Advance to Govt. Servants- Compendium of instructions issued

By Vijay Kumar

The Government has recently issued a consolidated compilation of instructions on advances to Government servants.

Fan advance:- An advance under rules in this section may be granted to a Government servant who is living in a house which is provided with electricity and has a plug point and who does not already have a fan in the house.

Will some officer go to the Government servant’s house to verify whether there is power connection and a plug point and there is no fan in the house? – For an advance of a thousand rupees!

Car Advance: To be eligible for a car advance you should have a salary of Rs. 15750/- and the advance given is Rs. 1,80,000/- for which you cannot get a car. Even to get an advance for buying a computer you should have the same salary, but the advance for purchase of a personal computer is Rs. 80,000. There is no PC costing Rs. 80,000/- and today you don’t need to own a car to afford or own a PC. But it will take a little time for the Government to realize that a Car and Computer are not in the same price bracket. Any way the compilation is a useful guide to the government servants who apply for various advances and the officers who sanction them. Click here for the full text of the compendium.