IREC Rule No.2008: Rates Of Pension Contribution During Foreign Service in respect of Indian Commissioned Officer (FR-117)

2008. Rates Of monthly Contribution For Leave Salary and the Rates Of Pension Contribution During Foreign Service in respect of Indian Commissioned Officer (FR-117):-

(a)   The rates of pension contribution prescribed in Appendix-I have been designed to secure to the railway servant the pension that he would have earned by service under Government if he had not been transferred to Foreign Service.

Table-I/A

Rates of monthly contribution for pension payable during active Foreign Service only in respect of Indian commissioned officer.

Service In Years	Contribution Rate Rs.	Service In Years	Contribution Rate Rs.
0-1	92	1-2	104
2-3	115	3-4	127
4-5	138	5-6	150
6-7	161	7-8	173
8-9	184	9-10	196
10-11	207	11-12	219
12-13	230	13-14	242
14-15	253	15-16	265
16-17	276	17-18	288
18-19	299	19-20	311
20-21	322	21-22	334
22-23	345	23-24	357
24-25	368	25-26	380
Over 26 Years	391

Note:

(1) Length of service should be taken to be the total length of past service which would count for pension on retirement as an Indian Commissioned Officer.

(2) The rates of contribution for pension in this table shall apply to Indian Commissioned officers in permanent railway employees who are transferred to Foreign Service in or out of India on after the 01.04.1939, or who were already in such Foreign Service on that date.

(3) These rates, which will be payable only during active foreign service cover in all cases, the liability for retiring and disability pensions and gratuities and allowances to children in respect of Indian Commissioned officers transferred to foreign service in any circumstances whatsoever.

[Authority: No.F41-PN/6(1), 22.10.1941]

 (b)  The Rates Of monthly Contribution For Leave Salary will be designed to secure to the railway servant leave-salary on the scale and under the conditions applicable to him. In calculating the rate of leave salary admissible, the pay drawn in foreign service, less in the case of railway servants paying their own contributions, such part of pay as may be paid as contribution, will count as pay for the purpose of Rule 103(35) [FR-9(2)].

Table-II

Rates Of monthly Contribution For Leave Salary, etc., payable during Foreign Service

(A)   Rates Of monthly Contribution For Leave Salary :-

(a)   Rates Of monthly Contribution For Leave Salary in respect of railway servants whose leave is regulated by leave Rule in this Code:-

(i)	Members of Railway Services, Class-I (Group-A) subject to the Special Leave Rules	16⅔ per cent of pay drawn in Foreign Service
(ii)	Members of Railway services Class-I, of Asiatic domicile, other than those subject to the Special Leave Rules.	15 per cent of pay drawn in Foreign Service
(iii)	Members of Railway Services, Class-II, and non-gazetted railway servant including class-IV Railway servants.	12 per cent of pay drawn in Foreign Service
(iv)	Indian Commissioned Officers	15 per cent of pay drawn in foreign service

Note:

(1)   This rate shall apply to Indian Commissioned Officers in permanent railway employ who are transferred to Foreign Service in or out of India on or after the 01.04.1939 or who were already in such Foreign Service on that date.

[Authority: No.F.41/PN/6(1), 20.10.1941]

(2)   Non-recovery of contribution towards leave-salary should be deemed to be a remission by competent authority for the purpose of FR-60 and will not affect the title of an inferior servant to leave and leave salary.

[Authority: No.F.42-LF/(10)]

(b)   Rates Of monthly Contribution For Leave Salary in respect of railway servants who are governed by the leave Rules, 1930:-

(i)	Gazetted officers of non-Asiatic domicile	15% of pay or leave salary drawn in foreign service
(ii)	Gazetted officers of Asiatic domicile	12% of pay or leave salary drawn in foreign service
(iii)	Non-gazetted railway servants of non-Asiatic domicile	12% of pay or leave salary drawn in foreign service
(iv)	Non-gazetted railway servants of Asiatic domicile including class IV railway servants	10% of pay or leave salary drawn in foreign service

The above Rates Of monthly Contribution For Leave Salary are payable during foreign service including leave taken during such service.

The rates shown against items (i) to(iv) above, (except for Class IV railway servants the above rules apply from 23.08.1961 except that in respect of persons on foreign service/deputation on 23.08.1961, these rates apply.

(i)    On the expiry of the then obtaining term of foreign service/deputation if that term is a specified one and is extended after 23^rd August, 1961; or

(ii)    On the expiry of a period of three years from the date of original foreign service/deputation, where the foreign service/deputation was for an unspecified period.

[Authority: No.0191-R/TI R-36 RY, 13.09.1941 and, No.F59-CB/1, 16.10.1962]

      (iii) Rates Of monthly Contribution For Leave Salary in respect of railway servants who are governed by Leave Rules (1949). 

All Classes including Class IV/Group-B railway servants	11% of pay drawn in foreign service
[Authority: No.F(E)/64/FS/1, 20.05.1964, No.288-RII, 25.06.1964]
B. Government contribution and special contribution to Provident Fund / Gratuity	At the rate laid down in the Indian Railway Financial Code.
C. Passage concession – Members of Railway services, Rs.50 per mensem (Class-I )	Plus any additions contribution at such a rate as may be fixed from time to time. The rates with effect from 11.09.1941 are.
Members of Rly. services, Rs.30 (per mensem) and non-gazetted railway servant Class-II	(i) in respect of superior passages 70% (74% in the servants, case of 1st Class-C) and
	(ii) in respect of non superior passage 108%.

 Note:

(1)   The term Foreign Service used in this appendix is intended to include the period of joining time which may be allowed to a railway servant both on the occasion of his proceeding to and reverting from foreign services and accordingly contributions are leviable in respect of such periods.

(2)   Allocation of Leave salary and pensions in respect of railway servants transferred on deputation to the departments of Central Government and Governments of Union territories with or without Legislatures and vice-versa have been dispensed with from 01.01.1978 in terms of the Ministry of Finance O.M.No.F2(117)76/SC, 26.12.1977 and O.M.No.S.11031/78/TA/725, 23.02.1979 circulated under Ministry of Railway letters No.F(E)11/77/IN3/1, 15.03.1978 and 23.04.1979.