C
Commercialpedia Indian Railways commercial circulars and policies

CONSOLIDATED GUIDELINES REGARDING MODIFIED ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION SCHEME FOR THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES

Circularupgradation

No official Railway Board PDF has been traced for this entry yet. The text below was read from the document held in the library.

TypeCommercial Circular
Topicupgradation

Summary

CONSOLIDATED GUIDELINES REGARDING MODIFIED ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION SCHEME FOR THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES becoming entitled to an upgradation under the scheme, no financial upgradation shall be

Text of the circular

No.35034/3/2015-Estt.(D) 
Government of India 
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions 
(Department of Personnel and Training) 
North Block, New Delhi -110001 
Dated the 22nd  October, 2019 
OFFICE MEMORANDUM 
SUBJECT:- CONSOLIDATED GUIDELINES REGARDING MODIFIED 
ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION SCHEME FOR THE CENTRAL 
GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
The Seventh Central Pay Commission in Para 5.1.44 of its report, recommended that 
Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS) will continue to be administered at 
10, 20 and 30 years as before. In the new Pay matrix, the employees will move to the 
immediate next Level in the hierarchy. As per the recommendations, the Scheme will be 
available to all posts, including Group "A" posts, whether isolated or not. However, 
Organised Group "A" Services will not be covered under the Scheme. In other words, 
MACPS will continue to be applicable to all employees up to HAG level, except members of 
Organised Group 'A' Services. 
2. 
The Government has considered the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay 
Commission for continuation of MACPS and has accepted the same. The MACPS will 
continue to be administered at 10, 20 and 30 years as before. Under the Scheme, the 
employee will move to immediate next Pay Level in the new Pay Matrix. 
3. 
The Scheme shall continue to be applicable to all regularly appointed Group 
"A"(except officers of the Organised Group "A" Services), "B", and "C" Central Government 
Civilian Employees. Casual employees, including those granted 'temporary status' and 
employees appointed in the Government on adhoc or contract basis shall not qualify for 
benefits under the aforesaid Scheme. The details of the MACP Scheme and conditions for 
grant of the financial upgradation under the Scheme are given in Annexure-I. 
Cont. .

-2- 
4. 
A Screening Committee shall be constituted in each Department to consider the case 
for grant of financial upgradations under the MACP Scheme The Screening Committee shall 
consist of a Chairperson and two members The members of the Committee shall comprise 
officers holding posts which are at least one level above the level in which the MACP is to be 
considered and not below the rank of Under Secretary equivalent in the Government The 
Chairperson should generally be a level above the members of the Committee 
5. 
In cases where the Appointing Authority is the President and the Screening 
Committee is constituted in the Secretariat of the Ministry/Department, then the power to 
approve the recommendations of the Screening Committee is delegated to the Secretary of 
such Ministry or Department In cases where the Appointing Authority is the President and 
the Screening Committee is constituted in an organization (for e g, field office, 
attached/subordinate office, etc), then the power to approve the recommendations of the 
Screening Committee is delegated to the Head of such organization In all other cases, the 
power to approve the recommendations of the Screening Committee shall be with the 
Appointing Authority. 
6. 
In order to prevent undue strain on the administrative machinery, the Screening 
Committee shall follow a time-schedule and meet twice in a financial year Accordingly, 
cases maturing during the first-half of a particular financial year (April-September) shall be 
taken up for consideration by the Screening Committee meeting in the first week of January 
Similarly, the Screening Committee meeting in the first week of July shall process the cases 
that would be maturing during the second-half of the financial year (October-March) 
In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit and AccoUnts Departments are 
concerned, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of 
India. 
8:.
Any interpretationlclarification of doubt as to the scope and meaning of the provisions 
of the MACP Scheme shall be given by the Department of Personnel and Training 
(Establishment-D). The MAC

Extract shown above; the full text is available in the search app.

Related circulars

Search the whole library

Open this circular in the search app · Search all 4,025 documents