Fixation of pay of State Government Employees on their appointment in Central Government, subsequent to the implementation of CCS(RP)Rules, 2016
No.12/2/2016-Estt.(Pay -I)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
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North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 11th May, 2017
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Fixation of pay of State Government Employees on their appointment in Central Government, subsequent to the implementation of CCS(RP)Rules, 2016.
The undersigned is directed to state that the method of fixation of pay of State Government employees on their appointment under the Central Government has been spelt out in this OM Department’s OM tt(Pay-I) No.12/1/94-dated Estt.(Pay-I) dated 24:3.1994, 3.1.1996, No.13/2/1999-Estt(Pay-I) 18.6.2001 and OM No.12/1/2009-Estt(Pay-I) dated 28.8.2014.
2. The question of fixation of pay in the revised pay structure in cases of appointment from State Government to Central Government consequent upon been implementation of Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016, has considered in consultation with theDepartment of Expenditure and the President is pleased to decide that in cases of appointment of State Government employees in Central Government on or after 1.1.2016, pay will be fixed in the following manner:-
(a) Where the State Government has revised the Pay Scales/Grade Pays of their employees on the pattern of Seventh Central Pay Commission at the base index of 261.41 as per AlCPI (IW)21 series w.e.f. 1.1.2016 , the pay of employees from such State Government on their appointment under the Central Government would be fixed as follows:
(i) When the appointment is to a post in higher Level, one increment shall be given in the Level from which the employee is appointed and he / she would be placed at a Cell equal to the figure so arrived at in the Level of the post to which appointed and if no such Cell is available in the Level to which he/she is appointed, he/ she would be placed at the next higher Cell in that higher Level. However, if the amount so arrived at after adding the increment in lower Level is less than the minimum pay or the first Cell in the higher Level, the pay shall be fixed at minimum pay or first Cell of the higher Level.
(ii) Where the appointment is to a post involving identical Level, the individual shall continue to draw the same pay
(b) Where the State Government has revised the Pay scales/Grade Pays of their employees after 1.1.206 beyond the base index of 261.41 as per AICPI (IW) 2001 series, the basic pay of the employee is to be determined first in the Central Pay Matrix by reducing the element of DA, ADA, IR etc. granted by the State Government after 1.1.2016 beyond the base index of 261.41 as per AICPI (IW) 2001 series and thereafter the pay would be fixed as provided in the clause (i) and (ii) under sub-para (a) above.
(c) Where the State Government has either not revised or revised the pay scale of their employees on or after 1.1.2016 below the base index of 261.41 as per AICPI (IW) 2001 series, the basic pay of these employees shall be determined first in the Central Pay Matrix, by adding the element of DA, ADA upto the base index of 261.41 as per AICPI (IW) 2001 series, granted by the State Government and thereafter their pay would be fixed as provided in the clause (i) and (ii) under sub-para (a) above.
3. These orders are applicable to employees of the State Government and Local Bodies under the Sta te including Emergency Divisional Accountants/Divisional Accountants appointed under Central Government on or after 1.1.2016.
4. In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller 86 Auditor General of India.
5. Hindi version will follow.
(Pushpender Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Extension of time limit for forwarding of 7th CPC Anomalies for consideration in the National anomaly Committee
F.No.11/2/2016-JCA
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
Establishment (JCA Section)
North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 5th May, 2017
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Extension of time limit for forwarding of 7th CPC Anomalies for consideration in the National anomaly Committee – regarding
The undersigned is directed to say that in partial modification of this Department’s Office Memorandum of even no. dated 16.08.2016, the time limits for receipt and disposal of anomalies, as mentioned in paragraph 5 of the Office Memorandum are amended as under:
(i) The time limit for receipt of anomalies is extended by three months from the date of expiry of receiving anomalies i.e. from 15.2.2017 to 15.5.2017; and
(ii) The time limit for disposal of anomalies is extended by three months from the date of expiry of one year from the date of its constitution i.e. from 15.08.2017 to 15.11.2017.
2. This issues with the concurrence of Department of Expenditure.
7th Pay Commission : Calculate HRA with arrears for Central Government employees
About 47 lakh Central government employees have been waiting for 7th Pay Commission Allowances since July last year, but still there is no conclusion on 7th Pay commission allowances for Central Government Employees.
All the employees are eagerly waiting for the announcement from the Finance Minstry on allowances part. Due to delay in announcement all the employees getting huge loss in the monthly take home salary. 7th Pay commission implemented from Jan 2016, but still employees are getting 6th CPC allowances only.
NCJCM Secretary met Cabinet Secretary on 28th March 2017 and expressed the anguish situation among central government employees due to delay in the 7th Pay Commission Allowance. But Cabinet Secretary mentioned that MCD election may result in some delay, so all are expected the announcement after MCD election on April 23rd. but still there is no announcement.
On April 28th, a high-level committee headed by finance secretary Ashok Lavasa submitted its report on allowances to 47 lakh central government employees to finance minister Arun Jaitley. The Ashok Lavasa committee was constituted in June last year after the government implemented the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.
After submitting the report to Jaitley, Lavasa said the committee has taken into account representations made by various stakeholders. The report will now be examined by the empowered committee of secretaries and following that it will be placed before the Cabinet, he said.
Lavasa said the government will take the final call on the date of payout of revised allowances to government employees.
All the employees expecting announcment for 7th CPC Allowances & arrears for allowances. Hope all these topics will get some conclusion soon.
Roll out of e-Revision utility of CPAO for 7th CPC revision of pension in all Delhi based PAOs
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT oF EXPENDITURE
CENTRAL PENSION ACCOUNTING OFFICE
TRIKOOT-II, BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE,,
NEW DELHI – 110066
Subject:- Roll out of e-Revision utility of CPAO for 7th CPC revision of pension in all Delhi based PAOs.
In continuation of CPAO OM No. CPAO/IT&Tech/Revision (7th CPC)/19.Vol-III/2015-16/248 dated 08.02.2017 followed by OM No. CPAO/IT&Tech/Revision (7th CPC)/19.Vol-III/2016-17/254 dated 27.02.2017 regarding pilor implementation of eRevision utility of CPAO in 46 PAOs, it has been decided io roll out e-Revision utility of CPAO to all the remaining Delhi based PAOs w.e.f. 15/05/2017. A training on this utility for these PAOs is being scheduled between 15/05/2017 to 19/05/2017. In the first phase, CPAO would train three officials of each PAO of Ministry/Department selected for the use of this utility. The Ministry/Department wise schedule of training will be communicated separately.
2. Digital Signatures of the PAOs and their registration on PFMS website are prerequisites to process the pension revision through this utility, therefore, all the PAOs who do not have digital signatures are required to procure the same and get them registered on PFMS before start of training.
3. In view of above, all concerned Pr.CCAs/CCAs/CAs are requested to instruct their pension processing PAOs located at Delhi to start use of new e-revision utility to process Post-2016 pension cases under 7th CPC from 15/05/2017 and arrange the digital signatures for those PAos who have not yet procured the same. They are further requested to nominate three officials at the level of PAO/AAO for the proposed training at INGAF, Delhi. A step by Step User Guidance along with login details of PAOs is also enclosed for the facilitation ofthe PAOs on the new utility.
This issues with the approval ofcompetent authority.
Fixation of Salary of Central Para Military Personnel in Banks – 11th Bipartite Settlement Charter of Demands
1. Removal of anomalies in wage fixation of Central Para Military Personnel joining Bank :
Extension of benefit of Pay Fixation to the Officers, who joined in the Bank from Central Armed Police Forces /Para-Military Forces/ State Police,which mean Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo – Tibet Border Police (ITBP), SashastraSeemaBal (SSB) and State Police etc. in accordance with the guideline issued by Government of India time to time in the matter.
Before 2005, a majority of Officers from Defence Forces (which includes Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Navy) are joining in the bank in the specialised cadre whereas; few Officers from Central Armed Police Forces / Para-Military Forces/ State Police are joining at that time. After 2005, there is a transition change in the above scenario on the wake of better re-settlement facility arranged/provided by Director General Resettlement (DGR) to the Officers of Defence forces in the Public /Private sectors and due to lagging behind wage settlements at subsequent stages as compared to PSU/Central/Private sectors. And accordingly, theses officers preferred joining the Institution, other than the Public Sector Banks (PSB), where they get better remuneration and other benefits. Therefore, the gap has been filled up by the officers from Ex Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) Officials and now majority of the officers working in the PSB banks in the specialized cadre of Security (Security Officers) are from CAPF only.
However, it is observed that despite the appropriate Government direction, these Officers have been denied their legitimate right of Pay Fixation in the same line as the Officers from Defence Forces are/were getting after joining the Bank.
The relevant guideline is re-iterated hereunder:
Banking Division,Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India, has th issued direction vide F.No-201/3/85-SCT(B) dated 14 October 1985 and the same was compiled and published in the year 1992 by Indian Banks’ Association, Mumbai under“Compendium of Government Guidelines in the matter of Re-Employment, Pay Fixation etc. of Ex-Servicemen in Public Sector Banks” (copy of relevant guideline enclosed). The extracts of the guideline published by the IBA under reference is given hereunder:
“With effect from 1st November, 1984 those officers, not below the rank of Inspector of Police/Company Commander or equivalent rank, who have been appointed in the specialised cadres in the banks in the lowest scale of pay of officers i.e. Junior Management Grade Scale I, may be granted advance increments equal to the completed years of service rendered by them in the Police/Armed Police/ Para-Military Force on a basic pay. The Services rendered by these Officers in the ranks/posts below of Inspector of Police/Company Commander or equivalent will not be counted for this benefit.
The Services of these officers for this benefit will only be counted from the date of their appointment/promotion in the rank of Inspector of Police/Company Commander or equivalent rank/post in the Police/Armed Police/Para-Military Force.”
2. Introduction of Senior – Junior Check Off for Ex-Servicemen Employed in Banks :
The wage fixation of Ex-Servicemen who has retired from Military and on joining PSBs is based on the last pay drawn by them from Military. This has led to an anomaly in which salary of Ex-Servicemen who are already in the service of the Bank becomes much less compared to to an EX-Servicemen who joins the Bank much afterwards due to enhancements in wages on account of implementation subsequent Pay Commission Reports during the intervening period between the retirement dates of both these Ex- Servicemen. Such anomalies are addressed in Central Govt. Through a mechanism called Senior – Junior check Off. Under Senior – Junior Check off, the wages of a senior will be re-fixed to ensure that his salary will be more than the salary fixed for a junior joining the same post. This ensures that the salary of a Senior will be always higher than the salary of a junior. We demand that Senior – Junior Check off on similar lines to be implemented in PSBs to address this anomaly presently existing in PSBs.
11th Bipartite Settlement Charter of Demands – 5 Days Week & Compensation for Extra Work
Five Day week is already available in the international banking system. It is also available in our country in RBI, Central and State Governments, Public Sector Undertakings and Private Sector MNCs and IT Sector. Hence, it should be introduced immediately in the entire banking industry.
The working hours should not exceed 36.5 hours in a week. The daily working hours should not be more than 6.5 hours in the normal course.
Any working hours, more than 7 hours a day, should be compensated monetarily to the extent of twice the actual hourly salary in the normal course. This should be uniform for the Banking Industry as the Govt directs banks to work late or on holidays often and we follow their directions but compensation varies between Banks.
They should also be made eligible to take weekly off to the extent of additional hours of duty rendered by them as rest is needed for recuperation.
The Officers who are called upon to work on weekly-off days and holidays, should be compensated as above and in addition be permitted a compensatory off on a date convenient to them and such weekly offs be credited to the leave account.
Need to have uniform holidays to the officers in the Grid, as the holidays are declared by RBI, substantially less no of holiday is extended to the officers
Placement and Postings for Bank Lady Officers – Charter of Demands 11th Bipartite
One of the major concerns of the lady Officers has been their placements and postings in the banks. The country is yet to develop in the matter of infrastructure, the facilities exclusively to the lady members in different places. Hence, a separate Transfer / placement Policy taking into account the problems of the lady officers should be designed and forwarded to the member banks by IBA. The IT sector is a classical example where a lot of sympathy is shown to the women employees in the matter of posting and placement in order to get the best from them. Yet another major consideration is their safety and security at different centers.
The lady Officers need to be extended the benefit of flexi-time and flexi-place concept. They should be given choice of their place at the time of transfer and placement keeping their difficulties in view. The Banks should be advised to keep one exclusive lady Officer in charge of Personnel Administration in all the Banks to attend to their exclusive issues including transfer, placement etc. The lady Officers whose spouses are working elsewhere should be accommodated at the same place. Similarly, where the wife and husband are employed in the same bank, they should also be accommodated at the same centre. The spouse policy given by the Government should be implemented in toto.
Flexi timing as well as work from home facility should be introduced for a limited period of 3 years during the entire service.
Work from Home Policy to Bank Employees – Charter of Demands 11th Bipartite
The Board of the largest Bank, State Bank of India recently approved the ‘Work from Home’ policy to enable its employees/officers to work while at home using mobile devices to address any urgent requirement they may have, which prevents their travelling to work. Now, the Bank informed that it will be using mobile computing technologies and shall have continuous control over all the enabled devices centrally to manage and secure the data and applications on the mobile devices.
The concept of “Work from Home” is a very welcome move, especially for the lady officers/employees. The increasing number of women in the Bank stands testimony to their faith in the Industry and their commitment amidst all the constraints. A large number of organizations have already come up with their action-plan to protect the interest of the women in our country. The trade unions in the organized sector have also contributed their mite to organize the women workers and help them in providing leadership to women workers and to espouse their cause with the Government and other agencies. Besides the IT Sector, the Banking Industry is one of the major sectors, employing a large number of women who are occupying several high positions in the organization. Hence, it is imperative on the part of the Bank as well to protect the interest of the women and ensure a congenial working environment along with the option to work from home at their convenience.
SBI is now in the process of identifying jobs that can be done from home. We had requested that the Concept of work from home be introduced to help our officers who are on sabbatical leave, sick leave and are unable to attend office for various reasons, but also capable of working from home or elsewhere. We are very happy that the Board of the Bank has approved it now. We would like to reiterate below a few areas where the concept of work from home can be introduced and hope that the Bank will implement the concept soon.
Complaint management Knowledge helpline.
HR helpline/ complaint resolution.
App related queries and feedback resolution
Customer Relationship Management.
Customer Feedback.
Credit appraisal Cross selling Marketing.
Lead management Wealth management ATM cash out monitoring CSP monitoring.
Inspection and Audit compliance monitoring.
Salary processing and other HRMS linked activities under SAP ERP Market research for effective marketing and cross selling, telemarketing.
KYC/ FATCA /PAN Seeding/ Aadhaar Seeding other statutory updates (with a trickle feed module) for bulk upload subsequently at front end.
Legal support RTI Queries Ifams.
NPA monitoring and recovery drive and follow-up.
Help Desk.
HR:Fitment, Scrutinizing Bills such as TA, LFC, Medical etc.
Reservation rooster, promotion exercise data scrutiny, recruitment data scrutiny. Monitoring Job Family and Transfer Tools.
Scrutinizing bills of vendors, Pathological lab (Tie up).
Follow up of various Pan India initiatives (Present and future) such as: Migration to cloud server, 2 mbps leased line and backup connectivity, Branch Ambience etc.
Vendor Management Services for faster resolution of issues of branch and monitoring of services of vendors.
Customized MIS Data preparation/presentation for seminars, meetings, Training etc.
We believe that the above mentioned jobs may be considered during implementation of the concept of work from home. We also demand for the implementation of the concept of “Work from Home” immediately.
Reduction in the residency period for promotion from Helper : Railway Order
RBE No.43/2017
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
NO.E(NG)I-2015/PM1/20
New Delhi, dated 03.05.2017
The General Managers (P)
All Indian Railways & PUs.
(As per standard list)
Sub : Reduction in the residency period for promotion from Helper (G.P Rs.1800, Level-1, Rs.18000-56900) to Technicial-III (G.P.Rs.1900, Level-2, Rs.19900-63200).
In terms of extant provision contained in Board’s letter No.E(NG)I-96/PM7/56 dated 2.2.1998, Helpers (G.P.Rs. 1800, Level-1) possessing the qualifications prescribed in the Apprentice Act, with a minimum of three years regular service are eligible to appear in the Selection against 25% qualified staff quota.
2. There has been a demand to reduce the residency period from existing three years to two years, at par with residency period of promotion for other categories. This issue has been raised by AIRF in the PNM forum.
3. Accordingly, the matter has been examined in consultation with the Zonal Railways, PUs & technical directorates of Railway Board and it has been decided . that henceforth residency period for Helpers to appear in selection against 25% qualified staff quota will be two years.
The above instructions will be effective from date of issue of this letter.
Please acknowledge receipt of this letter.
Hindi version shall follow.
(P. M. Meena)
Deputy Director-II/E(NG)I
Railway Board
7th CPC Revised Allowances should be from January 2016 – NCJCM Staff side
No.NC/JCM/2017
Dated: May 5, 2017
All Constituents of NC/JCM(Staff Side)
Dear Comrades!
Sub: Proceedings of the meeting of the Standing Committee meeting of the National Council(JCM held on 03.05.2017 under the Chairmanship of Secretary(DoP&T)
Immediately after Introductory Remark of the Secretary(DoP&T), the Staff Side raised the following issues:-
1. For more than 7 years now the National Council(JCM) has not met. Functioning of the JCM is completely diluted by the Government Departments are also not holding meeting. The grievances on service matter of the employees are getting accumulated. The JCM Machinery needs to be strengthened and meeting with the Staff Side should take place regularly.
2. It is now more than 10 months after proposed “Indefinite Strike” was deferred by the Central Government Employees; based on the assurance given by the Group of Ministers. None of the demands is settled. “The Staff Side is in dark about the recommendations of the Allowance Committee”. “While Pay Commission’s report is put on the Public Domain after its submission to the government, why these reports are kept secret”, the Staff Side asked. Since Allowances Committee report is considerably delayed the date of effect of the revised allowances should be w.e.f. 01.01.2016. The Staff Side has demanded that, Minimum Wage should be raised, Pay Matrix should also be revised, to recommend at least Minimum Guaranteed Pension of 50% of the last pay drawn, Family Pension, and Disability Pension and GPF to all the Central Government Employees. It is unfortunate that, Option No.1, recommended by the 7th CPC for pre-01.01.2016 Pensioners, is also rejected. The Central Government Employees are very much agitated and there is going to be an uncontrollable unrest, hence the Chairman is requested to convey our feelings to the government to avoid a confrontation
(Chairman intervened and assured that he would convey the feelings of the Staff Side to the government).
3. In spite of the Government orders many autonomous bodies have not revised the pay scale of the employees as per 7th CPC and no order is yet issued for revising the pension of the pensioners who retired from these autonomous bodies. These issues needs to be settled by the government.
4. Staff Side demanded to fill-up all the vacant posts and also to sanction additional posts to man additional assets and additional workload without insisting on Matching Saving.
Thereafter, Action Taken Report on the progress/decisions taken on the Agenda Points discussed during last Standing Committee Meeting was taken for discussion. Details are given below-
DISCUSSION ON ACTION TAKEN REPORT
1. No privatization PPP or FDI in Railways and Defence Establishment
The issue will be separately discussed by the Railways and Defence Ministry with the Recognized Federations
2. No Corporatization of Postal Services
Department of Post informed that there is no proposal of Corporatization / privatization at this juncture.
3. Scrap PFRDA Act and reintroduce the Defined Benefit Statutory Pension Scheme
The Chairman stated that, we have to wait for the report of the NPS Committee. However, the Staff Side insisted that, there should be at least Guaranteed Minimum Pension of 50% of the last pay drawn, Family Pension, and Disability Pension.
4. Regularize the existing daily rated/casual and contract workers, and absorb trained apprentices. No labour reforms should be carried out which are not in the interest of workers.
After discussion it was decided that, specific cases, if referred to the DoP&T by the Department/ Staff Side, may be considered. The issue of Gun and Shell Factory Casual Employees would be considered in consultation with the MoD.
5. Revive JCM functioning at all levels as an effective negotiating forum for settlement of demands of the central government employees.
It was assured that JCM Machinery would be activated
6. Remove the arbitrary ceiling on compassionate appointments.
The Staff Side demanded the following:-
a. The arbitrary and artificial 5% ceiling may be removed.
b. Pending the same the 5% vacancies should be calculated on the overall vacancies and not in the vacancies of the particular year.
c. For calculation of vacancies Group B posts also should be taken into account.
d. In the Defence Ministry wards of service personnel are given Compassionate Appointment in the 5% of Civilian Vacancies. However while calculating 5% vacancies, the vacancies of service personnel are not taken in to account. This anomaly may be rectified.
e. Defence Ministry has proposed a onetime relaxation of 5% ceiling considering the large number of pending applications. TheDoP&T has rejected the same. The issue may be reconsidered by the DoP&T
After discussion on the above issues SecretaryDoP&T assured that he would reconsider the whole matter.
7. Ensuring Five Promotions in the Service Career
The Staff Side insisted that MACP should be in the promotional hierarchy and the condition of “Very Good” grading should be removed for granting of MACP
8. Non-implementation of the decision taken in the 46th National Council (JCM) Meeting held on 15t May 2010 with regard to Item No. 20.
The Staff Side stated that in spite of the DoP&T’s direction not to recognize Associations of “Workers”, the Defence Ministry is not implementing the same. After discussion Secretary DoP&T assured that he would discuss the matter with the Defence Secretary and settle the same.
9. Reduction of one day Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) to the employees of OFB & DGQA under
Department of Defence Production against Cabinet decision and Government orders. Staff Side protested against the arbitrary recovery of PLB days in the case of employees of Ordnance Factories, DGQA, DGAQA and EME. After discussion Secretary DoP&T directed the Department of Expenditure to reconsider the matter and if necessary to put up the case to the Finance Minister for his consideration.
10. Grant of one time relaxation to the Central Government employees who have availed LTC-80 and travelled by air by purchasing Ticket from other than authorized agent.
The Staff Side insisted that the employees who are otherwise not eligible for entitlement of air traveling, have purchased flight tickets from other than authorized agents due to their ignorance of rule position should not be punished by imposing recovery of the entire LTC amount etc. Therefore to settle the matter once for all a onetime relaxation may be given to such employees. After discussion it was decided that DoP&T may reconsider the whole matter.
11. Grant of House Rent Allowance to the employees who have vacated government quarters.
The Staff Side insisted that NAC should not be a pre condition for grant of HRA to those employees who vacate the government quarters. After discussion it was decided that the Directorate of Estate and Department of Expenditure would consider the matter.
12. Restoration of interest-free advances withdrawn by the Government based on 7th CPC recommendations.
The Official Side assured that, the demand of the Staff Side would be conveyed to the government.
13. Grant of entry pay recommended by 6th CPC to the promotees under the provisions of CCS(RP) Rules- 2008.
The Staff Side stated that the decision taken in the National Anomaly Committee meeting in this regard was not accepted by the finance ministry and at present the Principle Bench CAT New Delhi and the CAT Madras Bench has given judgment in favour of the employees and hence the Department of Expenditure may reconsider the matter. After discussion it was decided that the Department of Expenditure would reconsider the matter.
14. Grant of 3rd MACP in GP Rs.4600 to the Master Craftsmen (MCM) of Defence Ministry who were holding the post of MCM in the pre-revised pay scale of Rs.4500- 7000 as on 31/12/2005.
After discussion it was decided that DoP&T will refer the matter to Department of Expenditure recommending to reconsider their earlier decision of rejection since the demand is in conformity with the rules on ACP/MACP.
15. Carrying forward of Earned Leave by Defence Industrial Employees on transfer/ appointment from non Industrial to Industrial Establishment.
DOPT has agreed with the demand and their decision would be conveyed to MOD after receipt of the proposal from Defence Ministry in this regard.
16. Reimbursement of actual medical expenditure incurred by the employees in recognized hospitals.
CGHS rates are under revision and the same would be issued soon.
17. Dental Treatment in private hospitals recognized under CGHS / CS(MA) Rules, 1944 for CS(MA) beneficiaries.
CGHS vide their OM dated 5th April 2017 has informed that the requirement of no objection certificate has been dispensed with vide OM No. S.14025/41/2015-MS dated 7.12.2016.
18. Removal of ambiguity in fixation of pay of re-employed Ex-Servicemen and grant of the same benefit extended to Commissioned officers to personnel below officers rank also
The demand is under consideration ofDoP&T in consultation with the Department of Expenditure
19. Permission to opt for pay fixation in the revised pay structure on a date after the date of issue of CCS(RP) rules 2016 notification (25.7.2016) in case of employees whose promotion becomes due after 25.7.2006.
The issue is under consideration of Department of Expenditure and a decision would be taken soon.
20. Fill up all vacant posts including promotional posts in a time bound manner.
DOPT is framing a fresh calendar for holding DPC and effecting promotions which will enable to fill up the promotional Posts in a time bound manner. Instructions will be issued very soon.
21. Abolish and upgrade all posts of Lower Division Clerks (LDCs) to Upper Division Clerks(UDCs)
The Staff Side demanded that the LDC post may be merged with UDC and MTS may be promoted directly to UDC. DoP&T agreed to consider the demand.
Due to paucity of time, new agenda points, given by the Staff Side, was not taken up for discussion. It was decided that the Action Taken on the New Agenda Points would be communicated to the Staff Side and a meeting would be thereafter convened to discuss these items.
Cabinet approves revision of pension to pre 2016 pensioners
The Cabinet approved modifications in the recommendations of the 7th CPC relating to method of revision of pension of pre-2016 Pensioners and Family Pensioners based on the suggestions made by the Committee, chaired by Secretary(Pensions), constituted with the approval of the Cabinet. While approving implementation of the 7th CPC recommendations on 29th June, 2016, the Cabinet had approved the changed method of pension revision recommended by the 7th CPC for pre-2016 pensioners, comprising of two alternative formulations, subject to the feasibility of the first formulation which was to be examined by the Committee. In terms of the Cabinet decision, pensions of pre-2016 pensioners were revised as per the second formulation multiplying existing pension by a fitment factor of 2.57, though the pensioners were to be given the option of choosing the more beneficial of the two formulations as per the 7th CPC recommendations. In order to provide more beneficial option to the pensioners, Cabinet has accepted the recommendations of the Committee, which has suggested revision of pension based on the information contained in the Pension Payment Order (PPO) issued to every pensioner. The modified formulation will be beneficial to more pensioners than the first formulation recommended by the 7th CPC, which was not found to be feasible to implement on account of non-availability of records in a large number of cases and was also found to be prone to several anomalies.
Sincerely Yours
(Shiv Gopal Mishra)
Secretary (Staff Side)
National Council (JCM)
