Hospitality by suppliers, vendors to the Government Officials: Fin Min Order No.F.11/13/2017-PPD Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure PP Division 516, Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi. Dated 24th October, 2017. Office Memorandum Subject : Hospitality by suppliers/ vendors to the Government Officials - reg. It has been brought to the notice of this Department that in the contracts signed with suppliers by some of the Ministries/ Departments have clauses of pre-inspection at the firm’s premises, where there is a provision that the suppliers or the vendors will pay for the travel, stay, hospitality and other expenses of the Inspecting officials. This is not in keeping with need to safeguard the independence of the inspecting teams. Such provisions in contracts need to be discouraged, so that Inspections are not compromised. Necessary steps may be taken to strictly avoid such provisions in the contracts with suppliers/ vendors. Sd/- (Vinaya T Likhar) Under Secretary to the Government o...

7th CPC: Recommendations of the Official Committee, 2017 on revision of pay and allowances and other related benefits - Admitting of salary - Instructions FINANCE (CMPC) DEPARTMENT Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009. Letter No.54867/CMPC/2017-1, dated: 30-10-2017 From Thiru K.SHANMUGAM, I.A.S., Additional Chief Secretary to Government. To All Secretaries to Government. Sir/Madam, Sub: Recommendations of the Official Committee, 2017 on revision of pay and allowances and other related benefits - Admitting of salary - Instructions - Regarding. Ref: G.O.Ms.No.303, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, dated: 11-10-2017. G.O.Ms.No.304, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, dated: 13-10-2017. G.O.Ms.No.305, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, dated: 13-10-2017. G.O.Ms.No.306, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, dated: 13-10-2017. I am to invite your attention to the references cited. 2. Based on the recommendations of the Official Committee, 2017, orders have been issued in the Government Orders first to fourth cited g...

Expected DA From Jan 2018 - AICPIN for the Month of September 2017 AICPIN for the Month of September 2017 No.5/1/2017-CPI GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT LABOUR BUREAU CLEREMONT, SHIMLA-171004 DATED: 31st October, 2017 Press Release Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) - September, 2017 The All-India CPI-IW for September, 2017 remained stationary at 285 (two hundred and eighty five). On 1-month percentage change, it remained static between August, 2017 and September, 2017 when compared with the decrease of (-) 0.36 per cent for the corresponding months of last year. The maximum downward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing (-) 1.26 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Fish Fresh, Onion, Bitter Gourd, Brinjal, Carrot, Gourd, Lady’s Finger, Potato, Tomato, Torai, Cucumber, Apple, Banana, etc. are responsible for the decrease in index. However, this decrease was checked by Rice, Wheat Atta, Arhar...

DoPT: Journey to Headquarters on LTC in respect of dependent family members of the Government servant No. 31011/5/2015-Estt.A-IV Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training Establishment A-IV Desk North Block New Delhi. Dated October 31,2017 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Journey to Headquarters on LTC in respect of dependent family members of  the Government servant - Clarification - reg. The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's O.M. No. 31011/14/86-Estt.(A-1V) dated 08.05.1987, which inter alia provides that the Govt. servant and the members of the family may claim LTC independently, however, reimbursement in such cases will be restricted to the actual distance travelled by the family or the distance between the headquarters/place of posting of the Government servant and the place visited/hometown, whichever is less. 2. Restriction of reimbursement to the distance from the Headquarter/place of p...

Mandatory installation of LED based lighting in all Government buildings  Most Immediate No.25(24)/E.Coord/2017 Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure North Block, New Delhi Dated the 30th October, 2017 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Economy Measures- Mandatory installation of LED based lightings in Government Buildings- reg. Reference is invited to this Department's OM of even number dated 04.08.2017 on the subject mentioned above and to inform that the implementation progress was reviewed recently by Group of officers vide meeting in Cabinet Secretariat on 29.09.2017. 2. As per decision taken during the deliberation, all Ministries/Departments are requested to ensure that replacement work of old bulbs with new LED based lightnings is completed by 31.10.2017 in your offices including Attached/Subordinate Offices, CPSUs, Autonomous Bodies and field offices. 3. It is requested that Ministries/Departments should apprised Department of Expenditure with the act...

7th Pay Commission: Will government raise minimum pay? The pay rise, the finance ministry says, should take place in January, and would mean a pay rise for 4.8 million central government employees and 5.5 million pensioners. If the government decides to implement the rise, which it may do after the completion of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assemblies poll process, it would be the second successive pay hike, and would bring the real value of the minimum pay back in line. A top Finance Ministry official, who did not wish to be named, indicated the government will be taking the proposal seriously, but cannot implement the pay rise now, it will be decided after the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assemblies elections. This would represent minimum pay rise of Rs 21,000 for central government employees. If this recommendation were accepted, the value of the minimum pay would be higher than the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission of Rs 18,000 and the government is now making good progress...

Closure of offices surrounding Patel Chowk and MDC National Stadium on 30.10.2017 and 31.10.2017 F.No. 12/16/2016-JCA 2 Government of India (Department of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel & Training Establishment (JCA-ll) Section North Block, New Delhi Dated October 27, 2017 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Closure of offices surrounding Patel Chowk and MDC National Stadium on 30.10.2017 and 31.10.2017 - regarding The undersigned is directed to state that the Delhi Police have intimated about the visit of the Hon'ble Prime Minister at Patel Chowk on 31.10.2017 to pay floral tributes at the Statue of Sardar Patel on the occasion of his birth anniversary. It has also been informed that the Run for Unity will be held on 31.10.2017 at MDC National Stadium and the Hon'ble Prime Minister is likely to flag off the run. 2. To make elaborate law & order/ security arrangements, the buildings surrounding Patel Chowk and MDC National Stadiu...

Human Resource Development will rank its over 1,000 Kendriya Vidyalayas (KV) The Ministry of Human Resource Development will rank its over 1,000 Kendriya Vidyalayas (KV), a first of its kind initiative by the government, with an aim at improving the institutes through holding a competition among them, sources said. The outcome of the initiative, the process of which has started recently, will be declared in June next year, the source said. The move follows the direction of Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar with an aim at improving the Kendriya Vidyalayas, the source said. According to sources, inspection of schools would be done twice for the ranking which would be an annual exercise from next year. With maximum 1,000 points, the KVs would be graded under four categories, with 80 per cent and above (excellent) under A category, 60-79.9 per cent (very good) in B category, 40- 59.9 per cent (Good) in C, and below 40 per cent (average) in D. Over 1,000 KVs would be assessed under seven...

AIIMS doctors call off hunger strike over improper implementation of 7th Pay Commission The resident doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Sunday called off their hunger strike against improper implementation of the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) recommendation. In a statement issued by the AIIMS Resident Doctors Association (RDA) president, Dr Harjit Singh Bhatti, it was stated that the doctors would now hold a peaceful protest in front of the residence of Union Health Minister J P Nadda, seeking a conversation with him over the issue. "We have decided to end the hunger strike as the government is not at all concerned about the health of doctors or patients. So we will go to the Health Minister's residence and will hold a peaceful protest in front of his residence. If he is running away from his responsibilities, then we will run towards him for help," the letter read. The resident doctors of the AIIMS had been on a hunger strike for the pas...

Tamil Nadu State Government Employees 7th Pay Commission Revision of Pension / Family Pension and Retirement Benefits Orders Tamil Nadu State Government News - 7th Pay Commission Revision of Pension / Family Pension and Retirement Benefits - Orders 7th Pay Commission Tamil Nadu Government Pension Orders - 2017 OFFICIAL COMMITTEE, 2017 - Recommendations of the Official Committee, 2017 - Revision of Pension / Family Pension and Retirement Benefits - Orders - Issued. Read the following : 1. G.O.Ms.No.40, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, dated: 22-02-2017. 2. G.O.Ms.No.189, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, dated: 27-06-2017. 3. G.O.Ms.No.303, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, dated: 11-10-2017. ORDER: In Government Order first read above, Government constituted an Official Committee to examine and make recommendations on revision of scales of pay and allowances for State Government employees and teachers including employees of Local Bodies and revision of pension, family pension and retirement...

Nominations for the training of the Liaison Officers for SC/ST/Person with Disabilities and Other Backward Classes-regarding F. No. 36023/1/2017-Estt.(Res.) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training Establishment (Reservation-1) Section North Block, New Delhi Dated the October 27, 2017 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Nominations for the training of the Liaison Officers for SC/ST/Person with Disabilities and Other Backward Classes-regarding The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's Office Memorandum of  even number dated 11.08.2017 on the subject cited above whereby the Ministries/ Departments were requested to nominate their Liaison Officers for the above training programmes organised by Institute of Secretariat Training & Management (ISTM) to facilitate them in the performance of their duties. 2. It is stated that the ISTM issues course circulars for all the calendared courses at least 90 days be...

General Provident Fund (GPF) and other similar funds shall carry interest at the rate of 7.8% w.e.f. 1st October, 2017 to 31st December, 2017. The Government of India has announced that during the Financial Year 2017-18, accumulations at the credit of subscribers to the General Provident Fund (GPF) and other similar funds shall carry interest at the rate of 7.8% (Seven point eight per cent) with effect from 1st October, 2017 to 31st December, 2017. This rate will be in force w.e.f. 1st October, 2017. The Notification to this effect has been issued and published in the Gazette of India on 23rd October, 2017. PIB

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR) Ministry of Railways (Rail Mantralaya) (Railway Board) PC-VII No. : 67 RBE No.:151/2017 File No. PC-VII/2016/I/7/2/3 New Delhi, dated. 28.10.2017 The General Manager/CAOs(R), All Zonal Railways & Production Units, (As per mailing list) Sub: - Grant of Dearness Relief to Railway pensioners/family pensioners Revised rate effective from 01.07.2017. A copy of Office Memorandum F.No. 42/15/2016-P&PW(G) dated 28.09.2017 of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare) on the above subject is enclosed herewith for information and compliance. This order shall apply mutatis mutandis on Railways also. 2. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways. 3. Hindi version will follow. Encl. As above. (Jaya Kumar G) Deputy Director, Pay Commission-VII Railway Board

No. A-27023/02/2017-Estt (AL) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training Block No. IV, Old JNU Campus New Delhi, Dated 2110.2017 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Sub: Revision of rates of Special Allowance payable to Parliament Assistants. The undersigned is directed to say that consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the 7th Central Pay Commission, the President is pleased to enhance the rates of Special Allowance payable to those wholly engaged in Parliament work during Parliament session by 50% from the existing levels of Rs. 1500/- and Rs. 1200/- payable to Assistants and UDCs respectively to the level of Rs. 2250/- and Rs. 1800/-. 2. The above limits would be automatically raised by 25% every time the Dearness Allowance on the revised pay structure goes up by 50%. No separate instructions on this count would be required. 3. The allowance will be admissible at full rates for every calendar month i...

National council (staff Side) Joint Consultative Machinery for Central Government Employees 13-C, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi-110001 E-Mail : nc.jcm.np@gmail.com No.NC/JCM/2017 Dated: October 24, 2017 All Constituents of National Council(JCM) Sub: Brief of the meeting held today with the Cabinet Secretary (Government of India) Today I met the Cabinet Secretary(Government of India) and shown oru anguish for inordinate delay in finalzation of demands of the Central Government Employees, particularly National Pension System (NPS), Minimum Wage and Fitment Formula. The Cabinet Secretary said that, he is aware of the problems of the Staff Side(JCM) raised by them from time to time and particularly to this issue and will definitely try to resolve them Particularly on the issue of National Pension System(NPS) he said that the issue active consideration of the Government of India and we are trying to find out some solution to the problems arisen because of the NPS. I also persuaded him to fix-up...

 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $65.5 million loan agreement yesterday here in the national capital to continue interventions to check coastal erosion on the Western Coast in Karnataka. The loan is the Second Tranche of a $250 million financing facility under the Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Program. The financing will be used to address the immediate coastal protection needs and for strengthening institutional capacity of Karnataka’s Public Works, Ports and Inland Water Transport Department. Mr. Sameer Kumar Khare, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India signed the Loan Agreement on behalf of the Government of India, and Mr. Kenichi Yokoyama, Country Director of ADB’s India Resident Mission, signed for ADB. A separate Project Agreement was signed by M. Lakshminarayana, Additional Chief Secretary on behalf of the Government of State of Karnataka. After signing the loan agr...

PC VII No:69/2017 RBE.No.:154/2017 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR) MINISTRY OF RAILWAY (RAIL MANTRALAYA) (RAILWAY BOARD) No.2016/F(E)III/1(1)/7 New Delhi, Dated 24-10-2017 The GMs/Principal Financial Advisers All Zonal Railways/Production Units (As Per mailing list) Subject: Implementation of Government’s decision on the recommendations of the 7th CPC- revision of Pension of Pre-2016 retired medical officers. A Copy of Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare (DOP&PW)’s O.M.No.38/37/2016-P&PW(A) (iii) dated 11th September, 2017 on the above subject is enclosed for information and compliance. These instructions shall apply mutatis mutandis on the Railways also. 2. The Railway Board’s instructions corresponding to the DOP&PW’s instructions referred to in their aforesaid O.M.dated 11th September,2017 are given under: S.No DOP&PW’s instructions Railways Board’s corresponding instructions 1 O.M.No.38/37/08-P&PW(A)(II) d...

Revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners/family pensioners in implementation of Government’s decision on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission-Concordance tables R.B.E. No:155/2017 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR) MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA) (RAILWAY BOARD) No. 2016/F(E)III/1(1)/7 New Delhi, Dated : 24.10.2017 The GMs/Principal Financial Advisers, All Zonal Railways/Production Units, (As per mailing list) Subject: Revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners/family pensioners in implementation of Government’s decision on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission-Concordance tables-reg. A copy of Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DOP&PW)’s O.M. No. 38/37/2016-P&PW(A) dated 13th September. 2017 along with Revised Table No. 51 & 52 on the above cited subject is enclosed for information and compliance. These instructions shall apply mutatis mutandis on the Railways also. DOP&PW’s Q....

PFRDA takes a new initiative to increase pension coverage by increasing the incentives payable to Points of Presence (POPs), the principal distributive points for NPS. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has taken several initiatives in the past few years to increase pension coverage in the country, notably introducing e-NPS, reducing minimum contribution levels, new investment instruments, aggressive life cycle funds etc. PFRDA has now taken a further step in this direction by increasing the incentives payable to Points of Presence (POPs), the principal distributive points for National Pension System (NPS). The following Table gives the details of increase in incentives: Principal Distribution Point Services offered Current Charge New Charge POP Principal Distribution Point Services offered Current Charge New Charge POP Initial Subscriber Registration* Rs. 125/- Rs. 200/- Initial Contribution 0.25% of the contribution Min: Rs. 20/- ...

PCDA Circular 586 : Fixed Medical Allowance to the Armed Forces Pensioners Office of the Principal CDA(Pensions) Circular No. 586 Draupadi Ghat, Allahabad- 211014 Dated: 25th September, 2017 To, The Chief Accountant, RBI, Deptt. Of Govt. Bank Accounts, Central office C-7, Second Floor, Bandre- Kurla Complex, P B No. 8143, Bandre East Mumbai 400051 All CMDs, Public Sector Banks including IDBI Bank Nodal Officers, ICICl/ HDFC/ AXIS/ IDBI Banks Managers, All CPPCs Military and Air Attache, Indian Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal The PCDA (WC), Chandigarh The CDA (PD), Meerut The CDA, Chennai The Director of Treasuries, All States The Pay and Accounts Officer, Delhi Administration, RK Puram and Tis Hazari, New Delhi The Pay and Accounts Office, Govt of Maharashtra, Mumbai The Post Master Kathua (J&K) The Post Master Camp Bell Bay The Pr. Pay and Accounts Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Administration, Port Blair Subject: Grant of Fixed Medical Allowance (FMA) to the Armed Forces Pensioners/ Fami...

Guidelines regarding change of cadre of Indian Administrative Service Officers appointed against vacancies reserved for Physically Handicapped (PH) category No.13017/16/2003-AIS-1 (Pt) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training North Block, New Delhi Dated 17th October, 2017 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Sub: Guidelines regarding change of cadre of Indian Administrative Service Officers appointed against vacancies reserved for Physically Handicapped (PH) category. The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's OM of even number dated 14.02.2014 on the subject mentioned above and to say that consequent upon the approval and circulation of Cadre Allocation Policy for All India Services - IAS / IPS / IFoS vide OM No. 13013/2/2016-AIS.I dated 05.09.2017, the policy for change of cadre of Indian Administrative Service Officers appointed against vacancies reserved for Physically Handicapped (PH) category issued vide t...

BMS demands implementation of 7th CPC in Tripura Hundreds of members of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) took to the streets in Agartala in Tripura demanding 28 points charter of demands, which includes implementation of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC). They gathered in front of Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan here and went through the streets of the capital city before they were stopped by a large contingent of police in front of circuit house on way to the Secretariat. Convener of Tripura BMS, Subir Debbarma has alleged, "The Tripura government employees do not even get half of what the central or other state government employees get." "Besides, they are also deprived as the state government has not implemented the 7th CPC," he said. "We demand that the Tripura government employees get salary at par with their Central counterparts," the convenor said. He added: "Though the 7th CPC has been implemented everywehere, in our state even the 6th CPC is yet...

Mizoram panel to study 7th Pay Commission recommendations The Mizoram government has decided to set up a committee to study the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations even as it agreed in principle to implement it in the state. This was decided at a meeting of the Council of Ministers last evening. The 42,457 regular state government employees would require additional allocation of Rs 563 crore annually if the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations were implemented, state finance department officials said. Chief Secretary Lalmalsawma said that at present, 36-37 per cent of the total state annual budget is used for paying off the salaries of the state government employees. The expenditure on salaries did not include the salaries of employees of Lai, Mara and Chakma autonomous district councils, teachers working in deficit schools and contract and muster roll workers, Lalmalsawma said. The meeting also approved the proposal for creation of 629 new posts for the proposed establishment of ...

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for release of additional 1% Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners. It will be applicable from 01.07.2017. The release of the additional instalment of DA represents an increase of 1% over the existing rate of 4% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise. This increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission. The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR would be Rs.3068.26 crore per annum and Rs.2045.50 crore in the financial year 2017-18 (for a period of 8 months from July, 2017 to February, 2018). This will benefit about 49.26 lakh Central Government employees and 61.17 lakh pensioners. PIB

General Provident Fund (GPF) and other similar funds shall carry interest at the rate of 7.8% w.e.f. 1st October, 2017 to 31st December, 2017.  The Government of India has announced that during the Financial Year 2017-18, accumulations at the credit of subscribers to the General Provident Fund (GPF) and other similar funds shall carry interest at the rate of 7.8% (Seven point eight per cent) with effect from 1st October, 2017 to 31st December, 2017. This rate will be in force w.e.f. 1st October, 2017. The Notification to this effect has been issued and published in the Gazette of India on 23rd October, 2017.

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Central government employees were happy prior to the implementation of the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) but since the day of its implementation, a huge disappointment has engulfed all. They were to get the fruit of 10 years of hard work but all that they received is a rotten fruit, says a Bhubaneswar-based retired employee of the Indian Railways. There is news that the Modi government will increase the minimum pay to Rs 21,000 next year. But will it have any impact on the employees’ financial position…? Not at all! They have become a victim of anti-employee policies of the Central government, he added. The Central government employees have got an average hike of 14.27 per cent in basic pay under the 7th CPC, which they protested and demanded further hike in the minimum pay. The government is also likely to increase the basic pay to Rs 21,000 from the present Rs 18,000, but the employees stand firm on their demand of increasing it to Rs 26,000. Besides, th...