Expected DA 2020 AICPIN for the month of August 2020 – Expected DA 2020 – Central Government Employees News Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – August, 2020 The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the M/o Labour & Employment, has been compiling Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers every month on the basis of the retail prices of selected items collected from 289 markets spread over 78 industrially important centres in the country. The index is compiled for 78 centres and All-India and is released on the last working day of succeeding month. The index for the month of August, 2020 is being released in this press release. The All-India CPI-IW for August, 2020 increased by 2 points and stood at 338  (three hundred and thirty eight). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 0.60 per cent between July and August, 2020 compared to (+) 0.31 per cent increase between corresponding months of previous year. The maximu...

Railway Board have decided to constitute a Committee for inclusion of fresh categories within the ambit of Risk & Hardship Allowance (GOVERNMENT OF INDIA) (MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS) (RAILWAY BOARD) No.ERB-I/2019/23/09 New Delhi, dated 11.02.2019 ORDER Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) have decided to constitute a Committee for inclusion of fresh categories within the ambit of Risk & Hardship Allowance. The Committee will consist of the following:- (i) EDPC-II, Railway Board … Convener (ii) EDF(E), Railway Board … Member (iii) EDCE(G), Railway Board … Member (iv) Sh. Shiv Gopal Mishra, General Secretary/AIRF … Member (v) Shri Guman Singh, President/NFIR … Member The Terms of Reference of the Committee will be as under:- “To holistically examine the inclusion of fresh categories within the ambit of Risk and Hardship Allowance introduced by 7th CPC.” The tenure of the Committee will be Six months from the date of its constitution. The Headquarters of the Commit...

Guaranteed Pension to the Central Government Employees governed under NPS File No. PFRDA/16/3/29/0081/2017-REG-PF Date: 13th February ,2019 To Shri C.SriKumar General Secretary All India Defence Employee’s Federation S.M.Joshi Bhavan, Survey No.81, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Road, Khadki, Pune – 411 003 Subject:   Guaranteed Pension to the Central Government Employees governed under NPS – reg. Dear Sir, We refer to your letter No.94/1094/NPS/AIDEF/19 dated 1st February ,2019 regarding subject mentioned above. In this regard, we inform that the Authority is in process of designing a scheme providing minimum assured returns to the NPS subscribers in terms of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act,2013, in consultation with the Pension Funds Actuaries and Financial Sector Regulators. The Proposal is under active deliberation and being workout in best possible way. It is proposed that the final proposal would be put up for stakeholder consultation in our websit...

Payment of Dress Allowance – CGDA GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS (FYS) PAY TECH SECTION 10-A, SA. BOSE ROAD, KOLKATA: 700001 Part I Office Order No. AT- 02 Dated: 17 /01/2019 Subject:   Payment of Dress Allowance : Civ Emp A copy of CGDA, Delhi Cantt AT Order No. AT/II/2366/Dress Allowance/Vol-I dated 31-12-2018 regarding payment of dress allowance is forwarded herewith for information and necessary action, please. It is also requested to circulate the same to all AOs under your jurisdiction, please. Encls: As above. Dy. Controller of Accounts (Fys)

Prescription slip of CGHS beneficiaries File No.Misc-83/2018 Government of India Office of the Additional Director C.G.H.S(HQ) New Delhi -110022 Dated 17-12-2018 Office Memorandum It is observed that in most of the empanelled HCOs, specialist does not put signature and rubber stamp on the prescription slip during consultation, due to which CGHS beneficiaries suffer a lot of problem in seeking endorsement of the advised procedure/investigation & procurement of medicines from CMO i/c of CGHS WC. Therefore, you are directed to issue instruction to all specialist/ doctors working in your hospital that they must put their Stamp with name speciality & MCI/DMC Registration No. below their signature on the prescription slip of CGHS beneficiaries to enable them to get endorsement of procedure/investigation & procurement of medicines from CMO i/c of CGHS WC easily and to make referral system hassle free issued by Ministry’s OM Z 15025 / 117 /2017/DIR/CGHS dated 15.1.2018. ...

Retention of Railway accommodation for Railway employees transferred & posted to Northeast Frontier Railway  RBE No. 04/2019 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR) MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA) (RAILWAY BOARD) No.E(G) 2008 QR-1-9 New Delhi, dated 09.01.2019 The General Manager/Director General All Indian Railways/Production Units/RDSO-Lucknow (As per Standard mailing list) Sub:   Retention of Railway quarters at the previous place of posting by Railway employees posted to Northeast Frontier Railway. Ref: Board’s letter No. E(G) 2005 QR 1-3 dated 12.09.05, E(G) 2008 QR-1-9 dated 01.10.08, 11.08.09, 20.09.11, 30.12.14 and 18.11.15 Instructions governing retention of Railway accommodation in favour of Railway employees transferred and posted to Northeast Frontier Railway have been issued from time to time. The existing orders on the subject were valid up to 30.06.2018. The question of further extension of these orders beyond 30.06.2018 has been consider...

Revision of Financial powers to Heads of circles – DOP  No. 6-1/2016-FC (Posts) Ministry of Communications Department of Posts (Integrated Finance Wing) Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110 001 Dated: 8th January 2019 Sub:   Revision of Financial powers to Heads of circles in the Department of Posts. A reference is invited to this Department OM No.6-1/2005-FC (Posts) dated 31st August 2016, on the subject cited above. 2. In this regard, Chief Postmaster General, Punjab Circle, Chandigarh has sought for clarification with reference to OM No.6-1/2005-FC (Posts) dated 31st August 2016 regarding financial powers of Head of Circle in respect of Serial No. 14(b)(i) of Schedule-II whether this is applicable for a financial year or in each case. 3. The matter has been examined in this Directorate. It is clarified that the line, “In other cases the power should only be Rs. 20000/-” appearing against SI 14(b) (i) of Schedule-II, as communicated vide this Directorate lette...

Queries in Amendment of LTC Scheme GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3491 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.01.2019) AMENDMENT IN LTC SCHEME 3491. SHRI P. NAGARAJAN: Will the   PRIME MINISTER   be pleased to state: (a) whether the Union Government has any proposal to amend/revise the existing rules and regulations to visit tourist destinations under LTC scheme for the Central Government employees; (b) if so, the details thereof ; (c) whether the Union Government has also any proposal to grant at least 15% of the total LTC fare amount to partly defray the expenses spent for accommodation and local transport arrangements while availing ‘All India Tour’ to the eligible Central Government employees; (d) if so, the details thereof ; and (e) if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER MINISTER  OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY  OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES ...

Transfer Facility for all categories of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) No.17-31/2016-GDS Government of India Ministry of Communications Department of Posts GDS Section Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi -110001 Dated, 04.01.2019 Office Memorandum Sub:   Implementation of approved recommendations of Kamlesh Chandra Committee on Limited Transfer Facility for all categories of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) The undersigned is directed to refer to letters (i) No.19-10/2004 – GDS dated 17.07.2006, (ii) No. 19-10/2004-GDS (part) dated 21/22.07.2010, (iii) No. 19-10/2004-GDS (part) dated 19.03.2012 and No.19-10/2004-GDS (part) dated 10.04.2012 regarding Limited Transfer Facility or Gramin Dak Sevaks. 2. After taking into consideration the approved recommendation of Kamlesh Chandra Committee on Limited Transfer Facility and in supersession of all previous orders regarding transfer of Gramin Dak Sevaks. the Competent Authority has approved the following guidelines to regulate the Limited Tra...

Pre-2006 pensioners who retired from the 5th CPC scale of Rs. 6500-10500/- No.38/33/12-P&PW (A) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare 3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan Khan Market, New Delhi-110 003 Dated the 4th January, 2019 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Sub:   Revision of pension w.e.f 1.1.2006 of Pre-2006 pensioners who retired from the 5th CPC scale of Rs. 6500-10500/-. The undersigned is directed to say that as per Para 4.2 of this Department’s OM of even number dated 01.09.2008 relating to revision of pension of pre-2006 pensioners w.e.f. 1.1.2006, the revised pension w.e.f. 1.1.2006, in no case, shall be lower than 50% of the sum of the minimum of pay in the pay band and the grade pay thereon corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale from which the pensioner had retired. 2. Instructions were issued vide this Department’s OM of even number dated 28.1.2013 for stepping up of pension of pre-2006...

Dress Allowance to officials discharging Prosecution functions on provisional basis(7th CPC) – Railways GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR) Ministry of Railways (Rail Mantralaya) (Railway Board) Pc-VII No. 124 RBE No. 199/2018 File No. PC-VII/2017/I/7/5/7(Pt.) New Delhi, Dated: 21.12.2018 The General Managers/ CAOs(R), AB Indian Railways and Production Units, (As per mailing list) Subject:  Implementation of the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission – Dress Allowance to officials discharging Prosecution functions on provisional basis. Consequent to the decision taken by the Government of lndia on the recommendations of the 7th CPC, Kit Maintenance Allowance, Shoe Allowance, Uniform Allowance, Washing Allowance, Robe Allowance and Robe Maintenance Allowance have been subsumed into a single Dress Allowance and orders in this regard have been issued vide Board’s order No. PC-VII/2017/J/7/5/7 dated 03.10.20 17 (PC-VII No. 64/ RBE No. 141/2017)...