PROVIDENT FUND - General Provident Fund (Tamil Nadu) – Rate of interest for the financial year 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 – Orders – Issued.

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU
2013

FINANCE (ALLOWANCES) DEPARTMENT
G.O.No.127, DATED 19th April, 2013
(Chithirai 6, Vijaya, Thiruvalluvar Aandu 2044)

PROVIDENT FUND - General Provident Fund (Tamil Nadu) – Rate of interest for the financial year 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 – Orders – Issued.

Read the following:-

   (1) G.O.Ms.No.106, Finance (Allowances) Department, dated 30.3.2011.

   (2) From the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs, New Delhi letter No.5(1)-B(PD)/2012, dated 22.5.2012.

   (3) From the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs, New Delhi letter No.5(1)-B(PD)/2013, dated 8.4.2013

ORDER:

   The Government direct that the rate of interest on the accumulation at the  credit to the following Provident Funds for the financial year 2012-2013 be 8.8%  (Eight point Eight) per annum with effect from 1.4.2012 and for the financial year 2013-2014 be 8.7% (Eight point Seven) per annum with effect from 1.4.2013.

   (i) General Provident Fund (Tamil Nadu)

   (ii) Pudukottai State Provident Fund

   (iii) Travancore State Provident Fund

   (iv) Travancore Contingent Employees Provident Fund

   2. The rate of interest on belated final payment of Provident Fund accumulations remaining unpaid for more than three months of its becoming payable shall be at the same rates as indicated in para 1 above.

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

K. SHANMUGAM
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

Source:http://www.tn.gov.in/gosdb/gorders/finance/fin_e_127_2013.pdf

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Resettlement of Defence Personnel

   The number of personnel retiring from Armed Forces varies from year to year. Approximately 50,000 to 55,000 defence personnel retire every year from defence services.

   The government provides vocational training to retiring officers and Other Ranks through training institutes to enable them to settle down in civilian life. This training is optional. Government provides 60% fee subsidy to officers & 100% fee subsidy to Junior Commissioned Officers/Other Ranks.

   During the last 3 years, total number of defence personnel trained prior to their retirement is as follows:

Year	Officers	JCOs / OR and equivalent	Total
2010-11	810	17743	18553
2011-12	967	23814	24781
2012-13	748	20730	21478

   Six months Certificate Course in management is conducted for officers at IIMs which enables them to secure decent jobs in private sector. The facility of campus placement is however not available.

    This information was given by Minister of State for Defence  ShriJitendra Singh in a written reply to Shri Jagdish Singh Ranain Lok Sabha today.