NCJCM Staff Side Writes to FM – Another option to switch over to new pay scale
Revised Pay Rules
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National Council (Staff Side)
Joint Consultation Machinery
For Central Government Employees
13-C, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi – 110001
E Mail: [email protected]
Shiva Gopal Mishra
Secretary
No.NC-JCM-2017/Fin
August 24, 2017
The Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Department of Expenditure,
North Block,
New Delhi
Sub:- Revised Pay Rules. Rule
Ref:- This office letter of even number dated 06/06/2017
Dear Sir,
We solicit your kind reference to our letter citied above. Copy of which is enclosed for your ready reference.
We had requested that the employees might be provided with another option to switch over the new pay scale in replacement of their earlier option, in view of the interpretations made by the Zonal Accounts officers over the probable benefit of such option. We had also enclosed relevant orders issued by the Department of Expenditure in 2008 in a similar situation. As no action has been taken so far, we shall be grateful, if you will kindly get the matter examined expeditiously and requisite order issued without further delay.
Additional benefit on death/disability of Government servant covered by New Pension System — clarification regarding
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No.2012/F(E)111/1(1)/4
New Delhi, Dated: 23.08.2017.
The GMs/FA&CAOs,
All Zonal Railways/Production Units.
Subject: Additional benefit on death/disability of Government servant covered by New Pension System — clarification regarding.
Please refer to the instructions issued vide Board’s letters No. 2008/AC-II/21/19, dated 29.05.2009, No.2010/AC-II/21/18 dated 02.07.2013 and 13.07.2010, letters of even number dated 08.09.2014 and 13.01.2016 on the above mentioned subject.
2.Now, one of the recognized Federations (NFIR) have again raised the issue of non-compliance of the above instructions by Zonal Railways and reluctance on the part of Railways in providing additional relief to the widows of NPS subscribers/ NPS subscribers who have been declared invalidated. The Federation have also stated that Zonal administrations are not taking initiatives to ensure additional relief in terms DOP&PW’s D.M. dated 05.05.2009 and that they are reluctant in providing additional relief on death and disability of NPS subscribers.
3.It is once again reiterated that the aforesaid instructions may be followed scrupulously and to review all the cases for ensuring the payment of family pension, disability pension and extra-ordinary pension to the NPS subscribers in case of death/disability. Further, Zonal Railways are also advised to sensitize the administration at lower level towards the problems faced by the employees and their families.
OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS (FYS)
AN-PAY-Section
10-A,S.K. BOSE ROAD,KOLKATA-700 001
IMPORTANT CIRCULAR
No.1431/AN-PAY/V/7th CPC
Dated:23.08.2017
To
All CFAs(Fys)
Branch Accounts Offices
Subject: Implementation of the 7th CPC
It has now been for a year that Govt. has declared the 7th CPC recommendations and accordingly this office has undertaken necessary initiative for extending the benefits of 7th CPC to the eligible officers and staffs. As per out official records almost every single cases where the same could not be done for want of certain documents/options etc. Service Books are also being monitored to ensure that benefits have been extended to each and every officers/staffs.
2. However, this office is seeking confirmation in this regard from your end that there are no left over cases in this regard.
3. It is, therefore, enjoined upon all concerned tolook into the matter and details of pending cases, if any, may be forwarded forthwith with necessary options etc so as to complete the work of extending the financial benefits based on the recommendation of the 7th CPC.
4. This may be given a wide publicity to all concerned.
5. A Nil Report in this regard may please be sent to this office for out record please.
6. The receipt of the circular may please be acknowledged.
State Railway Provident Fund – Rate of interest during the year 2017-18 (July, 2017 – September, 2017)
RBE No. 98/2017
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. F(E)III/2003/PF/1/1
New Delhi, Dated: 18.08.2017
The GMs/FA&CAOs,
All Zonal Railways/Production Units,
(As per mailing list)
Subject: State Railway Provident Fund – Rate of interest during the year 2017-18 (July, 2017 – September, 2017).
A copy of Government of India’s Resolution No. 5(l)-B(PD)/2017 dated 17th July, 2017 issued by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) prescribing interest at the rate of 7.8% (Seven point eight per cent) w.e.f. 1st July, 2017 to 30th September, 2017 on accumulations at the credit of the subscribers to State Railway Provident Fund, is enclosed, for information and necessary action
7th CPC Option 1 – RSCWS Appeal for restoration for Revision of Pension of Pre-2016 Pensioners
RAILWAYS SENIOR CITIZENS WELFARE SOCIETY (Estd. 1991, Regd. No. 1881 – Under Registration of Societies Act), Website http://rscws.com (IDENTIFIED & RECOGNISED BY DOP&PW – UNDER PENSIONERS PORTAL)
No. RSCWS/ HO / 7th CPC/2017-16
Dated: 23rd August, 2017
1. Shri Narindera Modi, Hon. Prime Minister India, 152, South Block, New Delhi-110001
2. Shri Arun Jaitley, Hon. Minister of Finance, Govt. of India, North Block, New Delhi-110001
3. Shri Jitendra Singh, Hon. MOS Personnel, PG & Pension, GOI, North Block, New Delhi-110001
Dear Sir,
Subject: Appeal for restoration of Option 1 recommended by 7th Central Pay Commission for Revision of Pension of Pre-2016 Pensioners – For Parity of Pension between Pre & Post-2016 Central Government Pensioners
Reference: i) DOP&PW OM No.38/37/2016-P&PW(A) dated 12th May, 2017 & 6th July, 2017 ii) Para 10.1.67 of 7th CPC Report for grant of Parity of Pension of Pre & Post Seventh CPC Pensioners
1. We draw your kind attention to the sad plight of large majority of Central Government Pensioners – especially the Pre-2006 Pensioners and more so the Pre-1996 Pensioners, who will suffer a major financial loss in fixation of their Revised Pension on account of an unjust decision on implementation of 7th CPC Report vide DOP&PW OM dated 12-5-2017 cited above.
2. The Seventh Central Pay Commission (CPC) in Para 10.1.67 & 10.1.68 of its Report had for the first time conceded the long pending demand of the Central Government Pensioners for Parity of Pension between the Pre and Post CPC Pensioners and had recommended the following pension formulation for civil employees including CAPF personnel who had retired before 01.01.2016:
i) All the Civilian personnel including CAPF who retired prior to 01.01.2016 (expected date of implementation of the Seventh CPC recommendations) shall first be fixed in the Pay Matrix being recommended by this Commission, on the basis of the Pay Band and Grade Pay at which they retired, at the minimum of the corresponding level in the matrix. This amount shall be raised, to arrive at the notional pay of the retiree, by adding the number of increments he/she had earned in that level while in service, at the rate of three percent. Fifty percent of the total amount so arrived at shall be the revised pension.
ii) The second calculation to be carried out is as follows. The pension, as had been fixed at the time of implementation of the VI CPC recommendations, shall be multiplied by 2.57 to arrive at an alternate value for the revised pension.
iii) Pensioners be given option of choosing whichever formulation is beneficial to them.
3. Option 1, cited above, was very much feasible to implement as recommended by 7th CPC for revision of Pension of old Pension since according to the survey conducted by the DOP&PW, it was accepted that the Service Records of over 80% of old Pensioners were available, while those of the others could be re-built as per procedure prescribed in the Rules and as was done after 5th & 6th CPC and as per orders of the Courts in numerous cases.
4. Regrettably, the Committee formed by the Government, to consider the feasibility of implementation of Option 1 recommended by the Seventh CPC, while finding it non-feasible, did not care for the interest of the more than 80% of the Pensioners merely to save the Administration from the botheration of Re-building the Service Records of the rest less than 20% Pensioners. This was a great injustice since the 80% of the Pensioners who’s Records are available, shall suffer a loss of Pension just because of missing records of the rest 20%.
5. Instead, the Government accepted the following formula vide OM Dated 12-5-2017, as recommended by the Committee on Feasibility of Option 1:
“the revised pension/family pension w.e.f. 01.01.2016 in respect of all Central civil pensioners/family pensioners, including CAPF’s, who retired/died prior to 01.01.2016, may be revised by notionally fixing their pay in the pay matrix recommended by the 7th CPC in the level corresponding to the pay in the pay scale/pay band and grade pay at which they retired/died. This will be done by notional pay fixation under each intervening Pay Commission based on the Formula for revision of pay. While fixing pay on notional basis the pay fixation formulae approved by the Government and other relevant instructions on the subject in force at the relevant time shall be strictly followed. 50% of the notional pay as on 01.01.2016 shall be the revised pension and 30% of this notional pay shall be the revised family pension w.e.f. 1.1.2016 as per the first Permutation.”
6) The above said formula will very seriously and adversely affect the Revised pension of a large majority of the Pre-2016 Pensioners on account of following reasons:
a) “Parity of Pension” between Pre and Post-2016 Pensioners – recommended by the Seventh CPC – would be denied to the Pre-2016 Pensioners.
b) In the process of notional pay fixation in successive Pay Commissions, there is a lot of dilution particularly for pensioners who retired in 4th CPC period resulting in big financial loss.
c) Irrespective of the date of retirement, Option 1 would have given the same pension to pre-2016 pensioners depending upon the number of increments earned in the last Level. By denying option 1 there will be sub-groups even within the homogenous group of pre-2016 pensioners.
d) None of the above losses would occur to the Pre-2016 Pensioners if the Option 1 recommended by the 7th CPC is implemented and if the new formula is allowed as a 3rd Option in addition to Option 1 & 2 Recommended by the 7th CPC in the interest of natural justice to all Pre-2016 Pensioners.
2. It is, therefore, requested that the Pension of Pre-2016 Pensioners be fixed at the highest of the 3 Options – including first two Options as recommended by 7th CPC and 3rd Option as accepted by the Government and Notified vide DOP&PW OM Dated 12-5-2017.
Hoping for a favourable consideration & thanking you in anticipation. With kind regards,
National Anomaly Committee related letter of the JCM (Staff Side)
No.NC-JCM-2017/7th CPC Anomaly
Dated: August 23, 2017
Dear Comrades
Kindly refer to your letter requesting us to take up certain issues in the National Anomaly Committee. We, having considered the definition of the anomaly and the ambit of the NAC, taken up the issues which are placed on our website. Some of the issues brought to our notice are actually “demands” in the charter and, we have reserved the same for taking up in the Standing Committee as Agenda.
These, apart from department specific items/issues, i.e. pertaining to one single department, are to be taken up in the Departmental Anomaly committee.
If you have any objection over our decision in the matter, kindly write to us or call on us immediately. No requisition received after 30th August 2017 may be able to be considered by us.
Government. of India
Ministry of Railways
(Railway Board)
PC-VII No. 40
RBE No. 93/2017
No. F(E)I/2017/AL-7/1
New Delhi, dated 11.08.2O17
The General Managers,
All Indian Railways etc.
(As per Standard Mailing List)
Sub: Revision of the rates of Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance: Implementation of Seventh Central Pay Commission’s recommendations
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Consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendation of the 7th Central Pay Commission related to the above mentioned allowance and in supersession of Board’s letter No. F(E)I/2008/AL-7/2 dated. 18,09.2008, the President is pleased to revise the rates of Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance from Rs. 90/- to Rs. 180/- per month under Rule 1606 of IREC (Vol,II)-2005 Edition and the provisions contained in Railway Ministry’s decision below this rule.
2. The admissibility of Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance will be subject to the following conditions:
(A) The official concerned maintains and uses his own cycle for official journeys.
(B) Travelling Allowance (i.e. daily and mileage allowance) to a Government servant In receipt of Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance under these orders will be regulated as under:
(1) For journeys within a radius of 8 kilometres from the usual place of duty.
No T.A
(II) For journeys beyond a radius of 8 Kms. but not exceeding 16 Kms. from the place of duty.
(a) If the destination point falls within the local jurisdiction
No T.A
(b) If the destination point falls outside the focal jurisdiction.
T.A. admissible under normal rules provided the journey is performed other-wise than on a cycle.
(III) For journeys beyond a radius of 16 Kms. from the usual place of duty
T.A. admissible under the normal rules
(C) The allowance will not be admissible for the calendar month(s) wholly covered by leave, training, or temporary transfer.
(D) For any period of more than one month at a time during which a Railway servant in receipt of Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance does not maintain a cycle. or the cycle maintained by him remains out of order or is not used for official journeys for any other reason, the Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance will not be admissible.
3. The Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance under these orders shall be granted by the sanctioning authority for a period not exceeding two years at a time and its continuance shall be reviewed sufficiently in advance of the expiry of such period. The sanctioning authority may, for this purpose, specify whenever necessary the local jurisdiction of a.Railway .servant at the time of sanctioning the allowance. They should also make a review -of the posts under their control and decide the posts for which the Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance should be sanctioned. The Allowance may be sanctioned with reference to the posts and not to the individual incumbents
4. These orders shall take effect from 1st July, 2017.
5. Hindi version is enclosed.
Please acknowledge receipt.
(Sonali Chaturvedi)
Deputy Director Finance (Estt.),
Railway Board.
Postal Employees One day strike – Grand Success on 23.08.2017
ONE DAY STRIKE 23rd AUGUST-2017
A GRAND SUCCESS
Congratulations and Revolutionary Greetings to all General Secretaries, NFPE Office Bearers, Circle/Divisional and Branch Secretaries of All Unions of NFPE including GDS Union for making One Day Strike on dated 23.08.2017 a Grand Success.
After a long gap NFPE has conducted strike alone and only for settlement of Postal Sectional demands and it is made grand success by our Comrades.
Out of 10 demands, three demands have already been settled by the Department. One demand, Declaration of result of membership Verification has been submitted to Minister (C) by Secretary (P) for approval.
GDS Committee Report: Some queries were raised by the Finance Ministry and reply has been sent by the department. It will be implemented very soon.
On other demands Department has started action.
The Position of strike, Circle wise is placed below:
VERY GOOD
Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Assam, North East, Tamilnadu, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisharg
GOOD
Telangana , UP, M P ,AP, Punjab, Haryana, HP , Bihar
Cabinet approves commission on sub-categorisation of OBCs
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today approved a proposal for setting up of a Commission under article 340 of the Constitution to examine the issue of sub-categorization of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
The Commission shall submit its report within 12 weeks from the date of appointment of the Chairperson of the Commission. The Commission shall be known as the Commission to examine the sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes.
The proposed terms of references of the Commission are as follows:
(i) To examine the extent of inequitable distribution of benefits of reservation among the castes/ communities included in the broad category of OBCs, with reference to the OBCs included in the Central list.
(ii) To work out the mechanism, criteria, norms and parameters, in a scientific approach, for sub-categorization within such OBCs, and,
(iii) To take up the exercise of identifying the respective castes/communities/ sub-castes/ synonyms in the Central List of OBCs and classifying them into their respective sub-categories.
The Supreme Court in its order dated 16.11.1992 in WP(C) No. 930/1990 (Indra Sawhney and others vs. Union of India) observed that there is no Constitutional or legal bar to a State categorizing backward classes as backward or more backward and had further observed that if a State chooses to do it (sub-categorization), it is not impermissible in law.
Nine States of the country viz., Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry, Karnataka, Haryana, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu have already carried out sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes.
