Himachal state government announced release of 6 percent additional DA to employees and pensioners

6 per cent hike in DA for Himachal govt employees, pensioners

Shimla/Dharamshala: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today announced release of six per cent additional DA to employees and pensioners of the state government with effect from January 1 this year, which would cost Rs 330 crore more to the state exchequer annually.

Presiding over the state-level function on the occasion of the 70th Independence Day at Solan, he said the government has already released five per cent interim relief to employees and pensioners, and six per cent additional DA would be paid from October.

Meanwhile, presiding over the district-level Independence Day function in Dharamshala, state transport minister G S Bali announced HRTC will have Super Luxury Scania AC buses in its fleet, adding, “Such buses will be used to connect district headquarters with Shimla.”

Also, all state and Central government employees will get 15 per cent concession while travelling in HRTC buses within the state, while HIV patients shall travel free of cost, he said.

“HRTC will provide taxi service in Shimla, Dharamshala, Chamba and Manali, within next two months, Bali added.

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Merger of 50% DA with Pay and Pension for BSNL Employees and Pensioners

Revision of pension of BSNL pensioners/ family pensioners, who retired prior to 10.06.2013 by allowing the benefit of merger of 50% DA/ DR with Basic Pay/ pension, effectively amounting to 78.2% DA/ DR for the purpose of fitment

BSNL Pensioners will get Merger of 50% DA / DR with Basic Pay / Pension

No.40-13/2013-Pen (T)
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Telecommunications

Dated 18.07.2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Revision of pension of BSNL pensioners/ family pensioners, who retired prior to 10.06.2013 by allowing the benefit of merger of 50% DA/ DR with Basic Pay/ pension, effectively amounting to 78.2% DA/ DR for the purpose of fitment

The pension to combined service optee absorbed employees in BSNL is paid by Government as per sub-rules 21 to 23 of Rule 37-A of CCS(Pension) Rules 1972.

2. Consequent to the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) orders dated 26.11.2008, revision of pay of employees of BSNL was allowed with effect from 1.1.2007 vide Letter No. 61-01/2009-SU dated 27.02.2009. Subsequently, pension/family pension of employees retired from BSNL who retired between 01.10.2000 and 1.1.2007, was revised vide this office O.M No. 40-17/2008-Pen (T) Vol.III dated 15.3.2011.

3. Further to Department of Public Enterprises O.M. No. 2(70)/08-DPE (WC)-GL- VII/09 dated 02.04.2009, the benefit of merger of 50% DA with Basic Pay effectively amounting to 78.2% IDA as on 1.1.2007 for the purpose of fitment, was granted to the BSNL serving employees w.e.f. 10.6.2013 vide Order No. 61-01/2012-SU dated 10.6.2013.

4. The issue regarding revision of pension/ family pension of BSNL IDA pensioners/ family pensioners, who retired prior to 10.06.2013 has been considered by the Government, and the following has been decided:

(a)The pension/ family pension of BSNL IDA pensioners/ family pensioners, who retired prior to 01.01.2007, may be revised as on 01.01.2007 notionally with actual benefit w.e.f. 10.06.2013 by adding together

1. Existing basic pension/ family pension including commuted portion of pension, if any
2. Dearness relief (IDA) @ 78.2%
3. Fitment weightage @ 30% of the existing pension/ family pension and dearness relief (IDA) thereon.

The amount so arrived will be regarded as consolidated pension/ family pension with effect from 10.06.2013.
(b)The pension/ family pension of BSNL IDA pensioners/ family pensioners, who retired between 01.01.2007 and 09.06.2013, their pay may be revised notionally with effect from 01.01.2007 by allowing the benefit of merger of 50% DA/DR with Basic Pay/ Pension effectively amounting to 78.2% IDA for the purpose of fitment, and consequential revision of pension on notional pay with actual benefit w.e.f. 10.06.2013, at par with the serving employees of BSNL. However, these pensioners do not get actual benefit of increase in pay/ pension during the period between 01.01.2007 to 09.06.2013, and they would not get increase in the amount of DCRG, leave encashment and commutation of pension on this account.

5.The other conditions with regard to commuted portion of pension, minimum pension and increase in the quantum of pension/ family pension to the old pensioners/ family pensioners, as mentioned in this office O.M. No. 40-17/2008-Pen (T) Vol.III dated 15.3.2011 shall remain the same.

6.Action to revise pension/ family pension in terms of these provisions may be initiated suo-moto by the concerned Heads of offices. All administrative offices of BSNL handling preparation of pension papers of BSNL pensioners may be directed to initiate the process of consolidation of pension/ family pension to the BSNL IDA pensioners/ family pensioners, who retired prior to 10.06.2013, at the consolidated rates in terms of para 4 above immediately and forward the same to the concerned CCAs for consolidation and issue of revised Pension Payment Orders (PPOs).

7. The exercise to extend benefit of these orders to the pensioners/ family pensioners should be completed by 31.12.2016.

(S K Jain)

DDG (Establishment)

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Union Minister of State Reply – No proposal to introduce any new pension scheme for retired Central Government employees

Union Minister of State Reply – No proposal to introduce any new pension scheme for retired Central Government employees

Schemes for Retired Employees

The pension of Central Civil Government servants appointed on or before 31.12.2003 is governed by the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules 1972 or the corresponding Pension Rules of other Services/Departments such as All India Services and Railways.

The Central Civil Government Servants appointed on or after 01.01.2004 are governed by the Defined Contribution-based Pension Scheme under the National Pension System.

The personnel belonging to the Defence Services continue to be eligible for pension under Defined Benefit Pension Rules applicable to defence personnel.

There is no proposal to introduce any new pension scheme for retired Central Government employees.
This was stated by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Smt. Rekha Verma in the Lok Sabha today.

Discontentment amongst the Government Employees against Cabinet Decision on the 7th CPC recommendations – BPMS

Discontentment amongst the Government Employees against Cabinet Decision on the 7th CPC recommendations – BPMS

REF: BPMS/Cir/17th TC/08

Dated: 13.08.2016

To,
The President/General Secretary
Unions Affiliated to the Federation.
Office Bearers & Executive Committee Members
BPMS

Subject: Agitational Programme to be held from 22.08.2016 to 27.08.2016.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
It is hoped that all of you are well and busy in accelerating trade union activities. As all of you know that the notification and the revised pay rules related to 7th CPC have been promulgated by the Government without any change as it was recommended by 7th CPC. Neither Pay Commission nor the Government paid any heed to our demands and thereby we are constrained to take some agitational steps.

In this regard, a mass rally has been scheduled at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on 29.08.2016 to protest anti-employee attitude of the Government and to constrain the Government for paying heed to our genuine demands. It is worth to mention here that prior to Cabinet Meeting on 7th CPC held on 29 June, 2016; NJCA had announced an indefinite strike to be commenced from 11 July, 2016. But it bowed before the pressure exerted by the Government and cancelled the strike when grief, sorrow and discontentment of the employees were on its culmination erupted by anti-employee attitude of the Government. The postponement of the strike by NJCA has jolted the trade union movement and put a question mark on the worthy of existence of the unions.

There is a need to prepare ourselves and make aware others with respect to our demands, continuous struggles and humongous Delhi rally. To fulfill the above purpose a one week start up programme from 22.08.2016 to 27.08.2016 has been scheduled to protest anti-employee and antiprogressive attitude of the Government. In the programme, Gate meetings, Slogan Shouthing, Demonstration at main gate etc will be conducted as per feasibility. On the last day of the Programme viz 27.08.2016 a memorandum addressed to Hon’able Prime Minister has to be submitted

through Hon’able Member of Parliament of your constituency.

Your support for the said programme is solicited.

Brotherly yours
(M P SINGH)
General Secretary

Enclosed: Proforma of Memorandum
Copy to:
1- The General Secretary
BMS, New Delhi
2- The In-charge
BPMS, Lucknow
3- The Secretary General
GENC, Kanpur

To,
The Prime Minister,
Govt of India,
South Block, Raisina Hills
New Delhi – 110 011

Through: Shri …………….
Hon’ble Member of Parliament,

Subject : Discontentment amongst the Government Employees against Central Government’s Cabinet Decision on the 7th CPC recommendations.

Hon’ble Sir,

1. The disappointment and discontentment prevailing amongst the Central Government employees, their families and their colleagues of all the State Governments, who were waiting eagerly from the Central Government Cabinet to overturn the some of the excruciating recommendations of 7th CPC have compelled us to draw your kind attention towards it.

2. The Cabinet’s decision on the recommendations of 7th CPC has jolted to the faith of employees who believe in the assurances given in the format & informal meetings between the Ministers of Union Government and trade union/federations including affiliated to Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh.

3. It is regretted to submit that the annoyance of all the lowest rung employees has reached in a manner wherein they are flaying the Central Government for not taking note of their hope of enhancing the minimum pay from Rs 18000/- and multiplying factor from 2.57, rate of interest from 3% to 5% and non-merging any of the Grade Pay of PB-1 & PB-2. Also neither New Pension Scheme has been scrapped nor the Government assured for minimum guaranteed pension for the recruits on or after 01.01.2004 nor the arrears of enhanced Bonus have yet been paid despite passing of reasonable time in accepting the amendment to the Bonus Act.

4. It is worth to mention that while considering the recommendations of 7th CPC, the assurances of the responsible Union Ministers after lengthy deliberations with the reps of this Federation have been totally ignored which resultant the awkward position of the Federation too. It is well known fact that the Union Government’s decision shall not affect the Central employees only but shall affect the State employees too since by now and large, the identical report is to be implemented by them also.

5. Being the only hope from your kind goodself, we look forward for interfering into the matter in order of avoiding of becoming the image of anti-workers of the Government both at the level of Central as well State employees.

With deep regards.

Sincerely yours

(Name)
General Secretary

Source: BPMS

Setting up of a high level committee to review the Minimum Wage Multiplication Factor

Setting up of a high level committee to review the Minimum Wage Multiplication Factor

National Council (Staff Side)
Joint Cinsultative Machinery
for Central Government Employees
13-c, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi- 110001

Shiva Gopal Mishra
Secretary
No.NC-JCM-2016/7th CPC

August 12,2016

Shri Arun Jaitley,
Hon’ble Finance Minister,
Govt. of India,
North Block,
New Delhi

Sub: Setting up of a high level committee to review the Minimum Wage Multiplication Factor.
Ref: Our letter of even No. dated 26.7.2016.

Dear Sir,
We solicit your kind reference to the discussion, the representatives of NJCA had with you in the presence of the Honourable Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh and the Railway Minister, Shri Suresh Prabhu and the MOS (R) Shri Manoj Sinha on 30th June, 2016.

We were expecting a quick action on the part of the Government to operationalise the assurance of setting up a high level Committee to go into the Minimum wage, Multiplication factor etc. However, we are disappointed that even after a lapse of more than a month no order has been issued by the Government in this regard. The employees, as you are aware, were angry over the arbitrary determination of the minimum wage by the 7th CPC by mutilating the Dr. Aykhroyd formula and also the propornate multiplication factor.
We, therefore, appeal to you that the concerned authorities may be asked to expedite the issuance of orders setting up the committee and finalization of the Report within the available time of remaining three months.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

sd/-
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
Secretary

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Disburse 7th CPC Arrears alongwith the Salary of August, 2016 without waiting budget allotment: CGDA

Disburse 7th CPC Arrears alongwith the Salary of August, 2016 without waiting budget allotment: CGDA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
DEFENCE ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT

NO. AN/VII/7220/BE 2016-17

Dated: 10.08.2016

To
The PCsDA/ PCA(Fys) Kolkata/CsDA
(Through Website)

Subject : Implementation Of Seventh Central Pay Commission recommendations-Instructions regarding

Apropos HQrs Circular No. AN/XlV/14162/Seventh CpC/ Vol-l dated 05.08.2016, it is requested that keeping in view the contents of Para 2(x), the revised pay consequent upon fixation of pay under CCS(RP) Rules 2016 with effect from 1.1.2016 and the arrears thereof , may be paid alongwith the salary Of August 2016. The payment may be made without waiting for allotment Of additional funds from the HQrs, under the Salary head.

2. Also, it is requested that the details Of the payment of arrears under the respective Code Heads Of ‘Salary’ may be intimated separately to the HQrs. The requirement Of additional funds under the ‘Salary’ head may be projected in the RE 2016-17/ BE 2017-18 estimates.

3. Hindi version will follow.

sd/-
(Mustaq Ahmad)
Dy.CGDA(AN)

Source: www.cgda.nic.in
[http://cgda.nic.in/adm/circular/7thCPC-11082016.pdf]

7th Pay Commission: Allowances to be paid ahead of Dussehra

7th Pay Commission: Allowances to be paid ahead of Dussehra

New Delhi: 7th Pay Commission allowances for all central government employees under the new pay matrix will be paid ahead of festive season of Dussehra, a top Finance Ministry’s official told.

According to Union Cabinet decision, a Committee headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa and Secretaries of Home Affairs, Defence, Health and Family Welfare among others as its members was constituted on July 22 for examination of the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission on allowances other than dearness allowance.

The Union Cabinet took this decision on June 29, when they approved 7th Pay Commission proposal.
“The new pay matrix is implemented as per a decision of the cabinet in light of notification and resolution for the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations was issued by the Finance Ministry on July 25,” he said in reply to a question from our reporter.

The pay fixation and arrears related Office Memorandum No.1-5/2016-IC and Corrigendum dated July 29 and dated August 1 respectively were issued, he added.

The hike in the salary component as recommended by the 7th Pay Commission was accepted by the cabinet with retrospective effect from January 1, 2016. The government decided to pay its 48 lakh employees and 52 lakh pensioners’ arrears arising from implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations in one go in this month salaries and pensions.

The Finance Secretary committee was asked to submit its report within four months. Accordingly, a decision on increased allowances is to be come in November, but government decided to pay it with bonus ahead of festive season of Dussehra and the committee is bound to follow the government instruction.” official confirmed us.

So, the brightest diyas of coming Diwali will be lit outside houses of central government employees.
The pay commission headed by Justice A K Mathur had recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming 37 others after examining 196 allowances.

“These measures are radical in nature, even the employees’ unions have given their suggestions in the matter and therefore the committee has been formed to look into it. Whatever the committee decides, it will go to the Cabinet,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

This is noted that the first meeting of the committee already took place on August 4.

Centre Enhances disability Pension to those who Retired before 2006

Centre Enhances disability Pension to those who Retired before 2006 – As per the order, the provision linking the service element of the disability pension of departments has been deleted.

The Union Government has announced an enhanced disability pension for pre-2006 pensioners. Now, they will be treated at par with pensioners who retired after 2006.

An order by the Department of Pensions said here on Friday that the revised consolidated pension of pre-2006 pensioners shall not be lower than 50 per cent of the minimum pay in the pay band and grade pay (wherever applicable), corresponding to the ‘pre-revised pay scale as per the fitment table without pro-rata reduction of pension’, even if they had qualifying service of less than 33 years at the time of retirement.
It said the provision would be equally applicable for computing the service element of the revised disability pension being drawn by the pre-2006 disability pensioners.

As per the order, the provision linking the service element of the disability pension of departments has been deleted. The arrears of revised disability pensions would be payable with effect from January 1, 2006.
It directed all Ministries/Departments to implement the orders revising the pension of all those pre-2006 disability pensioners who had rendered less than 33 years of qualifying service at the time of retirement as top priority.

7th Pay Commission Pay hike needed more money: FM

7th Pay Commission Pay hike needed more money: FM

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told lawmakers on Friday that he would need more money in the current fiscal year to cover the cost of 7th Pay Commission Pay hike for 10 million central government employees and pensioners.

The government will require “some enhancement” for spending on salaries and pensions in 2016-17 to absorb the off-cycle pay hikes announced in June on the recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission.

The government faces a challenge to achieve its fiscal deficit target of 3.5 percent of GDP in the current fiscal year, but is “quite optimistic” of fully achieving the target of 3 percent in 2017/18, the finance ministry said in the Medium-Term Expenditure report tabled in parliament’s lower house.

Rating agencies such as Moody’s have said that the increase in wages would boost consumer demand, leading to inflationary pressures and making it difficult for the next governor of the Reserve Bank of India to achieve its inflation target.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has just confirmed a central inflation target of 4 percent, plus or minus 2 percentage points, that was agreed with departing governor Raghuram Rajan for the next five years.

Total federal spending on salaries and pensions is estimated to rise about 10 percent in the next fiscal year to 2.58 trillion rupees ($38.6 billion) compared with budget estimates for the current fiscal year.

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Panel to submit report on one regulator for pension products

Panel to submit report on one regulator for pension products

Mumbai: A panel formed by the government to look into the issue of bringing all pension products under one regulator is likely to submit its report shortly, a top official of pension watchdog PFRDA said today.

At present, pension products are being regulated by multiple financial regulators like PFRDA, Sebi, Irdai and EPFO.

However, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has urged the government to bring all such products under it.

“A proposal has been already put to the government to have a single regulator for all kinds of pension products in the country.

“The government has set up a committee to discuss the issue. The committee is likely to give its recommendation shortly,” PFRDA Chairman Hemant Contractor told reporters on the sidelines of a CII event here.

Apart from PFRDA, the panel has members from other regulators like Sebi, Irdai and EPFO.

PFRDA has also asked the Centre to allow private sector fund managers to manage the pension funds for government employees and it is hopeful of getting the government’s nod in a month’s time.

At present, only the three state-owned fund managers are managing such funds, he said.

Moreover, the board of PFRDA has already approved increasing equity exposure in the National Pension System (NPS) to 75 per cent from existing below 50 per cent, Contractor said.

Regarding Atal Pension Yojana (APY), he said rural populace is coming forward and opting for the government-sponsored plan.

“At present, 52 per cent of subscribers under APY comprise rural folks, which was not the case a year ago when the scheme was launched.

“This has become possible only when the regional rural banks and post offices joined the distribution channel for the scheme,” he said.

Total accumulation of funds under APY currently stands at Rs 900 crore, he said.

Except for West Bengal and Tripura, all states have agreed to implement the APY scheme for their employees, Contractor said, adding that PFRDA is in talks with these two states for the same.

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