Revision of rate of Penury Grant funded out of Armed Forces Flag Day Fund(AFFDF)
No.4(5)/D(Res-II)/2017
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Departmcnt of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
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Room No.237, ‘B’ Wing,
Sena Bhawan, New Delhi-110011
dated the 08th June, 2017
Subject : Revision of rate of Penury Grant funded out of Armed Forces Flag Day Fund(AFFDF)
It has been decided with the approval of the competent authority to enhance the rate of Penury Grant to the non-pensioners Ex-Servicemen/Widows (above 65 years of age) under the Scheme of Raksha Mantri Ex-Servicemen Welfare Fund (funded out of Armed Forces Flag Day Fund) from Rs. 1,000/- per month per beneficiary to Rs.4.000/- per month per beneficiary
2. The revised rate will come into force with effect from 1st April, 2017.
7th CPC Allowances would be settled in next Cabinet Meeting : AIRF
No.AIRF/405(VII CPC)(Allowances)
Dated: June 15, 2017
The General Secretaries,
All Affiliated Unions,
Dear Comrades!
Sub: Brief of the meeting held today with the Cabinet Secretary
Today I met the Cabinet Secretary, Government of India, and shown our anguish regarding non-settlement of demands of the Central Government Employees, particularly non-approval of the allowances by the Cabinet.
The Cabinet Secretary assured that, all the things are in the process and most probably would be placed in the next Cabinet meeting.
Normally, Union Cabinet meets on every Wednesday, but this time 21st June, 2017 being “Yoga Day”, this may defer for one or two days, so according to the assurance given by the Cabinet Secretary, we hope that the matter of the allowances would be settled within this month.
We have also come to know from the reliable sources that the Committee on National Pension System(NPS) has also submitted its report and some serious discussion is on for its implementation.
The Cabinet Secretary also assured that he has discussed the issue of “Very Good” benchmark with the CRB as well as Secretary(DoP&T), where he has advised them that the benchmark should be the same as prevalent in the case of promotion; the same should be for MACP also.
G.S.R. 592(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General in relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules to amend the Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016, namely:—
1.(1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) (Amendment) Rules, 2017.
(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of January, 2016.
2. In the Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016,—
(a) in rule 3, in clause (v), for the figures “2006”, the figures “2016” shall be substituted ;
(b) in rule 12, for the words “the date of notification of these rules.”, the following shall be substituted, namely:—
“1st January, 2016 and the same shall apply to the pay of officers coming on deputation to posts in theCentral Government which are not covered under the Central Staffing Scheme.”;
(c) in the Schedule,—
(i) for PART A, the following PART shall be substituted, namely;—
“ PART A
PAY MATRIX
(ii) in PART C, after serial number 47 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely;—
Ministry of Defence
S. No.
Name of the Post
Existing Grade Pay
Revised Grade Pay
Existing Grade Pay
Grade Pay corresponding to which revised Levels have been recommended
Level in the
Pay Matrix
Para No. of the
Report
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
“48.
Poster Artists, EME Corps
2000
2400
Level-4
7.7.8
49
Russian Translation Officer
4600
5400 (Pay Bands-3)
Level -10
7.7.70
50
Russian Senior Translation
Officer
5400 (Pay
Band-3)
6600
Level -11
7.7.70
51
Russian Editor
6600
7600
Level -12
7.7.70
52
Junior Works Manager,
Department of Defence
Production
4200
4600
i. Of the total pool of posts in Grade Pay 4200 and Grade Pay 4600, ten per-cent should be earmarked to be placed in Grade Pay 4800.
ii. The posts in Grade Pay 4800 should be filled up from personnel in Grade Pay 4200 and Grade Pay 4600 in the following manner:
• Seventy per-cent of such earmarked posts should be filled up through promotion from Grade Pay 4600;
• Thirty per-cent should be filled up through a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination in which employees from both Grade Pay 4200 and Grade Pay 4600 would be eligible to compete. This will enable deserving and meritorious employees at Grade Pay 4200 to jump Grade Pay 4600 and go directly to Grade Pay 4800 [level 8].
iii. Eighty per-cent of the employees in Grade Pay 4800, will be eligible for non-functional upgrade to level 9
[Grade Pay 5400 (Pay Bands-2)] upon completion of four years in level 8, on a seniority-cum-suitability basis.”
Level-9
11.12.105
[F. No. 1-2/2016-IC]
R. K. CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.
Note: The Central Civil Service (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide
number G.S.R. 721(E), dated the 25th July, 2016.
DOPT released Central Government Offices Holiday List for 2018
Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2018 – reg.
F.No.12/3/2017-JCA-2
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
Establishment (JCA-2) Section
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 14th June, 2017
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2018 – reg.
It has been decided that the holidays as specified in the Annexure -I to this O.M. will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government located at Delhi/New Delhi during the year 2018. In addition, each employee will also be allowed to avail himself/herself of any two holidays to be chosen by him/her out of the list of Restricted Holidays in Annexure – II.
2. Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsorily in addition to three holidays as per para 3.1 below:
1. REPUBLIC DAY
2. INDEPENDENCE DAY
3. MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
4. BUDDHA PURNIMA
5. CHRISTMAS DAY
6. DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)
7. DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)
8. GOOD FRIDAY
9. GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY
10. IDU’L FITR
11. IDU’L ZUHA
12. MAHAVIR JAYANTI
13. MUHARRAM
14. PROPHET MOHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD)
3.1. In addition to the above 14 Compulsory holidays mentioned in para 2, three holidays shall be decided from the list indicated below by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the State Capitals, if necessary, in consultation with Coordination Committees at other places in the State. The final list applicable uniformly to all Central Government offices within the concerned State shall be notified accordingly and no change can be carried out thereafter. It is also clarified that no change is permissible in regard to festivals and dates as indicated.
3.2 No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays initially declared subsequently happens to fall on a weekly off or any other non-working day or in the event of more than one festivals falling on the same day.
4. The list of Restricted Holidays appended to this O.M. is meant for Central Government Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi. The Coordination Committees at the State Capitals may draw up separate list of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance but the 9 occasions left over, after choosing the 3 variable holidays in para 3.1 above, are to be included in the list of restricted holidays.
5.1 For offices in Delhi / New Delhi, any change in the date of holidays in respect of Idu’l Fitr, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad, if necessary, depending upon sighting of the Moon, would be declared by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions after ascertaining the position from the Govt. of NCT of Delhi (DCP, Special Branch, Delhi Police).
5.2 For offices outside Delhi / New Delhi, the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees at the State Capitals are authorised to change the date of holiday, if necessary, based on the decision of the concerned State Governments / Union Territories, in respect of Idu’l Fitr, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad.
5.3 It may happen that the change of date of the above occasions has to be declared at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement could be made through P.I.B/T.V./A.I.R./ Newspapers and the Heads of Department / Offices of the Central Government may take action according to such an announcement without waiting for a formal order, about the change of date.
6. During 2018, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Thursday, October 19, 2017 (Ashvina 28). In certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.e., on “Narakachaturdasi Day”. In view of this, there is no objection if holiday on account of Deepavali is observed on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day (in place of Deepavali Day) for the Central Government Offices in a State if in that State that day alone is declared as a compulsory holiday for Diwali for the offices of the State Government.
7. Central Government Organisations which include industrial, commercial and trading establishments would observe upto 16 holidays in a year including three national holidays viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, as compulsory holidays. The remaining holidays / occasions may be determined by such establishments/organisations themselves for the year 2018, subject to para 3.2 above.
8. Union Territory Administrations shall decide the list of holidays in terms of Instructions issued in this regard by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
9. In respect of Indian Missions abroad, the number of holidays may be notified in accordance with the instructions contained in this Department’s O.M. No.12/5/2002-JCA dated 17th December, 2002. In other words, they will have the option to select 16(Sixteen) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Idu’l Fitr, in the list of compulsory holidays with the Idu’l Fitr falling on day of weekly off (Saturday).
10. In respect of Banks, the holidays shall be regulated in terms of the extant instructions issued by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.
