IOR/R/15/2/1485

The file contains mainly Government of India circular letters, memoranda and notices from the Finance Department and the Office of the Accountant-General, Central Revenues, New Delhi about the Defence Savings Provident Fund. The circulars contain instructions and guidance about Fund rules and procedures as follows:

• Creation and constitution of the Fund, 1940;
• Arrangements for Government of India employees wishing to subscribe to the Fund, 1940;
• The Defence Savings Provident Fund Rules, 1940 as published in the Government of India Finance Department Notification dated 10 August 1940;
• Fund rule amendments, 1941-1944;
• Eligibility of a government servant who is re-employed after retirement, to continue to subscribe to the Fund, 1944-1945;
• Following the end of the Second World War (1939-1945), provision of a temporary period during which no subscriptions would be payable and Fund subscribers would have the option to convert their Fund deposits into National Savings Certificates, 1946.

The file also contains:

• Applications from several clerks employed at the Bahrain Agency, for admission to the Defence Savings Provident Fund, 1943 and 1945;
• Correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Office of the Accountant-General, Central Revenues, New Delhi about the individual accounts of Fund subscribers employed at the Bahrain Agency, with regard to reductions, increases, non-payment and recovery of arrears of subscriptions, cancellation of subscriptions and withdrawals of Fund deposits on retirement, resignation or transfer to another post, 1946-1948.