OBSERVE COM. S. K. VYAS JI REMEMBRANCE DAY ON 13THFEBRUARY 2017
Com. Vyasji was the Secretary General and President of the
Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers for forty years
from 1967 to 2006. He was the President and Secretary General of All
India Audit & Accounts Association for a long time. He continued as
the Advisor of the Confederation and also as the Secretary General of
National Co-ordination Committee of Pensioners Association (NCCPA) and
Bharat Central Pensioners Confederation (BCPC) till death.
Com. Vyasji has led various struggles and strike actions of the Central
Govt. Employees and was in the forefront of the leadership which
organised the first indefinite strike action of the Central Govt.
employees after independence, in the year 1960. Com. Vyas was jailed
and dismissed from service. He played an important role in rallying the
Central Govt. employees along with the striking Railway employees in
the year 1974. He was an able and uncompromising negotiator with the
Government in the JCM National Council and Standing Committee. He was
responsible for many of the benefits and allowances enjoyed by the
Central Govt. employees. The cost indexation of wages was earned by the
Govt. employees through the sustained struggles and efforts in 1960s
under his leadership. Confederation of Central Govt. employees and
workers representing about 15 lakhs Central Govt. employees is in the
forefront of the incessant struggle and strike actions organised by
Indian Working Class against the neo-liberal economic policies of the
Government. Com. S. K. Vyasji’s vision and ideological clarity has made
the Confederation, part and parcel of the mainstream of the working
class movement in India.
Com. Vyasji was a friend, philosopher, guide and everything for the
Central Govt. Employees movement. In the more than six decades long
trade union life, Com. Vyasji endeared himself to every section of the
Central Govt. Employees. His death has caused irreparable and
irreplaceable loss to all of us. He was a great leader, symbol of
simplicity, a gem of a person and a leader who is down to earth,
extremely polite, kind hearted and compassionate; one of the finest
human being, tallest leader, a gentle mentor and a legend.
He is in our hearts! His memories will be forever with us! His long
saga of struggle and sacrifice for the Central Govt. employees and
pensioners will inspire the generations to come.
The
National Secretariat of Confederation of Central Govt. Employees &
Workers calls upon all affiliated organisations and C-O-Cs to observe
the 2nd Death anniversary of Com. S. K. Vyas Ji as “S. K. VYAS JI REMEMBRANCE DAY”.
Com. S. K. Vyasji Amar Rahe!
Long live Com. S. K. Vyasji !!
Long live, Long live !!!
M. Krishnan
Secretary General
Confederation
Mob: 09447068125
Email: mkrishnan6854@gmail.com
Accounting Procedure of Cheque Truncation System in HOs
1. The accounting procedure is attached herewith. On every 2nd & 4th Saturday, CTS/NPCI Clearing House will not function. Please get training from VSoft. Scan CTS presentation cheques on all Clearing House working days after 12am to 5pm selecting CTS option. Scan NON-CTS presentation cheques on every Monday before 11AM but not later 1130AM selecting Non-CTS option in scanning software. In case, Monday happens to be Clearing House Holiday, Non-CTS presentation session (scanning) would be advanced (pre-poned) to preceding Clearing House working day (ie Saturday or Friday). In case Tuesday happens to be a Clearing House Holiday, Non-CTS return session will be postponed to the next Clearing House working day(Wednesday).
The inward cheque image has to be downloaded from eDesk at your end (CARE: Images will be available in eDESK for 3 days only) and you need to save the images in your local system and EXTERNAL 1TB hard-disk as well. All images and physical cheques to be preserved for 10 Years. Based on POSB Cheque image, amount will be debited from respective Post Office Savings Account.The image will have Post Office Savings Account No., Signature etc.,While downloading inward POSB images from eDesk (see screen shots) you must check whether any images are listed in OTHERS.
3. If the POSB cheque is returned (Outward return in eDesk or Inward
reject as per Finacle) with any reason, it has to be marked in eDesk
(select "reason code" from pop-down) on the same day of receipt of
inward and well before the cut off timings prescribed. Cut-off timings
for CTS-Return clearing is before 1300 hrs on all Clearing House working
days and for Non-CTS the return timings is before 12 Noon on Tuesdays
(read para 1). In case, Tuesday happens to be a CTS Holiday then NPCI
will postpone Non-CTS Return session to Wednesday. To download inward
images and clear in Finacle, do marking returns in eDesk is the sole
responsibility of your HO (including images of your SOs) as per
arrangement made in your Circle.
4.Chennai GPO will account only the figures relating your HO as per
Clearing House Reports and all such Clearing Accounting done against
your HO is communicated by email daily at the close of the day ie 6pm to
7pm which your HO need to check and report back immediately about any
discrepancy noticed.
5.Therefore, please check receipt of all emails relating to your HO accounting period in your email inbox daily.
6. Hence, kindly contact VSoft to get the images of all cheques
DIRECTLY from VSOFT IMMEDIATELY (as images are available in eDesk for
the latest 3 days only. GPO did not preserve images of Anantapur) and
the amount may be debited immediately with due Clearing Date as date of
transaction in Finacle. Insufficient fund cases or any POSB return cases
may kindly be taken with respective presenting Bank with return memo
and obtain Pay order.First you have to contact presenting Bank and check
whether it accepts your late return. If not, you need to pressurize the
Post Office customer to make good the amount.
7. Every item of Late-return amount [pending receipt of Pay Order from
presenting Bank or till made good by PO Customer] may be kept under
CLG-UCP as individual item entry with clear description in CLG-UCP
Register on the day of actual accounting at your HO simultaneously
comparing, verifying with our Chennai GPO email daily Clearing Figures
shown against your HO (Anantapur). Please make an error entry and obtain
prior approval from Postmaster Ananthapur HO to charge every such
late return item under CLG-UCP (Amount is irrelevant here). Every
CLG-UCP should be prefixed with CLG before UCP entry with a running a
separate serial number so as to distinguish from general UCP. No formal
sanction is required from Divisional Office when it comes to clearing
operations- i.e CLG-UCR or CLG-UCP. When PayOrder is received from the
Presenting Bank for late returns or when made good by the Customer, each
relevant UCP item is to be adjusted under CLG-UCR by giving per contra
to UCP item entry. ALL ATTEMPTS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ADJUST PENDING
CLG-UCP ITEM . NO CLG-UCP item is kept pending unduly for a longer
period. Every Saturday, all pending CLG-UCP is to be reviewed by
Postmaster.
8. Therefore, kindly debit the amount for the images not downloaded for
period as required for Anantapur from concern Postoffice Savings
Account at your end with value date as per eDesk reports or get the
Payorder immediately from Presented bank without involving Chennai GPO
to avoid RAA Discrepancy.
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The Fundamental (Amendment) Rules, 2017
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Sukanya Samriddhi account (SSA) - Premature closure of account
Premature closure of account
Though the duration of the Sukanya Samriddhi account is 21 years from
the date of the opening of the account but request for premature closure
can be made after 5 years from the date of opening of account in
following scenarios :
1. Untimely death of the account holder – In the unfortunate event of
death of the beneficiary account holder (girl child), the account shall
be closed immediately on production of death certificate issued by the
competent authority. In that case the balance at the credit of the
account shall be paid along with the accrued interest till the date of
death shall be paid to the guardian.
2. Account holder become a non-citizen or NRI- If, after the opening of
an Account, the Account holder becomes a non-citizen or non-resident of
India, intimation to this effect shall be given by the guardian or the
Account holder to the post office or the Bank concerned, as the case may
be, within a period of one month from the date of such status of the
Account holder’s citizenship or resident status. No interest shall be
deemed to accrue to the Account from the change of such status and the
Account shall be deemed to be closed prematurely from that date and
credit in the account will be returned to along with interest due, to
the Account Holder.
. Extreme compassionate grounds– Where
the post office or the Bank concerned is satisfied, in cases of extreme
compassionate grounds such as medical support in life-threatening
diseases of the Account holder or death of the guardian, that the
operation or continuation of the Account is causing undue hardship to
the Account holder, it may, after complete documentation, by order and
for reasons to be recorded in writing, allow premature closure of the
Account.
(4) withdrawal shall be restricted to the actual demand of fee and other
charges required at the time of admission as shown in the offer of
admission or the relevant fee-slip issued by the educational institution
4. For Other Reasons– Premature closure of an Account may be permitted,
anytime after the opening of an Account, for any reason other than
provided under this sub-rule, and in which case the whole deposit shall
be eligible only for the interest rate prescribed for the Post Office
Savings Bank.
Pre-Mature Withdrawal for Education
(1) Withdrawal of upto a maximum of fifty per cent of the balance in the
Account at the end of the financial year preceding the year of
application for withdrawal, shall be allowed for the purpose of higher
education of the Account holder but such withdrawal shall not be allowed
unless the Account holder attains the age of eighteen years or has
passed tenth standard, whichever is earlier.
(2) The application for withdrawal shall be accompanied by a documentary
proof in the form of a confirmed offer of admission of the Account
holder in an educational institution or a fee-slip from such institution
clarifying such financial requirement.
(3) The withdrawal may be made as one lump sum or in instalments, not
exceeding one per year, for a maximum of five years, subject to the
limit specified in point (1) above.
Review of Essential
Qualifications/ Selection criteria for engagement to posts of Gramin Dak Sevak
Branch Postmasters.
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Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 – Fulfillment of procedural requirements- Clarification
Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 – Fulfillment of procedural requirements- Clarification reg.
No.31011/3/2015-Estt.(A.IV)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Establishment A-IV Desk
North Block, New Delhi-110001
Dated February 9, 2017
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 –
Fulfillment of procedural requirements- Clarification reg.
The undersigned is directed to refer to para 8 and 9 of the Guidelines
enclosed in this Department’s O.M. of even number dated 18.2.2016 on the
above noted subject and to say that the issues have been revisited. It
has been decided that the cases where a Government servant travels on
LTC upto the nearest airport/railway station/ bus terminal by authorized
mode of transport and undertakes rest of the journey to the declared
place of visit by private transport/ own arrangement (such as personal
vehicle or private taxi etc.), may be dealt with as follows:-
(a) In all such cases the Government servant may be required to submit a
declaration that he and the members of the family in respect of whom
the claim is submitted have indeed travelled upto the declared place of
visit.
(b) If a public transport is available in a particular area, the
Government servant will be reimbursed the fare admissible for journey by
otherwise entitled mode of public transport from the nearest
airport/railway station/bus terminal to the declared place of visit by
shortest direct route.
(c) In case, there is no public transport available in a particular
stretch of journey, the Government servant may be reimbursed as per his
entitlement for journey on transfer for a maximum limit of 100 Kms
covered by the private/personal transport based on a self-certification
from the Government servant. Beyond this, the expenditure shall be borne
by the Government servant.
(d) Furnishing of false information will attract disciplinary action under the CCS(CCA) Rules, 1965.
Note: For the purpose of these rules, the expression ‘Public Transport”
means all vehicles, including trains and airplanes operated by the
Tourism Development Corporations in the Public Sector, State Transport
Corporations and Transport services run by other Government or local
bodies.
Sd/-
(Surya Narayan Jha)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Source: http://dopt.gov.in/
DIRECTORATE ORDERS IN RESPECT OF TRANSFER OF DIVISIONAL CADRE OFFICIALS OF ANDHRA CIRCLE AND TELANGANA CIRCLE
DEAR COMRADES,
TODAY
THE POSTAL DIRECTORATE HAS BEEN ISSUED THE ORDERS OF DIVISIONAL CADRE
OFFICIALS{PA/SA,etc.} INTER-CIRCLE TRANSFERS UNDER RULE-38 IN ONE TIME
MEASURE, FROM TELANGANA TO ANDHRA CIRCLE vice-versa. THE LAST DATE OF
SUBMISSION OF REPRESENTATIONS IS 31-03-2017.THE
ISSUE WAS TAKEN UP BY Com.PARASARAN , GENERAL SECRETARY(CHQ) AND
SUBSEQUENTLY PURSUED BY TELANGANA CIRCLE PRESIDENT Com. CH. PRATAP
AREDDY.PLEASE SEE THE BELOW ORDER.
Postal department revenue deficit widened to Rs 8,670 crore till December
Revenue
deficit of the Department of Post (DoP) widened to Rs 8,670 crore in
the April-December period of this fiscal, but various initiatives -
including passport facility and other government services through post -
are expected to rake in more revenue.
The
DoP had registered a revenue deficit of Rs 6,007 crore in the fiscal
year 2015-16, as per data shared by Communications Minister Manoj Sinha.
The
revenue deficit of the postal department was Rs 5,473 crore in 2013-14
which increased to Rs 6,259 crore in 2014-15 and then narrowed to Rs
6,007 crore in 2015-16.
Total
revenue of the DoP was Rs 9,307 crore at the end of December 2016. The
department registered revenue of Rs 10,730 crore in 2013-14, Rs 11,636
crore in 2014-15 and Rs 12,940 crore in 2015-16.
Sinha said that various measures have been taken by the department to boost its revenue. "Railway
tickets are being sold through post offices under an agreement signed
with the Ministry of Railways. Presently, this service is available in
over 340 post offices across India. Around 70 Post Shoppes have been
opened with total revenue generated around Rs 60 lakhs," Sinha said.
He said that Government of India has introduced Sovereign Gold Bond scheme (SGB) in the Union Budget 2015-16.
"During
the six tranches issued in last and current financial year, 96,215
Sovereign Gold Bond applications for around Rs 80 crore were collected
through Post Offices across the country," Sinha said.
He
said the pilot project for this joint venture between MEA and DOP has
commenced from January 25, 2017 at Metagalli Post Office, Mysore in
Karnataka and at Dahod Head Post Office in Gujarat.
"Technology
induction leading to customer friendly initiatives such as premium due
alerts etc. In sum, all these above initiatives would go a long way to
fetch more business and generate more revenue," Sinha said.
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Guntakal RMS upgradation
Now Post office to become employment
Post office has been taking predominant role to serve the customers.
Now it is planed to register the unemployed youth under employment
exchange registration module. As per source of information Secretary
Posts is planed to launch this new product under GPO, Hyderabad on
Sunday 12.02.2017.
Opening of the first batch of new Post Office Passport
Opening of the first batch of new Post Office Passport Seva Kendras
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Department of Posts (DOP)
announced on 24 January, 2017 their decision to utilize the Head Post
Offices (HPO) in the various States as Post Office Passport Seva Kendra
(POPSK) for delivering passport related services to the citizens of our
country. The objective of this partnership is to extend passport
services on a larger scale and to ensure wider area coverage.
The pilot projects for this joint venture between MEA and DOP was
inaugurated on 25 January, 2017 at the HPO at Mysuru in Karnataka by
Shri Ananth Kumar, Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and
Parliamentary Affairs; and at the Post Office at Dahod in Gujarat by Gen
(Retd.) Dr. V.K.Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs, and Shri
Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs,
Government of India. The POPSK at these two places have been running
successfully since their inauguration. One hundred appointments are
being released every day for each of these POPSK.
With the successful operationalization of these two pilot projects, the
Government has now decided to scale up this programme by opening 56
POPSKs at the following places in the first batch of expansion:
| Locations | State | Passport Office |
| 1. Kurnool 2. Kadappa | Andhra Pradesh | Vishakhapatnam |
| 3. Silchar | Assam | Guwahati |
| 4. Purnia, 5. Gopalganj 6. Muzaffarpur 7. Bhagalpur 8. Siwan | Bihar | Patna |
| 9. Surguja | Chhattisgarh | Raipur |
| 10.Daman | Daman | Mumbai |
| 11. Diu | Diu | Ahmedabad |
| 12. Silvasa | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Mumbai |
| 13. East Delhi, 14. Noth East Delhi, 15. North West Delhi 16. South Delhi 17. West Delhi | Delhi | Delhi |
| 18. Bhuj 19. Palanpur | Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
| 20. Hisar 21. Karnal | Haryana | Chandigarh |
| 22. Faridabad | Delhi | |
| 23. Palampur 24. Hamirpur | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla |
| 25. Leh 26. Udhampur | J&K | Srinagar |
| 27. Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | Ranchi |
| 28. Dhanbad 29. Deoghar | ||
| 30. Belgaum 31. Devangere 32. Hassan 33. Gulbarga | Karnataka | Bengaluru |
| 34. Pathanamthitta | Kerala | Trivandrum |
| 35. Kasargod | Kozhikode | |
| 36. Kavaratti | Lakshadweep | Cochin |
| 37. Gwalior 38. Satna 39. Jabalpur 40. Vidisha | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
| 41. Rourkela 42. Sambalpur 43. Koraput | Odisha | Bhubaneshwar |
| 44. Kota 45. Jaisalmer 46. Jhunjhunu 47. Bikaner 48. Jhalawar | Rajasthan | Jaipur |
| 49. Salem | Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore |
| 50. Vellore | Chennai | |
| 51. Mehbubnagar 52. Warangal | Telangana | Hyderabad |
| 53. Asansol 54. Nadia 55. North Dinajpur 56. North Kolkata | West Bengal | Kolkata |
MEA and DOP are working closely for the early commencement of passport
related services at the above mentioned POPSK. Once fully functional,
applicants who apply for their passports on-line through the Passport
Portal will be able to schedule an appointment at the above POPSK to
complete the formalities necessary prior to the issue of the passport.
Following the liberalization of passport policies announced on 23
December, 2016, we have seen nearly 30% surge in demand for passports.
For example, a record number of 53,400 applications were processed on
7.2.2017 out of which 49,259 were fresh applications. This is the
highest since the commencement of the Passport Seva Project. Our
Passport Offices are conducting special Passport Melas during the
weekends to cater to the increasing demand for passports.
The pilot projects of the Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) have
been running successfully at Mysuru and Dahod. We have been releasing
100 appointments for Mysuru and Dahod POPSK per day with cent per cent
utilization. Appointments for Mysuru are now available in ten days while
at Dahod it is available the next day.
These are clear indicators that the liberalization of the passport
policies and opening of the POPSK have been successful efforts of the
Government that have been welcomed by our citizens. We expect that
opening of these additional POPSK would further help our citizens in
getting passports easily.
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MODI GOVT'S SURGICAL STRIKE ON RAILWAYS AND DEFENCE EMPLOYEES
The BJP- led NDA Government has intensified it's policy attack on Railways and Defence establishments and employees.
ATTACK ON RAILWAYS.
After the
Narendra Modi Government coming to power 100% Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) is allowed in Railways. A committee headed by Sri Bibek Deb Roy ,
Member , NITI Ayog (National Institute for Transformation of India
Ayog) was appointed for restructuring of Railways. The committee
recommended complete privatisation of Railways. AIRF in its resolution
adopted in the 92nd Annual Conference held at Allahabad from 8th to 10th
December 2016, stated as follows:
"NDA
Government assumed power on 26th May 2014. The General Body meeting of
AIRF held on 3rd and 4th July 2016 at Chennai, decided to defer the
strike decision to provide time to the new Government to settle and
resolve grievances. But the same Government by a notification dated 22nd
August 2014, decided to induct 100% FDI in Indian Railways, Defence
establishments etc. The Government appointed a high level Railway
Restructuring Committee, on 22nd September 2014, headed by Sri Bibek Deb
Roy, for restructuring Railways. The same committee had drawn a road
map for privatisation and went ahead gradually, despite all out protest
by AIRF. "
The merger
of the Railway Budget with the General Budget was one of the key
recommendations on Bibek Deb Roy committee, as an important step towards
privatisation of Railways. Government has implemented the decision from
this year onwards, on top priority basis. It is also reported in the
media that Government has decided to privatise heritage and tourist
Railways like Kalka - Shimla, Siliguri - Darjeeling and Nilgiri (Ootty)
railways. BIBEK DEB ROY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THE BEGIN ING OF
THE END OF THE GOVT OWNED INDIAN RAILWAYS.
To add
insult to injury, the Railway Board has issued orders curtailing the
basic trade union rights of Railway employees. AIRF circular issued on
2nd February 2017 reads as follows:
"In continuation of our earlier letter of even no. dated 1st February 2017, you are advised to observe "Black Day" on 6th
February 2017 wearing black badges/ribbons, right from branch to zonal
levels, at all important offices of your Railway administrations, DEMANDING
WITHDRAWAL OF RAILWAY BOARD'S LETTER DATED 31.01.2017, WHEREIN THE
BOARD HAVE DECIDED TO DEBAR SUPERVISORS (IN ERSTWHILE GRADE PAY OF 4200)
WORKING IN SAFETY CATEGORIES FROM TRADE UNION".
AIRF statement also said that the order is in violation of 87th ILO Convention and Indian Trade Union Act.
Railway order says that those supervisors working in safety categories cannot become office bearers of unions/Associations/Federations, but can only remain as members with effect from 01.04.2017.
The above
is the present situation in Indian Railways and all the Railway
unions/Associations/Federations are conducting various protest
programmes (other than strike as dominant organisations are yet to take
such a decision) against the policy offensives of the NDA Govt. Recently
on 1st & 2nd February 2017, Dakshin Railway Employees Union (DREU)
, All India Loco Running Staff Association (AILRSA), All India Station
Masters Association (AISMA) , All India Guard Council , Indian Railway
Technical Supervisors Association etc. (other than AIRF and NFIR) had
organised a massive National Convention and also Parliament March at New
Delhi , demanding no privatisation and modifications in the 7th CPC
recommendations.
ATTACK ON DEFENCE SECTOR
The
situation in Defence sector is also not different. All India Defence
Employees Federation (AIDEF) in its circular dated 04.02.2017, has
conveyed the following developments to its rank and file:
"The
ordnance factories are under severe attack due to the policies being
adopted by the BJP - led NDA Government. Instead of developing and
strengthening the ordnance factories, the Govt. is disowning the same
and is planning fully to proceed to weaken the ordnance factories.
Licences are being given to private companies for defence manufacturing
including for those products which are being manufactured in the
ordnance factories."
In a meeting of Senior Officers held on 5th January 2017, the Secretary, Ministry of Defence made the following comments –
"You have
to reduce the cost, otherwise you will not get workload in future, you
have to compete with the private sector for getting workload. Two years
is the period for ordnance factories."
Recently
Sri Manohar Parikar, Defence Minister , who visited AFK Pune , in the
meeting held with unions has stated that ---" Factories which are
manufacturing clothing and leather items are not required in the
Government. These items can easily be procured from private sector."
The
proposal of corporatisation (which is a step towards privatisation) is
also under consideration with Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Govt has
constituted another committee to identify low technology/noncore items.
It is seen from the press reports that a committee constituted by
Defence Minister under the chairmanship of one retired IIM Professor has
recommended for creation of a new independent organisation outside the
Ministry of Defence to undertake defence procurement. It is understood
that a new organisation tentatively called the"DEFENCE ACQUISITION AUTHORITY" will be fully responsible for the entire process of acquisition.
All these
policy decisions of the Government will have serious impact on the
existence of ordnance factories and on the job security of defence
civilian employees. AIDEF has decided to convene a meeting of ordnance
factory unions to take a serious stock of the situation and formulate an
action plan to fight back.
THIS GOVT WILL UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE OF STRIKE ONLY. CONFEDERATION IS ON THE RIGHT PATH.
Confederation
of Central Government Employees & Workers, representing about
thirteen lakhs Central Government Employees, which always stood in the
forefront of the struggle against neo-liberal reforms and anti-people,
anti -worker policies of the Govt. and also which conducted series of
agitational programmes including strikes against the policy offensives
of the Government, extends full support and solidarity to the Railway
and Defence employees in their struggle for existence.
Confederation
calls upon the entire Central Govt. employees to make the 16th March
2017 one day strike a thundering success. Let us be ready for an
indefinite strike, if situation warrants.
M. KRISHNAN
Secretary General , Confederation of Central Govt
Employees & Workers
Mob& WhatsApp : 09447068125
Email : mkrishnan6854@gmail.com
M. KRISHNAN
Secretary General , Confederation of Central Govt
Employees & Workers
Mob& WhatsApp : 09447068125
Email : mkrishnan6854@gmail.com
08th MARCH 2017 -- OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2017 IN A BEFITTING MANNER. -- TOPIC "WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT AND EMPOWERMENT".
The topic for International Women's Day this year has been decided as "Women's Employment and Empowerment."
The
country is witnessing one of its lowest work participation rate of
women. With the continuing agrarian crisis and now the reverse migration
due to industrial slow down after demonitisation , even those women who
were earlier employed are forced to go for poorly paid work for
subsistence. The demand for decent work and decent wages are at the
centre of our demands. The "empowerment " of women in all aspects is
related to the "employment" of women and it's quality. The policy
pursued by the present day regime can create only unemployment and
distress.
National
Secretariat of the Confederation of Central Government Employees and
Workers Calls upon all affiliated organisations and C-O-Cs and Women's
Sub Committees to take proper organisational measures to ensure
effective observance of the International Women's Day jointly with other
fraternal organisations.
M. KRISHNAN
Secretary General
Confederation
Mob & WhatsApp: 09447068125
Email : mkrishnan6854@gmail.comMessage from Confederation's Karnatak State CoC : Importance of 16th March Strike
Dear Comrades,
The main demands of the Staff Side (JCM) which led to declaration of the 11th July
strike is the revision of the NPS, minimum wage, fitment formula,
allowances and pension cases etc. this is due to lowest wage hike of
just 14% recommended by the 7th CPC.
Under
the 7th Pay Commission slab – which was implemented ten years after the
previous pay commission the salaries of the government employees saw a
marginal rise of just 14% . The basic pay under the 7th CPC
the minimum wage was increased to Rs 18,000 from Rs 7,000 (2.57 times)
while the salary of the senior government officials has gone up to Rs
2.50 lakh from Rs 90,000(2.77 times).
The minimum wage was increased by 2.57 times but in actual terms this increase is of just Rs 2250/- in 7th CPC,
while taking into account of 125% DA was merged this due to rising
inflation and price rise already the CG employees wage factor was 2.25
time, that is basic of Rs 7000/- plus DA of 125% of Rs 8750 works out to
Rs 15750/- , staff side had already demanded for a hike of more than
three times which is Rs 26,000 per month.
Comparison
of earlier wage hike we can observe that the fitment factor of 2.57
times is the lowest comparing to other pay commissions. If we make a
study of earlier pay commission.
Pay Commission
|
Year
|
Minimum wage old
|
Minimum wage revised
|
Increase
|
2nd CPC
|
1959
|
Rs 55/-
|
Rs 80/-
|
1.45 times
|
3rd CPC
|
1973
|
Rs 80/-
|
Rs 196/-
|
2.45 times
|
4th CPC
|
1986
|
Rs 196/-
|
Rs 750/-
|
3.82 times
|
5th CPC
|
1996
|
Rs 750/-
|
Rs 2550/-
|
3.40 times
|
6th CPC*
|
2006
|
Rs 2550/-
|
Rs 7000/-
|
2.74 times
|
7th CPC *
|
2016
|
Rs 7000/-
|
Rs 18000/-
|
2.57 times
|
* The minimum qualification required at lower level appointments from the year 2008 has been revised from 8thpass to 10th pass (SSLC) as per the 6th CPC recommendations, hence the minimum wage should increase by 25% compared to earlier pay commissions.
The minimum wage has increased considerably due to price inflation from 4th CPC
(1986) onwards the average wage hike is 3.32 times. During the period
1946 to 1972, the financial position of the Central Government was not
that good. The financial position of the Central Government has been improving from the 4th CPC
onwards that is from 1986 onwards, the pay fixation depends on the
paying capacity of the Central Government. The revenue collection of
the Central Government has increased especially from last few years.
The revenue expenditure in respect of salaries of Central Government
employees is just under 10% of the Central Government revenue. In
respect of the many State Governments the revenue expenditure towards
salaries is around 20%. Whereas the Central Government is spending just
10% of the revenue collection on salary head.
The wages of CG employees are determined based Dr. Aykroyd formula, the Staff Side (JCM) has calculated minimum wage as on 1st Jan
2014 as per the Dr. Aykroyd formula as Rs 26,000/- taking into market
prices. Even if we adopt the retail prices of The Directorate of
Economics & Statistics Department of Agriculture & Cooperation
Ministry of Agriculture Government Of India New Delhi of the month of
July 2016 the minimum wage works out to Rs 24,000/ which is 3.42 times
increase. The 7th CPC has also adopted Dr. Aykroyd formula
for the computation of the minimum wage and fixed at Rs 18000/- and
thereafter the fitment formula is calculated.
Fitment formula = Minimum wage Rs 18000 / Rs 7000 = 2.57
The Staff Side (JCM) had demanded the fitment formula of 3.72 that is Rs 26000/ Rs 7000 as on 1st Jan 2014. Whatever angle we look the 7th CPC
has cheated us on the minimum wage and fitment formula compared to the
earlier pay commission this pay commission has given us the lowest wage
hike of just 14% compared to last 40 years.
Meanwhile,
some reports suggest that the employees who have been eagerly waiting
for higher allowances under the 7CPC will have to bear three more months
of delay to get their allowances revised . Due to early Budget which is
followed by Assembly Elections in five states, due to which model code
of conduct has been imposed, the government is likely to delay the
payment of the higher allowances. The polling in five states – Uttar
Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur – will begin on February 4
and the results will be declared on March 11, after that only our
allowances will be decided.
The
financial position of the Central Government is very good. Even the
GDP (Gross Domestic Product) has shown increase in last few years which
is around 7% , the Indian economy is fastest growing and placed 7th in the world ( which is at2,250.987 billions of $ ), comparing to wages paid in the world our wages are at lower level. The Government fiscal budget
deficit equal to 3.50 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product
in 2016. Compared to 2008 where the fiscal deficit was at 7.8 %, but
today the fiscal deficit is contained at 3.5%. This is also a healthy
sign of the economic status of the Central Government financial status,
the budget fiscal deficit is always below 4%.
The
Central Government financial position is very good even after
demonetization, only a political decision the Central Government on our
demands. Comrades the Hon’ble Finance Minister has given a given a
press statement in media channel’s that the effect of demonetisation has
not taken place on the revenue collection of the union government, in
fact that the revenue collection has increased, even the revenue of the
State Governments has increased considerably, the press release of the
Ministry of Finance on 9/1/2017 has endorsed the Hon’ble Finance
Minister statement.
To avert the 11th July
CG employees strike the Hon’ble Prime Minster had instructed the group
of ministers including Shri Rajnath Singh, Hon’ble Home Minister, Shri
Suresh Prabhu , Hon’ble Railway Minister and Shri Arun Jaitely ,
Hon’ble Finance Minister to hold discussions with the Staff Side (JCM)
on 30th June 2016 and the Shri Arun Jaitely , Hon’ble
Finance Minister had published a written assurances in the Government
website on 6th July 2016 leading to deferment of the strike .
Now
comrades seven months has passed the assurances given by the group of
ministers has not been fulfilled so far, in this connection the NJCA met
on 17th January 2017 at New Delhi. The Confederation was represented by
Comrades KKN Kutty, M Krishnan and MS Raja. Comrades RN Parashar and
Giriraj Singh represented NFPE (constituent of Confederation).
Com.
Shiva Gopal Mishra Staff Side Secretary (JCM) and Com M. Raghavaiah,
Chairman Staff Side (JCM) had a meeting’s with the Cabinet Secretary
and Shri Rajnath Singh, Hon’ble Home Minister on 18th Jan 2017 regarding the demands of the CG employees as assured by the group of ministers on 30th June 2016.
Shri
Rajnath Singh, Hon’ble Home Minister had once again assured that the
issues of CG employees will be resolved, but no time frame has been
fixed for resolving the issues or any concrete assurances are given on
our demands .
The
strike is the last resort for achieving our demands, but we are forced
to undertake the strike action due to following events.
1) The 7th CPC
has erred in fixation of the minimum wage by adopting the wrong prices,
and methodology. Thereby the minimum wage and fixation formula has to
be corrected.
2) The
Government has assured our staff side leaders that they will settle the
demands of CG employees in four months’ time, but seven months has
lapsed till now the demands of CG employees are not settled even
allowances issue is also not settled so far.
3) Comrades , now the revenue collections of the Central Government has increased , the Central Government has financially capable to
accept our demands of revision of allowance, minimum wage, fitment
formula etc., revision of tax slabs should also take place , the Central
Government employees should benefit as we were serving with dedication
the Central Government and Central Government is a model employer.
Comrades
Central Government has now take a political decision on our demands of
revision of allowance, minimum wage, fitment formula and revision of tax
slabs.
For
this we have to struggle and put pressure on the Central Government to
accept our demands. In this circumstance, it should be our endeavor to
campaign more vigorously for the successful strike on 16th March 2017.
Comradely yours,
( P S Prasad )
General Secretary
OBSERVE COM. S. K. VYAS JI REMEMBRANCE DAY ON 13THFEBRUARY 2017
Com. Vyasji was the Secretary General and President of the
Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers for forty years
from 1967 to 2006. He was the President and Secretary General of All
India Audit & Accounts Association for a long time. He continued as
the Advisor of the Confederation and also as the Secretary General of
National Co-ordination Committee of Pensioners Association (NCCPA) and
Bharat Central Pensioners Confederation (BCPC) till death.
Com. Vyasji has led various struggles and strike actions of the Central
Govt. Employees and was in the forefront of the leadership which
organised the first indefinite strike action of the Central Govt.
employees after independence, in the year 1960. Com. Vyas was jailed
and dismissed from service. He played an important role in rallying the
Central Govt. employees along with the striking Railway employees in
the year 1974. He was an able and uncompromising negotiator with the
Government in the JCM National Council and Standing Committee. He was
responsible for many of the benefits and allowances enjoyed by the
Central Govt. employees. The cost indexation of wages was earned by the
Govt. employees through the sustained struggles and efforts in 1960s
under his leadership. Confederation of Central Govt. employees and
workers representing about 15 lakhs Central Govt. employees is in the
forefront of the incessant struggle and strike actions organised by
Indian Working Class against the neo-liberal economic policies of the
Government. Com. S. K. Vyasji’s vision and ideological clarity has made
the Confederation, part and parcel of the mainstream of the working
class movement in India.
Com. Vyasji was a friend, philosopher, guide and everything for the
Central Govt. Employees movement. In the more than six decades long
trade union life, Com. Vyasji endeared himself to every section of the
Central Govt. Employees. His death has caused irreparable and
irreplaceable loss to all of us. He was a great leader, symbol of
simplicity, a gem of a person and a leader who is down to earth,
extremely polite, kind hearted and compassionate; one of the finest
human being, tallest leader, a gentle mentor and a legend.
He is in our hearts! His memories will be forever with us! His long
saga of struggle and sacrifice for the Central Govt. employees and
pensioners will inspire the generations to come.
The
National Secretariat of Confederation of Central Govt. Employees &
Workers calls upon all affiliated organisations and C-O-Cs to observe
the 2nd Death anniversary of Com. S. K. Vyas Ji as “S. K. VYAS JI REMEMBRANCE DAY”.
Com. S. K. Vyasji Amar Rahe!
Long live Com. S. K. Vyasji !!
Long live, Long live !!!
M. Krishnan
Secretary General
Confederation
Mob: 09447068125
Email: mkrishnan6854@gmail.com
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Senior Citizens Savings Scheme (SCSS)
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from August 2, 2004. The Scheme offers a new avenue of investment and
return for Senior Citizen. The investment under this scheme qualify for
the benefit of Section 80C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 from 1.4.2007.
Salient features of POSCS (Post Office Senior Citizens Savings) Scheme
Eligibility
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- Who has attained the age 55 years or more but less than 60 years and has retired under a Voluntary Retirement Scheme or a Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme on the date of opening of the account within one month from the date of retirement.
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- In case of SCSS accounts, quarterly interest shall be payable on 1st working day of April, July, October and January. It will be applicable at all CBS Post Offices.
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- In case the account is closed after expiry of one year but before expiry of two years from the date of opening of the account, an amount equal to 1.5% of the deposit shall be deducted and the balance paid to the depositor.
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- Tax benefits
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Taxable
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The Account can be transferred from one post office to another
DOP Order : i.Grant double TA to Deaf and Dump ii.Permission to travel by private airlines in c/w donation of organs iii.Applicability of SR147 in Special cases- clarifications
DoP order on (i) Grant of Transport allowance at double rate to Deaf and
Dumb Employees of Central Government ( ii). Permission to travel by
private airlines in respect of journey performed for
donation/transplantation of organs by Government servant and (iii)
Applicability of provision below SR-147 to the families of deceased
Govt. servant in special circumstances
RBI raised withdrawal limit from savings banks accounts to Rs 50,000 from Rs 24,000
Cash withdrawal limit from savings bank accounts will be relaxed to Rs
50,000 from February 20 to March 13, after which it will be removed, RBI
deputy governor R Gandhi said after the monetary policy meeting.
Several limits on cash withdrawals from banks and ATMs were imposed
after the government’s surprise move to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 on
November 8, 2016.
Earlier, on January 30, RBI had allowed withdrawal upto Rs 24,000 from
savings accounts. This was preceded by the relaxation on January 16 when
the limit was raised to Rs 10,000 per day from Rs 4,500.
The government has been saying the amount of currency in circulation
would remain lower that what it was before November 8 even after
remonetisation is completed, a move aimed at encouraging people to go
cashless and adopt digital payment methods.
A MODEL REPLY FOR STRIKE NOTICE
From
To
The Superintendent of Pos.,
Through: Proper channel.
Sir,
Sub:Issue of show cause notice for participating in the NFPE Strike held on – Reg.
Ref: SPOs., memo. dt.
With reference to the memo. cited, I am to submit that the said strike
was called NFPE CHQ on specific charter of demands. Strike notice was
served with the Department properly In accordance with the provisions of
Sub Section (1) of Section 22 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. It
was not declared as illegal either by the Department or by the DG. Being
the strike notice served properly by unions , and being the member of
the union I have adhered the call given by them and taken part in the
said strike, which is a legal strike under Industrial Disputes Act ,
1947. This is my humble submission.
Thanking you Sir,
Yours faithfully,
Station:
Date :
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NPS COMMITTEE - HOPES OF YOUNGER GENERATION SHATTERED
NPS committee constituted by the
Government to streamline the National Pension System has called the JCM
Staff Side for second round of discussion on 10.02.2017. As per the
notified agenda, the committee is proposing discussion on only cosmetic
changes in NPS. Basic issues such as (1) scrapping of NPS (2) Guaranteed
Minimum pension to NPS Pensioners ie; 50% of the last pay drawn should
be guaranteed by Government as minimum pension even if the returns from
annuity insurance scheme amount is less than the 50%. and (3) Exemption
of Central Govt. Employees from the purview of NPS, are not included in
the agenda of the meeting even though the Cabinet Secretary has assured
JCM Staff Side Chairman and Secretary Shri. Raghavayya and Shri Shiv
Gopal Misra on 19th January 2017 that -- "so far as issue of
NPS is concerned he has already directed the Committee to hold meeting
with Staff Side". From reading the agenda it can be seen that main
demands of the Staff Side are avoided, thus betraying the cause of
thousands of younger generation Central Government Employees who joined
service after 01.01.2004. Their hopes are shattered and belied. NJCA
should revive the deferred strike to protect the interest of younger
generations. Let us make the 16th March 2017 Confederation Strike a
grand success.
M. Krishnan
Secretary General
Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers.
Mob & WhatApp: 09447068125.
Email: mkrishnan6854@gmail.com
Secretary General
Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers.
Mob & WhatApp: 09447068125.
Email: mkrishnan6854@gmail.com
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