Tuesday, 26 April 2016
AN APPEAL TO ALL ASSOCIATIONS LEADERS.
In addition to the various genuine demands raised by the various Central Government Employees Federations/Associations with the Empowered Committee of Secretaries, I would like them to bring these 2 important crucial issues before the Empowered Committee of Secretaries for implementation:
1. RETENTION OF 3% INCREMENT IN VII CPC RECOMMENDATIONS IN CASE OF PROMOTION LEADS TO LOWER FINANCIAL BENEFITS BY FEW THOUSANDS THAN THE EXISTING BENEFITS UNDER 6TH CPC RECOMMENDATIONS:
The financial benefit would be much lower than what a government servant would be getting under VI CPC recommendation on promotion, because the existing benefit on promotion carry change in grade pay apart from 3% increase in Pay+Grade Pay. The following illustration shall show the huge difference:
Suppose an employee whose Pay is Rs.10400/- and the Grade pay is Rs. 2800/- totalling to Rs.13200(in the Pay band of 5200-20200), gets his next promotion to the Grade Pay of Rs.4200/- he will be entitled to the following hike in total remuneration under the existing VI CPC recommendation as a result of promotion:
Rs.13200 x 3% increment =Rs.400
Difference in Grade Pay from Rs.2800 to Rs.4200= Rs.1400
Total increase of increment in basic pay and Grade Pay= Rs.1800
D.A. at 125% as on 1/1/2016 on Rs.1800 = Rs.2250
HRA at 30%(assuming X city) on Rs.1800 =Rs.540
Total monetary benefit = Rs.4590/-
Whereas the net monetary benefit under VII CPC recommendation, as a result of promotion in the above case will be much lower than the above illustration as shown under:
Equivalent Basic Pay for Rs.13200 come to Rs.33900 as per pay matrix
Rs.33900 x 3% increment =Rs.1017(placed at Rs.35,400 as per pay matrix in the next level)
Total difference Rs.35400 – Rs33900 =1500
D.A. at 0% as on 1/1/2016 on Rs.1500= 0
HRA at 24%(assuming X city) on Rs.1500 =Rs.360
Total monetary benefit = Rs.1860/-only as against the existing Rs.4590/- leading to shortage of Rs. 2730/-
This is a big blunder committed by the VII Pay commission.
Therefore the increment on promotion should be atleast 5 to 6% to bring the benefit of increment on promotion to the existing level.
Whether increase of percentage for annual increment is considered or not, but increment of percentage for promotions definitely need to be implemented to bring the level of monetary benefit to the existing level.
2. NON RECOMMENDATION OF VII CPC REGARDING MERGER OF 50% OF D.A. WITH BASIC PAY WHEN D.A. CROSSES 50% IS A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT:
The long standing demand of the central government employees for merger of 50% D.A with basic was not implemented by the government on the excuse that the VI CPC had not made such a proposal. Even the VII CPC is totally silent about this aspect. It appears no one has demanded the same before the VII CPC for consideration.
It is quite surprising that such a vital issue of non-recommendation of merger of D.A with basic pay when D.A crosses 50% is not being opposed by any central government associations or pointed out by the media. Had it been recommended by the VII CPC, the government shall definitely implement the same and the benefit of hike in salary as a result of merger of D.A with basic when it cross 50%, would be so vast that no government servant would crave for timely setting up of next VIII Central Pay commission.
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
ON SECOND THOUGHT, DOPT DOES NOT WANT TO
SCRAP PENSIONS ACT.
New Delhi: The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has decided against scrapping a 145-year-old law, which exempts pension from being “attached or sequestered”, though a bill seeking its abrogation from statute book has already been passed by the Lok Sabha.
Earlier, the DoPT had asked the Law Ministry to include the Pensions Act, 1871 in the repealing bill so it could be removed from the statute book. One of the key provisions of the law is that it exempts pension from attachment by any court. But later, it wrote to the Law Ministry to remove the Act from the repealing bill.
After its passage in the Lok Sabha, the Repealing and Amending (Third) Bill, 2015 is pending in the Rajya Sabha.
The Law Ministry is the nodal agency for repealing laws which have lost relevance today.
A senior government functionary said that perhaps the realisation that there is no other law in the country which protects pensions led to decision against scrapping the Act.
After the DoPTs request, the Law Ministry approached the Union Cabinet to clear an official amendment to remove the Pensions Act from the repealing bill.
On March 23, the Union Cabinet cleared the official amendments, paving way for the passage of the bill in the upper house. After being cleared by the Rajya Sabha, the bill will travel back to the Lok Sabha to clear the official amendments.
Section 11 of the Act states that “No Pension granted or continued by government on political considerations, or on account of past services or present infirmities or as a compassionate allowance, and no money due or to become due on account of any such pension or allowance, shall be liable to seizure, attachment or sequestration by process of any court at the instance of a creditor, for any demand against the pensioner, or in satisfaction of a decree or order of any such court.”
Another official amendment cleared by the Union Cabinet relates to the Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Bill, 2015. The bill, cleared by the Lok Sabha and pending in the Rajya Sabha, seeks to repeal The Punjab Appropriation Act among other laws. But the Punjab Appropriation Act has already been repealed by the Punjab Legislative Assembly and “inadvertently” became part of the Appropriation (Acts) Repeal Bill, 2015.
The two bills seek to scrap a total of 1,053 Acts which have become redundant and are clogging the statute books
Monday, 18 April 2016
7th CPC Revised Pension Arrears Calculator
The Pay Commission recommendations on Pensioners have received mixed reactions. Since there are two options are given to them to choose in respect of fixation of revised pension, it seems that discrepancies can be avoided in fixing revised pensions.
Already it has been explained about the two options in our earlier post [ View the Post ]
But We have received many queries regarding number of Increment to be counted for fixation of Revised Pension.
It is clearly stated in the pay commission illustrations that number of increment earned in the post held on Retirement should be counted for the purpose of fixing revised pension.[ See the illustrations ]
For example if one has retired from the post in the Grade Pay of 4200/-, number of increments earned in that particular Post/Grade pay only taken for calculation of Revised Pension.
The Pension and Arrear Calculator based on 7th CPC Recommendations has been provided here for your convenience. The revised Pension and Arrears can be calculated through this calculator.
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| Select your Grade Pay | |
| Select the Number of Increments Earned | |
| 7th CPC Pension and Arrears details | ||
| Initial Basic Pension fixed , using a multiple of 2.57 [ Option - I ] | Basic Pension Based on Increments [ Option -II ] | |
| Pension amount admissible (higher of Option 1 and 2) | ||
| Estimation of Your 7th CPC Pension Arrears | ||
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Sunday, 17 April 2016
A MEETING OF IRS(C&CE) WELFARE ASSOCIATION WILL BE HELD ON 20.04.16 AT HYDERABAD.
AGENDA;
1. MORE PENSION .
2. DPC.
3. RRS.
4. PAY ARREARS.
5. ANY OTHER POINTS.
1. MORE PENSION .
2. DPC.
3. RRS.
4. PAY ARREARS.
5. ANY OTHER POINTS.
the Centre is mulling to include vacations on luxury ships under the Leave Travel Concession (LTC) scheme where government employees get their travel costs reimbursed.
Mumbai: Aiming to increase cruise tourism, the Centre is mulling to include vacations on luxury ships under the Leave Travel Concession (LTC) scheme where government employees get their travel costs reimbursed.
"We are looking at including cruise tours under the LTC scheme. Employees can go on cruise ships at government expense," Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Suman Billa said during a session on tourism at the Maritime India Summit on Friday.
He said such a move will shore up the sagging numbers of tourists opting for cruise tours and will be a huge boost for the sector. Billa said for the five years between FY10 and FY14, there has been a 14 per cent decline in the number of tourists opting for cruise tours in the country, a trend the government wants to reverse.
In FY10, there were 55,000 domestic and 1.35 lakh foreign tourists who boarded cruise ships, which dropped to 45,000 and 70,000, respectively, in FY14, he said.
Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma today said presently only 0.40 per cent of the tourists in India opt for cruise tours, while India's share in the global cruise tourism market is 0.68 per cent. The government is targeting to take this up to 1 per cent by 2020 and further to 2 per cent later.
Most Indians "have a craze" towards cruise tourism, he said, adding that special emphasis has been laid on cruise tourism in the last 18 months.
Billa said a task force set up in November 2015 to increase cruise tourism is looking at various aspects, including developing infrastructure, simplifying procedures, increasing marketing and communication activities, and incentives and commissions.
The move to include holidays on cruise ships under the LTC is also one of the proposals the task force, chaired by tourism secretary and co-chaired by the shipping secretary, is looking into, he said.
Billa said India is best placed to take advantage of cruise tourism as it stands close to a busy route for cruise ships between the Middle East and South East Asian countries
"We are looking at including cruise tours under the LTC scheme. Employees can go on cruise ships at government expense," Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Suman Billa said during a session on tourism at the Maritime India Summit on Friday.
He said such a move will shore up the sagging numbers of tourists opting for cruise tours and will be a huge boost for the sector. Billa said for the five years between FY10 and FY14, there has been a 14 per cent decline in the number of tourists opting for cruise tours in the country, a trend the government wants to reverse.
In FY10, there were 55,000 domestic and 1.35 lakh foreign tourists who boarded cruise ships, which dropped to 45,000 and 70,000, respectively, in FY14, he said.
Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma today said presently only 0.40 per cent of the tourists in India opt for cruise tours, while India's share in the global cruise tourism market is 0.68 per cent. The government is targeting to take this up to 1 per cent by 2020 and further to 2 per cent later.
Most Indians "have a craze" towards cruise tourism, he said, adding that special emphasis has been laid on cruise tourism in the last 18 months.
Billa said a task force set up in November 2015 to increase cruise tourism is looking at various aspects, including developing infrastructure, simplifying procedures, increasing marketing and communication activities, and incentives and commissions.
The move to include holidays on cruise ships under the LTC is also one of the proposals the task force, chaired by tourism secretary and co-chaired by the shipping secretary, is looking into, he said.
Billa said India is best placed to take advantage of cruise tourism as it stands close to a busy route for cruise ships between the Middle East and South East Asian countries
Saturday, 16 April 2016
DPC in CBDT.
Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Association
. Dear Comrades,
The DPC for the ad‐hoc promotion to the cadre of ACIT, for 200 vacancies against the R.Y. 2014‐15, was held on 31‐03‐2016. The promotion order (ad‐hoc) is expected to be passed on 07‐04‐2016. It has already been intimated through the Circular no. 03 of ITGOA, dated 31‐03‐2016, that the Ad‐hoc DPC for 200 vacancies against the R.Y. 2015‐16 will be convened by the CBDT shortly, if the deficiencies in APARs can be removed by then. The deficiency list of 116 officers was uploaded on 30‐03‐2016. All the Units of ITGOA were requested to remove the deficiencies by 05‐04‐2016 and send the requisite documents to the Board. It was also requested to all the Unit leadership to send the documents positively through messenger and not by post to save time and help the ad‐hoc DPC for the R.Y. 2015‐16 to be held as soon as possible. It has been decided that the DPC for the ad‐hoc promotion in ACIT against the 200 vacancies of the R.Y. 2015‐16 will be held on 21/22‐04‐2016 by the CBDT but unfortunately, only a few Units have complied with completing the deficient APARs till date and 95 cases out of 116 deficient APARs are still pending. It is to state that if we can’t pursue the local authorities to send all the APARs removing deficiencies, as per the list, to the CBDT by 12‐04‐2016, the DPC for the ad‐hoc promotion will not be possible to be held on 21/22‐04‐2016. Also, the Units must ensure that the replies/complete APARs sent by them are accepted by the concerned Directorate of the CBDT and no further queries are made. Further, I do request the members of CHQ once again to make themselves available at Delhi right from tomorrow, on rotation, to help preparing the proposal for the ad‐hoc DPC or otherwise, the said DPC will be delayed indefinitely. Yours comradely,
(Bhaskar Bhattacharya) Secretary General
. Dear Comrades,
The DPC for the ad‐hoc promotion to the cadre of ACIT, for 200 vacancies against the R.Y. 2014‐15, was held on 31‐03‐2016. The promotion order (ad‐hoc) is expected to be passed on 07‐04‐2016. It has already been intimated through the Circular no. 03 of ITGOA, dated 31‐03‐2016, that the Ad‐hoc DPC for 200 vacancies against the R.Y. 2015‐16 will be convened by the CBDT shortly, if the deficiencies in APARs can be removed by then. The deficiency list of 116 officers was uploaded on 30‐03‐2016. All the Units of ITGOA were requested to remove the deficiencies by 05‐04‐2016 and send the requisite documents to the Board. It was also requested to all the Unit leadership to send the documents positively through messenger and not by post to save time and help the ad‐hoc DPC for the R.Y. 2015‐16 to be held as soon as possible. It has been decided that the DPC for the ad‐hoc promotion in ACIT against the 200 vacancies of the R.Y. 2015‐16 will be held on 21/22‐04‐2016 by the CBDT but unfortunately, only a few Units have complied with completing the deficient APARs till date and 95 cases out of 116 deficient APARs are still pending. It is to state that if we can’t pursue the local authorities to send all the APARs removing deficiencies, as per the list, to the CBDT by 12‐04‐2016, the DPC for the ad‐hoc promotion will not be possible to be held on 21/22‐04‐2016. Also, the Units must ensure that the replies/complete APARs sent by them are accepted by the concerned Directorate of the CBDT and no further queries are made. Further, I do request the members of CHQ once again to make themselves available at Delhi right from tomorrow, on rotation, to help preparing the proposal for the ad‐hoc DPC or otherwise, the said DPC will be delayed indefinitely. Yours comradely,
(Bhaskar Bhattacharya) Secretary General
50% of Last Pay Drawn as Minimum Pension to all
Pre-2006 Pensioners with less than 33 years of service also!
A Great Victory to Pre-2006 Pensioners!
After a long legal battle the Government conceeds
another point to Pre-2006 Pensioners!
After a long battle the pre-2006 pensioners got another issue sorted out with the Government conceding grant of full pension to pre-2006 pensioners with less than 33 years as recommended by 6th CPC! This comes after the Govt deciding to extend the judgment given out by Supreme Court in the case of Inasu from Kerala.
Now all those pre-2006 pensioners who got only proportionate pension for want of 33 years qualifying service, will get the refixation from 1.1.2006 and get arrears also.
The order of Ministry of Pension & Pensioners Welfare is given below:
REVISION OF PENSION OF PRE-2006 PENSIONERS - DELINKING OF REVISED PENSION FROM QUALIFYING SERVICE OF 33 YEARS. (Click the link below to view)
Friday, 15 April 2016
Basic Pension calculator as per 7th CPC Recommendation for pre 2016 Pensioners
On request of Pensioners, we have prepared a Calculator to calculate Basic Pension as per 7th Pay Commission recommendation
We all ready explained the method of Calculation for arriving revised Pension by simple Steps . The commission recommends two options to calculate your Basic Pension as per 7th CPC, the higher of Option I and II will be fixed as your Basic Pension [ [ See : Easy steps to Calculate your Basic Pension in 7th Pay Commission]
This Calculator gives you the result of Two options Recommended by 7th Pay commission for Pre 2016 Pensioners
You need to input the required details in the Input Table Below
1.You need to enter your Basic Pension revised as per Sixth CPC
3.Select your Pay Band in sixth CPC
2. Enter Grade Pay
3.Select Number of increments you earned in the Pay scale when you retired also to be entered in Enter your Increments field [ Refer :7th CPC Pension Formulations for calculating Basic Pension for Pre 2016 Pensioners ]
In Table No.2,
Your Basic Pension is arrived based on the details given in the Table-I
Option -I will be fixed initially as your Basic Pension.
Option – II is calculated based on the basis of the Pay Band and Grade Pay at which they retired
Later the Pension amount admissible (higher of Option 1 and 2) will be fixed as your 7th CPC Basic Pension.
7th CPC Pension calculator
Thursday, 14 April 2016
| Manual No. | Subject |
|---|---|
| 1 | Central Excise Audit Manual 2008 |
| 2 | Computer Assisted Audit Program Manual 2009 |
| 3 | Manual For Customs On-Site Post Clearance Audit 2011 |
| 4 | Manual for Quality Assurance Review 2007 |
| 5 | Service Tax Audit Manual 2011 (Effective 01.04.2011) |
| 6 | Monthly Audit Bulletins |
| 7 | Integrated Central Excise and Service Tax Audit Manual 2015 (CESTAM-2015) CESTAM-2015 - Foreword | CESTAM-2015 - Manual C.Ex. Annexures | Service Tax Annexures Annexure-CE-1 | Annexure-ST-1 Annexure-CE-2 | Annexure-ST-2 Annexure-CE-3 | Annexure-ST-3 Annexure-CE-4 | Annexure-ST-4 Annexure-CE-5 | Annexure-ST-5 Annexure-CE-6 | Annexure-ST-6 Annexure-CE-7 | Annexure-ST-7 Annexure-CE-8 | Annexure-ST-8 Annexure-CE-9 | Annexure-ST-9 Annexure-CE-10 | Annexure-ST-10 Annexure-CE-11 | Annexure-ST-11 |
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has asked secretaries of all Central government ministries and chief secretaries of state governments to ensure that employees working under their control file the declarations in time, under its OM No.407/12/2014-AVD-IV(B).
The move comes as the deadline for filing of these returns was yesterday extended for the fifth time, till July 31.
Employees have to file three declarations–one each for 2014, 2015 and 2016. There are about 50 lakh Central government employees.
The declarations under the Lokpal law are in addition to similar ones filed by the employees under various services rules.
Employees have to give details like cash in hand, bank deposits both in domestic and in foreign, investment in bonds, debentures, shares and units in companies or mutual funds, insurance policies, provident fund, personal loans and advance given to any person or entity, among others.
They also have to declare expensive furniture, fixtures, antiques, paintings and electronic equipment if the total current value of any particular asset in any particular category (e.g. furniture, fixtures, electronic equipments) exceeds two months’ basic pay or Rs one lakh.
As per rules, notified under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, every public servant shall file declaration, information and annual returns pertaining to his assets and liabilities as on March 31 every year or on or before July 31 of that year.
For 2014, the last date for filing returns was September 15 of that year. It was first extended till December 2014, then till April 30, 2015 and third extension was up to October 15. The date was then extended to April 15, this year for filing of returns for 2014 and 2015.
Now it has been extended till July 31, 2016 and employees have to file one returns each for 2014, 2015 and 2016 by this new date.
The 7th Pay Commission’s report was published on November 19.
An estimated 48 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners across the country receive the pay , which currently stands on Sixth Pay Commission recommendations and it’s unable to neutralise the impact of inflation, which are being faced by the central government employees.
The pay of central government employees has been set at this level since 2006, adopting the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. which is to be change with effect from January 1, 2016, for a period of 10 years.
The group of secretaries is likely to increase the minimum entry level salary of a government employee to the range of Rs 20,000 to 20,500 against Rs 18,000 recommended by the Commission headed by Justice A k Mathur who submitted the report in November this year.
Consequently, it would push up employees’ 15 percent basic pay hike at the all levels beyond the Seventh Pay Commission report.
The group of secretaries received more and more submissions with all employees’ groups strongly opposed low pay hike of Seventh Pay Commission recommendations.
The group of secretaries believes a 15 percent hike in the pay beyond the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations, is the appropriate for central government employees.
This proposal will now have to be considered by Government after the model code of conduct over, which is currently in place for five states assemblies’ poll.
It is likely changes the pay of central government employees would be announced in June.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had initially appointed an Empowered Committee of Secretaries (CoS) i.e. group of secretaries, headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha for processing the report of the Seventh Pay Commission before cabinet nod, the Seventh Pay Commission recommended for raising minimum pay to Rs 18,000 per month from current Rs 7,000 while the maximum pay Rs 2.5 lakh per month from current Rs 90,000.
The Seventh Pay Commission recommended 14.27 per cent increase in basic pay to central government employees cope with the inflation but it was the lowest increase in 70 years.
While the previous Sixth Pay Commission had recommended a 20 per cent hike, which the government doubled while implementing it in 2008.
Friday, 1 April 2016
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Validity period of OBC Certificate in respect of creamy layer status of the candidates. CLICK HERE. To view.
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Attestation form for verification of character and antecedents prior to appointment in Government service.
Schemes for retiring officials for voluntary work (Click the link below to view)ENGLISH VERSION HINDI_VERSION
No proposal under consideration to replace the National Pension System (NPS) with old pension scheme - Govt. replied in Lok Sabha.