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Employees retiring on 30 June are entitled for increment on 1st July ? LokSabha QA

Employees retiring on 30 June are entitled for increment on 1st July ?

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 427
ANSWERED ON: 12.12.2018

Judgement on Writ Petition

.SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Hon. Madras High Court ruled that employees retiring on 30 June are entitled for increment on 1st July of that year for pensionary benefit as they retire after completion of that year’s full service;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether Hon. Supreme Court has dismissed the petition filed against the Madras High Court’s above judgement;

(d) if so, whether the Government has issued orders regarding granting annual increment to those employees who are retiring on 30th June after completion of one year of service;

(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(f) the time by which such orders are likely to be issued in this regard?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
(DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) & (b): No, Madam. High Court of Madras in Writ Petition No. 15732/2017 has granted relief personal to the petitioner.

(c): Yes, Madam.

(d) to (f): As the judgment is in personam and contrary to the personnel policy of Government of India, the question of issuing a general order does not arise.

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7वां वेतन आयोग – संशोधित वेतन संरचना में शामिल होने का विकल्प में संशोधन का अवसर दिया जाना।

7वां वेतन आयोग – संशोधित वेतन संरचना में शामिल होने का विकल्प में संशोधन का अवसर दिया जाना।

सं. 4-13/17-आईसी/ई-III(ए)
भारत सरकार
वित्त मंत्रालय
व्‍यय विभाग

नई दिल्ली 12 दिसम्बर, 2018

कार्यालय ज्ञापन

विषय: केन्द्रीय सिविल सेवा (संशोधित वेतन) नियमावली, 2016 – संशोधित वेतन संरचना में शामिल होने का विकल्प में संशोधन का अवसर दिया जाना।

अधोहस्ताोक्षरी को केन्द्रीय सिविल सेवा (संशोधित वेतन) नियमावली, 2016 द्वारा अधिसूचित 01.01.2016 से लागू संशोधित वेतन संरचना में शामिल होने के लिए विकल्पं चुने जाने के संबंध में केन्द्रीय सिविल सेवा (संशोधित वेतन) नियमावली, 2016 के नियम 5 और 6 की ओर ध्यान आकृष्ट करने और यह कहने का निदेश हुआ है कि उक्त विकल्प उपर्युक्त नियमों की अधिसूचना की तारीख अर्थात् 25.07.2016 से तीन माह के अंदर चुना जाना था। इन नियमों के नियम 6(4) में प्रावधान है कि एक बार चुना गया विकल्प अंतिम होगा।

2. राष्ट्रीय परिषद (संयुक्त परामर्शी तंत्र) के कर्मचारी पक्ष ने अनुरोध किया है कि कुछ कर्मचारियों को हुई कठिनाइयों को देखते हुए कर्मचारियों को अपना विकल्प पुन: चुनने का एक और अवसर दिया जाए। इस मंत्रालय को भी यह प्रस्ताव करते हुए अनेक संदर्भ प्राप्त हो रहे हैं कि प्रभावित कर्मचारियों को अपना विकल्प पुन: चुनने का एक और अवसर दिया जाए।

3. इस मामले पर विचार किया गया है और राष्ट्रपति ने विनिश्चय किया है कि केन्द्रीय सिविल सेवा (संशोधित वेतन) नियमावली, 2016 के नियम 6(4) में उल्लिखित शर्त में छूट देते हुए केंद्र सरकार के ऐसे कर्मचारियों को, जो केन्द्रीय सिविल सेवा (संशोधित वेतन) नियमावली, 2016 द्वारा अधिसूचित संशोधित वेतन संरचना में शामिल होने के अपने विकल्प का पहले ही चयन कर चुके हैं, उपर्युक्त नियमावली के नियम 5 और 6 के अनुसार अपने पहले विकल्प को संशोधित करने का एक और अवसर दिया जाएगा। संशोधित विकल्प का प्रयोग इन आदेशों के जारी होने की तारीख से 3 माह की अवधि के अंदर किया जाएगा। इन आदेशों के अनुसार एक बार चुना गया विकल्प अंतिम होगा और किसी भी परिस्थिति में आगे कोई परिवर्तन नहीं किया जाएगा। उक्त नियम 5 और 6 में यथानिर्धारित अन्य सभी निबंधन एवं शर्तें लागू रहेंगी।

4. यह स्पंष्ट है कि ऐसे कर्मचारियों के मामले में, जिन्होंने 01.01.2016 से ही संशोधित वेतन संरचना में शामिल होने का विकल्प चुना है या जिनके मामले में संशोधित वेतन संरचना 01.01.2016 से लागू है, और जो केन्द्रीय सिविल सेवा (संशोधित वेतन) नियम, 2016 के नियम 5 के अनुसार 01.01.2016 से संशोधित वेतन संरचना में शामिल होने के अपने विकल्प का पुन: प्रयोग करेंगे, उनसे 01.01.2016 से संशोधित वेतन संरचना में शामिल होने के अपने विकल्प के चयन की तारीख तक आहरित वेतन के फलस्व रूप उन्हें दी गई बकाया राशि वसूल ली जाएगी।

5. भारतीय लेखा-परीक्षा और लेखा विभाग में कार्यरत कर्मचारियों के संबंध में ये आदेश भारत नियंत्रक और महालेखापरीक्षक के परामर्श से जारी किए जाते हैं।

(अमर नाथ सिंह)
निदेशक, भारत सरकार

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Opportunity to Revision of Option in the revised pay structure – FINMIN

Opportunity to Revision of Option in the revised pay structure – FINMIN

No. 4-13/17-IC/E-IIIA
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

New Delhi, the 12th, December, 2018

Office Memorandum

Subject : Central Civil Services, Revised Pay Rules, 2016 – opportunity for revision of option to come over to revised pay structure

The undersigned is directed to invite attention to Rules 5 & 6 of the CCS (RP) Rules, 2016 regarding exercise of option to come over to the revised pay structure effective from 1.1.2016 as notified by the CCS(RP) Rules, 2016 and to say that the said option was to be exercised within 3 months of the date of notification, i.e., 25.7.2016 of the said Rules. The Rule 6(4) thereof provides that the option once exercised shall be final.

2. The Staff Side of the National Council (JCM) has requested that employees may be given another opportunity to re-exercise their option in view of certain hardships caused to certain employees. A number of references have also been received in this Ministry, proposing that the affected employees may be given an opportunity to re-exercise their option.

3. The matter has been considered and the President is pleased to decide that in relaxation of the stipulation contained in Rule 6(4) of CCS(RP) Rules, 2016, the Central Government employees, who have already exercised their option to come over to the revised pay structure as notified by the CCS(RP) Rules, 2016, shall be permitted another opportunity to revise their initial option in terms of Rules 5 & 6 thereof. The revised option shall be exercised within a period of 3 months from the date of issue of these orders. The option once exercised in terms of these orders shall be final and shall not be liable to any further change under any circumstances. All other terms and conditions as laid down in the said Rules 5 and 6 shall continue to be applicable.

4. It is obvious that in respect of those employees who have already exercised option to come over to the revised pay structure from 01.01.2016 itself or in whose case the revised pay structure took effect from 01.01.2016 and who re-exercise their option under these orders to come over to the revised pay structure from a date subsequent to 01.01.2016 as per Rule 5 of CCS (RP) Rules, 2016, the arrears on account of revised pay already drawn by them from 01.01.2016 up to the date from which they now opt to come over to the revised pay structure shall be recovered.

5. In their application to the employees serving in IA&AD, these orders were issued after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

(Amar Nath Singh)
Director

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7th CPC Revision of the rates of Night Duty Allowance – NFIR Letter

7th CPC Revision of the rates of Night Duty Allowance – NFIR LetterNFIR

No. I/5(E)

Dated: 07/12/2018

The Secretary (E),
Railway Board,
New Delhi

Dear Sir,

Sub: Revision of the rates of Night Duty Allowance (NDA) – recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission-reg.

Ref: (i) Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-2017/HW-1 dated 08/03/2018 (RBE No.36/2018).
(ii) NFIR’s letter No. I/5(E) dated 30/07/2018.

Federation vide its letter dated 30th July, 2018 brought to the notice of Railway Board specific cases through illustrations where revised rates of Night Duty Allowance to be paid to various categories of staff have been lowered down on implementation of Board’s instructions dated 08/03/2018 (RBE No. 36/2018) and requested the Railway Ministry to review its decision and issue revised instructions duly allowing the rates of Night Duty Allowance to such staff at the rates mentioned in RBE No. 61/2016 w.e.f. 01/01/2016. A period for more than four months has passed, unfortunately revised instructions have not been issued so far causing financial loss to the staff performing night duty.

NFIR, therefore, once again urges upon the Railway Board to kindly consider the points brought out vide Federation’s letter dated 30/07/2018 and issued revised instructions accordingly.

Yours faithfully,

(Dr. M. Raghavaiah)
General Secretary

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Source : NFIR

Revision of guidelines regarding simplification of referral system under CGHS

Revision of guidelines regarding simplification of referral system under CGHS

Z 15025/117/2017/DIR/CGHS/EHS
Government of India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Department of Health & Family Welfare
EHS Section
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Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated the 10th December, 2018

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Revision of guidelines regarding simplification of referral system under CGHS

With reference to the above mentioned subject the undersigned is directed to state that this Ministry has been receiving representations for simplification of procedure for undergoing treatment/investigations at private hospitals empanelled under CGHS_ In this regard attention is drawn to the guidelines issued under Office Memoranda No. Z.15025/117/2017/DIR/CGHS/EHS, dated 15_01.2018 and S.1045/40/2012/CGHS/HEC/CGHS (P), dated 22.02.2013 and to state that the matter has been reviewed by this Ministry and it has now been decided to revise the guidelines for consultation and treatment at CGHS empanelled private hospitals as per the details given under:-

i) Referral from CGHS Medical Officcr / CGHS Specialist for consultation with Specialists at Private Hospitals empanelled under CGHS shall be valid for 30 days in the same hospital.

ii) Referral shall be valid for consultations upto 3 times in the same hospital within 30 days.

iii) Similarly referral shall be valid for consultation with a maximum of 3 different Specialists, if required during a single visit.

iv) Advice of the CGHS Medical OfficcriCGI IS Specialist for listed investigations shall be valid for a period of 30 days.

v) Advice of the CGHS Medical Officer/CGFIS Specialist for listed treatment procedure shall be valid fur a period of 3 months.

vi) if any listed investigation advised by Specialist of empanelled hospital is required urgently as a medical emergency and certified as such, may be undertaken at the same hospital

vii) Hospitals are empanelled under CGHS for the Specialists available and not by the name of Specialists.

viii) The Referral of CGHS Medical Officer/Specialists may be issued through Computers or even manually with proper stamp of referring doctor.

2. The other terms and conditions as prescribed on the above referred OMs shall remain unchanged.

(Rajeev Attri)
Under Secretary to Government of India

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Employment in Central Public Sector Enterprises

Employment in CPSEs

As a social safety measure, Government is implementing Counselling, Re-training and Redeployment (CRR) scheme for employees of CPSEs who have been released under Voluntary Retirement Scheme and Voluntary Separation Scheme. These separated employees have opportunity of self or wage employment after short duration skill trainings under the CRR scheme. In case an employee does not opt for training his or her dependent is eligible for training under the scheme.

The total number of personnel employed in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) during 2017-18 stood at 14.26 lakhs (provisional estimates) was lowest as compared to 14.72 lakhs in 2016-17. The manpower planning and deployment in CPSEs is aligned to the objectives and targets of their business plan, prevailing business conditions & requirements and other factors like future operations, expansion and investment plan.

The proportion of regular employees to total employees during the last four years has remained between 82% to 76%. The reasons for change in manpower employment include prevailing business conditions & requirements and other factors like future operations, expansion, investment plan and retirement.

This information was given by the Minister of State of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Babul Supriyo, in reply to written questions in the Lok Sabha.

PIB

Bye elections in Gujarat and Jharkhand : Grant of paid holiday

Bye elections in Gujarat and Jharkhand : Grant of paid holiday

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 the December 12, 2018

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Bye-elections to the State Legislative Assemblies in Gujarat and Jharkhand – Grant of paid holiday – regarding

The undersigned is directed to state that, as informed by the Election Commission of India, bye- elections to the following clear vacancies in the State Legislative Assemblies in the states of Gujarat and Jharkhand are to be held on 20.12.2018 :

S.No. State Number & Name of Assembly Constituency
1 Jharkhand 71 – Kolebira (ST)
2 Gujarat 72- Jasdan

2. In this regard, the guidelines already issued by this Department vide OM No. 12/14/99-JCA dated 10.10.2001 would have to be followed for the Central Government Offices, including industrial establishments, in the concerned States.

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

4. Hindi version will follow.

(Raju Saraswat)
Under Secretary (JCA)

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APAR of Non-Gazetted (NG) staff in Level 6 (GP – 4200)

APAR of Non-Gazetted (NG) staff in Level 6 (GP – 4200)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

No. 2018/Trans.Cell/S&T/APAR

Date: 04.12.2018

The General Manager, All Indian Railways/PUs, NF(Con), CORE
The DG/RDSO/Lucknow, DG/NAIR/Vadodara
CAOs, DMW/Patiala, WPO/Patna, COFMOW/NDLS, RWP/Bela, CAO/IROAF

Sub: APAR of Non-Gazetted (NG) staff in Level 6 (GP – 4200)

Ref: 1. Railway Board’s letter no. E(NG) II-75CR/9 dated 14.09.1976.
2. Railway Board’s letter no. E(NG)I-82-CR/1 dated 20.03.1982.
3. Master Circular no. 28 (E(NG)I/90/CRJ4 dated 17.06.91).
4. DRMJ/Solapur’s letter no. SUR/Con/50/APAR/Instr/18 dated 25,09.2018.

With reference to DRM/Solapur’s letter at (4) and Board’s letter at (1,2 & 3) above, and in consultation with Establishment Directorate, Board (CRB) have approved the following:

1. The APAR of Non-Gazetted (NG) staff in Level 6 (GP-4200), Section-I, shall be Reported upon by immediate superior i.e. Senior Supervisor in Level-7 (GP-4600). It shall be Reviewed by Junior Scale Officer/Senior Scale Officer or the next higher authority.

2. Section-II, for promotion to Group ‘B’ shall be Reported upon by Junior Scale Officer, Reviewed by Senior Scale officer & Accepted & JAG/SG/DyHoD level Officer.

3. The APAR of NG staff in Level 6 (GP-4200) shall normally be finalized at JAG/SG/DyHoD level Officer.

4. Other guidelines issued from Board shall remain unchanged and be modified as and when required.

Kindly acknowledge the receipt and ensure compliance.

(Umesh Balonda)
Executive Director/S&T
Transformation Cell

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Source : NFIR

 

One Rank One Pension : Corrective measures taken by the Government

One Rank One Pension : Corrective measures taken by the Government

The Government has implemented One Rank One Pension (OROP) for Defence Forces Personnel with effect from 01.07.2014. As on 30.09.2017 (compiled till 01.05.2018), a sum of Rs.10,795.40 crores has been released to 20,60,220 Defence Forces Pensioners / Family Pensioners in four instalments towards the arrears.

Some Ex-Servicemen Associations have been demanding changes in methodology for fixation of pension, periodicity of its revision, coverage of future Premature retirees (PMR) cases etc. The Government appointed One Member Judicial Committee (OMJC) on OROP to look into anomalies, if any, arising out of implementation of OROP on 14.12.2015. The Committee submitted its report on 26.10.2016. An Internal Committee has been constituted by the Government on 19.07.2017 to examine the recommendations of OMJC with respect to feasibility and financial aspects.

This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence, Dr. Subash Bhamre in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

Creamy Layer : Benefits of reservations for the Other Backward Classes

Creamy Layer

Based on the recommendations of a Committee set up by the Government in pursuance of the judgment of the Supreme Court in 1992 in the Indra Sawhney’s case to recommend the criteria for exclusion of socially advanced persons/sections from the benefits of reservations for the Other Backward Classes, the Department of Personnel and Training issued an Office Memorandum on 08.09.1993, which was preceded by consultations between the then Ministry of Welfare and the Department of Legal Affairs and was approved by the then Prime Minister.

The letter dated 14.10.2004 was issued with a view to bring clarity regarding determination of creamy layer on ten specific questions which were then being raised from time to time.

The earlier unsigned typed copy of the English version of the letter dated 14.10.2004, uploaded on the website of the Department of Personnel & Training had certain discrepancies vis-a vis its Hindi version. When the discrepancy was noticed, the correct copy was uploaded on the website. A corrigendum was also issued on 05.12.2016 when a discrepancy with respect to the explanation under Category VI(b) in the Hindi version of the Office Memorandum dated 08.09.1993 was noticed.

This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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