aire ws agra thr aiedtes faites Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, affa fear Corporate Policy Section, hha few, use wale wR, dr wee, trae ‘Green tll’, Ground Floor, A-Wing, Tel favan, DEHRADUN Tel No. 0135 ~ 2792182; Fax No. 0135 - 2758156 No. 14(19)/47-PRICP Date: 27.10.2017 OFFICE ORDER (33/ 2017) SUB: PAY REVISION OF BOARD LEVEL & BELOW BOARD LEVEL EXECUTIVES W.E.F. 01.01.2017. ONGC Board in its 298'" Meeting held on 28.09.2017 at New Delhi has accorded approval for implementation of pay revision in respect of Board and below Board level executives w.e-f. 01.01.2017 based on guidelines issued by Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) vide OM No. W-02/0028/2017-DPE (WC) =GL- XIll / 17 dated 03.08.2017, OM No. W-02/0028/2017-DPE (WC) — GL- XIV/ 17 dated 04.08.2017 & OM No. W-02/0028/2017-DPE (WC) - GL- XVI/ 17 dated 07.09.2017. 2. Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has issued Presidential Directive vide letter No. 31018 / 152 / 2016 — ONG - III dated 26.10.2017 for implementation of revision of pay and allowances for executives of ONGC. Accordingly, it has been decided to revise Pay and Allowances with effect from 01.01.2017 as per details given hereunder:- w REVISED PAY SCALES: The following revised pay scales corresponding to existing pre-revised pay scales shall be adopted for executive's w.e-f. 01.01.2017: Grade/Level | Existing Pay Scale Revised Pay Scale ®@) EO 20600-46500 50000-60000 EA 24900-50500 60000-180000 E2 29700-54500 70000-20000 E3 32900-58000 80000-22000 E4 36600-62000 ‘90000-24000 ES 43200-66000 100000-260000 Es 51300-73000 120000-280000 E7 | 51300-73000 120000-280000 E8 51300-73000 420000-280000 E9 62000-80000 150000-300000 | Director 75000-100000 180000-340000 CMD '80000-125000 200000-370000 Registered Office: Deendayal Ua Bhavan, 6 Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kan, New Dal ~ 10070 CIN No: L7489801 180360054155; Website: wi ongrindia.com(ll) FITMENT BENEFIT: ‘A.uniform full fitment benefit of 15% shall be provided on the sum of Basic Pay (including admissible Stagnation Increments) as on 31.12.2016 and IDA @ 119.5 % as applicable on 01.01.2017. (lll) METHODOLOGY FOR PAY FIXATION: (A) _ Following fitment methodology shall be implemented to arrive at the revised Basic Pay as on 01.01.2017:- A B c 5 a (Revised Basic Pay as on 01.01.2017) * Basic Pay (BP) + Stagnation | | Industrial Dearness increment(s) as Allowance (IDA) @ 15% Aggregate on 31.12.2016 | + | 119.5% as |+ | (Fitment |= | amount rounded (Personal Pay / applicable on benefit) off to the next © Special Pay not 1.1.2017 40/-. to be included) | * In case revised basic pay as on 01.01.2017 arrived so is less than the minimum | the revised pay scale, pay will be fixed at the minimum of the revised pay scale. (B) The executives who join the service on or after 01.01.2017 will be placed in the revised pay scales from the date of their joining. Such executives will not be eligible for the fitment benefit under the pay revision. (IV) INCREMENT: A uniform rate of 3% of Basic Pay will be applicable for both annual increment as well as promotion increment. Registered Office: Deendayal Uja Bhavan, § Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kun, New Dehhi- 110070 ‘GIN No: {7489901 1083G01054156; Website: www ongcndiacom(V) STAGNATION INCREMENT: In case of reaching the end point of pay scale, an executive will be allowed to draw stagnation increments, one after every two years up to a maximum of three such increments, provided the executive gets a performance rating of ‘Good’ or above. (Vl) DEARNESS ALLOWANCE: 100% DA neutralization will be adopted for all the executives. DA as on 01.01.2017 will become zero with link point of All India Consumer Price Index (AICPI) 2001 = 100, which is 277.33 (Average of AICPI for the months of September, October & November, 2016) as on 01.01.2017. The periodicity of adjustment will be once in three months as per the existing practice. The quarterly DA payable from 01.01.2017 will be as under.- Effective Date Rate of Dearness Allowance (%) 01.01.2017 0.0 __01.04.2017 : AA 01.07.2017 = 0.2 01.10.2017 2.2 (VIl) HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE (HRA) / LEASED ACCOMMODATION & HOUSE RENT RECOVERY (HRR): (A) House Rent Allowance (HRA): Payment of HRA on revised basic pay shall be at the following rates CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES RATE OF HRA X-Class (Population of 50 Lakh and above) 24% of Basic Pay Y-Class (Population of 5 Lakh to 50 Lakh) 16% of Basic Pay Z-Class (Population below 5 Lakh ) 08% of Basic Pay Rate of HRA will be revised to 27%, 18% & 9% for X, Y and Z class cities respectively when IDA crosses 25% and further revised to 30%, 20% and 10% when IDA crosses 50%. (B) Leased Accommodation: The decision on the grade wise rental ceilings for different level of executives in the revised pay scales, keeping in view / linkage to the HRA iad On: Deataya Ups Darn en Nard Pol, Vasa Kn New DaRT=T0TO a» ‘No: 0.120054 Webs: and cm(ce) (vitty amount, classification of cities for HRA purpose, pay scales of executives, House rent recovery rate etc. shall be communicated later. If an executive is staying in his / her own house then normally he or she shall be entitled to the HRA amount but if the said house is taken as lease accommodation for self-occupation purpose, the lease rental ceilings (after adjusting the HRR amount) shall not exceed the net applicable HRA amount. House Rent Recovery (HRR): The HRR in respect of leased accommodation shall be at the following rate, or the actual rent, whichever is lower: Classification of Cities Rate of HRR XClass 7.5% of Basic Pay Y-Class 5% of Basic Pay ZClass 2.5% of Basic Pay For colony accommodation, the HRR shall be 7.5% of Basic Pay (for X- class cities) / 5% of Basic Pay (for Y-class cities) / 2.5% of Basic Pay (for Z-Class cities), or standard rent fixed by ONGC, whichever is lower. PERKS & ALLOWANCES: Cafeteria approach shall be adopted for payment of perks and allowances admissible to different categories of executives subject to a ceiling of 35% of Basic Pay. The recurring cost incurred on running and maintenance of infrastructure facilities like hospitals, colleges, schools, etc. would be outside the ceiling of 35% of Basic Pay. ‘As regards Company owned accommodation provided to the executives, the Company would bear the Income Tax liability on the “non-monetary perquisite’ of which 50% shall be loaded within the ceiling of 35% of Basic Pay on perks and allowances. (xX) (A) (a) OTHER PERKS AND ALLOWANCES OUTSIDE THE CEILING OF 35% OF BASIC PAY UNDER CAFETERIA APPROACH: Location based Compensatory Allowances: For serving in North-East States and Ladakh Region: Registered Office: Doondayal Uje Bhavan, 6 Nelson Mandela Road, Vasa Kan, New Dah - 10070 CIN No: L7489901 198960054155; Website: worn.ongcindia.comAssam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Sikkim 10% of Basic Pay Ladakh Region 10% of Basic Pay (b) For serving in Island Territories of Andaman and Nicobar (AN) Islands and Lakshadweep: Difficult Areas (North and Middle Andaman, South Areas around capital towns ( Port Blair in A&N islands, Kavaratti and Agatti in Lakshadweep ) Andaman excluding Port Blair, entire Lakshadweep except Kavaratti Agatti and Minicoy) 10% of Basic pay 16% of Basic pay More Difficult Areas (Little Andaman, Nicobar group of islands, Narcondam islands, East islands and Minicoy ) 20% of Basic pay (c) Special Allowance: For serving in difficult and far flung areas: Part A ( Areas covered under Annexure —1 of Department of expenditure O.M. No. 3/1/2017-E- M(B) dated 19.07.2017) 8% of Basic pay Part B ( Areas covered under Annexure —II of Department of expenditure O.M. No. 3/1/2017-E- I(B) dated 19.07.2017) 6% of Basic Pay | 1(B) dated 19.07.2017) (B) Part C ( Areas covered under Annexure -lll of Department of expenditure O.M. No. 3/1/2017-E- 4% of Basic Pay Part D ( Areas covered under Annexure -IV of Department of expenditure O.M. No. 3/1/2017-E- 1(B) dated 19.07.2017) 3% of Basic Pay In the event of a place falling in more than one cat admissible. Non Practicing Allowance (NPA): NPA @ 20% of Basic Pay shall be paid to Medical Officers. NPA will not be considered as pay for purpose of calculating oth tegory ie. (a)/(b) and (c) mentioned above, in that case only the higher rate of allowance will be \er benefits, > Registered Office: Deendayal Uja Bhavan, 5 Nelson Mandela Road, Vasari Kun, New Deni 170070 ‘CIN No: L74899011993601054155; Website: www.ongcindi jacom(xX) PERFORMANCE RELATED PAY (PRP): Payment of PRP shall be regulated as per DPE guidelines from FY 2017- 418 and onwards. (Xl) SUPERANNUATION BENEFITS: (A) Company shall continue to contribute up to 30% of Basic Pay plus DA towards Provident Fund, Gratuity, Post-Superannuation Medical Benefits (PRMB) and Pension of employees. (B) The ceiling of gratuity of the executives stands raised from 10 lakhs to & 20 lakhs w.e.f, 01.01.2017 and funding for the entire amount of gratuity would be met from within the ceiling of 30% of Basic Pay plus DA. Besides, the ceiling of gratuity shall increase by 25% whenever IDA rises by 50%. (C) The existing requirement of superannuation and of minimum of 15 years of service has been dispensed with for the pension. (D) The existing Post-Retirement Medical Benefits will continue to be linked to requirement of superannuation and minimum of 15 years of continuous service for other than Board level executives. The Post-Retirement Medical Benefits shall be allowed to Board level executives (without any linkage to provision of 15 years of service) upon completion of their tenure or upon attaining the age of retirement, whichever is earlier. (Xl) CORPUS FOR MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR RETIREES: Corpus for post-retirement medical benefits and other emergency needs for the employees who have retired prior to 01.01.2007 would be created by contributing the existing ceiling of 1.5% of PBT. (XtIl) CLUB MEMBERSHIP: Board level executives would be provided with Corporate Club membership (up to maximum of two clubs), co-terminus with their tenure. (XIV) PERIODICITY: The next pay revision shall take place in line with the periodicity as decided for Central Government employees but not later than 10 years. Registered Office: Deendayal Uja Bhavan, 5 Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kun, New Delhi 170070, ‘CIN No: 17489901 1999G01054155; Website: www ongcinda.com(XV) EFFECTIVE DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION & PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCES: The revised basic pay, DA, perks & allowances under the cafeteria approach shall be effective from 01.01.2017. Other perks and allowances such as HRA / Lease Accommodation / House Rent Recovery / Location based compensatory allowances / Non-practicing allowance (NPA) shall be effective from the date of issue of Presidential Directive i.e. 26.10.2017 (XVI) EXISTING ALLOWANCES: All existing allowances not specifically covered under this order shall be paid at the existing rate in the pre-revised pay scales till the date of issue of Presidential Directive i.e. 26.10.2017. (Aion wien ED-Chief, ER Registered Office: Deendayal Uja Bhavan, § Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kurj, New Deil~ 110070, CIN No: 7486901 1993601054755; Website: www oogcnda.com 7