Tamil Nadu govt announces Pongal bonus for its employees, teachers and others
The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday announced the annual Pongal bonus for its employees, teachers, pensioners and family pensioners.TNTN
Group C and Group D government employees as well as teachers will get bonus up to Rs 3,000.
Group A and Group B employees as well as teachers, who have worked for more than 240 days, will get Rs 1,000 as special salary.
Pensioners and family pensioners will get Rs 500 as bonus.
In a statement, chief minister J Jayalalithaa said, ”Totally, Rs 326.85 crore will be spent on distributing bonus for government employees and others.”
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – November, 2015
The All-India CPI-IW for November, 2015 increased by 1 point and pegged at 270(two hundred and seventy). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 0.37 per cent between October and November, 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 (+) 0.64 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Wheat, Urd Dal, Mustard Oil, Eggs (Hen), Milk, Chillies-Dry, Garlic, Carrot, Lady’s Finger, Peas, Potato, Tomato, Tea (Readymade), Sugar, Flower/Flower Garlands, Tailoring Charges, etc. are responsible for the increase in index. However, this increase was restricted by Chillies Green, Onion, Brinjal, Cauliflower, Green Coriander Leaves, Methi, Radish, etc., putting downward pressure on the index.
The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 6.72 per cent for November, 2015 as compared to 6.32 per cent for the previous month and 4.12 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 7.86 per cent against 7.50 per cent of the previous month and 2.56 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.
At centre level, Madurai reported the highest increase of 11 points followed by Tiruchirapally (9 points), Jalandhar, Puducherry and Salem (7points each) and Mundakkayam (6 points). Among others, 4 points rise was observed in 5 centres, 3 points in 7 centres, 2 points in 12 centres and 1 point in 10 centres. On the contrary, Jamshedpur, Tripura and Rangapara-Tezpur recorded a maximum decrease of 4 points each followed by Kolkata, Amritsar and Kodarma (3 points each). Among others, 2 points decrease was observed in 13 centres and 1 point in 8 centres. Rest of the 11 centres’ indices remained stationary.
The indices of 36 centres are above All India Index and other 41 centres’ indices are below national average. The index of Salem centre remained at par with all-India index.
The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of December, 2015 will be released on Friday, 29th January, 2016. The same will also be available on the office website www.labourbureaunew.gov.in.
Discontinuation of Interview at Junior Level Posts in the Government of India
Immediate
No, 39020/01/2013-Estt (B)-Part
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
North Block, New Delhi.
Dated the 29th December, 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Discontinuation of Interview at Junior Level Posts in the Government of India- recommendation of Committee of Secretaries.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s D.O. of even number dated 04.09.2015 and subsequent OM’s dated 09th October, 2015, 09th November, 2015 on the above subject seeking detailed information on the progress made/action taken in the matter.
2. It is informed that Secretary (Personnel) had convened meetings on 14th December, 2015 and 17th December, 2015 to review the progress of implementation of the “No Interview Requirement Proposal” and to get the Updated status on the decision/progress made by the various Ministries/Departments. Keeping in view the queries raised by the representative of various Ministries/Departments the following is once again clarified:-
(a) The decision to discontinue interview for recruitments is for all Group ‘C’, Group (which are now reclassified as Group ‘C’) Posts and for non- gazetted posts of Group ‘B’ Category and all such equivalent posts.
(b) The ‘No Interview Requirement” proposal has to be implemented for all the junior level posts in Government of India Ministries/Departments/attached Office/Subordinate Office/Autonomous Bodies/Public Sector Undertakings.
(c) Instructions issued by the Department of Public Enterprises on 14th December, 2015 vide OM No. DPE-GM to all Administrative Ministries concerned with CPSES under them with advice to dispense with the practice of interview (copy enclosed).
(d) The timelines set regarding completing the process of the discontinuation of interview by 31.12.2015 has to be adhered to strictly. From 01st January, 2016 there will be no recruitment with interview at the junior level posts as mentioned at 2(a) above, in Government of India Ministries/Departments/attached Office/Subordinate Office/Autonomous Bodies/Public Sector Undertakings. All the advertisement for future vacancies will be without the Interview as part of the recruitment process.
(e) The interviews will be done away even in cases where in the past the selections used to be made purely on the basis of performance in the interview. The Ministries/Departments/Organizations’ will consider revising the scheme for selection for such cases.
(f) It is also clarified that as Skill Test or Physical Test is different from Interview, and 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.
(g) In case of specific posts where the ‘Ministry/Departments wants to continue undertaking Interview as a process of recruitment, a detailed proposal seeking exemption will have to be sent to the DoPT with the approval of the Minister/Minister In-Charge.
3. All the Central Ministries/Departments are therefore requested to ensure that necessary action in respect of their Ministry/Department/Organizations are completed within the stipulated time. A consolidated report with the details of the decision taken/progress made in this regard should also be furnished to this Department at the earliest and not later than 7th January, 2016. Report so to be furnished with the approval of the Minister/Minister In-Charge shall include the details of the name and number of posts where the interview is discontinued and posts for which the exemption . has been sought within the purview of the administrative Ministries/Departments.
4. A soft copy of the consolidated information may also be sent to this Department at [email protected]
(Manisha Bhatnagar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Revision of pension in r/o pre-2006 Commissioned Officers/JCOs/ORs pensioners/ Family pensioners
OFFICE OF THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)
DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD- 211014
Circular No. 551
Dated: 28.12.2015
Subject :- Revision of pension in r/o pre-2006 Commissioned Officers/JCOs/ORs pensioners/ Family pensioners.
Reference:- This office Circular No. 547 dated 11.09.2015.
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Pension Disbursing Agencies are aware that as per this office Circular No. 547 dt.- 11.09.2015, Service/Family Pension in respect of JCOs/ORs are to be revised w.e.f. 01.01.2006 by the Pension Disbursing Agencies as per tables attached with circular. Specific tables for revision of Special Pension/Invalid Pension/ Service Element of Disability Pension in respect of Pre- 01.01.2006 PBORs retirees discharged with less than 15 years of qualifying service and Service Pension of TA personnel irrespective of their qualifying service have not been prepared as the Pension Disbursing Agencies would not be in a position to revise such cases. Hence, such cases shall be referred to the Pension Sanctioning Authorities by Pension Disbursing Agencies on enclosed Annexure to issue corrigendum PPOs in affected cases.
2. Similarly the DSC personnel who are receiving two pensions, one for regular Army Service and other for DSC Service, their pension for DSC Service shall not be revised. The pension for regular Army service shall be revised under these orders by the Pension Disbursing Agencies. A reference for revision of pension for DSC service will be sent to PCDA (P) on attached Annexure for issue of Corr. PPO. However, Pension of DSC pensioners receiving only one pension for DSC service shall be revised under these orders from attached Table of the Army personnel. DSC pensioners who were on clerical duty and other duty, their pension shall be revised by the attached table for group ‘Y’ and group ‘2’ respectively.
3. Maximum term of engagement for various ranks is mentioned in Appendix ‘X’ of this office important Circular No. 501 dated 17.01.2013. To maintain the uniformity in the tables, the rates have been shown up to the qualifying service of 28 years for each rank. The Service Pension may be revised only up to maximum term of engagement.
4. In Annexure ‘C’ for Navy attached with GOI, MOD letter dated 03.09.2015 circulated vide Circular No. 547, the Column Nos. have been typed erroneously as 2, 3, 5……, same may be treated as re-numbered from ‘1’ upward accordingly. Column No. 21 of Annexure ‘B’ (Air Force) of GOI, MOD letter dated 03.09.2015 circulated vide this office Circular No. 547 has erroneously been typed as ‘2021’, the same may be read as Column No. ‘21’ instead of ‘2021’. Further, in column 9 of Annexure ‘B’, the rate shown for the rank of CPL ‘Z’ against the qualifying service of 25.5 years has erroneously been typed as ‘Rs. 5151’, the same may be read as Rs. 4922 instead of Rs. 5151.
5. Similarly, equivalence of ranks across the three services has also been provided in Circular No. 501 dt- 17.01.2013 and Circular No. 512 dt- 26.06.2013. The rank of Chief Mechanician is equivalent to Chief Artificer. Therefore, the pension of Chief Mechanician shall be revised according to Chief Artificer. As per this office ibid circular, the rank of Mechanician IV is equivalent to Artificer IV. Therefore, the pension of Mechanician lV shall be revised equivalent to Artificer- IV.
6. Further, revision under these order may be done on the basis of rank last held and not for the rank for which pensioned as the same has already been clarified in Note below Annexure-Ill of Gol, MoD letter dated 11.11.2008 circulated vide this office Circular No. 397 dated 18.11.2008 (as amended from time to time).
7. All other terms and conditions shall remain unchanged.
8. This circular has been uploaded on this office website www.pcdapension.nic.in for dissemination across the all concerned.
As per the 7th Pay Commission Report in page 80 para 5.1.36, it has clearly stated that rationalisation has been done with utmost care to ensure minimum bunching at most levels, however if situation does arise whenever more than two stages are bunched together, one additional increment equal to 3 percent may be given for every two stages bunched, and pay fixed in the subsequent cell in the pay matrix.
According to the above statement, we have prepared new bunching table. Here we have noticed many more bunching in Pay Band III Grade Pay 5400,
Example :
Basic Pay of Rs.15600,16230,16240,16250,16260,…16420 we can see 56100 in the calculation based on 2.57 fixation as per pay matrix. In this case we have to fix the Pay as below
Pay in the pay band
Grade pay
6th cpc Basic pay
Multiplication Factor
Multiplied Result
Rounded to nearest stage as per 7cpc fitment table
Empanelment of private hospitals under CGHS Delhi & NCR
No.S.11045/36/2012 -CGHS (HEC)
Government of India
Directorate General of Central Government Health Scheme
Department of Health & Family Welfare
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi. Dated the 23rd December, 2015.
OFFICE ORDER
Subject: Empanelment of private hospitals under CGHS Delhi & NCR
furtherance to Office Order dated 16.11.2015 empaneling certain Health Care Organizations (HCOs) under CGHS, the undersigned is directed to convey that in addition to the list of the hospitals (including dental clinics & eye centres) and diagnostic labortories already empanelled, following Health Care Organizations (HCOs) have also been empanelled under CGHS in Delhi & NCR with issuance of this order. The newly empanelled HCOs may be treated as included in the existing list of empanelled HCOs under CGHS with same terms and conditions as have been indicated in the office Memorandum dated 01.10.2014.
Sr.No
Name of the HCOs
Address & Tel.No
NABH/Non-NABH
Facilities Empanelled for
1
Rescue Hospital
Empanelled w.e.f. 23.12.2015
S-5, Vishwas Park, Behind Sector – 3, petrol Pump, Dwarka, Delhi – 110059.Tel.No: 011 – 25335555, 39514240,25333399.
Non- NABH
General Medicine, General Surgery, Bone Marrow Transplant, Cardiology, Cardio thoracic Surgery, Gynecology, & Obstetheics Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, ENT, Eye, Dental, Orthopedic Surgery including joint replacement, Respiratory Medicine, Urology, and diagnostics.
2
Noble Diagnostic Centre
Empanelled w.e.f. 23.12.2015
WZ-409C, Janak Park, Hari Nagar, Opp. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, Main Gate, New Delhi – 110066. Tel.No.011- 28122166, 28126230
NABL Accredited/Non-NABH
Lab facilities and X-ray, Ultrasound, Colour Doppler
As per the 7th Pay Commission Report in page 80 para 5.1.36, it has clearly stated that rationalisation has been done with utmost care to ensure minimum bunching at most levels, however if situation does arise whenever more than two stages are bunched together, one additional increment equal to 3 percent may be given for every two stages bunched, and pay fixed in the subsequent cell in the pay matrix.
According to the above statement, we have prepared new bunching table. Here we have noticed 2 bunching in Pay Band I Grade Pay 1900,
Example :
For both Basic Pay of Rs. 8990 & Rs.9260 we can see 23800 in the calculation based on 2.57 fixation as per pay matrix. In this case we have to fix the Pay as below
Pay in the pay band
Grade pay
6th cpc Basic pay
Multiplication Factor
Multiplied Result
Rounded to nearest stage as per 7cpc fitment table
7th cpc New basic pay (Bunching adjusted)
7090
1900
8990
2.57
23104
23800
23800
7360
1900
9260
2.57
23798
23800
24500
We also updated the bunching benefit in the 7th Pay Commission Calculator for all the grade pay. Information (in Red) will be visible only if your basic pay comes under bunching
Bunching Message in the Calculator :Since your pay gets bunched with a lower stage, you get additional increment of 3 percent for every two stages bunched, and the pay is fixed based on the subsequent cell in the pay matrix
Fight for uniform multiplication of 14 times of the Grade pay
SHRI KHAJA SYED HAMEED HAS PREPARED A COMPARATIVE CHART ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF 7TH CPC WHEREIN INCREASE OF PAY HAS BEEN ANALYSISED ON THE BASIS OF EXISTING GRADE PAY. IN THIS METHOD ALSO GROUP C AND GROUP B EMPLOYEES FOUND SUFFERER. THE STATEMENT AS PREPARED BY HIM IS GIVEN BELOW:
VII th Pay Commission Injustice
Dear Sir,
I am bringing the following to your knowledge and information of Central Government Staff that VIIth Pay commission has done injustice to 98% of the Central Government Staff by just giving a multiplication factor of around 10 times their existing Grade Pay but generously awarded more than 14 times multiplication benefit to higher officials. So please fight for uniform multiplication of 14 times of the Grade pay and for each year of service one increment at the new scale as recommended to retired employees to give justice to all.
PB I Rs 5200-20200
Grade Pay
Minimum recommended @ entry level by 7th CPC (Rs) in the Pay Matrix
Multiplication factor by VII th pay Commission
1800
18000
10 times
1900
19900 (difference +1900)
10.47
2000
21700(difference +1800)
10.85
2400
25500(difference +3700)
10.62
2800
29200(difference +3800)
10.42
Initially for first 2 stages every Rs100/ in GP the corresponding proposed increase is 1800 0r 1900 but for GP difference of Rs 400/ at later 2 stages the corresponding increase is only Rs3700/ to Rs3800/- whereas it must be Rs1800 0r 1900 multiplied by 4times to Rs7200-7600/.
PB II Rs 9300-34800
Grade Pay
Minimum recommended @ entry level by 7th CPC (Rs) in pay matrix
Multiplication factor by VII th pay Commission
4200
35400(difference +6200)
8.42 times
4600
44900 (difference +9500)
9.76
4800
47600(difference +2700)
9.91
5400
53100(difference +5500)
9.83
Initially for Rs1400/- GP difference the corresponding increase proposed is Rs6200/- but in next stage for Rs400/-GP the proposed hike is mind blowing Rs9500/-,in next stage for Rs200/-GP the increase is Rs2700/- and for Rs600/-GP hike further increase is Rs5500/-
PB III Rs 15600-39100
Grade Pay
Minimum recommended @ entry level by 7th CPC (Rs) in the Pay matrix
Multiplication factor by VII th pay Commission
5400
56100
10.38times
6600
67700 (difference +11600)
10.25
7600
78800(difference +11100)
10.36
For a GP of Rs1200/- difference the hike proposed is Rs11600/- and for another Rs1000/- GP increase the increase given by CPC is Rs 11100/-
PB IV Rs 37400-67000
Grade Pay
Minimum recommended @ entry level by 7th CPC (Rs)in the Pay matrix
Multiplication factor by VII th pay Commission
8700
118500(difference +39700)
13.62 times
8900
131100 (difference +12600)
14.73
10000
144200(difference +13100)
14.42
For a GP increase of Rs1100/- the CPC proposed a hike of Rs39700/- and for a GP difference of Rs200/- the CPC recommended a increase of Rs12600/- and for a GP increase of Rs1100/- the CPC recommended a hike of Rs13100/-
It will easily understood the members of VII th Pay commission done fixation and recommendation quite irrationally without any uniformity in a whimsical manner. If 14 times multiplication is awarded to all the staff uniformly Min.Basic will be Rs1800* 14 = 25200/-for entry level staff. Kindly publish this in your website.
The Deputy Commissioner & Director,
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan,
All Regional Offices & ZIETs.
Sub: Guidelines on Air Travel on Tour / LTC
Sir/Madam, During the audit on the accounts of Regional Offices and Kendriya Vidyalayas, the audit parties observed that the officers entitled for travel by Air have booked their Air Tickets through private travel agencies, which is not in order as per the extant orders and have also objected to it.
As per the Government of India guidelines, Air Tickets may be purchased directly from offices of the Air India ( at Booking counters/website of Airlines) or by utilizing the services of Authorized Travel Agencies namely M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company, M/s Ashok Travels & Tours and IRCTC (to the extent IRCTC is authorized as per DoPT’s OM No.311011/6/2002-Estt.(A) dated 02.12.2009).
The same procedure should be following for booking the Air Tickets for performing the Leave Travel Concession travel facility.
The copies of the following orders are enclosed herewith:
1. Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of personnel and Training) OM.No.311011/6/2002 – (Estt.(A) dated 2nd December 2009. [Click to view the orders]
2. Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure office Memorandum No.19024/1/2009-E.IV dated 16th September, 2010. [Click to view the orders]
3. Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, Office Memorandum No.19024/1/2012/E.IV dated 9th July 2013. [Click to view the orders]
4. Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, public Grievances and pensions (Department of personnel and Training) OM.No.311011/5/2014-(Estt.(A-IV) dated 23rd September 2015 [Click to view the orders]
In this connection, Deputy Commissioner, Regional Offices and Director, ZIETs are requested to inform their subordinate offices for strict compliance of the above orders.
As per the 7th Pay Commission Report in page 80 para 5.1.36, it has clearly stated that rationalisation has been done with utmost care to ensure minimum bunching at most levels, however if situation does arise whenever more than two stages are bunched together, one additional increment equal to 3 percent may be given for every two stages bunched, and pay fixed in the subsequent cell in the pay matrix.
According to the above statement, we have prepared new bunching table. Here we have noticed 2 bunching in Pay Band I – Grade Pay 1800,
Example :
For both Basic Pay of Rs. 7210 & Rs.7430 we can see 19100 in the calculation based on 2.57 fixation as per pay matrix. In this case we have to fix the Pay as below
Pay in the pay band
Grade pay
6th cpc Basic pay
Multiplication Factor
Multiplied Result
Rounded to nearest stage as per 7cpc fitment table
