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All India Defence Employees Federation (AIDEF) ******* THE 4.5 lakh defence civilian employees have decided to join the countrywide strike of the working class on September 29. They have also decided to fight against the retrograde recommendations of the Kelkar committee. This was decided in the national executive committee meeting of the All India Defence Employees Federation (AIDEF) held on July 13-14, 2005. The Kelkar committee has recommended corporatisation of the 39 Ordnance factories in the country, which are at present under the direct control of the government of India, with the ultimate intention of privatisation. The AIDEF has decided to launch persistent struggle demanding for the rejection of the report by the government of India. The AIDEF has directed its 367 affiliated unions to stage massive demonstrations against the Kelkar committee report on August 24, 2005 and also to burn the copies of the report. The AIDEF has endorsed all the decisions taken in the ...

Date of next Increment - Clarification from Finance Ministry Very important order has been publishe by Finance Ministry regarding the date next increment... F.No.1/1/2008-IC Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure (Implementation Cell) ****** New Delhi, the 13 th September, 2008 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject:    Clarifications on CCS(Revised Pay) Rules, 2008 The undersigned is directed to refer to the Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008, notified vide G.S.R. No. 622(E) dated 29t August, 2008 and to state that clarifications are being sought regarding the date of next increment, the method of fixation of pay on promotion after 01.01.2006, use of fitment tables for cases of pay fixation under Rule 11 of CCS(RP) Rules, 2008, fixation fo pay of government servants who were on deputation on 1.1.2006 and got promoted in the cadre subsequently while still on deputation, etc. 2.     ...

State Government implement 6th paycommission There is good news for state government employees in Jharkhand as state government has decided to implement 6t Pay commission in the state.The decision by cabinet in Jharkhand comes on the heel of several other states deciding to implement the 6th Pay Commission recommendations in those states.The union government last month had decided to accept the 6th pay Panel recommendations. It also issued notification on 30th August last month regarding the implementation of the pay panel recommendations.But unlike central government Jharkhand government will not implement the 6th pay panel report from 1st January 2006. The Jharkhand government will implement the pay panel recommendations from April last year.P.K. Jajoria, secretary of the cabinet coordination committee of the state said, “The state government will implement the recommendations of the Pay Commission from April 2007”.He went on to add, “By implementing the recommendations, the st...

Professors, Lecturers may get heavy pay hike Professors and lecturers are all set to get hefty pay hike. Following the 6th Pay Commission implementation there was some disappointment among university and colleges teachers over the delay in implementation of the pay panel recommendation, but finally they too are set for substantial salary hikes.If everything goes well university teachers will get approximately 30 percent pay hikes on the lines of the Sixth Pay Panel recommendations. University grants commission had set up a committee under a former vice chancellor of prestigious JNU to recommend the pay revision needed in teaching fraternity in the universities. The GK Chadha committee was under fire recently for not being able to submit its report on time, the same day when Sixth Pay Commission presented its report.But Chadha committee has some good news for teachers besides pay raise. It has reportedly favoured raising of retirement age to 65, flexibility to accommodate talent th...

No.130l8/212008-Estt.(L) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training **** New Delhi, the 11th September, 2008. OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission relating to enhancement of the quantum of Maternity Leave and introduction of Child Care Leave in respect of Central Government employees. Consequent upon the decisions taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission relating to Maternity Leave and Child Care Leave, the President is pleased to decide that the existing provisions of the Central Civil Services (Leave)Rules, 1972 will be treated as modified as follows in respect of civilian employees of the Central Govemment:- (a) The existing ceiling of 135 days Maternity Leave provided in Rule 43(1) of Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 shall be enhanced to 180 days. (b) Leave of the kind du...

TAX ON ARREARS - GOVT.REQUIRES TO CLARIFY SERVICE Thanks to 6CPC report implementation all Central Government employees expect to receive the arrears of salary (the increased wages) shortly. A part of this increase would be paid in the current financial year and the balance will be paid in the next financial year. An issue arises as to the taxability of the income likely to be received by the employees. The income chargeable to tax under the head ‘salaries’ includes:Salary due from an employer in the financial year, whether paid or not; salary paid or allowed to an employee in a financial year, even though not due; any arrears of salary paid or allowed to an employee in a financial year. Therefore, an issue arises whether only the partial income that is received in the current financial year would be liable to tax or whether the entire income which the employee is likely to receive in the current financial year and the next financial year would be liable to tax now.In this context...

No.1201l/04/2008-Estt. (Allowance) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) New Delhi, the 11th Sep 2008 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Sub: Recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission- implementation of decisions relating to Special Allowance for child care for women with disabilities and Education Allowance for disabled children of Govt. employees. Consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the Sixth Central Pay Commission for providing extra benefits to women employees with disabilities especially when they have young children and children with disability, the President is pleased to issue the following instructions:- (i) Women with disabilities shall be paid Rs.lOOO/-per month as Special Allowance for Child care. The allowance shall be payable from the time of the child's birth till the child is two years o...

Recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission- implementation of decisions relating to the grant of Children Education Assistance and Reimbursement of Tuition Fee. No.120 1l/03/2008-Estt. (Allowance) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) New Delhi, the 13th Sep 2008 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Sub: Recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission- implementation of decisions relating to the grant of Children Education Assistance and Reimbursement of Tuition Fee. Consequent upon the decisions taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the Sixth Central Pay Commission and in supersession of all earlier orders on the subject of Children Education Allowance and Reimbursement of Tuition Fee, the President is pleased to issue the following...

INCREMENT ONLY ON 1st JULY EACH YEAR HINDI VERSION STANDS REJECTED - ENGLISH VERSION REIETERATED BY MOF CONFEDERATION CHARTER OF DEMANDS WILL INSIST INCREMENT DATE Today The MOF issued a clarificatory order on date of increment, method of fixation of pay on promotion after 1.1.2006, Use of fitment table for cases fixex under Rule 11, Fixation of pay for those on deputation etc. Accordingly the date of increment will be only 1st July every year. For Officials who have been in the Revised Pay Structure for six months from 1.1.2006 to 1.7.2006 for six months are eligible for increment on 1.7.2006. It is clarified clearly that those who have drawn their earlier incerment between 2.1.2005 and 1.1.2006 would be given their next increment on 1.7.2006. Those officials whose date of increment is 1.1.2006, they would be given increment in old scale before fixation in Revised Pay and then again on 1.7.2006 another increment in the Revised Pay. However this clarification is not totally sa...

DATE OF NEXT INCREMENT - 1.7.2006 OR 1.7.2007 ? WHEN WILL BE THE DATE OF NEXT INCREMENT SOME DDOs WRONGLY DO NOT DRAW INCREMENT ON 1.7.2006 Annual Increment should be drawn on 1.7.2006 if the official's pay fixed in Revised Pay Structure on 1.1.2006 as per Para 10 of CCS [RP] Rules, 2008. Majority of DDOs correctly apply the Para 10 of the CCS [RP] Rules, 2008 and draw increment in revised pay on 1.7.2006 for all those employees those who have been placed in the Revised 6th CPC Pay Structure w.e.f. 1.1.2006 by virtue of their remaining under the Revised Pay Structure for 6 months. However, there are reports that some DDOs are not doing so and not drawing the annual increment on 1.7.2006 but only drawing it on 1.7.2007 for those employees whose existing date of increment is between 1st January 2006 and 1st June 2006. This is wrong. Kindly refer to CCS [RP] Rules, 2008 under Para Numbered 10 on 'Date of next increment in the revised pay structure' – wherein it is stipu...

1. Resolution containing Government's decision on Sixth CPC Report 2. CCS (Revised Pay) Rules 2008 3. Office Memorandum 4. Special Allowance for Child Care, Women with Disabilities and Education Allowance for Disabled Children of Government Employees 5. Enhancement of the Quantum of Maternity Leave and introduction of Child Care Leave in respect of Central Government Employees 6. Grant of increased rate of Washing Allowance to common categories of Group 'C' and 'D' Employees of various Ministries/Departments 7. Applicability for revised Group 'D' Pay Scales to Casual Labourers with Temporary Status 8. Allowances including New DA, HRA, etc. 9. Grant of Children Education Assistance and Reimbursement of Tuition Fee 10. Central Secretariat (Deputation on Tenure) Allowance and Grant of Deputation (Duty) Allowance 11. Training Allowance and Sumptuary Allowance

REVISED PAY SCALES FOR CERTAIN COMMON CATEGORIES OF STAFF Section I The revised pay structure mentioned in Column (5) and (6) of this part of the Notification for the posts mentioned in Column (2) have been approved by the Government. The initial fixation as on 1.1.2006 will be done in accordance with Note 2 below Rule 7 of this Notification ii) On account of merger of pre-revised pay scales of Rs.5000-8000, Rs.5500-9000 and Rs.6500-10500, some posts which presently constitute feeder and promotion grades will come to lie in an identical grade. The specific recommendations about some categories of these posts made by the Pay Commission are included Section II of Part B. As regards other posts, the posts in these three scales should be merged. In case it is not feasible to merge the posts in these pay scales on functional considerations, the posts in the scale of Rs.5000-8000 and Rs.5500-9000 should be merged, with the post in the scale of Rs.6500-10500 being upgraded to the next high...

DOPT ISSUES MORE ORDERS TODAY Temporary Status Casual Labourers Pay Revision Ordered by DOPT TEMPORARY STATUS CASUAL LABOURERS IN 1S PAY SCALE WASHING ALLOWANCE DOUBLED FOR COMMON CATEGORY GROUP C & D ORDERS FOR GRANT OF DEARNESS RELIEF TO PENSIONERS FROM 1.1.2006 Maternity Leave increased from 135 to 180 Days. Child Care Leave for 730 Days in the entire service period is introduced for Women Employees with full pay. Children Education Allowance on double the rate viz., Rs. 2000/= per month for disabled children. Disabled Women Employees will get Rs.1000/= per month as Special Allowance for Child Care. 2009 Year Holidays Announced by Government. More DOP&T Orders: http://90paisa.blogspot.com/2008/09/government-orders.html

CCS (Conduct) Rules 1964 - Definitions CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES (CONDUCT) RULES, 1964 2. Definitions In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "The Government" means the Central Government; (b) "Government servant" means any person appointed by Government to any civil service or post in connection with the affairs of the Union and includes a civilian in a Defence Service; EXPLANATION.–A Government servant whose services are placed at the disposal of a company, corporation, organisation or a local authority by the Government shall, for the purpose of these rules, be deemed to be a Government servant serving under the Government notwithstanding that his salary is drawn from sources other than the Consolidated Fund of India; (c) "Members of family" in relation to a Government servant includes:- (i) the wife or husband as the case may be, of the Government servant, whether residing with the Government servant or not ...

DOPT ISSUES MORE ORDERS TODAY A.Maternity Leave increased from 135 to 180 Days. B.Child Care Leave for 730 Days in the entire service period is introduced for Women Employees with full pay. C.Children Education Allowance on double the rate viz., Rs. 2000/= per month for disabled children. D.Disabled Women Employees will get Rs.1000/= per month as Special Allowance for Child Care. E.2009 Year Holidays Announced by Government. The Salient features of the above orders are as follows: 1. Special Allowance for Child Care: The Women employees of Central Government with 40% disabilities are granted a Special Allowance for Child Care @ 1000/= per month. This Allowance can be claimed for a maximum of 2 Children. From Child birth to 2 years old for the child this allowance is payable. As like many other allowances this Allowance also is to be enhanced by 25% when the DA payable goes up by 50% on new pay. 2. Education Allowance: The Education Allowance payable is doubled for the children...

Recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission- I mplementation of decisions relating to the grant of Children Education  Assistance and Reimbursement of Tuition Fee. No.12011/03/2008-Estt. (Allowance) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) New Delhi, the 2nd September, 2008 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Sub: Recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission- I mplementation of decisions relating to the grant of Children Education  Assistance and Reimbursement of Tuition Fee. Consequent upon the decisions taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the Sixth Central Pay Commission and in supersession of all earlier orders on the subject of Children Education Allowance and Reimbursement of Tuition Fee, the President is pleased to issue the following instructi...

New pension rules with better pay panel package This should cheer former central government employees. With the Centre notifying the new pension rules, they can expect a higher pension packet from next month. The revised pensions are higher than what the sixth Pay Commission recommended. Although the move benefits the cross-section of retired employees, those in higher brackets have gained more in real terms. New pensions for defence and railway personnel will be notified separately. Older pensioners have an added reason to rejoice. Centenarians will get 100% extra pension calculated at revised rates. Similarly, those over 80 years will get an additional 20% of their basic pension. This goes up by 30%, 40% and 50% for those over 85, 90 and 95, respectively. To get an idea of the quantum of hike, a person with a basic pension of Rs 10,000 — who used to get Rs 22,050 in hand — will now receive a total pension of Rs 26,216. The new rates are effective from January 2006 and the arrea...

Group D staff may not require to pay tax on arrears Group 'D' employees of the Central government, including peons and drivers, can heave a sigh of relief as they are likely to get their 40 percent salary arrears in full without any income tax deduction on implementation of Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. While the Group 'D' government employees will not have to pay tax on arrears, those belonging to higher levels can also claim marginal benefit by filing Form 10E of the Income Tax Returns, said a senior official of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Among the Group 'D' employees, drivers receive highest salary because of over-time allowance, the tax official said, adding, "even they will fall short of the taxing limit by a whisker." High ranking officials would not get as much benefit as their Group 'D' counterparts get as they already are in a larger tax bracket and may also be required to pay a "surcharge" on thei...

CCS (Conduct) Rules 1964 - Short title, commencement and application CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES (CONDUCT) RULES, 1964 1. Short title, commencement and application (1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964. (2) They shall come into force at once. (3) Save as otherwise provided in these rules and subject to the provisions of the Indian Foreign Service (Conduct and Discipline) Rules, 1961, these rules shall apply to every person appointed to a civil service or post (including a civilian in Defence Service) in connection with the affairs of the Union: Provided that nothing in these rules shall apply to any Government servant who is – (a) (i) a railway servant as defined in Section 3 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890); (ii) a person holding a post in the Railway Board and is subject to the Railway Services (Conduct) Rules; (iii) holding any post under the administrative control of the Railway Board or of the ...

Fixation of pay on promotion on or after 1.1.2006 In the case of promotion from one grade pay to another in the revised pay structure, the fixation will be done as follows:- (i) One increment equal to 3% of the sum of the pay in the pay band and the existing grade pay will be computed and rounded off to the next multiple of 10. This will be added to the existing pay in the pay band. The grade pay corresponding to the promotion post will thereafter be granted in addition to this pay in the pay band. In cases where promotion involves change in the pay band also, the same methodology will be followed. However, if the pay in the pay band after adding the increment is less than the minimum of the higher pay band to which promotion is taking place, pay in the pay band will be stepped to such minimum. For example, Letus take a person promoted from prerevised scale of 3050 to 4000, that is promoted from 1900 Grade pay to 2400 Grade pay. Both the scales in one Pay band of 5200-20200. A...

Date of next increment in the revised pay structure There will be a uniform date of annual increment, viz. 1st July of every year. Employees completing 6 months and above in the revised pay structure as on 1st of July will be eligible to be granted the increment . The first increment after fixation of pay on 1.1.2006 in the revised pay structure will be granted on 1.7.2006 for those employees for whom the date of next increment was between 1st July, 2006 to 1stst January, 2007. Provided that in the case of persons who had been drawing maximum of the existing scale for more than a year as on the 1st day of January, 2006, the next increment in the revised pay structure shall be allowed on the 1st day of January, 2006. Thereafter, the provision of Rule 10 would apply. Provided that in cases where an employee reaches the maximum of his pay band, shall be placed in the next higher pay band after one year of reaching such a maximum. At the time of placement in the higher pay band, benefi...

Fixation of initial pay in the revised pay structure: (1) The initial pay of a Government servant who elects, or is deemed to have elected under sub-rule (3) of rule 6 to be governed by the revised pay structure on and from the 1st day of January, 2006, shall, unless in any case the President by special order otherwise directs, be fixed separately in respect of his substantive pay in the permanent post on which he holds a lien or would have held a lien if it had not been suspended, and in respect of his pay in the officiating post held by him, in the following manner, namely :- (A) in the case of all employees:- (i) the pay in the pay band/pay scale will be determined by multiplying the existing basic pay as on 1.1.2006 by a factor of 1.86 and rounding off the resultant figure to the next multiple of 10. ( ii) if the minimum of the revised pay band/ pay scale is more than the amount arrived at as per (i) above, the pay shall be fixed at the minimum of the revised pay band/pay sc...

New Pension Scheme (NPS)(effect from 1-1-2004 ) G.I., M.F., F.No.1(7)(2)/2003/TA/11, Dated: 7-1-2004 read with O.M.No. 1(7)(2)/2003/TA/67-74, Dated: 4-2-2004 1.Salient features of New Pension Scheme Government of India have introduced a new Defined Contribution Pension Scheme replacing the existing system of Defined Benefit Pension System vide Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs Notification, dated 22-2- 2003. The New Pension Scheme comes into operation with effect from 1-1-2004 and is applicable to all new entrants to Central Government service, except to Armed Forces, joining Government service on or after 1-1-2004. The salient features of the New Pension scheme are as follows:- The New Pension Scheme will work on defined contribution basis and will have two tiers-Tiers-I and II. Contribution to Tier-I is mandatory for all Government servants joining Government service on or after 1-1-2004, whereas Tier-ii will be optional and at the di...

CHILDREN EDUCATION ALLOWANCE -TUITION FEES Clarifications on Education Allowance for Central Government Employees... Children Education Allowance :-  6th PAY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION ACCEPTED AND ORDER ISSUED BY MOF APPLICABLE FOR A MAXIMUM OF 2 CHILDREN PERMISSIBLE AMOUNT IS 1000/- PER CHILD PER MONTH CLAIMS ARE QUARTERLY NO CERTIFICATION BY SCHOOL AUTHORITY NEEDED ONLY ONE SPOUSE CAN CLAIM. Finance Ministry Orders on Children Education Allowance / Tuition Fee is released on acceptance of the recommendation of the 6th Pay Commission in this matter. As per the recommendation of the Pay Commission, the Government has merged both the Children Education Allowance and Tuition Fees and fixed the quantum payable as Rs.1000/= per child restricted to a maximum of two children. Accordingly Rs.2000/= per month would be the permissible quantum for the CG Employees, who have at least two school going children. This order is applicable for children who study from...