7th Pay Commission: Central govt employees likely to get fatter allowances before Diwali

 

 

7th Pay Commission: Central govt employees likely to get fatter allowances before Diwali

Once the notification issued, the revised allowance recommended by the 7th Pay Commission will be given to central government employees and pensioners from October or November.

The notification for the implementation of the fatter allowances under 7th Pay Commission recommendations is likely to be issued within two weeks by Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government. Once the notification issued, the revised allowance recommended by the 7th Pay Commission will be given to central government employees and pensioners from October or November on the eve of Diwali. The special committee on allowances, under 7th Pay Commission recommendations, headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa, will soon submit its report to the Finance Ministry. It is expected that central government employees and pensioners will start getting higher allowances from their October or November salaries or pensions.

 

 

The 7th pay commission had recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming 37 others out of 196 allowances. However there was resentment among employees over suggestions to scrap some allowances. The government while issuing the notification for the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission had announced to set up a special committee to examine the recommendations on allowances. The special committee was ready with its report, but the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley couldn’t get enough time to discuss the matter, which delayed the matter further.

The government is now preparing to issue notification for the implementation of the fatter allowances under 7th Pay Commission recommendations before end of the October. “Once issues by the Ministry, the notification will be given higher allowances benefits to 4.8 million central government employees and 5.2 million pensioners,” said a finance ministry official. The special committee on allowances will now submit its report soon, after which notification will be issued.

“Finance Minister Arun Jaitley returned home now from a working visit to Canada and US and the committee on allowances is likely to submit its report to Finance Minister within two-three days,” the official said. The government had earlier announced that until the special committee submits ints report on higher allowances, allowances are to be paid according to the existing rates under the existing pay structure. According to reports, while the special committee is likely to stick with the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations on allowances, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will propose a hike of 2 per cent in the dearness allowance (DA).

According to the 7th Pay Commission notification, central government employees will get 14.27 per cent hike in basic pay at junior levels, which is the lowest in 70 years. The Cabinet also approved the increase in minimum pay Rs 18,000 from existing Rs 7,000.

Source: india.com

 

 

Disability Pension to Defence Personnel in 7th CPC: Govt aims to bring more equity among different ranks in forces

Disability pension: Government aims to bring more equity among different ranks in forces - Times of India

NEW DELHI: Military officers are up in arms against the government's decision to implement the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) on disability pension and are not buying the claim that the compensation package has increased. How justified are their demands?

The government's decision to discard the 6th CPC's percentage-based determination - 30% of last drawn basic pay for 100% disability - with a slab-based one in the 7th CPC is intended to bring more equity among different ranks risking their lives in battlefield operations.

 

 

After the 6th CPC, when percentage-based calculation was introduced, for 100% disability at the lowest rank for jawans, the disability pension went up from Rs 1,550 to Rs 3,138, while at the highest level for officers, it rose from Rs 2,600 to Rs 27,000, more than 10 times.

The disparity seemed to reflect in disability being reported in the higher ranks of brigadier and above. Officers retiring with disability in the armed forces

increased from 13% in 2007-08 to 20% in 2013-14. On the other hand, jawans and JCOs retiring with disability decreased from 19% in 2007-08 to 7% in 2013-14.

There are 13.2 lakh soldiers and other ranks who stand to lose from this skewed system that seems to benefit 66,700 officers (strength of the three Services). Military officers have been demanding that the government make an upward revision of disability pension from the 6th pay level of 30% of last pay drawn to 50% of last pay in cases of 100% disability.

But this would mean a retired general with 100% disability will draw pension equal to the pay of a serving general. A soldier at the bottom of the curve will get an additional Rs 10,000-15,000 per month, besides the normal pension, in case of 100% disability. Disability pension is in addition to normal pension.

As per the new slab of the 7th pay panel, officers of the three Services, including honorary commissioned officers, will get Rs 27,000 per month disability pension in addition to normal pension in case of 100% disability. Subedar major, subedar, naib subedar and equivalent ranks in other Services would get Rs 17,000 a month; havildar, naik and sepoy would get Rs 12,000. The equity between the highest paid disability pension to officers and at the lowest rank has been restored to the pre-6th pay panel level.

According to the 7th CPC, the ratio of maximum to minimum compensation for disability across the ranks witnessed a decline from 4.85 prior to the 3rd CPC to 1.67 after

the 5th CPC. But as a consequence of implementation of the percentage-based system in the 6th CPC, the ratio of maximum to minimum was reversed to 8.60.

After implementation of the percentage-based disability pension, it was noticed that more senior officers in the rank of brigadier and above were claiming disability and "Service officers invalidated out and one who served on and retired in due course got the same quantum of disability element" in their monthly remuneration package. 

Read at: The Times of India

 

 

Indefinite hunger fast inside the Campus of Dak Bhawan , New Delhi

Indefinite hunger fast inside the Campus of Dak Bhawan , New Delhi by all Secretary Generals and General Secretaries of NFPE, FNPO and GDS Union from 3rd November 2016.

 

POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATIONS

ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION-GRAMIN DAK SEWAKS

NATIONAL UNION OF GRAMIN DAK SEWAKS

NEW DELHI – 110001

No. PF- PJCA/STRIKE/2016 Dated – 14.10.2016

To,

The Secretary

Department of Posts

DakBhwan,

Delhi – 110001

Sub: - Indefinite hunger fast inside the Campus of Dak Bhawan , New Delhi by all

Secretary Generals and General Secretaries of NFPE, FNPO and GDS Union from

3rd November 2016.

Sir,

It is intimated that Indefinite hunger fast inside Campus of Dak Bhawan, New Delhi

by the of all Secretary Generals, General Secretaries of NFPE, FNPO and GDS Union will

be organized from 03rd November, 2016 for the following pending demands:

(1) Grant of enhanced bonus to GDS.
(2) payment of revised wages of casual labourers and revised bonus .

As you are aware the bonus calculation ceiling of all Central Government employees was raised from 3500 to 7000 by the Government from 01.04.2014 onwards and orders were issued on 29.08.2016. Arrears for the financial year 2014-15 were also paid to the all departmental employees. But till this day, orders for payment of enhanced bonus to three lakhs Gramin Dak Sevaks are not issued by the Department of Posts.

Similarly, eventhough the Postal Board has issued orders revising the wages of casual labourers w.e.f 01.01.2006 as per the 6th CPC minimum wage of Group ‘D’, till this day many circles and divisions have not paid the arrears to the poor, unorganized, marginalized and most exploited section of casual, part-time, contingent employees and Daily rated mazdoors. eg: Kerala Circle, Tamilnadu Circle etc.). 7th CPC revision has also become due now.

It is therefore, requested to permit us to sit inside the premises of Dak Bhawan for Indefinite Hunger Fast from 03rdNovember, 2016. The Hunger Fast will be peaceful.

Yours faithfully,

R. N. PARASHAR D. THEAGARAJAN

Secretary General Secretary General

NFPE FNPO