GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING

(TRAINING DIVISION)

Dated: 31st March, 1987

Subject: Improvement in service conditions of faculty members in Training Institutions.

Reference is invited to this Ministry's OMs of even number dated 7.2.86, dated 17.4 86 and dated 3.6.86 on the above mentioned subject.

2. Taking into account the introduction of the Fourth Pay commission pay scales and the various references -received from the Ministries/Departments the following, revised guidelines are issued in supersession of the previous OMs, from this Ministry, referred to above.

1. When an employee of Government, joins a training institution meant for training government officials as a faculty member, other than as a permanent faculty member, he will be given a training allowance at the rate of 30 percent of his basic pay drawn from time to time in the revised scales of pay.

   Note: Basic Pay, in this context, means,

   1. in the case of an officer belonging to an All India Service, the basic pay, which he would have drawn on deputation to the Centre.

   2. in the case of an officer belonging to a Central Service

   1. the basic pay which he would have drawn on deputation to the Centre, if he joins a Training' Institution on deputation outside his Department/Ministry.

   2. the basic pay, which, he would have drawn in his cadre if he joins a Training Institution within his Department/Ministry

   3. In any other case the basic Pay which he would have drawn in his regular post if he had not joined the Training institution.

    

2. Training allowance will be reduced by special pay deputation pay and allowance thereon to which a faculty member might be entitled in the institution.

3. Training allowance will be admissible to faculty members excluding those not covered by these guidelines as indicated in sub-para (XI) without any ceiling and will not form part of pay as defined in F.R. 9(21), but will count for purposes of leave salary.

4. Each child of a member of' the faculty continuing his education at a centre other than the place of training institution should be given leave travel concession twice a year, to be able to join his parents at the place of the training institution.

5. Each the training institution should draw up a programme for, constructing adequate number of residential quarters for housing its faculty members. Where accommodation is inadequate suitable provision for hiring accommodation on government account and renting it to faculty members may be able on the pattern being adopted by the Ministry of Railway and the Services Headquarters.

6. The head of the training Institution alone may be given a sumptuary allowance Of Rs.250/-(Rupees Two Hundred and Fifty) per month because his duties will require meeting with and entertaining small groups of students/faculty/visiting faculty.

7. Other things being equal, a successful tenure of the faculty in a training institution will be taken into account while determining suitability for promotion.

8. On Completion of the tenure in a training institution, each officer should be given the facility of three option relating to his next posting and the Department concerned would arrange for the posting according to the option exercised by the Officer as far as possible.

9. Training allowance will be admissible only to the faculty whose work is to impart training/teaching and not to others.

10. Such training allowance will also be admissible to an employee of Government who goes on deputation as a faculty member to an autonomous training institutions aided by the Central Government which inter-alia trains Group `A’ Government officials.

11. These guidelines would not be applicable to the faculty members recruited specifically for training institutions.

12. The incentives outlined in this OM and consequential orders will take effect from 1^st January in so far as these relating to training institutes primarily meant for training group ‘A’ officials and from 1 January 1987 for training institutions primarily meant for training other officials.

13. Each Ministry/Department will issue orders in pursuance of these guidelines in consultation with their Integrated Finance and a separate reference to the Establishment Division of the Department Expenditure (Ministry of Finance) will not be necessary.

14. There should be an immediate screening of the existing incumbents occupying faculty position in training institutions who are eligible for the training incentives outlined above, so that only those who are classified as outstanding faculty should be retained. The others should be reverted to parent cadre / organisation.

15. For appointments to faculty posts in training institutions, the concerned Ministry/Department will prescribe a strict selection process to find truly excellent trainers for such appointment. The guidelines for such selection should specify not merely an outstanding services record but also very good training capability. Regard can be had to be paraticipation in trainer’s training courses, to the keeness of interest taken by the official in providing requisite training to his subordinates in the various jobs held by him and to his performance in an earlier assignment, if any, in a post relating to training.

2. This Ministry may be kept apprised of the progress of implementation of these guidelines from time to time.
3. This issues in consultation with the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure.
4. Receipt of this OM may please be acknowledged.

(K.A. Chandrasekaran)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India.