The Parsi New Year is a regional & Restricted holiday as per DOPT Order falls on August 16th 2020 and celebrated on the first day of the Zoroastrian calendar’s first month, Farvardin. It is also known as Navroz, which is derived from ‘nav’ and ‘roz’, meaning new and day respectively in Persian.
CPAO – Timely processing of Pension cases by Pay & Accounts Offices of Ministries/ Departments
The timelines laid down in CCS (Pension) Rules 1972 are not being adhered to by the Pay & Accounts Offices of Ministries/Departments and pension cases are received in the CPAO after a huge delay and sometimes even after the retirement of the Government servant.
Amendment in SB-5 and SB-5A passbooks used in CBS & non CBS Post Offices – DOP
“Government Savings Promotion General Rules 2018” and to avoid wastage of papers, the competent authority has accordingly decided to discontinue the printing of 12 pages salient features of various Small Savings Schemes in the passbooks
PFRDA : Processing of death claims requests under APY
The timeline for processing of death claims requests under APY, based on scanned documents, has been extended till 30th September, 2020.
Disbursement of salary/wages/pension to the CG Employees in Kerala – ONAM on August, 2020
The salary/wages/pension so disbursed is to be treated as advance payments and will be subject to adjustment after the full month’s salary/wages/pension of each employee/pensioner is determined. The adjustment, if any, will be made without exception from the salary/wages/ pension of the month of August, 2020.