1. The issue regarding enhancement in the amount of honorarium admissible to the practitioners and dispensers in Homoeopathic / Ayurvedic dispensaries being run under the S B F was under consideration of this office.
2. The matter has been examined in the detail and in partial supersession of the instructions contained in this office letter of even number dated 07.01.2009 ibid, sanction of the Ministry of Railways is communicated to revision of expenditure on the Homoeopathic/Ayurvedic dispensaries being run by the Staff Benefit Fund Committees, as follows:
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Revised Rates of Expenditure |
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[a] Monthly honorarium for Homoeopathic / Ayurvedic practitioners
i. 8 hrs. duration ii. 4 hrs. duration |
Rs. 21,000/- p.m. Rs. 12,600/- p.m.
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[b] Monthly honorarium for Ayurvedic Dispensers |
rs. 7100/-p.m. |
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[c] Monthly subsidy on Medicines
[i] Ayurvedic Dispensaries [ii] Homeopathic Dispensaries |
Rs. 8,000/- p.m. [No change] Rs. 5,000/- p.m.[includes Rs. 2,000/- p.m. for dispenser, if required] |
3. In case annual allotment for “Indigenous Systems of Medicine” under SBF [under which Homoeopathic and Ayurvedic dispensaries function] at Rs. 22.50 per capita is found inadequate to meet the increase in requirement of funds on account of the above revision in the honorarium, the additional expenditure necessitated due to revision under these orders would be met through re-appropriation from the head “ Medical Services” as additional ad hoc contribution to the SBF, and the Medical Budget would be suitably augmented from Revenues. CPOs would advise CMDs about the additional funds required on this account so that the same could be reflected in the budgetary estimates.
4. These orders take effect from 1.8.2010.