Central Government Employees News :: Seventh Pay Commission

The Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India have released the All India CPI-IW index for the month of August 2014. The index rose by two points and stood at 237. On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.85 per cent between June and July compared with 0.94 per cent between the same two months a year ago. With this we have 8 of the 12 indices required for the DA ca .... read more...

The government on Friday made it "very clear" that there is no plan to raise retirement age of Central government employees to 62 years from the existing 60.The minister of state for personnel V Narayanasamy told "At present, there is no thinking in the government for increasing the retirement age. That I would like to make it very clear," The remarks from the minister cane in the wake of media re .... read more...

Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has issued the office memorandum for Grant of Non-Productivity Linked Bonus (ad-hoc bonus) to Central Government Employees for the year 2012-13. The staff have been granted a Non-Productivity Linked Bonus (Ad-hoc Bonus) equivalent to 30 days emoluments for the accounting year 2012-13 for all Groups C’ and D and Group ‘B’ all non-gazetted employees in  .... read more...

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Payment of Dearness Allowance to Railway employees — Revised rates effective from 01.07.2013.    Please refer to this Ministry’s letter of even number dated 26.04.2013 (S.No PC-VI/315, RBE No.38/2013) on the subject mentioned above. The President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Railway employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 80% to 90% with effect from 1st July, 2013 .....Read order...

After the announcement of the 7th Central Pay Commission, rumors of the retirement age hike is being heard again. The media speculates that the government may take a decision on hiking the retirement age for the central government employees to 62 may be taken in a couple of weeks time. Even though the government had made it clear that there was no such proposal, the same was the case with the pay  .... read more...

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES & WORKERS(Central Head Quarters)1st Floor, North Avenue Post office Building, New Delhi - 110001Dated – 25.09.2013PRESS STATEMENTCentral Government has announced the constitution of 7th Central Pay Commission. Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers has been raising this demand before the Government right from 201 .... read more...

Trade union representing central government employees today welcomed the announcement to set up the 7th Pay Commission, but demanded that recommendation be implemented with retrospective effect from January 1, 2011.The government has announced constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission, which will look into the salaries, allowances and pensions of about 80 lakh of its employees and pensioners."We  .... read more...

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s Office Memorandum No. 1(2)/2013-_E-Il {B} dated 25th April, 2013 on the subiect mentioned above and to say that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 80% to 90% with effect from  2013. Read the order

The government is likely to accept the demands from the defence personnel for setting up a separate pay commission for the pay revision and benefits granted to the defence personnel only. Last year the three services chiefs had written to the Defence Minister AK Antony about the anomalies in the sixth pay commission. The Central government has agreed to delink the pay revision of defence personne .... read more...

Its election bonanza for the central government employees. It was 10% DA last week And now the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh have today approved the constitution of the 7th Pay Commission, which is likely to impact at least 85 lakh central government employees and pensioners. It is one of the most important demand by the central government employees of India.The 7th Pay Commission is expe .... read more...

20.09.2013 MOS Sh V. Narayanasamy took the chair at 4.00 PM. Joint Secy. DOP &PW Welcomed the Minister, officersfrom different departments / Ministries & the SCOVA members. After JS welcome address introduction of members &officers started S.C. Maheshwari Genl. Secy. BPS while introducing himself pointed out to the Minister that while BPSwas thankful to the minister for increasing frequency of SCOVA meetings, organization will be grateful if ... Read more...

There were a No of issues which come into effect when both husband and wife are defence personnel or one of them is a defence person and other is a Central Govt employee. The issues also included whether one or both parents can be made members of the ECHS. We had taken up the case with the MOD and  ... Read more...

As per the Annual action Plan of Controller General of Defence Accounts, New Delhi in consultation with the Ministry of Defence, the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions) Allahabad will be organising the 119th Defence Pension Adalat at Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) ... Read more...

Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan may raise policy rates again after shocking markets by increasing them in only his first meeting, signalling he is willing to risk ... Read more...

The Model RRs for the posts of Hindi Officer, Senior Translator and Junior Hindi Translator in OL cadre issued by this Department have been reviewed in the light of 6th CPC recommendations .... Read more....

The DoPT has issued an OM stating the requirements and instructions regarding the payment of the family pension in Form 14 as given in rule 81 (2) (A) (ii) of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, in case of the deadth of the pensioner ... Read more...  

The union cabinet today approved the hike in the dearness allowance for the central government employees and the dearness relief for the pensioners. The hike will be 10% making the DA at 90% from the existing 80%. This is the first time that the DA hike is touching double digits in three years. The hike will have above 50 lakh central employees and 30 lakh pensioners receiving increased salary and .... read more...

केंद्र सरकार ने महंगाई भत्ते (डीए) को बढ़ाकर 90 प्रतिशत करने का फैसला कर लिया है। इससे पहले यह 80 प्रतिशत था। शुक्रवार को केंद्रीय कैबिनेट ने इसमें 10 फीसदी बढ़ोतरी के प्रस्‍ताव को हरी झंडी दे दी। इससे 50 लाख केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों और 30 लाख पेंशनधारकों को फायदा होगा। त्योहारी सीजन को देखते हुए सरकार की ओर से केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों को यह बड़ा तोहफा है। केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों को 1 जुलाई से बढ़ा हुआ महंगाई भत्‍ता मिलेगा। कर्मचारियों को त्योहारी सीजन में बकाया राशि के रूप में अतिरिक्त धन प्राप्त होगा।  2014 अधिक पढ़ें ...

The union cabinet is to meet today (20/09/13) and the dearness allowance hike is among the agenda points. The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be ...  Read more....

The government have stepped in for an austerity drive for the government departments. Finance Ministry has ordered all ministries and departments not to buy new vehicles, create new jobs or fill posts lying vacant for over one year. The departments have been banned from holding meetings in 5-star hotels and officials barred from executive class air travel as part of a slew of austerity measures an .... read more...

State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, today raised its home loan rates to 10.10 per cent from 9.95 per cent for all loans up to Rs. 30 lakh. For loans above Rs. 30 lakh, which was 10.10 per cent, were also revised to 10.30 per cent . ... Read more...

As per the reports, the union government is set to approve the 10% hike in the Dearness Allowance for the central government employees during the cabinet meeting on 20th September, 2013. the move can be seen as a move to woo the salaried class, even though the DA hike is only a regular procedure. As per practice, the government uses CPI-IW data for past 12 months or a year to arrive at a number fo .... read more...

As per the reports, the union government is set to approve the 10% hike in the Dearness Allowance for the central government employees during the cabinet meeting on 20th September, 2013. the move can be seen as a move to woo the salaried class, even though the DA hike is only a regular procedure. As per practice, the government uses CPI-IW data for past 12 months or a year to arrive at a number fo .... read more...

Each and every case of compassionate appointment is dealt with and disposed expeditiously to save the family of the ex-employee from any hardship. With a view to expedite appointment on compassionate ground the following steps have been taken: .... Read more...

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is in a process of reviewing the Performance Appraisal (PAR) system for bureaucrats. It has asked for the views of other ministries on a new system which is derived from the model followed in Singapore. The DoPT has circulated the note to other ministries in this regard .... Read more...

The passing of the Pension Bill by Parliament is good news for investors in the National Pension Scheme (NPS). But the news from the market is not very heartening. Despite the rebound in stocks, NPS funds have churned out losses in the past year. While the NAVs of the schemes may be higher than the September 2012 levels, the point-to-point returns hide the true picture .... Read more...

Narendra Modi, BJP's prime ministerial candidate today addressed a massive ex-servicemen's rally at Rewari in Haryana on Sunday. Former Army chief Gen V K Singh also shared the dias with Modi. This was the Modi's first rally after his anointment as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate. The address was attended by a crowd exceeding 1.5 lakh including many ex-servicemen .... Read more...

The BJP prime minister candidate nominee, Narendra Modi will address an ex-servicemen’s rally at Rewari in Haryana. This will be his first public programme after being appointed as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate .... Read more....

As details of family members eligible for family pension in the event of the death of the pensioner, joint photograph with the spouse and the amount of family pension payable in the event of death of the pensioner are available under Part II of the Pension Payment Order issued by the Pay and Accounts Officer or other designated authority ... Read more...

Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions has issued an office memorandum stating that the f amily pension is payable to the children as they are considered to be dependent on the Government servant/pensioner or his/her spouse. A child who is not earning equal to or more than the sum of minimum family pension and dearness relief thereon is considered to be dependent on his/her parents.  Similarly, family pension to a widowed/divorced daughter is payable provided she fulfils all eligibility conditions at the time of death/ineligibility of her parents and on the date her turn to receive family pension comes .... Read more...

The undersigned is directed to reter to ministry of Defence (MoD), letter No. 0515/Gen/DGR/Emp-3, dtd. 7th Nov., 2012, followed by DO letter No. 28(47)/2013/D(Res.1), dtd. 24.6.2013, on the subject cited above and to say that the matter was examined in consultation with DOP&T and State Bank of India(SBI) .... Read more...

The Working Committee of NFIR at its 210th meeting at Bhilai on to 8th September, 2013 unanimously passed the the draft resolution on Charter of Demands for conducting Strike voting . ... Read more...

The 30th Plenary Session of Indian National Trade Union Congress INTUC  is being held in Raipur from 6-9-2013 to 9-9-2013 is concluded today. There are 4 Resolutions which are considered to be very important are adopted in this Conference.One of the four main resolution is Merger of 50% DA with Pay for central government employees ... Read more...

Labour Bureau has proposed to revise the base year of the existing CPI-IW series 2001=100 to a more recent base year preferably, 2013-2014=100. The CPI-IW series on scientific lines was first introduced with base 1960=100 which was based on the results of Family Living Survey conducted in 1958-59 at 50 industrially important centres . ... Read more...

A Mission Mode Project Pensioners' Portal, under NeGP entrusted to Department of P&PW aims at the welfare of Central Civil Pensioners across the country. Its specific objective is to facilitate redressal of Pensioners grievances and provide detailed information, guidance etc. on pension and other retirement related matters through various stake holders. The project envisages inter-alia association of registered Pensioners Associations of Central Government Employees and other welfare organizations in the implementation process .... Read more...

Ordinary Indians are being asked to tighten their belts as the economy heads into the dumps, but Bharat Sarkar's waistline continues to bulge. Read more...

In view of the 'ONAM festival, the Government have decided that the salary of all Central Government employees in the State of Kerala for the month of September, 2013   may be drawn and disbursed by the Central Government offices (including Defence, Posts & Telecommunications) on 13th September, 2013 .... Read more...

The Ce­­n­tral Administrative Tribunal (CAT) ruled that the temporary service before April 2004 to be considered to be eligible for the retirement benefits including eligibility for old pension scheme . ... Read more...

The EPFO is likely to finalise the interest rates for the provident fund returns at 8.5% for the financial year 2013-14.  This leaves the rates unchanged from the last year.The EPFO estimates suggest that the interest rate of 8.5 per cent can leave some surplus for the body."In all likelihood, the interest rate on PF deposits for this fiscal will be fixed at 8.5 per cent," a source said.The s .... read more...

Ii nos been decided to include degrees of M.Sc. (Electronics) and M.Sc. (Applied Electronics) as subjects under engineering equivalent to Bachelor's Degree in Engineering .... Read more...

The Central Government has decided to reimburse the entire cost of treatment abroad IAS, IPS and IFS officers. The officers will also receive return airfare for himself and also for on accompanying assistant .... read more...

The government is to come out with an e-mail policy in two months to ensure that all its employees use only official email service provided by NCI for official communication - A move intended to have secrecy of the electronic communications .... Read more...

Herewith, I am forwarding the representation submitted by All India Central Government Pensioner's Association, New No. 3-F2, (Old No. 1/1A), Radhakrishnan Street, T.Nagar, Chennai-600017 on the above subject for your kind perusal ... Read more...

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill 2011 will give statutory powers to the PFRDA, which was established in August 2003 as a regulator for the pension sector which followed private players entering .... Read more...

Market prices are collected for 252 items by the Officials of Department of Statics and Department of Posts. These prices of that item & place are sent to Central processing unit from 78 centres all over India ( which are enclosed for your reference) .... Read more...

The government is planning to restrict the government employees using Google's Gmail for official communication. The move comes in wake of Edward Snowden leaked information about the US spying under the program PRISM ... Read more...

While implementing the order of restructuring of Cadre of Artisan staff as issued vide MOD letter nos .l11(5)/2009-D(Civ-I) dated 14/06/2010 and 01/12/2010, various Br. Accounts Offices have referred several doubts on exercising option, for clarifications. The views of this office against the doubts raised by the Br.A.Os are given below for compliance ... Read more...

References hove been received by this office regording stepping up of poy to the directly recruited  JWMs through UPSC ot por with those JWMs who had been ploced ot the some grode by virtue of merger of posts of AF and JWM as per 6th CPC, in the list of DoPT oM No. 200020/4/201o-Estt.(D)  dtd 13.9.2O12 .... Read more...

Former chief of the army staff Gen VK Singh has urged political parties to meet the demand for one rank, one pension to pocket nearly 10 crore votes of ex-servicemen, serving personnel and their families .... Read more...

Media reports suggest that the Dearness Allowance hike may be announced this month itself. According to official source, dearness allowance hike will be 10 percent and would be effective from July 1, this year. Sources added that since the revised estimate for the month of June is available, the Finance Ministry would soon prepare a proposal for the purpose for seeking Union Cabinet nod.They furth .... read more...

According to a press release issued today by the Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment the All-India CPI-IW for July, 2013 rose by 4 points and stands at 235. The largest upward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing 1.99 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Rice, Fish Fresh, Goat Meat, Milk, Onions, Chillies Green, Potato, Tomato &a .... read more...