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Master Circular 62 State Railway Provident Fund Rules For Railway Servants

· 1986-01-01
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Date1986-01-01
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amount shall not exceed 50% of the amount at the credit of subscriber

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MASTER CIRCULAR
Master Circular No. 62
Master Circular on State Railway Provident Fund Rules for railway
servants.
Part 'A'
Part 'B'
 
In continuation of Master Circular No. 5, the enclosed Master Circular No. 6 brings
out provisions on the State Railway Provident Fund.
2. The circular is in two parts namely Part A and Part B. Part A deals with the extant
provisions on State Railway Provident Fund and Part B gives brief details of the
orders issued from time to time on the subject.
3. The instructions contained in the various orders referred in the circular have only
prospective effect from the date of issue unless indicated otherwise in the circular.
For dealing with the old cases, instructions in force at the relevant time be referred
to.
4. If any order current on the subject has been lost sight of, the same should not
be ignored and should be treated as valid and operative.
CHAPTER VI
Part 'A'
STATE RAILWAY PROVIDENT FUND
1. State Railway Provident Fund Rules apply to all Railway servants - both
Pensionable and Non-pensionable. Government contribution and special
contribution to Provident Fund shall be credited only to the accounts of
subscribers who are not pensionable namely those railway servants who
were in service prior to 16.11.1957 and did not opt for the Pension scheme or
had specifically retained the Provident Fund scheme as a result of pension
option given to persons who were in service on 01.01.1986.
2. The terms used in the SRPF Rules are defined as under:
1. Children means legitimate children and step children including adopted
children.
2. Controlling Officer means the authority specified below.
Class of subscriber
Controlling
Officer
1. Subscriber under the Administrative control of a
General Manager.
The 
General
Manager
2. Subscribers employed in a department or office,
project or factory directly under the control of the
Railway Ministry.
The head of the
Department,
office, project or
factory.
3. Subscribers not above the rank of Section Officers The 
Secretary,

employed in the Office of the Railway Ministry.
Railway Board.
4. Heads of department or officers directly under the
control of the Railway Ministry and GMs and officers
above the rank of Section Officers in the office of
Railway Board.
The 
Railway
Board.
The powers exercised by the Secretary, Railway Board as Controlling
Officer may also be exercised by Joint Secretary, Railway Board in
respect of officers not above the rank of Section Officers and by the Dy.
Secretary for Group C & D staff of the Railway Board's office. The
Controlling Officers and/or GMs are empowered to redelegate powers to
lower authorities.
(Letter No. E56AD6/4 dated 15.05.1956 and 19.04.1957
and No. F(E)III 74 PN/1 dated 10.06.1974.)
3. Dependent 
means wife, 
husband, parent, 
child, minor 
brother,
unmarried sister and deceased son's widow and child and where no
parent of the subscriber is alive, a paternal grant parent.
4. Emoluments means pay as defined in Rule 103 (35)- RI and includes any
remuneration in the nature of pay received in respect of foreign service
and dearness pay provided that
i. Monthly emoluments of Group C & D Railway servants entitled to
running allowances shall include a fixed component representing
the pay element in the running allowance as notified by
Government through administrative instructions from time to
time.
ii. The emoluments of a railway servant who is on deputation out of
India shall be deemed to be the emoluments he would have drawn
had he remained on duty in India; and
iii. In the case of a person re-employed on re-employment terms,
emoluments shall mean only the emoluments as admissible as a
re-employed person. If in any case, pension is held in abeyance,
the gross pension (including portion of pension commuted) and/or
pensionary equivalent of other retirement benefits held in
abeyance shall be 

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