Government
of
India
Ministry
of
Communications
Department
of
Telecommunications
Office
of
Controller
General
of
Communication
Accounts
NICF
Campus,
Ghitorni,
New
Delhi
-
110047.
No.
13-6/2020-21/BA&%IT/544ยป
8
Dated
04.02.2021
To,
All Pr.
CCAs/
CCAs
Subject: Regarding payment
of
Fixed
Medical
Allowance
to
BSNL
pensioners
through
CPMS
reg.
Ref: (i)
O%
CCA Karnataka Circle Letter No.12/FMA/2021/ dated 21/01/2021 (Enclosed)
(i)
No.47-14/CPMS/TA-II/2018|
4696-
4726
dated
21/10/2019
Vide
letter
under
reference
(i)
a
suggestion
for
adding
a
feature
of
Fixed
Medical
Allowance
(FMA)
in
SAMPANN
for
BSNL
Pensioners
has
been
raised.
Presently,
in
SAMPANN,
option
of
opting
for
FMA
is
extended
only
to
CDA
pensioners.
As
per
DoT
O.M.
dated
21.10.2019
under
reference
IDA
pensioners
(BSNL)
are also eligible to opt for FMA. Presently, such functionality
is
not
available
to
IDA
pensioners
in
SAMPANN.
However,
development
of
extension
of
FMA
to
IDA
pensioners
and
a
utility
for
change
of
FMA
after
generation
of
PPO
is
part
of
the
development
plan
and
will
be
developed
in
due
course.
I
am
directed
to
convey
that
till
such
time
the
fiunctionality
is
developed,
the
following
process
for
payment
of
FMA
to
eligible
IDA
(BSNL)
pensioners
could
be
followed
by
CCA
offices:
Necessary
corrigendum
regarding
inclusion
of
FMA
may
be
issued
by
CCA
Offices
manually
which
can
then
be
uploaded
on
the
Pensioner's
Dashboard
using
the
Upload
Utility.
The
payment
of
FMA
(as
per
eligibility)
may
be
done
by
entering
the
FMA
related
amount
in
the
Arrear
column
in
the
Monthly
Bill
at
DH
(PDA)
level
while
processing.
Once
the
FMA
Change
Utility
has
been
built,
the
necessary
authority
will
be
generated
by
the
system
and
FMA
amount
will
be
incorporated
in
the
Monthly
Bill
automatically.
Also, after development, for fresh cases,
FMA
will
be extended
to
IDA
cases
as
well
like
it
has
been
done
for
CDA
cases.
This
issues with approval
of
the Competent Authority.
pulo
3
20
(Taranjeet
Singh)
JaNam
ACGCA (BA&IT)
Mob-8054341504
Email: [email protected]
Copy
to:
1.
PS
to
Member(F)
2.
PS
to
CGCA
3.
PS
to
Addl.
CGCA
4.
Director
(Accounts-1),
DOT
HQ.
DEPARTMENT
OF
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
o/o
cONTROLLER
OF
cOMMUNICATION
ACCOUNTS
IIFLOOR
AMENITY
BLOCK,
PALACE
ROAD,
BANGALORE
-560
00
No.12/FMA/2021/
dt.
21/01/2021
To
Jt.
Controller
General
of
Communication
Accounts
(BA&IT)
Department
of
Telecommunications,
NICF
Campus,
Ghitorni
New
Delhi
-
1100447
SUB:
Regarding
payment
of
Fixed
Medical
Allowance
to
BSNL
pensioners
through
CPVVs
REF:
DOT L.No.
47-14/CPMS/TA-I/2018/4696-4726
dt.
21/10/2019
We would
like
to
bring your
kind
attention to an issue
that
has arisen for
BSNL
SAMPANN
pensioners
with
respect
to
the
payment
of
Fixed
Medical
Allowance
(FMA)
Please refer to above mentioned letter (copy enclosed) where
in
as per para no (ii):
"para
2(a)
and
(b)
of the
OM
dated
29.9.2016 (copy enclosed)
are
fully applicable to
BSNL
and
MTNL
pensioners
who
opt
for
CGHS
and
care
may
be
taken
to
ensure
the
same
is
implemented
including
grant
of
FMA
as
applicable.
"
We
have
processed
this
payment
on
a
case
to
case
basis
in
the
past
one
year,
and
now
we
see
a
rise
in
representations
demanding
this
pay
out.
2.
In
the
past
scenario
before
roll
out
of
SAMPANN
the
pension
was
being
paid
through
Banks
and
Post
Offices, it
was
in
the
form
of
a
standard
one
time
instruction
to
each
of
1.
the
cases.
3.
We
now
anticipate
a
similar
issue
for
the
cases
that
are
being
ported
to
SAMPANN
from
the
erstwhile bank/post office pension payment mode.
The
problem
that
we
are
facing
currently
is
that
SAMPANN
has
no
separate
field
to
capture
this
FMA.
So
if
this
situation
continues,
we
will
have
to
resort
to
manual
activity
of
raising
arrear
bills,
month
on
month,
in
order
to
process
these
payments,
and
there
are
more
than
15,000
such
entries
to
be
made.
This will
need
substantial
manual
resources,
and
is
repetitive
(monthly)
and
we
would
be
unable
to
do
this
with
our
current
resources,
leading
to
complaints
and
grievances
The
way
to
overcome
is
a
one-time
addition
of
a field
in
the
pension
payment
page
in
CPMS
software
that
provides this feature of
FMA.
Post this, we
will
be able to populate each and every
pensioners
FMA
as a one-time activity, and this payment along with
the
pension
payment
can be
processed
together
automatically month-on-month.
We have raised this issue through
CPMS
Help
Desk
seeking a resolution.
We
request
you
to
consider
our
suggestion
for
adding
this
feature
in
the
CPMS
Software.
We
welcome any
alternate
suggestion
that
will
achieve
the
purpose
of
avoiding
repetitive
intense
manual work month-on-month, and
at
the
same time enable
automation
and consistency.
Dy.
Controller
of
Communication
Accounts
0/o
CCA,
Karnataka
Circle,
Bangalore-1
