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KV Admission Started in Udumalpet and Nayagaon KV School Admission Started in Udumalpet (Tamil Nadu) and Nayagaon (Madhya Pradesh) The Cabinet Committee has given its approval for establishing 50 new Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools in March 2019. According to it, now Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has issued orders to start two new KV Schools with immediate effect. [50 New KV Schools to be opened in Civil/Defense Sector] Click to read more...

DA from July 2019: 5% DA will be declared at any time! Dearness Allowance from July 2015: 5% DA and DR to Central Government employees and Pensioners will be declared at any time! Payment of 5% Additional DA due from July 2019 will be added in the month of September salary and the DA arrears for the month of July and August shall also be issued in the same month. But unfortunately, Cabinet Committee not yet given its nod . Hence, announcement of 5% DA could be declared at any time! Click to read continue...

Announcement on DA from July 2019: Why getting delay? All Central Government employees and Pensioners including Defence and Railways expecting the announcement of additional Dearness allowance due from July 2019. DA and DR from July 2019: 5% + 12% = 17% In regular practice, DA announcement will be in the month of March and September. The 2nd installment of additional DA from July 2019 may be declared today! Calculation of Additional DA According to the AICPIN (Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers Base Year 2001=100) from January to July 2019 published by Labour Bureau, calculation of additional Dearness Allowance will be as follows… Click to continue...

WB Pay Commission: Cabinet approves 14.22% Pay Hike The Cabinet Committee yesterday approved the 6th CPC recommendations and implement to the State Government employees of West Bengal Revised Pay Structure Dearness Allowance merged with existing basic pay and grade pay to arrive new revised basic pay. The revised pay structure will come into effect from 1.1.2020. No arrears will be paid Example of Pay Hike Pre revised basic pay is Rs. 100 125% Dearness Allowance Rs. 225 14.22% increase in pay Rs. 256 3% Notional increment from 1.1.2016 Rs. 280.90 Gratuity Gratuity will be increased two fold from Rs. 6 lakh to Rs. 12 lakh House Rent Allowance The House Rent Allowance will be doubled from Rs. 6000 to Rs. 12000 , even though the pay committee recommended Rs. 10500. Click to read continue...

No idea to change Retirement Age of Central Government Employees Central Government has no idea to change the Retirement Age of Central Government Employees There is no such idea to reduce or change the retirement rules of Central Government employees, official sources said. Recent days in Social media, the retirement norms will be changed according to the age and service. Who have completed 33 years of service also get retired. Rumours also spread out the implementation date of the new rules from 1.4.2020. But the Central Government is being given more attention to implementing the rules of FR 56 and Rule 48 of CCS Pension Rules. Instructions were given to all ministries and departments to review the performance of Central Government employees periodically who attains the age of 50/55 years or completed 30 years of service. Click to read more...

7th Pay Commission Leave – Seeking Formal and Informal Clarifications What is WRIIL Leave? WRIIL is a new leave, it’s the full form is ‘Work Related Illness and Injury Leave’. It may be granted who suffers illness or injury in their official duties. Department of Personnel and Training issued order on 30th August 2019 regarding the subject of amendments in CCS Leave Rules after implementation of 7th Pay Commission. First read the earlier office memorandum published by the DoPT on 11th December 2018. [Click to read the order] Child Care Leave (CCL) With the amendment of Rule 43-C relating to Child Care Leave (CCL), following changes have been made:- (a) CCL may be granted at 100% of the leave salary for the first 365 days and 80% of the leave salary for the next 365 days. (b) CCL may be extended to single male parents who may include unmarried or widower or divorcee employees. (c) For single female Government servants, the CCL may be granted for six spells in a cale

Inter Railway-Division One-Way Transfer – NOC issue Forwarding of one-way own request transfer applications to other Divisions/Railways R.B.E. No.153/2019 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) No.E(NG)I-2019/TR/11 New Delhi, dated 20.09.2019 The General Manager(P)s, All Zonal Railways and Production Units. (As per Standard list) Sub : Forwarding of one-way own request transfer applications to other Divisions/Railways. It has come to the notice of Board that a large number of inter-Railway/inter-Division one-way transfer requests are being forwarded by some of the Zonal Railways for NOCs without assessing the feasibility of relieving such staff on receipt of NOC. This causes unnecessary building up of expectations regarding their imminent sparing among such employees puts avoidable pressure on the Railway administration. 2. Considering the above, Railways may ensure that henceforth only such Inter-Railway transfers requests be fo

Amendment in Eligibility Criteria for 50% Enhanced Family Pension Amendment in Eligibility Criteria for 50% Enhanced Family Pension for Family Pensioners of Deceased Employee – Not 10 Years Service, 7 Years is enough! Central Government Made an important amendment in CCS Pension Rule No.54 Government amends Rule 54 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 On death of a Government servant while in service, the family is entitled to a family pension in accordance with Rule 54 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972. The family pension was payable at enhanced rate of 50% of the pay last drawn for a period of 10 years, if the Government servant had rendered a continuous service of not less than seven years; thereafter the rate of family pension was 30% of the pay last drawn. In case the Government servant had rendered a service of less than seven years before his death, the rate of family pension was 30% from the beginning and family pension at enhanced rate of 50% of la

Major amendment in Pension Rules – Great relief in embarrassing period for pensioners Central Government taken a great decision to amend in the existing pension rules If a Central Government employee died while in service, his family will be entitled for family pension at the rate of 50% of last drawn pay for the period of ten years. And thereafter the rate of family pension will be reduced to 30% of last pay drawn by the deceased employee. In case of an employee has rendered a service of less than 7 years before his death, the calculation of family pension will be 30% of last drawn pay only. The central Government has now taken a decision with mercy on the family members of deceased employee, who dies within 7 years of joining service will also be eligible for family pension at enhanced rate of 50% of last drawn pay for the period of ten years. The above great amendment would be effective from 1.10.2019 including the personnel of CAPFs. And also the amendment in CCS P

Assuming Calculator Dearness Allowance from January 2020 Expected Dearness Allowance from January 2020 Calculator Dearness allowance and Dearness Relief both are same, but, Dearness allowance for existing employees and Dearness relief for retired employees of Government Services. We are providing here a simple tool for calculating the percentage of Dearness allowance from January 2020. Just a before a week only the journey of ‘Expected DA from July 2019’ was completed. We need the AICPIN data for six months from July to December 2019 to calculate accurate percentage of Dearness allowance with effect from January 2020. This tool provides to input of imaginary and expected AICPIN numbers for the months from July to Dec 2020. After completion of input data, the calculator will show the rough or expected percentage of Dearness allowance from January 2020 to all group of Central Government employees and Pensioners including Defence and Railways. The data of AIPCIN

AICPIN for July 2019 - Govt Press Release on 30.8.2019 No.5/1/2019-CPI GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT LABOUR BUREAU ‘CLEREMONT’, SHIMLA-171004 DATED: 30th August, 2019 Press Release Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – July, 2019 The All-India CPI-IW for July, 2019 increased by 3 points and pegged at 319 (three hundred and nineteen) . On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 0.95 per cent between June, 2019 and July, 2019 when compared with the increase of (+) 3.44 per cent between the corresponding months of previous year. The maximum upward pressure to the change in current index came from Housing group contributing (+) 2.00 percentage points to the total change. The Food index further accentuated the overall index by (+) 0.91 percentage points. At item level, Wheat & Wheat Atta, Arhar Dal, Groundnut Oil, Goat Meat, Pure Ghee, Garlic, Ginger, Onion, Brinjal, Cabbage, Carrot, Cauliflower, Gourd, Gree