Payment of CCA shall be made at the rates applicable
to Central Government employees based on classified list of cities
as notified by Government of India from time to time as per details
given below:
Basic Pay P.M.
Class of Cities
A-1
A
B-1
B-2
Below Rs. 4000
90
65
45
25
Rs. 4001-5250
125
95
65
35
Rs. 5251-6499
200
150
100
65
Rs. 6500 and above
300
240
180
120
The above rates have been made applicable w.e.f.
1.8.97 in case of workmen and w.e.f. 1.7.99 in case of Executives.
The reclassified list of cities as notified by
the Govt. of India is given at Annexure -I of this chapter.
House Rent Allowance
House Rent Allowance
The rates of HRA at par with Central Govt.
employees based on the reclassified list of cities as notified
by DPE will be paid w.e.f. 1.7.1999 as per details given below:
Classification of Cities / Towns
Rate of H.R.A.
A-1
30% of Basic Pay
A, B-1 & B-2
15% of Basic Pay
C
7.5% of Basic Pay
Unclassified
5% of Basic Pay.
The classification of cities / towns as notified
by the Government of India from time to time for the purpose
of payment of HRA shall be followed. The classification of
cities and town in various states, as notified by G 01 is
given at Annexure I of this chapter.
However, in terms of instructions received
from DPE, it has been decided that payment of House Rent Allowance
will be made at the rates which were prevailing prior to 1.7.99,
till further orders. In case Govt. / DPE revises the rates
of payment of House Rent Allowances for their employees, the
same will be made applicable to the employees of NFL.
HRA to the Employees of Corporate
Office living in their own houses.
A proposal for grant of House Rent Allowances
based upon fair rental value to the employees of NFL who own
their houses / flats has been approved by the Board of Directors.
Accordingly, rates of fair rental value area-wise in Delhi
and New Delhi have been reviewed as indicated below and these
will be applicable w.e.f. 1.4.99.
South Delhi
:
Consisting of Greater Kailash, Part I & II, East
of Kailash, Munirka, Saket, Siddharth, Lajpat Nagar,
Defence Colony, Panchseel, Anand Lok, Green Park, Hauz
Khas, & Ext., Maharani Bagh, Friends Colony, Jangpura,
Extn, Jorbagh, Kalkaji.
Rs. 10.50 per sft.
West Delhi
:
Consisting of Karol Bagh, Western Extn. Area, Patel
Nagaer (East, West, South), Kirti Nagar, Naraina Vihar,
Ramesh Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Jankpuri, Punjabi Bagh, Pitampura,
etc.
Rs. 9.50 sq.ft.
East Delhi
:
Consisting of trans-Yamuna colonies like Krishna Nagar,
Chander Nagar, Shahdara, Geeta Colony, etc.
Rs. 9.50 sq.ft.
Satellite town like
:
NOIDA, Faridabad, Gurgaon.
The employee who are desirous of having the
fair rental value fixed for their houses/ flats, are required
to apply to the Chief Manger (P&A) in the prescribed form
(specimen at Annexure II of this chapter) . The Administration
Deptt. submit their recommendations to the Finance Department,
after verifying the documents and physical verification of
the premises, if necessary. The fair rental value, as notified,
are applicable only to permanent RCC/ Brick structure and
will be applicable for a period of three years. Every year
( in the month of January) the employee is required to give
the particulars of the house / flat in the prescribed application
form.
HRA to the employees of Units Living
in their own Houses
Rates of fair rental value per sq. ft. area
in respect of houses constructed / occupied by the employee
at various cities / towns falling within the muncipal limit
of area has been fixed w.e.f. 23 Jan. 2001 as under.
Chandigarh and other A,B, & B2 class cities
Rs.5.30 /sq.ft.
Panipat & Bhatinda and other C class cities
Rs. 3.75sq.ft.
Vijaipur & Nangal and other unclassified cities
Rs. 3.20/sq.ft.
The above rates will apply to A1 class RCC
construction of houses / flats.
It has also been decided to allow
70% of the above rate in respect of houses / flats
owned by the employees outside the municipal limit
of the city but within 10 kms from the municipal
limit of the town, where NFL's units / offices
are located.
In the case of an employee living
in house owned by a Hindu undivided family in
which he is a co-partner, house rent allowance
will be regulated with reference to the gross
rental value as worked out in r/o the portion
of the house actually in his occupation and not
on the basis of the rent which he claims to pay
to the member of the Hindu undivided family.
An employee shall not be entitled
to House Rent Allowance, if:
he/ she resides in
accommodation allotted to his wife
/ her husband or to his / her parents
/ son / daughter / by the Company,
the Central Government, or Semi Government
organization such as a Municipality,
Port Trust, Nationalized Banks, Life
Insurance Corporation of India etc.
his / wife her husband
has been allotted family accommodation
at the same station by the Company,
Central Government, State Government,
an autonomous Public Undertaking or
Semi Government organization such
as municipality, Port Trust etc.,
whether he / she resides in that accommodation
or he / she resides separately in
accommodation rented by him / her.
If the employee sub-lets or shares
a part of his accommodation with one or more adults,
not belonging to his family, whether employee(s)
of the Company or not, a reduction of 40 per cent
or the actual rent charged by him from the sub
tenant / co sharer, whichever is higher, shall
be made from the rent actually paid by him to
the landlord for the purposes of computing the
amount of house rent allowance admissible to him.
If the sub-tenant or co-sharer
is also an employee of the Company, house rent
allowance will be admissible to him also, the
amount of such allowance being calculated on the
rent actually paid by him to the main tenant.
As an exception to the above rule,
in cases where an employee shares his / her accommodation
with his wife / her husband / parents / son /
daughter / unmarried sister who is an employee
of Central Government / State Government / Autonomous
Public Undertaking / Semi Government organization
such as a Municipality, Port Trust, Nationalized
Banks, Life Insurance Corporation of India etc.
he / she (employee) may be allowed the option
to draw house rent allowance without the reduction
of 40% from the rent actually paid by him / her,
subject to the condition that the other spouse
/ parent / son daughter does not draw any house
rent allowance.
Where both husband and wife are
employees of the Central Govt. / state govt./
Autonomous body / Semi Government organization
such as Municipality, Port Trust etc. etc. both
are entitled to draw house rent allowance as per
HRA Rules of the company, provided they are in
a position to certify that they are incurring
some expenditure on rent.
In all cases, where husband and
wife both are Company employees, they will be
required to certify that they are incurring some
expenditure on rent in case where they are sharing
private accommodation or contributing property
/ house tax in case they are residing in a house
owned by either of them, their children / parents,
etc.etc.
Reduction of 40% referred to above
will not be made in cases where the spouse / parent
/ son / daughter / married sister is / are employed
in private sector or is / are self employed and
/ or / is / are also having income exceeding Rs.
500/- per men sum from any property or investment
and also in cases where the employee shares the
accommodation with a near relative, as mentioned
above, who is pensioner getting pension exceeding
Rs.500/- per month.
In the case of an employee suffering
from T.B., Cancer or other ailments, who remain
on leave for a period exceeding eight months,
house rent allowance and city compensatory allowance
for the period of leave beyond eight months will
be made on the basis of medical certificate issued
by the authorized Medical Officer of the Unit
/ Division / Office.
An employee proceeding on deputation
abroad for a period exceeding one year will be
eligible for H.R.A. and C.C.A. at prescribed rates
till such time as his family remains at the last
place of duty in India. In the event of the employee's
family leaving the last place of duty in India
and proceeding to the place of duty abroad or
to home town or another station, the employee
will not be required to refund the amount of C.C.A/
H.R.A. upto the date upto which the family actually
resides at the last headquarters of the employee
in India.
In case of employees who are sent
by the Company on courses of training abroad,
H.R.A and C.C.A, will be admissible for the entire
period of training abroad.
The employees are required to furnish
the certificate in the prescribed proforma (Annexure
II to VI) for the category of accommodation occupied
by them.
House rent Recovery / Licence Fee
Licence Fee for the accommodation provided
by the company will continue to be computed based on the formula
given in FR-45A, as amended from time to time and the notifications
issued thereunder by the Government of India.
It has been decided to regulate the HRR from
the concerned employee, who are residing in self- leased /
company leased/ rented accommodation outside the township
& in places where company's township is not available,
on slab basis, as indicated below:-
Pay Scale
Scale Code
H.R.R. Rs. Per month
3000-3480 to 4650-6550
WO to W5
190
5150-8000 to 5350- 8910
W6 to W7
280
6100-9500 to 6100-9710
W8 to W9
315
6500-11300 to 8600-14600
W 10 to W11
E0 to E1
420
10750-16750 to 13000-18250
E2 to E3
580
14500-18700 to 16000-20800
E4 to E5
710
17500-22300 to 18500-23900
E6 to E7
830
20500-26500 and above
E8 & above
1030
The above rates of House Rent Recovery have
been made effective w.e.f. 1.7.99.
Payment Of Perks & Allowances
Payment on account of all types of Perks &
Allowances will be made on the following basis w.e.f. 1.4.2000.
Basic Pay
Entitlement
For 1st Basic pay of Rs. 10,000/-
50% of Basic Pay
Rs. 10,001/- to 15,000/-
45% of Basic Pay
Rs. 15,001/- and above
40% of Basic Pay
The distribution of entitled perks and allowances
w.e.f. 1.4.2000 will be as under:-
Reimbursement of Expenses for
Percentage wise distribution of Entitled Amount
Workers
Officers
Level Travel
28%
28%
Local Transport
24%
24%
Canteen, Tea, Snacks & Lunch
20%
16%
Kit Maintenance
16%
16%
Professional Journals / Periodicals
8%
8%
Educational / Transport Facilities / Membership of Professional
Bodies
4%
8%
Total
100%
100%
The following work and location related allowances
would continue to be paid at the following rates to the workers
only:
Shift Allowance : Shift Allowance will be admissible
to the workmen who perform their duties in rotating shifts
and the quantum of Shift allowance is given below:
Type of Shift
Type of Shift
1st Shift (Morning)
Rs. 12.00
2nd Shift (Evening)
Rs. 12.00
3rd Shift (Night)
Rs. 30.00
Cash Handling Allowance:
Cash handling allowance is payable as under :
S.No.
Categories
Amount Per month
i)
Employees who handle cash & posted in cash section
in Units / CO/CMO
Rs. 160/- p.m.
ii)
Employees who are casually deputed on cash duty
Rs.60/- per day.
iii)
Employees who handle cash in Areas/ Regional Office
Rs. 145/- p.m.
However, the payments made during leave vacancy
/ casual duty to an individual employee in a month will not
exceed the monthly ceiling of Rs. 160/- in units / CO/ CMO
and Rs. 145/- p.m. in Area / Regional Office
Boiler Allowance:
Boiler Allowance is payable to the operational
staff upto the level of Sr. Tech. / Sr. Operator SG-II Scale
Rs. 8,500 - 14,500 working in Steam Generation, Plant / Waste
Heat Boiler and holding valid Boiler attendants certificate
issued by Boiler inspectorate as per the following rates:
BACC-I
Rs. 90/- p.m.
BACC-II
Rs. 75/- p.m.
Special Allowance to Certified Welders: Special
Allowance to the certified welders upto the level of Sr. Tech.
is payable at the following rates.
Prescribed Test
For tests under IBR -XIII
Rate of Special Allowance
p.m.
a.
Plate
XII/9
XIII/12
XIII/13
Rs. 70/-
b.
Piping Position
(iii) & (iv)
Rs. 90/-
c.
Tube
Rs. 75/-
Leave Travel Concession / Encashment Scheme
In terms of the new system of payment
of perks and allowances, introduced as a result of
long term wage settlement , w.e.f. 1st April 2000,
an employee has the option either to avail LTC on
actual basis or to get LTC encashment. For the purpose,
employee is required to exercise an option either
to avail LTC on actual basis or claim encashment,
as per the new scheme, for the whole block of four
years. The entitlement of an employee for encashment
of LTC is restricted to 28% of admissible perks and
allowances.
The payment under the LTC Encashment
Scheme will be released on monthly basis, along with
the salary. Since LTC is a part of perks and allowances,
attracting income tax, submitting of a certificate
for claiming reimbursement of encashment of LTC expenses
and the condition of three days off from office will
not be required.
For the purpose of availament of LTC
on actual basis, the existing system will continue
to be followed. For this purpose, detailed provisions,
as contained in old Personnel Manual, will continue
to apply.
The admissibility of LTC, where both
wife and husband are working, will be as under :
Where both husband and
wife are working in NFL
LTC availament on actual
basis / Leave Travel EncashmentIn case
where husband and wife both are employed
in NFL, both will be allowed Leave Travel
Encashment, as per new LTC Encashment
Scheme. However, in case they wish to
avail on actual basis, in that event,
LTC on actual basis, will be allowed to
one of them, along with their family members.
Where spouse is working
in different organization.
LTC availment on actual
basisIn the event NFL employee wish
to avail LTC on actual basis, he / she
will have to produce a certificate that
his / her spouse, employed in other organization,
shall not claim LTC facilities from his
/ her organization.
LTC Encashment Scheme
In the event an employee's
spouse is working in different organization,
the employee in NFL will be allowed encashment
of LTC on percentage basis, as per the
new scheme.
In terms of guidelines received from
Dept. of Public Enterprises, vide OM dated 22nd May
2001 and forwarded by Deptt. of Fertilizers, vide
OM dated 12th June 2001, the facility of avilament
of LTC on actual basis has been suspended for a period
of two years w.e.f. 25th June 2001.
Circular No. PA 1002027 dated 16th April 2001
Circular No.: PA1002030 dated 29th May 2001
Allowances / Perks Discontinued
With the introduction of new system of
payment on account of perks & allowances, the following
allowances will discontinue with effect from the date
of introduction of the new system of payment and no
other expenditure of revenue/ capital nature will be
borne by the Management on these items:
Dust Allowance
Physical Attendance Allowance
House Maintenance Allowance
Matching grant / Subsidy / Allowance
on account of maintenance of Dish Anteena.
Children Education Assistance Scheme
& Transport Subsidy for School going children.
The existing scheme for Reimbursement
of expenditure on Newspapers / Journals.
Boiler Allowance, Welder Allowance,
Shift Allowance, Cash Handling Allowance and Reimbursement
for Protective/ Safety Clothing will not be payable
to Executives.
Mode Of Payment Of Perks
The Mode of Payment of Perks will be as under:
Canteen Subsidy /
Lunch Subsidy / Canteen Coupons
Officers having one year or less service to
superannuate may not be covered by the above policy, except
in cases where such officers request for posting at a particular
station;
Very severe medical problems of self / spouse
/ dependant children on account of Cancer, Mental, Poliomyelitis,
Tubercular, Leprosy, Thalassaemic Major;
Local Transport
The existing system of payment of LTE/ Transport
subsidy, Conveyance, Allowance to blind and Orthopaedically
handicapped employee etc. will be discontinued w.e.f. 1.4.2000.
The entitled amount will cover the following:
a.
Workers
Officers
Transport Allowance Towards the cost incurred on commuting
between the place of Res. & duty.
W0 / W1 = Rs. 350/- Rs.800/-
W2 / W11=Rs.500/-
b) Conveyance Allowance for performing official duty
Element to compensate the cost incurred on account of
performing official duty
Balance entitled amount
Balance entitled amount
The payment will be made on monthly basis along
with salary on self certification basis which is to the given
quarterly in respect of Conveyance Allowance.
It is clarified that employees will not be allowed
the use of company vehicles for undertaking official journey
within a radius of 10 kms in the local area. However, for official
journey beyond radius of 10 km, the employee will be reimbursed
on the following basis subject to owning the specified vehicle
Grade
Entitlement
All categories of employees including the level of Asst.
Mgr.
Rs. 2.35 per k.m. Scooter
Dy. Mgr. & above who own/maintain & use car.
Rs. 4.80 per k.m. Car
(The employee not owning any vehicle will be entitled to use the
entitled mode of public transport as per TA Rules).
Kit Maintenance
To be paid on half yearly basis on the occasion
of Holy and Diwali every year, on self certification basis to
meet the expenditure on purchase / maintenance of summer and
winter uniforms.
With the introduction of the above system of
payment on account of kit maintenance, the existing facility
of all items of uniform, liveries including Rain Coat, Turbans,
Safety Shoes, Hunter Shoes, Apron and Washing Allowance to all
categories of employees stand discontinued w.e.f. 1.4.2000.
Professional Journals
/ Periodicals
To be paid on monthly basis with salary.
Education / Transport
Facilities / Membership of Professional Body
