Central Government Employees News :: Seventh Pay Commission

For a salaried employee, Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) is one of the main investment vehicles for building a retirement corpus. Unfortunately, other than the return on investment and tax incentives that EPF offers, the system is fraught with administrative bugs that make this vehicle painful to track. But if the developments in the last couple of years are any indication, things are gradually changing for the better.  You don’t need to wait for the EPF ... Read more...

Family Pension Eligibility for Unmarried Daughters above 25 years of Armed Forces personnel Read Order...

House Rent Allowance (HRA), is an important component in our salary slips, with upto 30% of basic pay (+DP) in metros. HRA is the allowance given to meet the staff's expenses towards renting an accommodation. Though very simple in concept and calculation, the tax implications of the HRA, puzzles many a people. Here are 7 must knows, to help you utilise this component of your salary in a tax efficient manner ... Read more...

Although the tax man has been vested with the task of collecting taxes on the incomes of the citizens, he has deemed certain kinds of incomes as “not included in total income”. Thus, if any earning that you receive falls under these categories then you don’t have to treat it as income or pay tax on it. Let’s take a look at the different incomes that are not incomes http://www.staffcorner.com/view.html?id=386001

EL and HPL to industrial employees egarding extension of revised orders on encashment of Earned Leave and Half Pay Leave lo industrial employees at par with the non industrial Central Government employees covered by the CCS (Leave) Rules. 1972  ... Read more...

Thousands of rickety and stubby government buildings dotting a major arterial road cutting through the heart of New Delhi could soon make way to new highrise apartments and office blocks, in one of the biggest redevelopment exercises since Independence that will change the skyline of the national Capital . … Read more…

The proposal to amend the Constitution to remove all residual legal obstacles to providing for reservations for Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes in promotions in government service is a dangerous perversion. When the Constitution was being drawn up, its framers intended reservations for Scheduled Castes as a temporary measure for 10 years and …… Read more……….

To improve the functioning of CGHS and ensure optimum utilization of available manpower resources, it has been decided to revise the timings of CGHS Wellness Centres from the present timings of 7.30 AM to 1.30 PM to the new timings of 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM … Read the order

As per Government of India orders on Downsizing of Central Government Services, Screening Committee for filling up/abolition of posts was constituted in the year 2001 and Annual Direct Recruitment (ADR) plan was approved by the Screening committee for each year from 2001 to 2008.  Screening Committee cleared only … Read more…

Planning for retirement and doing something about it is something that most youth and elders detest. For the youth there is no incentive to plan for something that will come up 35 years later … Read more…

Rotational Transfer of Section Officers of CSS Rotational Transfer of Section Officers of CSS Read more…

Repeated adjournments and disruptions on Thursday marred the proceedings in the Lok Sabha, which was adjourned sine die later in the day, with the bill to provide reservation for the SCs and STs in government job promotions, getting blocked by BJP and Samajwadi Party members.The bill, supported vigorously by Mayawati’s BSP, got through the Rajya Sabha on Monday amid protests and walk-out by the SP .... read more...

Lok Sabha today saw the unfortunate incident of the Samajwadi MP Yashvir Singh snatching the quota bill from minister of state for personnel V Narayanasamy in the Parliament. Ms. Sonia Gandhi tried to take back the bill from the SP member but he managed to pass it onto another member Neeraj Shekhar. In the shocking incident, a Samajwadi Party member stunned the Lok Sabha this afternoon snatching t .... read more...

The All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF) demanded that the central government should set up the seventh pay commission. The government should allot Rs 50,000 crore over the next five years to revive the ailing railways. This was among the 38  demands put forth … Read more..

Defence Minister Shri AK Antony today said that the orders on OROP that authorize the payment to ex-servicemen and their families accruing from the recent cabinet decisions, hiking pension and other benefits amounting to nearly Rs.2300 crores per annum, would be issued next month. He said that the tasks of improving the pensionary and medical benefits for ex-servicemen as ‘subjects .... Read more...

The constitution amendment bill (One Hundred Seventeenth Amendment) to provide reservations in promotions for the scheduled castes (SCs) and the scheduled tribes (STs) was cleared at the Rajya Sabha today. The bill was passed with 206 votes favoring the bill and 10 votes against . … Read more……

Both houses of parliament were disrupted on Monday as Samajwadi Party (SP) members voiced their protest over the bill on reservations in government job promotions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and implementation of the Sachar Committee report on minorities.Ahead f the Rajya Sabha vote on the controversial quota bill, SP member Ram Gopal Yadav in the upper house called for implementati .... Read more...

Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Shri. V. Narayanasamy replied to a question in Lok Sabha on 12th December 2012 regarding the subject of reservation in promotion. In his written reply, reservation is available to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes at the rate of 15% and 7.5%, respectively, in all Groups viz. A, B, C (including erstwhile Group D posts) in case of promotion by non- … Read more…

The Central government has made it compulsory, the New Pension Scheme (NPS) for its employees, who have joined service after April 1, 2004. It went operational in 2008-09. National Pension System (NPS) is an initiative of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), the apex body established by Government of India to regulate … Read more…

The controversial constitution amendment bill to provide quota in promotions for SCs/STs, has  finally made into the Rajya Sabha. The bill appears to have been caught between legality and political compulsions. Though all major political parties except Samajwadi Party and Shiv Sena are supporting this bill, MPs across party lines concede that it may run into trouble if challenged in a court … Read more…

It was a day of high drama in Parliament as the quota bill was introduced and discussed in the Rajya Sabha amid loud protests and adjournments. Creating chaos in the House over the issue was the Samajwadi Party (SP), which went on to stage a walkout over the issue, even as Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati gave a strong push to the bill, seeking passage of the amendments.During the proceedi .... read more...

Government constituted a Committee in July, 2012, headed by Cabinet Secretary for looking into the pay and pension related issues of relevance to Defence service personnel and Ex-servicemen. The Committee submitted its report on issues namely OROP-Bridging the gap in … read more…

The undersigned is directed to say that the Hon’ble CAT Allahabad Bench has quashed the three year time limit of offer of appointment on compassionate grounds vide Department of Personnel and Training OM. No. 14014/19/2002/ Estt(D) dated 5.5.2003. The Writ Petition filed against the … Read more

Nearly Ten lakhs Central Government employees took part in the one day token strike today, the 12th December, 2012 on the call of the Confederation of Central Government employees and workers, paralyzing the governmental functions in various departments throughout the country. The strike was to protest against the continued efforts of the Government to enact the PFRDA Bill, whereby the existing d .... read more...

The Centre has issued a warning of disciplinary action to dissuade its 13 lakh-odd employees from participating in the strike called by the … Read more

Due to no response from the Central Govt. to the proposal for a fruitful discussion on a 15-point charter of demands which includes revision of wages from January 01, 2011 by setting up of 7th Central Pay Commission(CPC) and Merger of 50% DA with Pay submitted to the Prime Minister by the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers on July 26, the latter has warned of a one-day’s .... read more...

A decision by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will increase the PF contribution by the employer thus making more benefits to the employees via more savings. Ho …. Read more

BSP threatened to take a “tough stand” in case the government does not help bring order in the Rajya Sabha and ensuring the promotion quota bill is passed. The BSP appeared to be asking for the return of the favor done by helping the government pass the FDI billAt the same time the members of the Samajwadi Party forced adjournment of the Rajya Sabha for the day Monday, minutes after Minister of St .... read more...

Armed Forces personnel who are retained in service despite the disability held attributable to or aggravated by military service are entitled to lumpsum compensation of disability / war injury element at the time of disability … Read more…

After its decisive victory on the issue of allowing 51% FDI in retail, the UPA government aims to get the constitution amendment bill to restore quota in promotions for SC/STs cleared by the Parliament … Read more

The quarters of central government employees are set to become bigger and better.Ahead of the election season, the urban development ministry is planning to not just increase the houses' areas by an average of 25 per cent but also fit them out with modular kitchens and electric chimneys. The last time the housing norms were revised was in 1981.During Janata Party rule in 1977, the government had a .... read more...

Instructions have been issued in the past for expeditious disposal of disciplinary proceedings against delinquent government servants. However, it has been observed that disciplinary proceedings are generally taking a long time which defeats the very purpose of initiating the said proceedings. Therefore, it has been considered necessary to issue the following guidelines for monitoring and expeditious disposal of disciplinary … Read more…

A unique facility for EPF members to download their e-pass book each month, if they are active members and ECR is being uploaded by their employer, was today formally launched by Shri R.C.Mishra, Central PF Commissioner here in the EPFO headquarters, New Delhi … Read more…