ANDHRA PRADESH REVISED PENSION RULES, 1980 (As ... - APHB

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Important Government Orders relating to monetary concessions/monetary
benefits to certain categories of Government
servants dying while in service
1. Social Security-cum-Provident Fund Booster Scheme
Rule 30-A of Andhra Pradesh, General Provident Fund Rules :
On the death of a subscriber in service, the person(s) eligible to
receive provident fund balances, will be entitled for an additional amount equal
to the average balance in the account of the deceased subscriber in the fund,
during the three years immediately preceding the death subject to the
condition that :-
(a) the balance in the account of the subscriber should not have fallen
below the following limits at any time during the three years proceeding the
date of death :-
(i) Rs 4,000/- 1 [Rs 8,000/-] in the case of gazetted officers
(ii) Rs 3,000/- 1 [Rs 6,000/-] in the case of Non-gazetted officers and
(iii) Rs 1,000 1 [Rs 2,000/-] in the case of last grade employees
(b) the additional amount payable under this rule shall not exceed
Rs 10,000/- (ten thousand only) 1 [Rs 20,000/- rupees twenty thousand only]
(c) The subscriber has to put in atleast five years service at the time
of his death.
Note 1 : The period of three years for calculation shall be computed backwards
from the month preceding the month in which the death of the subscriber
occurs.
For this purpose, as also for checking the minimum balance prescribed
above -
(a) the interest credited to the account of the subscriber in terms of
Rule 13, and the amount of interest upto the month proceeding the month in
which death of the subscriber occurs, shall be taken into account, and
1. The limits prescribed in Rule 30-A of A.P.GPF rules are enhanced w.e.f. 29-1-2003 by
G.O.Ms.No 42, Finance (Pen.II) Dept., dt. 29-1-2003.