Lok Sabha Question No. 240 (STARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Grameen Dak Sevaks
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: C.N. Annadurai, Dhanush M Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 240 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  AUGUST, 2021

## GRAMEEN DAK SEVAKS

## *240. SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI: SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of Grameen Dak Sevaks (GDS) presently employed in the country, State/UTwise including Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra;

(b) whether  there  is  shortage  of  GDS  across  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof including  the  number  of  vacant  posts  of  GDS,  State/UT-wise  including  Tamil  Nadu  and Maharashtra;

(c) whether  the  services  rendered  by  GDS  are  beneficial  to  rural  populace  and  if  so,  the details thereof;

(d) whether pay/remuneration of GDS has not been increased as per the recommendations of Seventh Pay Commission, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(e) whether the Government had constituted any committee to look into the salary structure, other service matters and problems of GDS, if so, the details and the major recommendations thereof; and

(f) whether  the  Government  has  implemented  the  recommendations  of  the  aforesaid committee, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (f) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE LOK SABHA IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 240 FOR ANSWER ON 4 TH  AUGUST, 2021 REGARDING 'GRAMEEN DAK SEVAKS'

(a) The number of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) presently employed in the country including Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra are 2,37,441. The State/UT-wise details are at Annexure -I .

(b) Vacancies of GDS occur on continuous basis across the country  due to various reasons viz.  discharge  of  GDS  on  attaining  65  years  of  age,  death,  voluntary  discharge,  attrition, absorption into Department on promotion etc.  The number of vacant posts of GDS, State/UTwise including Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra is at Annexure-II. Filling up of GDS vacancies is a continuous process, which is undertaken through laid down GDS online engagement process.

(c) Yes Sir.  Gramin Dak Sevaks render a number of mail and financial services which meet the requirement of rural populace and are beneficial to them. These inter-alia include running of Branch  Post  Offices  in  rural  areas  and  providing  services  like    sale  of  stamps,  booking  and delivery  of  mail  articles  including  Speed  Post,  booking  and  delivery  of  e-money  orders,    all transactions  related  to  various  Post  Office  Savings  Schemes  including  Sukanya  Samriddhi Yojana  and  of  Rural  Postal  Life  Insurance  Schemes  &  Postal  Life  Insurance  Schemes,  and services of India Post Payments Bank which include door step banking, AEPS based withdrawals from bank accounts, submission of Digital Life Certificate etc.

(d)            No  Sir.  Gramin  Dak  Sevaks  do  not  come  under  the  purview  of  Pay  Commission.The Gramin Dak Sevaks are holders of civil posts, but are outside the regular civil service. Seventh Pay  Commission  recommendations  are,  therefore  not  applicable  to  GDS.They  work  for  a minimum of four hours and a maximum of five hours a day. This work is part time in nature and for this work they are paid Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA).

(e) Yes Sir. A Kamlesh Chandra Committee was set up vide resolution No. 17-13/2013-GDS dated 19 th November, 2015 by the Government of India for examining the conditions of service, emoluments and other facilities available to the Gramin Dak Sevaks. The Terms of Reference of the Committee included the following: -

- (i) To examine the system of Branch Post Offices, employment conditions and the existing structure of wage and emoluments paid to the Gramin Dak Sevaks and recommend necessary changes;
- (ii) To  review  the  existing  Service  Discharge  Benefit  Scheme/other  social  security benefits for the GDS employees and suggest necessary changes;
- (iii) To  review  the  existing  facilities/welfare  measures  provided  to  the  Gramin  Dak Sevaks and suggest necessary changes;
- (iv) To  examine  and  suggest  any  changes  in  the  method  of  recruitment,  minimum qualification  for  appointment  as  Gramin  Dak  Sevaks  and  their  conduct  and disciplinary rules, particularly keeping in view  the proposed  induction of technology in the Rural Post Offices.

The Committee submitted its report on 24.11.2016. Details of Major recommendation are at Annexure -III .

(f) The major recommendations of the Committee have been accepted and implemented by the  Department.  Some  of  the  recommendations  have  not  been  accepted  due  to  reasons  that included  extra  financial  burden  on  the  Government  and  certain  recommendations  being  at variance from the policy guidelines of the Government. Details are at Annexure-IV.

## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.240 for 04.08.2021 regarding Grameen Dak Sevaks.

The  State-wise  information  on  number  of  GDS  presently  employed  including  Tamil  Nadu  and Maharashtra is as under: -

| Name of State     | Number of GDS presently employed   |
|-------------------|------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 16001                              |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 413                                |
| Assam             | 6878                               |
| Bihar             | 14221                              |
| Chhattisgarh      | 6203                               |
| Goa               | 318                                |
| Gujarat           | 12861                              |
| Haryana           | 3449                               |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 5702                               |
| Jharkhand         | 5961                               |
| Karnataka         | 13141                              |
| Kerala            | 9303                               |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 11808                              |
| Maharashtra       | 17591                              |
| Meghalaya         | 877                                |
| Manipur           | 1787                               |
| Mizoram           | 962                                |
| Nagaland          | 783                                |
| Odisha            | 15277                              |
| Punjab            | 5557                               |
| Rajasthan         | 13086                              |
| Sikkim            | 408                                |
| Tamilnadu         | 18959                              |
| Telangana         | 8174                               |
| Tripura           | 1083                               |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 22689                              |
| Uttarakhand       | 5272                               |
| West Bengal       | 15973                              |
| Total             | 2,34,737                           |

The Union Territory-wise information on number of GDS presently employed is as under:

| Name of the Union Territory              | Number of GDS presently employed   |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 140                                |
| Chandigarh                               | 32                                 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 76                                 |
| NCT of Delhi                             | 146                                |
| Jammu &Kashmir                           | 2044                               |
| Ladakh                                   | 127                                |
| Lakshadweep                              | 09                                 |
| Pondicherry                              | 130                                |
| Total                                    | 2704                               |
| Grand Total (234737+ 2704)=              | 2,37,441                           |

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.240 for 04.08.2021 regarding Grameen Dak Sevaks.

## The  State-wise  information  on  number  of  vacant  posts  of  GDS  including  Tamil  Nadu  and Maharashtra is as under: -

| Name of State     | Vacant post of GDS   |
|-------------------|----------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 3204                 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 164                  |
| Assam             | 2089                 |
| Bihar             | 1940                 |
| Chhattisgarh      | 1959                 |
| Goa               | 74                   |
| Gujarat           | 3868                 |
| Haryana           | 1012                 |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 962                  |
| Jharkhand         | 2582                 |
| Karnataka         | 3572                 |
| Kerala            | 2899                 |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 4761                 |
| Maharashtra       | 4819                 |
| Meghalaya         | 284                  |
| Manipur           | 44                   |
| Mizoram           | 129                  |
| Nagaland          | 91                   |
| Odisha            | 3253                 |
| Punjab            | 1173                 |
| Rajasthan         | 3246                 |
| Sikkim            | 99                   |
| Tamilnadu         | 4691                 |
| Telangana         | 3147                 |
| Tripura           | 603                  |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 14519                |
| Uttarakhand       | 1377                 |
| West Bengal       | 5647                 |
| Total             | 72,208               |

The Union Territory-wise information on number of vacant posts of GDS is as under: -

| Name of the Union Territory              | Vacant post of GDS   |
|------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 74                   |
| Chandigarh                               | 19                   |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 23                   |
| NCT of Delhi                             | 352                  |
| Jammu &Kashmir                           | 716                  |
| Ladakh                                   | 19                   |
| Lakshadweep                              | 0                    |
| Pondicherry                              | 41                   |
| Total                                    | 1244                 |
| Grand Total (72,208 +1244)               | 73,452               |

## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (e)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  240  for 04.08.2021 regarding Grameen Dak Sevaks.

## Extract of Major recommendations of Kamlesh Chandra Committee Report.

1. The  old  system  of  payment  of  Time  Related  Continuity  Allowance  )TRCA  (is recommended  to  be  dispensed  with  and  replaced  with  a  new  wage  payment  system  . Under the new wage payment system, 11 TRCA slabs are recommended to be subsumed into 3 Wage Scales with two Levels each for BPMs and for other than BPMs .One wage scale is recommended to be common for both the categories of GDSs.

Recommended New Wage Scale

- a. 10,000 -24,470 )Other than BPM Level-I(
- b. 12,000 - 29,380 )Other than BPM Level 2 & BPM Level 1(
- c. 14,500 -35,480 )BPM Level 2 (
2. The minimum working hours of GDS Post Offices and GDSs are recommended to be increased to 4 hours from 3 hours.
3. The  new  working  hours  for  GDS  Post  Offices  are  recommended  to  be  4  hours  and  5 hours only.
4. The Level 1 GDS Post Offices/GDSs are recommended to be 4 hours as working hours and Level -2 are recommended 5 hours as working hours.
5. The Point System for assessment of workload of BPMs is recommended to be abolished.
6. The new wage payment system is recommended to be linked to revenue generation of GDS Post Offices .Under the new system it is proposed that there will be no increase in wages of  BPMs from Level -1 to  Level -2 on the basis of workload but the same are recommended to be increased based on achievement of prescribed revenue norms which to  be  is  fixed  at  100%for  normal  areas  and  50%for special  areas which  presently have 15% anticipated income norms.
7. The  GDS  Post  Offices  not  achieving  the  prescribed  revenue  norm  within  the  given working  hours  are  recommended  to  be  opened  for  minimum  of  additional  30  minutes beyond the prescribed working hours.
8. The GDS BPMs are recommended to be paid Revenue Linked Allowance @10 %beyond level-2  wage  scale  in  case  they  are  successful  in  achieving  revenue  beyond  prescribed norms.
9. The GDS Post Offices are recommended to be categorized into A, B, C and D categories based on the revenue generation norms .The GDS Post Office in A category should be

able to achieve 100 %revenue .The Committee has recommended a set of actions for each category of GDS Post Offices.

10. The  six  approved  categories  of  GDSs  are  recommended  to  be  subsumed  into  two categories only .One category is recommended to be of Branch Post Master and all other 5  categories  of  GDSs  are  recommended  to  be  subsumed  into  one  Multi-Tasking Category.
11. The job profile of Multi-Tasking GDS is recommended to be expanded to include work such as Business Development and Marketing etc .Their jobs should no more be confined to their old designations .The Assistant BPM should assist BPMs for increasing revenue generation.
12. The GDSs working in the GDS Post Offices are recommended to be known as Assistant Branch Post Masters)ABPMs (and those working in the Departmental Post Offices are recommended to be known as Dak Sevaks)DS) .
13. The  minimum  wage  is  recommended  to  be  increased  to  Rs.10000 / - per  month  and maximum pay to Rs.35480 / - per month.
14. The rate of annual increase is recommended as 3.%
15. A Composite Allowance comprising of support for hiring accommodation for GDS Post Offices as well as mandatory residence, office maintenance, mobile and electricity usage charges etc .has been recommended to be introduced for the first time.
16. Children Education Allowance @Rs.6000 -/per child per annum is recommended to be introduced for GDSs.
17. Risk & Hardship Allowance @Rs.500 -/per month for GDS working in the special areas has also been recommended.
18. A Financial up-gradation has been recommended to be introduced at 12 years, 24 years and 36 years of services in form of two advance additional annual increases.
19. The Ceiling of ex-gratia gratuity has been recommended to be increased from Rs. 60,000 to Rs.5,00,000 .-/
20. The GDS Contribution for Service Discharge Benefit Scheme )SDBS (is reccommended to be enhanced to between a range of a minimum of 3% to a maximum of 10 %of the basic wage per month, whereas the Department should contribute a fixed contribution of 3 %of the basic wage of the GDSs.
21. The coverage of GDS Group Insurance Scheme has been recommended to be enhanced from Rs.50000 -/to Rs.5,00,000 .-/
22. The contribution of Department in Circle Welfare Fund )CWF (has been recommended to be increased from Rs.100 / - per annum to Rs.300 / - per annum.

23. The scope of CWF is recommended to be extended to cover immediate family members such as spouse; daughters, sons and dependent daughters in law in the scheme.
24. The Committee also recommended 10 %hike in the prescribed limits of financial grants and assistances in the Circle Welfare Funds.
25. The Committee has recommended addition of Rs. 10,000 / - for purchase of Tablet/Mobile from the Circle Welfare under the Head 'Financial Assistance of Fund by way of loans with lower rate of interest )5(%'.
26. Provision of 26 weeks of Maternity Leave for women GDS has been recommended.
27. The  wages  for  the  entire  period  of  Maternity  Leave  is  recommended  to  be  paid  from salary head from where wages of GDSs are paid.
28. The Committee has also recommended one week of Paternity leave.
29. The Committee has recommended 5 days of emergency leave per annum.
30. Leave accumulation and encashment facility up to 180 days has been recommended to be introduced.
31. Online system of engagement has been recommended.
32. The  maximum  age  limit  of  50  years  for  Direct  Recruitment  of  GDSs  has  been recommended to be abolished.
33. Minimum  one  year  of  GDS  service  is  recommended  for  Direct  Recruitment  into Departmental cadre such as MTS/Postman/Mail Guard.
34. Alternate  livelihood  condition  for  engagement  of  GDSs  has  been  recommended  to  be relaxed.
35. Voluntary Discharge scheme has been recommended.
36. The Discharge age has been recommended to be retained at 65 years.
37. The  Limited  Transfer  Facility  has  been  recommended  to  be  relaxed  from  1  time  to  3 times for male GDSs .There should be no restriction on number of chances for transfer of women GDSs .The powers for transfer  has  been  recommended  to  be  delegated  to  the concerned Divisional head.
38. The ex-gratia payment during put off period is recommended to be revised to 35 %from 25 %of the wage and DA drawn immediately before put off.
39. The Committee has recommended preferring transfer before put off duty.
40. The Compassionate Engagement of GDSs has been recommended to be relaxed to give benefits to eligible dependents in all cases death of GDS while in service .

## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (f)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  240  for 04.08.2021 regarding Grameen Dak Sevaks.

## Details of Recommendations implemented, Not Implemented and Under Examination is as under: -

| Major recommendation in brief.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Implemented/Not implemented   | Reason(s) of non- implementation   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| The old system of payment of Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA)is recommended to be dispensed with and replaced with a new wage payment system. Under the new wage payment system, 11 TRCA slabs are recommended to be subsumed into 3 Wage Scales with two Levels each for BPMs and for other than BPMs. One wage scale is recommended to be common for both the categories of GDSs. Recommended New Wage Scale 10,000 -24,470 (Other thanBPM Level 1) 12,000 -29,380 (Other thanBPM Level 2 &BPMLevel 1) 14,500 -35,480 (BPM Level 2) | Implemented.                  |                                    |
| The minimum working hours of GDS Post Offices and GDSs are recommended to be increased to 4 hours from 3 hours.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Implemented.                  |                                    |
| The new working hours for GDS Post Offices are recommended to be 4 hours and 5 hours only.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Implemented.                  |                                    |
| The Level 1 GDS Post Offices/GDSs are recommended to be 4 hours as working hours and Level -2 are recommended 5 hours as working hours.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Implemented.                  |                                    |
| The Point System for assessment of workload of BPMs is recommended to be abolished.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Not implemented.              | Under examination.                 |
| The new wage payment system is recommended to be linked to revenue generation of GDS Post Offices. Under the new system, there should be no increase in wages of BPMs from Level -1 to Level -2 on the basis of workload but the same are recommended to be increased based on achievement of prescribed revenue norms which to be is fixed at 100% for normal areas and 50%for special areas which presently have 15% anticipated income norms.                                                                                              | Not implemented.              | Under examination.                 |
| The GDS Post Offices not achieving the prescribed revenue norm within the given working hours are recommended to be opened for minimum of additional 30 minutes beyond the prescribed working hours.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Not implemented.              | Under examination.                 |
| The GDS BPMs are recommended to be paid Revenue Linked Allowance @10% beyond level-2 wage scale in case they are                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Not implemented.              | Under examination.                 |

| successful in achieving revenue beyond prescribed norms.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                       |                    |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| The GDS Post Offices are recommended to be categorized into A, B, C and D categories based on the revenue generation norms. The GDS Post Office in A category should be able to achieve 100% revenue. The Committee has recommended a set of actions for each category of GDS Post Offices. | Not implemented.                                                                                                      | Under examination. |
| The six approved categories of GDSs are recommended to be subsumed into two categories only. One category is recommended to be of Branch Post Master and all other 5 categories of GDSs are recommended to be subsumed into one Multi-Tasking Category.                                     | Implemented.                                                                                                          |                    |
| The job profile of Multi-Tasking GDS is recommended to be expanded to include work such as Business Development and Marketing etc. Their jobs should no more be confined to their old designations. The Assistant BPM should assist BPMs for increasing revenue generation.                 | Implemented.                                                                                                          |                    |
| The GDSs working in the GDS Post Offices are recommended to be known as Assistant Branch Post Masters(ABPMs)and those working in the Departmental Post Offices are recommended to be known as Dak Sevaks (DS).                                                                              | Implemented.                                                                                                          |                    |
| The minimum wage is recommended to be increased to Rs.10000/- per month and maximum pay to Rs.35480/-per month.                                                                                                                                                                             | Implemented.                                                                                                          |                    |
| The rate of annual increase is recommended as 3%.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Implemented.                                                                                                          |                    |
| A Composite Allowance comprising of support for hiring accommodation for GDS Post Offices as well as mandatory residence, office maintenance, mobile and electricity usage charges etc. has been recommended to be introduced for the first time.                                           | Implemented.                                                                                                          |                    |
| Children Education Allowance @Rs. 6000/-per child per annum is recommended to be introduced for GDSs.                                                                                                                                                                                       | Implemented.                                                                                                          |                    |
| Risk & Hardship Allowance @Rs.500/- per month for GDS working in the special areas has also been recommended.                                                                                                                                                                               | Implemented.                                                                                                          |                    |
| A Financial up-gradation has been recommended to be introduced at 12 years, 24 years and 36 years of services in form of two advance additional annual increases.                                                                                                                           | Not implemented.                                                                                                      | Under examination. |
| The Ceiling of ex-gratia gratuity has been recommended to be increased from Rs.60,000 to Rs.5,00,000/-.                                                                                                                                                                                     | Implemented. Ceiling enhanced to 1.5 lakhs.                                                                           |                    |
| The GDS Contribution for Service Discharge Benefit Scheme (SDBS) is reccommended to be enhanced to between a range of a minimum of 3% to a maximum of 10% of the basic wage per month, whereas the Department should contribute a fixed contribution of 3% of the basic wage of the GDSs.   | Implemented. GDS contribution enhanced from Rs. 200 to Rs. 300 and matching contribution of the Government of Rs.300. |                    |
| The coverage of GDS Group Insurance Scheme has been                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Not implemented.                                                                                                      | Under              |

| recommended to be enhanced from Rs.50000/- to Rs.5,00,000/-.                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                      | examination.       |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| The contribution of Department in Circle Welfare Fund (CWF)has been recommended to be increased from Rs.100/-per annum to Rs.300/- per annum.                                                                                                              | Not implemented.                                                     | Under examination. |
| The scope of CWF is recommended to be extended to cover immediate family members such as spouse; daughters, sons and dependent daughters in law in the scheme.                                                                                             | Not implemented.                                                     | Under examination. |
| The Committee also recommended 10% hike in the prescribed limits of financial grants and assistances in the Circle Welfare Funds.                                                                                                                          | Not implemented.                                                     | Under examination. |
| The Committee has recommended addition of Rs. 10,000/-for purchase of Tablet/Mobile from the Circle Welfare under the Head 'Financial Assistance of Fund by way of loans with lower rate of interest (5%)".                                                | Not implemented.                                                     | Under examination. |
| Provision of 26 weeks of Maternity Leave for women GDS has been recommended.                                                                                                                                                                               | Implemented. Provision of 180 days of maternity leave to Female GDS. |                    |
| The wages for the entire period of Maternity Leave is recommended to be paid from salary head from where wages of GDSs are paid.                                                                                                                           | Implemented.                                                         |                    |
| The Committee has also recommended one week of Paternity leave.                                                                                                                                                                                            | Not implemented.                                                     | Rejected.          |
| The Committee has recommended 5 days of emergency leave per annum.                                                                                                                                                                                         | Implemented .                                                        |                    |
| Leave accumulation and encashment facility up to 180 days has been recommended to be introduced.                                                                                                                                                           | Not implemented.                                                     | Rejected           |
| Online system of engagement has been recommended.                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Implemented.                                                         |                    |
| The maximum age limit of 50 years for Direct Recruitment of GDSs has been recommended to be abolished.                                                                                                                                                     | Implemented.                                                         |                    |
| Minimum one year of GDS service is recommended for Direct Recruitment into Departmental cadre such as MTS/Postman/Mail Guard.                                                                                                                              | Implemented.                                                         |                    |
| Alternate livelihood condition for engagement of GDSs has been recommended to be relaxed.                                                                                                                                                                  | Implemented.                                                         |                    |
| Voluntary Discharge scheme has been recommended.                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Implemented.                                                         |                    |
| The Discharge age has been recommended to be retained at 65 years.                                                                                                                                                                                         | Implemented.                                                         |                    |
| The Limited Transfer Facility has been recommended to be relaxed from 1 time to 3 times for male GDSs. There should be no restriction on number of chances for transfer of women GDSs. The powers for transfer has been recommended to be delegated to the | Implemented. 3 Chances for Female GDS and 2 chances for              |                    |

| concerned Divisional head.                                                                                                                                  | Male GDS.                                                                                 |                    |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| The ex-gratia payment during put off period is recommended to be revised to 35% from 25% of the wage and DA drawn immediately before put off.               | Not implanted.                                                                            | Under examination. |
| The Committee has recommended preferring transfer before put off duty.                                                                                      | Implemented. A provision has been made for transfer on administrative/vig ilance grounds. |                    |
| The Compassionate Engagement of GDSs has been recommended to be relaxed to give benefits to eligible dependents in all cases death of GDS while in service. | Implemented.                                                                              |                    |

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