Rule 7 — GPF

Provided that a subscriber may, at his option, not subscribe during leave which either does not carry any leave salary or carries leave salary equal to or less than half pay or half average pay:

Provided further that a subscriber on reinstatement after a period passed under suspension shall be allowed the option of paying in one lump sum, or in installments, any sum not exceeding the maximum amount of arrear subscriptions payable for that period.

NOTE 1.- Group 'C' and Group 'D' employees of the Survey of India who are sent on departmental leave need not subscribe to the Fund, during the period of such leave.

NOTE 2.- The holder of a seasonal post in an establishment need not subscribe to the Fund, during the period of his unemployment.

NOTE 3. - A subscriber need not subscribe during a period treated as dies non. (2) The subscriber shall intimate his election not to subscribe during the leave referred to in the first proviso to sub-rule (1) in the following manner:-

(a) if he is an officer who draws his own bills, by making no deduction on account of subscription in his first pay bill drawn after proceeding on leave;

(b) if he is not an officer who draws his own pay bills, by written communication to the Head of his Office before he proceeds on leave.

Failure to make due and timely intimation shall be deemed to constitute an election to subscribe. The option of a subscriber intimated under this sub-rule shall be final.

(3) A subscriber who has under Rule 32 withdrawn the amount standing to his credit in the Fund shall not subscribe to the Fund after such withdrawal unless he returns to duty.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) a subscriber shall not subscribe to the Fund for the month in which he quits service unless, before the commencement of the said month, he communicates to the Head of Office in writing his option to subscribe for the said month.

RULE 7: CONDITIONS OF SUBSCRIPTION 7. Conditions of subscriptions (1) A subscriber shall subscribe monthly to the Fund except during the period when he is under suspension:

(a) It shall be expressed in whole rupees;

(b) It may be any sum, so expressed not less than 6 per cent of his emoluments and not more than his total emoluments:

Provided that in the case of a subscriber who has previously been subscribing to a Government Contributory Provident Fund at the higher rate of 8 per cent, it may be any sum, so expressed, not less than 8 per cent, of his emoluments and not more than his total emoluments.

(c) When a Government servant elects to subscribe at the minimum rate of 6 per cent, or 8 per cent, as the case may be, the fraction of a rupee will be rounded to the nearest whole rupee, 50 p. counting as the next higher rupee.

(2) For the purpose of sub-rule (1), the emoluments of a subscriber shall be-

(a) in the case of a subscriber who was in Government service on the 31st March of the preceding year, the emoluments to which he was entitled on that date:

(i) if the subscriber was on leave on the said date and elected not to subscribe during such leave or was under suspension on the said date, his emoluments shall be the emoluments to which he was entitled on the first day after his return to duty;

(ii) if the subscriber was on deputation out of India on the said date or was on leave on the said date and continues to be on leave and has elected to subscribe during such leave, his emoluments shall be the emoluments to which he would have been entitled had he been on duty in India;

(b) in the case of a subscriber who was not in Government service on the 31st March of the preceding year, the emoluments to which he was entitled on the day he joins the Fund.

(3) The subscriber shall intimate the fixation of the amount of his monthly subscription in each year in the following manner:-

(a) If he was on duty on the 31st March of the preceding year, by the deduction which he makes in this behalf from his pay bill for that month;

(b) If he was on leave on the 31st March of the preceding year, and elected not to subscribe during such leave, or was under suspension on that date, by the deduction which he makes in this behalf from his first pay bill after his return

Rule-8: RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION (1) The amount of subscription shall be fixed by the subscriber himself, subject to the following conditions, namely:-

(c) If he has entered Government service for the first time during the year, by the deduction which he makes in this behalf, from his pay bill for the month during which he joins the Fund;

(d) If he was on leave on the 31st March of the preceding year, and continues to be on leave and has elected to subscribe during such leave, by the deduction which he causes to be made in this behalf from his salary bill for that month;

(e) If he was on foreign service on the 31st March of the preceding year, by the amount credited by him into the treasury on account of subscription for the month of April in the current year;

(4) The amount of subscription so fixed may be-

(a) reduced once at any time during the course of the year;

(b) enhanced twice during the course of the year; or

(c) reduced and enhanced as aforesaid:

Provided that when the amount of subscription is so reduced, it shall not be less than the minimum prescribed in sub-rule (1):

Provided further that if a subscriber is on leave without pay or leave on half pay or half average pay for a part of a calendar month and he has elected not to subscribe during such leave, the amount of subscription payable shall be proportionate to the number of days spent on duty including leave, if any, other than those referred to above.

Rule-9: TRANSFER TO FOREIGN SERVICE OR DEPUTATION OUT OF INDIA When a subscriber is transferred to foreign service or sent on deputation out of India, he shall remain subject to the rules of the Fund in the same manner as if he were not so transferred or sent on deputation.