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D.A. HIKE! MEGA-BONAZA FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES & PENSIONERS!!

The Centre is learnt to be rushing through a mega-bonanza for Central Government employees and pensioners. This is likely to  be taken up by the cabinet as its Friday meeting. The Seventh Pay commissions terms of reference, said to be notified, may include a proposal to merge 50% of current D.A. to basic pay, that will mean 35% Hikes, benefiting 50 Lakhs employees & 30 Lakhs pensioners..

Will CR be put in place before June,2014?

Chairperson, CBEC  has intimated  the Zonal Members and Zonal CCAs that new restructured formations along with the new sanctioned strength will be notified by 31-3-2014. These new restructured formations and new sanctioned strength will be effective from 1-4-2014. Chairperson has also intimated that all the Committees which have been formed to oversee the implementation of the CR are actively working. 

Chairperson has  directed them to ensure that DPC s are held before 30-6-2014 for promotions in Group-B and C at any cost. 

On this positive note, it is ardently hoped that CR will be made effective from 1-4-2014 and all the restructured formations will be made functional and operational before 30-6-2014 by effecting promotions in the Group-B and C   Cadres. However, Chairperson letter is silent about the DPCs required for promotions in Group-A cadre consequent to implementation of CR. 

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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. 

7TH CPC for Central Govt. Employees Terms of reference to include DA Merger and Interim Relief – Central Govt. Cabinet likely to approve 7th CPC terms of reference seen

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.

 Source: Business Standard

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.

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.

Proposal for raising Retirement Age to 62 waits for Cabinet Nod : Hot News

We have heard it so many times . Every one of us got tired of hearing this rumour again and again. But this time this news may not fade away just as a rumour.

Because the series of events that had happened until now listed below are telling that it will be come true soon.

1. Though there is no any demand from any corner to raise the retirement age of central government employees to 62 years, a parliamentary panel has recommended a proposal to increase the retirement age of government servants to 65 years. The report of the standing committee of Parliament on social justice and empowerment tabled in the Parliament on 7th of this month. Ample justification also was given for their recommendation to increase the retirement age.

2. A reliable source close to a Cabinet Minister told that, the Cabinet Minister himself, while addressing to the Trade Union Wing of his party told ‘the Central Government would announce some important decisions in respect of central government employees within a week or two. This will be good news for all the central government employees.’

3. A close ally of a Central Minister told that, in a meeting held with the leaders of the state unit of his party day before yesterday, the Minister told the Leaders ‘a proposal of increasing retirement age of central government employees to 62 years has been waiting for Cabinet nod. It is expected that the cabinet will clear this proposal within a week. After it gets the Cabinet Nod, the formal announcement will be made by Central Government before the Election announcement.’

The above information clearly indicates that some Good News for central Government Employees are waiting to be announced within a week or two. All the central government employees know what that good news is!

 The expected good news will be either increasing retirement age or Merging 50% DA with Basic Pay or Both!

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BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION I THANKS ALL MEMBERS DUE TO THEM THIS LUNCH TIME DEMONSTRATION BECAME GRAND SUCCESS.

THE LUNCH TIME DEMONSTRATION ON 13.02.2014 i.e FOR SECOND DAY  DONE BY THE ALL INDIA CENTRAL EXCISE INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION AND SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION, HYDERABAD ZONE COMBINEDLY AT HEAD QUARTERS OFFICE, BASHEERBHAG,HYDERABAD.ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION I THANKS ALL MEMBERS DUE TO THEM THIS LUNCH TIME DEMONSTRATION BECAME GRAND SUCCESS. UNITY IS STRENGTH!