Proposal for alternative pension scheme in lieu of the existing CPF Scheme
NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI
F.No. 3-1/2018-NVS(Admn.)/4528
Dated : 06.12.2018
To
The Deputy Commissioner
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti
All Regional Offices
Sub : Proposal for alternative pension scheme in lieu of the existing CPF Scheme
Sir,
Proposal for alternative pension scheme in lieu of existing CPF scheme is under consideration of the Ministry. It has been intimated by the Ministry that in the context of the feasibility of extending the benefits of the GPF-cum-Pension Scheme, 1972 not being there, one of the options would be to explore the possibility of having an annuity based alternative pension scheme in lieu of the existing CPF scheme. It has been desired that a comprehensive proposal based on willingness of the eligible employee to opt for the alternative scheme i.e. annuity based pensionary benefits in lieu of existing scheme may be submitted.
Accordingly, you are requested to submit the consent of employees on shifting form existing scheme to annuity based pensionary scheme.
In this regard, you are, therefore, requested to kindly obtain willingness of the eligible employees who have joined the services before 1.1.2004 (including those who have retired) to opt for the alternative scheme in lieu of the existing OFF scheme.
The consolidated data in respect of RO and JNVs may be submitted to this office latest by 30.12.2018.
Annuity based alternate pension proposal for the employees of NVS prior to 1.1.2004
NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI
F. No. 3-1/2018 -NVS(Admn)/3584
Date : 04/12/2018
To,
The Deputy Commissioner,
All Regional Offices
Sub : Annuity based alternate pension proposal for the employees of NVS prior to 1.1.2004 – reg.
Sir,
In continuation to this office letter of even number dated 06.12.2018 seeking willingness of the employees with regard to introduction of alternate annuity based pension, it is to clarify the following:-
1. Own share of employee in the existing CPF scheme shall remain intact. It will not be utilized for creating the corpus fund of the alternate pension plan.
2. However, the management share of the existing CPF scheme will be utilized to form the corpus fund for the proposed annuity based pension scheme.
3. Proposed basic pension is 50% of the basic pay at the time of retirement and there is no provision for DA thereon.
4. Provision for commutation of pension upto 1/3rd of the basic pension exists..Employee at the time of retirement can get the commutation value. It would be more or less equal to the management share. Besides 213rd of basic pension per month fixed at the time of retirement is payable.
5. The pension is payable till the pensioner is alive. There is no provision for family pension after death of the employee.
6. However, proposal for provisioning of DA and family pension is also being sent to the Ministry for consideration.
7. In case of death of the eligible employees during service, Provision for a lump sum insured amount payable to their dependents is proposed to be covered under group term Insurance Scheme.
The afore mentioned information may be widely circulated amongst the eligible employees to enable them to franchise their options/willingness for the proposed annuity based pension
This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.
No changes in 7th CPC Pay Fitment Factor [Rajyasabha QA]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 78
ANSWERED ON 11.12.2018
Increase in pay fitment factor and HRA
78 Shri Ravi Prakash Verma
Shri Neeraj Shekhar
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state :-
(a) whether Government proposes to raise the fitment factor under 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) from 2.57 for intermediate and lower officials to 2.81 which has been implemented for senior officials under 7th CPC;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) if not, the reasons therefor;
(d) whether Government would increase the HRA from 24 per cent to 30 per cent of basic salary as it was under 6th CPC in view of non-availability of rented accommodations within 24 per cent of basic salary in metro cities;
(e) if so, the details thereof; and
(f) if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI P. RADHAKRISHNAN)
(a) to (c): The fitment factor for the purpose of fixation of pay in the revised pay structure based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission is 2.57 which is uniformly applicable to all categories of employees. As the same is based on the specific and considered recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission, no change therein is envisaged.
(d) to (f): The Government vide Resolution dated 6th July, 2017 decided that HRA shall be revised to 27%, 18% and 9% of Basic Pay in X, Y and Z cities when Dearness Allowance (DA) crosses 25% and further to 30%, 20% and 10% of Basic Pay in X,Y and Z cities when DA crosses 50%.
Promotion for Government officials based on public rating
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1406
ANSWERED ON: 19.12.2018
Promotion on Public Rating
RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA
SANTOSH AHLAWAT
RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKAR
A.T. (NANA) PATIL
SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI
Will the Minister of
PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-
(a) whether the Government proposes to promote the Government officials based on public rating/feedback and if so, the details thereof along with the time by which the said system is likely to be put into place;
(b) whether the Government is considering adoption of some other system for the promotion of Government officials who do not have direct dealings with the public and if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has started Aadhaar based authentication of life certificates for pensioners and if so, the details thereof;
(d) the number of pensioners who have availed the benefit of the said scheme along with the State-wise details thereof; and
(e) whether the Government has formulated any policy to prevent misuse of Aadhaar based authentication of life certificates and if so, the details thereof?
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. There is no such proposal under consideration.
(c): Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has informed that an “Aadhar-based Digital Life Certificate (DLC)” for pensioners was launched on 10th November, 2014.
Aadhaar is used for authentication of pensioners. As a result of this facility the pensioner is not required to present himself before his pension disbursing agency or produce other documents that he is alive.
After generation of the DLC, the pension disbursing agencies integrated with the system will get access to the submitted DLC for processing and release of pension there after.
(d): Number of DLCs submitted since November, 2018 to till date is enclosed as annexure.
(e): Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has informed that it has a well-designed, multi-layered robust security system in place to maintain the highest level of data security and integrity in accordance with the Aadhaar Act, 2016 and the Regulations notified under the Act. Some of the security measures include provision of secure channel, implementation of Aadhaar Data Vault, Hardware Security Module, Registered Devices, Virtual ID-UID Token, biometric locking etc.
Recruitment of Handicapped and Blind Persons in Government
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1458
ANSWERED ON: 19.12.2018
Recruitment of Handicapped and Blind Persons
RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA
Will the Minister of
PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-
(a) whether the Government in consultation with the State Governments is going to launch a special recruitment programme for handicapped and blind persons in Government, Semi Government, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and PSU Banks as a large number of such posts are lying vacant for a long time;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the details of posts that are lying vacant and the action taken by the Government to fill up the vacant posts, State-wise; and
(d) the time that would be taken to complete such recruitment?
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): At present, there is no proposal to launch a Special Recruitment Drive for filling up the vacancies for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs).
By virtue of Entry 9 and 41 of State List of the Constitution of India, the respective States are required to implement the provisions relating to reservation for PWDs in their establishments.
(c) & (d): As per data obtained from various Central Government Ministries/ Departments which also include vacancies in Central Public Sector Undertakings, Nationalised Banks and Financial Institutions etc., there were more than 15000 vacancies identified in the year 2015 for PWDs. These, inter-alia, included backlog vacancies carried forward from earlier years. Till date, total of 14231 vacancies of PWDs have been filled up. Department of Personnel & Training regularly reviews the position with the Departments/Ministries for expeditious action to fill up the vacancies.
(a) whether the Government has reneged upon the provisioning of Short-Service Commission (SSC) officers with post-retirement medical benefits;
(b) if so, the reasons therefor;
(c) whether the Government would reconsider the decision as it affects a large number of officers engaged in SSC and if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether the Army has proposed to the Government to make SSC more attractive to bridge the widening recruitment gap between officers in permanent commission and SSC; and
(e) if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE (DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE) IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
(a) to (c): The Government has decided to formulate a special scheme to mitigate the hardships of Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) and Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs) in obtaining medical facilities after their release.
(d) & (e): Efforts are being made to make the Short Service Commission more attractive in consultation with the Armed Forces.
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1523
ANSWERED ON: 19.12.2018
Non-Transparent Performance Appraisal
GANESH SINGH
Will the Minister of
PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-
(a) whether the system of performance appraisal is non-transparent, except in respect of communicating “adverse” entries;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether it gives feedback to officers about their areas of strength/ potential and also does not motivate officers through recognition of good work accomplished and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken in this regard;
(d) whether the monitoring system for the timely writing of the reports is extremely weak resulting that there is considerable delay in the writing of annual reports and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor; and
(e) whether the evaluations of Reviewing Officers and Accepting Authorities are often not available on account of their having demitted office, in which case the reports are deprived of valuable inputs and if so, the details thereof since last five years?
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): No, Madam. The system of Annual Performance Assessment Report (APAR)/Performance Appraisal Report (PAR) for Central Government employees, including officers belonging to All India Services, is transparent. Government instructions provide for disclosure of full APAR/PAR to the officer reported upon, for representation, if any.
(b): Does not arise, in view of (a) above.
(c): The APAR/PAR does give feedback to officers about their areas of strength/potential. The APAR/PAR also motivates the officer, through recognition of good work accomplished, and also to improve on some areas of work, wherever required.
(d): No, Madam. The instructions provide timelines for preparation and maintenance of APAR/PAR. Some online systems for generation and recording of APARs have also been set up.
(e): Instructions are in place for Reviewing Officers and Accepting Authorities to record their comments even after demitting office, within a stipulated time.
No proposal to increase or decrease the age of retirement of Central Government Employees
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1549
ANSWERED ON: 19.12.2018
Senior Citizen Entitlement of Employees
RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD
Will the Minister of
PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-
(a) whether the Government has worked out a plan to lower the age of senior citizen entitlement of employees to 58 years;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government is contemplating to increase or decrease the age for pension;
(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
(e) the details of salient features of pension policy?
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) to (d): No Madam. Department of Social Justice & Empowerment has informed that there is at present no proposal in that Department for lowering the age of senior citizen. Government employees become entitle to pension on retirement. There is also no proposal to increase or decrease the age of retirement of Central Government Employees.
(e): The salient features of the pension entitlements of employees retiring from the Central Government are as under:
i. A Government servant retiring in accordance with the rules, after completing a qualifying service of not less than 10 years, is entitled to a pension @ 50% of his last pay or 50% of average emoluments for the last 10 months, whichever is more beneficial to him/her.
ii. After completion of 80 years of age or above, additional pension @ 20% to 100% is payable to the retired Government servant.
iii. A retired/retiring Government servant is entitled to, at his/her option, a lump sum payment, by commutation of a maximum of 40% of his/her pension.
iv. On retirement, a Government employee is entitled to a retirement gratuity based on his/her emoluments and length of qualifying service.
v. On death of a Central Government pensioner, the family is entitled to a family pension the amount of which is 50% of the last pay for a period of seven years, or for a period up to the date on which the retired deceased Government servant would have attained the age of 67 years had he/she survived, whichever is earlier. Thereafter, the amount of family pension is 30% of his last pay. The amount of family pension is also increased by 20% to 100% after the family pensioner attains the age of 80 years and above.
Vi. The family of a Government servant, who dies while in service after having rendered not less than seven years’ continuous service, is entitled to a family pension 50% of the last pay for a period of ten years. Thereafter, the amount of family pension is 30% of his/her last pay.
OROP : Demand for the annual revision of pensions – LokSabha QA
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF EX-SERVICEMEN WELFARE LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO.122
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19TH DECEMBER, 2018
ONE RANK ONE PENSION
122. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:
Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Justice Reddy Committee Report on One Rank One Pension (OROP) was submitted on October 26, 2017 and if so, the details thereof;
(b) the specific steps taken by the Government for the implementation of OROP since the submission of the said report;
(c) whether the Government has accepted or proposes to accept the demand for the annual revision of pensions provided to ex-servicemen;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor?
A N S W E R MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 122 FOR ANSWER ON 19.12.2018
(a) to (e): The Government has implemented One Rank One Pension (OROP) for Defence Forces Personnel with effect from 01.07.2014. As on 30.09.2017, a sum of Rs.10,795.4 crores has been released to 20,60,220 Defence Forces Pensioners / Family Pensioners in four instalments towards the arrears.
The Government appointed One Member Judicial Committee (OMJC) on OROP to look into anomalies, if any, arising out of implementation of OROP. The Terms of Reference of the Committee was as under:-
To examine and make recommendations on references received from the Central Government on the following matters:-
(ii) Measures for the removal of anomalies that may arise out of interservice issues of the three forces due to implementation of OROP order ibid.
(iii) Implications on service matters.
(iv) Any other matter referred by the Central Government on implementation of the OROP or related issues.
In making its recommendations, the Committee shall take into account the financial impact of its recommendations.
The Committee submitted its report on 26.10.2016. An Internal Committee has been constituted by the Government to examine the recommendations of OMJC with respect to feasibility and financial aspects. Terms of reference of the Committee are as under:
(i) To examine and analyse the recommendations of OMJC.
(ii) To examine the feasibility of implementation of recommendations of OMJC.
AIBEA & BEFI will go on strike on 8th and 9th January 2019
TO ALL UNITS & OUR MEMBERS:
18-12-2018
Dear Comrades,
Join the struggle of the working class Join the General Strike on 8th and 9th January, 2019
Join the millions in opposing the anti-people economic policies and anti-worker labour policies of the Central Government
All our Unions and members are aware that in the wake of increasing and aggressive attempts of the Central Government to pursue anti-people and anti-worker policies, the lives and living conditions of the masses and workers are getting degraded on the one hand and at the same time, the Government is busy in pursuing pro-corporate policies to benefit the rich. Unabated price rise, aggravated unemployment, crisis in agriculture sector leading to farmers’ suicide, sluggish industrial production, deteriorating wage level, enlarged poverty but 1% of the super rich cornering 73% of the total wealth of the country is the economic reality today. Economic reforms, banking reforms, land reforms and banking reforms are their solution to the problem knowing too well that it will only worsen the plight of the poor and the working masses. All their election promises are gone with the wind. There are only repeated empty slogans.
The working people who spearhead the fight against these wrong policies have become the target now. Labour reforms is the Government’s priority. Labour laws and our hard-won labour rights are sought to be trampled under to favour the greedy profiteers and employers. Permanent jobs are evaporating and casual, temporary, outsourced, contractual and fixed terms jobs are in the offing as a policy of the Government.
Banking sector has become their special target. Public Sector Banks which deal with huge public savings are sought to be privatized. Adequate capital is being denied forcing the Banks to beg for private capital. Instead of recovering the huge bad loans due from the corporates, our Banks are sought to be merged to create big banks which would become a fertile hunting ground for these corporates to further loot the people’s savings. On the one hand concessions are rolled out to the corporate delinquents in the name of insolvency proceedings forcing banks to suffer huge haircuts and on the other hand, this burden of bad loans is put on the shoulders of the common banking public through penalty charges and indiscriminate service charges.
In this disturbing scenario, it is imperative and important that these attacks and attempts are fought back. That is why AIBEA and BEFI wholeheartedly welcome the declaration and decision of the National Trade Union Convention to organize mass protest actions against these offensives and to undertake a massive national General Strike on 8th and 9th January, 2019.
Accordingly AIBEA and BEFI have decided to join and participate in this important united strike action of the working class and trade union movement of the country. We have also served a joint Strike Notice on the Indian Banks Association. We call upon all our members all over the country to participate in the strike and make it a success.
AIBEA & BEFI WILL GO ON STRIKE ON 8TH AND 9TH JANUARY, 2019
SUPPORTING:
• The call given by National Trade Union Convention of Central Trade Unions and various independent sectorwise Trade Union Federations.
OPPOSING:
• Anti-people economic policies and anti-worker labour policies of the Central Government
• Banking reform measures – attempts to reduce Government’s equity capital in public sector banks, reduction of Government’s capital in IDBI Bank to less than 51%, attempts of privatisation of PSBs, attempts to amalgamate, merge and consolidate Banks, concessions given to corporate defaulters in the name resolution of bad loans and burdening the common poor by all sorts of penalty and higher service charges to offset the loss to the Banks on account of loss due to bad loans
• Outsourcing and contracatualising permanent jobs in Banks.
