**Policy Summary:**
This notification, G.S.R. 963(E), issued by the Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications on July 26, 2017, enacts the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Contributory Provident Fund Amendment Rules, 2017. These rules, which come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette, amend the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Contributory Provident Fund Rules, 2003. The amendment stipulates that the Contributory Provident Fund Rules will not apply to employees of the Authority, except the Chairperson and members appointed on or after January 1, 2004. Instead, these employees will be governed by the National Pension System, as regulated by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013 (23 of 2013). The principal rules were initially published in the Gazette of India vide G.S.R. 333(E), dated April 10, 2003. The notification was issued under the authority granted by clause (ca) of sub-section (2) of section 35 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997).
Key Entities Referenced
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India: A statutory body responsible for regulating the telecommunications sector in India.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997: The Act of Parliament that established the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and defines its powers and functions.
Central Government: The executive branch of the Government of India.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Contributory Provident Fund Rules, 2003: The rules governing the contributory provident fund for employees of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Contributory Provident Fund Amendment Rules, 2017: The amended rules related to the contributory provident fund for employees of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
National Pension System: A pension scheme regulated under the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013.
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013: The Act of Parliament that established the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority and provides a framework for regulating pension funds in India.
Amit Yadav: Joint Secretary (Admin) in the Ministry of Communications.
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सचं ार मत्रं ालय
(दरू सचं ार विभाग)
अविसचू ना
नई ददल् ली, 26 जुलाई, 2017
सा.का.वन. 963(अ).—केन्द्रीय सरकार, भारतीय दरू सचं ार विवनयामक प्राविकरण अविवनयम, 1997
(1997 का 24) की िारा 35 की उप-िारा (2) के खंड (ग क) द्वारा प्रदत्त शवियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, भारतीय
दरू संचार विवनयामक प्राविकरण (अंशदायी भविष् य वनवि) वनयम, 2003 में संशोिन करने के वलए वनम्नवलवखत
वनयम बनाती ह,ैं अर्ाातः—
(1) सवं िप्त नाम और प्रारम्भ.—
(1) इन वनयमों का संविप्त नाम भारतीय दरू संचार विवनयामक प्राविकरण (अंशदायी भविष् य वनवि)
(संशोिन) वनयम, 2017 ह।ै
(2) ये राजपत्र में प्रकाशन की तारीख से प्रिृत्त होंगे।
(2) भारतीय दरू संचार विवनयामक प्राविकरण (अंशदायी भविष् य वनवि) वनयम, 2003, के वनयम 13 के उपवनयम
(1) में, खंड (ख) के पश्च ात वनम् नवलवखत परंतकु ो अंतःस्र्ावपत दकया जाएगा; अर्ाात : —
‘‘परन्द्तु प्राविकरण के तारीख 1 जनिरी, 2004 को या उसके पश्च ात वनयुक् त कमाचाररयों (अध् यि और
सदस् यों के अलािा) पर इन वनयमों में वनवहत कुछ भी लागू नहीं होगा।
4546 GI/2017 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
परन्द्तु यर और दक प्राविकरण के तारीख 1 जनिरी, 2004 को या उसके पश्च ात वनयुक् त कमाचाररयों
(अध् यि और सदस् यों के अलािा) को पेंशन वनवि विवनयामक एिं विकास प्राविकरण अविवनयम, 2013
(2013 का 23) के उपबंिो के अिीन विवनयवमत राष्र ीय पेंशन प्रणाली द्वारा शावसत दकया जाएगा।
[फा. सं.10-32/2011-पुनगाठन]
अवमत यादि, सयुंि सवचि (प्रशासन)
नोट : मूल वनयम, भारत के राजपत्र म ें तारीख 10 अप्रलै , 2003 के जी.बी.एम, 333(अ) द्वारा प्रकावशत दकए
गए र्े।
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
(Department of Telecommunications)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 26th July, 2017
G.S.R. 963(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (ca) of sub-section (2) of section 35 of the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to
amend the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Contributory Provident Fund) Rules, 2003, namely;—
(1) Short title and commencement.—
(1) These rules may be called the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Contributory Provident Fund)
(Amendment) Rules, 2017.
(2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
(2) In the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Contributory Provident Fund) Rules, 2003, in rule 13 in
sub-rule (1), after clause (b), the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:—
“Provided that nothing contained in these rules shall apply to the employees of the Authority (except
Chairperson and members) appointed on or after the 1st day of January, 2004.
Provided further that the employees of the Authority (except Chairperson and members) appointed on or after
the 1st day of January, 2004 shall be governed by the National Pension System regulated under the provisions of
the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013 (23 of 2013).
[F. No. l0-32/2011-Restg.]
AMIT YADAV, Jt. Secy. (Admin)
Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India vide G.BM, 333(E), dated 10th April, 2003.
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