Friday, March 29, 2013
FLASH NEWS
RECOMMENDATION OF DEPARTMENT RELATES PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENT-REG.{Click link below for details)
FAQ ON CHILDREN EDUCATION ALLOWANCE, JOINING TIME RULES, HONORARIUM & SPECIAL ALLOWANCE FOR CHILD CARE FROR WOMEN WITH DISABILITY.(CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS)
FAQ ON LEAVE –EARNED, COMMUTED, PATERNITY, STUDY, CHILDCARE AND LEAVE ENCASHMENT ON LTC.{CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS}
Consolidated instructions relating to action warranted against
Government servants remaining away from duty without -authorisation/grant of leave- click here to see details
Government servants remaining away from duty without -authorisation/grant of leave- click here to see details
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Revision of Tatkal Charges for Train Journeys to be Effective From 1st April 2013 Onwards.
Revision
of Tatkal Charges for Train Journeys to be Effective From 1st April 2013
Onwards
Press
Information Bureau
Government
of India
Ministry
of Railways
26-March-2013
Revision of Tatkal Charges for Train
Journeys to be Effective From 1st April 2013 Onwards
As per announcement made in the Railway Budget 2013-14, it has been
decided by the Ministry of Railways to revise Tatkal charges. These
charges will be applicable for journey starting from 01.04.2013 onwards. Now,
the Tatkal charges will be realized @ 10% of basic fare for reserved Second
(2S) class and 30% of basic fare for all other classes subject to minimum and
maximum as given below:-
|
Class to Travel
|
Minimum Tatkal
Charges (in Rs.)
|
Maximum Tatkal
Charges (in Rs.)
|
|
Reserved Second Sitting (2S)
|
10
|
15
|
|
Sleeper
|
90
|
175
|
|
AC Chair Car
|
100
|
200
|
|
AC-3 tier
|
250
|
350
|
|
AC-2 tier
|
300
|
400
|
|
Executive
|
300
|
400
|
Source : PIB
Continuance
of family pension to mentally/physically disabled children after their marriage
and withholding of 10% gratuity – Implementation of Govt. decision regarding
Dual family pension
OFFICE OF
THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)
DRAUPADI
GHAT, ALLAHABAD- 211014
Circular No.
106
No: GI/C/0198/Vol-V/Tech
O/o the
Pr. CDA (P) Allahabad
Dated:
18/03/2013
T o,
( All Head of Department under Min
of Defence )
Sub: Implementation of
Govt. decision regarding Dual family pension continuance of family pension to
mentally/physically disabled children after their marriage and withholding of
10% gratuity.
Ref : This office
important circular No. 58 dated 23-09-2008.
The Govt.
of India, Min of PPG & P, Deptt of P&PW vide – their OM No. 1/33/2012 –
P&PW (E) dated 16-01-2013 have decided to allow continuance of family
pension to mentally/physically disabled children after their marriage. Further
the Govt. has also decided to allow two family pensions for military and or
civil employment. DP & PW vide OM No. 20/16/1998 – P&PW (F) dated
19-02-2013 has issued clarifications regarding withholding of 10% gratuity.
2. In order to
implement the above orders/instructions, all the 4 L.P.C. cum Data Sheets for
pensionary awards in r/o Defence Civilians have been redesigned to accommodate
additional information of Dual family pension continuance of family pension to
mentally/physically disabled children after their marriage and withholding of
10% gratuity. For this purpose following new fields have been introduced in the
new data sheets.
A. For Civil Pension (Appendix É’), Civil Pension Corr (Appendix ‘F’), Civil family pension (Appendix ‘G’) and Civil family pension Corr ( Appendix ‘H’).
A. For Civil Pension (Appendix É’), Civil Pension Corr (Appendix ‘F’), Civil family pension (Appendix ‘G’) and Civil family pension Corr ( Appendix ‘H’).
|
SL No.
|
FIELD NAME
|
NATURE OF FIELD
|
FIELD LENGTH
|
|
1
|
DUAL F. P. ( D/ S )
|
ALPHABETIC
|
1
|
|
2
|
GTY WITHHELD (Y/N)
|
ALPHABETIC
|
1
|
B. FIELD OF DISABLED CHILD IN F. P. (APPEX. G) &
FP CORR (APPX. H) data sheets.
|
3.
|
WHETHER DISABLED CHILD
MARRIED (Y/N)
|
ALPHABETIC
|
1
|
3.
Fieldwise instructions for filling up new fields of data sheets are
as under:-
(i). GTY WITHHELD (Y/N)-If any ‘Government dues’ on a/c of Government accommodation
are outstanding then in this column Ý’should be filled otherwise it should be
filled with ‘N’.
If ‘N’ is required to be filled in
the revised data sheet i.e. in case Retirement/death
gratuity is not to be withheld for the purpose of recovery of outstanding
Government dues pertaining to Government accommodation, No demand certificate
in this regard may be furnished along with data sheet. A specimen
of certificate is enclosed.
(ii). DUAL F. P. (D/S)-
In the dual family pension case, the code ’D’ should be filled in
this field otherwise the code ’S’ should be filled in this field. ‘D’denotes
for Double and ‘S’ for single.
Where government employee died after
retirement but before 24/09/2012, the Dual family pension will not be
notified/processed through Civil pension Data Sheets. Such cases will be
processed through Civil F. P. Data sheets. Where employee retired before
24/09/2012, before processing of Dual F. P. case through civil pension Data
sheets it may be ensured that the individual was alive on 23/09/2012.
(iii). WHETHER DISABLED CHILD
MARRIED (Y/N) - If the disabled child married the code Ý’ should
be filled in this field otherwise it should be filled with ‘N’.
Further, new code for the column
of Medical Category of data sheets for civil F. P. ( Appendix
‘G’& ‘H’) has been allotted. Modified codes of Medical Category are as
under:
FOR CODES
UNMARRIED DISABLED CHILD (FOR LIFE)
—- H
MARRIED DISABLED CHILD (FOR LIFE) —-
M
UNMARRIED/WIDOWED/DIVORCED DAUGHTER
—– F
(FOR LIFE)
4. In this connection 5 sets of each
of data sheet along with instructions are forwarded here
with for onward transmission of the same to the lower formation/unit/HOO under
your control. The unit/formation declared as HOO may be instructed to
initiate the data sheets along with supporting documents as per
the revised procedure. No case on the old Data-Sheets will be
accepted after 30-04-2013.
The receipt of this communication
may please be acknowledged.
Sd/-
( S. B.
Mathdevaru )
Dy. CDA
(P)
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Revised Interest Rates of Post Office Small Saving Schemes Cut Down w.e.f 01.04.2013
Interest Rates of Post Office Small Saving Schemes Cut Down w.e.f 01.04.2013
New Delhi,
25th March, 2013
Based on the decisions taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Shyamala Gopinath Committee for Comprehensive Review of National Small Savings Fund (NSSF), the interest rates for small saving schemes are to be notified every financial year,before 1st April of that year. Accordingly, the rate of interest on various small savings schemes for the financial year 2013-14 effective from 01.04.2013, on the basis of the interest compounding/ payment built-in in the schemes, shall be as under :
Scheme
|
Present Rate of Interest
|
Rate of Interest w.e.f 01.04.2013
|
Remarks
|
PPF
|
8.8
|
8.7
| |
MIS
|
8.5
|
8.4
| |
NSC 5 YEAR
|
8.6
|
8.5
| |
NSC 10 YEAR
|
8.9
|
8.8
| |
SCSS
|
9.3
|
9.2
| |
RD
|
8.4
|
8.3
| |
1 YEAR TD
|
8.2
|
8.2
|
NO CHANGE
|
2 YEAR TD
|
8.3
|
8.3
|
NO CHANGE
|
3 YEAR TD
|
8.4
|
8.4
|
NO CHANGE
|
5 YEAR TD
|
8.5
|
8.5
|
NO CHANGE
|
Saving Deposit
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
NO CHANGE
|
Monday, March 25, 2013
RECOVERY OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY DUES FROM DCRG/PENSION-CLARIFICATION ISSUED BY HON’BLE MINISTER V.NARAYANASAMY IN RAJYASABHA
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2693
ANSWERED ON-21.03.2013
Recovery of dues from a Government servant
2693 . CHAUDHARY MUNABBAR SALEEM
(a) whether Cooperative Societies dues can be recovered from the Death-cum-retirement Gratuity, pension and other retirement benefit of Government servant;
(b) if so, under which rules and conditions; and
(c) if not, the reasons there for?
ANSWER
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)
(a) to (c): In accordance with CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972 “Government dues as ascertained and assessed by the Head of Office which remain outstanding till the date of the retirement of the Government servant, shall be adjusted against the amount of the retirement gratuity or death gratuity becoming payable”. The expression ‘Government dues’ including dues pertaining to Government accommodation, a balance of house building or conveyance or any other advance, overpayment of pay and allowance or leave salary and arrears of income tax-deductible at source under Income Tax Act, 1961. In CCS(Pension) Rules, there is no provision to recover Cooperative Societies dues from Death-cum-retirement Gratuity, pension and other retirement benefits of the Government servant.
Source : http://rajyasabha.nic.in
To see the answer given in Rajys Sabha on 21/3/2013, please CLICK HERE.
FLASH NEWS
Electronic Postal Order can be used by Information Seekers under RTI Act by registering at Click here to see order issued by DOP&T http://www.epostoffice.gov.in
Thursday, March 21, 2013
ADDRESS OF THE NAPE GROUP C CHANGED
THE CHQ OF NATIONAL UNION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES WAS FUNCTIONING FROM 10D DAO FLATS,NEW MAHAVIRNAGER,NEW DELHI-110018.DEPARTMENT ALLOTTED ACCOMMODATION IN ATUL GROVE ROAD,NEW DELHI ON OUR REQUEST AND CHQ IS SHIFTED ON 13-03-2013. THE NEW ADDRESS IS:
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES,GROUP C
CHAMBARI, CH-17-2-17,ATUL GROVE ROAD,NEW DELHI-110 001.
TELEPHONE NO.011-23350103
TELEPHONE NO.011-23350103
ALL ARE REQUESTED TO NOTE THE CHANGE AND THE CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE MADE WITH THE ABOVE ADDRESS
GENERAL SECRETARY
7th Pay Commission – Full Text of letter addressed by Union Minister to Prime Minister in support of early setting up of seventh Pay Commission
7th Pay Commission – Full Text of letter addressed by Union Minister to Prime Minister in support of early setting up of seventh Pay Commission
Shri.Ajay Maken, Union Minister has recently addressed a letter to Prime Minister for early setting up of Seventh Pay Commission
The following is the full Text of Letter dated 14th March, 2013 to Prime Minister by Shri Ajay Maken, Union Minister regarding request to early setting up of Seventh Pay Commission.
March 14, 2013
It is with a sense of pride that I seek to underline that about 3,2 million Central Government Employee and an equal number of pensioners inducting service personnel, hold you in high esteem and think of you as one amongst them. They look up to you as a leader who would not only empathize with their concerns but ensure deliverance as well. It was you who had constituted the Sixth Central Pay Commission (CPC) in 2005 which should have been set up in 2003 by the NDA Government.
2) Central Government Employee who are inducted in Government through a process of rigorous screening and testing as also stringent evaluation of a job performance are supposed to be the brightest. With globalization and multinational corporation coming into the country, we have at hand a two fold challenge:
(a) do have a personnel pool with high acumen to deal with these MNCs,
(b) simultaneously a dress the challenge of high attrition on which in itself is a result of MNCs having come in. In order to attract as also retain the brightest minds in Government employment it is but necessary that Central Pay Commission are set up regularly to look into and evaluate their pay structures and submit recommendations.
3) Ever since the setting up of the second Central Pay Commission all pay commissions have been set up in the 3rd year of every decade baring the one time when the NDA Government did not do so in the year 2003. The pay commissions are then required to submit their recommendations/reports in three years time. However, you had set up the sixth pay commission in 2005 and submitted its report in an year and half, much to the relief and succor of Government employees. We are again in the third year of the on-going decade and Central Government Employees are justifiably looking forward to the Seventh Pay Commission that would look into their needs.
The present wage structure of the Central Govt. Employees has been made on the basis of the Sixth Central Pay Commission’s recommendations, which were implemented with effect from 11.2006 in the case of Pay and in the case of allowances with effect from 1.9.2008. The erosion of real wages owing to the degree of inflation in the economy is hurting these employees very badly. The retail prices of those commodities, which go into the making of minimum wage, have risen by about 160% between 1.1.2006 to 1.1.2011, in comparison to D.A. compensation, which on that date had been just 51%. It is also an acknowledged fact that the 6th CPC had computed the minimum wage by suppressing the retail price of these commodities in the market on the specious plea that official statistics of the retail prices of these commodities were not available. They therefore, computed the retail price by increasing the wholesale price by 20% for each of the commodity whereas the actual retail price in the market was 60% more than the wholesale price.
4) Broadly, one’s -emoluments should be adequate enough to commensurate with boundless and limitless assignments and to his duties and responsibilities in a better, effective and honest manner. The same has also to place, an employee to be in a position to fulfill his social and family obligations, such as education of children, their marriage, maintenance of a reasonable living standard for himself and his family members expected of Government servants and also to take care of his post retirement life.
5) The basis of fixing wages in the past was largely a consumer need related, which was considered at a bare minimum like the minimum nutritional level, minimum clothing, housing etc. But today life is more complex and living standards are not based on simple living and the same cannot be restricted to only for the working class. The producer of wealth being the consumer oriented also requires consumers, including the Central Government employees.
6) These employees are also placed in a disadvantageous situation vis-a-vis their counterparts in Central Public Sector undertakings, in whose case, the wage revisions normally takes place after every five years through Collective bargaining. The wage revision of the Central Government employees if not after five years it must be after every ten years and the Government needs to consider setting up of the Seventh Centra1 Pay Commission immediately. While conceding the fact that the Central Pay Commission is founded only in every 10 years, however with the coming of the year 2011, prices of most of the products needed in day to day life is increasing.
7) In brief the following decision need to he taken on Priority so that a positive message goes among serving Central Government Employees, Pensioners and Service and Para Military Personnel, the decision will also have bearing upon State Governments Employees:-
A notification for constitution of 7th Central Pay Commission is the need of the hour, which is bound to have bearing upon about 20 million employees, which are opinion makers. Therefore the issues may please be considered by the concerned Ministries on Priority and appropriate decision is taken.
Sir, I will be extremely obliged if the above submission is considered favorably in larger interest of government employees as well as the party.
Source : Hindustan Times
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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