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Notification amending the service conditions of the Chairperson and Members of the National Statistical Commission under the earlier notification No. 465 dated 10th May 2006, revising honorarium, travel allowance and reimbursement entitlements.

Detailed Summary

By notification S.O. 4827(E) dated 18th October 2024, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation approved amendments, with effect from the date of the notification, to Paragraph 3 (Appointment, Tenure and Service Conditions of the Chairperson and Members) of the earlier notification No. 465 dated 10th May 2006 governing the National Statistical Commission: Serial No. 3.9 was revised to entitle the Chairperson to a monthly honorarium of Rs.50,000 and each Member (except the ex-officio Member) to Rs.40,000, with future revisions to be made by MoSPI subject to approval of the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance; Serial No. 3.11 was revised to entitle the Chairperson and Members to travelling and daily allowances at rates admissible to a Secretary to the Government of India; Serial No. 3.12 was revised to entitle reimbursement of residential telephone, mobile phone and broadband bills at rates admissible to a Secretary, subject to an undertaking of no duplicate claim from another source; and a new Serial No. 3.17 was inserted applying the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and the Code of Professional Ethics notified by MoSPI (F.No.Y-18020/3/2019-CAP dated 19th July 2019) to the Chairperson and Members to protect confidentiality of acquired data; the notification was signed by Tanweer Qamar Mohammad, Joint Secretary (Admin), under file number F. No. 12(1)/NSC/2023.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-07112024-258511 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4446] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2024/KARTIKA 16, 1946 MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 18th October, 2024 S.O. 4827(E).—The Competent Authority approves the following amendments in the Para 3 (Appointment, Tenure and Service Conditions of the Chairperson and Members) of the earlier notification No. 465 dated 10th May, 2006, with effect from the date of this notification:- 2. In the said Notification- (i) In Serial No.3.9, the following entries shall be substituted: "The Chairperson of the National Statistical Commission will be entitled for an honorarium of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand) per month. Each Member of the National Statistical Commission, except ex-officio Member, will be entitled for an honorarium of ₹40,000/- (Rupees Forty Thousand) per month. The future revisions in the honorarium shall be made, as and when required, by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) with the approval of the Department of Expenditure (DoE), Ministry of Finance (MoF)." (ii) In Serial No. 3.11, the following entries shall be substituted: "While undertaking tours, including local travel, in connection with the work of the Commission, the Chairperson or Members of the National Statistical Commission will be entitled to traveling allowance, daily allowance and for reimbursement of other travel costs, such as stay in a hotel guest house etc., as admissible from time to time to a Secretary to the Government of India under the traveling allowance rules of the Government of India." (iii) In Serial No.3.12, the following entries shall be substituted: "The Chairperson or Members of the National Statistical Commission will be eligible for reimbursement of bills relating to residential telephone / mobile phone / broadband as admissible from time to time to a Secretary to the Government of India. An undertaking would also be submitted by the Chairperson / Member that he/she has not claimed reimbursement of such bills or expenditure from any other source/ organisation" (iv) After Serial No. 3.16, Serial No. 3.17 shall be inserted as follows: "The Rule 3 of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as amended from time to time, as applicable to a Government servant as well as the Code of Professional Ethics, as amended from time to time, notified by MoSPI vide F.No.Y- 18020/3/2019-CAP dated 19th July 2019, for Members of the various Committees constituted by MoSPI or by the Organizations, Institutions and bodies etc., funded by it, has been formulated to protect the confidentiality of the data/information acquired by them; both shall be applicable mutatis mutandis to the Chairperson and Members of the National Statistical Commission." [F. No. 12(1)/NSC/2023] TANWEER QAMAR MOHAMMAD, Jt. Secy.(Admin)

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