The Kerala Government issued an order to deduct the salary of government employees for six days every month for the next five months as part of raising funds for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in the State. The order made it clear that there will be no salary cut for those staff who earn less than Rs.20,000 per month. The Kerala government has extended to cut salary of government employees and teachers for 6 more months. The state government had decided to deduct the salary of 6 days every month in the salary of employees for a total of 5 months from April to August, which has now been extended for another 6 months. The pay cut for 6 more months was approved in the Kerala cabinet meeting last week. However, giving relief to the employees, the state government had announced that the money of salary cut will be given to the employees in PF by next year. This order is not applicable for those who had already contributed their one month salary to the Chie...

Government will soon start the selection process for the new PFRDA chairman The government will soon start selection process for a new chairman of pension fund regulator PFRDA to succeed the present chief, Hemant G Contractor, whose term is slated to end in April. “The Finance Ministry will soon come out with an advertisement to find a successor to head the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA),” Contractor’s term will be completed on April 30, 2019. PFRDA was re-constituted into a statutory body after notification of PFRDA Act in 2014. Contactor is the first Chairman to head the regulatory body. He had joined   PFRDA   on October 7, 2014. As per the Act, the chairman will have a tenure of 5 years or till age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. Contractor was previously held the post of SBI managing director before being appointed as the PFRDA Chairman. The pension fund regulator has reached a subscriber base of 2.65 crore in its flagship Na...

Employees Union urges the Lavasa Committee report to be implemented by the central government A Jammu-based employees union on Sunday urged the Centre to implement the recommendations of the Ashok Lavasa Committee report ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls to benefit lakhs of lower class employees and pensioners. A high-level committee headed by the former Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa submitted its report on allowances to 47 lakh government employees to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in April 2017. “The delay in accepting the recommendations of the Ashok Lavasa Committee report by the central government has left the employees concerned,” president National Mazdoor Conference Subash Shastri said here. “We urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Finance minister to take a final decision in this regard before the announcement of the upcoming parliamentary elections,” he said. He said the Lavasa Committee had proposed a minimum scale pension of lower class employees a...

NPS To OPS: Karnataka Government Employees Protest against NPS New Pension System To Old Pension Scheme Karnataka Government Employees Protest against NPS Karnataka State Government Employees demanded to scrap NPS and on Wednesday they took a streets in Karnataka’s Belgaum City. As per the media news, thousands of agitating employees assembled in Kondaskoppa area of the city, opposite the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha (State Assembly) where he winter session of the Karnataka Assembly is in session. Earlier the members of the Karnataka State NPS Employees Association demanded scrapping of NPS. Nothing More… Nothing Less… We Want OLD PENSION SCHEME Yesterday (12.12.2018), National Secretariat of Confederation decided to observe as DEMANDS DAY raising the demand “SCRAP NPS & RESTORE OPS” through out the country.

Travel entitlements of Government employees for the purpose of LTC post Seventh Central Pay Commission (7th CPC) No. AN/XIV/ 19015/Govt. Orders/TA/DA/LTC/Medical/2018 28.11.2018 Sub:   Travel entitlements of Government employees for the purpose of LTC post Seventh Central Pay Commission – clarification reg. A Copy of Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) Office Memorandum No. 31011/08/2017-Estt.A-IV dated 18.10.2018 on the above subject is forwarded herewith for your information, guidance and compliance please. Source:   CGDA

Old Pension Scheme (OPS) Will Be Restored in Delhi Kejriwal said a resolution to restore the old pension scheme would be passed in a special session of the assembly. “It will then be sent to the Centre for approval. I will fight with the Centre to get it implemented.” Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Monday, November 26, that the old pension scheme will be restored by his government and he will write to his counterparts in other states to follow suit. Kejriwal said a resolution to restore the old pension scheme in the city will be passed in a special session of the legislative assembly. “It will then be sent to the Centre for approval. I will fight with the Centre to get it implemented,” Kejriwal said while addressing a rally organised by the All Teachers, Employees Welfare Association (ATEWA) at Ramlila Ground here. He said that he would also speak to his counterparts in West Bengal, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka for implementation of the scheme....

CGHS – REITERATION OF THE GUIDELINES ISSUED REGARDING CREDIT FACILITIES TO SERVING EMPLOYEES File No. Z15025/64/2018/DIR/CGHS Z 15025/64/2018/DIR/CGHS Government of India Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Department of Health & Family Welfare 545-A Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi Dated the November, 2018 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Sub: Reiteration of the guidelines issued regarding Credit facilities to serving employees of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, CGHS and Dte. General of Health Services With reference to the above mentioned subject the undersigned is directed to draw attention to the terms and conditions of empanelment under CGHS and to reiterate that the Hospitals and Diagnostic centres empanelled under CGHS shall provide treatment / Investigations to the serving employees of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, CGHS and Dte. General of Health Services and their family members covered under CGHS on credit basis on the basis of advice from CGHS Medical O...

GRATUITY FOR CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQS) (CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES) 10. GRATUITY (10.1) When will the gratuity withheld at the time of retirement be released? The withheld amount of gratuity under sub-rule (5) of CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972, the mretiring Government employees, shall be paid immediately on production of “No Demand Certificate” from the Directorate of Estates after actual vacation of the Government accommodation. The Directorate of Estates shall ensure that “No Demand Certificate” shall be given to the Government employee within a period of fourteen days from the actual date of vacation of the Government accommodation and the allottee shall be entitled to payment of interest (at the rate applicable to General Provident Fund deposit determined from time to time by the Government of India) on the excess withheld amount of gratuity which is required to be refunded., after adjusting the arrears of licence fee and damages, if any, payable by t...

DoPT: Stepping up of pay-Consolidated guidelines No.4/3/20 17-Estt(Pay-I) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training North Block, New Delhi, Dated the 26th October, 2018 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject:-   Stepping up of pay-Consolidated guidelines-reg. The undersigned is directed to say that the issue of anomaly relating to senior Government employees drawing less pay than their juniors due to application of provisions of FR 22(I)(a)(1) is considered on merits for allowing stepping up pay of the seniors so as to bring it at par with that of the junior in accordance with the guidelines scattered in various OMs noted in the margin. A need has been felt to consolidate guidelines on stepping up of pay at one place keeping in view the provisions of the Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016, [in short CCS(RP)Rules, 2016] as the frequent references on such issues continue to be received in this Department...

Confederation One Day Strike on 15.11.2018 Postponed CONFEDERATION ONE DAY STRIKE ON 15-11-2018 POSTPONED TO 2019 JANUARY 8TH & 9TH. TWO DAYS STRIKE JOINTLY WITH CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS AND ALL INDIA STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FEDERATION (AISGEF). NO CHANGE IN THE CHARTER OF DEMANDS SCRAP NPS WILL BE THE NUMBER ONE DEMAND. Dear Comrades, As you are aware, in the National Convention of Workers held at Mavlankar Hall, New Delhi on 28th September 2018, all the Central Trade Unions (except BMS) and all other independent Federations have declared two days nationwide strike on 8th & 9th January 2019 against the anti-people and anti-labour policies of the NDA Government. In the resolution adopted in the June 10th Hyderabad National Convention of Confederation and also in the National Secretariat meeting held thereafter, we have decided that the 2018 November 15th strike of Confederation will be changed, if the Central Trade Unions declare nationwide strike, so that the dat...

7th CPC: Travel entitlements of Government employees for the purpose of LTC post Seventh Central Pay Commission - clarification reg. No.31011/8/2017-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 January 18, 2018 Office Memorandum Subject: Travel entitlements of Government employees for the purpose of LTC post Seventh Central Pay Commission - clarification reg. The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's O.M.of even no. dated 19.09.2017 on the subject noted above, which inter-alia provides that the travel entitlements of Government servants for the purpose of LTC shall be the same as TA entitlements as notified vide Ministry of Finance’s O.M. dated 13.07.2017, except the air travel entitlement for Level 6 to Level 8 of the Pay Matrix, which is allowed in respect of TA only and not for LTC. 2. In this regard, this Department is in receipt o...

Give asset details or lose promotions and foreign postings: Government to IAS officers All IAS officers have been asked to submit details of their assets by next month and warned that the failure to do so would lead to a denial of vigilance clearances needed for promotions and foreign postings. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has written to all Central government departments, states and union territories asking them to ensure submission of Immovable Property Returns (IPRs) by IAS officers working with them by January 31, 2018. "In view of the DoPTs instructions dated April 4, 2011, it is reiterated that failure to ensure timely submission of IPR would result in denial of vigilance clearance," Establishment Officer and Additional Secretary P K Tripathi said in the recent missive. According to the 2011 instructions, officers who did not submit their IPR as on January 1, 2018, on time would be denied vigilance clearances and will not be considered for promotions ...

What If 7th Pay Commission Is The Last? Will It Help Government Employees With the news of increase in the minimum pay of the Central government employees still in limbo, news are making rounds that the 7th Pay Commission will be the last pay commission for the government employees. The news has indeed brought confusion among the lakhs of government employees as to how will their new salary look like, what will the salary be increased and on what basis the government would increase the salary. Reports are there that the BJP-led Central government is mulling to go for an alternative without making the employees to wait for 10 years to get a hike in their salary. Justice A K Mathur, Chairman of the 7th Pay Commission, had earlier stated that revision of salary be done every year on the basis of the available data and price index. According to reports, the Aykroyd formula may be considered for the pay hike of the central government employess. The said formula takes into account the three...

Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin Government on course to achieve targets under Rural Housing Programme (PMAY-G) A record of 10 lakh houses built in a year Hon'ble Prime Minister launched Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) on 20th November, 2016 from Agra. A target of completing one crore new houses by 31st March, 2019 was set. Of these, 51 lakh houses are to be completed by 31st March, 2018. To meet the challenge of assisting 51 lakh Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) beneficiaries in construction of their homes by March, 2018, the Ministry of Rural Development, in partnership with the State Governments, has taken many steps, including setting month-wise target for completion of houses. The target for completion of 10 lakh houses by November, 2017 has been achieved on 29th November, 2017, i.e. before the appointed date for completion of 10 lakh houses. It is expected that 15 lakh houses will be completed by 31st December 2017; 25 lakh houses by 31st January, 2018; 35 lakh h...

Government can not accommodate employee in lower pay scale because of disability: High Court The Allahabad High Court has held that the government cannot accommodate an employee in a post with a lower pay scale just because he or she acquired some disability during service and became unfit for the current post. A bench comprising justices Bharati Sapru and Siddharth passed the order while dismissing a petition filed by the Ministry of Railways. The court directed the ministry to pay S Q Ahmed (accommodated on a post with lower pay scale because he acquired some disability) his dues according to higher pay grade with 7 per cent interest from the due date. It also imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on railways for not giving its employee his legitimate dues and for dragging him into litigation for no fault on his part. In its petition, the Centre challenged an order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal directing the Ministry of Railways to pay Ahmad his salary and other dues according ...