The GPF subscription of an employee of the Government of Gujarat is governed by Bombay General Provident Fund Rules |
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| a. | In the case of a male subscriber, the wife or wives, children, the widow or widows and children of a deceased son of a subscriber. |
| b. | In the case of a female subscriber, the husband, children, the widow or widows of deceased son of a subscriber. |
A female subscriber can exclude her husband from the list of Family Members
(Rule 2(c) (ii)) |
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| Yes, if under the personal law of the subscriber, the adoption is legally recognized. |
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| a. | Subscription to the Fund is compulsory for all Government servants. |
| b. | Every temporary Government servant from the date of completing one year of continuous service. |
| c. | There is an option for a temporary Government Servant appointed against regular vacancy and likely to be continued for more than one year may subscribe to the Fund any time before completion of 1 year of continuous services. |
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| 10 % of pay for the month of March of the preceding year. |
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| Not more than the emolument (for the month of March of the preceding year). |
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| Yes. The rate can be increased twice and / or decreased once at any time during the course of the year and the amount of subscription so fixed shall remain unchanged during the year provided that the revised subscription conforms to the minimum and maximum limits. |
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| Unlike insurance policies, a government servant can have only one G.P.Fund Account. |
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| a. | When emoluments are drawn from a government Treasury, recovery of subscriptions and advances shall be made from the emoluments themselves. |
| b. | In the case of a subscriber on deputation to a body corporate owned or controlled by Government, the subscription shall be recovered and forwarded to the Accounts Officer by such body. |
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| Subscriptions to the Fund shall be stopped 3 months prior to the date of retirement of the subscriber. Subscription shall be stopped during suspension, and at his option during half pay leave / leave without pay and dies-non. |
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| By making a nomination in the form set forth in the First Schedule to the BGPF Rules the subscriber can confer on one or more persons of his / her family, the right to receive the amount that may stand to his credit in the Fund in the event of his/her death before the that amount has become payable or having become payable has not been paid. The subscriber can cancel a nomination any time by sending a notice in writing to the Accountant General. |
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| Yes, but the subscriber should specify the share payable to each nominee in such a manner as to cover the whole of the amount that may stand to his credit in the Fund. |
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| The GPF amount to the credit of a subscriber becomes finally payable on quitting Government Service. |
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| Unless specifically provided for by the Government no amounts like Leave Salary Encashment, Pay Arrears etc., can be credited to the GPF. |
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| After Lapse of one year from the date of FIR filed with police, GPF Balance shall be eligible to the nominees as filed by the subscriber. |
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| At the time of making the nomination, if the subscriber has a family, the nomination cannot be made in favour of any person other than a family member. |
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