Railway Employees will get Rs 8,897 as bonus for this month
Ahead of the festive season, the Government today cleared a proposal to give productivity-linked bonus to about 12 lakh railway employees.
The proposal was cleared at the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources said.
Railways had proposed to give 78-day wages as productivity-linked bonus, the same as the last three years, despite the financial crunch. This could mean that the employees will get Rs 8,897 as bonus for this month.
The burden on railways is estimated to cost more than Rs 800 crore.
In 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 also,78-day wages were given as PLB to railway employees.
Productivity-linked bonus is paid to railway employees each year.
Verification of service maintained only in Part V of the Service Book – DOPT
18019/7/2013-Estt. (L)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
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JNU Old Campus, New Delhi
Dated the 30th September, 2015.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Simplification of procedure for verification of service- adherence to the revised format – regarding.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM of even number dated 23 rd October, 2013 for simplification of procedure for verification of service and adherence of the revised format of the Service Book prescribed by this Department’s OM No, 17011/1/99-Estt. (L) dated 11.03.2008 whereby the revised format of the Service Book was circulated for being adopted. The said revised format also includes Part V where under the record of verification of service is to be maintained.
2. It has been brought to the notice of this Department that the aforesaid provisions of the OM dated 23 st October, 2013 and Supplementary Rules as also the provisions of the CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972 as referred to in that OM are not being followed. Consequently, the gaps in service verification, get detected at a very late stage when the concerned Government servant is due to retire on attaining the age of superannuation.
3. In view of this and with the objective of eliminating delays in processing of cases of retiring Government Servants, the aforementioned rules and the instructions of this Department are reiterated and it is stated that it may be ensured that the following are strictly adhered to:
(i) The record of verification of service may henceforth be maintained only in Part V of the revised format of the Service Book as per the new format prescribed by this Departments aforesaid OM of 11-03-2008.
(ii) The exercise for ensuring completion of the entries of service verification in the Part V of the new format, in respect of employees who are retiring within five years, may be undertaken immediately, by the concerned administrative authorities and concluded within a defined time frame, as may be worked out by such authority.
(iii) Any gap in the verification of service may be intimated to the employee concerned, and simultaneously appropriate action for ensuring verification of missing spells may be taken by the Head of Office.
(iv) The concerned Government servant may also be informed of deficiencies and gaps as regards missing entries relating to verification of service and the period thereof.
4. The Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare have also suggested that the administrative authorities, to preclude and to cut down on delays in payment of retiral benefits to Government servants retiring of superannuation, may consider adoption of the following mechanisms and processes:
(i) Annual service verification and intimation to every officer regarding Service Verification Status so that any lapse is timely ascertained and corrective action taken.
(ii) The exercise of Annual verification be monitored by every Ministry/ Department/Cadre Controlling Authority on a quarterly basis.
5. All Ministries/ Departments are accordingly requested to issue suitable instructions to all Heads of Offices/Pay & Accounts Offices for strict compliance of the above instructions so as to preclude any delays in disbursement of retiral benefits of Government servants.
Railway employees are likely to be given 78-day wages as productivity-linked bonus (PLB) for the fiscal 2014-15, the same as in the last three years, despite the financial crunch.
The proposal to give 78-day bonus to railwaymen is likely to come up tomorrow at the Cabinet meeting, sources said.
If the Cabinet decides tomorrow for a 78-day bonus then about 12 lakh railway employees will get about Rs 8897 as bonus this month, they said.
There will be about 11 lakh railway employees who will get the benefit of PLB and it is estimated to cost more than Rs 800 crores to the public transporter.
In 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 also, 78-day wages were given as PLB to railway employees.
Productivity-linked bonus is paid to railway employees each year before the Dussehra festival.
However, General Secretary of National Railway Federation of Indian Railwaymen M Raghavaiah said “We are demanding to increase the ceiling of Rs 3,500 per month as Labour Ministry has also advocated for the hike in bonus and we have written to Prime Minister for this.
“But since the election code of conduct is in force, the government has to have special permission from the Election Commission to raise the amount.
Revision of pension in r/o pre-2006 JCOs/ORs pensioners/Family pensioners – Clarification
OFFICE OF THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)
DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD- 211014
Circular No.549
Dated: 30.09.2015
Subject: – Revision of pension in r/o pre-2006 JCOs/ORs pensioners/Family pensioners Reference: -This office Circular No.547 dated 11.09.2015
PDAs are aware that as per this office Circular No. 547 dt. 11.09.2015, Service/Family pension in respect of JCOs/OR will be revised w.e.f 01.01.2006 by PDAs as per tables attached with above cited circular. It has come to the notice that various PDAs are feeling difficulties while revising the pension.
Clarifications on some of the major problems are as under
(1) The Service Pension/Family pension has been revised w.e.f 1.1.2006 in r/o Pre-06 pensioners vide this office Circular No. 547 dated 11th September 2015. The rates of Service/Family pension, if beneficial, shall be payable w.e.f 1.1.2006 to 30.06.2009 and thereafter, pension shall be revised according to this office Circular No. 430 dated 10.03.2010 except in cases of Hony. Lt and Hony. Capt. where it has been payable up to 23.09.2012 and thereafter pension shall be revised according to this office Circular No 501 dated 17.01.2013.
It is hereby clarified that Service/Family pension of Pre-06 JCOs/OR which has been revised under Sixth CPC,as per provisions contained in Para 4.1 of Ministry’s letter No 17(4)/2008(1)/D(Pen/Pol) dated 11.11.2008 as amended therein, shall in no case be lower than fifty percent and thirty percent respectively, of the minimum of the pay in pay band plus the Grade pay corresponding to the pre-revised scale from which the pensioner had retired /discharged/ invalided out/ died including Military Service Pay and ‘X’ Group Pay, where applicable. Now, after issue of Circular under reference,” minimum of the fitment table for the rank in the revised Pay Band” has been taken into account instead of “minimum of the pay in pay band”. Exactly same treatment which was given to the Defence Civilians and Commissioned Officers vide this office Circular No. C-144 dated 14.08.2015 and 548 dated 11.09.2015 respectively. Accordingly, Annexure III attached with GOI, MOD letter dated 11.11.2008,as amended from time to time may be replaced with tables attached with GOI,MOD letter dated 3rd September,2015 and shall be payable from 1.1.2006.
Service Pension of JCOs/OR has been revised w.e.f 1.07.2009, on the basis of recommendations of CSC-2009, @ 50% of the notional pay in the post 1.1.2006 revised pay structure corresponding to the maximum of pay scales applicable from 10.10.1997 for the rank and group continuously held for last 10 months preceding invalidment/discharge. The amount so determined shall be the pension for 33 years of reckonable qualifying service including rank weightage. This provision has been circulated vide this office Circular No.430 dt.10.03.2010 showing the revised pension rates w.e.f 1.7.2009.
Further, Service Pension/Family Pension of JCOs/OR has again been revised w.e.f 24.09.2012, on the basis of recommendation of CSC-2012, @ 50% of notional maximum for the ranks and group across the three services. The, weightage has been enhanced by two years for Sepoy, Naik and Havildar rank. Pension of all pre-1.1.2006 PBOR pensioners of Army, Navy and Air Force (including DSC and TA) shall be reckoned at 50% of the notional maximum for the rank and group across the three services. The above CSC-2012 provisions have been circulated vide this office Circular No.501 dt. 17.01.2013 showing revised pension rates payable w.e.f 24.09.2012.
(2) The Service/Family Pension rates for the rank of Hony. rank such as Hony. Naik, TS Naik, Hony Havidar and Hony Nb Sub have not been shown in this office Circular No. 547 dated 11.09.2015. In this context, it is hereby clarified that as per this office circular No 403 dated 02.02.2009,pension of TS Naik/Hony NK and Hony Havildar is Rs 1/- less than pension admissible for NKs and Havildars for the same length of qualifying service and group of pay in which he was last paid respectively. It is therefore, clarified that the rate of pension shown in Annexure attached with GOI,MOD letter dated 3rd September 2015 (modified parity of pension) may be reduced by Rs 1/- while comparing revised pension for TS Naik, Hony. Naik and Hony. Havildar. However, in case of Havildar granted Hony Nb-Sub drawing pay in the scale of Havildar’s rank i.e. rank held at the time of retirement, therefore, they are entitled for modified parity with reference to Havildar’s rank i.e. the rank held by the individual at the time of retirement/discharged/invalidment.
(3) A pensioner who had retired with any rank and granted ACP-I will be eligible for revision of pension of next higher rank, and if ACP-II has been granted, he will be eligible for revision of pension of next higher rank of ACP-I w.e.f. 01.01.2006 .
(4) Instructions have already been issued to PDAs vide this office circular No 547 dated 11.09.2015 to revise the pension as per tables appended to Ministry of Defence letter dated 03.09.2015. Therefore, if the pension rates shown in “sangam PPOs” w.e.f. 01.01.2006 issued by this office are lower than this rate, the same may be stepped up to that level.
(5) Further, if the consolidated pension/family pension calculated as per Para 4.1 of Ministry’s letter No. 17(4)/2008(1)/D(Pen/Pol) dated 11.11.2008 is higher than the pension/family pension shown in tables appended to Ministry of Defence letter dated 03.09.2015, the same(higher consolidated pension/family pension) will continued be treated as basic pension/family pension.
(6) However, where revised pension in terms of Govt of India, Ministry of Defence letter No. PC 10(1)/2009-D (Pen/Pol) dated 08.03.2010 circulated vide this office Circular No.430 dated 10.03.2010 and GOI, MOD letter No. 1(13)/2012/D(Pen/Policy) dated 17.01.2013 circulated vide this office Circular No. 501 dated 17.01.2013 is higher than the rates indicated in annexure attached with circular under reference , the same will continued be treated as basic pension/family pension from 01.07.2009 and 24.09.2012 respectively.
(7) This circular has been uploaded on this office website www.pcdapension.nic.in for disseminating across the all concerned.
Verification of Pensioners/ Family pensioners in banks
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
RBA No. 62 /2015
N0.2010/AC-II/21/10/Pt.IV
New Delhi, Dated 05 .10.2015
General Managers,
All Indian Railways
Sub: Verification of Pensioners/ Family pensioners in banks.
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Please refer to Board’s letter of even no. dated 18.09.2014 vide which Railways were advised to undertake a special drive for verification of pensioners/family pensioners in the month of November,2014 when they come for submission of life certificate in banks.
It is desired that similar exercise may be carried out in the month of November,2015 also in the premises of banks, through which a major part of pension is disbursed, for identification of railway pensioners with reference to the relevant pension records with the railways.
For this purpose, as was done last year, staff drafted from Accounts and Personnel departments in Headquarters/ Divisions/ Workshops may be deputed to the banks located in the vicinity of HQ/ Divisions/Workshops to remain present with the bank staff assigned for government pension. This exercise may be carried out during the entire month of November, 2015. During this period, besides verification of pensioners, the Railway staff would undertake check of pension, as per the draft check list enclosed. The concerned pension disbursing banks are being advised separately to facilitate this exercise. However, the Railway may also co-ordinate with nodal branch of the various banks and ensure that suitable instructions reach their concerned branches.
Kindly prepare action plan and monitor its implementation. Results of action taken as above may please be advised to Board in the first week of December, 2015.
DA: As above
(M.Akhtar)
Additional Member/Staff
Railway Board
SUGGESTED CHECKLIST FOR GUIDANCE OF STAFF NOMINATED FOR VERIFICATION OF PENSION AT THE BANK
1. The employees deputed to the particular branch should carry the latest debit scroll with the name of the pensioners to verify its correctness with bank records.
2. 100% matching of pensioners’names and amount with that of the bank.
3. Physical verification of the pensioner will be checked w.r.t:-
i) Life certificate.
ii) PPO details – confirm the personal details and details of his/her dependants.
iii) Proof/Authenticity of the certificate of dependency in case of dependants drawing family pension.
4. Correctness of revised pension from ready reckoner, etc.
5. After conclusion of this exercise, the nominated railway official will jointly sign certificate with the bank that _________ number of pensioners/family pensioners are drawing pension from the branch and the debit for the month of November,2015 is Rs.____________.
6. Any other item which the FA&CAO/CPO may consider fit.
Meeting Notice – To discuss important Charter of Demand on 9th Oct 2015
F.No.3/1/2015-JCA
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
North Block, New Delhi
Dated 5th October 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Meeting of the National Council (JCM) Staff side under the joint Chairmanship of JS (AV),DOP&T to discuss the issues raised in the Charter of Demands by the Staff Side
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The undersigned is directed to inform that a meeting, under the Chairmanship of Ms. Archana Varma, Joint Secretary, DOP&T with Joint Secretary (Pers.). Department of Expenditure and Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour is scheduled to be held on Friday, the 9th October 2015 at 1500 hours in Room No.190, Conference Room, North Block, New Delhi, to discuss the issues raised in the Charter of Demands.
2. Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.
( G.Srinivasan )
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India
All Staff Side Members of the National Council (JCM) as per list attached
F. No. 2(54)/08-DPE (WC)-GL-XIV/15
Government of India
Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises
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Public Enterprises Bhawan,
Block, 14, CGO Complex, Lodi Road,
New Delhi- 110003, the 29th September, 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: – Payment of DA to the CDA pattern employees of CPSEs Governed by HPPC recommendations w.e.f. 01.07.2015.
The undersigned is directed to refer to Para No.2 and Annexure-III to this Deparment O.M. dated 14.10.2008 wherein the rates of DA payable to the employees, who are following CDA pattern pay scales had been indicated.
2. The DA payable to the employees may be enhanced from the existing rate of 113% to 119% with effect from 01.07.2015.
3. The payment of Dearness Allowance involving fractions of 50 paise and above may be rounded off to the next higher rupee and the fractions of’ less than 50 paise may be ignored.
4. These rates are applicable in the case of’ CDA employees whose pay have been revised with effect 01·01.2006 as per OPE O.M. dated 14.10.2008.
5. All administrative Ministries/Department of Government of India are requested to bring the foregoing to the notice of the Central Public Sector Enterprises under their administrative control for action at their end.
7th Pay Commission award will not impact fiscal deficit target
The government on Monday made a solemn pledge to stick to the fiscal deficit target of 3.9 per cent of GDP, despite an expectation of a slight revenue fall, and said that the 7th Pay Commission award will not impact this year’s target and the glide path for fiscal deficit laid in the Budget.
Finance Secretary Rattan Wattal said that the 7th Pay Commission award will not impact FY16 fiscal deficit target. While there is fear of some revenue shortfall, especially on the direct tax front, Wattal said that the government does not want to go in for any expenditure cuts to meet the deficit target. The FY16 plan spending target is realistic and reasonable, he said.
Wattal said the government’s capital expenditure has improved significantly and will have a multiplier effect on the economy.
Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian said that the government was absolutely committed to fiscal glide path. The revenue assumptions have been very realistic this year. Tax revenue collections so far have been satisfactory, except for some shortfall in April-September direct tax growth which is around 12 per cent.
“There may be a short-fall in direct tax collection,” Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said, but added that it will be compensated by indirect tax receipts. There may be 5-7 per cent shortfall in tax collection target, he said.
Department of Personnel and Training proposes to organize blood donation camp
F.No.A.60011/3/2015 -Admn- III
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel PG & Pension
(Department of Personnel and Training)
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New Delhi the 1st October, 2015
Office Memorandum
Sub:- Blood Donation Camp – regarding
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Department of Personnel and Training proposes to organize blood donation camp in association with Indian Red Cross Society as per schedule given below:-
S.No.
Building
Date
Timing
1
Nirman Bhavan
21.10.2015
1100 Hrs. to 1600 Hrs
2
South Block
18.11.2015
1100 Hrs. to 1600 Hrs
3
Udyog Bhavan
16.12.2015
1100 Hrs. to 1600 Hrs
4
SSC(HQ),CGO Complex
20.01.2016 1
1100 Hrs. to 1600 Hrs
2. All Government employees are requested to participate in the event.
NFIR request to PM – Revision of wage eligibility and calculation ceiling limits for payment of Bonus
NFIR
National Federation of Indian Railwaymen
CHELMSFORD ROAD, NEW DELHI – 110 055
No. I/10/Part V
Dated: 05/10/2015
Shri Narendra Modi,
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India,
South Block,
Raisina Hills.
New Delhi
Respected Sir,
Sub: Payment of Bonus to workers – removal of eligibility and calculation ceilings-reg.
Vide Press Information Bureau dated 1st September 2015, the Government of India (Ministry of Labour & Employment) has announced that the Government has been seriously considering amendment in the wage eligibility for payment of Bonus to the employees from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 21,000 and equally for revising the calculation ceiling from Rs. 3500 to Rs. 7000 or the minimum wage notified by the appropriate Government for that category of employees, whichever is higher. Although more than a month passed from the date of announcement, the Government is yet to give decision for upward revision of wage eligibility and calculation ceiling limits.
2. In this connection, NFIR desires to bring to your kind notice that in the Railways, productivity Linked Bonus Scheme was introduced in the year 1979 by an agreement with the Railwaymen’s Federations. Pursuant to the said agreement, payment of productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) is made every year (prior to Dussehra festival) by notional calculation of salary at Rs. 3500/- per month. NFIR has been pressing the Government since long to remove calculation ceiling for ensuring payment of PL. Bonus on actual salary of employees.
3. The employees throughout the Country are anxiously awaiting for Government’s decision as already promised for revision of wage eligibility and calculation ceiling limits on Bonus.
NFIR, therefore, requests the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India to kindly intervene and see that the commitment made on September 1, 2015 for revision of wage eligibility and calculation ceiling limits for payment of Bonus is implemented before commencement of Puja Holidays.
