PG Stipend and Deputation Rules Punjab (PPM 2024)

The PPM 2024 covers two groups: PG trainees who get a stipend, and in-service government doctors who keep drawing salary on deputation. Here are the rules for both.

Who gets stipend

All PG trainees inducted under CIP (from Punjab, other provinces or abroad) are eligible for PG stipend as per government rules (Clause 6.27).
Stipend is paid through a centralized stipend portal run by the Punjab Health Foundation (PHF) (Clauses 6.27, 7.2.1).
There is no honorary residency (Clause 6.26).

How long stipend is paid

Stipend or salary is allowed for a maximum of four or five years, depending on the specialty and the Degree Awarding Institution (Clause 7.2).
This period starts from day one of induction in your first PG training program. If you change specialty, you are paid only for the remaining period (Clause 7.11).
If the DAI exempts part of your training, that exempted period gets no extension and no stipend.

Registering on the stipend portal

Register yourself on the PHF stipend portal (Clause 7.2.5).
Enter your bank account details with an account maintenance certificate showing your IBAN.
Your hospital verifies your details and uploads your attendance every month (Clause 7.2.6).
Annual extensions in training are also processed by the institution through the portal (Clauses 7.2.2, 7.2.3).

Government employees (PSHD / SHC&ME)

With at least two years of regular service: deputation

Medical Officers and Demonstrators with a minimum of two years regular service who get admission on merit are given deputation (Clauses 6.28, 7.3).
Their salary is drawn against deputation seats at the Post-Graduate Medical Institute (PGMI). No deputation allowance is paid (Clause 7.4).
No regular officer can keep his or her existing post and do training at the same time.
After promotion (one year probation), no deputation is given within one year of promotion.
After a new PPSC appointment, two years service in the new grade is needed before deputation.
PSHD consultants need an NOC from PSHD and must complete the service years required by PSHD policy.

With less than two years of service: EOL / study leave

They must take EOL or study leave as per their parent department’s policy (Clause 6.28).
Stipend is paid only if the EOL is approved for training purpose. EOL for domestic or any other purpose does not allow stipend (Clause 7.2.7).
An employee who registers on the stipend portal without being eligible will face action for misrepresentation or fraud (Clause 7.2.8).

Accommodation

No official accommodation is provided. Trainees draw House Rent Allowance as admissible. If the host institution gives accommodation, it informs the Accountant General Punjab to deduct HRA (Clause 7.5).

Three-year service bond for deputationists

Doctors who got deputation must not resign from government service for at least three years after completing training. If they resign earlier, they must return the salary received during training (Clause 7.8).

Unpaid periods

Extra time to make up for freezing, Hajj leave, maternity leave (other than the first) and leave on death of husband is unpaid. Details are in the leave rules and freezing rules.

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