Ashish Kumar Singh
University of Delhi
Ø Remission of sentences
In remission, the duration of the sentence is reduced, without changing the nature of the sentence. In remission, the nature of the sentence is remained untouched, while the duration is reduced i.e. the rest of the sentence need not be undergone. For example, a person sentenced for a term of two years, his sentence is now reduced to one year. The effect of the remission is that the prisoner is given a certain date on which he shall be released and the eyes of the law he would be a free man. However, in case of breach of any o f the condition of remission, it will be cancelled and the offender has to serve the entire term for which he was originally sentenced. The procedure followed is given under Section 432 of CrPC, 1973. The government would ask the opinion of the court which gave such a sentence. The court would revert with proper records. The government can grant or reject the application for remission and suspension if in its view all the conditions necessary for such a grant are not fulfilled. the offender may if at large, be arrested by any police officer without a warrant and is to undergo the unexpired portion of the sentence. The power of remission is wholly an executive action. There is no law as such to question the legality of this action, but the government should use this power fairly and not in an arbitrary manner. However, the court must consider the limitation provided under Section 433A of the CrPC, 1973. The power of remission and suspension should not in any way interfere with the conviction of the court, it should affect the execution of the sentence.
Ø Delhi Prison Rules, 2018
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 72 of the Constitution of India and the Section 432 of the Code, remission can be earned under the provisions of the Delhi Prisons Act, 2000,on the prisoner fulfilling the conditions required hereinafter. However, Remission is a privilege to a prisoner cannot be claimed as a right.
· Kinds of Remission
Remission will be of the following types: A) Ordinary Remission B) Annual Good Conduct Remission C) Special Remission D) Remission by Government
· Ordinary Remission
- Authority to grant ordinary remission: The Superintendent of Prison or officer nominated by the Superintendent on his behalf, who shall not be below the rank of Additional Superintendent/ Deputy Superintendent-I, is authorized to grant ordinary remission.
- Eligibility: The following types of convicted prisoners shall be eligible for ordinary remission: I. Prisoners having substantive sentences of two months and more,
II. Prisoners, sentenced to simple imprisonment for two months or more, who volunteer to work,
III. Prisoners employed on prison maintenance services requiring them to work on Sundays and Holidays, e.g. sweeping, cooking etc, irrespective of the length & nature of their sentence i.e., simple or rigorous imprisonment,
IV. Prisoners undergoing imprisonment in lieu of fine which immediately follows and is in continuation of the substantive sentence of not less than three months.
- Non-Eligibility: The following types of prisoners will not be eligible for ordinary remission: I. Prisoners having substantive sentence of less than two months,
II. Prisoners sentenced in default of payment of fine only,
III. Prisoners whose sentence is reduced to less than two months (in such cases remission already earned, if any, should stand forfeited),
IV. Prisoners, who are convicted of an offence committed after admission to the prison under Sections: 147/148/152/224/ 302/304/304A/306/307/ 308/ 323/ 324/ 325/ 326/ 332/ 333/ 352/ 353/ 376 or 377 of IPC or of an assault committed after admission to the prison on a warder or other officer or under any other law for misusing the concession of parole/furlough granted under that law.
V. Prisoners debarred from remission as punishment for committing prescribed prison offences,
VI. Prisoners specifically debarred from remission by the Government or the Inspector General of Prisons or under any law or rule;
VII. Prisoners undergoing sentence in the Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) cases, provided they are convicted after the 29th May, 1989;
VIII. During out-periods which are not reckoned as part of sentence (being periods during bail, escape and other periods, which are treated as out-periods and not reckoned as part of sentence under specific orders of the Government issued in that behalf).
· Annual Good Conduct Remission
- Any prisoner, eligible for ordinary remission, who for a period of one year from the date of his sentence, or the date on which he was last punished (except by way of warning) for a prison offence, has not committed any prison offence, should be awarded 30 days annual good conduct remission by the Superintendent of the Prison in addition to any other remission.
· Special Remission
- Authority to grant special remission: Inspector General (Prisons) on the recommendation of the Remission Committee, will be the competent to grant special remission.
- Criteria to grant special remission: Meritorious work by inmates should be rewarded by grant of special remission in addition to the annual good conduct remission to create a spirit of healthy competition among prisoners.
- Such special remission may be granted to prisoners, eligible for ordinary remission on the following considerations:
I. Saving the life of a government employee, a prison visitor or an inmate,
II. Protecting a government employee or prison visitor or inmate from physical violence or danger,
III. Preventing or assisting in prevention of escape of prisoners, apprehending prisoners attempting to escape, or giving material information about any plan or attempt by a prisoner, or a group of prisoners, to escape,
IV. Assisting prison officials in handling emergencies like fire, outbreak of riots and strike,
V. Reporting of, or assisting in, prevention of serious breach of prison regulations.
VI. Outstanding contribution in cultural activities or education or acquiring an additional education qualification (such as a degree or diploma) or teaching art & craft and special skills to fellow inmates,
VII. Specially good work in industry, agriculture or any other skill development program or in vocational training.
- Scale of Special Remission: Subject to the fulfillment of any one or more of the conditions aforementioned, special remission not exceeding 30 days in a calendar year completed by the prisoner in a prison, may be granted by the Inspector General of Prisons on the recommendation of Superintendent of Prison & Deputy Inspector General to those prisoners who are eligible for ordinary remission.
· Remission Committee
- The Remission Committee for remission to be granted by the Jail authoritiesThe Remission Committee of each institution will consist of:
I.Superintendent –in-charge of the prison-Chairman,
II. Deputy Superintendent or senior most prison officer available in the institution,
III. Assistant Superintendent/Any Other Officer in charge of remission section,
IV. Officer- in- charge of Industries/Vocational Training.
· Functions of Remission Committee
- The functions of this committee are:-
I. To attend to all matters pertaining to remission,
II. To recommend cases of prisoners to Head of Prisons Department for the grant of special remission as per provisions of these rules. Procedure 1184. The members of the committee should assist the Superintendent in all matters pertaining to the award of remission. The decision of the Superintendent to recommend a case of prisoner should be treated as final. The Remission Committee should meet every Monday in the first week of every month or as and when required. Monday means Monday or next working day, if Monday is a Jail holiday.
· General Rules to be followed:-
I. In view of the importance of remission work, it is essential that the committee meets as per fixed schedule so that remission may be granted in time. Special remission should be granted leaving a margin of at least seven days prior to a prisoner’s release.
II. Entries regarding remission should be made under proper attestation of the superintendent, in the Remission Register and the History Ticket of the prisoner concerned as soon as it is granted.
III. Prisoners with substantive sentences from two months to five years, should be sanctioned remission each month while those sentenced to more than five years (including life convicts), should be granted remission once in a quarter.
IV. Ordinary remission should be calculated for full calendar months. It should not be granted for a fraction of a calendar month.
V. Special remission may be granted for any fraction of a year accordingly.
VI. Maximum limit of ordinary and Annual Good Conduct Remission, which a prisoner can earn, should not be more than one fourth of a substantive sentence (to be calculated from the date of his conviction). The remission granted by the Government, shall be in addition to the ordinary and special remissions, which the prisoner has earned.
VII. Grant of remission to prisoners sentenced by court martial should be on the same principles as those applicable to other prisoners.
VIII. Before granting ordinary remission, the committee will consult the prisoner’s history ticket in which work and punishment of every prison offence awarded to the prisoner, must be carefully recorded.
IX. If a prisoner has not been punished during the quarter, otherwise than by a formal warning, he shall be awarded the full ordinary remission for that quarter. However, If a prisoner has been punished during the quarter, otherwise than by a formal warning, he shall not be awarded the ordinary remission for that quarter.
· Remission by Government
- Remission granted by the Government under Section 432 of the code of criminal procedure and under these rules, shall be called Remission by the Government. Remission by the Government may be granted on occasions of National importance or public rejoicing.
· Note
1. No Rules can be prescribed for the Remission by Government for grant of this type of remission.
2. The Remission by Government will be over and above the maximum limit of remission permissible under all these rules.
· Eligibility
- The Remission by Government can be awarded to such prisoners, or categories of prisoners, as the Government may decide.
- In case of prisoners who at the time of general grant of remission by Government are released on temporary or emergency release, which is not a part of sentence, specific orders of the Government about the award of this remission to such prisoners are necessary.
- Remission by Government may be granted at such scale, or in such quantum as may be decided by the Head of the State.
· Life Convicts
- Life sentence shall be taken as imprisonment for twenty years for the purpose of calculation of remission (as per the logic given in Section 57 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860). In the case of a prisoner serving more than one life sentence, twenty years shall be treated as the total of all his sentences for calculating remission. Grant of remission to a life convict shall not mean actual remission in his sentence. When his case will be examined by the Review Board for pre-mature release, the remission to his credit will be one of the factors on the basis of which the review of his sentence will be considered.
· The miscellaneous rules to be applied:-
I. Prisoners sentenced by court martial shall be granted ordinary remission of the period; they pass in transit or in military custody, before their admission in prison, on the same scale as laid down in these rules.
II. In the case of a prisoner, transferred from one prison to another while undergoing imprisonment, the period spent by him in the first prison, excluding the period spent as an under trial prisoner, shall be calculated along with the period spent by him in the second prison for remission.
III. Ordinary remission shall be calculated from the first day of the calendar month after the date of the prisoner’s sentence. Ordinary remission shall not be granted for the broken period of a calendar month. A prisoner, unless sentenced on the first day of a month, will not get remission for the month in which he has been sentenced.
IV. No prisoner shall receive ordinary remission for the calendar month in which he is going to be released.
V. The under trial period shall not be considered as a part of sentence for the purpose of calculation of remission.
VI. In calculating the probable date of release of prisoner, the number of days of remission earned shall be converted into months and days at the rate of thirty days to each month.
VII. In case of prisoners convicted for a term of three years or more, the remission earned by the convict should be totaled and his probable date of release worked out before the completion of one half (½) of his substantive sentence. In case of prisoners convicted for a term of less than three years, his probable date of release be calculated on monthly basis.
VIII. The remission, under all these rules shall be calculated from the first day of the month following the date on which a prisoner is admitted in prison after his conviction.
IX. Period spent outside the prison, such as release on furlough/parole, which are included as part of a sentence, shall not be treated as broken periods. During such periods the prisoner shall be eligible for earning ordinary remission. For periods spent outside the prison which are not included as parts of a sentence (such as parole, furlough, bail, emergency release, escape and extradition etc.) prisoners shall not be eligible for earning remission. In such cases, the prisoners should be considered as eligible to earn remission from the first day of the calendar month following the date of their re-admission.
X. Prisoners admitted for less than one month in hospital for treatment or convalescence after an ailment or injury not caused willfully. Those admitted for such purpose for more than one month, should be entitled to remission for good conduct only.
· Note- In all such cases the date for eligibility for annual good conduct remission will be duly postponed. Prisoners who have been released on bail or whose sentence have been temporarily suspended, shall on their readmission to prison be credited with any remission they may have earned before their release on bail or to the suspension of the sentence. They will be brought under the remission system again on the first day of the calendar month after their readmission.
· Conditions for Forfeiture of Remission
- Remission earned by a prisoner may be forfeited by the Inspector General of the Prisons Department on the recommendation of Superintendent of Prison;
i. If the prisoner is convicted of an offence committed after admission to prison, under sections 147, 148, 152, 224, 302, 304, 304-A, 306, 307, 308, 232, 324, 325,326, 327, 332, 333, 352, 353,376 or 377 of the Indian Penal Code or convicted of an assault committed on a prison official, a prison visitor, a prisoner or any other government employee or on conviction for any offence committed in violation of the law providing for temporary release of the prisoner on parole/furlough etc. after admission to prison. All the ordinary and special remission of whatever kind, earned by him under these rules up to the date of the said conviction may be forfeited in part or in whole.
ii. For prison offences, Superintendent is empowered to forfeit earned remission up to 30 days for one offence. Earned remission beyond 30 days may be forfeited with the sanction of the Inspector General of the Prisons.
Note: All entries about forfeiture of remission shall be promptly made in the history ticket or remission sheet and in the Remission Register or in any other relevant document/record.
§ Model prison manual,2003
· Eligibility:
- The following types of convicted prisoners shall be eligible for ordinary remission:
(a) Prisoners having substantive sentences of two months and more,
(b) Prisoners, sentenced to simple imprisonment for two months or more, who volunteer to work,
(c) Prisoners employed on prison maintenance services requiring them to work on Sundays and Holidays, e.g. sweeping, cooking etc., irrespective of the length of their sentence,
(d) Prisoners admitted for less than one month in hospital for treatment or convalescence after an ailment or injury not caused willfully. (Those admitted for such purpose for more than one month should be entitled to remission for good conduct only).
Note: It will be the responsibility of the prison administration to provide work to all eligible prisoners. If for any reason the prison administration fails to do so the prisoners who are otherwise eligible for remission for work should be granted it as per their normal entitlement under the orders of the Inspector General of Prisons.
· Non Eligibility:
- The following types of prisoners should not be eligible for ordinary remission:
(a) Prisoners having substantive sentence of less than two months,
(b) Prisoners sentenced in default of payment of fine only,
(c) Prisoners whose sentence is reduced to less that two months (in such cases remission already earned, if any, should stand forfeited),
(d) In the case of prisoners transferred from one prison to another on disciplinary grounds, during the period of their stay in the latter prison,
(e) Prisoners debarred from remission as punishment,
(f) Prisoners specifically debarred from remission under any law or rule, and
(g) Prisoners out on special leave for the duration of such leave.
· Scale of remission for convicted prisoners:
- Ordinary remission may be granted to prisoners who are eligible for it at the scale shown below:
(a) Three days per calendar month for good behaviour, discipline and participation in institutional activities,
(b) Three days per calendar month for performance of work according to the prescribed standards,
(c) One day per calendar month for prisoners employed on prison maintenance services requiring them to work even on Sundays and holidays e.g. sweeping, cooking etc.,
(d) Eight days per calendar month for those working as night watchmen,
(e) 10 days per calendar month to convict overseers and convict warders (until these two categories are abolished),
(f) One day for each day’s stay in open institutions to prisoners sentenced to imprisonment of one year or more and transferred to such institutions,
(g) Any prisoner eligible for ordinary remission, who for a period of one year from the date of his sentence, or the date on which he was last punished (except by way of warning) for a prison offence, has not committed any prison offence, should be awarded 30 days annual good conduct remission in addition to any other remission.
· Special remission
Authority to grant special remission:
Superintendent of the prison concerned and Inspector General/Head of the Prisons Department will be the competent authorities to grant special remission.
· Criteria to grant special remission:
Meritorious work by inmates should be rewarded by grant of special remission in addition to the annual good conduct remission to create a spirit of healthy competition among prisoners.
Such special remission may be granted to prisoners eligible for ordinary remission on the following considerations:
(a) Saving the life of a government employee, a prison visitor or an inmate,
(b) Protecting a government employee or prison visitor or inmate from physical violence or danger,
(c) Preventing or assisting in prevention of escape of prisoners, apprehending prisoners attempting to escape, or giving material information about any plan or attempt by a prisoner, or a group of prisoners, to escape,
(d) Assisting prison officials in handling emergencies like fire, outbreak of riots and strike,
(e) Reporting of, or assisting in, prevention of serious breach of prison regulations,
(f) Outstanding contribution in cultural activities or education,
(g) Specially good work in industry, agriculture or any other work programme, or in vocational training.
· Scale:
- Subject to the fulfillment of any one or more of the conditions aforementioned, special remission not exceeding 30 days in a year may be granted by the Superintendent of prison to those prisoners who are eligible for ordinary remission. The Inspector General of Prisons may grant special remission up to 60 days per annum in exceptional cases. He may grant special remission within his powers, even to a prisoner who is not eligible for ordinary remission, in special circumstances.
· State Government Remission
- Remission granted by the State Government shall be called State Government Remission: Eligibility :
- The State Government remission can be awarded to such prisoners, or categories of prisoners, as the State Government may decide;
· In case of prisoners who, at the time of general grant of State Government remission, are released on temporary or emergency release, specific orders of the State Government about the award of this remission to such prisoners are necessary;
· Scale:
- State Government remission will be granted at such scale, or in such quantum, as may be fixed by the State Government from time to time.
· Remission Committee
- The Remission Committee of each institution will consist of:
(i) Superintendent-in charge of the institution – Chairman,
(ii) Deputy Superintendent or senior most prison officer available in the institution,
(iii) Assistant Superintendent/Deputy Jailor/Assistant Jailor in charge of remission section,
(iv) Officer in charge of Industries/ Vocational Training.
- The functions of this committee are:
(i) to attend to all matter pertaining to remission,
(ii) to recommend cases of prisoners to the Inspector General/Head of Prisons Department for the grant of special remission as per provisions of this manual, and
(iii) to grant special remission as per provisions of this manual.
· Procedure
- The members of the committee should assist the Superintendent in all matters pertaining to the award of remission. The decision of the Superintendent should be treated as final. The Remission Committee should meet on fixed days in the last week of every month, or as and when required.
- Notes:
(i) In view of the importance of remission work, it is essential that the committee meets as per fixed schedule so that remission may be granted in time. Special remission should be granted leaving a margin of at least seven days prior to a prisoner’s release.
(ii) Entries regarding remission should be made, under proper attestation of the Superintendent, in the Remission Register and the History Ticket of the prisoner concerned as soon as it is granted.
(iii) Prisoners with substantive sentences from two months to five years should be sanctioned remission each month while those sentenced to more than five years (including life convicts) should be granted remission once in a quarter.
(iv) Ordinary remission should be calculated for full calendar months. It should not be granted for a fraction of a calendar month.
(v) Special remission may be granted for any fraction of a year accordingly.
(vi) Maximum limit of remission which a prisoner can earn should be half of the substantive sentence (to be calculated from the date of his conviction).
(vii) Grant of remission to prisoners sentenced by court martial should be on the same principles as those applicable to other prisoners.
· Life Convicts
- Life sentence shall be taken as imprisonment for twenty years for the purpose of calculation of remission (vide Section 57, Indian Penal Code). In the case of a prisoner serving more than one life sentence, twenty years shall be treated as the total of all his sentences for calculating remission. Grant of remission to a life convict shall not mean actual remission in his sentence. When his case will be examined by the Review Board, the remission to his credit will be one of the factors on the basis of which the review of his sentence will be considered.
· Remission earned by a prisoner may be forfeited by the State Government or the Inspector General of Prisons or the Head of Prisons Department or the Superintendent of Prisons;
(i) If the prisoner is convicted of an offence committed after admission to prison, under sections 147, 148, 152, 224, 302, 304, 304-A, 306. 307, 308, 232, 324, 325, 326, 327, 332, 333,352, 353 or 377 of the India Penal Code or convicted of an assault committed on a prison official, a prison visitor, a prisoner, or any other government employee after admission to prison. All the ordinary and special remission, of whatever kind, earned by him under these rules up to the date of the said conviction may be forfeited in part, or in whole, with the sanction of the Inspector General of Prisons or the Head of the Prisons Department,
(ii) For prison offences Superintendent is empowered to forfeit earned remission up to 30 days for one offence. Earned remission beyond 30 days may be forfeited with the sanction of the Inspector General of Prisons or the Head of the Prisons Department.
· Note:
(i) All entries about forfeiture of remission shall be promptly made in the remission sheet and in the Remission Register.
(ii) State Government remission is granted on occasions of national importance or public rejoicing under Section 432 of Criminal Procedure Code. An order of unconditional remission of such sentence under this section cannot be rescinded except in cases of fraud or mistake in its grant.
§ Bihar prison manual, 2012
· Remission Committee
- Each prison shall have a Remission Committee consisting of:
i. Superintendent - Chairman
ii. Deputy Superintendent - Member Secretary
iii. Assistant Superintendent - Member 407.
- The functions of this committee shall be:
i. to attend to all matter pertaining to remission
ii. to recommend cases of prisoners to the Inspector General, Prisons & Correctional Services for the grant of special remission as per provisions of this manual;
iii. to recommend cases of prisoners to the Assistant Inspector General, Prisons (Region) for the grant of annual good conduct remission
iv. to grant special remission as per provisions of this manual
- The members of the committee shall assist the Superintendent in all matters pertaining to the award of remission. The decision of the Superintendent shall be treated as final. The Remission Committee shall meet on fixed days in the last week of every month, or as and when required.
· Cases eligible for Ordinary Remission
- The following types of convicted prisoners shall be eligible for ordinary remission:
i. Prisoners having Rigorous Imprisonment of two months or more
ii. Prisoners sentenced to simple imprisonment for two months or more and who volunteer to work
iii. Prisoners employed on prison maintenance services requiring them to work on Sundays and Holidays, irrespective of the length of their sentence
· Cases not eligible for Ordinary Remission
- The following types of prisoners shall not be eligible for ordinary remission:
i. Prisoners sentenced to imprisonment in default of payment of fine
ii. Prisoners debarred from remission as punishment
iii. Prisoners specifically debarred from remission under any law or rule
iv. Any prisoner sentenced by the Court out of the State
v. Prisoner sentenced/convicted by Military Court
· Scale of Ordinary Remission and authority to award the same
- Ordinary remission shall be granted to convicted prisoners by the Superintendent in the light of recommendations received from other members of the Remission Committee in the scale provided below:
i. 2 days per calendar month for thoroughly good conduct, participation in institutional activities e.g. education programmes, de-addiction programmes and meticulous attention to all prison regulations
ii. 2 days per calendar month for working in industry or performance of the assigned daily work according to the prescribed standards for the entire month
iii. 1 day per calendar month for working on Sundays and holidays for general maintenance of prisons or in the kitchen or in the prison hospital
· Note 1: A prisoner who is unable to work through causes beyond his control, by reason of being at court, in transit, from one prison to another, in any hospital, either prison, civil, mental or in an invalid gang, shall be granted remissions under clause (i) of this rule, on the scale earned by him/her during the previous month, if his/her conduct prior to and during the period in question has been such as to deserve such grant. However, prisoners who are deliberately absent from work shall not be granted remission.
· Note 2: The amount of ordinary remission granted to a prisoner during a month shall not exceed 7 days.
· Note 3: The amount of ordinary remission granted to a prisoner during a year shall not exceed 84 days.
· Calculation of remission
- Ordinary remission shall be calculated from the first day of the calendar month next following the date of the prisoners’ sentence. Ordinary remission shall not be granted for the broken period of a calendar month. A prisoner, unless sentenced on the first day of a month, shall not get remission for the month in which he/she has been sentenced.
- Period spent outside the prison, such as release on leave/parole which are included as part of a sentence, shall not be treated as broken periods. During such periods the prisoner shall be eligible for earning ordinary remission. For periods spent outside the prison which are not included as parts of a sentence (such as, bail, suspension of sentence, emergency release, escape and extradition) prisoners shall not be eligible for earning remission. In such cases, the prisoners shall be considered as eligible to earn remission from the first day of the calendar month following the date of their readmission. Period spent outside the prison on leave/parole shall be reduced from the remission earned while calculating the total remission and date of release.
Note: Prisoners who have been released on bail, or whose sentence have been temporarily suspended, shall, on their readmission to prison, shall be brought under the remission system on the first day of the calendar month next following his/her readmission and be credited with any remission they may have earned before their release on bail, or to the suspension of the sentence.
- In the case of a prisoner, transferred from one prison to another while undergoing imprisonment, the period spent by him in the first prison, excluding the period spent as an under trial prisoner, shall be calculated along with the period spent by him in the second prison, for grant of remission purpose.
· Cancellation of remission for offences committed in prison
- If any prisoner after admission into the prison commits a prison offence or an assault on a warder or other official or is convicted of an offence, under sections 147, 148, 152, 224, 302, 304, 304A, 306, 307, 308, 323, 324, 325, 326, 332, 333, 352, 353, or 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the ordinary and special remissions of whatever kind earned by him/her up to date of the said conviction may be forfeited in part or in whole, by the state government or Inspector General, Prisons & Correctional Services, on recommendations of the Superintendent.
Note: All entries about forfeiture of remission shall be promptly made in the Remission card.
· Special Remission
- In addition to the ordinary remission, annual good conduct remission to create a spirit of healthy competition among prisoners, special remission may be granted by Superintendent or on his/her recommendation by Inspector General, Prisons & Correctional Services to any prisoner whether eligible for ordinary remission or not on the following considerations:
i. Protecting a government employee, prison visitor, convict overseer or inmate from physical violence or danger
ii. Preventing or assisting in prevention of escape of prisoners, apprehending prisoners attempting to escape, or giving material information about any plan or attempt by a prisoner or a group of prisoners to escape
iii. Assisting prison officials in handling emergencies like fire, outbreak of riots and strike iv. Assisting prison administration in maintaining discipline and detecting and preventing of serious breach of prison regulations or discipline
v. Outstanding contribution in cultural activities or education or vocational training or for excellent work done in the prison kitchen or hospital
vi. Especially good work in industry, agriculture or any other work programme
vii. Assistance to the Prison & Correctional Services Department in its drive to improve the educational standards of prisoners or for imparting vocational training or for excellent work done in managing prison farm or garden
viii. Economy in wearing clothes