Cash Division | Ministry of Civil Aviation

#	Field	Information
1	Name of the Division or Section	Cash Section, Ministry of Civil Aviation
2	Overview and mandate	The Cash Section handles financial and payment-related administrative work for the Ministry of Civil Aviation (Main). Its functions include preparation and monitoring of the Ministry’s budget and expenditure, processing salary and other staff claims, maintenance of GPF and advance records, medical reimbursement, TA/LTC claims, IRCTC bills, and specified payments and claims relating to the Minister and officers. The Section also coordinates with PAO and processes bills through PFMS.
3	Scope of work and responsibilities	The Section’s work includes: Medical advances and medical reimbursement claims. Bills relating to O.E., professional services, the Departmental Canteen, GeM, and other specified items for Ministry officers and staff. TDS, GST/income-tax filing matters for consultants, consultant/Young Professional salary bills, income-tax calculations, and filing of returns. Preparation of the Ministry (Main)’s Budget Estimates and Revised Estimates; booking expenditure under sub-heads; expenditure reconciliation; coordination with PAO for monthly expenditure statements. Cheques, challans for submission to the accredited bank, and maintenance of the Imprest Register. Drawal of loans and advances sanctioned to AAI; grants-in-aid to IGRUA; and subsidies to Alliance Air and other domestic flight operators under RCS. Cabinet/salary bills for HMCA/HMoSCA; salary-related PFMS data and Last Pay Certificates; monitoring/recovery/interest on long- and short-term advances; e-AWAS licence fee and deductions. Payments to officers and staff, including salary, Children Education Allowance, tuition-fee reimbursement, GPF/HBA/car advances, and other GPF-related work (transfers, new account numbers, records, final payments, and annual statements). Domestic and foreign TA bills; LTC claims and advances; CGEGIS accounts and settlement on retirement/resignation; verification of relevant Service Book entries; guarantees for electricity and water charges. IRCTC invoice checking, segregation by office/category, verification and collection of travel documents, preparation of CRNs, PFMS payment processing/sanction processing, and maintenance of records/registers. Processing MEA claims received from PAO (Cabinet/MoCA) relating to foreign travel of the Minister/officers.
4	Acts, Rules and Regulations	The Cash Section acts as per specific Acts, Rules, Regulations, Office Memoranda, notifications, or delegations applicable to each function issued by DoPT, Department of Expenditure, CGHS, and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare from time to time. Based on these updated rules and regulations, the Cash Section processes payments, salary and allowances, GPF, medical reimbursement, TA/LTC, CGEGIS, income tax/TDS, GST, GeM procurement, grants/subsidies, and IRCTC claims.
5	Services provided	The Section provides internal financial, payment-processing, and administrative services for MoCA officers/staff and specified offices/organisations. These include processing salary and reimbursement claims; TA/LTC and medical claims; GPF and advance-related services; budget/expenditure coordination; processing of IRCTC invoices and specified foreign-travel claims; and handling specified bills, taxes, challans, and payments. These are internal departmental functions.
6	Approvals and permissions	Cash Section provides services after the approval of the competent authority, i.e., Head of Office (HOO) & Head of Department (HOD).
7	How to access services or apply	To access the services provided by the section, PFMS should be used with designated login credentials: https://gifmis.cga.gov.in/SitePages/Users/LoginDetails/Login.aspx
8	Organisations and bodies handled	Cash Section primarily provides services to internal staff. However, in its role under the Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO), payments are also disbursed to the following organisations as grants, loans, advances, or reimbursements: Airports Authority of India (AAI): Drawal of sanctioned loans/advances. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) & Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU): Grants-in-aid. Alliance Air Aviation Limited: Subsidies and grants under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS). AI Assets Holding Limited (AIAHL): Payments with respect to providing medical facilities (CGHS) to retirees of Air India.
9	Contact details	Section: Cash Section, Ministry of Civil Aviation Telephone: 011-24641674 Address: Room No. 177, 1st Floor, B-Block, Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, Safdarjung Airport Area, New Delhi – 110003
10	Section Officer details	Name: Ashok Agarwal Designation: Section Officer, Cash Section Telephone: 011-24641674 Address: Room No. 177, 1st Floor, B-Block, Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, Safdarjung Airport Area, New Delhi – 110003
11	Supervisory officer details	Anurag Pandey (Under Secretary & Head of Office [HOO]) Email: anurag.pandey@nic.in Vijayant Kumar Arora (Deputy Secretary & Head of Department [HOD]) Email: vijayant_arora@nic.in
12	Useful links and documents	PFMS Portal: https://gifmis.cga.gov.in/SitePages/Users/LoginDetails/Login.aspx
13	Last updated	16.10.2026