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New Functionalities released under National Pension System (NPS)

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New Functionalities released under National Pension System (NPS)

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has been established by the Government of India for regulation and development of Pension Sector in order to protect the old age income security of subscribers. PFRDA takes various initiatives from time to time in order to simplify and improve the operational issues in National Pension System (NPS) like new functionality development under NPS architecture, simplification of account opening, withdrawal, grievance management etc. In this regard, recently many new functionalities have been released by the Central Recordkeeping Agency (CRA) to provide the ease of operation for the benefit of subscribers and nodal offices. These are detailed below:

Functionality released in CRA system recently for the benefit of NPS subscribers:

 

Sr. No. Functionalities Benefits Description
1 Contribution upload for shifted subscribers Point of Presence (POPs) were previously allowed to upload the regular monthly contribution in the CRA system only for the subscribers pertaining to their associated Corporate. Now, a POP can also upload the contribution for subscribers who have shifted from one of their associated Corporate to another associate Corporate.
2 One way switch Currently, there is no provision for transfer of funds from Tier-II to Tier-I account. Now, the POP can process a subscriber request to transfer funds from Tier II to Tier I account. Such transactions can be processed only for subscribers under All Citizens of India Model or Corporate Sector Model having active Tier I and Tier II accounts, subject to the availability of adequate holdings in the Tier II account. There is no limit (minimum or maximum) on the amount and number of one way switches that can be requested by a subscriber.
3 Upload of unequal contribution for Govt. employees In case of Govt. sector employees, the Uploading Office is required to prepare and upload the contribution file wherein the Employee and Employer Contribution are equal for each subscriber. This functionality will now allow the Uploading Offices to prepare and upload contribution files where Employer and Employee contribution amount are not same.
4 Processing of voluntary contribution for corporate subscribers through any POP Currently, POPs are allowed to upload contributions for corporate subscribers only if the Corporate is associated with them. With the release of this new functionality, the POPs can process the ‘Voluntary’ contributions made by any Corporate subscriber even if they are not associated to them.
5 Functionality for nodal offices on Tier – II operations and voluntary contribution processing The Govt. sector Nodal Offices have now been provided with utility for activating the Tier II account and its operation for all Government employees.   The Government subscribers (mandatorily covered under NPS) can also approach their associated Nodal Office for making additional investment (Voluntary Contributions) in their PRAN – Tier I account.
6 Insertion of QR Code facility on backside of PRAN The QR code is a matrix barcode and is used to store URL of websites. The QR code can be converted to data by using a smart phone.  The application to read QR code is available as free application for all smartphone users. Further, utility to convert website URL to QR code is also freely available online.
7 Grievance resolution by monitoring office in CRA system In case of Govt. sector nodal offices, only the PAOs/DTOs can provide resolution remarks for the grievances raised against them by their associated subscribers in Central Grievance Management System (CGMS) module. However, the mapped Pr.AOs/DTAs can only monitor the status of the grievances (using ‘Token No’) raised against underlying PAOs/DTOs. Now, with the new facility made available in the CRA system, the Pr.AOs/DTAs along with the PAOs/DTOs can provide resolution remarks to the grievances raised against the associated office.
8 Pop – Up window for resolution of pending grievance in CRA system To aid the Nodal Offices, a pop-up alert is displayed on the home page immediately after the User logs in to CRA website (www.cra-nsdl.com). The pop-up displays the count of grievances pending (if any) for more than 30 days. The User have two options i.e., either to resolve the grievances immediately by selecting the option ‘Resolve Now’ (which will guide the user to ‘grievance resolution’ screen) or to select ‘Resolve Later’ to continue with regular operations and provide resolutions to the grievances later. The pop-up window is a reminder to all the Nodal Offices which have any grievance pending for resolution beyond 30 days in Central Grievance Management System (CGMS) module.
9 Functionality for capturing bank details and contact details of the nodal offices A facility has been provided to Nodal Offices of Central Government to enter the contact details of their Nodal Officer (along with details of alternate Nodal Officer) and the Bank account details of respective Nodal Office in CRA system. This will help Trustee Bank and CRA to identify the nodal offices for better coordination.

Currently, NPS has more than one crore subscribers with total Asset Under Management (AUM) of more than Rs. One lakh crore

Source :  PIB

One Rank One Pension scheme – Payment will start from Jan 2016 – NDTV

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Payments Under One Rank One Pension Scheme to Start in January: Sources

About 25 lakh armed forces veterans get their first enhanced pension under the One Rank One Pension Scheme, or OROP, in January, top Ministry of Defence officials told NDTV. The enhanced pensions will cost the exchequer around Rs. 7,000 crore.

The Ministry of Defence, meanwhile, is rethinking whether it should debar officers and men who go home before completing their tenure from the benefits of OROP.

About 80% officers and men leave the forces when they fail to make it to the next rank. The benefits of the current scheme are denied to them. For example, a Colonel who leaves the army before completing his tenure as he didn’t make it to the next rung — Brigadier — will not be entitled to OROP.

But sources said Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has ordered a rethink on this and is inclined to strike this provision off.

If done, it would address one of the major concerns of the armed forces.

“If officers who leave their tenure incomplete and quit for not being making it to the next rung are denied OROP, the forces will be saddled with passed over officers. Worse, they will have to work under the command of junior officers,” a source in the ministry said.

Veterans will also get their OROP arrears — the scheme has been brought into effect from July 2014 — before the end of this financial year. It will cost the government Rs. 11,000 crore.

War widows and Gallantry award winners will their arrears in one go — the rest will get it in four equal installments.

The implementation of OROP – a pre-election promise by the BJP — was announced this September after prolonged negotiations.

The scheme could, however, not be implemented immediately because of the Bihar elections and the model Code of Conduct that came into play during elections.

Source : NDTV

DOPT and AR&PG disposed 4.87 lakh grievances in one year

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Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) & Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (AR&PG) has disposed of as many as 4.87 lakh grievances out of a total of 6.09 lakh received

During the last one year, the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) & Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (AR&PG) has disposed of as many as 4.87 lakh grievances out of a total of 6.09 lakh received with regard to Central Government Ministries and Departments during this period.

This was disclosed here today by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh.

Dr Jitendra Singh stated, the disposal of grievances at present date and time, is prompt and satisfactory, and the grievances which remain pending are usually those which are difficult to be disposed off immediately for certain technical or other compelling reasons.

Another notable feature, Dr Jitendra Singh said, was that the number of complaints and grievances regarding the Central Government Ministries and Departments has recorded nearly three-fold increase during the last one year, considering the fact that the total number of complaints received during 2013 was 1.6 lakh and during 2014 it was 2.2 lakh respectively. This increase in the number of complaints, he said, is because the present government offered easier e-Portal accessibility to public in order to file their grievances and complaints wherein they can do so from any part of the country, even from their mobile cell phone. The increase in number is also a reflection of people’s faith that the present government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi can be relied to ensure early disposal of their grievances without an indefinite delay or dilly dallying.

Dr Jitendra Singh said, over the last 18 months, people have begun to trust that if they lodge a grievance or complaint it will be heard and suitably resolved. This, he said, is clear from the fact that we have resolved over 81% of grievances in one single year and are aiming for a record cent-per-cent disposal.

In keeping with our commitment to bring about ease and transparency in governance and making it more and more citizen-centric, Dr Jitendra Singh informed that the Department had recently introduced CPGRAMS Portal through which one can simply log on and conveniently lodge his or her complaint or grievance from anywhere.

PIB

AICPIN for the month of October 2015

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AICPIN for the month of October 2015

No. 5/1/2015- CPI
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU

`CLEREMONT’, SHIMLA-171004
DATED : 30th November, 2015

Press Release

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – October, 2015

The All-India CPI-IW for October, 2015 increased by 3 points and pegged at 269 (two hundred and sixty nine). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 1.13 per cent between September and October, 2015 which was static between the same two months a year ago.

The maximum upward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing (+) 2.15 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Rice, Wheat & Wheat Atta, Arhar Dal, Gram Dal, Masur Dal, Moong Dal, Urd Dal, Mustard Oil, Milk, Chillies-Dry, Potato, Tomato, Green Vegetables, Tea (Readymade), Sugar, Cooking Gas, Electricity Charges, Private Tuition Fee, etc. are responsible for the increase in index. However, this increase was restricted by Coconut oil, Fish Fresh, Poultry (Chicken), Onion, Apple, Soft Coke, etc., putting downward pressure on the index.

The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 6.32 per cent for October, 2015 as compared to 5.14 per cent for the previous month and 4.98 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 7.50 per cent against 5.71 per cent of the previous month and 4.48 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.

At centre level, Jabalpur reported the highest increase of 10 points followed by Tripura and Ludhiana (9 points each), Ghaziabad, Kodarma and Vadodra (7points each), and Sholapur and Guntur (6 points each). Among others, 5 points rise was observed in 9 centres, 4 points in another 9 centres, 3 points in 10 centres, 2 points in 13 centres and 1 point in 12 centres. On the contrary, Giridih and Chhindwara recorded a maximum decrease of 4 points each followed by Ranchi-Hatia and Haldia (3 points each). Among others, 1 point decrease was observed in 4 centres. Rest of the 9 centres’ indices remained stationary.

The indices of 35 centres are above All India Index and other 42 centres’ indices are below national average. The index of Angul-Talcher centre remained at par with all-India index.

The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of November, 2015 will be released on Thursday, 31st December, 2015. The same will also be available on the office website www.labourbureau.gov. in.

(SHYAM SINGH NEGI)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL

DA Calculation Sheet

No proposal to discontinue the Digital Life Certificate for the Pensioners

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No proposal to discontinue the Digital Life Certificate for the Pensioners

There is a report in a section of press that while inaugurating an Awareness Workshop on the online Pension Sanction and Payment Tracking System “BHAVISHYA”, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the practice of submitting Digital Life Certificate for continuation of pensions will soon be done away with.

Strongly rebutting the report, it is stated that Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has never ever expressed any opinion on the issue at any platform and, therefore, the question of having made such a statement does not arise at all.

It is clarified that, as of now, the government has no proposal to discontinue the Digital Life Certification for the pensioners.

It is to be stated that “Jeevan Pramaan” – a facility for submission of digital of life certificates by pensioners has been launched in November 2014. This is a voluntary facility provided in addition to existing provisions available for submission of life certificates. Till date 9,62,910 Digital Life Certificates have been furnished by pensioners.

7th CPC Recommendations – Confederation National Secretariat Decisions

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7th CPC Recommendations – Confederation National Secretariat Decisions

Date : 27-11-2015

Dear Comrades,

National Secretariat of the Confederation of Central Govt Employees & Workers held on 27-11-15 at New Delhi after detailed deliberations on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) has decided as follows :

1.The National Secretariat has come to the unanimous conclusion that many of the recommendations of the 7th CPC are most retrograde and require to be modified before implementation by the Government, especially the faulty and depressed minimum wage arrived at by the 7th CPC and the fitment formula. Some of the recommendations such as abolition of certain allowances etc., are to be rejected.

2. The National Secretariat is of the firm opinion that a united struggle of entire Central Govt Employees including Railways, Defence and Confederation under the banner of National Joint Council of Action (NJCA) can only compel the Government to modify or reject the retrograde recommendations of the 7th CPC and hence it is decided to further strengthen the unity.

3. The National Secretariat further resolved that the form of the united struggle of NJCA should be an indefinite strike, within a time frame, as Govt is moving fast to implement the recommendations. Negotiation with the Government should precede declaration of indefinite strike and intensive campaign among the employees and mobilization, to create sanction behind the demands.

4. In case the requisite movement is not coming about for any reason, Confederation National Secretariat will meet and chalk out its own independent action.

5. Regarding the sector-wise issues relating to the employees of each department, the affiliated organizations of the Confederation in those departments shall take initiative for uniting all like-minded Federations/Associations/Unions in their department and shall organize agitational programmes on departmental specific demands.

6. The National Secretariat decided to insist that the charter of demands of the NJCA and Confederation should include the demands of Gramin Dak Sevaks, Casual/Contract labourers, filling up of vacancies and scraping the New Contributory Pension Scheme.

7. All affiliated organizations of Confederation are requested to intimate by e-mail to the Confederation CHQ ([email protected] or [email protected]) on the required modifications or additions / deletions in the common recommendations (not department-specific) of the 7th Pay Commission on or before 05-12-2015.

8. Available Secretariat members of the Confederation will meet on 07-12-2015 at New Delhi and finalize the common demands to be included in the charter of demands of NJCA. (NJCA meeting is being held at JCM National Council, Staff-side office on 08-12-2015 to finalize the charter of demands and the further course of action).

9. The National Secretariat congratulated all the Central Govt Employees who made the 27th November 2015 ‘All India Protest Day’ at the call of NJCA, a grand success all over the country by wearing ‘black badges’ and participating in protest demonstrations.

Other Decisions:

1. Next All India Workshop-cum-Trade Union Camp of Confederation will be held at Dehradun (Uttarakhand) before March 2016.

2. The National Secretariat extended full support and solidarity to the proposed agitational programmes of Passport Employees Association including ‘Indefinite hungerfast’

M.Krishnan
Secretary General

Source : Confederation

Grant of Transport Allowance @ Rs.7000/-+DA thereon to officers drawing Grade Pay of Rs.10000/- on Non-functional basis

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Grant of Transport Allowance @ Rs.7000/-+DA thereon to officers drawing Grade Pay of Rs.10000/- on Non-functional basis

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(Railway Board)

S. No. 359

RBE No.145/2015

No PC-V/2010/A/TA/1

New Delhi, dated 17.11.2015

The General Managers/CAO(R)
All Zonal Railways/PUs
(As per mailing list)

Sub:-Grant of Transport Allowance @ Rs.7000/-+DA thereon to officers drawing Grade Pay of Rs.10000/- on Non-functional basis-clarification reg.

Attention is invited to Board’s letter of even number dt. 12.09.2014 (RBE No.100/2014) whereby it has been clarified that the officers of organized services drawing Grade Pay of Rs.10000/- under NFU Scheme are not eligible for grant of Transport Allowance 7000/-p.m+D.A thereon. References have been received from some of the Zonal Railways seeking guidelines as regards effecting recovery or otherwise of overpayments made to such officers due to erroneously allowing Transport Allowance @ Rs.7,000/- p.m. + D.A thereon.

2. In context of the above, it is stated that as per general principles of financial proprietary, any amount paid to the employee in excess of what is due to him has to be recovered. Further, the Hon’ble Supreme Court in matter of Chandi Prasad Uniyal and Ors Vs State of Uttrakhand & Ors (Civil Appeal No. 5899/2012) vide their order dt;17.08.2012 have observed that “any amount paid/received without authority of law can always be recovered barring few exceptions of extreme hardships but not as a matter of right, in such situations law implies an obligation on the payee to repay the money, otherwise it would amount to unjust enrichment”.

3. As per mandate of the rulings of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, necessary action to recover the payment made against Transport Allowance may please be taken immediately.

4 . This issue with the concurrence of Finance Dte. of Railway Board.

5. Hindi version will follow.

(N.P Singh)
Dy.Director, Pay Commission
Railway Board

Source : NFIR

Original Order

Inviting suggestions for improving the format of e-service book

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Inviting suggestions for improving the format of e-service book

No.21011/15/2010-Estt.(AL)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

Block-IV, Old JNU Campus,
New Delhi – 110 067,
Dated: November 24, 2015.

Office Memorandum

Subject: Inviting suggestions for improving the format of e-service book —

The undersigned is directed to state that it has been decided to implement the e-service book across all the Ministries/Departments and attached and subordinate office of the Government of India. Accordingly, software has been developed by NIC in consultation with the DoP&T. The screenshots are appended herewith.

2. All Ministries/Departments and the Central Government servants are requested to give suggestions for improvement latest by 14th December, 2015, to the undersigned.

(Mukul Ratra)
Director

Original Copy

7th CPC recommendations for Child Adoption Leave

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7th CPC recommendations for Child Adoption Leave

Child Adoption Leave

This leave is granted to female employees, with fewer than two surviving children on valid adoption of a child below the age of one year, for a period of 135 days immediately after the date of valid adoption.

7th Pay Commission Recommendations :

No demands have been received regarding this leave. Accordingly, status quo may be maintained.

How the 7th Pay Commission fixed the minimum Pay of Rs.18000 ?

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How the 7th Pay Commission fixed the minimum Pay of Rs.18000 ?

7th Pay Commission calculated & fixed the minimum pay of Rs. 18000/- as per the 15th Indian Labor Conference (ILC) Norms, refer the table below :

Calculation of Minimum Pay as on 01.01.2016 by the Commission
Per day PCU Unit Per month 3 PCU Unit Price/ Unit Expenses
1 Rice/Wheat 475 gm 42.75 kg 25.93 1108.3
2 Dal(Toor/Urad/Moong) 80 gm 7.2 kg 97.84 704.44
3 Raw Vegetables 100 gm 9 kg 58.48 526.28
4 Green Vegetables 125 gm 11.25 kg 38.12 428.85
5 Other Vegetables 75 gm 6.75 kg 32.8 221.42
6 Fruits 120 gm 10.8 kg 64.16 692.93
7 Milk 200 ml 18 litre 37.74 679.26
8 Sugar/Jaggery 56 gm 5.04 kg 37.4 188.48
9 Edible Oil 40 gm 3.6 kg 114.02 410.46
10 Fish 2.5 kg 268.38 670.95
11 Meat 5 kg 400.9 2004.5
12 Egg 90 no. 4.27 383.98
13 Detergents etc Rs/month 291.31 291.31
14 Clothing 5.5 164.88 906.83
15 Total (1-14) 9217.99
16 Fuel, Electricity, Water Charges 2304.50
17 Total-(15) divided by 0.8 11522.49
18 Marriage, Recreation, Festivals, etc. 2033.4
19 Total-(17) divided by 0.85 13555.87
20 Provide for Skill by adding 25% to (19) 3388.97
21 Sum (19+20) 16944.84
22 Housing @ 524.07
23 Total-Divide no.21 by 0.97 17468.91
24 Step up of 3% on No.23 as DA is projected at 125% on 01.01.2016 524.07
25 Final Minimum Pay as on 01.01.2016 (23+24) 17992.98
26 Rounding off 18000

 

Pay Commission Approach in the past

Approach of the Commission
1st Pay Commission  Gave its recommendations in 1948, pre  dated the same
2nd Pay Commission  Make an initial assessment using the ILC norms. However, it moderated the minimum pay so calculated in line with the then prevailing per capita income
3rd Pay Commission Adopted a modified version of the norms to calculate the minimum pay
4th Pay Commission Estimated the minimum pay by applying the growth of total emoluments index on the minimum pay estimated by the III CPC
5th Pay Commission Estimated the minimum pay through the ‘Constant Relative Income Approach’
6th Pay Commission adopted the 15th ILC norms to arrive at a base figure, to which was added additional 25 percent for various additional items plus the skill factor. The Commission has thus noted that directly or indirectly, the ILC norms have always been at the core of the minimum pay calculations made by the previous Pay Commissions. The Commission is also of the view that the ILC norms, along with other supplements (the entire set of seven components), are the best approach to estimating the minimum pay as it is a need-based wage calculation that directly costs the requirements, normatively prescribed to ensure a healthy and a dignified standard of living.

 

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