7th PAY COMMISSION NEWS - CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES NEWS

A list of often used words with their definitions on the subject of Pension/Pensioners Pension - Pensioners - Family Pensioners A list of often used words with their definitions on the subject of Pension/Pensioners/Family Pensioners... Child A child of the Government servant who, if a son, is under twenty five years of age and if a daughter, is unmarried and is under twenty five years of age and the expression `children' shall be construed accordingly. Accident For the purpose of  CCS(Extraordinary Pension) Rules, the term ‘accident’ means a sudden and unavoidable mishap or a mishap due to an act of devotion to duty in an emergency arising otherwise than by violence out of and in the course of service. Accounts Office An officer, whatever his official designation, who maintains the accounts of a Ministry, Department or Office of the Central Government or Union Territory and includes an Accountant-General, who is entrusted with the functions of maintaining the accounts or part o...

A Coach of Tamilnadu Express Catches Fire Near Nellore Station in Andhra Pradesh 32 Dead and 25 Injured in the Accident There was an unfortunate incident of fire in train no. 12622 New Delhi-Chennai Tamilnadu Express at Nellore station (Andhra Pradesh) of Vijayawada Division of South Central Railway at about 0422 hours today i.e. 30th July 2012.   While the train was on run, fire broke out in Sleeper Class Coach S-11, positioned 20th from train engine.  As a result of the fire, this coach got completely burnt.  As per latest information received, 32 passengers lost their lives in this unfortunate incident, 25 passengers with burn injuries have been admitted to Government Hospital, Nellore and a nearby private hospital.  The dead bodies are yet to be identified. According to reports, while the train was passing Nellore Station, Gateman of Level Crossing Gate noticed the fire in S-11 coach and informed Dy. Station Superintendent of Nellore who managed to stop t...

AIRF 'Press Release' - Protests against non-implementation of merger of Tech.-I and Tech-II , Provision of GP Rs. 4800 instead of Rs. 4600 in Railways… ALL INDIA RAILWAYMEN'S FEDERATION No.AIRF/24(C) Dated : June 28, 2012 PRESS RELEASE NEW DELHI - 18th July: As per decision taken by the All India Railwaymen's Federation(AIRF), the entire Technical Staff — right from Helper, Technician to Senior Subordinate Engineers, belonging to all the disciplines of the Railways, viz Electrical, Mechanical, Civil Engineering and S&T etc., etc., staged a day-long dharna and demonstration under the banner of All India Railwaymen’s Federations affiliates at all the branches all over the Indian Railways, including Production Units on the clarion call of AIRF, demanding immediate redressaI of long pending genuine major demands of the Technical Categories of staff, which include merger of Technician II & I in Grade Pay of Rs.2800, replacement of Rs.4600 with GP Rs.4800 in c...

MACP JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING AND DECISIONS – CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES & WORKERS The joint Committee set up by the National Anomaly Committee to consider the MACP related issues met on 27th July, 2012.  The Staff Side was represented at the meeting by the following comrades: Com. M. Raghaviah Com. Umraomal Purohit Com. S.K. Vyas Com. C. Srikumar Com. K.K.N. Kutty Com. Shivgopal Misra Com. Bhosle The report prepared by the sub-committee after three rounds of discussions was reviewed at the meeting.  The points that came up for discussion and the decisions taken are as under: Grant of MACP in the promotional hierarchy:  The Staff Side pointed out that the ACP which was in vogue till the advent of MACP had been on promotional hierarchy.  In the name of improvement of the scheme, the Government cannot unilaterally change it, especially when the concerned employees do not consider it as advantageous.  They suggested that the employee...

Feedback of MACP Meeting held on 27.7.2012 for Railway Employees. Sub: _ Meeting of the Joint Committee on MACPs Anomalies. As decided in the National Anomaly Committee Meeting held on 17/07/2012, the DOPT held separate meeting with the Leaders of Staff Side at North Block, New Delhi, Room No. 190 on 27/07/2012. Discussions were held on following issues:- 1. Grant or MACP in the promotional hierarchy:- The staff side insisted that option be given to individual employees in this regard to facilitate  him/her to opt for availing benefit of financial upgradation. After discussion it was agreed to examine in depth for finding solution. 2. Date of effect of MACP Scheme: The desirability of giving effect to the MACP Scheme w.e. f.01.01.2006 will be examined. 3. Counting of total temporary status Casual Labour Service reckoning 10/20/30 years under MACP Scheme: Official Side stated that this will be processed separately. 4. Treatment of employees selected under LDCE/GDCE Schem...

TRAI Directs Telecom Service Providers to Provide Adequate Information to Broadband Consumers In order to ensure transparency in delivery of broadband services and to protect interests of consumers in the telecom sector, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today issued directions to telecom service providers for delivering broadband services in a transparent manner by providing adequate information to the broadband consumers about various plans and Fair Usage Policy (FUP). Through this direction, telecom service providers have been asked to provide adequate information on Fair Usage Policy (FUP); to ensure that speed of broadband connection is not reduced below the minimum speed specified and to provide alert to consumers when their data usage reaches 80% and 100% of the data usage limit bundled with the plan. This direction has already been placed on TRAI website- www.trai.gov.in .

Central govt employees threaten to go on strike Central government employees and workers today threatened to observe a daylong strike on December 12 if their charter of demands such as setting up of the seventh pay commission is not addressed "expeditiously". The employees, who participated in 'march to Parliament' programme here under the banner of confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers hoped the Prime Minister, to whom a memorandum containing their charter of demands has been submitted, would "consider and settle the issues within a reasonable time frame". The demands include withdrawal of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill, merger of DA with pay, stopping of privatisation and downsizing, regularisation of casual workers and grant of five promotions in the career as is given to the officers. A statement issued by the confederation said over 20,000 central government employees participated in today's progra...

National Anomaly Committee- Separate Meeting for MACP Issues May be postponed It has been decided in the Fifth Meeting of   National Anomaly Committee that a separate meeting will be arranged tentatively on 27-7-2012 to discuss the MACP related Issues. It is expected that core  issues related to the MACP Scheme will be finalized in this meeting. But the Sources Close to the staff side representative told that the meeting may be  postponed  and it will be held shortly.

NPS delivers average returns of 9.33%, beats PFs NEW DELHI: The three NPS managers handling the pension funds of Central and state government employees have delivered average returns of 9.33% in the past one year, outperforming the state-run government provident fund (GPF), employees provident fund (EPF) and the public provident fund (PPF). The three-year annualised returns are also quite decent at 8.47%, though not as spectacular as in the past one year. More than 16 lakh central and state government employees have almost Rs 8,500 crore invested in the NPS. This money is managed by three pension fund managers - SBI Pension Funds, LIC Pension Fund and UTI Retirement Solutions. Each of the three funds manages roughly one-third of the NPS corpus. Though three years is a very short time to judge long-term instruments such as pension funds, the impressive performance is likely to silence the criticism that NPS is not allocating enough to growth assets. Central and state government NPS f...

Restriction of two children is not applicable for claiming medical reimbursement As per existing rules, reimbursement of tuition fee, children’s Educational Assistance, LTC, etc., are admissible for two dependent children only. In this connection, a doubt has arisen whether an employee is entitled to reimbursement of the medical expenditure incurred for his wife during the pregnancy of third child and also admissibility of Paternity Leave in such cases. There is no ban under the CS(MA) Rules, 1944 or CGHS Rules for reimbursement of medical expenses incurred during the pregnancy of third child. However, Paternity Leave is not admissible if the employee has more than two surviving children vide OM, dated 16-7-1999 (now Rule 38-Aof CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972).

Central staff to march to Parliament The Confederation of Central Government Employees will take out a march to Parliament on July 26, demanding constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission and dismantling of the new pension scheme. Talking to reporters in Chennai, general secretary of the Confederation M. Duraipandian said though the Centre had trumpeted that the Sixth Pay Commission had increased the salary of the employees by 28 to 40 per cent, increase in petrol prices and hike in the price of essential commodities had proved that salary hike was not adequate. “CONSTITUTE 7TH PAY COMMISSION” “The only way out is constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission. Many private sector companies in Tamil Nadu revise the salaries of their employees once in four months. In transport sector it is done in every three years. The insurance sector has seen revision of pay nine times. We need pay revision once in five years,” he said. Bleak future Mr. Duraipandian said the new pension scheme was ...

New pattern of KV School uniform not yet come to schools... Not a burst of red and grey at KVs Students of KV might flaunt colours of red and grey along with the usual blue and white in a few months' time Students in not all Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country will be wearing uniforms in the new colour pattern when schools reopen on Monday. Maybe in a few months’ time, all of them will flaunt colours of red and grey, along with their usual blue and white. The students and the teachers are curious to know the latest decision on the proposed new uniforms. At the 92nd meeting of the Board of Governors of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan held earlier this year, a new pattern for uniforms was approved. According to the information posted on its website, the junior and senior boys and girls will sport uniforms in blue, grey, red and white colours with different patterns for each section. The uniforms are categorised into summer and winter wear with additional tie, sweater/jacket and c...

Common Recruitment of  13,320 Gr.II Police Constable (M & W), Gr.II Jail Warder (M) and Firemen for the year 2012 Men Cut-off marks 1835 WOMEN AR -  Cut-off marks TAMIL NADU UNIFORMED SERVICE RECRUITMENT BOARD  COMBINED RECRUITMENT OF GRADE II POLICE CONSTABLES/GRADE II JAIL WARDERS/FIREMEN – 2012 PROVISIONAL SELECT LIST FOR CV, PMT, ET & PET FOR - MEN & WOMEN (The marks secured by the candidates are mentioned in the bracket next to the roll Number. The call letters will be dispatched shortly)

FR 22 (I) Clause (a) (1) : What says FR22(I)(a)(1) Rule..? FR 22 (I) Clause (a) (1) deal with fixation of pay of a Government employee holding a non tenure post in a substantive or temporary or officiating capacity on promotion / appointment in a substantive or temporary of officiating capacity to a higher post. As per sub-para of Clause (a) (1) to FR 22 (I), a Government servant promoted to a higher post on regular basis is given an option  for fixation of his pay on the higher post as under:- (a) Either his initial pay may be fixed in the higher post on the basis of Clause (a) (1)  of FR 22 (I) straightway from the date of promotion without any further review on accrual of increment in the pay scale of the lower post; or (b) His pay on promotion may initially be fixed of the time-scale  of the new post above  the in the lower post from which he is promoted, which may be refixed in accordance with Clause (a) (1) of FR 22 (I) on the date of accrual of next increme...

Leave on Increment Day : Postponing of future increments As per the FR-26, an increment falling due during leave shall not be drawn till the employee returns to duty. This is because during leave, the employee is entitled to draw only leave salary which is based on the pay drawn by him before proceeding on leave. This will not however, have the effect of postponing of future increments, provided that the portion of the leave period falling after the due date of increments also count for increments.

CENTRAL SCHOOL NEW UNIFORM 2012 - WINTER JUNIOR I AND II CLASSES  MODERN TOUCH IN KV SCHOOLS WITH NEW UNIFORMS... KV Sangathan has recently decided to change the uniform of Blue and White to Modern Uniform from this academic year. Over ten lakh students of Central Schools across the country are set to lose their traditional Navy Blue and White uniforms. We are here given an sample photo of the class I and II student... Click to view the photo...

STEPPING UP OF SENIOR AT PAR WITH JUNIOR Stepping up of pay to remove anomalies : Stepping up of pay of  a senior at par with his junior to remove anomalies arising out of application of the following rules is permissible under specific orders subject to conditions specified as follows… If the anomaly is due to fixation of pay in the revised scales under sub-rule 7 of CCS (RP) Rules, 2008, the pay of the senior will be stepped up to the same stage in the revised pay band as that of junior. In the case of senior promoted prior to 1-1-2006, vis-a-vis his junior promoted subsequent to that date in the revised pay structure under CCS (RP) Rules, stepping up should be done with effect from the date of promotion of the junior subject to fulfilment of the conditions stipulated under Note 10 of Rule 7 of CCS (RP) Rules, 2008. In cases where two existing scales, one being a promotional scale for the other, are merged, and the junior, now drawing his pay at equal or lower stage in the l...

Cashless Service for RELHS Card Holder to take treatment in Recognized Private Hospitals in emergency. In an endeavour to alleviate the problems faced by the Sr. Citizens in getting treatment in emergency, a cashless service for RELHS card holders to take treatment in recognized private hospitals of National Capital Region was introduces by Northern Railway vide Board’s letter of even no. dated 29.02.2008 as a Pilot Project. The scheme was subsequently extended by one year each on two occasions i.e. up to 20.08.2011 vide Board’s letters of even no. dated 13.11.2009 and 27.01.2011. The issue of extension of the scheme or otherwise was under consideration in the Ministry of Railways for some time. The Competent Authority in the Ministry of Railways after careful consideration in the matter has decided to extend the facility till further orders for RELHS beneficiaries to take care of their health care needs in an acute emergency. This scheme will now be available in all Metros, State Ca...

Retirement age of Vice Chancellors has been revised from 65 to 70 Retirement age of Vice Chancellors has been revised from 65 to 70 in Tamil Nadu. The State Government of Tamil Nadu has increased the retirement age of Vice Chancellors of nine State Universities from 65 to 70. This move that has been greeted by experts and its come to effect through the Tamil Nadu Universities Laws (Amendments) Ordinance, 2012. The Tamil Nadu Governor has promulgated this ordinance on July 14. The nine Universities are : 1 Bharathiar University, 2 Bharathidasan University, 3 Mother Terasa Women’s University, 4 Alagappa University, 5 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, 6 Periyar University, 7 Tamil Nadu Open University, 8 Tiruvalluvar University and 9 Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University.

Introduction of child Care Leave (CCL) for women Government employees Haryana Government has issued revised consolidated instructions of Child Care Leave for female Government employees. Government has decided to allow Child Care leave to women Government employees working on regular basis, adhoc basis and also work-charged women employees to take care of their children at the time of need whether for rearing or to look after any of their needs like examination, sickness etc. This leave will be admissible in the following manner. 1.    CCL may be granted for a maximum period of 2 years (i.e. 730 days) during the entire service to a woman Government for taking care of her two eldest surviving children below the age of 18 years only. No. CCL will be admissible for third or next child irrespective of his age 2.    CCL will not be debited against the leave account but it will be admissible when the concerned woman Government employee has no Earned Leave at he...

This is extra boost for sportspersons to achieve medals in sports events. There will be chance to get three promotions in their service. The proposed policy will cover all the sportspersons working in Central Government Ministries and Departments.  Out of turn promotion for sportspersons The Union Cabinet today approved a policy to promote sportspersons for excellence in international sports events, by giving upto three out of turn promotions in their service career for winning medals in Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and World Championships. The sportsperson winning a medal or more than one medal in a Game/Team Events/Championships in a particular year will be eligible for an out of turn promotion in that year. Further record-breaking medal winning performance in National Games will also be considered for one out of turn promotion during the service career. Two out of turn promotions will be given for performance as a Coach, if he/she has trained a sportsperson who...

Today PIB has published the news about the retirement age of teachers to be increased to 65 proposal has been approved by the Cabinet. As in the state institutions, as per 6th CPC recommendations the decision is taken by the Government.   The Cabinet today approved the proposal to relax the condition of enhancement of age of superannuation of teachers to 65 in state institutions for the implementation of the revised pay scales on the basis of 6th Pay Commission recommendations and become eligible for receiving Central share of 80% of the arrear payment. It also decided that reimbursement of 80% of the Central share of the arrears be paid in 2-3 instalments to those States who have already made the payment and submitted their proposals for reimbursements to the Central Government. The decision of Cabinet is expected to provide relief to teachers in State institutions with the payment of arrears. It will also benefit State Governments, who will be able to make the arrear payment i...

Next JCM meeting proposed to be held on 27th July, 2012 for MACP anomalies . In this 5th NAC meeting, an important decision was taken is that the related to MACP anomalies will be discussed in the separate meeting. The separate meeting will also meet on 27th July this year and the Official Side also agreed that the leftover items, not included in the agenda, will be discussed. The next detailed discussion report has been published by AIRF today. Feedback of the 5th meeting of the National Anomaly Committee  5th meeting of the National Anomaly Committee was held today under the chairmanship of  Secretary, DoP&T. At the outset Com. Umraomal Purohit, Secretary, Staff Side, National Council(JCM), raised the following points:- He explained the background of setting-up of JCM Scheme and emphasized that the scheme has been effective to resolve the disputes between the Central Government employees and Government of India. But of late, the scheme is not been administered properly c...

One more Railway Federation AIRF conveyed immediately to all the employees of Central Government and Railways that the important issues discussed in the meeting of National Anomaly Committee. For our readers   convenience we have reproduced the contents of the post and given below... Feedback on NAC Meeting held on 17.07.2012. Highlights of National Anomaly Committee meeting held on 17.07.2012 1.    Promotee in same grade pay will get one extra increment. 2.     Running staff issues for giving MACP & special increment will be resolved sympathetically & orders will be issued within a month as per commitment of Secy./NAC & DOPT chairman. 3.    The supervisors of earlier APEX Grade i.e. 7450-11500 are very likely to get one special increment. The AIRF is doing all out efforts to get that increment w.e.f. 01.01.2006. 4.    It has also been agreed that where there is Direct Recruitee in a cadre, promotee will get the basic pay @ par wi...

One of the major trade union in Railways, NFIR (National Federation of Indian Railwaymen) General Secretary M.Raghavaiah has explained the discussions in the National Anomaly Committee, which was held on yesterday on its official portal. This is the good way to convey the matter instantly through a blog or website to all the members and also to the employees of Railways in various divisions overall India. Highlights of decisions and discussions of National Anomaly Committee Meeting held on 17th July, 2012 NFIR published the outcome of discussion on some important issues as follows… 1. Special Allowance and Qualification Pay : The demand for taking special allowance and qualification pay for fixation purpose on promotion w.e.f.1.1.2006 is agreed to be considered and finalized within one month. 2. Rule 8 of Revised Pay Rules : It was agreed that taking into consideration, Recruitment Rules the Senior promotee’s pay will be allowed to be fixed at the same stage (especially a...

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What is the age of dependent son and daughter for LTC claim...? Is there any rule for unmarried dependent children are eligible to avail Leave Travel Concession or dependency is the only criteria..? Generally says that the female children are eligible upto marriage and male children are eligible upto age of twenty five. And one more view that the age limit for children in case of LTC should be same as for CGHS facility. According to the CCS (LTC) Rules, 1998, there is no indication of age, "Family" definition is given in the rule, "two surviving unmarried children wholly dependent on the Government servant, irrespective of whether they are residing with the Government servant or not". There is no age limit for availing LTC for the wholly dependent son or daughter.

Payment of Pension to Government Pensioners Scheme for Payment of Pension to Government Pensioners by Authorised Banks Reserve Bank of India (the Bank) monitors disbursement of pension by its agency banks in respect of all Central Government Departments (except the Department of Post) and certain State Governments. It has been receiving several queries/ complaints from pensioners in regard to fixation, calculation and payment of pension including revision of pension/ Dearness Relief from time to time, transfer of pension account from one bank branch to another, etc. We have analysed the queries/ complaints, rights and duties of pensioners and put the same in the form of answers to these Frequently Asked Questions. It is hoped that these will cover most of the queries/ doubts in the minds of pensioners. 1. Can the pensioner draw his/ her pension through a bank branch? Yes. Even the Government employees earlier drawing their pension from a treasury or from a post office have the option t...

Important anomalies to be settled in the 5th NAC meeting We have compiled some important anomalies is expected to be settled in the meeting of NAC, which is held today. The anomalies are... Item No.3 : FIXATION OF PAY IN REVISED PAY SCALE ITEM NO.4 : FIXATION OF PAY FOR NEW RECRUITS IN THE GRADE PAY OF RS.4200/- ITEM NO. 5 : ON REVISED PAY RULES. 2008 Option for Rule 8 of the Revised Pay Rules and Rule 9 Date of next increment ITEM NO. 6 : BENEFIT ON PROMOTION ITEM NO. 11 : GRANT REVISED ALLOWANCES WITH EFFECT FROM 1.1.2006 ITEM NO. 12  : TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE ITEM NO.13 : INCREASE OF TA (TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE) AT PER WITH PB – 3 ITEM NO.21 : 50% OF REVISED PAY BAND + GRADE PAY NOT CORRECTLY DETERMINED. ITEM NO.26   : COMMUTATION OF REVISED PENSION ITEM NO. 28 : GRANT OF GRADE PAY OF RS.5400 IN PB-2 FOR ASSTT.ACCOUNTS/AUDIT OFFICERS ITEM NO.29 : REVISION OF BASE INDEX FOR D.A. ITEM NO.30 : BENCH MARK IN AICPI SCHEME FOR GRANT OF DA / DR WEF 1.1.2006 ON CPC VI LEVEL PAY / PENSION R...

DA Formula Rectification & Revision of Wages Price rise in last six years is 152%. Total increase in Consumer Price Index is 90 points. Total DA due is 70 % as 1/6/12 The  Confederation has  prepared a comparative chart of the price of 14 commodities, which go into the computation of minimum wage.  for more details see Confederation web sitehttp://confederationhq.blogspot.in/ Placed there-under is the computation of the Minimum wage on the basis of the prices of the requisite articles as in January, 2012.  It could be seen there-from that while the prices on an average registered an increase of 152% the DA compensation had only been 65%. This fact may kindly be used to bring home the necessity of revision of wages immediately.  .CLICK here for more information. The prices of the commonly used items of the common man  has risen from 100% to 250% from last six years, where as the  Consumer Price Index  numbers has risen only by 90 points in last...

DA increased  only  65%  Price raise in last 6 years is 152%  Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers Secretary General Shri.K.K.N.Kutty has explained through a letter to all his comrades, which is published on its official blog that the they have prepared a compartive chart of the price of 14 commodities,  which go into the computation of minimum wage.   Placed there-under is the computation of the Minimum wage on the basis of the prices of the requisite articles as in January, 2012.  It could be seen there-from that while the prices on an average registered an increase of 152% the DA compensation had only been 65%. This fact may kindly be used to bring home the necessity of revision of wages immediately.  The chart is given below... Sl. No Item Rate Anushakthi nagar co-op stores Chembur open market Average GROCERY ITEMS 01 Rice Old Masuri 24.00 32.00 28.00 02 Wheat 21.00 25.00 ...