rcsc.gov.bt Civil Service Welfare Scheme For Servants Bhutan : Royal Commission

Name of the Organization : Royal Civil Service Commission
Type of Facility : Civil Service Welfare Scheme For Servants
Country : Bhutan

Website : http://www.rcsc.gov.bt/csw/

Related :
Royal Civil Service Commission View CV For Individual Employee Bhutan :
https://www.statusin.org/4003.html

Civil Service Welfare Scheme:

It is the policy of the Civil Service to “pay adequate remuneration, allowances and benefits to the civil servants.” However, in the current civil service system, there is only a 21 days bereavement leave in the event of death of “a family member, parent, spouse’s parent, and sibling”.

The 14 days TAT will start from the date of receipt of completed documents by the Agencies/HROs.

Therefore, the Civil Servants’ Welfare Scheme is an initiative of the RCSC whereby every civil servant would have to make a monthly contribution of small amount for which a lump-sum amount would be given to a civil servant in the event of death of his/her dependant, and to the dependant in the event of death of a civil servant.

Objectives:

** Make Civil Service attractive through financial benefits
** Help attract, motivate and retain the best
** Take care of the civil servants from entry till exit and beyond superannuation
** Help civil servants help themselves especially during the time of death because it is a costly affair

Scope:

1. All regular civil servants are members of this scheme by default. The direct dependants of the civil servant can benefit from this scheme.

2. Direct Dependants:
** Parents
** Spouse(s)
** Children (CID number allotted by DCRC would be the basis for the child to be an eligible dependant)

The members must update the list of dependants annually in the Nomination Update Form (Annexure 1).

3. The civil servants upon superannuation can continue being members of the scheme and have their monthly contribution deducted at source from pension. However, those civil servants who are due for superannuation between the period of 17 December, 2014 to 30 June, 2015 cannot be the member of the scheme.

The membership would not extend to the expatriates and contract civil servants.

Monthly contribution:

** The contribution would be deducted at source by the respective Accounts Sections/NPPF and deposited into the welfare account
** Upon superannuation, civil servants will be conferred Lifetime Membership Certificate

Payment:

** Nu. 75,000 in the event of the death of a member; same amount would be paid for the death of an additional member
** Nu. 35,000 in the event of the death of a dependant
** The semso grant will be a tax-free monetary benefit
** No reimbursement of any kind would be made for people opting out of the scheme or for those who have not made a single claim
** 8 months (November 2014 – June 2015) would be the period for building the corpus for the scheme; the payouts would commence only from 1 July, 2015.

Claiming procedures:

Submit the duly filled form and documents (Claimant)
Verify (involve Civil Registration & Census Section and Geog Administration if the claim appears to be fraudulent) (HR Officer)
Approve (Head of the Agency)
Payment (Accounts Officer)

HR Officer must submit monthly reports to the Welfare Unit through the respective HR Committees

Documents needed:

1. Duly filled form (Annexure 3)
2. Photocopy of the citizenship identity card of the claimant
3. Photocopy of the citizenship identity card of the deceased
4. Death certificate or a statement from the Gup certifying the death
5. Marriage certificate in case of a claim is being made for the spouse