KNOW ABOUT
MACP SCHEME
(Modified Assured
Career Progression Scheme)
· The Scheme is available to all posts
belonging to Group ‘A’ whether isolated or not. However, organised Group
"A" services will not be covered under the Scheme.
· The Scheme would be known as MODIFIED
ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION SCHEME (MACPS). This Scheme is in supersession of
previous ACP Scheme and clarifications issued there under and shall be
applicable to all regularly appointed Group ‘A’, ‘B’, and ‘C’ Railway Employees
except officers of the Organised Group ‘A’ Service.
· Casual employees, including those
granted ‘temporary status’ and employees appointed in the Railways only on
adhoc or contract basis shall not qualify for benefits under the aforesaid
Scheme.
· The scheme would be operational w.e.f.
01.09.2008. In other words, financial up-gradations as per the provisions of
the earlier ACP Scheme (of October, 1999) would be granted till 31.08.2008.
· 9. No stepping up of pay in the Pay
Band or Grade Pay would be admissible with regard to junior getting more pay
than the senior on account of pay fixation under MACP Scheme.
General Rule in Detail
MACP SCHEME
(MODIFIED ASSURED CAREER
PROGRESSION SCHEME)
1. There shall be three financial up-gradations under the MACPS,
counted from the direct entry grade on completion of 10, 20 and 30 years of
service respectively. Financial up-gradation under the Scheme will be
admissible whenever a person has spent 10 years continuously in the same Grade
Pay.
2. The MACPS envisages
merely placement in the immediate next higher Grade Pay in the hierarchy of the
recommended revised Pay Bands and Grade Pay as given in Section 1 , Part-A of
the first schedule of the Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008.
Thus, the Grade Pay at the time of financial up-gradation under the
MACPS can, in certain cases where regular promotion is not between two
successive grades, be different than what is available at the time of regular
promotion. In such cases, the higher-Grade Pay attached to the next promotion
post in the hierarchy of the concerned cadre/organisation will be given only at
the time of regular promotion.
3. The financial up-gradations under the MACPS would be admissible up
to the highest Grade Pay of Rs.12000/- in the PB-4.
4. Benefit of pay fixation available at the time of regular
promotion shall also be allowed at the time of financial up-gradation under the
Scheme. Therefore, the pay shall be raised by 3% of the total pay in the Pay
Band and the Grade Pay drawn before such up-gradation.
There shall, however, be no further fixation of pay at the time of
regular promotion if it is in the same Grade Pay as granted under MACPS.
However, at the time of actual promotion if it happens to be in a post carrying
higher Grade Pay than what is available under MACPS, no pay fixation would be
available and only difference of Grade Pay would be made available.
To illustrate, in case a Railway Servant joins as a direct recruit
in the Grade Pay of Rs.1900 in PB-l and he gets no promotion till completion of
10 years of service, he will be granted financial up-gradation under MACPS in
the next higher Grade Pay of Rs.2000 and his pay will be fixed by granting him
one increment plus the difference of Grade Pay (i.e. Rs.100).
After availing financial up-gradation under MACPS, if the Railway
servant gets his regular promotion in the hierarchy of his cadre, which is to
the Grade Pay of Rs.2400, on regular promotion, he will only be granted the
difference of Grade Pay between Rs.2000 and Rs.2400. No additional increment
will be granted at this stage.
5. Promotions earned/up-gradations granted under the ACP Scheme in
the past to those grades which now carry the same Grade Pay due to merger of
pay scales/up-gradations of posts recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission shall
be ignored for the purpose of granting up-gradations under Modified ACPS.
Illustration
The pre-revised hierarchy (in ascending order) in a particular
organisation was as follows: Rs.5000-8000, Rs.5500-9000 & Rs.6500-10500.
(a) A Railway servant who was recruited in the hierarchy in the
pre-revised pay scale Rs.5000- 8000 and who did not get a promotion even after
25 years of service prior to 1.1.2006, in his case as on 1.1.2006, he would
have got two financial up-gradations under ACP to the next grades in the
hierarchy of his organization, i.e., to the pre-revised scales of Rs.5500- 9000
and Rs.6500-10500.
(b) Another Railway servant recruited in the same hierarchy in the
pre-revised scale of Rs.5000-8000 has also completed about 25 years of service,
but he got two promotions to the next higher grades of Rs.5500-9000 &
Rs.6500-10500 during this period.
In the case of both (a) and (b) above, the promotions/financial up-gradations
granted under ACP to the pre-revised scales of Rs.5500-9000 and Rs.6500-10500
prior to 1.1.2006 will be ignored on account of merger of the pre-revised
scales of Rs.5000-8000, Rs.5500-9000 and Rs.6500-10500 recommended by the Sixth
CPC. As per the RS(RP) Rules, both of them will be granted Grade Pay of Rs.4200
in the Pay Band PB-2. After the implementation of MACPS, two financial up-gradations
will be granted both in the case of (a) and (b) above to the next higher Grade
Pays of Rs.4600 and Rs.4800 in the Pay Band PB-2.
6. In the case of all the employees granted financial up-gradations
under ACPS till 01.01.2006, their revised pay will be fixed with reference to
the pay scale granted to them under the ACPS.
6.1 In the case of ACP up-gradations granted between 01.01.2006 and
31.08.2008, the Railway servant has the option under the RS(RP) Rules, 2008 to
have his pay fixed in the revised pay structure either
(a) w.e.f. 01.01.2006 with reference to his pre-revised scale as on
01.01.2006; or (b) w.e.f. the date of his financial up-gradation under ACP with
reference to the pre-revised scale granted under ACP. In case of option
(b), he shall be entitled to
draw his arrears of pay only from the date of his option, i.e. the date of
financial up-gradation under ACP.
6.2 In cases where financial up-gradation had been granted to
Railway servants in the next higher scale in the hierarchy of their cadre as
per the provisions of the ACP Scheme of October, 1999, but whereas as a result
of the implementation of Sixth CPC's recommendations, the next higher post in
the hierarchy of the cadre has been upgraded by granting a higher Grade Pay,
the pay of such employees in the revised pay structure will be fixed with
reference to the higher Grade Pay granted to the post.
To illustrate, in the case of Jr. Engineer in CPWD, who was granted 1st ACP in
his hierarchy to the grade of Assistant Engineer in the pre-revised scale of
Rs.6500-10500 corresponding to the revised Grade Pay of Rs.4200 in the Pay Band
PB-2, he will now be granted Grade Pay of Rs.4600 in the Pay Band PB-2
consequent upon up-gradation of the post of Asstt. Engineers in CPWD by
granting them the Grade Pay of Rs.4600 in PB-2 as a result of Sixth CPC's
recommendations. However, from the date of implementation of the MACPS, all the
financial up-gradations under the Scheme should be done strictly in accordance
with the hierarchy of Grade Pays in Pay Bands as notified vide RS (RP) Rules,
2008.
7. With regard to fixation of his pay on grant of
promotion/financial up-gradation under MACP Scheme, a Railway servant has an
option under Rule 1313(1)(a)(i) of the Indian Railway I:\MACPS.doc
Establishment Code-Volume II, (Sixth Edition 1987 – 2nd Reprint, 2005) [FR
22(1)(a)(i)] to get his pay fixed in the higher post/Grade Pay either from the
date of his promotion/up-gradation or from the date of his next increment viz.
1st July of the year. The pay and the date of increment would be fixed in
accordance with clarification no.2 of Railway Board's letter
No.PCVI/2008/I/RSRP/1 dated 25-9-2008 (PC-VI/22, RBE No.132/2008)
8. Promotions earned in the post carrying same Grade Pay in the
promotional hierarchy as per Recruitment Rules shall be counted for the purpose
of MACPS.
8.1 Consequent upon the
implementation of Sixth CPC's recommendations, Grade Pay of Rs.5400 is now in
two Pay Bands viz., PB-2 and PB-3. The Grade Pay of Rs.5400 in PB-2 and Rs.5400
in PB-3 shall be treated as separate Grade Pays for the purpose of grant of up-gradations
under MACPS.
9. 'Regular service' for the purpose of the MACPS shall commence
from the date of joining of a post in direct entry grade on a regular basis
either on direct recruitment basis or on absorption/re-employment basis.
Service rendered on adhoc /contract basis before regular appointment on pre-appointment
training shall not be taken into reckoning. However, past continuous regular
service in another Government/Department in a post carrying same Grade Pay
prior to regular appointment in a new Department, without a break, shall also
be counted towards qualifying regular service for the purpose of MACPS only
(and not for the regular promotions). However, benefits under the MACPS in such
cases shall not be considered till the satisfactory completion of the probation
period in the new post.
10. Past service rendered by a Railway employee in a State
Government / statutory body / Autonomous body / Public Sector organisation,
before appointment in the Railways shall not be counted towards Regular
Service.
11. 'Regular service' shall include all periods spent on
deputation/foreign service, study leave and all other kind of leave, duly
sanctioned by the competent authority.
12. The MACPS shall also be applicable to work charged employees,
if their service conditions are comparable with the staff of regular establishment.
13. Existing time-bound promotion scheme, including in-situ
promotion scheme, Staff Car Driver Scheme or any other kind of promotion scheme
existing for a particular category of employees in the Railways, may continue
to be operational for the concerned category of employees if it is decided by
the concerned administrative authorities to retain such Schemes, after
necessary consultations or they may switch-over to the MACPS. However, these
Schemes shall not run concurrently with the MACPS.
14. The MACPS is directly applicable only to the Railway employees.
It will not get automatically extended to employees of the Autonomous/Statutory
Bodies under the administrative control of the Ministry of Railways. Keeping in
view the financial implications involved, a conscious decision in this regard
shall have to be taken by the Governing Body / Board of Directors and Ministry
of Railways and where it is proposed to adopt the MACPS, prior concurrence of
Ministry of Finance shall be obtained.
15. lf a financial up-gradation under the MACPS is deferred and not
allowed after 10 years in a Grade Pay, due to the reason of the employees being
unfit or due to departmental proceedings, etc., this would have consequential
effect on the subsequent financial up-gradation which would also get deferred
to the extent of delay in grant of first financial up-gradation.
16. On grant of financial up-gradation under the Scheme, there
shall be no change in the designation, classification or higher status.
However, financial and certain other benefits which are linked to the pay drawn
by an employee such as HBA, allotment of Government accommodation shall be
permitted.
17. The financial up-gradation would be on non-functional basis
subject to fitness, in the hierarchy of Grade Pay within the PB-1. Thereafter
for up-gradation under the MACPS the benchmark of 'good' would be applicable
till the Grade Pay of Rs. 6600/- in PB-3. The benchmark will be 'Very Good' for
financial up-gradation to the Grade Pay of Rs.7600 and above.
18. In the matter of disciplinary/penalty proceedings, grant of
benefit under the MACPS shall be subject to rules governing normal promotion.
Such cases shall, therefore, be regulated under the provisions of the Railway
Servants (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1968 and instructions issued there
under.
19. The MACPS contemplates merely placement on personal basis in
the immediate higher-Grade Pay/grant of financial benefits only and shall not
amount to actual/functional promotion of the employees concerned. Therefore, no
reservation orders/roster shall apply to the MACPS, which shall extend its
benefits uniformly to all eligible SC/ST employees also. However, the rules of
reservation in promotion shall be ensured at the time of regular promotion. For
this reason, it shall not be mandatory to associate members of SC/ST in the
Screening Committee meant to consider cases for grant of financial up-gradation
under the Scheme.
20. Financial up-gradation under the MACPS shall be purely personal
to the employee and shall have no relevance to his seniority position. As such,
there shall be no additional financial up-gradation for the senior employees on
the ground that the junior employee in the grade has got higher pay/Grade Pay
under the MACPS.
21. Pay drawn in the Pay Band and the Grade Pay allowed under the
MACPS shall be taken as the basis for determining the terminal benefits in
respect of the retiring employee.
22. If a Group ‘A’ Railway employee, who was not covered under the
ACP Scheme has now become entitled to say, third financial up-gradation
directly, having completed 30 years’ regular service, his pay shall be fixed
successively in next three immediate higher Grade Pays in the hierarchy of
revised Pay Bands and Grade Pays allowing the benefit of 3% pay fixation at
every stage. Pay of persons becoming eligible for second financial up-gradation
may also be fixed accordingly.
23. In case an employee is declared surplus in his/her organisation
and appointed in the same pay scale or lower scale of pay in the new organization,
the regular service rendered by him/her in the previous organisation shall be
counted towards the regular service in his/her new organisation for the purpose
of giving financial up-gradation under the MACPS.
24. In case, an employee
after getting promotion/ACP seeks unilateral transfer on a lower post or lower
scale, he will be entitled only for second and third financial up-gradations on
completion of 20/30 years of regular service under the MACPS, as the case may
be, from the date of his initial appointment to the post in the new
organization.
25. lf a regular promotion has been offered but was refused by the
employee before becoming entitled to a financial up-gradation, no financial up-gradation
shall be allowed as such an employee has not been stagnated due to lack of
opportunities. If, however, financial up-gradation has been allowed due to
stagnation and the employee subsequently refuses the promotion, it shall not be
a ground to withdraw the financial up-gradation. He shall, however, not be
eligible to be considered for further financial up-gradation till he agrees to
be considered for promotion again and the second or the next financial up-gradation
shall also be deferred to the extent of period of debarment due to the refusal.
26. Cases of persons holding higher posts purely on adhoc basis
shall also be considered by the Screening Committee along with others. They may
be allowed the benefit of financial up-gradation on reversion to the lower post
or if it is beneficial vis-à-vis the pay drawn on adhoc basis.
27. Employees on deputation need not revert to the parent
Department for availing the benefit of financial up-gradation under the MACPS.
They may exercise a fresh option to draw the pay in the Pay Band and the Grade
Pay of the post held by them or the Pay plus Grade Pay admissible to them under
the MACPS, whichever is beneficial.
Illustration: -
A. (i) If a Railway
servant (LDC) in PB-1 in the Grade Pay of Rs.1900 gets his first regular
promotion (UDC) in PB-1 in the Grade Pay of Rs.2400 on completion of 8 years of
service and then continues in the same Grade Pay for further 10 years without
any promotion then he would be eligible for 2nd financial up-gradation under
the MACPS in PB-1 in the Grade Pay of Rs.2800 after completion of 18 years
(8+10 years).
(ii) In case he does not get
any promotion thereafter, then he would get 3rd financial up-gradation in PB-2
in Grade Pay of Rs.4200 on completion of further 10 years of service i.e. after
28 years (8+10+10).
(iii) However, if he gets 2nd promotion after 5 years of further
service in PB-2 in the Grade Pay of Rs.4200 (Assistant Grade/Grade ‘C’) i.e. on
completion of 23 years (8+10+5years) then he would get 3rd financial up-gradation
after completion of 30 years i.e. 10 years after the 2nd ACP in PB-2 in the
Grade Pay of Rs.4600. I:\MACPS.doc In the above scenario, the pay shall be
raised by 3% of the total pay in the Pay Band and Grade Pay drawn before such up-gradation.
There shall, however, be no further fixation of pay at the time of regular
promotion if it is in the same Grade Pay or in the higher-Grade Pay. Only the
difference of Grade Pay would be admissible at the time of promotions.
B. If a Railway servant (LDC) in PB-1 in the Grade Pay of Rs.1900
is granted 1st financial up-gradation under the MACPS on completion of 10 years
of service in PB-1 in the Grade Pay of Rs.2000 and 5 years later he gets 1st
regular promotion (UDC) in PB-1 in the Grade Pay of Rs.2400, the 2nd financial up-gradation
under MACPS (in the next Grade Pay w.r.t. Grade Pay held by Railway servant)
will be granted on completion of 20 years of service in PB-1 in the Grade Pay
of Rs.2800.
On completion of 30 years of
service, he will get 3rd ACP in the Grade Pay of Rs. 4200. However, if two
promotions are earned before completion of 20 years, only 3rd financial up-gradation
would be admissible on completion of 10 years of service in Grade Pay from the
date of 2nd promotion or at the 30th year of service, whichever is earlier.
C. If a Railway servant has
been granted either two regular promotions or 2nd financial up-gradation under
the ACP Scheme of October, 1999 after completion of 24 years of regular service
then only 3rd financial up-gradation would be admissible to him under the MACPS
on completion of 30 years of service provided that he has not earned third
promotion in the hierarchy.
RBE No.101 /2009
S.No.PC-VI/110
No. PC-V/2009/ACP/2 Dated
10 .06.2009
&
(Authority: DoP&T’s OM
No.35034/3/2008-Estt. (D)
Dated 19th May 2009
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