District Employees And Families Welfare Fund

District Employees And Families Welfare Fund(DEFU)and by an officer not below the rank of D.I.G at state
 level.
A message to all! 
 The committee will have members who will belong to
      The district employees and families welfaredifferent class and service of the government. This will
fund or DEFU is a simple and easy mean to solve theinclude staff from peon/attendant rank to the rank of
basic problems of employee(IInd, IIIrd & IVth class)Dy.Commissioner and Add. Commissioner depending
who are forced to take bribe because of the personalwhether the committee is at district or state level.
problems that they faces during their service in the 
government. The employees although get their salariesThe DEFU will comprise of funds which will be
and perks but there are many situations in which thecollected through the means as such given below:
salary is not enough to meet all the needs and 
necessities. It is not that only needs are the only factor1)      By make it compensatory for every class I
of corruption at lower level yet they are the majorand class II officers to deposit sum of money not less
cause for corruption in our country.then Rs 500 at least 5 times in a year.
     For example a I-class officer(I.A.S/State 
Administrative Service) may be getting on average Rs2)       The amount will be deposit in a bank that
30000-45000 p.m  But we often forget to calculate iswill offer highest interest so that the fund will increase
this amount is sufficient for a officer having 5-6continuously in order to get maximum benefit.
children? If  on an average the officer spend Rs 5000 
per child then the total sum could be around Rs300003)       The state government will ensure to
per month. Now you can't say that the officer shouldsubmit a specific amount of money for the DEFU of
have gave birth to only 1 or 2 child and not 5 or 6each district depending upon the strength of staffs in a
because there is no law in our country to restrict them.particular district. this financial help from the
This was the calculation for a high earning officer butgovernment will be given on annual basis through a
what about drivers, peon, Clerks who hardly getspecial budget specific for this fund.
Rs20000 per month? what if they too have 5-6 
children?4)      By excepting donations from government
   The another matter to discuss is that theundertaking, private bodies, N.G.Os e.t.c
education has become very costly now a days. You 
cannot say that every child will get admission in I.I.T  orThe amount that will be collected for the DEFU will be
A.I.I.M.S or I.I.M! so what about the others ? they aregiven to employee for the following uses:
forced to take admission  in private collages. But 
private collages are highly unaffordable. You cannot1)       In case the employee is not getting salary
ask anybody to take admission in any this-that collagedue to delay in budget or not clearance of  bill from
having no infrastructure or placement record so finallythe treasury e.t.cfor this reason the condition is that the
it becomes money matter. If  have money you willemployee should be given amount not more than half
get admission in good collage otherwise it is difficult toof his salary. The aim of this fund is to provide
survive. Loan is not a solution since we have to returntemporary relief and not to provide full salary to the
it with interest and is quite risky. Moreover no bankemployee. In this case the employee will be liable to
allows to provide loans to a students until he/she getpay back full amount of the fund issued to him as
admission to a collage. Now if the admission fee forsoon as he gets his first or second salary in the new
even the government collages and universities likemonth.
National Law Universities , N.I.F.Ts is above 1lac how 
can a2)      For the education of child: in this case the
 employee will be given full admission fee provided it
Father/mother being a government servant with limiteddoes not exceed Rs 300000. In case of school or
salary cancollage fee the employee will be given full amount of
Manage this much of money immediately forfee too.
admission until and unless he shook head or join handsIn this case the employee will have to return the
against relatives and friends or sell their land andamount issued to him withen a period of 36months.
jewelries or take bribe! Not all men have economically 
and financially strong background! 
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 Recent reports and news shows that the personal3)      Marriage of child: in case of marriage of
reason that has become a factor for corruption is thedaughter the maximum amount of fund released will
marriage. All though we loudly say that we hate dowrybe not more than Rs 500000 and in case of son it
and "Tilkak" or we oppose but in some part of our lifeshould not exceed Rs 200000. the employee will have
we come under the situation in which we see dowry isfull freedom to decide the amount he/she wants
a socially excepted concept and we too for a whileprovided there are sufficient amount available in that
take it as a law of nature and humanbeing and blindlyperiod for the fund.
follow it. No father or mother ( in general) want to get 
their daughter married to an uneducated, unskilled, or4)      In case of death of employee's children
poor boy/man. And no parents want to get their sonwife/parents/siblings:
married so easily after educating him for 15-20 yrs asIn this case the employee will be eligible to get a fixed
they believe that after marriage the son could be livingsum of Rs 15000 which will be refundable after a
his own life and he will be little careful towards them.period of 5 months from the date of release of the
So they demand compensation in form of dowry orfund to the employee.
"tilak" from the bride and her family. No body knows 
whether it is right or wrong but since our constitutionRESTRICTIONS AND RELAXATIONS
has prohibited it so we must discourage it. But what 
about the domestic violence the women suffer after 
her marriage for not giving dowry? Should all such- Ø There will be no reservation for fund for any
women give divorce to her husband and getspecific caste or tribe or religion because the fund is a
separated? The parents find it easy to solve thewelfare scheme and it should be free from any
matter by money yet we always ignore this becausediscrimination in order to ensure full utilization of the
we feel that a Peaceful life is better than being a truebasic aim of the fund.
follower of law and get victim of domestic violence- The fund release  will be subject to submission of
and allegations. No body wants to go to court live lifeproof however the employee will are eligible for some
like hell so we disobey the law. It is not that our lawsrelaxation in the time for submission of proof in the
are wrong but it is our mentality which will take time tofollowing cases:
change with the change in time.  
 1)   death of parents/children/wife or husband
It is to note that dowry or education are the only2)   marriage of child
personal reasons for corruption. Many times it happens3)   delay in regular salaryin case of education the
that the government itself is foundparents will have to give proof of the total admission
Responsible for corruption for example it soundfee and a letter from the collage authority that the
strange but is a truth theeven a class-I officer fromcandidate has been selected for admission. The
state administrative service or else do not getemployee gets the relaxation that he/she need not to
Salary for 3-5 months because of delay in budget. Noprovide the proof for admission done unlike the one
doubt that he/she get the due after some period ofrequired for banks for loan. In case of school fee the
time but what about the period during which he/sheemployee just need to give proof of fee submitted in
doesn't get the salary even if they work in the officeprevious month or fee structure of the school.
during those time? 
So ultimately we prefer shortcut and this shortcut is- Ø The enquiry work is the responsibility of the
corruption and corruption is like alcohol it makes youvigilance committee which will be empowered to
addicted. If control of corruption through vigilance isemploy staffs for doing the enquiry work for
necessary and important then searching theauthentication of need. the state level vigilance
factorsthat encourages corruptions are equallycommittee will ensure that district and sub-division and
important and we must think about them!block level committee are working efficiently and free
 from any influence. It will be empowered to impose
INTRODUCTIONpenalty in case it finds any employee or committee
 member doing cheating or using influence to get
 financial benefit without any necessities.
DEFU or District Employees and Families Welfare- Ø The amount released to an employee is free
Fund is an emergency fund for the governmentfrom interest as the fund is ment to provide relief and
employees and their family based on group supportnot to create a problem. The fund is not ment to get
and mutual agreement. This scheme will be speciallyany financial benefit to the government but to provide
for each district of the state and each district will havefinancial benefit to its employee
its independent DEFU. However the block and- Ø This fund will be for the employee from CLASS-II
subdivision of each district will have its sub-unit.TO CLASS-IV employee only. The maximum no. of
 fund released for CLASS I employee will be 10% only.
The chairman of DEFU at District level will be theIn these 10% of the total no of funds in total of all
Dy.Development commissioner or Senior Additionalcategories these CLASS I employee will be given 
District Magistrate. At subdivision and block level themaximum of 50%  of the upper limit of the fund that
head will be the S.D.M and Block Development Officercan be allotted to employee of other class as CLASS
respectively.I officers get relatively higher package of salary
 compare to employee from other classes.
There will be a vigilance and enquiry committee at 
district and state level that will ensure that the fund are 
not misused and also to ensure that the fund is 
properly distributed. It will also organize campaign forYUSUF HASSAN
collection and awareness programmes. The vigilanceCLASS XII
committee will be headed by Additional SuperintendentD.A.V PUBLIC SCHOOL
of Police or Dy. Superintendent of Police at district levelB.S.E.