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Notification by Indian Bank amending the Indian Bank (Employees') Pension Regulations, 1995 to revise minimum pension, family pension eligibility and dearness relief provisions, under Section 19 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970.

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By notification F.No. Pen/01/2023(E) dated 6th October, 2023, the Board of Directors of Indian Bank, exercising powers under 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), after consultation with the Reserve Bank of India and with the previous sanction of the Central Government, made the Indian Bank (Employees') Pension (Amendment) Regulations, 2023, amending the Indian Bank (Employees') Pension Regulations, 1995 (principal regulations published vide SRC/Pension/223 dated 29th September, 1995, last amended vide Pen/1/17 dated 15th September, 2017); the amendments, retrospective to 1st November, 2012, revise Regulation 27 on qualifying service for permanent part-time employees; insert clause (f) in Regulation 36 fixing minimum monthly pensions of Rs. 2,785 for full-time employees, Rs. 932 for part-time employees on 1/3 scale wages, Rs. 1,397 for 1/2 scale, and Rs. 2,096 for 3/4 scale, for retirements on or after 1st November, 2012; amend Regulation 40 to set the family pension income-disqualification threshold at Rs. 10,000 per month for sons/daughters and parents, and add minimum family pension amounts of Rs. 18,568 and Rs. 9,284 per mensem for officers/workmen retiring or dying on or after 1st November, 2012; revise Appendix II's dearness relief formula to 0.10 per cent of basic pension for every 4-point movement over 4,440 points in the quarterly All India Average Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (1960=100 series); and add clause (f) to Appendix III prescribing family pension slabs by pay scale -- 30%+30% (minimum Rs. 2,785) up to Rs. 11,100, 20%+20% (minimum Rs. 3,422) for Rs. 11,101-22,200, and 15%+15% (minimum Rs. 4,448, maximum Rs. 9,284) above Rs. 22,200 -- for employees retiring on or after 1st November, 2012, per the settlement and Joint Note between the Indian Banks' Association and workmen/officers' associations; signed by T. Dhanaraj, Chief General Manager, under ADVT.-III/4/Exty./483/2023-24.

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6463 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. 701] NEW DELHI , WEDN ESDAY , OCTOBER 11, 2023/ ASVIN A 19, 1945 CG-TN-E-12102023-249329 (1) (2) INDIAN BANK (Human Resources Department) (Head Office: Chennai ) NOTIFICATION Chennai, the 6th Octo ber, 2023 F. No. Pen/01/2023(E). —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 Indian Bank, after consultation with Reserve Bank of India and with the previous sanction of the Central Government, hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Indian Bank (Employees’) Pension Regulations , 1995, namely: — 1. Short title an d commencement. —(1) These regulations may be called the Indian Bank (Employees’) Pension (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 Offici al Gazette. 2. In the Indian Bank (Employees’) Pension Regulations, 1995 (hereinafter 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 employees 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 cl ause (e), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: — “(f) rupees two thousand seven hundred and eighty -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, rupees 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 provis o, 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 be admissible if the income of one of the parents or the aggregate income of both the parents from employment 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 af ter 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 r etired 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 every 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 Worker s in the series 1960=100 and such increase or decrease in dearness relief for every said 4 points shall 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 th e pay shall be the basic family pension and additional 30 per cent. of allowances which are counted 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. 22,200 20 per cent. of the pay shall be basic family pension and additional 20 per cent. of allowances which are counted for making contributions t o 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 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 additiona l family pension shall be subject to a minimum of Rs.4448 per month and maximum of Rs.9284 per month.”. Explanatory Memorandum The regulations which have been given retrospective effect are as per the agreed terms and conditions of the settlement and Join t 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 pe rson shall be adversely affected by such retrospective effect. T. DHANARAJ , (Chief General Manager) [ADVT. -III/4/Exty./4 83/2023 -24] Note: The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, vide notification number SRC/Pension/223, dated the 29th September,1995 and lastly amended, vide notification number Pen/1/17, dated the 15th September, 2017 published in Part III, Section 4 of the Gazette of India, dated the 11th January, 2018. Uploaded by Dte. of Printi ng at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.

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