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Notification amending the IRDA (Salary and Allowances...of Chairperson and other members) Rules, 2000 to revise the consolidated salary of the Chairperson and whole-time Members of IRDAI, with retrospective effect from 1st January 2024.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services) issued a notification (G.S.R. 650(E)) dated 21st October 2024, exercising powers under sub-section (1) and clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 24 of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 (41 of 1999), amending the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Salary and Allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and other members) Rules, 2000 via the ...Amendment Rules, 2024, given effect from 1st January 2024 except as respects things already done. In Rule 3, the consolidated salary of the Chairperson is revised from Rs. 4,50,000 to Rs. 5,62,500, and of other whole-time Members from Rs. 4,00,000 to Rs. 5,00,000, with a new proviso stating that retired Government officers appointed as Chairperson or whole-time Members shall not have their pension deducted from the consolidated salary, effective from 1st January 2024. The amendment implements the Central Government's approval of the revised consolidated salary conveyed vide the Department of Expenditure's O.M. No. 16-01/2017-E.III.A dated 10th June 2024, and it is certified that no past or present Chairperson or Member of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is adversely affected by the retrospective effect. The principal rules were published vide G.S.R. 841(E) dated 25th October 2000 and previously amended vide G.S.R. 827(E) dated 1st December 2008, G.S.R. 307(E) dated 19th April 2012, G.S.R. 269(E) dated 4th April 2014, G.S.R. 274(E) dated 7th April 2014, and G.S.R. 461(E) dated 21st June 2022. The notification (F. No. R-12012/01/2024-Ins.I) was signed by Parshant Kumar Goyal, Joint Secretary.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-21102024-258118 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 594] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2024/ASVINA 29, 1946 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(i)] MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Financial Services) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 21st October, 2024 G.S.R. 650(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (2) of section 24 of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 (41 of 1999), except as respect things done or omitted to be done on and from the date 1st January, 2024 till the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Salary and Allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and other members) Rules, 2000, namely:— 1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Salary and Allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and other members) Amendment Rules, 2024. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Salary and Allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and other members) Rules, 2000, in rule 3,— (i) in sub-rule (1), for the words "rupees four lakh fifty thousand", the words "rupees five lakh sixty- two thousand and five hundred" shall be substituted; (ii) in sub-rule (2), for the words "rupees four lakh", the words "rupees five lakh" shall be substituted: (iii) after sub-rule 2, the following provisions shall be inserted, namely:— "Provided that in respect of retired Government officers appointed as Chairperson or whole-time members, there shall be no-deduction of pension from the Consolidated salary: Provided further that the Chairperson and whole-time member shall be entitled to a salary under this rule with effect from the 1st day of January, 2024.". [F. No. R-12012/01/2024-Ins.I] PARSHANT KUMAR GOYAL, Jt. Secy. EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM The above amendment to the Rules is given retrospective effect, as the Central Government had accorded approval to the revised consolidated salary of Chairperson and Members of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority with effect from 1st January, 2024 vide Department of Expenditure's O.M. No.16-01/2017-E.III.A dated 10th June 2024. 2. It is certified that no Chairperson or whole-time member, past or present, of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is likely to be affected adversely by the proposed amendment being given with retrospective effect. Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide notification number G.S.R. 841(E), dated the 25th October, 2000 and subsequently amended vide notification numbers G.S.R. 827 (E), dated the 1st December, 2008, G.S.R. 307(E), dated the 19th April, 2012, G.S.R. 269(E), dated the 4th April, 2014, G.S.R. 274(E), dated the 7th April, 2014, and G.S.R. 461(E), dated the 21st June, 2022.

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