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Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners / family pensioners from January 2016

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Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners / family pensioners from January 2016

F.No. 42/06/2016-P&PW(G)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,
Khan Market, New Delhi – 110003
Date: 11th April, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners — Revised rate effective from 1.1.2016.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM No. 42/10/2014-P&PW(G) dated 28th September, 2015 on the subject mentioned above and to state that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Relief (DR) payable to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 119% to 125% w.e.f. 15th January, 2016.

These orders apply to (i) All Civilian Central Government Pensioners/Family Pensioners (ii) The Armed Forces Pensioners, Civilian Pensioners paid out of the Defence Service Estimates, (iii) All India Service Pensioners (iv) Railway Pensioners and (v) The Burma Civilian pensioners/family pensioners and pensioners/families of displaced Government pensioners from Pakistan, who are Indian Nationals but receiving pension on behalf of Government of Pakistan and are in receipt of ad-hoc ex-gratia allowance of Rs. 3500/- p.m. in terms of this Department’s OM No. 23/1/97- P&PW(B) dated 23.2.1998 read with this Department’s OM No. 23/3/2008-P&PW(B) dated 15.9.2008.

3. Central Government Employees who had drawn lump sum amount on absorption in a PSU/Autonomous body and have become eligible to restoration of 1/3rd commuted portion of pension as well as revision of the restored amount in terms of this Department’s OM No. 4/59/97-P&PW (D) dated 14.07.1998 will also be entitled to the payment of DR @ 125% w.e.f. 1.1.2016 on full pension i.e. the revised pension which the absorbed employee would have received on the date of restoration had he not drawn lump sum payment on absorption and Dearness Pension subject to fulfilment of the conditions laid down in pars 5 of the O.M. dated 14.07.98. In this connection, instructions contained in this Department’s OM No.4/29/99-P&PW (D) dated. 12.7.2000 refer.

4.Payment of DR involving a fraction of a rupee shall be rounded off to the next higher rupee.

5. Other provisions governing grant of DR in respect of employed family pensioners and re-employed Central Government Pensioners will be regulated in accordance with the provisions contained in this Department’s OM No. 45/73/97- P&PW (G) dated 2.7.1999 as amended vide this Department’s OM No. F. No. 38/88/2008-P&PW(G) dated 9th July, 2009. The provisions relating to regulation of DR where a pensioner is in receipt of more than one pension will remain unchanged.

6. In the case of retired Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts, necessary orders will be issued by the Department of Justice separately.

7. It will be the responsibility of the pension disbursing authorities, including the nationalized banks, etc. to calculate the quantum of DR payable in each individual case.

8. The offices of Accountant General and authorised Pension Disbursing Banks are requested to arrange payment of relief to pensioners etc. on the basis of these instructions without waiting for any further instructions from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Reserve Bank of India in view of letter No. 528-TA, II/34-80-II dated 23/04/1981 of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India addressed to all Accountant Generals and Reserve Bank of India Circular No. GANB No. 2958/GA-64 (ii) (CGL)/81 dated the 21st May, 1981 addressed to State Bank of India and its subsidiaries and all Nationalised Banks.

9. In their application to the pensioners/family pensioners belonging to Indian Audit and Accounts Department, these orders issue after consultation with the C&AG.

10. This issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure vide their OM No. 1/1/2016-E.II(B) dated 07th April, 2016.

11. Hindi version will follow.

(Charanjit Taneja)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Original Copy

7th Pay Commission – Get minimum wage of Rs 24,000/-

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7th Pay Commission – Get minimum wage of Rs 24,000/-

Karanaka Confederation

There are various reports on 7th Central Pay commission on the media on fitment formula,  arrears being paid as bonds , these reports are totally wrong and unwanted , these confuse the Central Government Employees, if you read the below table it is quite clear that  a Group “C” employee shall get.

The true picture, as per the 7th CPC recommendations has provided only at 14% wage hike at Group “C” level it is only ranging from Rs 2240 to  Rs  3500/ increase per month, and at Group “B” level ranging from Rs 4000 to   Rs 6500/ increase per month.

The Empowered Committee is  likely to rectify and change the fitment formula in that case , As per media reports  the committee may recommend a minimum wage of Rs 20000/- or Rs 21000/- against the demand of Rs 26,000/ of the staff side , the Central Government Employees (Group “B” & Group “C” ) and shall get a salary increase of just Rs 4000/ to Rs  16000/- only , that is also too meager considering the aspect of price rise and modern day expenditures, Secondly  arrears of six months if the 7th CPC is implemented shall be only Rs 8000/- per month on average per employee per month , for six months it will just at Rs 50000/- per employee only , this amount will not affect the Central Government finances ,

 7th Central Pay commission arrears statement

Taking into account only the pay not the allowances

Basic  Pay Grade Pay Total Pay Existing Pay  1/1/2016 fit  formula 2.25 7th CPC Pay Rs  18000 fit formula 2.57 Diff in pay per month if Min wage  Rs 20000 fit formula 2.86 Diff in pay per month if Min wage is Rs 21000 fit formula 3.01 Diff in pay per month
5200 1800 7000 15750 17990 2240 20020 4270 21000 5250
7000 2400 9400 21150 24158 3008 26884 5734 28200 7050
10000 4200 14200 31950 36494 4544 40612 8662 42600 10650
14000 4600 18600 41850 47802 5952 53196 11346 55800 13950
18000 4800 22800 51300 58596 7296 65208 13908 68400 17100
21000 5400 26400 59400 67848 8448 75504 16104 79200 19800
30000 6600 36600 82350 94062 11712 104676 22326 109800 27450

So don’t believe any news paper reports, Secondly there is no change in allowances expect HRA, that too its rates are reduced by the 7th CPC and also many allowances have been withdrawn. This is saving for the Government.

Hence we should not bother too much on these reports, instead we should educate the members and prepare for struggle, so that we get at least get a minimum wage of Rs 24,000/- ( 50 % wage hike without  allowances)  , as allowances are not taken into pension  benefit.

Comradely yours

(P.S.Prasad)

General Secretary

Source : http://karnatakacoc.blogspot.in/

Biggest news of 2016 for Central Government pensioners

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Biggest news of 2016 for Central Government pensioners

Most readers would be aware that the orders regarding calculation of pension of pre-2006 retirees based on minimum of pay within the pay band for each separate grade/rank and not on minimum of the pay band itself, with arrears from 01-01-2006 rather than 24-09-2012, were issued for Central Government pensioners in July 2015 by the Government as per the decision of the Delhi High Court, which essentially followed a decision of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, and then upheld by the Supreme Court. The High Court had held that the anomaly (though later removed by the Government itself from 24-09-2012) had to be removed from the date of the inception of the anomaly, that is, 01-01-2006. Similar orders were later issued by the Ministry of Defence.

On a similar analogy, many decisions by various Benches of the Central Administrative Tribunal (and then upheld by the High Courts) were rendered de-linking the service requirement of 33 years for grant of full pension for pre-2006 retirees at par with post-2006 retirees for whom there is no such requirement. Some Special Leave Petitions preferred by the Government against such orders were also dismissed, though not by way of detailed decisions. The Punjab Haryana High Court had also passed a detailed verdict on the same subject for pensioners of the Central Armed Police Forces. Till date, the pensions of pre-2006 pensioners with less than 33 years of service (including weightage) were being calculated by way of proportionate reduction.

Through this earlier post dated 22-01-2016, in view of multiple queries in this regard, I had informed by way of general information that the matter of issuance of orders on this subject for similarly placed retirees was being examined by the Department of Pensions & Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Law & Justice and Ministry of Finance.

The Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare has now issued universal orders giving effect to the judicial decisions of the High Courts and has removed the requirement of 33 years service for full pension. Now, irrespective of length of service, all pre-2006 pensioners shall be eligible for full pension as is admissible to those pre-2006 pensioners who had rendered 33 years or more service including weightage. Full arrears are also admissible with effect from 01-01-2006. The biggest gainers would be voluntary retirees and those released from service on medical grounds or before completing full service. The orders can be downloaded by clicking here. Similar orders should now be issued for defence pensioners also by the Ministry of Defence.

A word of caution- This change would not affect the concept of One Rank One Pension (OROP) applicable with effect from 2014 since while this development is based on 50% of minimum emoluments introduced by the 6th Central Pay Commission for each grade, the concept of OROP is based on live data of actual pension based on real time emoluments as per length of service of in-service personnel. Readers are hence requested not to mix up the two dispensations which operate by way of separate dynamics.

We must again place on record extreme gratitude to the Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare functioning under Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions which has once again taken a stand for all Central Government pensioners and ensured issuance of universal directions just on simple dismissal of a Special Leave Petition by the Supreme Court even without a detailed order. One cannot also help but compare this with the attitude of the Ministry of Defence which continues to file appeals against its pensioners and disabled pensioners based on artificial distinctions even when the law has been fully settled by the Supreme Court in a plethora of detailed landmark decisions and which also militates against the grain of the opinion expressed by the highest of political executive, including the Prime Minister.

Source : http://www.indianmilitary.info/

Govt staff may be asked for invest part of 7th pay commission hike in bank bonds

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Govt staff may be asked for invest part of 7th pay commission hike in bank bonds

Government is looking at a scheme for encouraging its employees to invest part of their 7th pay commission salary hike in a fund which would be used for recapitalisation of state-owned banks.

High income government official, according to officials, could be roped in to invest in the fund by offering lucrative incentives like tax break or higher return.

As per the proposal, higher income government staff from the rank of section officer may be asked to shell out 50% of increased salary towards bank capitalisation bonds, the officials said.

Top officials of the finance ministry had preliminary discussion over the issue last week, officials said. However, no decision has been taken yet, they said, adding that Committee of Secretaries is looking into the matter and various alternatives are being considered.

This proposal is being considered to find more resources for recapitalisation of public sector banks which are saddled with gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of Rs.3.61 trillion at the end of December 2015, as against Rs.39,859 crore in the private sector.

Gross NPA ratio as percentage of advances rose to 7.30% while for private banks, it stood at 2.36% as of December-end.

RBI has asked public sector banks to clean up balancesheets by March next year. Cleaning to books would require additional capital infusion than what has been envisage in the ‘Indradhanush’.

Last year, the government had announced a revamp plan ‘Indradhanush’ to infuse Rs.70,000 crore in state-owned banks over four years, while they will have to raise a further Rs.1.1 trillion from markets to meet their capital requirements in line with global risk norms Basel-III. In line with the blueprint, PSU banks were given Rs.25,000 crore in the last fiscal and an equal amount is planned for the current fiscal.

As per the plan, Rs.10,000 crore each would be infused in 2017-18 and 2018-19. It is believed that the government provided as much as Rs.70,000 crore in the Union Budget 2016-17 for implementation of Seventh Pay Commission for 47 lakh government employees and 52 lakh pensioners.

While the Budget did not provide an explicit overall provision number, the government had said the 7th Pay Commission hike has been built in as interim allocation for different ministries and Budget numbers were credible.

Implementation of the pay commission report in toto is to cost the government Rs.1.02 lakh crore.

Source : Live Mint

Guidelines for payment of Government money into the accredited bank branch of the Ministry/Department through Debit/Credit Cards and Net Banking facility

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Guidelines for payment of Government money into the accredited bank branch of the Ministry/Department through Debit/Credit Cards and Net Banking facility

No.1(1)/2006/ECS/TA/165
Government Of India
Ministry Of Finance
Department of Expenditure
Controller General Of Accounts
7th Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market
New Delhi – 110 511

Date: 28-03-2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Guidelines for payment of Government money into the accredited bank branch of the Ministry/Department through Debit/Credit Cards and Net Banking facility.

The facility to public for crediting the Government receipts directly into the accredited bank of the Ministry/Department has been provided under Rule 7 of Central Government Account (Receipts and Payments) (Amendment) Rules, 2012. At present, the Government receipt is realized in cash or by cheque or Demand Draft or by Money Order or-postal Order, or in such other forms as may be prescribed by the Government in terms of Rule 18 of Central Government Accounts (Receipts and Payments) Rules, 1983. The transfer of funds through electronic mode has also been prescribed by the Government under the payment and settlement Act, 2007. Payments through Debit/Credit Cards and New Banking have also gained popularity across the country. It has, therefore, been decided to introduce the facility of Debit/Credit Cards and Net Banking also for payment of Government receipts into the accredited bank branch of the Ministry/Department.

2. The Debit/Credit Cards and Net Banking facility will be available to the public subject to the following conditions:-

2.1 The Ministries/Departments will make necessary banking arrangement through their accredited banks authorized by RBI for handling Government transaction under Section 45(1) of RBI Act, 1934..

2.2 The engagement of accredited bank and any other intermediary by the accredited bank as gateway for Debit/Credit Cards and New Banking shall be governed by ” The Payment and settlement Systems Act, 2007 (No.51 of 2007 dated 20.12.2007).

2.3. The internediaries will follow the directions for operation of accounts and settlement of payments for electronic transactions as issued by the RBI vide letter No.RBI/2009-10/231(DPSS.CO PD.No.1102/02.14/2009-10) dated 24.11.2009 (Annexure-I). They will be responsible for collection of money, its payment to the accredited bank and refund of failed/disputed transactions to the customers within the period prescribed by the RBI in the aforsaid letter.

2.4 The commission to the intermediaries on the transaction will be charged from the customer along with the transaction as per the prevailing practice and rates. The Government will not be responsible for any such payment to the intermediaries.

2.5 The Ministries/Department and their respective accredited banks shall create facilities for the public for payment of money through Debit/Credit cards and Net Banking. The electronic challan form, to be filled up electronically with such details of the transaction which are necessary for reporting, reconciliation and accounting purpose, will be facilitated online at the payment gateway by the Ministries/Departments.

2.6 The accredited bank will be responsible for collating, scrolling and reporting transaction-wise all aforesaid payments to pay and Accounts Office and remittance of the same into the Government Account in the RBI within the time limit i.e T+1 Working day as prescribed by the RBI in consultation with Controller General of Accounts vide letter No.RBI/2014-15/416 (DGBA.GAD.No.H-3202/42.01.011/2014-15) dated 21.01.2015 (Annexure-II).

2.7 The accredited bank will function as acquirer bank for all cards and follow the instructions issued by the RBI for handling Government transactions through e-payment and provide challans, scrolls and DMS of such transactions in the electronic form to the pay and Accounts Office. The Government account and scrolls should give transaction-wise details.

2.8 For successful card payment, the accredited bank will generate a unique challan number linked to the branch code with clear identifier for the mode of payment that is provided on the cyber receipt/instant receipt.

2.9 The payment of Government money, once credited to Government Account through Debit/Credit Cards and Net Banking, will be refunded as per the departmental procedure for refund of revenue and payment will be made by the pay and accounts office through normal mode of payment.

2.10 Ministries/Departments may utilize services available on Non-Tax Receipt Portal – bharatkosh.gov.in for non-tax receopts.

3. All the Ministries/Departments may keep the above guidelines in view while introducing the Debit/Credit Cards and Net Banking facility for payment of Government money into bank account by the public. The Ministry/Department desirous to introduce such facility may do so in consultation with their Pr.CCA/CCA/CA or head of accounting organization.

(Shankari Murali)
Joint controller General Of Accounts

Grant of TA-DA Advance Claims while more than two advances are outstanding

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Grant of TA-DA Advance Claims while more than two advances are outstanding

IMPORTANT CIRCULAR

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS (FYS)
10-A, S.K. BOSE ROAD, KOLKATA – 700 001

No. T/1/72/Circular -31

Date: 31.03.2016

To
1. The Secretary, OFB, 10-A, S.K. Bose Rd., Kol -1
2. All Sr. General Managers/ All General Managers
3. Ordnance/ Equipments Factories
4. All Group Controllers & Br. Accounts Offices.

Sub: Grant of TA-DA Advance Claims while more than two advances are outstanding.

In cognizance to the issues on the subject, attention is invited to GID (1) below Rule 50 of GFR wherein it is stated that “Second advance may be sanctioned to undertake the journey soon after the completion of earlier one. – In cases where a Government servant is required to proceed on tour frequently at short notice and under emergent circumstances, necessitating the undertaking of a journey soon after completion of earlier one, thus leaving little time for the official to prefer his T.A. bill, a second T.A. advance may be sanctioned by the competent authority subject to the following conditions being fulfilled:

(i) The second journey is required to be undertaken soon after the first one, i.e., within a week after completion of the first tour.

(ii) The bills for the advances drawn should be submitted latest within a week after completion of the second journey.

(i) In any case, not more than two advances should be allowed to remain outstanding at a time.

In view of the above, it is impressed upon all concerned to comply with the aforesaid directives strictly. In case of non-compliance of the ibid rule, this Office would not be able to process the same and would be required to return the TA Advance Claim unactioned.

Kindly ensure maximum/ wide publicity of the above Rule to all concerned within your jurisdiction for effecting compliance.

Vigilance Clearance and Major/Minor Penalty Certificate in respect of PPS of CSSS

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Vigilance Clearance and Major/Minor Penalty Certificate in respect of PPS of CSSS

No. 2/4/2016-CS.II (A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension
Department of Personnel & Training
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3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,
Khan Market, New Delhi – 110 003,
Dated, the 5th April, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject – Vigilance Clearance and Major/Minor Penalty Certificate in respect of PPS of CSSS – reg.

The undersigned is directed to say that this Department has initiated the process for preparation of panel of Sr. PPS of CSSS for SLY-2016. The list of such officers, who are likely to be considered for promotion is enclosed as Annexure to this OM. The concerned cadre units as well as AVD-I Division, DOP&T are requested to provide the vigilance clearance and major/minor penalty certificate for the last 10 years in respect of the officers.

2. The concerned cadre units are also requested to ensure that the instructions as provided in this Department’s O.M. No. 21011/1/2010-Estt.(A) dated 13.04.2010 have been complied with. It may also be ensured that the IPR in respect of these officials have been forwarded to this Division and personal particulars of these officials have been uploaded in the Web Based Cadre management Software of CSSS.

3. The list of officers may be seen/downloaded on/from the website of this Department: www.http://persmin.nic.in>DOP&T>OMs& Orders>Central Secretariat>CSSS>ACR-Status of Completion.

4. All the concerned cadre units are requested to provide the required information at the earliest.

(Kameshwar Mishra)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Vigilance Clearance and Major/Minor Penalty Certificate in respect of PPS of CSSS

S.No Name(Shri/Smt./Ms.) Date of Birth Cadre where working
1. J.P. Kataria 28/05/1961 MHA
2. Vinod Malhotra 26/03/1957 Defence
3. Renu Verma 03/02/1960 MHA
4. Anil Malhotra 14/12/1961 Civil Aviation
5. Shyam Sunder 26/09/1962 WCD
6. Manjeet Singh 03/08/1960 MHA
7. Roop Kishore 18/07/1957 Defence
8. Girdhari Lal 04/05/1963 RT&H
9. Raj Kumar 07/08/1965 Tribal Affairs
10. Uma Ravi Ramaswamy 29/05/1959 MHA
11. Tilak Raj 12/03/1963 Coal
12. M.K.Saxena 31/07/1959 Urban Dev.
13. R.K. Jindal 02/10/1959 Environment
14. Hukum Singh 16/04/1959 MHA
15. Anoop Kumar Bhardwaj 16/06/1959 Agriculture
16. Sarla Sharma 02/05/1961 Urban Dev.
17. Jagjeet Tangri 23/08/1961 Water Res.
18. Rooma Biswas 26/05/1959 MHA
19. K.P. Singh 31/10/1958 SJ&E
20. R.P. Singh 03/05/1961 Rural Dev.
21. Swarn Lata 15/08/1960 Power
22. V.K. Manuja 07/08/1961 MHA
23. Sudha Sharma 07/08/1958 NITI Aayog
24. Madhuri N. Shende 15/07/1958 NITI Aayog
25. T.Joy Jayamathy 12/04/1958 Agriculture
26. N.Venkataraman 08/05/1959 IP&P
27. B.Sandhya 01/06/1961 Power
28. B. Mani 29/04/1964 S&T
29. Ashish Satija 11/05/1966 Defence
30. R. Ramesh 05/01/1964 Water Res.
31. P.C. Joshi 02/02/1957 Power
32. R. Ramalingam 10/05/1957 UPSC
33. Sunil Sehgal 12/03/1960 WCD
34. Ghanshyam Dass 05/04/1957 Health & FW
35. R.S. Negi 18/08/1959 Expenditure
36. Subhash Chander 14/12/1962 Agriculture
37. Pal Singh 02/04/1958 Commerce
38. Poonam Chopra 24/04/1959 S&T
39. Raj Pal Singh 10/10/1962 Expenditure
40. Sudhir Arora 08/02/1959 Commerce
41. Radha Venkataraman 04/04/1964 Labour
42. Lalit Kumar 04/08/1961 Posts
43. Usha Sabhachandani 17/04/1959 MHA
44. Sarita Rathore 15/04/1962 Health & FW
45. V.S. Mathur 26/10/1956 MHA
46. Asha Sharma 30/05/1962 Urban Dev.
47. Ramesh Chand 10/01/1963 Defence
48. Sudha Kashyap 30/04/1958 Agriculture
49. Naveen Pandey 08/06/1960 Defence
50. S.K. Sharma 12/11/1961 Agriculture
51. Usha 15/07/1957 MHA
52. D.R. Dogra 09/04/1965 Defence
53. Anuradha Khurana 01/03/1962 Agriculture
54. K.S. Subramanian 24/01/1966 New & Renewal Energy
55. Madhukar Sharma 04/07/1957 Civil Aviation
56. Devi Sharan Sharma 10/07/1956 Health & FW
57. R.D. Gautam 19/05/1960 Legal Affairs
58. K. Nagalakshmi 15/12/1959 IP&P
59. S.K. Mongia 29/05/1960 Posts
60. Eva Mitra 30/09/1959 Coal
61. Pushpa Saroha 02/07/1964 Fertilizers
62. Bhoop Singh 18/08/1958 Power
63. Renu Wadhwa 24/05/1961 Culture
64. Satvir Washwa 15/07/1965 Food & PD
65. Anita Mund 18/01/1962 S&T

Dearness Allowance to Railway Employees 2016 – Revised rates effective from 01.01.2016

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Dearness Allowance to Railway Employees 2016 – Revised rates effective from 01.01.2016

Government of India
Ministry of Railways
(Railway Board)

S.No.PC-VI/364

RBE No.32/2016

No.PC-VI/2008/1/7/2/1
The GMs/CAO(R).
All Zonal Railways & Production Units,
(as per mailing list)

New Delhi, dated 08.04.2016

Sub: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Railway employees Revised rates effective from 01.01.2016.

Please refer to this Ministry’s letter of even number dated 24.09.2015 PC-VI/356 RBE No.115/2015) on the subject mentioned above. The President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Railway employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 119% to 125 % with effect from January, 2016.

2. The provisions contained in Paras 3, 4 & 5 of this Ministry’s letter of even number dated 09.09.2008 (S.No. PC-V1/3, RBE No 106/2008) shall continue to be applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance under these orders.

3. The additional installment of Dearness Allowance payable under these orders shall be paid in cash to all railway employees. The arrears may be charged to the salary bill and no honorarium is payable for preparing separate bill for this purpose.

4. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

(M.K.Panda)
Jt.Director, Pay Commission
Railway Board

Original DA ORDER – Download here

State Government’s Response on the Discontinuation of Interview

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State Government’s Response on the Discontinuation of Interview

F.No.39020/09/2015-Estt.B
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
Estt. B Section

Discontinuation of Interview at Lower Level Posts

The Prime Minister in his address to the nation on the Independence Day has stressed the need to discontinue holding interviews for recruitment for such junior level posts where personality assessment is not an absolutely necessary requirement.

He has called upon the Government Organizations’ to end this practice at the earliest as it will help in curbing corruption, more objective selection in transparent manner substantially easing the problems of poor people.

He has emphasized that the recruitment should be made on merit basis through transparent, online processes leading to less Government and more Governance.

The Department of Personnel and Training on the basis of recommendations made by the Committee of Secretaries has already taken a decision to discontinue interviews at the junior level posts at Group ‘B’ (Non-Gazetted), Group ‘C’ ,Group ‘D’ (which are now reclassified as Group ‘C’) and all equivalent posts.

All the advertisement for future vacancies will be without the Interview as part of the recruitment process. From 1st January 2016 there will be no recruitment with interview at the junior level posts, in Government of India Ministries/ Departments/attached Office/Subordinate Office/Autonomous Bodies/Public Sector Undertakings.

The interviews will be done away even in cases where the selections were made purely on basis of performance in the interview. The Ministries/Departments/Organizations’ will consider revising the scheme for selection or such cases.

As the Skill Test or Physical Test is different from Interview they may continue. However these tests will only be of qualifying nature. Assessment will not be done on the basis of marks for such tests.

The decision to discontinue interview for the junior level posts across the country will be major step towards achieving the objectives of citizen centric transparent governance.

The matter has also been taken up with the State Governments/UTs to undertake similar exercise, from time to time. In this regard letters from Secretary (Personnel) to the State Chief Secretaries have been issued on 4th September 2015 and letters from MoS(PP) to the State Chief Ministers have been issued on 29th September 2015 and 1st January, 2016.

To facilitate the implementation of the directions of the Hon’ble Prime Minister further by the various organizations/Ministries/Departments/Governments a one day workshop was also organized by the DOPT on 16th November 2015.

Some of the State Government have shared the status in this regard with the DOPT. The Summary of the State Responses on the Discontinuation of Interview is as follows:

Daman & Diu,Dadra andNagar Haveli No interviews in Group B (non gazetted), C and D posts. They have issued a recruitment pattern.
Gujarat Government of Gujarat has informed that the State Government had implemented the poky of cancellation of interview in the directrecruitment, on the lower level posts.
Haryana No interviews at Group `D’ level
Himachal Pradesh There is a proposal to discontinue interview for Group C and Group B Posts
Jharkhand No interview in ‘D’, ‘C’, and ‘B’ (non-gazetted)
Karnataka Government of Karnataka has informed that the State Government has discontinued the procedure of conducting interview for selection to Technical and Non-Technical Posts in Group-C category, in the Government.
Kerala At present no interview are there for group ‘C’ and ‘D’ posts and even for some of the gazetted posts.
Maharashtra Interviews for the recruitment of the clerks have been discontinued. For Class 2 non-Gazetted, Class 3 and 4 posts, interviews have been done away. The State Government has taken a decision and issued directions to the effect that the direction of discontinuation of Interview will also be applicable to all State Government undertakings and local bodies.
About 61 % of the recruitment is done without interview.
Manipur It was informed that the State Government had undertaken the recruitment of Graduate Teachers under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Sikhsha Abhiyaan (RMSA) without conducting interview. This measure was successfully undertaken and was completely transparent and corruption free.
It was informed that the second pilot measure in this regard is being undertaken by the Health Department.
Puducherry Notification for discontinuation of interviews for Group C, D, and non­gazetted Group B has been issued.
Punjab Some of the Departments have already implemented the decision and that there has been no problem with completely doing away with interviews for the posts of SDO in Irrigation Department, Senior Assistant in Secretariat and for a few lower level posts in Agro Industry Department.
Rajasthan The representative from Rajasthan informed that interviews have been discontinued in some posts and retained in some of them.
For Class 3/Ministerial staff and Group D/Class 4 level recruitment, there have been no interview. Similarly for Constable, there have been only written test and physical test. The interviews have been dispensed away for all the posts under the Rajasthan Education Service Rules, 1970.
Sikkim For Group D/Class 4 level posts there are no interviews. At Group C/III level, for 90% of posts there are no interviews.
Telangana Teachers — no interviews
Tamil Nadu The recruitment is done by the following four recruitment boards and the status vis-à-vis conducting the interview is as follows:-
5) Uniform Services Board- No interview
6) Medical Services Board- No interview
7) Teachers Recruitment Board- No interview
“8) Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) — has assorted posts in which there is some degree of posts with interviews.
In the State 85% of the total posts do not have interview as a part ofrecruitment process.”
Uttarakhand The state Government has abolished interviews in the group ‘C’ and ‘B’ (non gazetted).
There has been no interview in Class 3/4 levels of posts.
Uttar Pradesh No more interview for teachers.

Disclaimer: The above status is based on the information provided by the State/UT representatives’ in the workshop held in New Delhi on 16.11.2015 and thereafter

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Finmin released DA Order – Revised Rates effective from January 2016

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Finmin released DA Order – Revised Rates effective from January 2016

Payment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees – Revised Rates effective from 1.1.2016

No.1/1/2016-E-II(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
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North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 7th April, 2016.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees – Revised Rates effective from 1.1.2016.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s Office Memorandum No. 113/2015-E-Il (B) dated 23rd September, 2015 on the subject mentioned above and to say that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 119% to 125% with effect from 1st January, 2016.

2. The provisions contained in paras 3, 4 and 5 of this Ministry’s O.M. No. 1(3)12008-E-11(B) dated 29th August, 2008 shall continue to be applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance under these orders.

3. The additional installment of Dearness Allowance payable under these orders shall be paid in cash to all Central Government employees.

4. These orders shall also apply to the civilian employees paid from the Defence Services Estimates and the expenditure will be chargeable to the relevant head of the Defence Services Estimates, In regard to Armed Forces personnel and Railway employees, separate orders will be issued by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways, respectively.

5. In so far as the employees working in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders are issued with the concurrence of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

(Nirmala Dev)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

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