Advances
The appropriate sanctioning authority may sanction the payment to any subscriber of an advance consisting of a sum of whole rupees and not exceeding in amount three month’s of pay or half the amount standing to his credit in the Fund.
Purpose for advances from the GPF may be sanctioned for the following:
- To pay expenses in connection with the illness, confinement or a disability, including where necessary, the travelling expenses of the subscriber and members of his family or any person actually dependent on him.
- To meet the cost of higher education, including where necessary, the travelling expenses of the members of his family or any person actually dependent on him
- (a) For academic, technical, professional or vocational courses outside India
- (b) For any medical, engineering or other technical or specialized course in India
- To pay obligatory expenses on a scale appropriate to his status which by customary usage a subscriber has to incur in connection with betrothal, marriage, funeral or other ceremonies.
- To meet the cost of legal proceedings instituted by or against the subscriber, any member of his family or any person actually dependent upon him.
- To meet the cost of the subscriber’s defence, where he engages a legal practitioner to defend himself in an enquiry in respect of any alleged official misconduct on his part.
- To purchase consumer durables like TV, VCR/VCP, washing machine, cooking range, geysers and computers.
- To meet the expenses for visiting places which, to the satisfaction of the sanctioning authority, are considered as places of pilgrimage or places of eminence of any religion.