Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners who are in receipt of provisional pension or pension in the pre-revised scale of 5th CPC w.e.f. 1.7.2011

F. No. 42/15/2011-P&PW(G) 

Government of India 

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions 

Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan, 

Khan Market, New Delhi – 110003 

Date: 21st October, 2011

OFFICE MEMORANUDM

Subject : Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners who are in receipt of provisional pension or pension in the pre-revised scale of 5th CPC w.e.f. 1.7.2011.

In continuation of this Departments OM No. 42/15/2011-P&PW(G) dated 11th April, 2011 sanctioning the Dearness Relief to those Central Government pensioners who are in receipt of provisional pension or pension in the pre-revised scales of 5th CPC, the President is pleased to grant the Dearness Relief to these Central Government pensioners as under:

(i) Those who are in receipt of provisional pension or pension In the pre revised scales of 5th CPC are entitled to Dearness Relief @ 127% w.e.f 1.7.2011.

(ii) The surviving CPF beneficiaries who have retired from service between the period 18.11.1960 to 31.12.1985 and are in receipt of ex-gratia @ Rs. 600/p.m. w.e.f. 1.11.1997 under this Department’s OM No. 45/52/97-P&PW(E) dated 16.12.1997 are entitled to Dearness Relief @ 127% w.e.f. 1.7.2011.

2. The following categories of CPF beneficiaries who are in receipt of ex-gratia payment in terms of this Departments OM No. 45/52/97-P&PW(E) dated 16.12.1997 are entitled to DR @ 119% w.e.f. 1.7.2011.

(I) The widows and dependent children of the deceased CPF beneficiary who had retired from service prior to 1.1.1986 or who had died while in service prior to 1.1.1986 and are in receipt of Ex gratia payment of Rs. 605/- p.m.

(ii) Central Government employees who had retired on CPF benefits before 18.11.1960 and are in receipt of Ex-gratia payment of Rs, 654/-, Rs. 659/-, Rs. 703/- and Rs. 965/-.

3. Payment of DR involving a fraction of a rupee shall be rounded off to the next higher rupee. In their application to the pensioners/family pensioners belonging to Indian Audit and Accounts Department, these orders issue in consultation with the C&AG.

4. This issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure vide their OM No. 1(4)/EV/2011 dated 21st October, 2011.

5. Hindi version will follow.

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(S. P. Kakkar) 

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Source: www.pensionersportal.gov.in

[http://circulars.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D3/D03ppw/DR_5CPC_211011.pdf]

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Grant of Child Care Leave to Civilian Female Industrial Employees of Defence Establishments

No.12012/2/2009-Estt.(L) 

Government of India 

Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions 

Department of Personnel & Training 

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New Delhi, the 20th  October, 2011.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Grant of Child Care Leave to Civilian Female Industrial Employees of Defence Establishments

The undersigned is directed to state that the matter regarding extension of the benefit of Child Care Leave to civilian industrial employees working in Defence Establishments at par with the Non industrial Central Government employees covered by the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 has been under consideration of this Department.

It has been decided in consultation with the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) to extend the benefit of Child Care Leave to civilian female industrial employees working in Defence Establishments at par with the non industrial Central Government employees covered by the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 subject to the conditions provided in rule 43-C of the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972, as amended from time to time.

These orders shall take effect from the date of issue.

Hindi version will follow

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(Zoya C.B.) 

Under Secretary to Government of India

Source: www.persmin.nic.in
[http://circulars.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/12012_2_2009-Estt-L-20102011.pdf]

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Commuted Leave to a Govermnent Servant who has opted out of CGHS facilities and is availing the medical facility provided by the employer of his / her spouse

No.13015/1/2011-Estt. ( Leave)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel. P.O. and Pensions

(Department of Personnel & Training)

New Delhi. the 19th October, 2011

Office Memorandum

Sub: Commuted Leave to a Govermnent Servant who has opted out of CGHS facilities and is availing the medical facility provided by the employer of his / her spouse – clarification.

This Department has been receiving references from various Ministries Departments seeking clarification regarding admissibility of Commuted Leave on the basis of medical certificates issued by Hospitals/Medical Practitioners approved by the employer of the spouse in cases where the concerned employee has been allowed to avail such facilities from the employer of the spouse. The matter has been considered in the light of clarification given by the Ministries of Health and Family Welfare.

It is clarified that leave on medical grounds may be allowed on the basis of certificates issued by Hospitals / Medical Practitioners approved by the employer of the spouse in such cases.

Hindi version will follow.

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(Zoya C.B.)
Under Secretary to Government of India

Source: www.persmin.nic.in
[http://circulars.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/12012_2_2009-Estt-L-20102011.pdf]

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Railway Employees Cadre Restructuring meeting is scheduled to be held on 20.9.2011 and 21.9.2011

After the implementation of 6 CPC  recommendations with effect from 01-01-2006, subsequently cadre re structuring proposals in all the Departments would have been worked out for implementation well before.If sources are to be believed,very few Departments only asked the Federations of unions to come out with cadre review proposals for discussion.As for as settling the issues related to government servants,the railway federations are doing well comparing to the other federations. Now the General Secretaries of AIRF and NFIR are invited by railway board to attend  the meeting of Cadre Restructuring Committee,which is scheduled to be held on 20.9.2011 and 21.9.2011

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Railway Employees Cadre Restructuring meeting is scheduled to be held on 20.9.2011 and 21.9.2011

The Railway Board has informed to the General Secretaries of AIRF and NFIR that the meeting of Cadre Restructuring Committee will be held on 20.09.2011 and 21.09.2011 at 1500 hrs in the Committee Room, 3rd Floor, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi. Board also requested to them to attend alongwith thier nominated member

source:gservants.com

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CABINET APPROVED 7% HIKE IN DEARNESS ALLOWANCE TO BE PAID FROM JULY-2011 TO ALL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

DEARNESS ALLOWANCE  TO BE PAID FROM JULY-2011 TO ALL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IS 58%

The Union Cabinet committee  today decided to Enhance the Rate of Dearness Allowance by 7% to all the Central Government employees.

Dearness Allowance (DA) will be enhanced from 51% to 58% w.e.f.July -2011.

Release of additional installment of dearness allowance for this year to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Pensioners from July-2011 is to compensate the price hike of essential commodities.

The revised rates of Dearness Allowance from 1.7.2011 to 30.3.2011 may be paid in cash as arrears and for the month of April may be disbursed with the salary.

The enhancement of Dearness Allowance is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission.

Government Order from Finance Department will be published very soon.

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Employees of Autonomous Bodies to get Ad-hoc Bonus

Employees of Autonomous Bodies to get Ad-hoc Bonus

Earlier the Central Government has announced to grant of Non-productivity Linked Bonus (Ad-hoc bonus) to Central Government Employees for the year 2010-11. Now it may be extended with some terms and conditions to the employees of Autonomous Bodies.

An important another office memorandum[No.7/24/2006 E-III (A)] issued by the Finance Ministry today related to Non-PLB (Ad-hoc bonus). The Government has decided that the Non-Productivity Linked Bouns (Ad-hoc) may be extended to the employees of autonomous bodies, party and fully funded by the Central Government.

The detailed order is availble in the Finance Ministry website (www.finmin.nic.in).

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DA increase of 7% likely to be approved by Cabinet

The Cabinet may on Thursday raise dearness allowance (DA) for central government employees and dearness relief (DR) for pensioners by 7 percentage points to 58% of the basic pay/pension.

The last hike in DA was in March when the government increased it by 6 percentage points. The Cabinet is expected to take a decision in this regard on Thursday, sources said. The Cabinet is also expected to clear a proposal for giving productivity linked bonus to Railway employees for the year 2010-11, sources added.

With the proposed DA hike, the basic pay of the central government employees (or pensioners as the case may be) would go up by 36% over a two-year period. The hikes will be implemented from July 1, 2011. The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR increase between January 2009 and January 2011 is estimated to have crossed Rs 16,000 crore. The measure is set to provide relief to a total of around 5 million central government employees and around 4 million pensioners.

The change in DA, which is linked to the consumer price index, has lead to a further change in other allowance structure since rate breached the 50% of basic pay mark in March. For instance, payments like conveyance allowance and children’s education allowance have also gone up by 25%. This hike is in accordance to the formula given in the sixth pay commission report which says: “The rates of these allowances will be increased by 25% every time the DA payable on revised pay scales goes up by 50%.” As a result, there will also be an increase in the special compensatory allowance for the central government employees posted in remote areas such as the north-east and Jammu & Kashmir. Their special allowance also goes up by 25% the moment the 50% trigger was breached. The increased DA and DR are expected to help the households of central government employees and pensioners who are already exposed high inflation.

The Cabinet is also expected to clear the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor project being implemented in collaboration with Japan at Thursday’s meeting. The project was conceived five years ago and envisages setting up of industrial corridor along the Delhi-Mumbai stretch. It will comprise seven new cities, nine industrial parks, three ports, six airports and a 1,483 km high-speed rail and road line will be developed as a trading hub. The States covered by the project include Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

The Cabinet will also take up for consideration the national manufacturing policy that aims at raising contribution of manufacturing in GDP from 16% to 26% by 2025 and creating 100 million jobs in next 10 years. Manufacturing sector contributes over 80% to the overall industrial production.

Source: The Financial Express

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Minister promises for 78 days bonus for Railway employees

Railways is planning to give Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days' wages to its 12 lakh employees.

In this connection, Railway Minister Mr.Dinesh Trivedi assured in a meeting with federations that 78 days’ productivity-linked bonus (PLB) would be given to employees in the grade pay ranging from Rs 1,800 to Rs 4,600.

The sanction of Bonus would result in additional burden of Rs 600-700 crore for Railways.

During previous year, Railway employees were granted bonus for 77 days. Out of total employees of 13.26 lakh railway employees, around 1.26 lakh employees will not be covered by productivity linked bonus on account of ceiling of pay received.

It is estimated that if PLB is granted as per the above calculations, the maximum amount of bonus an employee can get will be around Rs.8900 as the maxium bonus that can be sanctioned for 30 days is fixed at Rs.3500 in the bonus Act.

M Raghavaiah, General Secretary of National Federation of Indian Railwaymen, said, "We had demanded 80 days bonus this year because Railways have carried more loadings than last year. Loadings have gone up from the 876 million tonnes (MT) in 2010 to 924 MT till March 2011."

The union leader has also added that "It is true that Railways' financial position is not good. But its employees should not be deprived of their due because of that. We have suggested passenger fare hike to improve finances."

Source: Business Today

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