Monetary Allowance for Widows of Gallantry Awards Recipients Recipients of the gallantry awards are entitled to the monetary allowance as per the letter of 1972 of Ministry of Defence (MoD), superseded by letter in 1995 of the MoD, which have been revised from time to time. As per the existing condition for grant of monetary allowance, the allowance shall be admissible to the recipient of the award and on his death to his widow lawfully married by a valid ceremony. The widow will continue to receive the allowance until her re-marriage or death. The payment of the allowance will, however, be continued to a widow who re-marries the late husband’s brother and lives a communal life with the living heir eligible for family pension. Representations were received from various quarters to remove the condition of the widow's remarriage with the late husband's brother for continuation of the monetary allowance. This issue was considered by the Government of India and it has now been deci...

Registering of Email IDs of CGHS beneficiaries F.N. 44-42/2016/MCTC/CGHS/2451- 83 Monitoring Computerization and Training Cell Directorate of CGHS Ministry of Health & Family Welfare CGHS Building Kalibari , New Delhi 110001 Dated: 17/11/2017 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Registering of Email IDs of CGHS beneficiaries With the objective of further strengthening the services to CGHS beneficiaries it has been decided to provide following e-services to the beneficiaries through ernails Prescription by Medical Officer at the VVC Intimation of medicines issued by Pharmacy Intimation of medicines indented Intimation of issue of indented medicines OTP to book online appointment Confirmation/ cancellation of online appointment Permission letter for procedures/ investigations etc. In order to enable above services. it is required that email ids of all CGHS beneficiaries are registered with CGHS. A beneficiary can visit CMO In change of parent Wellness Centre to get his/her email id registered ...

GDS News: Demanding Immediate Implementation of The Kamalesh Chandra Committee Report MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED TO THE HON'BLE DY.MINISTER OF FINANCE, UNION OF INDIA, CAMP AT NAGERCOIL-629001 BY THE CIRCLE SECRETARY OF TAMIL NADU, ALL INDIA GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS UNION Respected Sir, 1. As per the decision of the Central Government one man committee was appointed to submit the report for the wage revision of GDS employees headed by Sri.Kamalesh Chandra Ex.Member (Personal) of this Department in leiu of seventh CPC to Central Government Employees and submitted its report to the Government on 24th November ,2016.Most of our suggestions have been given due consideration by the committee . The Secretary Post submitted this report to the Minister of communication and now the same is kept in the Ministry of Finance for approval. 2. In our department other departmental employees were getting their wage revision by the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission with effect from 01.01.2016 onwards...

7th Central Pay Commission: Grant of Extra Work Allowance (abolition of existing Flight Charge Certificate Allowance) Instruction regarding Grant of Extra Work Allowance, Dress Allowance and Tough location Allowance No.PC-1(16)/2017/D (pay/Services) Government of India Ministry of Defence New Delhi, the 16th Nov, 2017 To, The Chief of the Army Staff The Chief of the Naval Staff The Chief of the Air Staff Subject: Grant of Extra Work Allowance (abolition of existing Flight Charge Certificate Allowance) - decision of the Government on the recommendation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission. Sir, I am directed to refer to MoD letter No.1 (54)/2008/D(Pay/Services) dated 04.11.2008 and Department of Expenditure OM No.12-3/2016-E.III(A) dated 20.07.2017 and to say that consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission vide Ministry of Finance Resolution No.11-1/2016-1C, Flight Charge Certificate Allowance has been abolished a...

Provisions in respect of the Contract Workers on Indian Railway GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) No. E(LL)/2015/PNM/AIRF/1 New Delhi, Dated 17.11.2017 The General Manager (P), All Indian Railways & PUs. Sub: Provisions in respect of the Contract Workers on IR. Ref: Board's letter of even number dated 20.10.2015 Payment of minimum wages to workers employed on Railways under the various provisions of the Contract Labour (R&A) Act, 1970 has become a pivotal issue in the present economic scenario. A meeting in this regard was held by Chief Labour Commissioner (Centre) on 15.11.2017 wherein the following issues, inter alia, were discussed: (i) Whether new rates of minimum wages w.e.f. 01.04.2017 are being paid to the contract workers; (ii) Mode of payment to contract workers through bank/cheque/cash; (iii) Whether provident fund is deducted from the payment made to the contract workers and the same is credited to that PF account; (iv) Whether medical faci...

7th Pay Commission Report submitted – 23.55% increase in salary : Central Government Employees 7th Pay Commission Report submitted – 23.55% increase in salary when taking increase in allowances also – Net Pay increase is 16% 7th pay commission report Highlights: Minimum pay is 18,000/- Grade Pay System abolished Fitment formula will be 2.57. So using present basic pay, 7th CPC pay can be calculated by multiplying the same with 2.57 factor. Increase in Military service Pay increased to 16,500 3% annual increment 52 allowances abolished 16% increase in pay  23.55% increase overall salary when taking in to increase in allowances also 24% increase in Pension 7th-central-pay-commission-report-2015 In a bonanza for central government employees, the Seventh Pay Commission on Thursday submitted its final report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recommending a 22-23 percent jump in their salary and allowances. The Pay Commission headed by Justice A K Mathur has suggested a 15 percent increas...

Aadhaar Data is Never Leaked or Breached: UIDAI The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) responding to a news report, appeared in certain section of media on "210 Government sites made Aadhaar info public" as if Aadhaar data is leaked or breached, has said that such report is a skewed presentation of the facts and poses as if the Aadhaar data is breached or leaked which is not the true presentation. UIDAI said in a statement here that the Aadhaar data is fully safe and secure and there has been no data leak or breach at UIDAI. UIDAI said that this said data on these websites was placed in public domain as a measure of proactive disclosure under RTI Act by these government and institutional websites which included beneficiaries’ name, address, bank account, and other details including Aadhaar number and was collected from the third party/users for various welfare schemes. It was this collected info which had been displayed in the public domain under RTI Act. There ...