‘File 15/6 Rules & Regulations (1) I.C.S. Family Pension Rules etc. (Includes (2) Superior Services (India) Family Pension Fund Rules.)’ [‎22pr] (79/482)

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The file contains mainly printed material: circular letters, memoranda and published notices from the Government of India and the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , London. These provide information about changes to the rules governing The Indian Military Service Family Pension Fund (IMSFPF) and The Indian Military Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund (IMWs & Os F) in 1937, following a valuation of the Funds by Sir Alfred William Watson, Government Actuary, London in 1934. The changes to the provisions and management of the Funds were intended to protect the payment of pensions and benefits to families of officers, following constitutional reform in India in 1935.

Many of the printed enclosures in the file were circulated to all subscribers, pensioners and other beneficiaries of the Indian Military Family Pension Funds, in 1936 and 1937. They include:

• Draft of the Government of India (Family Pensions Funds) Order, 1936;
• Extract from the Government of India Act, 1935, Section 273;
• Amendments to The Indian Military Service Family Pension Fund (Untransferred Section) Provisional Rules 1937 and The Indian Military Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund (Untransferred Section) Provisional Rules 1937;
• Indian Military Service Family Pension Scheme, report by the Government Actuary on its valuation as at 31st March 1934;
• Circular letters from Sidney Turner, Controller of Pension Funds, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , London, 1933 and 1936;
• Circular memorandum from the Adjutant General in India, Army Headquarters, India, 1937.

The file also contains correspondence and a published notification relating to the rules governing exchange rates as follows:

• Monthly telegrams, May 1926 to October 1927, from the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bushire, confirming the current rate of exchange. This was used in monthly calculations at the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , with regard to deductions from the pay of officers who subscribed to the Indian Military Family Pension Funds;
• Government of India, Finance Department Resolution dated 1 April 1926 introducing a uniform rate of exchange that would be used for converting sterling overseas pay into rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , but not for the calculation of average emoluments for pension.

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1 file (236 folios)

Arrangement

File papers have been arranged chronologically, usually according to the date they were circulated to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain and others. They are followed by file notes (folios 153-158) which consist mainly of a list of most of the documents in the file dating from 1936 (folio 32 onwards), together with their unique document reference numbers to help identify them. The list also records the folio number and where applicable, a simple reference number in two sequences from 6 to 21 (folios 64-118) and 1 to 10 (folios 29-147). The latter number has been written on many documents, usually the circulation slips, in red or blue crayon and encircled. The pencilled folio numbers and the red or blue document numbers help to locate specific documents in the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: numbered 1A, 1B, 1C, 2-21, 22A-22Q, 23-73, 74A, 74B, 75-76, 78, 79A-79P, 80, 81A-81Z, 81AA-81AF, 82-83, 84A-84G, 85-86, 87A-87E, 88-105, 106A-106I, 107-141, 143-159. The numbers 77 and 142 have been omitted. The numbering is written in pencil in the top right corner of the folio, starting at the front of the file, on the file cover (f 1A) and ending on the inside cover at the back of the file (f 159). Exceptionally, folio 143 has been numbered in red ink rather than pencil. Folio number 50 appears twice because folio 49 has been additionally numbered 50 on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. .

Folio 22K is folded.

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