GDS- Children Education Facilitation
Allowance – important notes
Ø CEFA – admissible with effect from : 1st October 2019
Ø Eligible for two eldest surviving children of serving GDS
Ø Amount : @ Rs.6000/- per annum per child.
Ø Period / Year means academic year
Ø If spouses are GDS/Govt Servant – only one of them can avail the facility
Ø Sanction will be made once in a financial year after completion of the
financial year.
Ø No minimum age of child preferred
Ø Allowance will be applicable from class nursery to twelfth standard
Ø Upper age limit for Divyang Children is 22 years
Ø For other children age limit will be 20 years or till the time of passing
12th class.
Ø Correspondence or Distance Learning study also applicable.
Ø Schools - Nursery / primary & middle level – not affiliated to any
Board also allowed (!!)
Ø GDS dies while in service – CEFA shall be admissible – observing other
conditions.
Ø GDS – discharge/dismissal/removal – CEFA shall be admissible till the end
of the academic year
Ø Period ‘non-counted for duty’ of
the GDS – CEFA not allowed for the period.
Application:
Ø Claim application is prescribed by the Department.
Ø Certificate from the Head of the Institution for the period/year should
be produced
Ø Or attested copy of the report card / self attested fee receipts /
e-receipts can be produced.
Sanction :
Ø For the current financial year – CEFA @ Rs.3000/- per child
Ø Based on the certificate produced for the previous academic year CEFA @
Rs.6000/-
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For more details – go through the Office
Memorandum dated 18-09-2019
