Internet facility through data card

No.24(5)/E.Coord/2012 

Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

New Delhi, the 11th May, 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Internet facility through data card-reg.

References are being received from various Ministries/Departments seeking clarification/relaxation for internet facility through Data Card. The matter has been reviewed and it has been decided to allow use of data card for internet purposes subject to the following conditions:

(i) No Data-Card (Hardware etc) would be provided by the office and only reimbursement for data use, through data card, will be allowed on submission of bill.

(ii) The User has the liberty to choose any operator/plan beneficial to them.

(iii) Re-imbursement would be allowed for one data card connection only.

(iv) There would be no separate ceiling for the internet through data card and the reimbursement will be allowed to the entitled officer according to the ceiling/guidelines/clarification laid down vide this Department’s OMs No. 7(14)/C&V/2006 dated November l4th, 2006, dated April 14th, 2007 and dated July 9th, 2007. As such, the maximum monthly reimbursable amount, towards charges on residential telephone/mobile phone/broadband/data card use (for internet purposes), to a category of a officer will be as under:

Rank / Designation	Ceiling Amount (in Rs.)
Secretary to the Government of India and equivalent rank	2800
Additional Secretary to the Government of India and equivalent rank	2500
Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India and equivalent rank	2500
Director and Deputy Secretary to the Government of India and equivaicnt rank	1500
Below the rank of Depuy Secretary to the Government of India (restricted to 25% of Group ‘A’ Officers below the rank of Deputy Secretary)	800

sd/-

(Saheli Ghosh Roy)

Director (E. Coord)

Source: www.finmin.nic.in
[http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_expenditure/notification/telephone/Internet_Facility_DataCard.pdf]

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Distribution and collection of phone bills of BSNL through line staff

To

                 All Heads of Telecom Circles/Metro Telephone Districts

                Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.

No.2-4/2006-BSNL/TR/Pt.                                                                                 dated: 24-06-2011.

Subject: Distribution and collection of phone bills of BSNL through line staff.

                Kind reference is invited to this office letter of even No. dated 12-09-2008 through which the approval of Competent Authority was conveyed for allowing line staff to collect and distribute phone bills of BSNL on the incentive rate of  Rs.2/- (Two) per bill for delivery and Rs.3/- (Three) per bill for collection, on certain terms and conditions as indicated therein.

                The instructions contained in the letter mentioned above are hereby re-iterated for wide circulation in all the SSAs of your Circle, so that the benefit of the scheme is availed off by maximum members of the line staff. 

                Moreover, it has been desired to have monthly reports on achievement made through the scheme from all Circles (SSA wise), for the ensuing three months i.e., July, August and September 2011. It is requested to ensure that the reports for these three months are sent to this office positively by 15^th on the month following the month of report in the format given below.

Source : CGEN

                 (G. P. Verma)

GM (Finance) CFA

FORMAT

Report on distribution and collection of phone bills through Line staff

Name of the Circle: __________________                    Month of Report: ____________________

Name of SSA	Total No. of Phone bills issued during the month	No. of bills distributed by Line staff during the month	No. of bills collected by Line staff during the month	Amount of incentive Paid to staff for distribution and collection of bills during the month