Annexure ‘A’ — CAM

3. Applicability of ‘New service’/ ‘New Instrument of Service’:

(i) The revised financial limits are attached as Annexure ‘A’.

(ii) The limits shall be applicable to all ministries including Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Defence and Department of Post.

(iii) The nature of transactions under consideration for applicability of the financial limits have been aligned strictly with the ‘object head of account’. It is treated as Primary Unit of Appropriation.

(iv) This means that the guidelines shall correspond to the original appropriation as available at the level of 15-digit numeric code in respect of civil ministries and/or final unit of appropriation as available in the Detailed Demand for Grants in respect of non-civil ministries, as the case may be.

(v) Definitions as indicated in Paragraph 2 above will be the guiding factor while making decision on the applicability of limits of New Service/New Instrument of Service.

Annexure ‘A” to the Ministry of Finance OM No. 1(22)-B(AC)/2022 dated 23.02.2024 Financial limits to be observed in determining the cases relating to ‘NEW SERVICE’/’NEW INSTRUMENT OF SERVICE’