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Non-functioning of Departmental Councils

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Non-functioning of Departmental Councils

No.4/3/2019- JCA
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
Establishment (JCA) Section

North Block, New Delhi – 110 001
Dated : 16th January, 2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Non-functioning of Departmental Councils

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The undersigned is directed to say that instructions have been issued by this Department from time to time for making effective use of JCM Scheme by the Ministries/Departments to discuss the demands of the employees. Departmental Council set up under JCM Scheme is an appropriate forum for redressal of the grievances of the employees. However, it has come to our notice that the Meetings of the Departmental Councils in various Ministries / Departments except a few, are not being held regularly.

2. The Staff Side, National Council (JCM) has been raising this issue in the Meetings of the National Council (JCM) and Standing Committee of the National Council (JCM). As per JCM Scheme “the meetings of the Departmental Council shall be held as often as necessary, and not less than once in four months’. However, the Staff Side has pointed out that in some of the Ministries / Departments the meetings of the Departmental Councils have not been held even once in the last 4-5 years.

3. In view of the above, it is requested that the Joint Consultative Machinery needs to be galvanized and for this purpose Departmental Council may be constituted in those Ministries/Departments where they have not been constituted and where they already exist and the meeting of the Departmental Council may be held more frequently to resolve Staff Side grievances.

4. It is also requested that information on the functioning of Departmental Council in the Ministry/ Department during the last five years may kindly be provided in the enclosed format at the earliest.

(S T Selvi Singh)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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Delhi Assembly Election 2020 – Grant of paid holiday to employees

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Delhi Assembly Election 2020 – Grant of paid holiday to employees

F. No. 12/3/2016-JCA-2
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
Establishment (JCA-2) Section

North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 13th January, 2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : General elections to the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi, 2020 – Grant of Paid holiday to employees on the day of poll – regarding

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The undersigned is directed to state that as informed by the Election Commission of India, vide their letter No. ECl/PN/4/2020, dated 06.01.2020, Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi, 2020,is as under:-

S.No Legislative Assembly Date Day
1 Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi 08.02.2020 Saturday

2. In this regard, it is stated that the guidelines issued by this Department vide OM No. 12/ 14/99-JCA, dated 10.10.2001 regarding closure of Government Offices and grant of paid holiday, may be followed by all the Central Government Offices, including the industrial establishments, in NCT Delhi.

3. The above instructions may please be brought to the notice of all concerned.

4. Hindi version will follow.

(Juglal Singh)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

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AIIEA – One Hour Walk Out Strike on 4th Feb 2020 for LIC IPO

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AIIEA – One Hour Walk Out Strike on 2nd Feb 2020 for LIC IPO

Insurance employees and officers affiliated to the Federation of LIC Class I Officers’ Associations, National Federation of Insurance Field Workers of India (NFIFWI) and All India Insurance Employees’ Association (AIIEA) today held joint demonstrations all over India against the Budget proposal to list LIC in the stock exchange and sell part of its stake via public offering.

The Joint Front of these three major unions representing over 90 per cent of LIC officers and employees strongly opposes this move of the government. The LIC, which is at present hundred percent government owned, mobilises small savings of the people and makes them available for national development. Since its inception in the year 1956, the LIC has earned the trust and goodwill of millions of Indians and has crossed many milestones. The LIC has set unprecedented performance records in various aspects of life insurance business. Commencing its operations with a paltry sum of Rs. 5 crore in the year 1956, the LIC today commands over an astronomically huge asset base of over Rs.31 lakh crore. The total Life Fund of the LIC as on 31.03.2019 was Rs.28.28 lakh crore. Even after over two decades of competition in the life insurance business, the LIC stands tall with a market share of more than 73 per cent. The LIC has the proud distinction of contributing more than 25 per cent to the total budgetary efforts of the government of India.

The LIC has recently paid a dividend of Rs.2611 crore to the government of India against an initial equity of Rs.100 crore. It is pertinent to mention here that the total dividend paid by LIC till date since its inception is a huge Rs.26,005.38 crore. The contribution of LIC to independent India’s planned development process and its investments in the social sectors of the economy have simply been phenomenal. Selling part of LIC’s stake to private interests and its disinvestment would be a surest blow to the resource mobilization efforts of India. At a time when the government is faced with a severe resource crunch because of dwindling tax revenue collections, selling part of government equity in LIC would be akin to killing the golden goose that lays golden eggs

Insurance employees and officers under the banner of the Joint Front have decided to go for ONE-HOUR WALK-OUT STRIKE preceding lunch recess on 4th February 2020 (Tuesday) as an immediate response to the ill conceived move of the government. The employees and officers call upon the government of India to drop the move to list LIC in the stock market and make efforts to strengthen LIC in the public sector. The officers and employees will have no choice but to embark upon intensified agitation in the future if the government does not desist from the ill conceived move

S. Rajkumar
(Federation of Cl. I Officers)

Vivek Singh
(NFIFWI)

Shreekant Mishra
(AIIEA)

Source : http://cziea.org/

Functions of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)

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Functions of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)

The duties and functions of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) include the following:

  1. To head the Department of Military Affairs in Ministry of Defence and function as its Secretary.
  2. To act as the Principal Military Advisor to Hon’ble Raksha Mantri on all Tri-Service matters.
  3. To function as the Permanent Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
  4. To administer the Tri-Service organizations/agencies/commands.
  5. To be a member of Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Hon’ble Raksha Mantri.
  6. To function as the Military Advisor to the Nuclear Command Authority.
  7. To bring about jointness in operation, logistics, transport, training, support services, communications, repairs and maintenance, etc of the three Services.
  8. To ensure optimal utilisation of infrastructure and rationalise it through jointness among the Services.
  9. To implement Five-Year Defence Capital Acquisition Plan and Two-Year roll-on Annual Acquisition Plans, as a follow up of Integrated Capability Development Plan.
  10. To assign inter-services prioritisation to capital acquisition proposals based on the anticipated budget.
  11. To bring about reforms in the functioning of three Services with the aim to augment combat capabilities of the Armed Forces by reducing wasteful expenditure.

The mandate of the Department of Military Affairs inter-alia includes “Facilitation of restructuring of Military Commands for optimal utilisation of resources by bringing about jointness in operations, including through establishment of joint/theatre commands”.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik in a written reply to Shri K J Alphons in Rajya Sabha today.

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Creation of Post of Air Defence command

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Creation of Post of Air Defence command

A study team is preparing the road map for creation of an Air Defence Command.

The purpose of the road map is to come up with proposal of integrating the Air Defence resources of the different services under a single agency, so as to ensure jointness and optimisation of resources, procedures and communication arrangements.

Three Joint Logistic Nodes (JLNs) are being established at Mumbai, Guwahati and Port Blair for Logistics Integration between the three services.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik in a written reply to Kumari Seljain Rajya Sabha today.

Creation of New Department of Military Affairs

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Creation of New Department of Military Affairs

Department of Military Affairs (DMA) with Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as Secretary was created to facilitate optimal utilization of resources and promote jointness among the three Services. As per the Second Schedule to Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules 1961, the following subjects were allocated to DMA:-

  1. The Armed Forces of the Union, namely, Army, Navy and Air Force.
  2. Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence comprising of Army Headquarters, Naval Headquarters, Air Headquarters and Defence Staff Headquarters.
  3. The Territorial Army.
  4. Works relating to Army, Navy and Air Force.
  5. Procurement exclusive to the Services except capital acquisitions, as per prevalent rules and procedures.
  6. Promoting jointness in procurement, training and staffing for the Services through joint planning and integration of their requirements.
  7. Facilitation of restructuring of Military Commands for optimal utilisation of resources by bringing about jointness in operations, including through establishment of joint / theatre commands.
  8. Promoting use of indigenous equipment by the Services.

The Second Schedule to Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules 1961 clearly identifies the functions of all the five Departments of the Ministry of Defence and thus there will not be any duplication of functions among them.

Work of 23 sections along with around 160 Civilian officers and staff have been transferred from Department of Defence to DMA.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik in a written reply to Dr T Subbarami Reddy in Rajya Sabha today.

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7th CPC Reckoning of Charge Allowance for the purpose of revision of Pension of Pre-2016 retirees

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7th CPC Reckoning of Charge Allowance for the purpose of revision of Pension of Pre-2016 retirees

PC-VII No.148/2020
RBE No.14 /2020

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. D-43/15/2019-F(E)Ill

New Delhi, dated: 30.01.2020.

The General Managers/Principal Financial Advisors,
All Zonal Railways/Production Units.

Sub : Reckoning of Charge Allowance for the purpose of revision of Pension of Pre-2016 retirees in terms of 7th CPC recommendations – reg.

Consequent upon the recommendations of 7th CPC, instructions were issued vide Board’s letters No.2016/F(E)III/1(1)/7 dated 10.08.2016 and 22.05.2017, regarding revision of pension/family pension of pre-2016 pensioners/family pensioners. A number of references have been received in this office for reckoning of Charge Allowance for the purpose of notional fixation of pay and accordingly revision of pension w.e.f. 01.01.2016.

2. The true nature of charge allowance was earlier considered by the Board and it was decided that the charge allowance, which is actually in the nature of pay restricted under FR-35. should be reckoned as ‘Pay’ as defined in Rule 1303(FR-9)(21)(a)(i) R-II/6th Edition and as such, it would count as pay for the purposes of pension. gratuity etc. as well as for leave encashment. Accordingly, instructions were issued vide letter No. F(E)III/94/PN1/26 dated 23.06.1995.

Also Read : Revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners – Stagnation increment

3. The issue has again been examined in Board keeping in view the earlier decision on charge allowance cited in para 2 above and it has been decided as follows:-

(i) Since. Board had already decided to treat the charge allowance as pay restricted under FR-35 and to reckon it as emoluments for pensionary benefits vide letter dated 23.06.1995, the charge allowance may be taken into account for notional fixation of pay for the purpose of revision of pension/family pension of pre-2016 retirees w.e.f. 01.01.2016 in terms of first formulation as conveyed by Board’s letter No. 2016/F(E)III/1(1)/7 dated 22.05.2017.

(ii) Pay fixed in terms of Board’s letter No. PC-VII/2017/1/7/5/8 dated 08.08.2019 w.e f. 01.07.2017 may also be treated as emoluments in terms of Rule 49 of the Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993 for the purpose of fixation of pension.

(iii) Since, Charge Allowance may have been paid w.e.f. 01.01.2016 to 30.06.2017 at old rates which was admissible before 2016, the same may be reckoned for calculation of retirement benefits of employees who retired between the periods from 01.01.2016 to 30.06.2017.

4. Please acknowledge receipt.

(G. Priya Sudarsani)
Director, Finance (Estt.),
Railway Board.

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Defence Budget 2020-21 – रक्षा बजट 2020-21

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Defence Budget 2020-21

The Union Budget for the financial year 2020-21, presented by Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on February 01, 2020, envisaged a total outlay of Rs 30,42,230 crore. Out of this, Rs 3,37,553 crore has been allocated for Defence (excluding Defence Pension). For Defence Pension, an amount of Rs 1,33,825 crore has been provided in Budget Estimates 2020-21. There is an increase of Rs 40,367.21 crore in the total Defence allocations (Rs 4,71,378 crore) including Defence Pension over the financial year 2019-20. Total defence budget accounts for 15.49 per cent of the total central government expenditure for the year 2020-21.

The allocation of Rs 4,71,378 crore represents a growth of 9.37 per cent over Budget Estimates (Rs 4,31,010.79 crore) for the financial year 2019-20.

Out of Rs 3,37,553 crore allocated for the financial year 2020-21, Rs 2,18,998 crore is for the Revenue (Net) expenditure and Rs 1,18,555 crore is for capital expenditure for the Defence Services and the Organisations/Departments under Ministry of Defence. The amount of Rs 1,18,555 crore allocated for capital expenditure includes modernisation related expenditure.

रक्षा बजट 2020-21

वित्त मंत्री, श्रीमती निर्मला सीतारमण द्वारा 01 फरवरी, 2020 को संसद में वित्त वर्ष 2020-21 के लिए प्रस्तुत किए गए केंद्रीय बजट में कुल 30,42,230 करोड़ रुपये की अनुमानित लागत की परिकल्पना की गई है। इसमें से, 3,37,553 करोड़ रुपये रक्षा के लिए (रक्षा पेंशन को छोड़कर) आवंटित किया गया है। 2020-21 के बजट में, रक्षा पेंशन के लिए 1,33,825 करोड़ रुपये की अनुमानित राशि का प्रावधान किया गया है।

वित्त वर्ष 2020-21 के रक्षा पेंशन सहित कुल रक्षा आवंटन (4,71,378 करोड़ रुपये) में 40,367.21 करोड़ रुपये की वृद्धि की गई है। वर्ष 2020-21 का कुल रक्षा बजट, केंद्र सरकार के कुल खर्च का 15.49 प्रतिशत है। वित्त वर्ष 2020-21 के लिए 4,71,378 करोड़ रुपये का आवंटन 2019-20 के बजट अनुमानों (4,31,010.79 करोड़ रुपये) में 9.37 प्रतिशत की वृद्धि को दर्शाता है।

वित्त वर्ष 2020-21 के लिए आवंटित 3,37,553 करोड़ रुपये में से 2,18,998 करोड़ रुपये राजस्व (शुद्ध) व्यय के लिए और 1,18,555 करोड़ रुपये रक्षा मंत्रालय के अंतर्गत आने वाले सेवाओं और संगठनों/ विभागों के पूंजीगत व्यय के लिए है। पूंजीगत व्यय के लिए आवंटित 1,18,555 करोड़ रुपये की राशि में आधुनिकीकरण से संबंधित खर्च भी शामिल हैं।

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Dearness Relief to pre 1986 Bank Pensioners from Feb 2020

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Dearness Relief to pre 1986 Bank Pensioners from Feb 2020

Indian Banks’ Association
HR & Industrial Relations

No.CIR/HR&IR/D/G2/2019-20/8620
February 1, 2020

Designated Officers of all Nationalised Banks
and State Bank of India

Dear Sir/Madam,

Dearness Relief payable for the period February to July 2020 to surviving pre 1.1.1986 retirees of banks (b) surviving spouses of pre 1.1.86 Retirees who are in receipt of Ex-gratia

As per the directive contained in the Government of India, Ministry of Finance Department of Economic Affairs (Banking Division) letter F.No.11/2/2012-IR dated 17.12.2013, the Dearness Relief payable to surviving pre 1.1.1986 retirees of banks for the period February 2020 to July 2020 on Ex-gratia will be as under :

Applicable CPI Average Amount of Ex-gratia per month Rate of Dearness Relief Amount of Dearness Relief per month Total Ex-gratia amount including Dearness Relief per month
₹ ₹ ₹ ₹
7479 Pre 1.1.86 retirees 350 1151.73 4031 4381
Surviving spouses of pre 1.1.86 retirees 175 1151.73 2016 2191

Yours faithfully,

S K Kakkar
Senior Advisor (HR&IR)

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Also Read : DA for Bank Employees from February 2020

DA for Bank Employees from February 2020

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DA for Bank Employees from February 2020

Indian Banks’ Association
HR & Industrial Relations

No.CIR/HR&IR/76/D/2019-20/8619
February 1, 2020

All Members of the Association
(Designated Officers)

Dear Sirs,

Dearness Allowance for Workmen and Officer Employees in banks for the months of February, March & April 2020 under X BPS / Joint Note dated 25.5.2015.

The confirmed All India Average Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (Base 1960= 100) for the quarter ended December 2019 are as follows:-

October 2019      – 7418.42
November 2019  – 7486.90
December 2019  – 7532.55

The average CPI of the above is 7479.29 and accordingly the number of DA slabs are 759 (7479 – 4440 = 3039 / 4 = 759 Slabs) The last quarterly Payment of DA was at 717 Slabs. Hence there is an increase in DA slabs of 42 i.e 759 Slabs for payment of DA for the quarter February, March and April 2020.

Also Read : IBA Bank DA Order from Nov 2019 to Jan 2020

In terms of clause 7 of the 10th Bipartite Settlement dated 25.05.2015 and clause 3 of the Joint Note dated 25.05.2015, the rate of Dearness Allowance payable to workmen and officer employees for the months of February, March & April 2020 shall be 75.90% of pay. While arriving at dearness allowance payable, decimals from third place may please be ignored.

Yours Faithfully,
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S K Kakkar
Senior Advisor (HR&IR)

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