Government introduced online facility for
GPF NRA/Conversion application submission through SPARK for GPF
subscribers to bring transparency and also to simplify the procedure for
availing NRA/Conversion of TA to NRA.
Now, it has been brought to the notice of
the Government that the Upper Monetary Limit and categorization of
officers specified therein the G.O. read as second paper above, is
causing undue delay and inconvenience in sanctioning NRA/Conversion
consequent on revision of pay and allowances of State Government
Employees and introduction of online facilities using SPARK for applying
and approving NRA/Conversion requests.
Government have examined the matter in
detail and are pleased to revise the existing Upper Monetary Limit to
various categories of Sanctioning Authorities as below for sanctioning
NRA/Conversion of TA to NRA subject to a maximum of 75% of the eligible
balance at credit of the subscriber, as booked by the Accountant
General:
1) DDO’s are authorized to sanction General Provident Fund NRA/Conversion to all employees under his control.
2) In the case of DDO’s , Controlling Officer/immediate superior officer/Head of Department is authorized to sanction the same.
3) In the
case of Head of Departments , the power vests with the Secretary to
Government of the Administrative Department concerned in Secretariat.
All NRA/Conversion of TA to NRA will take
in effect only after getting online authorization of the Principal
Accountant General in SPARK and all the bills of the GPF NRA will be
generated and encashed by the DDO’s through SPARK only based on this
online authorization issued by the Principal Accountant General.
The Categorisation of Officers and
Monetary Limits fixed herein for NRA/Conversion shall be in supersession
of all existing orders issued in the matter. Each Head of Department
shall issue an order specifying the DDO’s under its control and intimate
the same to Government and the Principal Accountant General (A&E)
Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.
