North Block, New Delhi.
Dated 24th November, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Updating Bank Details of Public Authorities (PAs) in RTIMIS for transfer of  ‘RTI Fees’ and ‘Additional Payment’ received through RTI online portal – reg.

With reference to the subject mentioned above, the undersigned is directed to say that, as per existing procedure, the ‘RTI Fees’ and ‘Additional Payment’ received by the Public Authorities (PAs) through RTI online portal, are being deposited into the consolidated account of Government of India. However, of late, demands have been received from several PAs (other than the Central Ministries/Departments) for transfer of ‘Additional Payments’ & ‘RTI Fees’, to their respective bank accounts.

2. In the light of suggestions and feedbacks received from various PAs (i.e. attached /subordinate offices, autonomous bodies and PSUs etc) who are currently using RTI online web portal of DoP&T, it has been decided to initiate the process where the amount received from the citizen in form of ‘RTI Fees’ and ‘Additional Payments’ (if any) will be credited to the concerned PA’s bank account.

3 . Accordingly, all Nodal Officers of attached/subordinate offices, autonomous bodies and PSUs (other than the Central Ministries/ Departments) are requested to update the Bank details of their respective organization on their RTI online portal. NIC has already provided facility to Nodal Office to fill in their bank details online. This data can be used by the bank for transferring the ‘fees’ to the concerned organization/PAs.

4. Following details are required to be fed by Nodal officer (Nodal officer Account -> Utilities -> Bank Details):
1. Name of Bank
2. Branch Name
3. IFS Code
4. Account Number

5. For any clarification and further information please contact: Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) at 0 11-24648977 /78 or rtipmu-dopt@nic.in.

Source: Dopt Orders 2016

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EPFO may provide housing to subscribers on additional payment of 10 pct

PTI | New Delhi | Updated: Jan 13 2014

Besides managing retirement funds, EPFO may come out with a scheme to provide housing to its over 5 crore subscribers on additional contribution of 10 per cent by them from their basic wages every month.

The idea was mooted by Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes during a function of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Sunday.

“EPFO can deduct extra 10 per cent of their basic wages over the mandatory contribution of 12 per cent made by them at present. The money can be used to provide them housing facility,” he said.

The minister said most of the workers throughout their working life live in rented accommodation and their entire saving on retirement is spent on purchasing a house.

At present, all workers covered under the EPFO schemes, pay 12 per cent of their basic wages toward PF contribution every month. The basic wages include basic pay and dearness allowance.

Asked about the minister’s proposal, EPFO’s central Provident Fund Commissioner K K Jalan said: “We will definitely work on the proposal. He (the minister) has a lot experience.”

As per another official, EPFO had earlier constructed houses and provided to workers covered under its scheme. However, they did not have to make any additional contribution during the Sahib Singh Verma’s tenure as Labour Minister.

EPFO has a corpus of around Rs 5 lakh crore and receives an incremental deposits of over Rs 60,000 crore every year.

An EPFO subscriber said: “The body has the huge financial strength to take up any big housing project and complete it. But one has to see that how many members would come forward to take a cut of 10 per cent cut on their basic wages.”

Source: http://www.financialexpress.com
[http://www.financialexpress.com/news/epfo-may-provide-housing-to-subscribers-on-additional-payment-of-10-pct/1218106]

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