Date: 2015-02-10Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
The President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Governors (Allowances and Privileges) Rules, 1987, These rules may be called the Governors (Allowances and Privileges) Amendment Rules, 2015.
**Executive Summary:**
This notification, titled "Governors Allowances and Privileges Amendment Rules, 2015," amends the Governors Allowances and Privileges Rules, 1987. It outlines new rules and procedures for Governors undertaking private and official visits within India and abroad, requiring prior approval from the President in most cases. The rules came into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette, February 10, 2015.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Amendment and Title:**
* The rules are called the "Governors Allowances and Privileges Amendment Rules, 2015".
* These rules further amend the "Governors Allowances and Privileges Rules, 1987".
* **Private Visits (Within India and Abroad):**
* Governors must seek the President's approval before undertaking private visits within India, with communication forwarded to the President's Secretariat at least two weeks in advance, except in exceptional circumstances.
* For private visits to a foreign country, communication must be forwarded to the President's Secretariat at least six weeks in advance.
* **Official Visits (Domestic and Foreign):**
* Governors must obtain the President's prior permission before leaving the state for any foreign or domestic visit outside of their state, except in emergent or extraordinary circumstances.
* In emergent cases, the President's Secretariat must be immediately informed with details of the circumstances and reasons for not obtaining prior permission. A proposal for ex-post facto approval must be sent before departure.
* **Regulation of Visits Outside the State:**
* All official visits outside the state require the President's prior permission. Communication seeking approval must be forwarded to the President's Secretariat at least seven days before the visit, or as soon as the program is finalized in emergent situations.
* No visits can be undertaken without the President's prior permission or, in emergencies, without prior intimation to the President's Secretariat.
* Intimation in emergent cases must include details of the circumstances and reasons for not obtaining prior permission, with a proposal for ex-post facto approval sent before departure.
* Communications seeking permission for visits should clearly itemize finalized engagements and programs.
* The duration of such visits must not exceed 20% of the days in a calendar year.
* **Official Foreign Visits:**
* Communications seeking the President's approval for foreign visits must be received in the President's Secretariat at least six weeks in advance.
* Details of engagements during the foreign visit must be clearly stated and itemized.
* Governors must obtain Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA) clearance and Political clearance before undertaking a foreign visit.
* The Governor can only leave the state after the President's approval.
* **Schedule Revisions:**
* The visit schedule, once approved, should not be revised. In case of revisions due to extraordinary circumstances, approval for the revised program must be forwarded to the President's Secretariat as soon as possible, and before the Governor's departure.
* **Communication Endorsement:**
* Copies of all communications seeking the President's approval for visits must also be endorsed to the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister and the Home Minister.
* Frequency of visits to the home State should be avoided or limited.
**Impact Analysis**
**Governors:**
* *Impact:* Governors are impacted by the new requirements for seeking prior approval and providing detailed information for all types of visits, potentially increasing administrative burden and requiring stricter adherence to timelines.
* *Action Required:* Governors need to establish processes for seeking approvals well in advance, documenting reasons for emergent situations, and adhering to the communication protocols outlined in the amendment.
**President's Secretariat:**
* *Impact:* The President's Secretariat will be impacted by the increased volume of communications and requests for approval related to Governors' visits.
* *Action Required:* The President's Secretariat needs to establish efficient processes for reviewing and approving visit requests, managing communications, and ensuring compliance with the new rules.
**Prime Minister's Office and Home Minister:**
* *Impact:* The Prime Minister's Office and Home Minister will be impacted by needing to stay informed about Governors' planned visits.
* *Action Required:* The Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister and the Home Minister need to receive and review copies of visit approval requests.
Key Entities Referenced
Governors Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges Act, 1982: A law that defines the emoluments, allowances, and privileges of Governors in India. This act is being amended by the current notification.
Governors Allowances and Privileges Rules, 1987: The rules framed under the Governors Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges Act, 1982, which are being amended by this notification.
President: The President of India, who has the authority to grant approvals for Governors' visits as per the amended rules.
President's Secretariat: The office of the President of India, which receives communications and proposals related to Governors' visits.
India: The Republic of India, within which Governors may undertake private visits with the President's approval.
Foreign Contributions Regulation Act: An act regulating the acceptance and utilization of foreign contributions. Governors must obtain clearance under this act before undertaking foreign visits.
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister: An official to whom copies of communications regarding Governors' visits should be endorsed.
Home Minister: The Home Minister of India, an official to whom copies of communications regarding Governors' visits should be endorsed.
jftLVªh laö Mhö ,yö&33004@99 REGD. NO. D. L.-33004/99
vlk/kj.k
EXTRAORDINARY
Hkkx II—[k.M 3—mi&[k.M (i)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
izkf/dkj ls idz kf'kr
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
la- 77] ubZ fnYyh] eaxyokj] iQjojh 10] 2015@ek?k 21] 1936
No. 77] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015/MAGHA 21, 1936
गगगगहहृृहहृृ मममम(cid:7)(cid:7)ंं(cid:7)(cid:7)ंं ााााललललयययय
अअअअििििधधधधससससचचूूचचूू ननननाााा
नई (cid:4)द(cid:6) ली, 10 फरवरी, 2015
ससससाााा....ककककाााा....ििििनननन.... 88880000((((अअअअ))))....————रा(cid:11) यपाल (प(cid:14)रलि(cid:16)धया,ं भ(cid:20) त े और िवशेषािधकार) अिधिनयम, 1982 (1982 के 43) क(cid:24) धारा 13 के ख(cid:26)ड
(छ) (cid:28)ारा (cid:29)द(cid:20) त शि(cid:31)य का (cid:29)योग करते #ए रा% &पित, एतद(cid:28)ारा रा(cid:11) यपाल (भ(cid:20) त ेऔर िवशेषािधकार) िनयम, 1987 को आगे और संशोिधत
करने के िलए िन’ निलिखत िनयम बनाते ह,+ अथा.त्;
1. (1) इन िनयम का नाम रा(cid:11) यपाल (भ(cid:20) त ेऔर िवशेषािधकार) संशोधन िनयम, 2015 होगा ।
(2) ये सरकारी राजप3 म4 (cid:29)कािशत होने क(cid:24) तारीख को (cid:29)वृ(cid:20) त ह गे ।
2. राजय ् पाल भ(cid:20) ते और िवशेषािधकार िनयम, 1987 म4, िनयम 11 म4,-
(क) उप-िनयम 8 म4, ख(cid:26) ड (ख) म4, परंतुक के बाद और : या; या से पहले, िन’ निलिखत परंतुक अंत:< थािपत (cid:4)कया जाएगा:-
‘’बशत= यह भी (cid:4)क-
(i) भारत के भीतर (cid:29)ाइवेट दौरे करने से पूव., रा(cid:11) यपाल रा% &पित का अनुमोदन मांगेगा और ऐसे कोई भी प3, आपवा(cid:4)दक प(cid:14)रि<थितय
को छोड़कर, कम से कम दो सC ताह पहले रा% &पित सिचवालय को भजे ा जाएगा।
(ii) य(cid:4)द (cid:29)ाइवेट दौरा िवदशे म4 (cid:4)कया जाना हो, उE त आशय का प3 कम से कम छ: सC ताह पहले रा% &पित सिचवालय को भजे ा
जाएगा।
(iii) रा(cid:11) यपाल (cid:4)कसी िवदशे ी दौरे अथवा अपने रा(cid:11) य के बाहर घरेलू दौरे, जैसा भी मामला हो, के िलए अपने रा(cid:11) य को, आपात अथवा
असाधारण प(cid:14)रि<थितय के िसवाय, रा% &पित का िविधवत अनुमोदन (cid:29)ाC त होने के बाद ही छोड़ेगा;
(iv) आपात अथवा असाधारण प(cid:14)रि<थितय के मामले म4, काय.Hम को अंितम Iप (cid:4)दए जाने के शीJ बाद रा% &पित सिचवालय को सूिचत
(cid:4)कया जाएगा और इस (cid:29)कार क(cid:24) सूचना म4 उन प(cid:14)रि<थित य और बाL यकारी कारण का (cid:16) यौरा होगा (cid:4)क दौरे के िलए पूव. अनुमित
715 GI/2015 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
(cid:29)ाC त करना E य संभव नहM था और कायN(cid:20) तर अनुमोदन (cid:29)दान करने संबंधी (cid:29)< ताव रा(cid:11) यपाल के (cid:29)< थान से पूव. रा% &पित को भजे ा
जाएगा;‘’
(ख) उप-िनयम (12) के बाद, िन’ निलिखत उप-िनयम अंत:< थािपत (cid:4)कया जाएगा अथा.त्:-
‘’(13) रा(cid:11) यपाल (cid:28)ारा अपने रा(cid:11) य से बाहर (cid:4)कसी भी दौरे को िन’ निलिखत तरीके से िविनयिमत (cid:4)कया जाएगा, अथा.त:्-
(क) रा(cid:11) य से बाहर सरकारी दौर के मामले म4,-
(i) रा(cid:11) य के बाहर सभी दौरे केवल रा% &पित क(cid:24) पूवा.नुमित से ही (cid:4)कए जाएंगे और ऐसा अनुमोदन मांगे जाने संबंधी कोई प3 रा% &पित
सिचवालय को भेजा जाएगा ।
(अ) सामाO यत:, ऐसे (cid:4)कसी दौरे को आर’ भ (cid:4)कए जाने से ककककमममम सससस ेे ेेककककमममम 7777 (cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)ददददनननन पहल;े और
(ब) आपात प(cid:14)रि<थितय म4, (cid:11) य ही दौरा काय.Hम को अंितम Iप द े(cid:4)दया जाता ह;ै
(ii) रा% &पित क(cid:24) पूवा.नुमित (cid:29)ाC त (cid:4)कए िबना अथवा आपात या असाधारण प(cid:14)रि<थितय म4 रा% &पित सिचवालय को सूचना (cid:4)दए िबना
कोई भी दौरा नहM (cid:4)कया जाएगा;
(iii) आपात अथवा असाधारण प(cid:14)रि<थितय के मामले म4, सूचना म4 ऐसी प(cid:14)रि<थितय और बाL यकारी कारण का (cid:16) यौरा होना चािहए (cid:4)क
दौरे के िलए पूवा.नुमित (cid:29)ाC त करना E य संभव नहM हो पाया और ऐसी प(cid:14)रि<थितय म4 कायN(cid:20) तर अनमु ोदन (cid:29)दान (cid:4)कए जाने का
(cid:29)< ताव रा(cid:11) यपाल के दौरे हेतु (cid:29)< थान से पहले रा% &पित सिचवालय को भेजा जाएगा ।
(iv) दौर के िलए अनुमित मांगते समय, अO तत: िनिQत (cid:4)कए गए कायR और काय.Hम , िजनके िलए अनुमित मांगी जा रही हो, का
(cid:16) यौरा इस आशय के प3 म4 < प% ट Iप से मदवार दशा.या जाना चािहए।
(v) रा(cid:11) यपाल के ऐसे दौर क(cid:24) अविध (cid:4)कसी कैलेO डर वष. म4 कुल (cid:4)दन क(cid:24) 20 (cid:29)ितशत से अिधक नहM हो ।
((((खखखख)))) (cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)ककककससससीीीी ससससररररककककााााररररीीीी ििििववववददददशशेेशशेे ीीीी ददददौौौौररररेेेे ककककेेेे ममममााााममममलललल ेे ेेमममम (cid:17)(cid:17) (cid:17)(cid:17)
(i) िवदशे ी दौरे करने के िलए रा% &पित का अनुमोदन मांगे जाने संबंधी प3 कम से कम छ: सC ताह पहले रा% &पित के सिचवालय म4 (cid:29)ाC त
हो जाना चािहए;
(ii) िवदशे ी दौरे के दौरान कायR का (cid:16) यौरा इस आशय के प3 म4 < प% ट Iप से मदवार दशा.या जाना चािहए ।
(iii) रा(cid:11) यपाल, िवदशे ी दौरा करने से पूव. िवदशे ी अिभदाय िविनयम अिधिनयम के अंतग.त अनापिT (एफ सी आर ए अनापिT) तथा
राजनैितक अनापिT अिनवाय. Iप से (cid:29)ाC त करेगा;
(iv) रा(cid:11) यपाल केवल रा% &पित के िविधवत् अनुमोदन के बाद ही रा(cid:11) य से बाहर जाएगं े ।
(ग) रा% &पित (cid:28)ारा एक बार अनुमो(cid:4)दत कर (cid:4)दए गए दौरे के काय.Hम म4 सामान ्यत: संशोधन नहM (cid:4)कया जाएगा, Vकतु असाधारण अथवा
आपात प(cid:14)रि<थितय म4 काय.Hम म4 (cid:4)कसी संशोधन के मामले म4, संशोिधत काय.Hम के िलए अनुमोदन यथाशीJ तथा (cid:4)कसी भी ि<थित
म4 अपने रा(cid:11) य से रा(cid:11) यपाल के (cid:29)< थान से पूव. रा% &पित सिचवालय को भेजा जाएगा।
(घ) खंड (क), (ख) और (ग) म4 िनिहत अपेWाX के अित(cid:14)रE त,-
(i) दौरे के िलए रा% &पित का अनुमोदन मांगे जाने के बारे म4 प3 क(cid:24) (cid:29)ितयां (cid:29)धानमं3ी के (cid:29)धान सिचव और गृह-मं3ी को भी पृ% ठां(cid:4)कत
क(cid:24) जाए;ं
(ii) अपने गृह रा(cid:11) य के बार-बार दौर से बचा जाए अथवा सीिमत रखा जाए।‘’
[फा. सं. 7/31/2014-एमएंडजी]
कुमार आलोक, संयुE त सिचव
(cid:18)(cid:18)(cid:18)(cid:18)टटटट(cid:20)(cid:20)(cid:20)(cid:20) प प प पणणणणीीीी : मूल िनयम भारत के राजप3, असाधारण म4, (cid:4)दनांक 30 माच. 1987 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 343(अ), (cid:28)ारा (cid:29)कािशत (cid:4)कए
गए थे और बाद म4 उO ह 4 (cid:4)दनां क 29 मई 1987 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 532(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 01 फरवरी 1989 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना
सं. सा.का.िन. 70(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 30 जुलाई 1990 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 675(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 15 फरवरी 1991
क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन.64(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 28 (cid:4)दसंबर 1992 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 949(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 11 माच. 1993 क(cid:24)
अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 275(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 16 नवंबर 1993 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 708(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 23 मई 1994
क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 475(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 06 जुलाई 1995 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 538(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 17 जून 1997¹Hkkx IIµ[k.M 3(i)º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 3
क(cid:24) अिधसचू ना सं. सा.का.िन. 326(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 01 अ(cid:29)ैल 1998 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 166(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 23 अE तूबर
2000 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 832(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 26 िसत’ बर 2001 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 696(अ), (cid:4)दनां क
22 नवंबर, 2002 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 781(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 31 माच. 2006 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 193(अ),
(cid:4)दना कं 08 जुलाई, 2008 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 506(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 10 फरवरी 2009 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना
सं. सा.का.िन. 87(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 31 माच. 2011 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 288(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 21 जुलाई 2014 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना
सं. सा.का.िन. 518(अ), (cid:4)दनां क 11 नवंबर 2014 क(cid:24) अिधसूचना सं. सा.का.िन. 788 (अ) (cid:28)ारा संशोिधत (cid:4)कया गया ह ै।
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 10th February, 2015
G.S.R. 80(E).ÑÑÑÑIn exercise of the powers conferred by clause (g) of Section 13 of the Governors (Emoluments,
Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1982 (43 of 1982), the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the
Governors (Allowances and Privileges) Rules, 1987, namely:Ñ
1. (1) These rules may be called the Governors (Allowances and Privileges) Amendment Rules, 2015.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Governors (Allowances and Privileges) Rules, 1987, in rule 11,—
(a) in sub-rule 8, in clause (b), after the proviso and before the Explanation, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :-
“Provided further that -
(i) before undertaking private visits within India, the Governor shall seek approval of the President and any communication
for such approval shall be forwarded to the President's Secretariat at least two weeks in advance, except in exceptional
circumstances;
(ii) where such private visit is to a foreign country, the communication shall be forwarded to the President Secretariat at least
six weeks in advance;
(iii) the Governor shall leave the State for any foreign visit or, as the case may be, domestic visit outside his State only after
receiving due approval of the President except in emergent or extraordinary circumstances;
(iv) in the case of emergent or extraordinary circumstances, the President's Secretariat shall be intimated as soon as the
programme is finalised and such intimation shall contain details of the circumstances and compelling reasons why it
was not possible to obtain prior permission for the visit and the proposal for according ex-post facto approval shall be
forwarded to the President before the departure of the Governor.”;
(b) after sub-rule (12), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:—
"(13) Any visit by the Governor outside his State shall be regulated in the following manner, namely :—
(a) in case of official visits outside the State,-
(i) all visits outside the State shall be undertaken only with the prior permission of the President and any communication
soliciting such approval shall be forwarded to the President's Secretariat-
(A) in the normal course, at least seven days before the commencement of any such visit; and
(B) in emergent circumstances, as soon as the programme is finalised;
(ii) no visits shall be undertaken without obtaining the prior permission of the President or in emergent or extra-ordinary
circumstances, without prior intimation to the President's Secretariat;
(iii) in case of emergent or extraordinary circumstances, the intimation shall contain details of the circumstances and the
compelling reasons why it was not possible to obtain prior permission for the visit, and proposal for according ex-post facto
approval shall be forwarded to the President's Secretariat before the departure of the Governor;4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
(iv) while permission is sought for visits, the details of the finalised engagements and the programmes for which the
permission is sought may be clearly itemised in the communications;
(v) the duration of such visits of the Governor shall not exceed twenty percent of the days in a calendar year;
(b) in case of any official foreign visit,-
(i) the communication seeking approval of the President for undertaking such foreign visits shall be received in the
President's Secretariat at least six weeks in advance;
(ii) the details of engagements during the foreign visit shall be clearly stated and itemised in the communication;
(iii) the Governor shall invariably obtain clearance under the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA clearance) and
Political clearance before undertaking the foreign visit;
(iv) the Governor shall leave the State only after due approval of the President;
(c) the schedule of the visit once approved by the President shall not ordinarily be revised, but in case of any revision in the
schedule in extra-ordinary or emergent circumstances, the approval for revised programme shall be forwarded to the
President's Secretariat as soon as possible and in any case, before the departure of the Governor from his State;
(d) in addition to the requirements contained in clauses (a), (b) and (c),—
(i) copies of all communications soliciting the approval of the President for visits shall also be endorsed to the Principal
Secretary to the Prime Minister and to the Home Minister;
(ii) frequency of visits to the home State shall be avoided or limited."
[F. No. 7/31/2014-M&G]
KUMAR ALOK, Jt. Secy.
Footnote: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification number G.S.R. 343(E),
dated the 30th March, 1987 and subsequently amended vide numbers G.S.R. 532(E), dated the 29th May, 1987;
G.S.R. 70(E), dated the 1st February, 1989; G.S.R. 675(E), dated the 30th July, 1990; G.S.R. 64(E), dated the
15th February, 1991; G.S.R. 949(E), dated the 28th December, 1992; G.S.R. 275(E), dated the 11th March, 1993;
G.S.R. 708(E), dated the 16th November, 1993; G.S.R. 475(E), dated the 23rd May, 1994; G.S.R. 538(E), dated
the 6th July, 1995; G.S.R. 326(E), dated the 17th June, 1997, G.S.R. 166(E), dated the 1st April, 1998; G.S.R.
832(E), dated the 23rd October, 2000, G.S.R. 696(E), dated the 26th September, 2001, G.S.R. 781(E), dated the
22nd November, 2002, G.S.R. 193(E), dated the 31st March, 2006, G.S.R. 506(E), dated the 8th July, 2008,
G.S.R. 87(E), dated the 10th February, 2009, G.S.R. 288(E), dated the 31st March,2011, G.S.R. 518(E), dated the
21st July, 2014 and G.S.R. 788(E), dated the 11th November, 2014.
Printed by the Manager, Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064
and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.