Union Cabinet approves Terms of Reference (TOR) of 7th CPC
Union Cabinet approved Terms of Reference (TOR) of 7th CPC for over 50 lakh Employees and 30 lakh pensioners of Central Government. The TOR includes merging of 50% of DA with Basic Pay. It seems the Cabinet has not approved the merger of 50% of DA with basic pay per-se but only included in theTOR of CPC.
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In a bid to woo central government employees ahead of General Elections, the UPA government is expected to ask the seventh pay commission to consider merging 50% dearness allowance with basic pay of the employees.
This will form part of the 7th CPC terms of reference (ToR), to be considered by the Cabinet this week. The Commission may suggest interim relief as well.
Officials said the ToR of the Pay Commission categorically states that a proposal in this regard should be actively considered.
The hikes will be all the more appealing as the Centre is expected to increase the dearness allowance by 10% to 100% by the end of February. Usually, the DA is merged with the basic pay when the former goes beyond 50%. However, DA is 90%, but it has not been merged so far.
Assuming an employee gets Rs 100 as basic pay and Rs 100 as DA at present, the basic will rise to Rs 150, even if 50% allowance is merged.
A higher basic pay will also impact the house rent allowance (HRA) of employees as it is calculated at 30% of the basic pay for central government employees.
Earlier this month, the government had constituted the Pay Commission under the chairmanship of former Supreme Court Judge Ashok Kumar Mathur. The other members of the panel are Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae (full-time member), National Institute of Public Finance and Policy Director Rathin Roy (part-time member) and Officer on Special Duty in the Expenditure Department Meena Agarwal (Secretary).
The Commission’s recommendations would be implemented from January 1, 2016, officials said. However, it may recommend interim relief as well, they added.
The recommendations of the Commission, will directly benefit almost 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners. Employees of states governments which will adopt the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission will also benefit.
Central Govt employees to file separate property returns for Lokpal
Govt employees to file separate property returns for Lokpal
All government employees have to file a revised declaration, information or return of their liabilities and those of spouse and their dependent children as per the mandatory requirement under the Lokpal regime, which came into being two days ago.
These declarations would be different from the existing such returns being filed by the government employees under various services rules.
The government has on Saturday gazetted the Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Removal of Difficulties)Order, 2014 under PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) of The Gazette of India which mandates “public servants who have filed the declarations, information and returns under the provisions of the (other) relevant rules shall file revised declarations, information or returns”.
According to Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, a public servant shall, within a period of thirty days from the date on which he makes and subscribes an oath or affirmation to enter upon his office, furnish to the competent authority the information relating to the assets of which he, his spouse and his dependent children are, jointly or severally, owns.
He is also mandated to declare his liabilities and that of his spouse and his dependent children, as per the Act.
An annual return of assets and liabilities as on March 31 of an year should be filed on or before July 31st of that year, it said. Such declarations have also to be published on ministries’ or departments’ websites by competent authorities by August 31 of that year.
According to Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, a public servant shall, within a period of thirty days from the date on which he makes and subscribes an oath or affirmation to enter upon his office, furnish to the competent authority the information relating to the assets of which he, his spouse and his dependent children are, jointly or severally, owns.
He is also mandated to declare his liabilities and that of his spouse and his dependent children, as per the Act.
An annual return of assets and liabilities as on March 31 of an year should be filed on or before July 31st of that year, it said. Such declarations have also to be published on ministries’ or departments’ websites by competent authorities by August 31 of that year.
Central government employees file such declarations under the All-India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968, the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, and the Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966.
“Some concerns were raised on the implementation of the provisions of the Act. The order has been taken out to bring into the notice of all concerned that government employees will be filing revised returns, in additions to such declarations already been filed by them, under the Lokpal regime,” a senior Ministry of Personnel official said.
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