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This notification amends the Bank of India (Officers') Service Regulations, 1979, by introducing the Bank of India (Officers') Service (Amendment) Regulations, 2026.

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The Bank of India, through its Board of Directors and in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India and with the previous sanction of the Central Government, has issued the Bank of India (Officers') Service (Amendment) Regulations, 2026, on May 8, 2026. These regulations, made under sections 19 read with 12(2) of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970), and in pursuance of the Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services letter dated March 13, 2024 (number 4/2/1/2022-IR), amend various aspects of the Bank of India (Officers') Service Regulations, 1979, with retrospective effect from November 1, 2022, for many provisions, and other specific dates like April 1, 2024, June 1, 2015, November 1, 2020, and Financial Year 2023-24. Key amendments include a revised definition of 'Family' for medical and leave fare concession purposes (effective April 1, 2024, for medical insurance and November 1, 2024, for income criteria of Rs.18,000/-), new pay scales for officer grades I to VIII effective November 1, 2022, and updated special allowances (ranging from 7.75% to 31.50% of Basic Pay plus Dearness Allowance, not for superannuation benefits). The regulations also detail revised annual increments and stagnation increments for officers in various scales, with specific monetary values (e.g., Rs. 2680/-, Rs. 2980/-, Rs. 3360/-, Rs. 3680/-, Rs. 4000/-, Rs. 4340/-) and service criteria. Professional Qualification Pay has been revised from November 1, 2022, with amounts up to Rs.5480/- per month, and Fixed Personal Pay rates are also updated. Dearness Allowance is now payable at 1% of pay per percentage point of the All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Industrial Workers Base 2016=100, for variations over 123.03 points, with no ceiling, effective November 1, 2022. House Rent Allowance rates are revised (10.0% for Major 'A' Class Cities, 9.0% for Area I/Goa, 8.0% for other places) and a 0.35% basic pay recovery for bank accommodation, both from November 1, 2022. City Compensatory Allowance (Rs. 2300/- or Rs. 1900/- per month), Special Area Allowance (detailed in a new Schedule for various regions like Mizoram, Nagaland, Andaman & Nicobar, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, with rates varying based on pay below/above Rs.48,481/-), Hill and Fuel Allowance, Learning Allowance (Rs. 850/- per month), and Fixed Location Allowance (Rs.1200/- per month) are also revised, mostly effective November 1, 2022. New allowances include a mid-academic year transfer allowance (Rs.2500/- per child, max two) and officiating allowance (15% of Basic Pay) from April 1, 2024, and a closing allowance (Rs.1500/- per quarter). Performance Linked Incentive is introduced from FY 2023-24 (0-15 days of pay). Medical expense reimbursement limits are updated (Rs.13000/- to Rs.15400/- per annum) and Rs.500/- for eye check-ups from November 1, 2022. Leave policies are significantly amended from April 1, 2024, including casual leave (two half-days on four occasions), privilege leave (accumulation up to 270 days, encashment up to 255 days, festival encashment), sick leave (one month per service year, total 720 days, provisions for single male parents, women employees, special children, and spouse hospitalization), maternity leave (6 months, 8 months for twins, 12 months for more than two children or IVF treatment, 60 days for stillborn/infant death), adoption leave (9 months for child below one year), special casual leave (for calamities, handicapped officers, union officials, defense representatives), and a new bereavement leave policy. Travel on duty entitlements and Halting Allowance rates are revised from April 1, 2024, with specific class and per diem rates. Transfer expenses reimbursement (Rs.40000/- to Rs.50000/- lump sum) and Leave Travel Concession (LTC) rules are also updated from April 1, 2024, including encashment options, air travel entitlements for junior officers, and provisions for remote areas and officers with disabilities. The Explanatory Memorandum notes the retrospective effect is based on Joint Notes between the Indian Banks' Association and officers' associations, ensuring no adverse impact on individuals.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-12052026-272478 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 309] | NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2026/VAISAKHA 18, 1948 Bank of India (Human Resources Department) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, 8 May, 2026 No. BOI/HO/HR/IR/MKB/L-48(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 19 read with subsection (2) of section 12 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970), the Board of Directors of the Bank of India, after consultation with the Reserve Bank of India and with the previous sanction of the Central Government, except in respect things done or omitted to be done in pursuance of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services letter number 4/2/1/2022-IR dated the 13th March, 2024, on and from the 1st November, 2022 till the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Bank of India (Officers') Service Regulations, 1979, namely:- 1. | (1) These regulations may be called the Bank of India (Officers') Service (Amendment) Regulations, 2026. | (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. | In the Bank of India (Officers') Service Regulations, 1979 (hereinafter referred to as the said regulations), in | regulation 3, for clause (f), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- 3247 GI/2026 | (1) THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY | [PART III—SEC.4] “(f) ‘Family’ in relation to an Officer employee for the purposes of medical facilities and for the purpose of leave fare concession shall mean- (i) | the Officer employee’s spouse; (ii) | wholly dependent unmarried children (including step children and legally adopted children); (iii) | wholly dependent physically or mentally challenged brothers or sisters with forty per cent. or more | disability; (iv) | widowed daughters and dependent divorced or separated daughters; (v) | sisters including unmarried or divorced or abandoned or separated from husband or widowed sisters; | and (vi) | parents wholly dependent on the employee: Provided that in the case of physically or mentally challenged children, irrespective of age, they shall be considered as dependents even after their marriage, subject to fulfilling the income criteria for dependent. Explanation 1.- The expression “wholly dependent family members” shall mean such member of the family having a monthly income not exceeding Rs.18,000/- or if the monthly income of one of the parents exceeds Rs.18,000/- or the aggregate of monthly income of both the parents exceeds Rs.18,000/-, both the parents shall not be considered as wholly dependent on the officer employee. Explanation 2.- For the purposes of medical expenses reimbursement scheme and Leave Fare Concession, for all officer employees, any two of the dependent father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law shall be covered. The officer employee shall have the choice to substitute either of the dependents, or both, once in a calendar year. Explanation 3.- This definition shall be effective from the 1stApril, 2024 and for the calendar year 2024, for the purpose of medical insurance scheme and the revised monthly income criteria of dependents shall be effective from the 1st November, 2024. 3. In regulation 4 of the said regulations,- (a) sub-regulation 7 shall be omitted; (b) for sub-regulations 9 and 10, the following sub-regulations shall be substituted, namely:- “(9) On and from the 1stNovember, 2022, the scales of pay specified against each grade shall be as under: (a) Top Executive Grade Scale VIII = Rs.253000 - 9000/4 - 289000 Scale VII = Rs.156500 - 4340/4 - 173860 Scale VI = Rs.140500 - 4000/4 - 156500 [PART III—SEC.4] | THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY (b) Senior Management Grade Scale V = Rs.120940 – 3360/2 – 127660 – 3680/2 - 135020 Scale IV = Rs.102300 - 2980/4 – 114220-3360/2 – 120940 (c) Middle Management Grade Scale III = Rs.85920-2680/5-99320 - 2980/2 - 105280 Scale II = Rs.64820-2340/1 - 67160-2680/10 - 93960 (d) Junior Management Grade Scale I = Rs.48480-2000/7- 62480-2340/2-67160-2680/7-85920. Explanation.- Every officer who is governed by the scales of pay as in force as on the 31stOctober, 2022 shall be fitted in the scale of pay set out as in this sub-regulation as on the 1st November, 2022 on stage-to-stage basis, that is, on corresponding stages from first stage onwards in the respective scales and the increments shall fall on the anniversary date as usual, except where provided otherwise. (10) Nothing in sub-regulations (1) to (9) shall be construed as requiring the Bank to have at all times, officers serving in all these grades. (11) On and from the 1st November, 2012, officers shall be paid special allowances as under: Scale I - III - 7.75 per cent. of Basic Pay plus applicable Dearness Allowance thereon Scale IV – V – 10 per cent. of Basic Pay plus applicable Dearness Allowance thereon Scale VI – VII - 11 per cent. of Basic Pay plus applicable Dearness Allowance thereon. (12) On and from the 1st November, 2017, officers shall be paid special allowances as under: Scale I - III - 16.40 per cent. of Basic Pay plus applicable Dearness Allowance thereon Scale IV – V - 19 per cent. of Basic Pay plus applicable Dearness Allowance thereon Scale VI - VIII - 20 per cent. of Basic Pay plus applicable Dearness Allowance thereon: Provided that an officer in Scale VIII will be eligible for special allowance on and from the 31st March, 2020. (13) On and from the 1st November, 2022, officers shall be paid special allowances as under: Scale I - 26.50 per cent. of Basic Pay plus applicable Dearness Allowance thereon Scale II - III - 28.30 per cent. of Basic Pay plus applicable Dearness Allowance thereon THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY | [PART III-SEC.4] Scale IV – V - 30.50 per cent. of Basic Pay plus applicable Dearness Allowance thereon Scale VI - VII - 31.50 per cent. of Basic Pay plus applicable Dearness Allowance thereon Scale VIII - 28.30 per cent. of Basic Pay plus applicable Dearness Allowance thereon. Note: The special allowance referred to in sub-regulations (11), (12) and (13) with applicable Dearness Allowance thereon shall not be reckoned for superannuation benefits, such as pension including Defined Contributory Pension Scheme (New Pension Scheme), Provident Fund and Gratuity". 4. In regulation 5 of the said regulations, - (a) for sub-regulation (1), the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely: - "(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (9) of regulation 4, on and from the 1st November, 2022, the increments shall be granted subject to the following, namely: - (a) the increments specified in the scales of pay set out in sub-regulation (9) of regulation 4 shall, subject to the sanction of the Competent Authority, accrue on an annual basis and shall be granted on the first day of the month in which these fall due; (b) one year after reaching maximum in their respective scales, officers in Scale I and Scale II, shall be granted further increments including stagnation increment in the next higher Scale only as specified in clause (c) and (d) below, subject to their crossing the efficiency bar; (c) officers in Junior Management Grade Scale I, who have moved to scale of pay for Middle Management Grade Scale II in terms of clause (b) after reaching maximum of the higher Scale, shall be eligible for seven stagnation increments, each such increment for every two completed years of service, of which the first two shall be Rs. 2680/- each and the next five shall be of Rs. 2980/- each: Provided that the officer shall be eligible for the sixth stagnation increment two years after release of fifth stagnation increment or the 1st November 2022, whichever is later: Provided further that the officer shall be eligible for the seventh stagnation increment four years after release of fifth stagnation increment or the 1st November 2022, whichever is later; (d) officers in Middle Management Grade Scale II, who have moved to scale of pay for Middle Management Grade Scale III in terms of clause (b), after reaching maximum of higher scale, shall be eligible for seven stagnation increments of Rs. 2980/- each for every two completed years of service: Provided that the officer shall be eligible for the sixth stagnation increment two years after release of fifth stagnation increment or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later: Provided further that the officer shall be eligible for the seventh stagnation increment four years after release of fifth stagnation increment or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later; (e) officers in substantive Middle Management Grade Scale III, that is, those who are recruited in or promoted to Middle Management Grade Scale III shall be eligible for eight stagnation increments for every two years of completed service after reaching the maximum of scale out of which first four stagnation increments shall be of Rs 2980/- and the next four stagnation increments shall be of Rs. 3360/- each: [PART III-SEC.4] | THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY Provided that the officer shall be eligible for seventh stagnation increment two years after release of sixth stagnation increment or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later: Provided further that the officer shall be eligible for the eighth stagnation increment four years after release of sixth stagnation increment or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later; (f) officers in Senior Management Grade Scale IV shall be eligible for five stagnation increments for every two completed years of service after reaching the maximum of scale, of which first stagnation increment shall be of Rs. 3360/- and the next four stagnation increments shall be of Rs. 3680/- each: Provided that the officer shall be eligible for the third stagnation increment two years after release of second stagnation increment or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later: Provided further that the officer shall be eligible for the fourth stagnation increment four years after release of second stagnation increment or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later: Provided also that the officer shall be eligible for the fifth stagnation increment six years after release of second stagnation increment or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later; (g) officers in Senior Management Grade Scale V shall be eligible for four stagnation increments of Rs. 4000/- each for every two completed years of service after reaching the maximum of scale: Provided that the officer shall be eligible for the second stagnation increment four years after reaching the maximum of scale or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later: Provided further that the officer shall be eligible for the third stagnation increment six years after reaching the maximum of scale or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later: Provided also that the officer shall be eligible for the fourth stagnation increment eight years after reaching the maximum of scale or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later; (h) officers in Top Management Grade Scale VI shall be eligible for three stagnation increments for every two completed years of service after reaching the maximum scale of pay, out of which first two stagnation increments shall be of Rs. 4000/- each and the third stagnation increment shall be of Rs. 4340/-: Provided that the officer who has already reached the maximum scale of pay shall be eligible for first stagnation increment of Rs 4000/- two years after reaching the maximum of scale or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later: Provided further that the officer who has already reached the maximum scale of pay shall be eligible for second stagnation increment of Rs 4000/- four years after reaching the maximum of scale or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later: Provided also that the officer who has already reached the maximum scale of pay shall be eligible for third stagnation increment of Rs 4340/- six years after reaching the maximum of scale or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later; THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY | [PART III-SEC.4] (i) officers in Top Management Grade Scale VII shall be eligible for three stagnation increments of Rs. 4340/- each for every two completed years of service after reaching the maximum of scale: Provided that the officer who has already reached the maximum scale of pay shall be eligible for first stagnation increment, two years after reaching the maximum of scale or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later: Provided further that the officer who has already reached the maximum scale of pay shall be eligible for second stagnation increment four years after reaching the maximum of scale or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later: Provided also that the officer who has already reached the maximum scale of pay shall be eligible for third stagnation increment, six years after reaching the maximum of scale or the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later. Note: The increments as mentioned in clauses (a) to (i) of this sub-regulation shall not be allowed to an officer who refuses promotion when offered. Explanation.- Grant of such increments in the next higher scale under this sub-regulation shall not amount to promotion and the privileges, perquisites, duties and responsibilities of the officers shall continue as of their substantive posts."; (b) in sub-regulation (2),- (i) before the Explanation, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided that on and from the 1st November, 2022, officers completing Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) or Part II of Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers' examination (CAIIB-II) shall be eligible for two increments in their scale of pay apart from one increment for completing Junior Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers' examination (JAIIB) or Part I of Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers examination (CAIIB-I): Provided further that the officers who were in the services of the Bank as on the 1st November, 2022 and have already completed Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) or Part II of Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers' examination (CAIIB-II) shall be eligible for second additional increment from the 1st November, 2022 or date of passing Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) or Part II of Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers' examination (CAIIB-II), whichever is later: [PART III-SEC.4] | THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY Provided also that in case where an officer, as on the 8th March, 2024, has already acquired or shall acquire Junior Associate of Institute of Indian Bankers' examination (JAIIB) or Part I of Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers examination (CAIIB-I) or Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) or Part II of Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers' examination (CAIIB-II) after reaching the maximum of the scale of pay (in case of JAIIB or CAIIB) or after reaching the stage which is one stage less than maximum of scale of Pay (in case of Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) or Part II of Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers' examination (CAIIB-II)), and has not earned increments, otherwise entitled on account of acquiring such qualification, when there were no increments to provide in the scale of pay of those employees, the stagnation increment in such cases may be advanced by one year or two years, as the case may be."; (ii) in the Explanation, after clause (h) and before the Note, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(i) on and from the 1st November, 2022, other things being equal, the quantum of Professional Qualification Pay shall stand revised as specified in the following Table, namely:- Table Those who have passed Junior Associate of Indian | Rs.1370/- per month one year after reaching maximum of the Institute of Bankers or Certified Associate of Indian | Scale. Institute of Bankers Part I Those who have passed both parts of Certified | (a) Rs.1370/- per month one year after reaching maximum Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers | of the Scale; | (b) Rs.3425/- per month two years after reaching maximum | of the Scale; | (c) Rs.5480/- per month three years after reaching | maximum of the Scale: Provided that an officer employee acquiring Junior Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers or Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (either or both parts) qualifications after reaching the maximum of the scale of pay, shall be granted from the date of acquiring such qualification the first installment of Professional Qualification Pay and the release of subsequent installments of Professional Qualification Pay shall be with reference to the date of release of first installment of Professional Qualification Pay: Provided further that on and from the 1st November, 2022, no Professional Qualification Pay shall be payable to an officer employee working in Scale VIII.”; (iii) in the Note, after clause (v), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:- "(vi) officers who were in the services of the Bank as on 1st November, 2022 and have already completed Junior Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (JAIIB) or Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) or Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers-II (CAIIB II) and drawing Professional Qualification Pay -II shall be eligible for Professional Qualification Pay -III one year after the release of Professional Qualification Pay-II or from the 1st November, 2022, whichever is later. (vii) | officers who have completed Junior Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (JAIIB) | (CAIIB-I) or Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) (CAIIB-II) and has reached the | maximum in the scale of pay on or before 1st November, 2022 and has not received the 1st stagnation | increment on or before the 1st November, 2022, shall be eligible for Professional Qualification Pay-I on | and from the 1st November, 2022 and release of subsequent instalment of Professional Qualification Pay | shall be with reference to the date of release of Professional Qualification Pay I under this clause."; THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY | [PART III-SEC.4] (c) in sub-regulation (3),- (i) in clause (g), after the Table, Notes (i) to (vi), shall be omitted; (ii) after clause (h), the following shall be inserted, namely:- "(i) on and from the 1st November, 2022, other things being equal, Fixed Personal Pay together with House Rent Allowance shall be at the following rates and shall remain frozen for the entire period of service: Table Increment Component | Dearness Allowance as on | Total Fixed Personal Pay (Rs.) | the 1st November 2022 on the | payable where bank's | increment components | accommodation is | (Rs.) | provided (Rs.) (1) | (2) | (3) 2680 | 200 | 2880 2980 | 222 | 3202 3360 | 250 | 3610 3680 | 274 | 3954 4000 | 298 | 4298 4340 | 323 | 4663 9000 | 669 | 9669 Note: (i) Fixed Personal Allowance or Fixed Personal Pay as indicated under column (3) of the Table in clauses (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of this sub-regulation shall be payable to those officers employees who are provided with bank's accommodation. (ii) Fixed Personal Allowance or Fixed Personal Pay for officers eligible for House Rent Allowance shall be the aggregate amount specified under columns (1) and (2) of the Table under clause (i) and House Rent Allowance drawn by the concerned officer employees when the last increment of the relevant scale of pay as specified in sub-regulations (2),(3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9) of regulation 4 is earned; [PART III-खण्ड 4] | भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण (iii) Only officers who are in the service of the Bank on or before the 1st November1993 shall be eligible for Fixed Personal Pay one year after reaching the maximum scale of pay, they are placed. (iv) On and from the 1st November, 1999, there shall be no change in the schedule of release of professional qualification pay as in clause (c) of the Explanation to sub-regulation (2) on account of release of Fixed Personal Pay: Provided that where any installment of Professional Qualification Pay which on account of the earlier provisions has been shifted by a year and is scheduled for release on or after the 1st November, 1999, it shall be released to the officer on and from this date and second installment of Professional Qualification Pay, if any, shall be released as on the 1st November, 2000. (v) The increment component of Fixed Personal Allowance or Fixed Personal Pay shall rank for superannuation benefits. (vi) An officer who has earned the advance increment as in clause (a) above shall draw the quantum of Fixed Personal Allowance or Fixed Personal Pay as mentioned in clauses (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of this sub-regulation, one year after reaching the maximum of the scale.". 5. In regulation 21 of the said regulations,- (a) in sub-regulation (6), in the Explanation, for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- "(b) Professional Qualification Allowance or Professional Qualification Pay as specified in clauses (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of the Explanation to sub-regulation (2) of regulation 5 shall rank for dearness allowance."; (b) after sub-regulation (7), the following sub-regulation shall be inserted, namely:- "(8) On and from the 1st November, 2022,- (a) Dearness Allowance shall be payable at 1per cent. of pay per percentage point of Index; (b) Dearness Allowance in the above manner shall be paid for every variation of rise or fall over 123.03 points in the quarterly average of the All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Industrial Workers Base 2016=100. 0.01 per cent. change in Dearness Allowance on pay for change in every second decimal place of CPI 2016 over 123.03 points; THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY | [PART III-SEC.4] Dearness Allowance | Quarterly average of | Applicable for the release date | Consumer Price Index | month | points of the months | 1st May | January, February and | May, June and July | March | 1st August | April, May and June | August, September and | | October 1st November | July, August and | November, December | September | and January 1st February | October, November and | February, March and | December | April there shall be no ceiling on Dearness Allowance; while working out quarterly average, only first two decimals shall be considered.". 6. In regulation 22 of the said regulations, for sub-regulation (1), the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely:- "(1) On and from the 1st November, 2022,- a. where an officer is provided with residential accommodation by the Bank, a sum equal to 0.35 per cent. of the basic pay in the first stage of the scale of pay in which he is placed or the standard rent for the accommodation, whichever is less, shall be recovered from him; b. where an officer is not provided any residential accommodation by the Bank, he shall be eligible for House Rent Allowance at the rates specified in the following Table, namely:- Table Serial | Place of work | House Rent Allowance number | | (1) | (2) | (3) 1. | Major "A" Class Cities and Project Area | 10.0% of Pay | Centres in Group A | 2. | Other places in Area I and Project Area | 9.0% of Pay | Centres in Group B and State of Goa | 3. | Other places | 8.0% of Pay Provided that if an officer produces a rent receipt, the House Rent Allowance payable to him shall be the actual rent paid by him for the residential accommodation in excess over 0.35 per cent. of pay in the first stage of the scale of pay in which he is placed with a maximum of 150 per cent. of the House Rent Allowance payable as per aforesaid rates mentioned in column (3) of the above Table. Note: The claims of officers for House Rent Allowance linked to the cost of their ownership accommodation shall be restricted to 150 per cent. of House Rent Allowance as hitherto.". 7. In regulation 23 of the said regulations,- a. for sub-regulations (1) and (2), the following sub-regulations shall respectively be substituted, namely:— "(1) On and from the 1st November, 2022, if an officer is serving in a place mentioned in column (2) of the Table below, a city compensatory allowance at the rate mentioned in column (3) thereof against that place shall be payable: [PART III-खण्ड 4] | भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण Table Serial | Places | Rate number | | (1) | (2) | (3) 1. | Places in Area 1 and above and in the State of the Goa | Rs. 2300/- per month 2. | Places with population of five lakhs and over and state capitals and | Rs. 1900/- per month | Chandigarh, Puducherry and PortBlair | (2) On and from the 1st November, 2022, the rates of special areas allowances shall be as specified in the Schedule to these regulations: Provided that where at any of the places indicated in column (1) of the Schedule, Hill and Fuel Allowance as provided under sub-regulation (10) is also payable, then the officer shall be eligible to draw only higher of the two allowances and not both: Provided further that of such higher of the two allowances is less than the aggregate of Special Allowance and Hill and Fuel Allowance drawn by the officer on 31st December, 1989, then such difference shall be protected as personal allowance till such time the officer remains at that place."; b. for sub-regulations (4), (5), (6) and (7), the following sub-regulations shall respectively be substituted, namely:- "(4) On and from the 1st April, 2024, if an officer is transferred from one place to another in the middle of an academic year and if he has one or more children studying in school or college, in the former place, he shall be eligible for a mid-academic year transfer allowance of Rs.2500/- per month per child with a maximum upto two children, from the date he reports to the latter place upto the end of the academic year. Provided that such allowance shall cease to be payable if all the children cease studying at the former place. (5) On and from the 1st April, 2024, if an officer is deputed to serve outside the Bank, he may opt to receive the emoluments attached to the post to which he is deputed, or he may in addition to his pay, draw a deputation allowance at the rate of 7.75 per cent. of pay subject to a maximum ofRs.7500/- per month and such other allowances he would have drawn had he been posted in the Bank's service at that place: Provided that where such officer is deputed to an organisation which is located at the same place or to the training establishment not owned by the Bank where he was posted immediately prior to his deputation or to the training establishment not owned by the Bank, he shall receive a deputation allowance equal to 4 per cent. of his pay subject to a maximum of Rs.3750/- per month: Provided further that where such officer is deputed to another office or branch within the same municipal limits or urban agglomeration, in Metro or Major "A" class cities where the distance of such deputation is twenty kilometers and more from the parent branch or office, he shall be eligible for halting allowance as mentioned in sub-regulation (4) of regulation 41. THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY | [PART III-SEC.4] (6) On and from the 1st April, 2024, if an officer is required to officiate in a post in a higher scale for a continuous period of not less than four days at a time or an aggregate of four days during a calendar month, he shall receive an officiating allowance equal to 15 per cent. of his Basic Pay, pro-rata for the period for which he officiates and officiating allowance will rank as pay for the purposes of Provident Fund and Pension only: Provided that where an officer comes to officiate in a higher scale, as a consequence solely of the review of the categorisation of posts under regulation 6, he shall not be eligible for the Officiating Allowance for a period of one year from the date on which the review of the categorisation takes effect. (7) On and from the 1st April, 2024, an officer shall be entitled for a closing allowance of Rs.1500/- per quarter for each of the closing."; c. for sub-regulations (10), (11), (12) and (13) the following sub-regulations shall be substituted, namely:- "(10) On and from the 1st November, 2022, an officer shall be eligible for the Hill and Fuel Allowance as specified in the Table below, namely:- Table Serial | Place | Rate number | | (1) | (2) | (3) 1. | Place with an altitude of 1000 metres and above but | 2 per cent. of pay subject to a maximum of | less than 1500 metres and Mercara Town | Rs.1450/- per month 2. | Place with an altitude of 1500 metres and above but | 2.5 per cent. of pay subject to a maximum of | less than 3000 metres | Rs.1900/- per month 3. | Place with an altitude of 3000 metres and above | 5 per cent. of pay subject to a maximum of | | Rs.3750/- per month. (11) On and from the 1st November, 2022, an officer shall be eligible for Learning Allowance of Rs. 850/- per month along with Dearness Allowance thereon. [भाग III-खण्ड 4] | भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण Note: The Learning Allowance with applicable Dearness Allowance thereon shall not be reckoned for superannuation benefits, that is, Pension including Defined Contributory Pension Scheme (New Pension Scheme), Provident Fund and Gratuity. (12) On and from the 1st November, 2022, an officer shall be eligible for a Fixed Location Allowance of Rs.1200/- per month, who are posted in areas other than the areas that are eligible for City Compensatory Allowance, which shall not be reckoned for payment of Dearness Allowance, superannuation benefits, that is, pension including Defined Contributory Pension Scheme (NewPension Scheme), Provident Fund and Gratuity. (13) (a) from the financial year 2023-24, Performance Linked Incentive shall be payable to all officer employees based on the metrics put in place by the Competent Authority of the Bank as per their priorities from the following select parameters, namely:- (i) | Current Account and Saving Account; (ii) | Non-Performing Assets; (iii) | Special Mention Accounts; (iv) | Non - interest income; (v) | Total Business; (vi) | Profitability; (vii) | Return on Assets or Return on Equity; and (viii) | Government Schemes. (b) Performance Linked Incentive amount shall be payable in 0-15 (maximum) number of days of pay (Basic + Dearness Allowance) depending on the metrics put in place by the Competent Authority as mentioned in clause (a) above.". 8. In regulation 24 of the said regulations,- (a) for sub-regulation (1), the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely:- "(1) On and from the 1st November, 2022, an officer shall be eligible for reimbursement of medical expenses for self and family on the strength of own certificate of the officerof having incurred such expenditure supported by a statement of accounts for the amounts claimed as specified in the Table below, namely:- Table Serial | Grade | Maximum limit of reimbursement number | | (1) | (2) | (3) 1. | Junior Management and | Rs.13000/- per annum or the amount | Middle Management Grade | incurred, whichever is less 2. | Senior Management and Top | Rs.15400/- per annum or the amount | Executive Grade | incurred, whichever is less THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY | [PART III-SEC.4] Note 1: An officer may be allowed to accumulate unavailed medical aid so as not to exceed at any time three times the maximum amount provided above. Note 2: For the calendar year 2022, the reimbursement of medical expenses under the medical aid scheme shall be enhanced proportionately for two months, that is, November, 2022 and December, 2022."; (b) after sub-regulation (3), the following sub-regulation shall be inserted, namely:- "(4) All officer employees shall also be eligible for reimbursement of Rs. 500/- per year towards eye check- up.". 9. In regulation 25 of the said regulations, for sub-regulation (2), the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely:- "(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-regulation (1), on and from the 1st November,2022, it shall be open to the Bank to provide residential accommodation to an officer on payment by the officer, a sum equal to 0.35 per cent. of the Basic Pay in the first stage of the scale of pay in which he is placed or the standard rent for the accommodation, whichever is less: Provided that where the officer is provided with furniture at such residence, a further sum equal to 0.075 per cent. of Basic Pay in the first stage of the scale of pay in which he is placed shall be recovered by the Bank from him: Provided further that where such residential accommodation is provided by the Bank, the charges for electricity, water, gas and conservancy shall be borne by the officer.". 10. In regulation 31 of the said regulations, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely" "Provided that where the Sanctioning Authority refuses or postpones the leave of the officer, it shall record the reasons for the same in writing.". 11. In regulation 32 of the said regulations, after sub-regulation (2), the following sub-regulation shall be inserted, namely: "(3) On and from the 1st April, 2024, an officer employee shall be eligible to avail two days casual leave for half- a day on four occasions in a year, out of which two occasions shall be in the morning and two occasions in the afternoon: Provided that casual leave under this category shall be availed after applying twenty-four hours in advance: Provided further that at the time of carrying over the balance in casual leave to unavailed casual leave account, the fraction in the balance, if any, shall be ignored.". [भाग III-खण्ड 4] | भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण 12. In regulation 33 of the said regulations,- a. for sub-regulations (4) and (5), the following sub-regulations shall respectively be substituted, namely:- "(4) On and from the 1st June 2015, privilege leave may be accumulated upto not more than two hundred and seventy days, except where leave has been applied and it has been refused: Provided that on and from the 1st April 2024, encashment of privilege leave shall be restricted upto a maximum of two hundred and fifty-five days: Provided further that an officer shall also be eligible for encashment of privilege leave at the rate of five days for each calendar year at the time of any festival of his choice and an officer who has already completed fifty-five years of age and above shall be eligible to encash privilege leave at the rate of seven days for each calendar year till his retirement. (5) An officer desiring to avail Privilege Leave shall ordinarily give not less than ten days notice of his intention to avail such leave except for the purpose of Leave Fare concession: Provided that on and from the 1st April, 2024, no such advance notice of ten days shall be required for availing Privilege Leave for office bearers and Executive Committee members of a registered Trade Union."; b. after sub-regulation (6), following sub-regulation shall be inserted, namely:- "(7) On and from the 1st April, 2024, for the purposes of calculating Privilege Leave, all types of leave availed, except casual leave and mandatory leave shall be excluded.". 13. In regulation 34 of the said regulations,- a. In sub-regulation (1), the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided that on and from the 1st April, 2024, an officer shall be eligible for sick leave at the rate of one month for each year of service: Provided further that the total number of sick leave including additional sick leave mentioned in regulation 35 shall not exceed seven hundred and twenty days in the entire service of the officer."; b. after sub-regulation (5), the following sub-regulations shall be inserted, namely:- THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY | [PART III-SEC.4] "(6) On and from the 1st April, 2024, a single male parent employee may avail sick leave for the sickness of his children of eight years and below subject to production of medical certificate. (7) On and from the1st April, 2024, a women employee may avail one day sick leave per month without production of medical certificate. (8) On and from the 1st April, 2024, officer employees may avail sick leave for the sickness of their special child of fifteen years and below for a maximum period of ten days in a calendar year subject to production of medical certificate. (9) On and from the 1st April, 2024, officer employees of the age of fifty-eight years and above, may avail sick leave towards hospitalisation of his or her spouse at a centre other than place of work for a maximum period of thirty days in a calendar year.". 14. In regulation 36 of the said regulations, in sub-regulation (1),- a. for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- "(a) A female officer shall be eligible for maternity leave on substantive pay for a period not exceeding six months on any one occasion and twelve months during the entire period of her service: Provided that in case of delivery of twins, the period of maternity leave shall be eight months: Provided further that on and from the 1st April, 2024in case of delivery of more than two children in one delivery, the period of maternity leave shall be twelve months: Provided also that maternity leave may be availed by combining with any other kind of leave except casual leave.”; b. for clause (d), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- "(d) A female officer may avail leave once during service for legally adopting a child who is below one year of age, for a maximum period of nine months, subject to the following terms and conditions, namely: - (i) | leave will be granted for adoption of only one child; (ii) | the adoption of a child should be through a proper legal process and the employee should | produce the adoption-deed to the Bank for sanctioning such leave; [भाग III-खण्ड 4] | भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण (iii) the leave shall also be available to biological mother in cases where the child is born through surrogacy; (iv) the leave shall be availed within overall entitlement of twelve months during the entire period of service."; c. after clause (e), following clauses shall be inserted, namely:- "(f) On and from the 1st April, 2024, maternity leave may be availed for in vitro fertility (IVF) treatment subject to production of medical certificate within the overall limit of twelve months (g) On and from the 1st April, 2024, special maternity leave may be availed by a female employee upto sixty days in case of a still born or death of the infant within twenty-eight days of birth.". 15. For regulation 37A of the said regulations, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely:- "37A. Special casual leave and special leave.- (1)With effect from the 1st November, 2020, an officer employee shall be eligible for special casual leave on occasions when the branch where the officer is working, or the place where he is residing, is affected by curfew, riots, prohibitory orders, natural calamities, floods, and the like. (2) With effect from the 1st November, 2020, a physically or orthopedically handicapped officer shall be eligible for four days special casual leave. (3) With effect from the 1st April, 2024, the Principal Officer bearers of All India Officers' Unions or Associations shall be granted Special Leave upto twenty-five days in a calendar year. (4) With effect from the 1st April, 2024, officers who are defense representatives in departmental enquiry, may avail one day special leave for the purpose of preparing the defense submission of an officer employee: Provided that such special leave shall be availed for a maximum of ten occasions in a year. (5) An officer may also be granted special casual leave and any special leave as may be decided by the Board in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Central Government from time to time.". 16. After regulation 37A of the said regulations, the following regulation shall be inserted, namely:- "37B. Bereavement leave.- An officer employee shall be granted bereavement leave on the demise of the family members (spouse, children, parents and parents-in-law) for such number of days as may be decided by the Board from time to time: Provided that the intervening holidays will form part of the bereavement leave. Provided further that the said leave should be availed within a maximum period of fifteen days of the demise: Provided also that the said leave shall not be considered as "Active service" for the purpose of calculation of privilege leave.”. THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY | [PART III-SEC.4] 17. In regulation 41 of the said regulations,- a. for sub-regulation (1), the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely:- "(1) On and from the 1st April, 2024, wherever an officer is required to travel on duty, the following provisions shall apply, namely: - (a) an officer in Junior Management Grade shall be entitled to travel by AC 1stclass by any train including Premium Trains like Rajdhani or Shatabdi or Tejas or Vande Bharat or Amrit Bharat, etc. (except luxury trains): Provided that such officer may travel by air (economy class), if so permitted by the Competent Authority, having regard to the exigencies of business or public interest; (b) an officer in Middle Management Grade shall be entitled to travel by AC 1stClass by any train including Premium Trains as mentioned in clause (a): Provided that such officer may travel by air (economy class) if the distance to be travelled is more than five hundred kilometers: Provided further that such officer may travel by air (economy class) even for shorter distance, if so permitted by the Competent Authority, having regard to the exigencies of business or public interest; (c) an officer in Senior Management or Top Executive Grade is entitled to travel by AC 1stClass by any train including premium trains as mentioned in clause (a) or by air (economy class); (d) an officer in Senior Management or Top Executive Grade may travel by car between places not connected by air or rail provided that the distance does not exceed five hundred kilometers: Provided that when a major part of the distance between the two places can be covered by air or rail, only the rest of the distance should normally be covered by car; (e) any other officer may be authorised by the Competent Authority, having regard to the exigencies of business, to travel by his own vehicle or by taxi or by the Bank's vehicle; (f) an officer of any grade or scale shall be eligible to travel by water transport in deluxe cabin category between places not connected by road or air or rail; (g) an officer shall be eligible for fare by premium trains (except luxury trains). Note 1: Goods and Services Tax/ charges levied on train fare shall be over and above the entitlement. Note 2: In view of prevailing dynamic fare system, the cost of train tickets charged on the date of booking shall be reimbursed."; [भाग III-खण्ड 4] | भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण b. In sub-regulation (4), for clause(a), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "(a) Halting allowance- On and from the 1st April, 2024, an officer in the grades or scales set out in column (2) of the Table shall be entitled to 'per diem' Halting Allowance at the corresponding rates set out in column (3) thereof, namely:- Table Serial | Grades or Scales of officers | Halting Allowance number | | Metro | Major 'A' Class | Area I | Other | | Rs. | cities | Rs. | Places | | | Rs. | | Rs. (1) | (2) | (3) 1. | Officers in Scale VI and above | 4050 | 2925 | 2475 | 2150 2. | Officers in Scale IV and V | 3375 | 2925 | 2475 | 2150 3. | Officers in Scale I, II and III | 2925 | 2475 | 2150 | 1800: Provided that where the total period of absence is less than eight hours but more than four hours, Halting Allowance at half the above rates shall be payable. Explanation.- For the purpose of computing Halting allowance ‘per diem' shall mean each period of twenty-four hours or any subsequent part thereof, reckoned from the reporting time for departure in the case of air travel and the scheduled time of departure in other cases, to the actual time of arrival and where the total period of absence is less than twenty-four hours, 'per diem' shall mean a period of not less than eight hours.". 18. In regulation 42 of the said regulations,- a. for sub-regulation (3), the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely:- THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY | [PART III-SEC.4] "(3) On and from the 1st April, 2024, an officer on transfer shall be eligible to draw a lump sum amount for expenses connected with packing, local transportation, insuring the baggage, and the like, as specified in the Table below, namely:- Table Serial number | Grade or Scale | Amount (1) | (2) | (3) 1. | Senior Management and Top Executive | Rs.50000/- | (Officers in Scale IV and above) | 2. | Junior Management and Middle Management | Rs.40000/-"; | (Officers upto Scale III) | b. in sub-regulation (4), for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely: "Provided that on and from the 1st April, 2024, where no residential accommodation is made available by the Bank to an officer at the new place of posting and where such an officer may incur additional expenses in the process of taking over charge, for reasons beyond his control, the Competent Authority, from the date of joining of such officer at the new place, may on merits consider grant of either lodging and boarding charges or Halting Allowance for a period of fifteen days or till the time the quarters are made available to him, whichever is earlier.". 19. For regulation 44 of the said regulations, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely: "44. Leave Travel Concession.- (1) During each block of four years, an officer shall be eligible for Leave Travel concession for travel to his place of domicile once in each block of two years: Provided that he may travel in one block of two years to his place of domicile and in another block of two years to any place in India by the shortest route. (2) With effect from the 1st April, 2024, alternatively, an officer by exercising an option anytime during a four year block or two year block, as the case maybe, surrender and encash his Leave Travel Concession (other than travel to place of domicile) upon which he shall be entitled to receive an amount equivalent to the eligible fare for the class of travel by train to which he is entitled up to a distance of 5,500 kilometers (one- way) for officers in Junior Management Grade Scale I, Middle Management Grade Scale II and Middle Management Grade Scale III and 6,500 kilometers (one-way) for officers in Senior Management Grade Scale IV and above: Provided that an officer opting to encash his Leave Travel Concession, shall prefer the claim for himself and his family members only once during the block in which such encashment is availed of and the facility of encashment of privilege leave while availing of Leave Travel Concession is also available while encashing the facility of Leave Travel Concession. [भाग III-खण्ड 4] | भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण (3) The mode and class by which an officer may avail of Leave Travel Concession shall be the same as the officer is normally entitled to travel on transfer and other terms and conditions subject to which the Leave Travel Concession may be availed of by an officer, shall be as decided by the Board from time-to-time: Provided that with effect from the 1st April, 2024, an officer in Junior Management Grade Scale I while availing Leave Travel Concession shall be entitled to travel by air in the lowest fare economy class in which case the reimbursement shall be the actual fare or the fare applicable to AC 1st Class fare by train for the distance travelled, whichever is less and the same rules shall apply when an Officer in Middle Management Grade Scale II and Middle Management Grade Scale III avails Leave Travel Concession where the distance is less than five hundred kilometers. (4) Once in every four years, when an officer avails of Leave Travel Concession, he may be permitted to surrender and encash his privilege leave not exceeding thirty days at a time or he may while travelling in one block of two years to his home town and in other block any place in India, be permitted encashment of privilege leave with a maximum of fifteen days in each block or thirty days in one block and for the purpose of leave encashment all the emoluments payable for the month during which the leave travel concession is availed shall be admissible: Provided that an officer, at his option shall be permitted to encash one day additional privilege leave for donation to Prime Minister's Relief Fund subject to his giving a letter to the Bank to that effect and authorising the bank to remit the amount to the fund. (5) Leave Travel concession can be availed independently where both husband and wife are working in the same Bank. (6) For employees working in North-east States, Leave Travel concession shall begin from Guwahati and the eligible train fare from their place of work to Guwahati shall be additionally paid. (7) Theeligible fare for Andaman and Nicobar Islands to Chennai or Kolkata, Lakshadweep to Kochi, far-flung area branches in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir or any other areas which are not directly connected by train shall be additionally reimbursed under Leave Travel concession in addition to normal entitlement for the employees working in these areas to the nearest major Railway Station. (8) Leave Travel concession facility shall be allowed for an escort who accompanies an officer with benchmark disabilities on the journey subject to the following conditions, namely:- a) prior approval of the competent authority is obtained on each occasion; b) the nature of physical disability of the officer is such as to necessitate an escort for the journey and in case of doubt, the decision of the head of the Department or Controller shall be final; c) the officer with such benchmark disabilities does not have an adult family member as dependent to accompany him; d) the officer with such benchmark disabilities and the escort shall avail of the concession, if any, in the Rail or Bus fare as might be extended by Railways or State Roadways authorities in such cases; and e) any other person who is entitled to Leave Travel concession as dependent does not accompany the officer with such benchmark disabilities on the journey. (9) Where an officer has applied for Leave Travel concession or Leave in advance and has also booked the tickets and the Leave Travel concession is declined or deferred by the management, the cancellation charges shall be reimbursed by the Bank. (10) Where an officer has applied for Leave Travel concession or leave as per stipulated time and the same is sanctioned and when advance booking of train tickets is not possible, tickets purchased under Tatkal or Premium tatkal shall be reimbursed.". THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY | [PART III-SEC.4] 20. For the Schedule to the said regulations, the following Schedule shall be substituted, namely:- "SCHEDULE [See sub-regulation (2) of regulation 23] On and from the 1st November, 2022, an officer shall be eligible for Special Area Allowance till such time they are withdrawn or modified, either wholly or partially, as specified in the Table below, namely:- Table Special Area Allowance Serial | Place | Allowances (in Rs.) number | | Pay below | Pay above | | Rs.48,481/- | Rs. 48,481/- (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) 1. | Mizoram | | (a) Chimptuipui district and areas beyond 25 kilometers from Lunglei town | 4100 | 5300 | in Lunglei district. | | (b) Entire Lunglei district excluding areas beyond 25 kilometers from | 4100 | 5300 | Lunglei town | | (c) Entire Aizawl district | 2700 | 3400 [भाग III-खण्ड 4] | भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण 2. | Nagaland | 4100 | 5300 3. | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | | (a) North Andaman, middle Andamans, little Andaman, Nicobar and | 4100 | 5300 | Narcondum Islands | | (b) South Andaman (including Port Blair) | 4100 | 5300 4. | Sikkim | 4100 | 5300 5. | Lakshadweep Islands | 4100 | 5300 6. | Assam | 1000 | 1200 7. | Meghalaya | 1000 | 1200 8. | Tripura | | (a) Difficult areas of Tripura | 4100 | 5300 (b) Throughout Tripura except difficult areas | 2700 | 3400 9. | Manipur | 2700 | 3400 10. | Arunachal Pradesh | | (a) Difficult areas of Arunachal Pradesh | 4100 | 5300 (b) Throughout Arunachal Pradesh except difficult areas | 4100 | 5300 11. | A.-Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir | | (1) Kathua District: Niabat Bani, Lohi, Malhar and Machhodi | 4100 | 5300 (2) Udhampur District: | | (a) Dudu Basantgarh, Lander Bhamag Illaqa, Thakrakote and Nagote | 4100 | 5300 (b) All areas in Mahore tehsil other than those included in (c) below | 4100 | 5300 (c) Areas upto Goel from Kamban side and areas upto Arnas from Keasi | 4100 | 5300 | side in Tehsil Mohre | | (3) Doda District: Illaquas of Padder and Niabat Nowgam in Kashmir | 4100 | 5300 | Tehsil | | (4) Baramulla District: | | (a) Entire Gurez-Nirabat, Tangdar sub-division and Keran Illaqua | 4100 | 5300 (b) Matchill | 4100 | 5300 (5) Poonch and Rajouri District: Areas in Poonch and RajouriDistrict | 2700 | 3400 | excluding the towns of Poonch and Rajouri and Sunderbani and other | | | urban areas in the two districts | | (6) Areas not included in (1) to (5) above, but which are within the distance | 2700 | 3400 | of 8 kilometers from the Line of Actual Control or at places which may | | | be declared as qualifying for Border Allowance from time to time by | | | the State Government for their own staff. | | 11. | B.-Union territory of Ladakh: | | | Leh District: | | | Noyama and Nobre | | | Zanskar | | | All other places in the District | | 12. | Himachal Pradesh | | (1) Chamba District | | (a)Pangi Tehsil, | 4100 | 5300 | Following Panchayats and villages in Bharmour Tehsil: | | | Panchayats: Badgaun, Bajol, Deol Kugti, Nayagam and Tunda | | | Villages: Ghatu of Gram Panchayat Jagat, Kanarsi of Gram Panchayat | | | Chauhata | | THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY | [PART III-SEC.4] (b)Bharmour Tehsil, excluding Panchayats and villages included in (a) | 4100 | 5300 | above | | (c)Jhandru Panchayat in Bhartiyat Tehsil, Churah Tehsil, Dalhousie town | 2700 | 3400 | (including Banikhet proper) | | (2) Kinnaur District | | (a) Asrang, Chitkul and Hango Kuno or Charang Panchayats, | 4100 | 5300 | 15/20 area comprising the Gram Panchayats of Chhota Khamba, Nathpa | | | and Rupi, Pooh Sub-Division, excluding the Panchayat Areas specified | | | above | | (b) Entire district other than areas included in (a) above | 4100 | 5300 (3) Kullu District | | (a) 15/20 area of Nirmand Tehsil, comprising the Gram Panchayats of | 4100 | 5300 | Kharga, Kushwar and Sarga | | (b) Outer-Saraj (excluding villages of Jakat-Khana and Burrow in | 2700 | 3400 | Nirmand Tehsil) and entire district excluding outer Seraj area and | | | pargana of Pandrabis but including villages Jagat-Khana and Burao of | | | Tehsil Nirmand) | | (4) Lahaul and Spiti District: | | | Entire area of Lahaul and Spiti | 4100 | 5300 (5) Shimla District | | (a) 15/20 area of Rampur Tehsil comprising of Panchayats of Koot, | 4100 | 5300 | Labana-Sadana, Sarpara and Chandi-Branda | | (b) Dodra-Kawar Tehsil, | 4100 | 5300 | Gram Panchayat of Darkali in Rampur, Kashapath Tehsil and Munish, | | | Ghori Chaibis of Pargana Sarahan | | (c)(I) Chopal Tehsil | 2700 | 3400 | (i)Ghoris, Panjgaon, Patsnau, Naubis and Teen Koti of Pargana | | | Sarahan; | | | (ii)Deothi Gram Panchayat of Taklesh Area; | | | (iii)Pargana Barabis; and | | | (iv)Kasba Rampur and Ghori Nog of Pargana Rampur of Rampur | | | Tehsil; | | | (II) Shimla Town and its suburbs (Dhalli, Jatog, Kasumpti, Mashobra, | | | Taradevi and Tutu) | | (6) Kangra District: | | (a) Areas of Bara Bhangal and Chhota Bhangal | 4100 | 5300 (I) Dharamshala town of Kangra district and the following offices | 2700 | 3400 | located outside the Municipal limits but included in Dharamshala | | | town: | | | (a) Women's ITI, Dari, | | | (b) Mechanical Workshop, Ramnagar, | | | (c) Child Welfare and Town and Country Planning Offices, Sakoh, | | | (d) CRSF Office at lower Sakoh, | | | (e) Kangra Milk Supply Scheme, Dugiar, | | | (f) HRTC Workshop, Sadher, | | | (g) Zonal Malaria Office, Dari, | | | (h) Forest Corporation Office, Shamnagar, | | | (i) Tea Factory, Dari, | | | (j) I.P.H. Sub- Division, Dari | | | (k) Settlement Office, Shamnagar, | | [भाग III-खण्ड 4] | भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण (II) Palampur town, including HPKVV Campus at Palampur and | | | following offices located outside its municipal limits but included | | | in Palampur Town | | | (a) H.P. Krishi Vishwavidhalaya Campus, | | | (b) Cattle Development Office or Jersey Farm, Banuri, | | | (c) Sericulture Office or Indo- German Agriculture | | | Workshop or HPPWD Division, Bundla, | | | (d) Electrical Sub-Division, Lohna, | | | (e) D.P.O. Corporation, Bundla, | | | (f) Electrical HPSE Division, Ghuggar | | (7) Mandi District: | | | Chhuhar Valley of Jogindernagar Tehsil, Panchayats in | 2700 | 3400 | Thunag Tehsil: | | | Bagraa, Chatri, Chhotdhar, Garagushain, Gatoo, Garyas, Janjheli, Jaryar, | | | Johar Kalhani, Kalwan, Kholanal, Loth, Silibagi, Somachan, Thachdhar, | | | Tachi, Thana, | | | Following Panchayats of Dharampur Block: | | | Binga, Kamlah, Saklana, Tanyar and Tarakholah, | | | Panchayats of Karsog Tehsil - Balidhar, Bagra, Gopalpur, Khajol, | | | Mahog, Mehudi, Manj, Pekhi, Sainj, Sarahan and Teban, | | | Panchayats of Sundernagar Tehsil – | | | Bohi, Batwara, Dhanyara, Paura-Kothi, Seri and Shoja | | (8) Sirmaur District: | | | (a) Following Panchayats of | 2700 | 3400 | (i) Bani, Bakhali (Pachhad Tehsil), | | | (ii) Bharog Bheneri (Paonta Tehsil), | | | (iii) Birla (Nahan Tehsil), | | | (iv)Dibber (Pachhad Tehsil) and | | | (v)Thana Kasoga (Nahan Tehsil) | | | (b) Thansgiri Tract | | (9) Solan District: Mangal Panchayat. | 2700 | 3400 (10) Remaining areas of Himachal Pradesh not included in (1) to(9) | 1000 | 1200 | above | | 13. | Uttarakhand: Areas under Chamoli, Pithoragarh, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag | 4100 | 5300 | and Champavat districts | | 14. | West Bengal: South 24 Parganas District | 1000 | 1200.". | Sunderban Areas (south of Dampier Hodge's line), namely, Bhagatush | | | Khali (Rampura), Kumirmari (Bagna), Jhinga Khali, Sajnakhali, Gosaba, | | | Amlamathi (Bidya), Canning, Kultali, Piyali, Nalgaraha, Raidighi, | | | Bhanchi, Pathar Pratima, Bhagabatpur, Saptamukhi, Namkhana, | | | Sikarpur, Kakdwip, Sagar, Mousini, Kalinagar, Haroa, Hingalganj, | | | Basanti, Kuemari, Kultola, Ghushighata (Kulti) | | SUDHIRANJAN PADHI, Chief General Manager -HR [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./77/2026-27] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY | [PART III-SEC.4] Note: The Bank of India (Officers') Service Regulations, 1979 were published in the Gazette of India, Part III, Section 4 and subsequently amended vide the following notifications, namely:- Serial number | Gazette notification number | Date of publication in the Official Gazette (1) | (2) | (3) 1. | 51 | 17.12.1988 2. | 11 | 17.03.1990 3. | 8 | 23.02.1991 4. | 18 | 02.05.1992 5. | 20 | 17.05.1997 6. | 34 | 23.08.1997 7. | 21 | 22.05.1999 8. | 14 | 01.04.2000 9. | 3 | 20.01.2001 10. | 39 | 29.09.2001 11. | 21 | 24.05.2003 12. | 103 | 28.06.2006 13. | 186 | 16.12.2006 14. | 5 | 03.02.2018 15. | 450 | 26.10.2020 16. | 971 | 04.12.2024 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM These regulations which have been given retrospective effect are as per the agreed terms and conditions of the Joint Notes signed between the Indian Banks' Association on behalf of member banks on the basis of specific mandate given by the respective banks in this regard and apex level officers' associations of the Banks. Therefore, interests of no person shall be adversely affected by such retrospective effect. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. SARVESH KUMAR RUMAR SRIVASTAVAARVESH SRIVASTAVA Date: 2026.05.12 22:28:38 +0530

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