GOVERNMENT
OF INDIA
MINISTRY
OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2752
ANSWERED
ON 13.03.2013
PENSION SCHEME FOR JNVS
2752 . Shri BHUPENDRA SINGH/PRALHAD
VENKATESH JOSHI/BAIJAYANT PANDA
Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-
(a) the number of various categories of posts in teaching as well as non-teaching categories in the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) in the country;
(b) whether persons appointed in JNVs prior to the year 2004 in teaching as well as non-teaching categories are not getting pension after retirement;
(c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
(d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?
(a) the number of various categories of posts in teaching as well as non-teaching categories in the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) in the country;
(b) whether persons appointed in JNVs prior to the year 2004 in teaching as well as non-teaching categories are not getting pension after retirement;
(c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
(d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT (DR.SHASHI THAROOR)
(a): The number of teaching as well as non-teaching
categories of posts sanctioned in the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) in the
country is given below:-
|
Sl. No.
|
Category
|
Posts Sanctioned
|
|
1
|
Principal
|
584
|
|
2
|
Vice-Principal
|
395
|
|
3
|
Post Graduate Teacher (PGT)
|
4332
|
|
4
|
Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT)
|
5146
|
|
5
|
Misc. Categories teachers
|
3056
|
|
6
|
Non-teaching staff
|
9023
|
|
Total
|
22536
|
(b) & (c): The employees of JNVs appointed before
01.01.2004 have for the grant of pension under the CCS (Pension)
Rules, 1972 as the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), an autonomous organization,
was registered after 01.01.1986, the cut-off date for determining the
eligibility of employees of autonomous bodies, for pension under CCS (Pension)
Rules, 1972. These employees have been representing for this pension and some
sections of them had proceeded on strike with effect from 06.02.2013
for fulfillment of their demands, of which the major demand related to grant of
pension. The strike has since been withdrawn with effect from 15.2.2013 after
assurances from the Government that all their legitimate demands would be
sympathetically considered in a time-bound manner.
(d) The Government has approved the introduction of the New Pension Scheme
(NPS) for all the regular employees of the NVS, joining on or after 1.4.2009.
Those employees who had joined the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti on a regular basis
before 1.4.2009, including those appointed prior to the year 2004, shall have the option either to continue with the existing Contributory Provident Fund Scheme or to join the New Pension Scheme.
Source: Lok Sabha Q&A
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