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CHAPTER-VII
RECREATION CLUBS
1. Government’s policy is to encourage the formation of recreation club with the
objective of the club shall be to develop the spirit of social service among the members and
to cater to their literary and recreational need through cultural and sports programme etc.
2. Presently staff/recreation clubs are functioning in many Ministries/Departments. These
clubs provide facilities for indoor, outdoor games, and sports, and other organized welfare
activities. The main sources of income of these clubs are grant-in-aid from the Government
and membership fee. Such grant-in-aid in favour of Recreation Clubs is to be sanctioned by
the Ministry/Department concerned.
(O.M.No.1/1/80-Welfare dated 24th, July, 1980, Department of Personnel & Training)
(Annexure XXXIII).
3.1 Grants-in-aid to the Recreation clubs is to be regulated in the following manner;
(i) The grant-in-aid will be admissible on the basis of the total strength including
gazetted officers, subject to clause (b), borne on the regular strength of an
organization i.e. Ministry/Department etc. and its attached and subordinate offices
and such statutory bodies whose budget forms part of Consolidated Fund of India,
irrespective of the fact whether any individual is a member of the staff club etc. or
not.
(ii) Grant-in-aid in respect of gazetted officers will be admissible only to that
Ministries/Department where membership of recreation club is open to such officers.
(O.M.No.24/2/62-Welfare, dated 12/10/1962, Ministry of Home Affairs) (Annexure
XXXIV).
Note: 1 Categories of staff not borne on the regular strength of an organization e.g.
staff paid from contingencies work charged staff, will not be taken into
accounts.
Note: 2 Such categories of staff as are eligible for similar concession under some
other rule, statutory provision, e.g industrial workers will not be covered by
these orders.
3.2 Amount of grant-in-aid:
The position has been reviewed in the light of the recommendation of the 5th Central
Pay Commission and it has been decided that the grant-in-aid to the Recreation Clubs shall
be admissible at the following rates from the financial year 1999-2000.
(i) Grant-in-aid at the rate of Rs.10/-per head per annum as hitherto-fore.
(ii) An additional grant-in-aid subject to a maximum of Rs.15 per head per annum
may be given as matching grant as against the existing rate of Rs.5/- per
head per annum.
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RECREATION CLUBS
1. Government’s policy is to encourage the formation of recreation club with the
objective of the club shall be to develop the spirit of social service among the members and
to cater to their literary and recreational need through cultural and sports programme etc.
2. Presently staff/recreation clubs are functioning in many Ministries/Departments. These
clubs provide facilities for indoor, outdoor games, and sports, and other organized welfare
activities. The main sources of income of these clubs are grant-in-aid from the Government
and membership fee. Such grant-in-aid in favour of Recreation Clubs is to be sanctioned by
the Ministry/Department concerned.
(O.M.No.1/1/80-Welfare dated 24th, July, 1980, Department of Personnel & Training)
(Annexure XXXIII).
3.1 Grants-in-aid to the Recreation clubs is to be regulated in the following manner;
(i) The grant-in-aid will be admissible on the basis of the total strength including
gazetted officers, subject to clause (b), borne on the regular strength of an
organization i.e. Ministry/Department etc. and its attached and subordinate offices
and such statutory bodies whose budget forms part of Consolidated Fund of India,
irrespective of the fact whether any individual is a member of the staff club etc. or
not.
(ii) Grant-in-aid in respect of gazetted officers will be admissible only to that
Ministries/Department where membership of recreation club is open to such officers.
(O.M.No.24/2/62-Welfare, dated 12/10/1962, Ministry of Home Affairs) (Annexure
XXXIV).
Note: 1 Categories of staff not borne on the regular strength of an organization e.g.
staff paid from contingencies work charged staff, will not be taken into
accounts.
Note: 2 Such categories of staff as are eligible for similar concession under some
other rule, statutory provision, e.g industrial workers will not be covered by
these orders.
3.2 Amount of grant-in-aid:
The position has been reviewed in the light of the recommendation of the 5th Central
Pay Commission and it has been decided that the grant-in-aid to the Recreation Clubs shall
be admissible at the following rates from the financial year 1999-2000.
(i) Grant-in-aid at the rate of Rs.10/-per head per annum as hitherto-fore.
(ii) An additional grant-in-aid subject to a maximum of Rs.15 per head per annum
may be given as matching grant as against the existing rate of Rs.5/- per
head per annum.
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