BRIEF OF THE MEETING HELD TODAY WITH THE CABINET SECRETARY (GOVERNMENT OF INDIA) Shiva Gopal Mishra Secretary National council (staff Side) Joint Consulative 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...

DoT further simplifies the process for linking of Aadhaar with mobile number   - Introduces new OTP based option for consumer ease with two other convenient options - Industry welcomes the move and pledges support to the government In a bid to expedite compliance of telecom service providers with the Hon. Supreme Court's order dated 6th February regarding linking of Aadhaar card with mobile number and reverification process of mobile users, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued a comprehensive instruction on Wednesday. As per the new rules, the DoT has introduced three new methods to link the registered mobile number with Aadhaar i.e. OTP (One Time Password) based, App based and the IVRS facility. These new methods will help subscribers to get their mobile number linked to Aadhaar without visiting the stores of the telcos. For the ease of senior citizens and the people with disability and chronic illness, DoT has also recommended for the re-verification at subscri...

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 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

House Rent Allowance (HRA) : Report of the Committee on Allowances House Rent Allowance (HRA) (Para 8.7.3-16) Existing Provisions: HRA is paid @30, 20 and 10 percent for X class (50 Lakh & above), Y class (5 to 50 lakh) and Z class (below 5 lakh) cities respectively. At present, in the case of those drawing either NPA or MSP or both, HRA is being paid as a percentage of BP+NPA or BP+MSP or BP+NPA+MSP respectively. Recommendations of 7th CPC: It has been retained and rationalized. After applying a multiplication factor of 0.8, the rates have been revised downwards to 24 percent, 16 percent and 8 percent of the Basic Pay for X, Y and Z class cities, respectively. The rate of HRA will be revised to 27 percent, 18 percent and 9 percent when DA crosses 50 percent, and further revised to 30 percent, 20 percent and 10 percent when DA crosses 100 percent. Add-ons like NPA, MSP, etc. should not be included while working out HRA. Demands: I. National Council (Staff Side), JCM: HRA may be re...

BRIEF OF THE MEETING HELD TODAY WITH THE CABINET SECRETARY (GOVERNMENT OF INDIA) Shiva Gopal Mishra Secretary National council (staff Side) Joint Consulative 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 a...