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CGDA Orders : Suspension of Government Servant – Review of Suspension Controller General of Defence Accounts Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt 110010 No.AN/XIII/13006/Vol-XXII Dated 22.09.2015 To The PCsDA/CsDA PCA(Fys)/CFAs(Fys) PIFAs/IFAs (Through Website) Subject : Suspension of Government Servant – Review of Suspension As per provisions contained in Rule 10 of CCS(CC&A) Rules, 1965 suspension of a Government servant is valid only for 90 days unless it is extended after review before expiry of 90 days. It has been observed by the MoD D(Vigilance) that the suspension order has been struck down on the ground that the same had not been reviewed by the reviewing authority before expiry of 90 days.

Awareness Programme Under Pensioners’ Portal The Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is implementing a web based mission mode project on pensions namely Pensioner’s Portal under the National e-Governance Plan. The Department has also started initiative called SANKALP for channelizing the experience and skill of Pensioners towards meaningful social activities. The Department is proposing to conduct the next such Awareness Programme for Pensioners on October 08, 2015 at Ahmedabad Medical Association, AMA House, Opp H.K.Arts College. The meeting will be chaired by Shri Devendra Chaudhry, Secretary (P,AR&PG).

Compulsory Retirement under CCS Rules ; Central Government employees over 50/55 worried “Compulsory Retirement under CCS Rules – Following are the consequences of a law imposed by DoPT.” The Armed Forces, Railways, Defence, and Deaprtment of Post are among the largest employers under the control of the Central Government. The largest among them, the Railways, employs more than 13 lakh employees. In all, the Central Government employees more than 34 lakh, and has more than 38 lakh pensioners on its list.

Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners – Revised rate effective from 1.7.2015. F. No. 42/10/2014-P&PW(G) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare 3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi – 110003 Date : 28th Sept, 2015 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners – Revised rate effective from 1.7.2015. The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM No. 42/10/2014- P&PW(G) dated 27th April, 2015 on the subject mentioned above and to state that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Relief (DR) payable to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 113% to 119% w.e.f. 1st July, 2015.

Circulation of Fake order for extension of due date for filing of Audit report and return of Income for Assessment Year 2015-16 Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes PRESS RELEASE New Delhi, 28th September, 2015 Sub: Circulation of Fake order for extension of due date for filing of Audit report and return of Income for Assessment Year 2015-16-regarding It has been brought to the notice of the Government that a fake order dated 26th September 2015 supposedly under section 119 of the Income-tax Act 1961 under the signature of one Upmanyu Reddy, Under Secretary to the Government of India is in circulation. The fake order extends the due date for filing of audit report under section 119 of the Income-tax Act to 15 October 2015.

7th CPC report submission date -  COC Karnataka 7th CPC report submission date. Comrades, There are lot of enquiries about the 7th CPC report submission. Let us examine the following facts. 1) The 7th CPC had issued following statement in July 2015 in its website http://7cpc.india.gov.in/ . Even today the same status is existing. “Further to the memoranda received from a variety of Organisations, Federations, Groups representing civil employees in the Government of India as also from the Defence Services, the Commission has had fruitful and wide ranging discussions on relevant issues with all stakeholders. Such interactions have now been concluded. Valuable inputs have been received and the work of compilation and finalization of the report is underway, so that the Commission completes its task in the time frame given to it. Accordingly, any future requests for meeting with the Commission will not be entertained.” This shows clearly that the 7th CPC wanted to pr...

Payment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees – Revised Rates effective from 1.7.2015 No.1/3/2015-E-II (B) Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure North Block, New Delhi Dated: 23rd September, 2015. OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees – Revised Rates effective from 1.7.2015 The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s Office Memorandum No.1/2/2015-E-II (B) dated 18th September, 2015 on the subject mentioned above and to say that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 113% to 119% with effect from 1st July, 2015.

Highlights of 7th Pay Commission Report Spreads on Social Media and Leading Websites Rumors on 7th Pay Commission Report – Highlights of the report spreads on Social Media and Leading Websites Photograph of 7th Pay Commission’s Document Spreads like Wildfire on Social Media “A copy of one of the important letter pertaining to the 7th Pay Commission surfaced in the social media yesterday.” A crucial document containing the signatures of four members, including the chairman and secretary of the 7th Pay Commission was released on the Social Media, creating a buzz. The document, titled “Report of Seventh Central Pay Commission Highlights” contained the seal of the Central Government, stated that it would be submitted on September 1, 2015. The report showed three pages of the document. At the end of it, there were signatures, along with names and designations of four members of the Pay Commission, including the chairman and secretary.

Pros and Cons of extending the term of 7th Pay Commission Recently the central government announced the extension of term of 7th pay commission by four months till 31st December 2015. By the time there were news started coming about seventh Pay Commission that it would ask one month extension to submit the report, Unexpectedly the central government itself granted four month extension to 7th central pay commission in its Cabinet Meeting held on 26th August 2015 One day before the announcement made by central government on granting extension to the pay commission, according to PTI news report, Justice A.K.Mathur, Chairman, 7th Pay Commission, said that by the end of September 2015 the Pay commission report would be submitted to the government. Why the central government granted four month extension when the commission itself if asked one month time? What will happen if the 7th pay commission submits its reports on 31st December 2015?

Govt mulls to execute compulsory retirement to Central Government employee for better administration Compulsory Retirement to Central Government Employees on the Basis of their Efficiency may be a Difficult Task for the Government…. Recently, the Central Government had issued an order (No.25013/01/2013-Estt.A-IV) regarding strengthening of administration by executing compulsory retirement to the central government employees who are found to be inefficient, incapable or unable to fulfill the targets set by their higher authorities, after completing certain years of service.

Clarification regarding fixation of pay of re-employed ex-servicemen pensioners retiring before attaining age of 55 years and who hold post below commissioned officer rank in the Defence Forces. FILE NO. 01-01/2011-PAP GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND I.T. DEPARTMENT OF POSTS (ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION) DAK BHAWAN, SANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI-110001. THE: 15th September, 2015. TO All Chief Postmasters General, Chief General Managers, PLI, BD&MD, Deputy Director General (PAF), Postal Dte., All General Managers(Finance), All Directors of Accounts (Postal), The Director Postal Staff College of India, Ghaziabad, All Directors of PTCs. Sub: Clarification regarding fixation of Pay of re-employed ex-servicemen pensioners retiring before attaining age of 55 years and who hold post below commissioned officer rank in the Defense Forces.

Payment of difference on arrears of TA/DA arising out of Railway Board’s letter No.F(E)I/2011/AL-28/18 dt.29.4.14. Government of India Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) RBE No. 108/2015 No.F(E)I/2015/AL-28/46 New Delhi, dated 21.09.2015 The General Managers, All Indian Railways etc. (As per Standard Mailing List) Sub: Payment of difference on arrears of TA/DA arising out of Railway Board’s letter No.F(E)I/2011/AL-28/18 dt.29.4.14. One of the Railways has sought clarification regarding a supplementary claim for difference of TA/DA arising out of enhancement of Dearness allowance upto 100% w.e.f. 1.1.14 after issue of Board’s letter No.F(E)/2011/AL/28/18 dt. 29.04.14.

Grant of 30% HRA to staff working Umdanagar, Medchal and Gundlapochampally on par with the staff working in GHMC limits. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) No. E(P&A)II-2012/HRA-1 New Delhi, dated 18.9.2015. The General Manager (P), South-Central Railway, Secunderabad Sub:- Grant of 30% HRA to staff working Umdanagar, Medchal and Gundlapochampally on par with the staff working in GHMC limits. Please refer to your office letter No. SCR/P-HQ/Ruling/O/811/HRA dated 29.06.15 on the above noted subject.

Grant of Night Duty Allowance on the basis of Actual Salary – BPMS writes to OFB BHARATIYA PRATIRAKSHA MAZDOOR SANGH (AN ALL INDIA FEDERATION OF DEFENCE WORKERS) (AN INDUSTRIAL UNIT OF B.M.S.) (RECOGNISED BY MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, GOVT. OF INDIA) REF: BPMS / OFB / NDA / 200 (8/2/L) Dated: 14/09/2015 To, The DDG (IR), Ordnance Factory Board, 10 A, S.K.Bose Road, Kolkata – 700001 Subject: Grant of Night Duty Allowance on the basis of Actual Salary Reference: PC of A (Fys) Kolkata letter No. Pay/Tech-II/1206/2015/13, dated 09.09.2015 Respected Sir, With due regards, it is submitted that the issue of payment of Night Duty Allowance based on actual salary, instead of notional pay of Rs.2200/- was resolved vide MOD ID No. 17(4)/2012/D(Civ-II), Dated 08.05.2015 in compliance of Contempt Petition (CP No. 200/2014 Shri Arvind Girija Singh & Ors versus UOI & Ors.) based on the CAT Jodhpur directions in CA No 34/2008 dated 5.11.2009 and subsequent...

Verification of qualifying service after 18 years service and 5 years before retirement G.I., Dept. of Per. & Trg., O.M.No.1/19/2013-P&PW(E), dated 16-9-2015 Sub: Verification of qualifying service after 18 years service and 5 years before retirement. It has been observed by this Department that processing of pension cases of the employees retiring from the government service quite often get delayed on account of the issues relating to verification of service from time to time by the concerned authorities during the service of the concerned employee. Although detailed instructions regarding verification of service have been issued by Department of Personnel & Training and by this Department, these instructions are not meticulously adhered to resulting in delay in sanctioning of retirement benefit of the employees.

Strengthening of administration-Periodical review under FR 56(j) and Rule 48 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 No.25013/01/2013-Estt.A-IV Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training Establishment A-IV Desk North Block, New Delhi  Dated 11th September, 2015 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Strengthening of administration-Periodical review under FR 56(j) and Rule 48 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM No. 25013/1/2013-Estt(A) dated 21/03/2014 on the periodical review under Fundamental Rule 56 or Rule 48 of CCS (Pension) Rules. 2. Various instructions issued on the subject deal with compulsory retirement under the above mentioned provisions. The Supreme Court has observed in State of Gujarat Vs. Umedbhai M. Patel. 2001 (3) SCC 3l4 as follows:

Amendment to the Terms of Reference of 7th Central Pay Commission - Finance Ministry issued Gazette Notification MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Expenditure) RESOLUTION New Delhi, the 8th September, 2015 No. 1/1/2013-E. III(A).—The Government of India have decided that the Para 5 of this Ministry’s Resolution No. 1/1/2013-E.III(A) dated 28.2.2014 shall be modified as under :—

7th Pay Commission may submit its report before 30.9.2015 – DREU Can We Expect 7th CPC Recommendations soon? 7th CPC may not delay its submission Though Central Government decided to extend 4 months life of Pay Commission, it appears that it was in the background of negotiations with Armed Forces Veterans for referring OROP issue to CPC. Now in the background of across the table settlement of OROP, Govt too not issued any orders for time extn. CPC Chairman was averse to delaying his report. Comrade R.Elangovan DREU Working President analyses the situation nicely about possibilities of submission before 39.09.2015. I do agree with this assessment. More over the postponement of SCOVA meeting scheduled in September also indicates the probability of submission by end of September. I am reproducing Elangovan’s note for all to study! KR GS AIPRPA

7th Central Pay Commission – Regularisation of Retirement Age? As the recommendation and implementation of the 7th Central Pay Commission is eagerly awaited by the central government employees, some points in the recommendations are slightly leaking in..It may not be authentically correct. According to information from various sources, the Pay Commission may fix the minimum basic pay at Rs. 15000/- and it is assumed that a huge increase in the salaries of the employees cannot be expected. The term of the commission was extended for four months and they are in full swing giving final touches to the report to be submitted to the central government by the end of December 2015.

Department of Expenditure has issued gazette notification regarding extension of 4 month to  7th Central Pay Commission... MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Expenditure) RESOLUTION New Delhi, the 8th September, 2015 No. 1/1/2013-E. III(A).—The Government of India have decided that the Para 5 of this Ministry’s Resolution No. 1/1/2013-E.III(A) dated 28.2.2014 shall be modified as under :—

Payment of Night Duty Allowance (NDA) at revised rates to the eligible civilian employees working in the Establishments under the Ministry of Defence . Office of the Principal controller of Accounts (FYs) 10-A, S.K.Bose Road, Kolkata – 700 000 Pay/Tech-II/1206/2015/13 Dated: 09.09.2015 To, All Cs F A (Fys) Subject: Payment of Night Duty Allowance (NDA) at revised rates to the eligible civilian employees working in the Establishments under the Ministry of Defence.

NC JCM Staff Side demands One Rank One Pension from 7th Pay Commission Parity between Past and Future Pensioners : Com. Shiva Gopal Mishra secy. staff side/NCJCM has written a DO letter to chairman 7th Pay commission for pension Parity between past and future pensioners. Shiva Gopal Mishra Secretary Ph: 23382286 National Council (Staff Side) Joint Consultative Machinery 13-C, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi – 110001 E-Mail: nc.jcm.ni@gmail.com No. Dated 11.09.2015 Justice Shri Ashok Kumar Mathur, Chairman, Seventh Central Pay Commission, New Delhi. Dear Sir, Sub: Parity between Past and Future Pensioners While urging for parity in Pension; for past and future pensioners before the Seventh Central Pay Commission, Staff Side, National Council/JCM vide Chapter-IV, Para 4.1 submitted as follow:-

Revision of House Rent Allowance for CPSE employees on the basis of Census – 2011 No. 2(46)/2012-DPE (WC)-GL-XIII /2015 Government of India Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises Department of Public Enterprises Public Enterprises Bhawan, Block No.14, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. Dated, the 07th Sept 2015 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject : Re-classification/Upgradation of Cities/Towns on the basis of Census – 2011 for the purpose of grant of House Rent Allowance (HRA) for CPSE employees The undersigned is directed to refer to para ‘7’ of DPE OM dated 26.11.2008, para ‘2’(iii) of OM dated 02.04.2009 and DPE OM dated 07/01/2013 on the subject cited above.

6% DA hike from July 2015 – Central Cabinet approved on 9.9.2015 6% DA hike from July 2015 – Central Cabinet approved yesterday “The central cabinet has given its approval yesterday to a six percent hike in dearness allowance from July 2015 onwards, for Central Government employees and pensioners.” Central Government employees and pensioners get two dearness allowance hikes each year. The dearness allowance for the period of months between January to June is given in March; the DA hike for July to December is given in September.

Union Cabinet approved release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Pensioners Release of additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Pensioners due from 1.7.2015  The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to Pensioners w.e.f. 01.07.2015. This represents an increase of 6 percent over the existing rate of 113 percent of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise. 

DA and DR from July to Dec 2015 – Cabinet Committee may approve tomorrow As per media news, the Cabinet committee in its meeting tomorrow is likely to approve an additional Dearness Allowance for Central Government employees due from July 2015. The second installment of this year, from July to December 2015, an additional DA is finalized hike by 6% as per the calculations recommended by 6th CPC. Now the Central Government employees and pensioners are getting 113% DA and DR, after the declaration by the Cabinet Committee on DA, it will become 119%.

Govt favours discontinuing interview for appointment to various posts Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has said that the Union Government is in favour of doing away with the practice of holding interviews for appointment to junior level posts. Presiding over a meeting of Principal Secretaries of General Administration Department (GAD)/Personnel from different States and Union Territories here today, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has initiated a serious exercise for identifying the posts for which interview for selection can be discontinued and a communique in this regard has been sent to various State Governments, State Public Service Commissions and Staff Selection Commission. He said that this follows the suggestion put forward by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi during h...

Exempting Railway employees from the NPS and also consider OROP – NFIR NFIR National Federation of Indian Railwaymen 3, CHELMSFORD ROAD,NEW DELHI – 110 055 Affiliated to: Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) No.IV/NPS/PFRDA BILL Dated: 06-09-2015 Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India South Block, Raisina Hills, New Delhi. Respected Sir, Sub: Uniform Pension Scheme to retiring Railways employees at par with ex-servicemen – reg. At the outset, the National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR) thanks the Government for conceding to the demand of ex-Servicemen for introduction of “One Rank – One Pension” for them. In this connection, I would invite your kind attention to the case of Railway employees numbering over 1.3 million as placed below:-

Payment of arrears of pensions to Pre-2006 pensioners w.e.f. 01.01.2006 – CPAO Orders on 4.9.2015 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE CENTRAL PENSION ACCOUNTING OFFICE TRIKOOT-II, BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE, NEW DELHI-110066 CPAO/Tech/Revision (Pre-2006) /2015-16/941-1011 4.9.2015 Office Memorandum Subject:- Payment of arrears of pensions to Pre-2006 pensioners w.e.f. 01.01.2006. In pursuance of DP&PW OM No. 38/37/08-P&PW (A) dated 28.01.2013, pension/family pension of some pensioners/family pensioners were revised w.e.f. 24.09.2012 through individual amendment authorities. See: DP&PW OM No. 38/37/08-P&PW (A) dated 28.01.2013 – Revision of pension of pre-2006 pensioners – Revised concordance table (Annexure) of the pre-1996, pre-2006 and post 2006 pay scales/pay bands

Minimum speed of BSNL Landline Broadband will be 2Mbps from 1.9.2015 BSNL Upgrades the speed of all Landline Broadband customers from 512 kbps to minimum 2 Mbps Committed to the Government’s Digital initiatives announced by Hon.ble PM, BSNL has decided to upgrade Broadband speed to minimum 2 Mbps at no additional cost for all the Broadband customers on PAN-India Basis from 1st October 2015. This is another major service offering from BSNL for the benefits of customers in continuation to offering free night calling from BSNL landline to all operator network from 9:00 PM to 7:00 AM and free incoming roaming services for its mobile customers. BSNL is also offering 1Gb free E-Mail box to their customers from 50 Mb mail box.

OROP – Expected Pension hike and Arrears for ex-servicemen “After the centre’s announcement of implementation, all ex-servicemen are curious to know about their likely increments and arrear in pension revision.” Despite the fact that the Central Government has announced the implementation of OROP, which has been the long-standing demand of ex-servicemen for more than 40 years now, anti-government protests and rallies continue to rock New Delhi. The ex-servicemen have made clear their disappointment over certain important demands and expectations related to the OROP, including the amendments in the pension revision, date of implementation, constituting a one-man commission, fixing of the base year, and the case of those who chose to retire early. These are also the reasons why protests have resumed.

One Rank One Pension – Army’s 40 Year Dream Comes True; to be Implemented from July 1, 2014 OROP Scheme : The long-pending demand of the ex-servicemen, for which they have been fighting for decades, has finally been granted. The Centre has finally decided to implement the OROP. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has made the announcement in this regard. Although it is being generally said that the demand was being made for 40 years, the movement picked up momentum only about 10 years ago. All their protests, to attract the Centre’s attention, have finally succeeded, one must say.

Ex-servicemen disappointed with OROP; protests to continue “Six of our demands have been rejected; the government has accepted only one demand – we are not happy, the protests to continue”. The ex-servicemen’s United Front have said that they are only partially pleased on the announcement made by the government. They have announced that the protests will continue; a massive rally planned on September 12.

Government Announces One Rank One Pension Scheme for Ex-Servicemen The Government has announced the One Rank One Pension scheme for the Ex-Servicemen. This was announced by the Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar here today. The following is the statement of the Defence Minister: “Government of India respects its Defence Forces and Ex-Servicemen for their valour, patriotism and sacrifices. The Government is proud of their devotion to duty and bravery. Our forces, besides vigilantly and gallantly defending the nation, have displayed exemplary standards of courage and bravery in natural calamities, law and order situations and other difficult circumstances.

One Rank One Pension : A new wave of expectation rises; Announcements expected in 48 hours “Although there is no official confirmation from the government, the ex-servicemen’s United Front are ready to accept the demand if it comes with a once-every-two-years pension revision, instead of five.” Implementation of One Rank One Pension : After crossing multiple hurdles the One Rank One Pension scheme is stuck at one final block. The Government has clarified that it was impossible to revise the pension each year. It is ready for a revision once every five years. But, there are talks that the Government would relax its stand and agree to revise the pension once every two years. “There is no confirmation from the Government side, but if they agree to revise the pension once every two years, we will accept the term” Major General (Retd) Satbir Singh, who is heading the protests, said. Sources claim that a section of the ex-servicemen are not ready to accept the once-every-t...

Revised tables for Minimum Guaranteed Pension/ Ordinary Family Pension – Revision of pension for Pre-2006 JCOs/ORs – MoD Orders 3.9.2015 “Revised tables indicating minimum guaranteed pension/ Ordinary Family Pension has been annexed as annexure-A ( Army pensioners), Annexure -B (Air Force pensioners), and Annexure-C (Navy pensioners) to this letter. Pension Disbursing Authorities are hereby authorized to step up the pension/family pension of the affected pre-2006 pensioners where the existing pension being paid to the pensioners in terms of this Ministry’s above letter dated 11.11.2008 as amended, is less than the rate of pension indicated in above said annexure.”

Central Government Employees Warned against Complaining to the Minister, PM ‘The DoPT has, in its newly issued orders, warned the Central Government employees, including defence personnel, of departmental disciplinary action if they choose to take their complaints directly to the ministers or the PM.’ Central Government employees, army officers, and members of the paramilitary forces are directly contacting the concerned ministers, the ministry officials, and the Prime Minister. The Department of Personnel & Training has termed it a “violation of procedures.” Central Government employees are contacting the ministers, their secretaries, and the Prime Ministers for grievances related to their work. If they want a solution to their grievance, they must contact their senior officer or bring the grievance to the attention of the head of the department. Instead, seeking other means to solve the problem is in violation of the CCS Rules and Instructions. Disciplinary actions...

8.5 Lakh Central Govt Employees participated in today’s strike – Confederation PRESS STATEMENT CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS. First Floor, North Avenue Post Office, New Delhi. 110 001. Website: confederationchq.blogspot.com. E mail. confederation06@yahoo.co.in confederationhq@gmail.com Dated: 2nd September, 2015. PRESS STATEMENT The initial report received at the Confederation CHQ indicates the participation of about 8.5 lakh Central Government employees in today’s general Strike action of the Indian working Class . Earlier endorsing the call of the Central trade Unions, the Confederation of CGE and workers had called upon the Central Government employees to take part in the one day strike to compel the Govt. to withdraw the anti-people and anti-worker neo-liberal policies pursued since 1991.

Appeals to Trade Unions to Reconsider Call for Proposed Strike Tomorrow : Bandaru Dattatreya Government Working Positively on 9 of the 12 Demands of Trade Unions : Bandaru Dattatreya Appeals to Trade Unions to Reconsider Call for Proposed Strike Tomorrow Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State(IC) for Labour and Employment held a press conference here today. Elaborating on the initiatives and continuing efforts of the Government to address the issues and concerns of the Trade Unions for the welfare of workers, the Minister said that of the twelve demands of Trade Unions, the Government is positively working on at least nine demands. Shri Dattatreya said that as already assured while taking Labour Law reforms, the Trade Unions will be consulted. In continuation of earlier appeal to Trade Unions on 27th August, 2015, the Minister appealed again to reconsider their call for proposed strike tomorrow in the interest of workers and the Nation. Inthis context, Shri Ba...

Arun Jaitley on OROP – Annual pension revision do not happen anywhere in the world “For the first time, a clause in OROP was openly rejected. The Finance Minister has refused to give annual increment for pensioners like servicemen get.” “The task of the finance minister is very much like the housewife’s. She has to spend each and every rupee wisely to make sure that there is no cash crunch towards the end of the month,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told the reporters during a press meet. Ex-servicemen have been fighting for the past 78 days demanding the implementation of One Rank One Pension. The finance minister told the reporters, “We are ready to give them OROP, but we cannot give them annual increments like they demand. We can consider revisions once every five years. The 7th Pay Commission will soon submit its report to the Government. If we have to implement their recommendations and the OROP, there will be additional expenses. We’ll have to manage that too.”

AICPIN for the month of July 2015 G.I., Labour Bureau, Press Release No. 5/1/2015-CPI, dated 31.08.2015 Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – July, 2015 The All-India CPI-IW for July,2015 increased by 2 points and pegged at 263 (two hundred and sixty three). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 0.77 per cent between June, 2015 and July, 2015 when compared with the increase of (+) 2.44 per cent between the same two months a year ago.

Representation from Government servant on service matters – reiteration of instructions – regarding. G.I., Dept. of Per. Trg.,O.M.F.No.11013/08/2013-Estt(A-III), dated 31.08.2015 Subject: Representation from Government servant on service matters – reiteration of instructions – regarding. The undersigned is directed to refer to O.M. of even number dated 6th June, 2013 wherein instructions have been issued on submission of representation by Government servants about their service matters. In spite of these instructions, it has been observed that Government servants including officers/ officials of para military forces and Army personnel continue to represent directly to the Prime Minister, Minister, Secretary (P) and other higher authorities, directly.’

BPMS Circular on Postponement of Strike of 02.09.2015 BHARATIYA PRATIRAKSHA MAZDOOR SANGH (AN ALL INDIA FEDERATION OF DEFENCE WORKERS ) No. BPMS / 12 / CIR / 2015 Dated: 29.08.2015 To, The Office Bearers, CEC Members, President / Secretary of the unions Affiliated to BPMS Subject: Postponement of proposed Strike on 02.09.2015 Dear Brothers & Sisters Sadar Namaskar, Your attention is invited to this federation’s Circular No BPMS / 11/ CIR / 2015, dated 17.07.2015 whereby all the unions have been directed to take strike ballot and serve the strike notice to the head of establishments to go on strike on 02.09.2015 on the call of Central Trade Unions along with Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh.