dates mentioned in Joint Note signed on 25 th May, House Rent Allowances (HRA) and City Compensatory Allowance (CCA): HRA and CCA would be payable at the same rate as applicable to the corresponding categories of employees of the Nationalized Commercial Banks w.e.f The sponsor bank shall negotiate the other allowances with RRBs sponsored by them.

2 2. The payment of revised salary and the arrears thereof may be made accordingly. The Board of Directors of our Bank in its 14 th Meeting held on has approved the revision of Pay and Allowances in respect of each category of employees of our Bank in accordance with the aforementioned Order of the Government of India. -2- Contd.2. Accordingly, we furnish hereunder the details of the revised pay and allowances indicating the revised pay scale in respect of each category of employees, their fitment as on to corresponding category of employees of Nationalized Commercial Banks and payment of revised salary and arrears thereof and also necessary guidelines for implementation. The details of the salary revision package for Officers and Employees are given hereunder: 1)Scales of Pay for Officers : Scale I Scale II Scale III Scale IV Scale V

3 Fitment: Fitment shall be stage-to-stage, i.e. on corresponding stages from 1st stage onwards and the increments shall fall on the anniversary date as usual. 2) Stagnation Increments a. Officers in JM Grade Scale I : Who have moved to scale of pay for MMG Scale II after reaching maximum of the higher scale shall be eligible for four stagnation increments for every three completed years of service of which first two shall be 1310/- each and next two 1460/- each. b. Officers in MMG Scale II : Who have moved to scale of pay for MMG Scale III after reaching maximum of higher scale shall be eligible for three stagnation increments of 1460 /- each for every three completed years of service and a fourth stagnation increment of 1460/- two years after receipt of third stagnation increment. -3- Contd.3. Provided that officers who have completed two years or more after receipt of the third stagnation increment will get the fourth stagnation increment with effect from c. Officers in substantive MMG Scale III : Who are recruited in or promoted to MMG Scale III shall be eligible for four stagnation increments of 1460/- each for every three completed years of service and a fifth stagnation increment of 1460/- two years after receipt of fourth stagnation increment provided that the officers who have completed two years after receipt of the fourth stagnation increment will get the fifth stagnation increment w.e.f

4 d. Officers in SMGS-IV : Officers in SMGS-IV shall be eligible for one stagnation increment of 1650/- three years after reaching the maximum of scale w.e.f ) Dearness Allowance On and from , Dearness Allowance shall be payable for every rise or fall of four points over 4440 points in the quarterly average of the All India Average Working Class Consumer Price Index (General) Base 1960=100 at 0.10% of Pay. 4) House Rent Allowance (w.e.f ) S. No. Particulars Rate i Major A Class Cities and Project Area Centres in Group A 9 % of Pay ii Other places in Area I, and Project Area Centres in Group B 8 % of Pay iii Other places 7 % of Pay Provided that if an officer produces a rent receipt, the House Rent Allowance payable to him/her shall be the actual rent paid by him/her for the residential accommodation in excess over 0.75% of Pay in the first stage of the Scale of Pay in which he/she is placed with a maximum of 150% of the House Rent Allowance payable as per aforesaid rates mentioned in Column II above. Contd.4.

5 -4- Note: The claims of officer employees for House Rent Allowance linked to the cost of their ownership accommodation shall also be restricted to 150% of House Rent Allowance as hitherto. 5) City Compensatory Allowance (w.e.f ) S. No. Area Rate Maximum Amount Rs. 1 Places in Area 1 Places with population of five lakhs and 2 over and State Capitals and Chandigarh 4% of Basic Pay 3% of Basic Pay 870 / PM 600 / PM 6) Special Allowance (w.e.f ) With effect from , officers shall be paid Special Allowance as under: S. No. Area Rate 1 Scale I-III - 2 Scale IV-V 7.75% of Basic Pay + applicable Dearness Allowance thereon 10% of Basic Pay + applicable Dearness Allowance thereon Note : The special allowance with applicable DA thereon shall not be reckoned for superannuation benefits, viz, PF and Gratuity. 7) Professional Qualification Pay (PQP) (w.e.f )

6 (A) Officers shall be eligible for professional qualification pay as under : (i) Those who have passed only CAIIB Part I / JAIIB : 670/- p.m. one year after reaching top of the scale. (ii)those who have passed both parts of CAIIB : a.) b.) 670/- p.m. one year after reaching top of the scale. 1680/- p.m. two years after reaching top of the scale. (B) An Officer employee acquiring JAIIB/CAIIB (either or both parts) qualifications after reaching the maximum of the scale of pay, shall be granted from the date of acquiring such qualification the first installment of PQP and the release of subsequent installments of PQP shall be with reference to the date of release of first installment of PQP. -5- Contd.5. Pay Scales for Employees : Clerical Staff (20 years) 1 1 Subordinate Staff

7 (20 years) 3 Note: (a)fitment in the new scales of pay shall be on a stage-to-stage basis. (b)there shall be no change in the dates of annual increments because of the fitment. 8.) Stagnation Increments In partial modification of Clause 5 of Bipartite Settlement dated 27th April 2010, both clerical and subordinate staff (including permanent part-time employees on scale wages) shall be eligible for eight stagnation increments w.e.f. 1st November 2012 at the rate and frequency as stated herein under: The clerical and subordinate staff including permanent part-time employees on scale wages on reaching the maximum in their respective scales of pay, shall draw eight stagnation increments at the rate of Rs.1310/- and Rs.655/- each due under this settlement, and at frequencies of 3 years and 2 years respectively, from the dates of reaching the maximum of their 10th Bipartite Settlement scales as aforesaid except that in the case of clerical staff, sixth, seventh and eighth stagnation increments will be released two years after receipt of fifth, sixth and seventh stagnation increments respectively, provided that an employee who has completed two years or more after receiving fifth stagnation increment as on 1st November 2012 shall receive the sixth stagnation increment as on 1st November Contd.6. Provided further that a clerical / subordinate staff already in receipt of seven stagnation increments shall be eligible for the eighth stagnation increment on 1st May 2015 or two years after receiving the seventh stagnation increment, whichever is later.

8 9.Definition of Pay In reiteration of Clause 6 of the Bipartite Settlement dated 27th April 2010, Pay for the purpose of Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance (HRA) and superannuation benefits shall mean Basic Pay, Stagnation increments, Special Pay, Graduation Pay, Professional Qualification Pay and Officiating Pay, if any. 10. Dearness Allowance: In substitution of Clause 7 of Bipartite Settlement dated 27th April 2010 with effect from 1st November 2012, the Dearness Allowance shall be payable as per the following rates:- Clerical and Subordinate Staff 0.10% of pay Note: Dearness Allowance in the above manner shall be paid for every rise or fall of 4 points over 4440 points in the quarterly average of the All India Average Working Class Consumer Price Index (General) Base 1960=100. (a)it is clarified that there shall be no ceiling on Dearness Allowance. (b)dearness Allowance shall be calculated and paid on Basic Pay, Special Pay, Graduation Pay, Professional Qualification Pay and Officiating Pay, if any, payable under this settlement in respect of both clerical and subordinate staff. (c)all other existing provisions relating to Dearness Allowance Scheme shall remain unchanged. 11. House Rent Allowance

9 In substitution of Clause 9 of the Bipartite Settlement dated 27th April 2010 with effect from 1st November 2012, the House Rent Allowance payable shall be as under: -7- Contd.7 S. No. Area Rate as per %age of Pay No [Minimum/ No Maximum] 1 Places with population of more than 45 lakhs and Project Area Centres in Group A 2 Places with population of 12 lakhs and above and Project Area Centres in Group B 10.00% 9.00% 3 Other places not covered in (i) and (ii) above 7.50% Note: All other existing provisions relating to House Rent Allowance shall remain unchanged. 12. Special Allowance: With effect from , workmen employees shall be paid Special Allowance at 7.75% of the Basic pay with applicable DA thereon. Note: The Special Allowance with applicable DA thereon shall not be reckoned for superannuation benefits viz., pension including contribution to PF & Gratuity. SPECIAL PAY For Clerical Staff (w.e.f ) S. No. Post Special Pay (Rs.) 1 Single Window Operator B 820

10 2 Head Cashier - II 1280 For Subordinate Staff (w.e.f ) S. No. Post Special Pay (Rs.) 1 Daftary Driver 2370 Calculation and Payment of Arrears: The calculation of arrears payable for the period to will be done at Head Office level for each Officer/Employee separately and the same will be sent to the respective Regional Offices for verification of the same based on the date/records pertaining to the salary paid to the staff with them. The checking Officer will ensure the correctness of the arrear bills by making close scrutiny of the same. The signature of the employee should be obtained at the specified place in the Arrear sheet. After checking the arrear sheet, payment of arrears for the relevant period will be made by the respective Branches. -8- Contd.8. Date of Effect For payment of arrears, the benefits under various provisions as above, shall be effective from 1st November 2012, unless otherwise specified against the relevant provisions. GENERAL MANAGER Encls: As above.

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