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Bihar Government Servant's Compulsory Group Insurance Rules, 1979

Bihar Government Servant's Compulsory Group Insurance Rules, 1979 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. The amount repayable in case of death while in service. 13. 14. 15. Administration and audit. 16. Head of Account. 17.

The Bihar Government Servant's Compulsory Group Insurance Rules, 1979

Published vide Notification Bihar Gazette, Extraordinary No. 102, dated February 21, 1980

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S.O.151, dated 21st February, 1980. - In exercise of the powers conferred under Article 309 of Indian Constitution, the Governor of Bihar is pleased to approve the enclosed Rules framed in connection with Bihar Government Servant's Compulsory Group Insurance Scheme.

  1. These Rules shall be called the Bihar Government Servant's Compulsory Group Insurance Rules, 1979.
  2. These Rules shall come into force with effect from 1st October, 1979.
  3. These Rules shall apply to work charge staff, temporary and permanent Gazetted and non-Gazetted Government servants of regular establishment, persons on foreign service and on deputation and officers of All-India Services belonging to the cadre of the State Government but will cease to apply on permanent change of cadre. But they shall not apply to those who are appointed on daily wages, are on extension in service after attaining the age of superannuation or have been reemployed after retirement.
  4. A monthly contribution of Rs. 10 will compulsorily have to be made by the Government servant commencing from his pay for October, 1979, payable on 1st of November, 1979 and this contribution will continue to be made during the period of suspension and all kinds of leave.
  5. (i) In the case of all Gazetted Officers and non-gazetted officers the drawing and disbursing officer of establishment shall prepare the initial record in enclosed Form 'A' in duplicate for each Government servant indicating the name, designation and date of commencement of contribution under the Scheme. One copy of this form shall be given to the concerned Government servant and the second copy shall be maintained by the drawing and disbursing officer of the establishment.

(ii) in the case of persons on foreign service/on deputation "Form A" shall be prepared by the borrowing authority/Foreign Employer in duplicate. One copy of the filled up form shall be given to the concerned Government servant and the other copy will be maintained by the Employer.

  1. All Government servants shall furnish to their concerned Head of Office/ Department the nomination in enclosed Form 'B' in twocopies.

A Government servant, if he/she so desires may at any time cancel his/her previous nomination and file a fresh one.

  1. In case of transfer the Forms A and B, with up-to-date entries shall be transferred to the new Office/Department of posting. This will be accompanied by a certificate of up-to-date and regular contributions under this scheme. In the case of non-gazetted Government servants and those Gazetted Government servants whose pay is drawn on establishment pay bill, this certificate will be given by the drawing and disbursing officer of the establishment. In case of Gazetted Officers who are their own drawing and disbursing officers this certificate will be countersigned by their controlling officers. These Gazetted Officers, who are their own controlling officers a certificate to this effect by themselves should suffice. This procedure shall also apply in the case of transfer consequent upon deputations and on return from deputations.
  2. In the case of persons on deputation/foreign service and work charge staff the total amount of contribution received shall be deposited under the Public Account Head "811 -Insurance and Pension Funds-State Insurance Fund (Receipt)" by the 10th of each month by the treasury challan and information shall be sent to the Accountant-General, Bihar. In the case of present and future deputations this term should be compulsorily included in their terms of deputation.
  3. In the case of non-gazetted officers, those Gazetted Officers, whose pay is drawn on establishment pay bill and work-charge staff, whose pay is drawn by cheque the drawing and disbursing officer of the establishment shall be personally responsible for the regular deduction of contribution whereas the self drawing Gazetted Officers shall themselves be responsible in this regard.
  4. In the case of withdrawal of pay on the establishment pay bills, the drawing and disbursing officers shall furnish the following certificate with the bill:-

"This is certified that the deduction at the rate of Rs. 10 towards the contribution to the Compulsory Insurance Scheme from the pay of each Government servant mentioned in this bill has been made and the amount of total deduction in rupees. This amount has been classified under the head

"811-Insurance and Pension Funds-State Insurance Fund (Receipt)".

The self-drawing officers shall furnish the following certificate:-

"It is certified that the deduction of Rs. 10 towards the contribution to the Compulsory Group Insurance Scheme has been made. This amount is classified under the Head "811-Insurance and Pension Funds-State Insurance Fund (Receipts)".

In absence of this certificate the treasury officer/sub-treasury officer shall not pass the pay bills.

  1. Repayment in case of superannuation, resignation, dismissal, discharge, permanent change of cadre of officer of All-India Services, etc.

In case of superannuation, resignation, dismissal, discharge, etc. the Government shall be paid the entire amount of contributions made plus 6 per cent compound interest in one lump sum as shown in Appendix 'A'.

  1. The amount repayable in case of death while in service.- If a Government servant dies while in service, his/her nominee shall be paid Rs. 12,000 in one lump sum. In the absence of valid nomination for this scheme the nominees for the G.P. Fund shall be paid. But if no nomination either for this scheme or for G.P. Fund is available the amount shall be paid to the legal heirs of the Government servant in equal shares.
  2. The amount repayable under this scheme shall not be adjusted against Government dues on account of loans and advances.
  3. Except in foreign service/deputation in all cases the amount to be repaid under this scheme shall be sanctioned by the Head of the office/Department. In the case of persons on foreign service/deputation, the authority who sanctioned the deputation shall be competent to sanction the due amount. A copy of the sanctioning order in all cases shall be sent to the Finance Department.

The drawing and disbursing officer, enclosing a copy of the sanction order with the bill, shall draw the sanctioned amount and shall disburse it to the claimant after obtaining stamp receipt.

Note. - For both Non-Gazetted and Gazetted Government servants the amount payable under this scheme shall be drawn by the drawing and disbursing officer of the establishment of the concerned office/Department.

  1. Administration and audit.- The Finance Department shall administer this scheme. The authorised officers of the Finance Department shall be competent to inspect, supervise and check the records maintained in connection with this scheme in every office. The Accountant General, Bihar shall audit the Account.
  2. Head of Account.- The amount of contribution shall be deposited under the head "811 -Insurance and Pension Funds-State Insurance Fund" and payment shall be made from the head "811-Insurance and Pension Funds-State Insurance Fund (Expenditure)".
  3. The power for interpretation, amendment and relaxations of these Rules shall be vested in the Finance Department.

Form 'A'

(See Rule 5)

  1. Name and designation       .......
  2. Father/Husband's name       .......
  3. Date of commencement of contribution.

Signature of Departmental Head of Office and Seal

Form B

(See Rule 6)

Nomination under Bihar Government Servant Group Insurance Scheme

I hereby nominate the person/persons mentioned below who is/are member/ members or not member/members of my family to receive the amount sanctioned by the State Government in the event of my death or after attaining the age 58 years the amount admissible under the scheme, which has not been paid during my life time.-

Name and address of the nominee or nominees Relationship with the Government servant Age of the nominee/ nominees Amount of share of each nominee Name and address of the person or persons to whom payment is to be made on behalf of the nominee when he is minor Sex and parentage of person mentioned in column 5
1 2 3 4 5 6
 

Note. - Column 4 shall be filled in so as to cover the whole amount.

Place- Two witnesses of Government servant's signature Signature of Government servant
Date-

Appendix A

(See Rule 11)

Complete year will be counted from the date of payment of contribution

Number of year Contribution of Government servant Amount of Compound Interest Total payable amount
1 120 4 124
2 240 16 256
3 360 35 395
4 480 63 543
5 600 100 700
6 720 146 866
7 840 202 1,042
8 960 269 1,229
9 1,080 620 1,700
10 1,200 72 1,926
11 1,320 846 2,166
12 1,440 980 2,420
13 1,560 1,129 2,689
14 1,680 1,294 2,974
15 1,800 1,477 3,277
16 1,920 1,678 3,598
17 2,040 1,898 3,938
18 2,160 2,138 4,298
19 2,280 2.400 4,680
20 2,400 2,685 5,085
21 2,520 2,944 5,514
22 2,640 5,332 5,972
23 2,760 3,694 6,454
24 2,880 4,085 6,965
25 3,000 4,507 7,507

Note. - Twenty-five paise and above has been taken as whole rupee less than twenty-five paise has been ignored with calculation of interest.