OROP Implementation PCDA Circular No.557: Amendment & Clarification on Circular 555

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OROP Implementation PCDA Circular No.557: Amendment to Circular No. 555 & Clarification on Circular 555 has been issued on 17.03.2016

OFFICE OF THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)

DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD- 211014

Circular No.557

Dated: 17.03.2016

Subject: Implementation of ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP) to Defence pensioners.

Reference: This office circular No 555 dated 04.02.2016.

A comprehensive list of maximum term of engagement for JCOs/ORs was enclosed as Appendix-X to this office Circular No. 555 dated 4.2.2016 has been slightly amended as under :-

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Rank	Period	For	Read
Naik (Regular Army)	1.6. 1953 to 30.11.1976	22 years	20 years
	1.12.1976 to 29.5.1998	24 years	22 years
	30.5.1998 till date	26 years	24 years
Naik (DSC)	1.6..1953 to 30.11.1976	22 years	20 years
Hony captain (DSC)	Below Exceptions -	5.72.1972 to 31.12.197 2	5.02.1972 to 31.12.1972

2. Similarly, slightly amended comprehensive list of equivalence of ranks in the three services of Armed Forces is enclosed as Appendix ‘Y’ to this Circular which would substitute the Appendix-‘Y’ of the Circular No. 555 dated 04.02.2016.

3. PDAs have reported some difficulties on certain points while implementing the scheme of ‘OROP’. Necessary clarification in the matter is as under:-

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SI.	Clarification required	Clarification
1.	In the absence of qualifying service, it would be extremely difficult to revise LFP/ SFP as per Circular No. 555?	In case, any information regarding qualifying service, rank, group etc., is not available with PDAs, such cases may be referred to Pension Sanctioning Authorities concerned in the proforma enclosed as Annexure-‘A’ to the Govt. Letter No. (1)/2014/D (Pen/Policy)-Part-II dated 3 rd Feb, 2016. All PDAs are therefore, requested to send Annexure-A both in hard and soft copy by name to Shri Ram Ji Mishra, Sr. AO (Sangam Cell) on e-mail ID: cda-albd@nic.in. Meanwhile, as an interim measure, if qualifying service is not available in case of family pension, minimum family pension rate payable for that particular rank and group w.e.f. 01.07.2014 (as per Circular No. 555 dated 04.02.2016) may be paid.
2.	In the absence of Group/ Qualifying service, revision as per Circular 502 was done by revising family pension for the lowest group in the start of the table. Now in the present OROP orders, the tables start from 0.5 yrs and therefore cases where group/ Q.S. is not available cannot be revised.	If the group of the service pensioner is not available in the PPOs/ Corrigendum PPOs, pension of lowest group (i.e. for group Y for the time being) for that rank and qualifying service may be paid until receipt of clarification from the PSAs concerned.
3.	It is not clear whether the LTA is payable in one lump sum or 4 equal installments?	Arrears on account of revision of pension and LTA from 1.7.2014 to 02.03.2016 shall be paid by the Pension Disbursing Agencies in four equal half-yearly instalments and not in lump- sum. However, all the family pensioners including those in receipt of Special/ Liberalized Family Pension and all Gallantry award winners shall be paid arrears in one instalment as per Para 17 of the Circular No. 555 dated 04.02.2016
4.	PDAs find it extremely difficult to identify HAG+ rank?	The rank of Lt. Gen (HAG+) was introduced after 01.01.2006. Hence, rank of Lt. Gen (HAG+) is found only in Post-01.01.2006 cases. In such cases, pay scale for that rank i.e. Rs. 75500-80000 is mentioned in the PPO. For Pre-2006 cases, pension of HAG will be payable to retired Lt. Generals, unless retired in the rank of Army Commander or equivalent. Same applies to equivalent ranks in Air Force and Navy.
5.	Tables 97-101 give the revised pension payable in respect of Pre-01.06.1953 and State Forces pensioners. Whether family pensioners of the above category (particularly State Force pensioners) are entitled for OROP revision and if so at what rates?	Rates shown in Table No. 97-101 attached with Circular No. 555 are for Pre-01.06.1953 retirees. These tables are showing Service Element/ Service Pension rates. Cases of Family/ Disability/ War Injury Pension in r/o Pre-01.06.1953 retirees shall be submitted to this office for revision through Corr PPO. The same applies to State Forces pensioners.
6.	No equivalence has been prescribed for Cadets?	The Cadets are granted monthly ex-gratia and same is treated differently from pension and therefore, cases of Cadets are regulated separately as per the existing provisions. Hence Circular No. 555 is not applicable in case of Cadets
7.	Annexure E to F to Circular No. 500 dated 17.01.2013 gives the rates for revised pension payable to Pre-96 EC/SSC Officers and to Post-96 EC/SSC Officers. It is common table irrespective of Pre or Post- 96 retirees. Whether pension shall be revised for Pre-96 EC/ SSC Officers as per Table 5 & 6 of Circular 555?	As per Govt. letter No. 12(1)/2014/ D(Pen/Policy) Part-II dated 07.11.2015 “OROP implies that uniform pension to be paid to the Defence Forces Personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service, regardless of their date of retirement.” The pension of all past pensioners will be determined according to the above principle.
8.	It is mentioned that Corr PPOs have been issued admitting pension for the rank of Lt. Col. In respect of Major with 21 years Qualifying Service. Then how to revise the pension for Major (post 96 cases) with 21 years Qualifying Service?	All substantive Majors retired on or after 1.1.1996 but before 01.01.2006, who had completed 21 years of commissioned service and were granted pay of Lt. Col. as per Para 5(a) (iii) and 5 (a) (iv) of Special Army Instruction 2/S/98. Such Majors have been allowed the benefit of revision of pension as per rates of Lt. Col. under 6th CPC on the authority of GoI, MoD Deptt. of Ex-Service Welfare letter No. 1(13)/2009/D(Pen/Policy) dated 24th sept 2012. In these cases, Corr PPO’s have been issued by concerned PSAs revising pension under 6th CPC. Pension of such Majors may also be revised as per the table applicable to Lt. Col. However, in case of any doubt, the case may please be referred to PSAs concerned for clarification.
9.	Whether PDAs are authorized to revise the pension to Subedar Major granted ACP I & ACP II for the rank of Hony Lt and Hony Captain?	In case ACP is granted, pension of next higher rank will be admissible to the pensioner. In case of Subedar Major who got ACP-I, pension may be revised for Hony. Lt. But it is not likely that ACP-II is granted to a Subedar Major, so if any case of Subedar Major with ACP-II comes into the knowledge, the same may be forwarded for clarification.
10.	The difference between Artificer III-I and Artificer I, II, III may please be explained.	The same has been reflected in revised Annexure-Y attached with this Circular.
11.	Orders were issued vide Circular 456 dated 18.03.2011 for broad banding of disability element whereby disability element sanctioned at rates lower than 50% was brought up to 50%. In cases where broad banding has been carried out, it is not beneficial to revise disability at rates lower than 50%. As such no revision has been effected in such cases and current rate of disability element has been retained. It may be confirmed that this is in order.	As already clarified in various circulars issued by this office, the Disability Element shall be proportionately reduced for disability which is less than 100%. Accordingly, in case of broad- banding of disability element, benefit of broad banding may be granted to the individual. Further, Para-6 of ibid GoI, MoD letter dated 03.02.2016 may be referred to wherein it is stated that if the revised pension as on 01.07.2014 works out to less than the existing pension as on 01.07.2014 in terms of these orders, the pension shall not be revised to the disadvantage of the pensioner
12.	Whether Qualifying Service (Q.S.) is to be taken as actual or with weightage?	In Post-2006 retirees cases, weightage had been withdrawn from Qualifying Service. Therefore, the qualifying service mentioned in OROP table is actual qualifying service only. No weightage in qualifying service is to be allowed at all while extending the benefit of OROP in past cases. For example, if actual Q.S. was ‘q’ years and weightage, if any, was ‘y’ years, the pension indicated in the concerned table for ‘q’ years only is to be paid to the pensioner
13.	Whether the amount mentioned in Column 22 of Table No. 7 is applicable to all category of pensioners?	Column 22 of Table No. 7 is applicable to all NCs(E) of the three services i.e. Army, Navy & Air Force.

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(NASIM ULLAH)

Asst. Controller (P)

No. Gts/Tech/0167/XXII
Dated 17.03.2016

APPENDIX ‘Y’

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A. EQUIVALENCE OF RANKS IN THE THREE SERVICES OF ARMED FORCES

Indian Commissioned Officer (ICOs)

ARMY	NAVY	AIR FORCE
Lieutenant	Sub Lt.	Plt. Offr./ Flg Offr.
Captain	Lt.	Flt. Lt.
Major	Lt. Cdr.	Sqn. Ldr.
Lt.Col.(TS)	Cdr. (TS)	Wg. Cdr. (TS)
Lt. Col. (S)	Cdr. (S)	Wg. Cdr. (S)
Colonel (TS)	Captain(TS)	Group Captain (TS)
Colonel	Captain	Group Captain
Brigadier	Commodore	Air Commodore
Major General	Rear Admiral	Air Vice Marshal
Lt. General	Vice Admiral	Air Marshal
Lt. General (HAG+)	Vice Admiral (HAG+)	Air Marshal (HAG+)
Lt. General (Army Cdr.)	Vice Admiral (FOC-in- C)	Air Marshal (AOC-in- C)
DGAFMS	------------------------	------------------------
Vice Chief of Army Staff	Vice Chief of Naval Staff	Vice Chief of Air Staff
Chief of Army Staff	Chief of Naval Staff	Chief of Air Staff

Note: The rank of Lt. General (HAG+) and equivalent exists only in Post 2006 cases.

B. JUNIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS (JCOs) AND OTHER RANKS (ORs)

ARMY	AIF FORCE	NAVY
Sepoy	AC/ LAC	Seaman- I & II and equivalent
Naik/ L Dafadar	Corporal	Leading Seaman & equivalent
Havildar/ Dafadar	Sergeant	Petty Officer/Mech-IV/Artificer-IV
----	----	Artificer-III-I/Mech-III-I
Nb Subedar/ Nb Risaldar/ Jamadar	JWO	CPO/ Chief Artificer / Chief Mech
Subedar/ Risaldar	WO	Master Chief Petty Officer- II
		Master Chief Mech- II
		Master Chief Art- II
Sub Major	MWO	Master Chief Petty Officer – I
		Master Chief Mech- I
		Master Chief Art- I
NCs(E)	NCs(E), Tindal, Head Tindal

Note: Recruits are equivalent to Sepoy (Lowest group)

C. HONORARY RANKS (JCOs)

ARMY	AIF FORCE	NAVY
Sub/Hony Lt	WO/Hony Fly. Officer	MCPO-II/Sub Lt
Sub Maj/Hony Lt	MWO/Hony Fly. Officer	MCPO-I/Sub Lt
Sub/Hony Capt	WO/Hony Flt. Lt.	MCPO-II/Hony Lt
Sub Maj/Hony Capt.	MWO/Hony Flt. Lt.	MCPO-I/Hony Lt

Equivalent rank of three services of Armed Forces personnel has been given in Appendix Y (not as appendix Z as mention in above cited circular) and the same is slightly amended and uploaded to the website of this office.

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Details of Bank Strike during last three years, impact and steps taken by Govt.

March 21, 2016, 7:44 pm

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The details of banks’ strikes called during the last three years, the demands of the banks’ unions/associations and their impact on banking sector and the steps being taken by the Government to avoid recurrence of such strikes in future: Lok Sabha Q&A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 2526

ANSWERED ON: 11.03.2016

Bank Strikes

SUKENDER REDDY GUTHA

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:-

(a) the details of banks’ strikes called during the last three years and the current year, bank-wise;

(b) the demands of the banks’ unions/associations and their impact on banking sector along with the estimated loss suffered by the Government from such strikes during the above period;

(c) whether the Government is aware of violation of the bilateral settlement by five Associate Banks of State Bank of India (SBI) and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the steps being taken by the Government to avoid recurrence of such strikes in future?

ANSWER

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

(a) & (b): Total strikes observed by Unions/Associations in Public Sector Banks during the last three years and the current year are eighteen (18). The demands of bank’s unions/associations mostly relate to immediate wage settlement, stop outsourcing of bank jobs, stop banking sector reforms, improvement in pension schemes, provide compassionate appointments in banks, etc. The estimated loss suffered from such strikes is not quantified.

(c): The settlements arrived at between Unions of the Workmen employees and Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) on behalf of member banks are bound on all the parties to the Settlements as per the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. As such, all member banks including Associate Banks of SBI, parties of Settlements are to implement the said settlements without violating the agreed terms and conditions of the settlement.

(d): Conciliation meetings were held with the representatives of the Unions/Association at the office of Chief Labour Commissioner to avert the strike.

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March 21, 2016, 7:55 pm

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It may take some time to decide on 7th CPC recommendations : Empowered Committee

Minutes of Second Meeting of Empowered Committee of Secretaries held with NCJCM Staff Side

Minutes of the 2nd meeting of Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS)

Venue: Committee Room, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan
Date of Meeting: Thursday, the 1 st March, 2016
Time of Meeting: 6:45 PM

Members of E-CoS present
1 Cabinet Secretary
2. Chairman, Railway Board
3. Home Secretary
4 Defence Secretary
5 Secretary, D/o Science & Technology
6. Secretary, D/o Personnel & Training
7. Secretary, M/o Health & Family-Welfare
8. Secretary, D/o Pension and Pensioner’s Welfare
9. Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat
10. Secretary, D/o Posts
1 1 . Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General

Secretariat for E-CoS:
1. Jöint Secretary, Implementation Cell, D/o Expenditure
2. Director, Implementation Cell, D/o Expenditure

Representatives of JCM (Staff-side):

1 . Shri Shiv Gopal Mishra
2. Shri M. Raghavaiah
3. Shri Rakhal Das Gupta
4. Shri Ch. Sankara Rao
5. Shri J.R. Bhosle
6. Shri Guman Singh
7. Shri R.P. Bhatnagar
8. Shri K.S. Murty
9. Shri K.K.N. Kutty
10. Shri C. Srikumar
11 . Shri R. Srinivasan
12. Shri M. Krishnan
13. Shri M.s. Raja

Subject: Implementation of the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission — 2nd meeting of the E-CoS

A meeting of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) was held on 1 st March, 2016 in the Cabinet Secretariat under the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary to discuss issues raised by Staff„side of JCM

2. Welcoming the members of E-CoS and JCM Staffrside, Cabinet Secretary observed that the meeting had been called to take a note of concerns of Stäff-$ide of JCM regarding recommendations of the 7th CPC and invited the members Of Staff-side of JCM to share their views on the recommendations.

3. Opening the discussion, representative of Staff-side of JCM expressed gratitude to Cabinet Secretary for inviting them for interaction regarding the recommendations of the 7th CPC and requested that more frequent interactions of JCM may be held to resolve outstanding issues across the table. It was expressed that 7th CPC has recommended a meager increase of 14% in the minimum pay as against increase ranging up to 54% during previous Pay Commissions. It was further stated that the recommendations on minimum pay, allowances, advances etc. will cause difficulty to employees. Representative of Staff-side informed that they have already submitted a charter of demands to the Cabinet Secretary bringing out the issues. These have also been discussed in the meeting of JS (IC) with Staff-side of JCM held on 19.02.2016.

4. Major concerns expressed by JCM Staff-side were as under:

The minimum pay of Rs. 18000/- p.m. recommended by the Commission is on lower side and needs to be revised upward by taking into account the prices of commodities as on 01.07.2015 and appropriately factoring in for social obligations & housing.

(ii) New Pension Scheme should be done away with. Persons governed by the NPS are deprived of Family Pension and do not have provision of provident fund. As a result they are at a disadvantageous position as compared to the persons governed by the old system.

(iii) Recommendations on allowances need to be properly examined before taking a decision.

(iv) Fixed Medical Allowance should be increased from existing Rs. 500 p.m. to Rs. 2000 p.m. as majority of cities are not covered under CGI-IS and people residing outside the CGHS covered area are unable to meet their medical needs with meager amount of Rs. 500 p.m.

(v) Recommendation regarding withdrawal of non-interest bearing advances may not be accepted.

(vi) Outsourcing of services should be discouraged as the contract workers are being exploited by contractors and at the game time the service delivery is being compromised due to inefficiency and lack of accountability of low aid contractual staff.

(vii) Enhancement in contribution towards Group Insurance Scheme, is not justified as this would reduce the actual increase in take home salary considerably. If the rates are to be raised, the Government should bear the insurance premium

(viii) The recommendation regarding grant of only 80% of salary for the second year of Child Care Leave need not be accepted as this would deter women from availing of CCL, which was introduced as a welfare measure.

(ix) Annual increments be granted @ 5% instead of existing 3% and increments may be granted on two dates viz., 1 st of January and 1 st of July of every year as in the present system of grant of increment on 1 st July of every year, employees joining/promoted after 1 st January, who do not complete 6 months services as on 1 st July, have to wait for up to 18 months for grant of increment.

(x) The Commission’s recommendation of downgrading the Assistants of Central Secretariat for bringing in parity with their counterparts in the field offices is not appropriate.

(xi) Recommendation regarding PRIS need not be accepted as no scientific mechanism has been devised to assess the performance of employees and the same could e courage favoritism.

5. Issues regarding financial upgradation under MACPS in promotional hierarchy without grading stipulation. grant of two increments on promotion introduction of Productivity Linked Bonus, treating Grameen Dak Sevak as Government employees, removal of pap of 5% on compassionate appointment 8i full pay and allowances In case of Work Related Illness and Injury Leave improving promotional avenues for technical and supervisory staff etc. were also raised by members of JCM.

6. During the discussion, representatives of JCM also suggested that the Nodal Officers nominated by various Ministries/Departments may hold interactions with recognized Staff Associations and other stakeholders under their purview so as to identify issues specific to those Ministries/Departments for redressal.

7. After hearing the participants, Cabinet Secretary observed that the deliberations have helped E-CoS in understanding the major concerns of the Staff-side and said that all issues have been taken note of. He assured that fair consideration will be given to all points brought out by JCM before taking a final view. He further stated that the E-CoS needs to examine the Report of the Commission in entirety as well as the issues raised by JCM in consultation with all other stakeholders. As such, it may take some time to take a final call on the recommendations of the Commission.

8. Cabinet Secretary also advised the members of E-CoS to hold interactions with their Staff Associations and other stakeholders under their purview preferably within a week.

9. Meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair.

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7th Pay commission: Govt likely to pay 'increased salary', arrears in July

March 21, 2016, 7:56 pm

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7th Pay commission: Good news! Modi Govt likely to pay 'increased salary', arrears in July

New Delhi, Mar 21: This will definitely make Central government employees happy. Reportedly, Centre will start paying 'increased salary' to Government staff from the month of July. Sources say that Government will also pay six months' arrears along with the increment.

It is being said that Government wants to complete all the formalities regarding the implementation of Sevent pay Commission till the end of the State Assembly elections.

Report say that this time Government will follow pay-fixation method while giving increment to 48 lakh employees and 52 lakh pensioners. Pay Commission in its recommendations had suggested pay-fixation method instead of pay grade.

A Finance Ministry sources was quoted by a online website as saying, "We're at the final stage for issuing the notification and 3-4 more months will be required to implement, so we hopefully say that they will get new pay and arrears in the July".

It is being believed that due to model code of conduct in place till May 21, Government will issue notification regarding pay commission in the month of June.

Elections in five states-Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry is scheduled from April 4. State polls will be continued till May 16.

Sources say that Modi Government doesn't want to sully its image by announcing any such decision during the poll period. At the same time, Centre also doesn't want to give Opposition extra ammo to attack it during the election time.

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Declaration of Holiday on 14th April, 2016- Birthday of Dr. BR. Ambedkar

March 22, 2016, 6:52 pm

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Declaration of Holiday on 14th April, 2016- Birthday of Dr. BR. Ambedkar: DoPT Order

F. No.12/6/2016-JCA-2

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

(Department of Personnel & Training)

North Block, New Delhi

Dated the 21st March, 2016.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Declaration of Holiday on 14th April, 2016- Birthday of Dr. BR. Ambedkar.

It has been decided to declare Thursday, the 14th April 2016, as a Closed Holiday on account of the birthday of Dr. BR. Ambedkar, for all Central Government Offices including Industrial Establishments throughout India.

2. The above holiday is also being notified in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881).

3. All Ministries/ Departments of Government of India may bring the above decision to the notice of all concerned.

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(G Srinivasan)

Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India

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Lease Agreement for hiring of private building by the Central Govt. for office accommodation

March 22, 2016, 6:55 pm

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Standard Lease Agreement (SLA) for hiring of private building by the Central Govt. for office accommodation: Directorate of Estates OM

F. No. 16011/1/2011-Pol.III

Govt. of India

Ministry of Urban Development

Directorate of Estates

(Policy-III Section)

Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi

Dated the 18th Feb, 2016.

Office Memorandum

Subject: Standard Lease Agreement (SLA) for hiring of private building by the Central Govt. for office accommodation - Reg.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Directorates OM No. 16011/1/2000-Pol.III, dated 3rd Sept, 2001 on the above subject. References are received from various Ministries / Departments regarding the applicability of SLA, especially the rental increment per annum of 8% (non-residential purpose) as laid down in para 3 of the said SLA, towards the public property to be hired by any central government ministries/departments on lease basis for their office requirement.‘

2. In this regard, it is clarified that the SLA has been prescribed for the convenience of various central government Ministries/Departments to hire private property on lease basis for office purposes. As such, it is not applicable to public property. This Directorate has not devised any guidelines or SLA for hiring Public property by various Ministries! Departments for their office requirement. Similarly, the requirement of ‘Rent Reasonableness Certificate from CPWD for fixing the rent in respect of public property has also not been prescribed by this Directorate.

3. Further, as per para 3 of SLA, the rate of rent agreed upon is liable to revision during the period of lease or renewal, if any, of the lease after the expiry of three years from the start of the lease or revision of the rent, provided that such revision shall not exceed 5% per annum (in case of residential accommodation) and 8% per annum (in case of non-residential accommodation) of the rent payable at the time of such revision. In case the owner of the property demanding more than 5% increase per annum (in case of residential accommodation) and 8% per annum (in case of non-residential accommodation), then the concerned department may decide whether to go for renewal as per the demand of owner of private preperty or new lease as per the fresh RRC of CPWD, whichever is less. Moreover. the Ministries/Departments have full powers of incurring expenditure on hiring of accommodation, keeping in view their own needs and availability of accommodation in the locality. The Ministries/Departments may negotiate and fix the rent at their end in consultation with their integrated Finance Division.

4. All the Ministries/Departments are also advised to decide the issue of hiring of private/public property on lease basis for their office requirement in consultation with their concerned Integral Finance Division (IFD) of the Ministries/Departments after duly taking into account the office space requirement as prescribed by this Directorate vide OM No. 11015/1/98-Poll, dated 20.2.2014 (available in this Directorates' website: estates.nic.in under ‘Policy Order’).

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(Swarnali Banerjee)

Deputy Director of Estates(Policy)

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Retention of General Pool Residential Accommodation on re-employment under SR 317-B-11(4)

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Retention of General Pool Residential Accommodation on re-employment in an eligible Central Government Office under SR 317-B-11(4) of the Allotment of Government Residences (General Pool in Delhi) Rules, 1963.

No.12035/28/96-PoI.II(Vol.II)

Government of India

Ministry of Urban Development

Directorate of Estates

Nirman Bhavan,

New Delhi - 110 108.

Dated the 12th February, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Retention of General Pool Residential Accommodation on re-employment in an eligible Central Government Office under SR 317-B-11(4) of the Allotment of Government Residences (General Pool in Delhi) Rules, 1963.

The undersigned is directed to inform that there have been requests from allottees of general pool residential accommodation [GPRA] after retirement for further retention of GPRA under occupation on their re-employment in an eligible office despite that they are not entitled for that type of accommodation as per the Grade Pay drawn on re-employment.

2. The matter has been examined and it is clarified that further concessional retention of GPRA to an allottee on re-employment in an eligible office, after retirement from Government service, shall be permitted as per SR 317-B-11(4) of the Allotment of Government Residences (General Pool in Delhi) Rules, 1963 only and no request from an allottee for further retention of the accommodation under occupation shall be entertained in case the allottee is not entitled for that type of accommodation occupied by him under any circumstances. In case, the Grade Pay of the allottee do not entitle him to that type of accommodation under occupation, then he shall be allotted a lower type of accommodation as per the Grade Pay he is drawing on re-employment.

(Swarnali Banerjee)

Deputy Director of Estates (Policy)

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Procedure for dealing with the cases relating to unauthorized constructions/encroachments in Govt. accommodation - Advisory for allottees: Direcotrate of Estates OM

F. No. 12035/1/2015-Pol.III

Govt. of India

Ministry of Urban Development

Directorate of Estates

Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi-110011.

Dated the 15th February, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Procedure for dealing with the cases relating to unauthorized constructions/ encroachments in Govt. accommodation - Advisory for allottees - reg.

The undersigned is directed to refer this Directorate's OM No. 22012/2/90-Pol.III(Pt.ll), dated 26th April 2005 on the above subject and to say that complaints are received from concerned Executive Engineers of CPWD regarding non-copperation of allottees during demolition of unauthorized construction/encroachment done by the allottees. Moreover, it is understood that the allottees are also bringing pressure from political leaders to avoid the demolition process. This act of allottees has been viewed seriously by the Competent Authority. It has now been decided that henceforth in case any allottee creates obstruction for CPWD authorities during carrying out of govt. duty of forceful demolition of unauthorized construction with/ without the help of police authorities, the allotment of accommodation may be taken up for cancellation by this Directorate and eviction proceedings will be initiated to evict the allottee as per the extant rules. Further, if any allottee brings political pressure in this regard, the same will be dealt with accordingly, as per the relevant provisions of the CCS Conduct Rules, 1964.

All the allottees are hereby advised to refrain from such activities of unauthorized construction/encroachment inside/outside of Govt. accommodation allotted to them, failing which necessary action as mentioned above will be taken against the allottees.

(Swarnali Banerjee)

Deputy Director of Estates(Policy)

Source: www.esatates.nic.in
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Age limit for entry into various entry schemes in Army & Shortage of Officers in Army

March 22, 2016, 6:59 pm

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Age limit for entry into various entry schemes in Army & Shortage of Officers in Army

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 2423

ANSWERED ON: 11.03.2016

Shortage of Officers in Army

KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:-

(a) whether there is a shortage of Officers in the Indian Army against the total number of sanctioned posts for officers, if so, the details thereof;

(b) the age limit of officers in combat and combat support cadres at present; and

(c) whether the Government is considering to lower the age limit of officers in combat and combat support cadres, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI MANOHAR PARRIKAR)

(a) to (c): A statement is attached.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK

SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2423 FOR ANSWER ON 11.3.2016

(a) In Army (excluding Army Medical Corps, Army Dental Corps and Military Nursing Service), as on 01.07.2015, against the authorized strength of 49,631 officers, held strength of officers was 40,525 with a shortage of 9,106 officers.

(b) Age limit for entry into various entry schemes in Army is as under:

S. No.	Entry scheme	Age limit
(i)	National Defence Academy	16½ to 19½ years
(ii)	Combined Defence Services	19 to 22 years
(iii)	Technical Graduate Course Entry	20 to 27 years
(iv)	National Cadet Corps Special Entry [Short Service Commission (Non Technical)]	19 to 25 years
(v)	University Entry Scheme	18 to 24 years (pre-final year) 19 to 25 years (final year)
(vi)	Short Service Commission (Non Technical)	19 to 25 years
(vii)	Short Service Commission (Technical)	20 to 27 years
(viii)	10 + 2 (Technical Entry Scheme)	16½ to 19½ years
(ix)	Army Cadet College (from Other Ranks)	20 to 27 years
(x)	Special Commissioned Officers (from Other Ranks).	28 to 35 years.

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Tax benefit available under National Pension System (NPS)

March 22, 2016, 7:27 pm

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Tax benefit available under National Pension System (NPS)

PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

B- 14/A, Chhatrapati shivaji Bhawan

Qutab Institutional Area,

Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi – 110 016

PFRDA/23/CORP/20/5

25th February, 2016

Dear sir,

Subject: Tax benefit available under National Pension System (NPS)

You would be aware that under the National Pension System (NPS), the subscribers can avail of tax benefit under Sec 80CCD(1), up to 10% of their salary (Basic+DA) which is capped at Rs.1.50 lakhs under section 80CCE. From FY 2015-16, an additional tax deduction over and above the Rs.1.5 Lakhs, is available only to subscribers of NPS if they invest upto Rs.50,000 in NPS under Sec 80CCD(IB) of the Income Tax Act. any citizen of India including persons covered under old defined benefit pension scheme can open NPS account on voluntary basis and avail of the tax benefits u/s 80 CCD (IB) by contributing additionally Rs.50,000/- to NPS.

2. This additional tax benefit on investment upto Rs.50000/- provides an opportunity not only to those employees who are mandatorily covered under NPS, but also to all other employees who may be covered under old pension scheme/provident fund/superannuation fund, as well as to any other Indian citizen between 18 to 60 years of age, to avail of this tax benefit by opening an NPS account on voluntary basis and by investing the required amount.

3. PFRDA has provided an easy and convenient way to subscribe to NPS by recently introducing eNPS, which any individual can make use of to join NPS. A new subscriber can adopt the following eNPS methods for joining NOS:

(a) Using Aadhaar card issued by UIDAI which is authenticated through OTP received from UIDAI on the registered mobile of the applicant. In this case, the subscriber can instantly get himself/herself registered. He/she has to simply visit the eNPS module in NPS Trust website at www.npst.org.in.

(b) Using PAN and net banking of the selected bank chosen by the subscriber. In this case KYC verification is done by the Bank. The NPS account gets activated only after KYC verification by Bank. He/she has to go to eNPS module in NPS Trust website at www.npstrust.org.in.

4. A new subscriber can also open an account physically through any of the Points-of-Presence-Service Provider (POP-SP). The list is available on www.pfrda.org.in.

5. Therefore, your employees who are not NPS members can open their NPS account, and make contributions using any of the three options mentioned above. Existing NPS subscribers can also make additional contributions to avail of the tax benefit by using any of the options as stated above.

6. Contribution upto Rs.50,000 in NPS for the additional tax benefit in the current year has to be made by 31-03-2016 and it is important that this message be conveyed to all your staff members and employees right upto the level of DDOs/DTOs, at the earliest. This will definitely help in their tax planning.

7. We request you to disseminate the above information to all concerned.

with regards,

Yours sincerely,

sd/-

(Mamta Rohit)

chief General Manager

Source: http://pcdacc.gov.in/

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Guidelines for process be followed for processing of partial withdrawal requests from New Pension Scheme: PFRDA Circular

PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

B-14/A, Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhawan Qutab Institutional Area,

Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi-110016 Phone : 011-26517503

Circular

PFRDA/2016/7/Exit/2

21.03.2016

SUBJECT: GUIDELINES ON PROCESS TO BE FOLLOWED BY SUBSCRIBERS AND NODAL OFFICE/POP/AGGREGATOR FOR PROCESSING OF PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL REQUEST

1. Whereas the Authority has notified the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Exits and Withdrawals from National Pension System) Regulations, 2015 on 11th May, 2015 and is in force. Chapters III of the said regulations inter – a/ia provide the withdrawals, purpose, frequency and limits under the National Pension System (NPS).

2. Now in exercise of its powers under Section 14 read with sub-clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 20 of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013 and Regulation 7 of the aforementioned regulations, the following guidelines are issued specifying/clarifying the process to be followed by subscribers, intermediaries and concerned government nodal offices, for the purpose of effecting withdrawals from NPS, as allowed under Chapter III of the PFRDA (Exits and Withdrawals from National Pension System) Regulations, 2015

3. As per Regulation 8 of the PFRDA (Exit and withdrawal from National Pension System) Regulations 2015, the partial withdrawals shall be permitted under National Pension System (NPS).-

A partial withdrawal of accumulated pension wealth of the subscriber, not exceeding twenty-five per cent of the contributions made by the subscriber and excluding contribution made by employer, if any, at any time before exit from National Pension System subject to the terms and conditions, purpose, frequency and limits specified below:-

(A) Purpose:

A subscriber on the date of submission of the withdrawal form, shall be permitted to withdraw not exceeding twenty-five percent of the contributions made by such subscriber to his individual pension account, for any of the following purposes only:-

a) For Higher education of his or her children including a legally adopted child;

b) For the marriage of his or her children, including a legally adopted child;

c) For the purchase or construction of a residential house or flat in his or her own name or in a joint name with his or her legally wedded spouse. In case, the subscriber already owns either individually or in the joint name a residential house or flat, other than ancestral property, no withdrawal under these regulations shall be permitted;

d) for treatment of specified illnesses: if the subscriber, his legally wedded spouse, children, including a legally adopted child or dependent parents suffer from any specified illness, which shall comprise of hospitalization and treatment in respect of the following diseases:

i. Cancer;

ii. Kidney Failure (End Stage Renal Failure);

iii. Primary Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension;

iv. Multiple Sclerosis;

v. Major Organ Transplant;

vi. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft;

vii. Aorta Graft Surgery;

viii. Heart Valve Surgery;

ix. Stroke;

x. Myocardial Infarction

xi. Coma;

xii. Total blindness;

xiii. Paralysis;

xiv. Accident of serious/ life threatening nature;

xv. Any other critical illness of a life threatening nature as stipulated in the

circulars, guidelines or notifications issued by the Authority from time to time.

(B) Limits:

The permitted withdrawal shall be allowed only if the following eligibility criteria and limit for availing the benefit are complied with by the subscriber:-

(a) The subscriber shall have been in the National Pension System at least for a period of last ten years from the date of his or her joining. In case the subscriber is mandatorily covered under NPS the period of ten years for partial withdrawal will be considered from the date of applicability of NPS for such subscribers. However, in case of inter-sector/intra-sector shifting of subscriber previous tenure in NPS will also be considered.

(b) The subscriber shall be permitted to withdraw accumulations not exceeding twenty-five per cent of the contributions made by him or her and standing to his or her credit in his or her individual pension account, as on the date of application for withdrawal;

(C) Frequency:

The subscriber shall be allowed to withdraw only a maximum of three times during the entire tenure of subscription under the National Pension System and not less than a period of five years shall have elapsed from the last date of each of such withdrawal. The mandatory requirement of five years having elapsed between two withdrawals shall not apply in case of “treatment for specified illnesses or in case of withdrawal arising out of exit from National Pension System due to the death of the subscriber. For subsequent withdrawal only the incremental contributions made by the subscriber after the date of first/next subsequent withdrawal as the case may be will be allowed. The request for withdrawal in the specified form shall be submitted by the subscriber, along with relevant documents to the central recordkeeping agency or the National Pension System Trust, as may be specified, for processing of such withdrawal claim. Provided that where a subscriber is suffering from any illness, specified in sub-clause (d), the request for withdrawal may be submitted, through any family member of such subscriber.

At the time of superannuation/pre-mature/death the amount withdrawn under partial withdrawal till date will be adjusted against the payment of lump sum amount and balance if any will be paid to subscriber.

(4) Partial Withdrawal process:

Partial Withdrawal request is required to be submitted by subscriber to CRA through his/her Nodal Office/POP/Aggregator, as may be applicable. The Nodal Office/POP/Aggregator should satisfy itself about the genuineness of the requirement for partial withdrawal by the subscriber and after satisfying itself forward the withdrawal application for release of funds by CRA. On receipt of Partial Withdrawal request, CRA will process the withdrawal request in the CRA system. Following are the steps which will be followed by subscriber and Nodal Office/POP/Aggregator for submitting the ‘Partial Withdrawal’ request:

Role of the Subscriber:

If the subscriber has completed 10 years under NPS, subscriber will fill up the ‘Partial Withdrawal’Form — PW — 601 and submit the same to his/her mapped Nodal Office/POP/Aggregator for processing.

2 Subscriber will provide the following details in the Form:

a Percentage of Partial Withdrawal (maximum 25%)

b. Purpose of withdrawal along with the proof

c. Bank detail along with the bank proof (cancelled cheque /copy of bank passbook/bank certificate). Before submitting the withdrawal form, subscriber shall ensure that the bank account details are correct.

3. Subscriber will affix his/her signature/Thumb impression on the Form at the designated place and submit the same to his/her mapped Nodal Office/POP/Aggregator.

Role of the Nodal Office/POP/Aggregator:

1. The concerned Nodal Office/POP/Aggregator will check the request submitted by the subscriber with respect to completeness;

2. The Nodal Office/POP/Aggregator must also verify the veracity of the claim with respect to purpose of the partial withdrawal along with supporting documents;

3. The Nodal officer/POP/Aggregator must verify the details of the bank account of subscriber;

4. If request is complete in all respect, it will authorize the request and will send the same to CRA for processing;

5. Where the claim of partial withdrawal is submitted by the authorized representative of the subscriber (in case the subscriber is unable to submit such claim) Nodal officer/POP/Aggregator must satisfy themselves about the genuineness of such claim and ensure that the bank account provided is that of the subscriber.

6. The Nodal Officer/ POP/ Aggregator should process the partial claims within three working days of receipt of the claim excepting in cases where the partial withdrawal claim has been requested because of medical reasons in which case the claim would have to be processed on the same day of receipt of the claim.

Role of CRA:

1 Once CRA receives the request, it will process the request submitted by The Nodal Office/POP/Aggregator.

2. As per stipulated process, funds will be transferred to subscriber’s bank account through electronic mode on T+3 basis. T — being the date of receipt of the verified and approved claim in CRA system.

3. Physical withdrawal request will be stored by CRA

5. These guidelines shall take effect immediately and all withdrawals shall thereafter be processed in the manner mentioned under these guidelines. Any clarification required in relation to implementation of these guidelines, for which sufficient guidance is not available, either under the regulations or these guidelines shall only be referred by the Intermediaries or the concerned nodal office to the Authority for its examination and disposal and queries of a routine nature or pertaining to internal processes of the concerned intermediary, shall be avoided. The decision of the Authority shall be final in this regard Intermediaries and Nodal offices are expected to keep the infrastructure and processes in readiness so as to give effect to these guidelines and ensure seamless facility to the subscribers.

Note: The online module for partial withdrawal in under development and is likely to go live by May 2016. Meanwhile, subscribers can request partial withdrawal through their respective Nodal Office/POP/Aggregator who should to contact CRA for processing such requests.

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March 22, 2016, 7:48 pm

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Review of 7th Pay Commission: Central govt employees narrow down charter of demands; turn reasonable

New Delhi: The Joint Consultative Machinery of central government employees--the forum for amicable settlement of grievances of the Central Government employees relating to their service matters--seems to have turned more reasonable and have narrowed down the charter of demands seeking review of the seventh pay panel recommendations.

In February, the employees' forum had decided to proceed on an indefinite strike from April 11, if their charter of 26 demands was not met.

The demands also included no privatization of government functions, no FDI in Railways and Defence and no corporatization of Defence Production Units and Postal Department.

As per reports the Empowered Committee of Secretaries headed by the Cabinet Secretary assured that fair consideration will be given to all points brought out by the Joint Consultative Machinery before taking a final view.

Following are the narrowed demands presented by the Joint Consultative Machinery before the Empowered Committee of Secretaries:

1. Revision of the minimum pay of Rs. 18000 p.m. recommended by the Commission, taking into account commodities prices as on 01.07.2015 and appropriately factoring in for social obligations & housing.

2. Withdraw the New Pension Scheme. The Centre made made the NPS mandatory for employees who joined the service on or after January 1, 2004. It has since been adopted by most state governments also.

3. To re-examine the relevance of allowances and interest free advances in certain departments before taking a decision.

4. Should increase Fixed Medical Allowance from the existing Rs 500 per month to Rs 2000 per month, as large number of cities are not covered under central government health scheme.

5.Should discouraged outsourcing of services breed inefficiency and contractors exploit contract workers.

6. Enhancement in contribution towards Group Insurance Scheme has reduced the actual increase in take home salary considerably. If the rates are to be raised, the Government should bear the insurance premium

7. The recommendation regarding grant of only 80% of salary for the second year of Child Care Leave need not be accepted as this would deter women from availing of Child Care Leave, defeating the purpose of the welfare measure.

Annual increments be granted at the rate of 5% instead of existing 3% and increments may be granted on two dates i.e. 1 st of January and 1 st of July of every year against the current norm of granting of increment on 1 st July of every year.

9. The Commission’s recommendation of downgrading the Assistants of Central Secretariat for bringing in parity with their counterparts in the field offices is not appropriate.

10. Recommendation regarding Performance Related Incentive Scheme unacceptable as these could encourage favoritism.

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After 7th Pay Commission report, OROP scheme implementation, India to grow at 7.7%: ICRA

March 22, 2016, 8:02 pm

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After 7th Pay Commission report, OROP scheme implementation, India to grow at 7.7 pct: ICRA

On the back of implementation of 7th Pay Commission report and OROP scheme recommendations, for which Budget rating agency ICRA says it sees Indian economic growth improving to 7.7 per cent in next fiscal, which will be led by domestic consumption demand. With absence of an explicit overall provision for the 7th Pay Commission in FM Arun Jaitley's Budget 2016 raising questions, government has clarified the pay hike has been built in as interim allocation for different ministries. Implementation of the 7th Pay Commission report is to cost the government Rs 1.02 lakh crore.

7th Pay Commission report, OROP scheme: ICRA, in its Macroeconomic Update, however, said that although the fresh project pipeline appears robust, commencement of work will lag announcements, given moderate capacity utilisation in some sectors. "A pickup in domestic consumption post the implementation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission’s recommendations and One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme for the defence services as well as a potential upturn in rural demand is expected to boost economic growth in FY17," it said.

7th Pay Commission report, OROP scheme: ICRA said a sizeable portion of the planned rise of Rs 1.2 lakh crore in Plan expenditure in 2016-17 is to be funded through extra-budgetary sources, progress on which will influence the pace of infrastructure augmentation and economic growth.

"In ICRA's view, Indian economic growth is expected to improve to 7.7 per cent in FY17," the report said. Indian economy is estimated to have grown 7.6 per cent in current fiscal. As per official projection, growth is likely to be between 7-7.75 per cent in 2016-17.

7th Pay Commission report, OROP scheme: As regards project activity, it said announcements of new project in October-December quarter of current fiscal stood at Rs 1.2 lakh crore, concentrated in electricity, machinery, transport equipment, transport services and miscellaneous services. "Value of revived projects improved to a four quarter high of Rs 40,000 crore in the third quarter of FY16, while remaining low; facilitation of clearances, lower input costs for firms are not sufficient to revive investment plans in the absence of a pickup in demand," it said.

7th Pay Commission report, OROP scheme: Project completion declined by 12.8 per cent on a year-on-year basis to Rs 80,000 crore in third quarter of current fiscal, which was dominated by electricity, transport services, construction and real estate. "A limited Rs 20,000 crore of projects stalled in the third quarter, smaller than the value of revived projects after a gap of 30 quarters," ICRA said. It said structural issues continue to affect a considerable portion of the existing project pipeline.

7th Pay Commission report, OROP scheme: More than two-thirds of the projects of Rs 32.2 lakh crore submitted to the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) are concentrated in the power, steel and petroleum & natural gas sectors. As regards government finances, the report said five rounds of hikes in excise duty on fuels have taken place since November 2015 to boost tax revenues by Rs 17,000 crore in last five months of this fiscal.

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March 23, 2016, 2:08 am

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होली पर केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों को मिली खुशी, बढ़ गया फिर से महंगाई भत्ता

केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों की महंगाई भत्ता एक बार फिर से बढ़ गया है। केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों के महंगाई भत्ते में छह फीसदी की बढ़ोतरी की गई है। इस बात का फैसला केंद्रीय मंत्रिमंडल की बुधवार को हुई बैठक में किया गया। केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों को बढ़ा हुआ महंगाई भत्ता 1 जनवरी से मिलेगा। केंद्र सरकार के अधीन काम करने वाले 80 लाख से ज्यादा कर्मचारियों को इसका फायदा मिलेगा।

केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों और पेशनरों को यह लाभ देने के लिए सरकार पर करीब 8,000 करोड़ रुपए का भार पड़ेगा। केंद्रीय सरकार अब तक सरकारी कर्मचारियों के डीए में ~~113 फीसदी~~ [119 फीसदी ] तक डीए बढ़ा चुकी है। जल्द ही सरकार को केंद्र सरकार के कर्मचारियों को सातवें वेतनमान आयोग का लाभ भी देना है।

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केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों का महंगाई भत्ता 6 फीसदी बढ़ा: पंजाब केसरी

नई दिल्लीः मोदी सरकार ने केंद्रीय सरकारी कर्मचारियों को होली पर बड़ा तोहफा दिया है। कैबिनेट ने बुधवार को केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों के महंगाई भत्ते में 6 फीसदी बढ़ौतरी को मंजूरी दे दी।

अब सरकारी कर्मचारियों को महंगाई भत्ता 119 फीसदी से बढ़कर 125 फीसदी हो जाएगा। बढ़ा हुआ महंगाई भत्ता 1 जनवरी 2016 से लागू होगा। इससे पहले सितंबर, 2015 में केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों का महंगाई भत्ता 113 फीसदी से बढ़ाकर 119 फीसदी किया गया था, जो जुलाई 2015 से लागू हुआ था।

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Release of additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to CGE and Dearness Relief to Pensioners due from 1.1.2016

March 23, 2016, 4:13 am

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Release of additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to CGE and Dearness Relief to Pensioners due from 1.1.2016: PIB News

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23-March-2016 16:29 IST

Release of additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Pensioners due from 1.1.2016

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to Pensioners w.e.f. 01.01.2016. This represents an increase of 6 percent over the existing rate of 119 percent of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise.

This will benefit about 50 lakh Government employees and 58 lakh pensioners.

The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission (CPC). The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief would be of Rs. 6796.50 crore per annum and Rs.7929.24 crore respectively, in the financial year 2016-17 (for a period of 14 months from January, 2016 to February, 2017).

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Railways : Over Time and Travelling allowance likely to be limited

March 25, 2016, 7:45 pm

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Railways : Over Time and Travelling allowance likely to be limited

Shocker for Railway employees! – As per reports, the Railways Ministry is soon going to put a limit to the Travelling and Over Time allowance paid to employees in a month.

Railway Employees Struggling to put the finances of Indian Railways in order,

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu is trying to curb the purse strings of the behemoth by cutting down Railway employees high Over Time and Travelling allowance.

As per reports, the Railways Ministry is soon going to put a limit to the Travelling and Over Time allowance paid to employees in a month.

It likely that an employee will get the Travelling allowance for the maximum travel days of 15 days. The limit of Over Time paid will also be restricted to Rs 5,000 per employee per month.

It has been reported that due to the the shortage of workforce , some category of Railways employees take home around Rs 20,000 to Rs 40,000 of Over Time for the extra hours of work done beyond the prescribed roosterd hours of duty.

The curb in these allowances is going to hit the Railway employees hard, as they have already expressed their disappointment over the 7th CPC, and are contemplating to plan large scale protests.

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Implementation of 7th CPC Recommendations: Countdown begins

March 25, 2016, 8:22 pm

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CG Employees Begin Countdown for Implementation of 7th CPC Recommendations – The Staff side JCM in its two round of meetings with the Empowered Committee of Secretaries had demanded major changes in the 7th CPC recommendations.

7th pay commission minutes of meeting of Empowered Committee held on 01.03.2016Central government employees have begun the countdown for the Centre to notify implementation of 7th CPC recommendations.

“As per the reports received, the 7th Pay Commission Pay recommendations may be notified in June after the model code of conduct of states polls which in place is in place till 21st May 2016, said , P.S.Prasad General Secretary, Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers Karnataka State.

The Staff side JCM in its two round of meetings with the Empowered Committee of Secretaries had demanded major changes in the 7th CPC recommendations, especially on the minimum wage, fitment formula, pay matrix and allowances.

Prasad added that the Empowered Committee of Secretaries may call the staff side JCM for more discussions, if the talks fail then the Central Government Employees should prepare for the indefinite strike from July 11 for which the staff side JCM has already given the call.

Earlier the employees federation had planned to go on strike from April 11, but due to the timing of the state assembly elections and implementation of ongoing model code of conduct, the federation decided that the employees would go on indefinite strike from July 11.

Once the implementation cell of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries gives final touch to the report, its recommendations will be send to the Prime Minister’s Office for nod. Subsequent to which the report will be placed before the Cabinet for approval. The entire process is expected to take another three months.

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Military seethes at Pay Commission suggestions before the Empowered Committee

March 25, 2016, 8:43 pm

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Military seethes at Pay Commission suggestions

The Seventh Central Pay Commission recommendations, handed over to the government in November, have aroused bitter resentment within the military. On March 11, the three service chiefs made a presentation to the "Empowered Committee of Secretaries", a 13-member panel headed by the cabinet secretary, which is looking into the recommendations. The army, navy and air force are waiting to see if this panel will tone down clauses that former army chief VP Malik has termed "a killer for the military."

This impression is rampant amongst soldiers, sailors and airmen, even though the Seventh Pay Commission has raised baseline military salaries by about 15 per cent, taking the pay of a lieutenant (the entry grade for officers) to Rs 56,100 per month; and that of a sepoy (the entry grade for ratings) to Rs 21,700 per month. This is significantly lower than the 40 per cent increases handed out by the Fifth and Sixth Pay Commissions. One of the Seventh Pay Commission members, Rathin Roy, underlining the imperative to curb government spending, has admitted unapologetically: "We are the stingiest pay commission, ever."

In addition to pay, soldiers get a special allowance called "military service pay", which exists in most militaries in forms such as the British army's "X-Factor Pay". The Seventh Pay Commission raises it for officers from Rs 6,000 to Rs 15,500 per month; and for persons below officer rank from Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,200 per month.

Military seethes at Pay Commission suggestions

In addition, soldiers get a "risk and hardship allowance", based on the profile allocated to every military station. The highest grade on the matrix is Rs 25,000 per month, but serving on the Siachen Glacier and Antarctica entitles a soldier to a special grade of Rs 31,500 per month.

Totting up these allowances, the Seventh Pay Commission chairman, Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, in an interview to The Economic Times on December 20, claimed he had recommended 30 per cent higher salaries for the military than civilian services would draw.

His logic was based on the dubious premise that military service pay constitutes a component of salary. In western military salary structures, such allowances are not salary, but compensation for the "intangible hardships" of military service. These include long separation from families, wives being unable to work, and children changing schools frequently and growing up without their father, et cetera.

During its deliberations, the Seventh Pay Commission asked the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) to compare military salaries in India with those of major foreign armed forces. While the IDSA study was relatively unbiased, the Commission chose to interpret them selectively, applying purchasing power parity to boost the value of Indian military salaries; and then comparing them with the per capita income of the concerned country. Given India's abysmal per capital income, military salaries look good by comparison. The Seventh Pay Commission uses this to argue that India's military is paid very well by international standards.

It's the comparison, stupid!

Since the hefty raises of the Fifth and Sixth Pay Commissions, few soldiers claim they are poorly paid. Even so, festering resentment stems from the widespread belief that civilian officials, particularly from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), conspire to whittle away the military's relative status. Soldiers point to a host of generous allowances and the assured promotion benefits that are triggered for entire civilian batches as a result of the first officer of that batch getting promoted. A key element of this was instituted by the Sixth Pay Commission through a mechanism called "non-functional financial upgrade". This mandates that when an IAS officer from a particular batch is promoted to a certain rank, all his batchmates from some sixty Group 'A' central services also start drawing the higher pay scale two years later, irrespective of competence or vacancies in that rank. The military had taken up a case for a similar upgrade, but this was not agreed to. The Seventh Pay Commission does not recommend its extension to the military either.

Thus, while practically every civilian central service officer would make it to the top pay grades, the army will remain a sharply pyramidal meritocracy, where less than one per cent of officers are promoted to lieutenant general rank (higher administrative grade, in pay commission scales). Those soldiers who do not make the cut - including meritorious officer, who are held back only because of limited promotion vacancies at each rank - are entitled to neither the power nor the pelf of higher rank since the army has no non-functional financial upgrade. The military's demand for parity has been one of the five "core anomalies" of the Sixth Pay Commission, and was strongly pressed before the "Empowered Committee" last week.

Cost-to-company

Adding to the bitterness amongst soldiers is the argument, increasingly voiced by civil service officers, that soldiers' emoluments should be evaluated in terms of "cost-to-company", taking into account all their emoluments and facilities. Top generals argue that the armed forces constitute "the cheapest gun fodder", since they incur the least lifetime cost to the government. They point out that soldiers incur the lowest induction cost, since they do not get paid salary during their training period, unlike civilian officers and the Central Armed Police Forces. They have the lowest retention cost, since they retire early, thus drawing salaries for less time than civilian counterparts; and they also have the lowest advancement cost, since relatively small numbers are promoted to higher rank, leaving many languishing at lower pay grades. Finally, soldiers also incur the lowest pension costs, since their pensions are fixed at 50 per cent of the last pay drawn - at lower pay grades in most cases.

The army has slowly - and sullenly - come to terms with the "first amongst equals" status of the IAS, which has been inexorably institutionalised since the Third Pay Commission noted that "an IAS officer gets an unequalled opportunity of living and working among the people, participating in planning and implementation of developmental programmes, working with the Panchayati Raj institutions, coordinating the activities of government departments in the district and dealing directly with the problems of law and order." Given this, the Third Pay Commission granted the IAS (and the Indian Foreign Service) three extra increments at each of three successive seniority grades - senior time scale, junior administrative grade and selection grade - to which IAS officers are promoted at four, nine and 13 years of service, respectively. Since the other services got just one increment at these grades, IAS/IFS officers accumulate six extra increments by the time they have served 13 years. This lead in emoluments continues through their service.

However, successive governments have ensured the military remains the "first amongst uniformed services." The Seventh Pay Commission now upsets this balance by recommending that "the criticality of functions at the district administration level holds good equally for the IAS, Indian Police Service (IPS) as well as the Indian Forest Service (IFoS)." It recommends that six additional increments be extended also to the IPS and IFoS.

The military chiefs have argued strongly before the "Empowered Committee" that the military - which they term "the instrument of last resort" - does not have the option of "handing over an adverse situation to any other government agency". They have argued that, while the police and central armed police force personnel often lay down their lives, including in cross border firing, they incur a "lower level of risk" compared with the armed forces, which "actively seek encounters with terrorists and close combat with the enemy, despite the high risk of death". The chiefs have argued that military service demands higher levels of proficiency, commitment and sense of sacrifice.

There is little to suggest, however, that the government is listening. The anomalies of the Sixth Pay Commission still remain unresolved, including the five "core anomalies" that include the military's demand for non-functional financial upgrade. A committee of secretaries that was constituted in 2011 heard the military for a month and then tossed the ball into the court of the Seventh Pay Commission. There is little to suggest the military's current representations would be treated with greater sensitivity.

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7वें वेतन आयोग की रिपोर्ट: वित्त मंत्रालय के इंस्पेक्टरों में नाराजगी

March 25, 2016, 8:49 pm

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7वें वेतन आयोग की रिपोर्ट: वित्त मंत्रालय के इंस्पेक्टरों में नाराजगी

केन्द्र सरकार के लिए हर साल करीब सात लाख करोड़ रुपये का कर राजस्व वसूलने वाले वित्त मंत्रालय के इंस्पेक्टरों को 7वें वेतन आयोग की रिपोर्ट को लेकर नाराजगी तो है ही, लेकिन उनकी बातों को ठीक से न सुनने के लिए अपने अधिकारियों के खिलाफ ज्यादा रोष है। इनका कहना है कि आजादी के बाद से अभी तक अन्य इंस्पेक्टरों के बराबर वेतन लेने वाले वित्त मंत्रालय के इंस्पेक्टरों को अब कम वेतन मिलेगा।

सातवें वेतन आयोग ने वित्त मंत्रालय के तहत काम करने वाले आय कर विभाग, केन्द्रीय उत्पाद शुल्क विभाग, सीमा शुल्क विभाग और सेवा कर विभाग केइंस्पेक्टरों को पीबी 2 के ग्रेड पे 4,600 रुपये के अनुरूप रिप्लेसमेंट देने की सिफारिश की गई है जबकि सीबीआई, आईबी, दिल्ली पुलिस आदि के लिए पीबी 2 के तहत ही 4,800 रुपये के ग्रेड पे के अनुरूप रिप्लेसमेंट देने की सिफारिश की गई है।

वित्त मंत्रालय केतहत काम करने वाले इंस्पेक्टरों का कहना है कि 7वें वेतन आयोग की इस सिफारिश से उनका मनोबल टूटेगा क्योंकि इसका असर सिर्फ वेतन पर ही नहीं बल्कि रूतबे पर भी पड़ेगा। अभी तक तो उन्हें लगता है कि सीबीआई या आईबी में काम करने वाले इंस्पेक्टर उनके अनुरूप ही हैं।

आयकर विभाग में ग्रूप बी गजटेड अधिकारियों एवं ग्रुप सी कर्मचारियों के ज्वाइंट कमेटी ऑफ एक्शन और इनकम टैक्स इम्पलायीज फेडरेशन के अशोक कुमार कन्नोजिया का कहना है कि उन्हें वेतन आयोग से ज्यादा तकलीफ तो अपने अधिकारियों से है। एक तो उन्होंने शुरू में ही अपने इंस्पेक्टरों की बात को मजबूती से नहीं रखा। इसके बाद जब रिपोर्ट सार्वजनिक हुई तो फिर से जब सभी विभागों को अपनी बातें रखने का अवसर मिला। इस दौरान भी टालमटोल का रवैया अपनाया जा रहा है।

उनके मुताबिक पहले तो केन्द्रीय राजस्व सचिव ने ही मिलने का समय नहीं दिया। काफी दिन बाद पिछले दिनों उन्हें मंत्रालय में बुलाया गया और बात तो सुनी गई। लेकिन अभी तक कोई ठोस आश्वासन नहीं मिला है। बात सिर्फ इंस्पेक्टरों की ही नहीं बल्कि आयकर विभाग में तो आयकर अधिकारी (आईटीओ) को भी इसी तरह से निराश किया गया है। कन्नोजिया का कहना है कि आय कर विभाग, सेवा कर विभाग, सीमा शुल्क विभाग और केन्द्रीय उत्पाद शुल्क विभाग में करीब 32,000 इंस्पेक्टर काम करते हैं। केन्द्र, सरकार के करीब 7 लाख करोड़ रुपये का राजस्व वसूलने में इनकी भूमिका ही सबसे ज्यादा होती है। जब इनका मनोबल ही ऊंचा नहीं होगा तो फिर वे काम कैसे करेंगे। उनका कहना है कि आजादी के बाद से ही वित्त मंत्रालय के इंस्पेक्टरों का कद गृह मंत्रालय के इंस्पेक्टरों के बराबर रहा है जिसे अब कम किया जा रहा है।

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Finance Ministry Inspectors Furious over 7th Pay Commission Recommendation – The agitated inspectors claim that since independence this will be the first time they will be drawing less salary than inspectors attached to other ministries.

provisions made in Budget 2016-17 in respect of 7th Pay CommissionOn an average the Inspectors of various departments of finance ministry bring revenue to the Government to the tune of around 7000 crores in a year.

The Inspectors attached to the finance ministry are not happy with the 7th pay commission recommendations, however they are more furious that their voice has not been listened by their higher officials and by the empowered Committee of Secretaries as well. The agitated inspectors claim that since independence this will be the first time they will be drawing less salary than inspectors attached to other ministries, thanks to the 7th pay commission, they say.

The 7th pay commission has recommended for Income Tax, Central Excise and Customs and Service Tax department which works under finance ministry, a grade pay of Rs.4600. However for CBI, IB, Delhi Police inspectors etc the recommended grade pay is Rs.4800.

Inspectors working under the Ministry of Finance feel that the 7th Pay Commission recommendations not only reduces their salary but also breaks their morale, because till date they have been treated equally with their ranks in other departments, however the 7th CPC recommendation makes them inferior, though in the same rank.

Ashok Kumar Knnojia, representing the Group B and Group C employees in the IT department said they are more pained by the response of their own higher officials than the 7th pay commission. He said, though the 7th pay commission did injustice to us, our own higher officials who should have raised the voice strongly lost in presenting our plight to the empowered Committee.

As per Mr. Ashok Kumar, they were unable to get an appointment to meet their own department secretary. After a big struggle he did meet him and expressed the plight of the inspectors, however Mr. Ashok said, till date there is no positive response.

There are more than 32,000 inspectors working in Income Tax, Central Excise and Customs and Service Tax department which comes under finance ministry.

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