Central Government Employees News :: Seventh Pay Commission

     The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s Office Memorandum No. 1(8)/2012-E-II (B)  dated  28th September, 2012 on the subject mentioned above and to say that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowancepayable to Central Government employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 72% to 80% with effect from 1st Jan, 2013. ...Read more...

On implementation of these OROP orders many doubts have been raised at the administrative level. Now, Principal Controller of Defence Accounts has issued a compilation of Frequently Asked Questions on Implementation of various orders for improving Defence Pension and Family Pension. Full Text of the same is as follows ... Read more...

After long wait, the central government employees have finally got the approval for the hike in the dearness allowance. The government has announced the hike in the dearness allowance following the cabinet approval. The central government employees and the pensioners will be eligible for an 8% hike i.e. DA of 80% from January 2013. About 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners are to benefit from this hike. The employees and pensioners will be eligible for arrears for the three months. ... Read more...

The union cabinet is to meet today (18/04/13) ) and the dearness allowance hike and other sops are among the agenda points. The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be chairing a Cabinet meeting on Thursday. The press articles suggest that the government is set for an image makeover by taking crucial decisions having possible implications before the next general elections. The government is likely t .... read more...

Despite various employees organisations demanding the announcement of DA hike, the government is silent on the matter. The DA hike announcement was set as an agenda point during the cabinet meeting on 2nd April 2013. However it was communicated after the meeting that no decision on DA hike was taken as the finance minister was not present at the meeting as he was on an official visit to Japan. It  .... read more...

The Confederation Of Central Government Employees & Workers has issued letter asking the members to participate in the protest on April 23 against the inordinate delay in granting the dearness allowance hike to the employees. It says that it is the first time since 1986, the payment of DA hike once in half year is violated. The confederation had written to the PM and it have asked the affiliat .... read more...

Observing that the aim of pension is to provide social security to government servants, the Central Administrative Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to grant pension to one of its former employees who was denied the benefit on the ground that he had resigned before completing 20 years in service. ... Read more...

For appointment to any vacancy in Group A and Group B services or posts filled by direct recruitment otherwise than on the results of an Open All India Competitive Examination, the upper age limit shall be relaxed by the length of military service increased by three years in the case of ... Read more...

The petition ( read here - http://www.staffcorner.com/view.html?id=450001 ) submitted by the NIFR on grant of subsidy of 2% in the rate of interest on the home loans raised by the employees from the banks has been   been forwarded by the Ministry of Finance  to the Ministry of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation for appropriate action. NIFR has circulated the letter from the ministry for wider publicity ... Read more..

The National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR) will press for achieving 7th Central Pay Commission, abolishing new pension scheme and low grade pay (GP), 50 per cent of dearness allowance (DA) merger in basic pay and free medical treatment to parents of railway employees .... Read more...

All India Railwaymen’s Federation (AIRF), the largest trade union in Indian Railway, has given an ultimatum to the Central government and to the Railway Ministry to implement its charter of demands that includes scrapping of new pension scheme. Disclosing this to reporters here, its working president N. Kanniah said the AIRF had given the ultimatum on February 21 to implement the federation’s set of demands by June failing which it would conduct secret ballot in all railway zones across the country and decide future course of action .... Read more...

The All India Railwaymen's Federation has written to the Finance minister demanding the approval of the Dearness Allowance.  The DA hike for the central government employees is due from January 2013. Usually the DA hike applicable for the month of January, that is arrived based on the previous 12 months  is announced by mid March and this was true for all years since sixth ... Read more...

The Government has declared April 14 as Closed Holiday for all Central Government Offices including industrial Establishments throughout India on account of the birthday of political leader Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. However the day falls on Sunday and hence may not benefit much of the central government employees ... Read more...

The background of the demand for setting up the 7th CPC raised by the Central Government employees on the ground that the wage revision was due in January, 2011,it would be pertinent to examine the wages as a ratio to the revenue resources and revenue expenditure of the GOI in the crucial years 1960-61`,1975-=76, 1986-087, 1997-98 and 2006-07 the relevant years in which the 2nd, 3rd,4th  .... read more...

The National Pension System (NPS) is fetching near double digit returns, which is at least a percentage point higher than what Employee’s Provident Fund (EPF) or Public Provident Fund (PPF) offer.NPS is a voluntary long term saving scheme for private sector but mandatory for those who joined the government from 2004.In case of the private sector, the top performance was on offer for those who had  .... read more...

Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute removed from CGHS Empanelment Read more...

1. The CGHS Wellness Centres will be functional from 8.00 AM to 3.00 PM. 2. The Wellness Centres will observe a lunch break of 30 minutes from 1.00 PM to 1.30 PM. 3. The six dispensaries in New Delhi working round the clock will not be ... Read more...

The Model RRs for the various categories of Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ posts in the Library Discipline issued in this Department OM No. AB1 4017/43/1991-Esil. (RR) dated 22.2.1993 have been reviewed in the light of 6” CPC recommendations on revision of pay scales, instructions issued by this Department ... Read more...

The decision on hiking dearness allowance (DA) of central government employees was deferred by the government today. The cabinet was supposed to approve the proposal to increase dearness allowance (DA) to 80 percent from existing 72 percent on ... Read more...

The Union Cabinet is likely to formally approve the hike in the dearness allowance (DA) to 80 percent from existing 72 percent benefiting about 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners of the central government tomorrow (02-03-2013). "The Union Cabinet may consider the finance ministry proposal to i ... Read more...

The Karnataka high court has ruled that the family planning allowance to central government employees cannot be extended for fresh or re-appointments even in cases where they rejoin central government establishments. The ruling has set aside the earlier Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Bangalore bench order granting the special increment for undergoing sterilization to R Ravichandran, senior technical assistant at Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), Bangalore. R Ravichandran entered the service of Indian Air Force on August  ... Read more..