Cabinet approves Cadre review of Posts & Telegraphs Building Works Service Group A

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Cabinet

06-November-2019 20:32 IST

Cabinet approves Cadre review of Posts & Telegraphs Building Works Service (P&T BWS), Group A

The Union Cabinet Chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the Cadre Review of Posts & Telegraphs Building Works Service, Group 'A'.

The number of Duty posts was fixed as 105. The approval would result in strengthening of the cadre structure both at the headquarters and in the field units of Department of Telecommunications and Department of Posts on the basis of functional requirements. This will reduce the existing stagnation of P&T BWS officers. It was also decided that there will be no fresh recruitment into the Cadre, and the cadre will be phased out in such a manner that there is no adverse impact on the incumbents.

Background:
The Posts & Telegraphs Building Works Service (P&T BWS), Group A, was constituted in 1990 as an organized Group A service. The service comprises of three wings - Civil, Electrical and Architecture - and caters to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Department of Posts (DoP). Selected through Combined Engineering Services Examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission, the officers of P&T BWS are working in management and administrative positions in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Department of Posts (DoP), PSUs of DoT, and also on deputation in other Central Ministries/ Departments/ Autonomous Bodies and State Governments. Since the inception of the service in 1990, no cadre review of the Service has been done so far and is long overdue.

Formation of BSNL had affected the functions as well as cadre strength of the service with absorption of various officers in BSNL. After the transfer of telecom operations, service and functions of DoT to BSNL, the P&T BWS is left with the responsibility for maintenance of assets of DoT and DoP, handling of new projects, inspection of electro mechanical installations as per Central Electricity Authority Regulations, 2010, formulation of guidelines, standards and specifications for Telecom Installations, ensuring implementation of green initiatives, monitoring of EMF radiations etc. for the entire ambit of Telecom sector, both public and private, and to meet the building infrastructure needs of Department of Telecommunications and Department of Posts.

These facts coupled with the stagnation in various grades of the service necessitated a review of the structure of P&T BWS. Accordingly, a cadre structure of P&T BWS officers was approved, which is considered essential for discharge of the role & obligations of the Department of Telecommunications and Department of Posts.

The Cadre Strength was restricted to the present working strength of the cadre, and the cadre review would entail no fresh financial commitment for Government.

Also check: Calendar for Cadre Review of Central Group ‘A’ Services

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DA For Bank Employees from November 2019 to January 2020

DA For Bank Employees from November 2019 to January 2020

Indian Banks Association
HR & Industrial Relations

No.CIR/HR&IR/76/D/2019-20/8125
November 1, 2019

All Members of the Association
(Designated Officers)

Dear Sirs,

Dearness Allowance for Workmen and Officer Employees in banks for the months of November, December 2019 & January 2020 under X BPS/ Joint Note dated 25.5.2015

The confirmed All India Average Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (Base1960=100) for the quarter ended September 2019are as follows:-

July	2019	7281.46
Aug	2019	7304.29
Sep	2019	7349.94

The average CPI of the above is 7311 and accordingly the number of DA slabs are 717(7311¬4440= 2871/4= 717 Slabs) The last quarterly Payment of DA was at 681 Slabs. Hence there is an increase in DA slabs of 36, i.e 717 Slabs for payment of DA for the quarter Nov, Dec 2019 and January 2020
In terms of clause 7 of the 10th Bipartite Settlement dated 25.05.2015 and clause 3 of the Joint Note dated 25.05.2015, the rate of Dearness Allowance payable to workmen and officer employees for the months of Nov, Dec 2019 & January 2020 shall be 71.7% of 'pay'. While arriving at dearness allowance payable, decimals from third place may please be ignored.

Also check: Central Government employees DA July 2019

Yours faithfully,

S K Kakkar
Senior Advisor

DoPT Status of Cadre Review Proposals as on 31.10.2019

DoPT Orders 2019

Status of Cadre Review Proposals as on 31.10.2019

Name of the Service	CRC* Meeting	Cabinet Approval
Indian Cost Accounts Service	29.10.2013	02.01.2014
Central Power Engineering Service	11.12.2013	13.05.2014
Indian atnarce Factory Service	19.03.2014	29.10.2014
Indian Civil Accounts Service	17.07.2013	16.01.2015
Border Road Engineering Service	26.02.2015	07.04.2015
Defence Aeronautical Quality Assurance Service	08.01.2015	06.05.2015
Indian Trade Service	06.05.2014	01.07.2015
Indian Statistical Service	24 06.2014	29.07.2015
Indian Skill Development Service	10.04.2015	07.10.2015
Indian Postal Service	28.12.2015	25.05.2016
Central Reserve Police Force	15.12.2015	29.06.2016
Indian Information Service	05.05.2016	24.08.2016
Border Security Force	29.06.2016	12.09.2016
Indian P & T Accounts and Finance Service	17.09.2015	27.10.2016
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Indian Enterprise Development Service (IEDS)	28.12.2015	21.12.2016
Indian Telecom Service	06.10.2016	21.12.2016
Central Engineerinc Service (Roads)	25.04.2016	06.03.2017
Indian Naval Material Management Service	24.10.2013	22.06.2017
Indian Defence Accounts Service	09.09.2016	19.07.2017
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) (Group ‘A’ Combatised)	19.7.2017	20.12.2017
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)	15.05.2017	10.01.2018
Indian Detrdeurn and Explosive Safety Service (IPESS)	09.01.2017	02.05.2018
Indian Railways Personnel Service	19.04.2018	19.02.2019
Indian Railways Traffic Service	19.04.2018	19.02.2019
Indian Railways Stores Service	19.04.2018	19.02.2019
Indian Railways Accounts Service	19.04.2018	19.02.2019
Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers	19.04.2018	19.02.2019
Indian Railways Service of Electrical Engineers	19.04.2018	19.02.2019
Indian Railways Service of Engineers	19.04.2018	19.02.2019
Indian Railways Service of Signal Engineers	19.04.2018	19.02.2019
Indo Tibetan Border Police	08.02.2019	23.10.2019

Source: Latest DoPT Orders 2019

 

9 hours of work is a normal working day for central government employees

9 hours of work is a normal working day for central government employees

Central Government Employees Latest News

Number of Hours of work which shall constitute a normal working day.

1. The number of hours which shall constitute a normal working day under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 13, shall be nine hours.
2. The working day of an employee shall be so arranged that inclusive of the intervals of rest, if any, it shall not spread over more than twelve hours on any day.
3. The provisions of sub-rules (1) and (2) shall, in the case of an employee employed in agricultural employment, be subject to such modifications as may, from time to time, be determined by the Central Government.
4. Nothing in this rule shall be deemed to affect the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948).

7. Weekly day of rest.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this rule, an employee shall be allowed a day of rest every week (hereinafter referred to as "the rest day") which shall ordinarily be Sunday, but the employer may fix any other day of the week as the rest day for any employee or class of employees:

Provided that an employee shall be entitled for the rest day under this sub-rule if he has worked under the same employer for a continuous period of not less than six days:

Provided further that the employee shall be informed of the day fixed as the rest day and of any subsequent change in the rest day before the change is effected, by display of a notice to that effect in the place of employment at the place specified by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator in this behalf.

Explanation.- For the purpose of computation of the continuous period of not less than six days specified in the first proviso to this sub-rule, any day on which an employee is required to attend for work but is given only an allowance for attendance and is not provided with work, a day on
which an employee is laid off on payment of compensation under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), and any leave or holiday, with or without pay, granted by the employer to an employee in the period of six days immediately preceding the rest day, shall be deemed to be days
on which the employee has worked.

(2) Any such employee shall not be required or allowed to work on the rest day unless he has or will have a substituted rest day for a whole day on one of the five days immediately before or after the rest day:

Provided that no substitution shall be made which will result in the employee working for more than ten days consecutively without a rest day for a whole day.

(3) Where in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this rule, any employee works on a rest day and has been given a substituted rest day on any one of the five days before or after the rest day, the rest day shall, for the purpose of calculating the weekly hours of work, be included in the
week in which the substituted rest day occurs.

(4) An employee shall be granted-
(a) for rest day wages calculated at the rate applicable to the next preceding day; and
(b) where he works on the rest day and has been given a substituted rest day,
then, he shall be paid wages for the rest day on which he worked, at the overtime rate and wages for the substituted rest day at the rate applicable to the next preceding day:
Provided that where-

• the minimum rate of wages of the employee as notified under the Code has been worked out by dividing the minimum monthly rate of wages by twenty- six; or
• the actual daily rate of wages of the employee has been worked out by dividing the monthly rate of wages by twenty-six and such actual daily rate of wages is not less than the notified minimum daily rate of wages of the employee, then, no wages for the rest day shall be payable; and
• the employee works on the rest day and has been given a substituted rest day, then, he shall be paid, only for the rest day on which he worked, an amount equal to the wages payable to him at the overtime rate;

and, if any dispute arises whether the daily rate of wages has been worked out in accordance with the provisions of this proviso, the Chief Labour Commissioner(Central) or the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) having territorial jurisdiction may, on application made to him in this behalf, decide the same, after giving an opportunity to the parties concerned to make written representations:
Provided further that in case of an employee governed by a piece-rate system, the wages for the rest day, or the substituted rest day, as the case may be, shall be such as the Central Government may, from time to time determine having regard to the minimum rate of wages fixed under the
Code, in respect of the employment.

Explanation.- In this sub-rule 'next preceding day' means the last day on which the employee has worked, which precedes the rest day or the substituted rest day, as the case may be; and where the substituted rest day falls on a day immediately after the rest day, the next preceding day
means the last day on which the employee has worked, which precedes the rest day.

(5) The provisions of this rule shall not operate to the prejudice of more favourable terms, if any, to which an employee may be, entitled under any other law or under the terms of any award, agreement or contract of service, and in such a case, the employee shall be entitled only to more
favourable terms aforesaid.

Explanation.- For the purposes of this rule, 'week' shall mean a period of seven days beginning at midnight on Saturday night.

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Time period for the Central Government Dearness Allowance revision

Time period for the Central Government Dearness Allowance revision

Time Interval for revision of dearness allowance:

Endeavour shall be made so that the cost of living allowance and the cash value of the concession in respect of essential commodities at concession rate shall be computed once before 1st April and 1st October in every year to revise the dearness allowance payable to the employees on the minimum wages.

Also read: 5 Percent DA July 2019 Hike Order - Grant of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees

Calculating the minimum rate of wages Central Government Code on Wages 2019

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Calculating the minimum rate of wages Central Government Code on Wages 2019

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA,
EXTRAORDINARY, PART ii, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (ii)]
Government of India
Ministry of Labour and Employment

Notification

Manner of calculating the minimum rate of wages (1) For the purposes of sub-section (5) of section 6, the minimum rate of wages shall be fixed on the day basis keeping in view the following criteria, namely:-

• the standard working class family which includes a spouse and two children apart from the earning worker; an equivalent of three adult consumption units;
• a net intake of 2700 calories per day per consumption unit;
• 66 meters cloth per year per standard working class family;
• housing rent expenditure to constitute 10 per cent. of food and clothing expenditure;
• fuel, electricity and other miscellaneous items of expenditure to constitute 20 percent of minimum wage; and
• expenditure for children education, medical requirement, recreation and expenditure on contingencies to constitute 25 percent of minimum wages;

(2) When the rate of wages for a day is fixed, then, such amount shall be divided by eight for fixing the rate of wages for an hour and multiplied by twenty six for fixing the rate of wages for a month and in such division and multiplication the factors of one-half and more than one-half shall be rounded as next figure and the factors less than one-half shall be ignored.

Also check: Variable Dearness Allowance - Minimum Wages effect from 1.4.2019 - Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) Orders

Norms for fixation of minimum rate of wages (1) While fixing the minimum rate of wages under section 6, the Central Government shall divide the concern geographical area into three categories, that is to say the metropolitan area, non-metropolitan area and the rural area.

(2) The Central Government shall constitute a technical committee under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 8 for the purpose of advising the Central Government in respect of skill categorization, which shall consist of the following members, namely :-

• Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) ………………… Chairperson;
• Joint Secretary to the Government of India dealing with the wages …………… member;
• a representative from the Government of India, Ministry dealing with skill development;
• Director General of employment, Government of India, Ministry of Labour and Employment ………………. member;
• two technical experts in wage determination as nominated by Central Government …………………… member; and
• the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Member Secretary of such technical committee.

(3) The Central Government shall, on the advice of the technical committee referred to in sub-rule (2), categorize the occupations of the employees into four categories that is to say unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled and highly skilled by modifying, deleting or adding any entry in the categorization of such occupation specified in Schedule E.

(4) The technical committee referred in sub-rule (2) shall while advising the Central Government under sub-rule (3) take into account, to the possible extent, the national classification of occupation or national skills qualification frame work or other similar frame work for the time being formulated to identify occupations.

Central Government Draft Rules under Section 67 of the Code on Wages 2019

Central Government Draft Rules under Section 67 of the Code on Wages 2019

F. No S-32017/01/2019 - WC
Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment

Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi
Date: 01 November, 2019

NOTE

Subject: The Preliminary Draft Rules under Section 67 of the Code on Wages, 2019- reg.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has prepared a preliminary draft rule under Section 67 of the Code on Wages, 2019.

2. The draft Central rule is hereby placed on the Ministry's website for inviting inputs/ comments/ suggestions of various stakeholders including general public.

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3. It has been decided to receive the inputs/ comments/ suggestions within a period of one month from the date of its upload on the website and the same may be addressed to Rajiv Ranjan (rajiv.ranja76@gov.in), Deputy Director, and Bikash Kumar Malick (malick.bikash@gov.in), Assistant Director, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India.

(Bikash Kumar Malick)
Assistant Director

To
All the Stakeholders.

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Latest DoPT Orders 2019 Draft Performance Appraisal Report Rules, 2019

Circulation of draft Central Civil Services (Performance Appraisal Report) Rules, 2019 - seeking comments of Ministries / Departments

Latest DoPT Orders 2019

REMINDER

No.21011/01/2017 - Estt.A-II
Government of India
Ministry of personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of personnel & Training

North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 1st November 2019

Subject: Circulation of draft Central Civil Services (Performance Appraisal Report) Rules, 2019 - seeking comments of Ministries/ Departments

Please refer to this Department's O.M. of even number dated 27.09.2019 circulating the draft Central Civil Services (Performance Appraisal Report) Rules, 2019 and seeking comments from all Ministries / Departments.

All Ministries / Departments are requested to furnish the comments / suggestions / modifications, if any, on the draft rules, to this Department latest by 15.11.2019 at the e-mail address jayashree.c@nic.in

Also check: DoPT Order: Recording of the Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) for the 2017 - 18 financial year for CSS officers

(Jayashree Chellamani)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

To
All Ministries / Departments of the Government of India
(As per standard list)

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Demands of Defence Ex-servicemen on OROP requiring immediate action

One Rank One Pension and issues of concern of Defence Veterans needing urgent resolution: IESM writes to MPs

ONE RANK ONE PENSION (OROP) & ISSUES OF CONCERN OF DEFENCE VETERANS NEEDING URGENT RESOLUTION

Dear Veterans,

Letter to Members of Parliament on the above subject dated 02 Nov 2019 is enclosed herewith for your information widest circulation please.
.
With Regards,

Jai Hind,

Yours Sincerely,

Maj Gen Satbir Singh, SM (Retd),
Advisor United Front of Ex Servicemen &
Chairman Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM)

Dated:  02 Nov 2019

"ONE RANK ONE PENSION (OROP) & ISSUES OF CONCERN OF DEFENCE VETERANS NEEDING URGENT RESOLUTION"

Dear Members of Parliament,

1.      We wish to bring to your notice that long pending demand of defence fraternity of OROP has not yet been implemented. Hon’ble Prime Minister and President of BJP Sh. JP Nadda have time and again stated at various forums that OROP has been implemented.  With grievously hurt feelings and anguish, we wish to inform you that such statements by our Hon’ble Prime Minister are of serious concern to us.  Had the OROP been implemented as per the definition stated by MoS Sh. Rao Inderjit Singh on 02 Dec 2014 in the parliament, the Ex Servicemen would not have been on the road across the country protesting for the non-implementation of OROP.  On 31 Oct 2019, Ex Servicemen have completed 1600 days of continuous Protest Movement executed peacefully with dignity, respect and in the best traditions of soldiering.

2.      There are serious anomalies in the Govt of India Min of Def Notification No 12 (I)/2014/D (Pen/Pol)-part –II dated 07 Nov 2015 wherein the Govt is purported to have implemented OROP.  The serious anomalies have been brought to the Notice of the Govt on numerous occasions, but these anomalies have not yet been rectified.  Ex-servicemen were forced to approach Hon’ble Supreme Court for grant of full OROP.  Hon’ble Supreme Court in its order dated 01 May 2019 (copy attached).  Asked the MoD to resolve the anomalies to the extent possible and the next date of hearing was to take place on 06 Aug 2019.  However, the Hon’ble judge hearing the case was busy in hearing Ram Mandir Case and our OROP case hearing was not listed.

3.      In the meantime we had a meeting with Hon’ble Raksha Mantri on 01 Jul 2019 and briefed him about Hon’ble Supreme Court order and requested for the rectification of the OROP anomalies. Hon’ble Raksha Mantri assured us for another meeting after a few days for the resolution of OROP anomalies; however, that meeting has not taken place even after writing to Hon’ble Raksha Mantri a number of times.

4.      During an Election Rally at Chandigarh President of BJP Sh. JP Nadda stated that his Govt had implemented OROP.  The same was denied by Ex-servicemen bodies. To add to our hurt feelings, Hon’ble Prime Minister on 19 Oct 2019 at Rewari in another Election Rally, again stated that his Govt had implemented OROP.  We wish to inform that this is far from truth.  OROP has not been implemented; what has been implement is One Time increase in Pension.  Unless the OROP anomalies are rectified, grant of Full OROP will remain unfulfilled.

5.       We also wish to inform you that equalization of pensions of defence personnel was due with effect from 01 Jul 2019 as per Govt Notification dated 07 Nov 2015, but the same has not yet been carried out. The Govt which had issued the notification has not honored its own order of equalization of Pensions after every five years which became due with effect from 01 Jul 2019. We had through a letter dated 03 Sep 2019 written to Hon’ble Raksha Mantri, copy to Hon’ble Prime Minister and three Chiefs and also forwarded the same letter to Secretary (ESW) requesting for immediate equalization of pensions as notified in Govt Notification dated 07 Nov 2015. MoD, instead of implementing equalization of pensions, ordered another committee whose recommendations have not been made public. The outcome of another, “One Man Judicial Committee (OMJC)” which submitted its report to the Govt on 26 Oct 2016 headed by Justice L. Narasimha Reddy, retired Chief Justice of Patna High Court has neither been made public nor implemented.

6.      We appeal to our elected representative, Hon’ble Members of Parliament to raise our issues of concern in the coming winter session and ask the Govt to grant Full OROP to the defence personnel, a demand which is long pending, though it had been accepted by both NDA and UPA Govts but not yet implemented. Our Hon’ble Member of Parliament, with anguish we wish to say that “any country which does not respect its soldiers is doomed to fail”.

Please grant Justice to Soldiers.

With Regards,

Jai Hind,

Yours Sincerely,

Maj Gen Satbir Singh,

SM (Retd), Advisor United Front of Ex Servicemen &

Chairman Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM)

Mobile: 9312404269, 01244110570

Email:satbirsm[@]gmail.com

(Source Via e-mail)

http://ex-servicemenwelfare.blogspot.com

Enrolment of Subscribers under NPS who lost both hands - PFRDA Circular

Enrolment of Subscribers under NPS who lost both hands - PFRDA Circular

PENSION FUND REGULATORY

AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

B-14/A, Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhawan,

Qutub Institutional Area,

Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi-110016

Ph: 011-26517501, 26517503, 26133730

Website: www.pfrda.org.in

CIRCULAR

PFRDA/2019/17/SUP-SG/1

04.10.2019

To,

All Central Government Ministries & Departments/ State Governments
PrAOs, PAOs, CDDOs, NCDDOs – CG Nodal offices
DTAs,DTOs, DDOs – SG Nodal offices
All Central and State Autonomous Bodies
Points of Presence

Subject: Acceptance of CSRF forms or registration under NPS in case of subscriber who has lost both hands

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has received few requests from the Govt Nodal offices, requesting PFRDA to accept the subscriber registration (CSRF) form in case of such subscriber-employees joining under them, who are unable to affix signature on the CSRF form, being due to loss of both hands.

In view of the above and to facilitate the registration of such subscribers under NPS, the Govt Nodal offices/PoPs are advised to accept the subscriber registration (CSRF) form by obtaining the toe impression of the subscriber on the CSRF form. Further, where toe impression of such subscriber who has lost both hands is obtained on the CSRF form, it should be attested by two persons, one of whom should be the official designated to handle NPS related activities in Govt Nodal office/ PoP.

Sd/-

Sumeet Kaur Kapoor

Chief General Manager