Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Children Education Allowance Scheme- Clarification


No.12011/08/2010-Estt.(AL)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. and Pension
(Department of Personnel & Training)

New Delhi,the 30th December,2010

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Children Education Allowance Scheme- Clarification

Subsequent to issue of this Department OM No.12011/2008-Estt (Allowance) dated 02/09/2008 and clarification OMs dated 11/11/2008, 23/11/2009 and OM No.12011/16/2009-(Allownace) dated 13/11/2009 on the Children Education Allowance (CEA) Scheme, this Department has been receiving references from various Departments, seeking further clarification.

(i). Whether CEA is admissible to a Government Servant who ceases to be in service due to  retirement, discharge, dismissal or removal from service in the course of an academic year ?CEA/hostel subsidy shall be admissible till the end 
of the academic year in which the  Government
 servant ceased to be in service due to
 retirement, discharge, dismissal or  removal from service in 
the course  of an academic year.


The payment shall be made by the office in which 
the Govt. servant worked prior to these  events 
and will be regulated by the other conditions
 laid down under CEA scheme.
(ii). Whether Children  of  a Government servant  who dies while in  service are still   eligible for reimbursement under the new CEA scheme?If  a Government servant dies while in service,
 the  Children Education  Allowance  or hostel 
subsidy shall be admissible in respect of his/her 
children subject to observance of  other
 conditions
 for its grant provided the wife/husband of the
 deceased is not employed in service of the 
Central Govt., State Government, Autonomous 
Body, PSU, Semi-Government Organization 
such as Municipality, Post Trust Authority or any 
 other organization  partly  or  fully funded by the 
Central Govt/State Governments.  In  such  
cases  the CEA/Hostel  Subsidy shall be  
payable to  the  children  till  such  time the
employee would  have  actually received the 
 same, subject to  the condition that other terms
 and conditions are  fulfilled. The  payment  shall  
be  made  by  the office  in which the Govt. 
servant  was working  prior  to  his  death and  
will  be regulated  by the other  condition laid 
down under CEA Scheme
iii) Whether any upper age limit of the children has been prescribed for ciaming  CEA?  Whether CEA can be allowed in case of children studying through  “Correspondence or  Distance  Learning”?  If  so  the age limit prescribed  for the same.The upper age limit for disabled children has
been
 set at the age of 22 years. In the case  of other 
children the  age limit will now be 20 years or til

 the  time  of  passing  12th class which 
ever is earlier.  Cases where reimbursement 
have been already made,  in  respect  of children
 above this age  may  not  be  reopened.  It  has  
also been decided  that CEA  may  henceforth  be
  allowed  in case of children  studying 
through  “Correspondence  or  Distance  Learning”  
subject
  to other  condition prescribed
iv)  What  is  the  definition  of  the terms ‘two sets 0f uniform’ which occur in para1(e) of  our  O.M. dated 2.9.08. What  is  the definition of ‘one  set of shoes’?It  is  clarified  that  ‘one set of  shoes’  would
 mean  one  pair  of  shoes  and  ‘two  sets of 
uniform’  would  mean  two sets  of  uniform 
 prescribed by the school in which the child is
 studying. A set of uniform will include all items 
of clothing prescribed  for a day,  as uniform  by
 the  school. Reimbursement  may  be  allowed 
for two  sets  of  such  uniform  irrespective  of
 the  colours /winter/ summer/ PT uniform
(v) What is the definition of ‘station’ for the purpose of hostel  subsidy ?It is clarified that for the purpose of hosted 
subsidy,  
station  would  be demarcated  by  the 
 first three  
digits  of 
 the  PIN  Code  of  the  area  where  the 
Government   Servant  is  posed  and/or 
 residing’. 
 ‘The  first  three  digits  of  the  PIN Code 
 indicate a Revenue District
(vi) Whether  fee  paid  10 organizations/institutions  other  than  the  school  or fee  paid  to private  tutors  for purposes  mentioned  in  para 1(e) of  the  OM dated 2.9.2008  is reimbursable?No. It is clarified that the term ‘fee’ contained in
 the 
para 1(e) of the OM dated 2.9.2008 would mean
the fee charted by the school directly from 
the student.
(Simmi R. Nakra)
Director (P&A)

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