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Notification of the Bank of India (Employees') Pension (Amendment) Regulations, 2023, amending the Bank of India (Employees') Pension Regulations, 1995 to revise qualifying service, minimum pension amounts and family pension eligibility and rates.

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Bank of India, Human Resources Department notification F.No. HO:HR:TBD:2023-24:319 dated 6 October 2023, issued under section 19(1) and clause (f) of section 19(2) of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970) after consultation with the Reserve Bank of India and with the previous sanction of the Central Government, notifies the Bank of India (Employees') Pension (Amendment) Regulations, 2023, amending the Bank of India (Employees') Pension Regulations, 1995; the amendment to regulation 27 clarifies that from 1 November 2012 actual, not pro-rata, service is reckoned as qualifying service for permanent part-time employees; regulation 36 inserts minimum monthly family pension amounts of Rs. 2,785 for regular employees and tiered amounts of Rs. 932, Rs. 1,397 and Rs. 2,096 for part-time employees on 1/3, 1/2 and 3/4 scale wages respectively, for retirements on or after 1 November 2012; regulation 40 revises family pension discontinuation thresholds where a son, daughter or parent earns more than Rs. 10,000 per month; minimum monthly pension floors of Rs. 18,568 and Rs. 9,284 are inserted for various employee categories retiring or dying on or after 1 November 2012; Appendix II revises the dearness relief calculation to 0.10 percent of basic pension per 4-point rise over 4,440 points on the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (1960=100 series); Appendix III inserts a family pension table by pay scale for employees retiring on or after 1 November 2012, with minimum monthly amounts of Rs. 2,785, Rs. 3,422, and a range of Rs. 4,448 to Rs. 9,284 depending on scale; the principal regulations were published on 29 September 1995 and last amended on 10 January 2018; signed by Shiv Bajrang Singh, Chief General Manager (HR).

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6678 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 716] NEW DELHI , THURS DAY , OCTOBER 19 , 2023/ ASVINA 27, 1945 CG-MH-E-21102023-249620 (1 ) (2) BANK OF INDIA (Human Resources Department) NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 6th October, 2023 F.No. HO:HR:TBD:2023 -24:319—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub -section (1) and clause (f) of sub-section (2) of section 19 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 Reserve Bank of India and with the previous sanction of the Central G overnment, hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Bank of India (Employees’) Pension Regulations ,1995, namely: — 1. Short title and commencement. —(1) These regulations may be called the Bank of India (Employees’) Pensi on (Amendment) Regulations, 2023. (2) Save as otherwise expressly provided in these regulations, they shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Bank of India (Employees’) Pension Regulations, 1995 (hereinafte r referred to as the said regulations), in regulation 27, for the note, the following note shall be substituted, namely: — “Note 1: With effect from 1st November 2012, for the purpose of calculating the amount of pension in respect of permanent part -time em ployees in scale wages who are covered by the Pension Scheme, their actual service shall be reckoned for qualifying service and not pro -rata. Note 2: The actual service or qualifying service shall be calculated from the date of recruitment or appointment as permanent part -time employee in scale wages or from 1st September, 1978 whichever is later.”. 3. In regulation 36 of the said regulations, after clause (e), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: — “(f) rupees two thousand seven hundred and eigh ty-five per month in respect of an employee, other than a part - time employee, where the employee retired on or after 1st day of November 2012, rupees nine hundred and thirty two per month in respect of a part -time employee drawing 1/3 scale of wages, rupe es one thousand three hundred and ninety -seven per month in respect of part -time employee drawing ½ scale wages, and rupees two thousand and ninety -six per month in respect of a part -time employee drawing ¾ scale wages, where the part - time employee retired on or after the 1st day of November 2012.”. 4. In regulation 40 of the said regulations, — (a) in sub -regulation (1), — (i) in clause (b), for the first proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely: — “Provided that the family pension payable to son or daughter (including widowed or divorced) shall be discontinued or not be admissible when the eligible son or daughter starts earning a sum in excess of rupees ten thousand per month from employment in Government or private sector or self-employment , etc.”; (ii) for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: — “(c) in the case of parents, the family pension shall be discontinued or not admissible if the income of one of the parents or the aggregate income of both the parents from emplo yment in Government or Private sector or self -employment, etc. exceeds rupees ten thousand per month.”; (b) in sub -regulation (4), — (i) in clause (a), after sub -clause (v), the following sub -clause shall be inserted, namely: — “(vi) eighteen thousand five hundred and sixty -eight rupees per mensem only in respect of employees, both officers and workmen, who retired or died on or after 1st day of November 2012.”; (ii) in clause (b ), after sub -clause (v), the following sub -clause shall be inserted, namely: — “(vi) eighteen thousand five hundred and sixty -eight rupees per mensem only in respect of employees, both officers and workmen, who retired or died on or after 1st day of November 2012.”; (iii) in clause (c), after the sub -clause (v), following sub -clause shall be inserted, namely: — “(vi) nine thousand two hundred and eighty -four rupees per mensem only in respect of employees, both officers and workmen, who retired or died on or after 1st day of November 2012.”. 5. In Appendix II to the said regulations, in clause (4), after the second proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: — “Provided also that in respect of employees who retired on or after 1st day of November 2012, dearness relief shall be payable for every rise or be recoverable for eve ry fall, as the case may be, of every 4 points over 4440 points in the quarterly average of the All India Average Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers in the series 1960=100 and such increase or decrease in dearness relief for every said 4 points sh all be calculated at the rate of 0.10 per cent. of basic pension.”. 6. In Appendix III to the said regulations, after clause (e), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: — “(f) In respect of employees (both officers and workmen) other than part -time employees retiring on or after 1st day of November 2012: - Scale of pay per month Amount of monthly family pension (1) (2) Upto Rs.11,100 30 per cent. of the pay shall be the basic family pension and additional 30 per cent of allowance which are counte d for making contribution to Provident Fund but not for dearness allowance, shall be the additional family pension: Provided that the aggregate of basic and additional family pension shall be subject to a minimum of Rs.2785 per month. Rs.11,101 to Rs. 2 2,200 20 per cent of the pay shall be basic family pension and additional 20 per cent of allowance which are counted for making contributions to Provident Fund but not for dearness allowance, shall be the additional family pension: Provided that the aggre gate of basic and additional family pension shall be subject to minimum of Rs.3422 per month. Above Rs.22,200 15 per cent of the pay shall be the basic family pension and additional 15 per cent. of allowances which are counted for making contributions to Provident Fund but not for the dearness allowance, shall be the additional family pension: Provided that the aggregate of basic and additional family pension shall be subject to a minimum of Rs.4448 per month and maximum of Rs.9284 per mo nth.”. Explanatory Memorandum The regulations which have been given retrospective effect are as per the agreed terms and conditions of the settlement and Joint Note 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 workmen unions and officers’ associations of the Banks. Therefore, interests of no person shall be adversely affected by such retrospective effect. SHIV BAJR ANG SINGH, Chief General Manager (HR) [ADVT. -III/4/Exty./4 99/2023 -24] Note: The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, vide notification number TBD:PC:HDP, dated the 29th September,1995 and lastly amended vide notification number HO :TBD:2878, dated the 10th January, 2018 published in Part III, Section 4 of the Gazette of India, dated the 3rd February, 2018. 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.

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