DA Orders for Armed Forces Officers and Personnel Below Officer Rank including NCs(E) – 113% from January 2015

DA Orders for Armed Forces Officers and Personnel Below Officer Rank including NCs(E) – 113% from January 2015 G.I., Min. of Defence, O.M.F.No.1(2)/2004/D (Pay/Services), dated 16.4.2015 Subject: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Armed Forces Officers and Personnel Below Officer Rank including NCs(E) – Revised rates effective from 1st January, 2015. Sir, I am directed to refer to this Ministry’s letter No.1(2)/2004/ D (Pay/Services) dated 24th September 2014, on the subject cited above and to say that the President is pleased to...

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10% Tax Proposed on PF Withdrawals

10% Tax Proposed on PF Withdrawals The Employee Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has decided to impose a tax of 10.3% on the amount withdrawn from the EPF within five years of starting the accounts. EPF accounts have to be created in all the concerns that employ more than 20 workers, with salaries of Rs.6,500 and Rs.15,000 per month. 12% of their salaries are deducted and are deposited into the PF account each month. The company contributes an equal amount to the account. 10.3% tax shall henceforth be imposed if the employee retires...

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DA Orders for CDA pattern employees of CPSEs governed by HPPC recommendation w.e.f 01.01.2015

DA Orders for CDA pattern employees of CPSEs governed by HPPC recommendation w.e.f 01.01.2015 G.I., Min. of HI & PE, Dep. of Pub. Enter., O.M.F.No.2(54)/08-DPE (WC)-GL-VII/15, dt, 17.4.2015 Subject: Payment of DA to the CDA pattern employees of CPSEs governed by HPPC recommendation w.e.f 01.01.2015. The undersigned is directed to refer to Para No. 2 and Annexure-III to this Department’s O.M. dated 14.10.2008 wherein the rates of DA payable to the employees who are following CDA pattern pay scales had been indicated. 2. The DA payable...

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Central Government Allows 5% of PF Funds to be Invested in Share Market

Central Government Allows 5% of PF Funds to be Invested in Share Market The Central Government has allowed investing up to 5% of the Provident Fund capital in the stock market. As a result, Rs.5000 crore is expected to be released for investment this financial year. A circular from the Ministry of Labour has confirmed that 5% of the PF amount has been sanctioned for investing in the stock market. The money will be invested in stock market based EDFs. Mr. Shankar Agarwal, the Secretary of Departmetn of Labour, said that announcements to...

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Amendment order to the Lokpal Removal of Difficulties Order, 2015

Amendment order to the Lokpal Removal of Difficulties order, 2015. MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (Department of Personnel and Training) ORDER New Delhi, the 27th April, 2015 S.O. 1095(E) — Whereas the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 62 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), made the Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the said Order) with effect from...

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Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Amendment Rules

Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Amendment Rules, 2015:- MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (Department of Personnel and Training) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th April, 2015 G.S.R. 322(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (k) and clause (l) of sub-section (2) of section 59, read with section 44 and section 45 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014),...

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Minimum pension of Rs. 1,000/- per month in perpetuity to Pensioners of Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995

Minimum pension of Rs. 1,000/- per month in perpetuity to Pensioners of Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for continuation of the minimum pension of Rs. 1,000/- per month to the pensioners of Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 (EPS) beyond the financial year 2014-15 on perpetual basis. Currently, it is effective only upto March, 2015. The Cabinet also approved corresponding grant of continuous annual budgetary support for implementing the minimum pension...

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Payment of Constant Attendance Allowance (CAA) on monthly basis with disability pension to Armed Forces personnel

Payment of Constant Attendance Allowance (CAA) on monthly basis with disability pension to Armed Forces personnel – Reg. “Constant Attendance Allowance shall be paid on monthly basis during the period of award along, with disability or war injury pension as the case may be.” No.I(2)/2013-D(Pen/Pol) Government of India Ministry of Defence D(Pension/Policy) New Delhi, Date: 27th April 2015 To The Chief of Army Staff The Chief of Naval Staff The Chief of Air Staff Subject: Payment of Constant Attendance Allowance (CAA) on monthly basis...

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Minutes of PNM/AIRF meeting - discussion on left over items held on 20.02.2015

Minutes of PNM/AIRF meeting - discussion on left over items held on 20.02.2015 F.No.2014/E(LR)I/NM 1–9 Sub: PNM/AIRF meeting held on 12-13 December, 2014 – discussion on left over items held on 20.02.2015 in Committee Room, Rail Bhawan-Minutes thereof. ......... The following officers and representatives of AIRF attended the meeting: Official SideAIRF S/Shri/Smt. M. Akhtar, AM(Staff) Neera Khuntia, EDPC-II P.P. Sharma, EDE(G) K. Shankar, DE(P&A) D.V. Rao, DE(LL) Anuradha Singh, D(MPP) D. Mallik, DE/IRS/Shri Rakhal Das Gupta,...

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Government to help pensioners for getting digital life certificates

Government to help pensioners for getting digital life certificates New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI) The National Informatics Centre (NIC) in various states have been asked to provide necessary technical support for starting enrollment of pensioners for getting digital life certificate to ensure hassle free disbursal of pension. In order to spare the pensioners from the trouble of visiting banks for submission of life certificates annually, the Centre had in November last year launched an Aadhaar-based biometric verification system ‘Jeevan Pramaan’. The...

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Last date for Lokpal IPR returns extended to October 15, 2015

Last date for Lokpal IPR returns extended to October 15 New Delhi: The government has again extended the April 15 deadline for public servants to file declarations of their assets and liabilities under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, to October 15. Ahead of the deadline ending on April 30 and a mad rush among officials to fill up their asset returns online which has even slowed down the NIC server, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in Office Memorandum No.407/12/2014-AVD-IV(B) issued on Saturday said the deadline has...

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Government asks Central Public Sector Enterprises to comply with woman director norms

Government asks Central Public Sector Enterprises to comply with woman director norms New Delhi: Central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) have been asked to appoint independent women directors on their boards to comply with norms, government told the Lok Sabha today. The remarks by Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Anant Geete came against the backdrop of many listed CPSEs failing to meet capital market regulator Sebi’s deadline for appointing at least one woman director on their boards. Geete said his Ministry has...

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‘Shaheed’ not defined in defence or central forces: Government

‘Shaheed’ not defined in defence or central forces: Government NEW DELHI: Government today informed the Parliament that the term ‘shaheed’ or martyr is not defined “anywhere” and there is no official order to accord the same to defence or paramilitary personnel. “There have been demands for giving shaheed/martyr status to the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and Assam Rifles (AR) personnel killed in action. In the meeting of Committee of Secretaries held on September 14, 2011, Ministry of Defence indicated that shaheed/martyr is not...

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Dearness Relief (DR) Orders for Central Government Pensioners from Jan 2015

Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners – Revised rate effective from 1.1.2015. F.No.42/10/2014-P&PW(G) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare 3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi – 110003 Date: 27th April, 2015 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject : Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners/family...

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BPMS proposed general pay scale submissed to 7th Pay Commission

BPMS proposed general pay scale submissed to 7th Pay Commission Proposed General Pay Structure BPMS proposed the following revised pay structure on the basis of logic as follows: On the recommendation of Sixth CPC various pay scales of erstwhile Group ‘D’ & Group ‘B’ employees were merged and upgraded but none of the pay scales of Group ‘C’ were merged and upgraded. Hence, we demand that there should be only 03 grade pay...

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Grant of Night Duty Allowance on the basis of Actual Salary – Implementation of Courts Judgements – BPMS

Grant of Night Duty Allowance on the basis of Actual Salary – Implementation of Courts Judgements – BPMS BHARATIYA PRATIRAKSH MAZDOOR SANGH (AN ALL INDIA FEDERATION OF DEFENCE WORKERS) REF: BPMS / MOD / NDA / 200 (8/2/L) Dated: 24.04.2015 To, Shri R K Mathur, Secretary, Department of Defence, Min of Defence, Govt of India, South Block, New Delhi – 110011 Shri G Mohan Kumar, Secretary, Department of Defence Production, Govt of India, Min of Defence, South Block, New Delhi – 110011 Ms. Vandana Srivastava, Financial Adviser (Defence...

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Central Government Employees to march Parliament on 28th, demand scrapping of NPS, merger of DA

Central Government Employees to march Parliament on 28th, demand scrapping of NPS, merger of DA Central Government employees have decided to hold a demonstration near Parliament on April 28 for bringing to notice their long-pending demands such as scrapping of the new pension scheme, merger of dearness allowance, and putting a stop to outsourcing, among others. According to a release, the demonstration would press the long-pending demands of Central Government employees including scrapping the New Pension Scheme (NPS), merger of...

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Para Military Service Pay to Central Armed Police Force at par with Army has been referred to the 7th Pay Commission

Para Military Service Pay to Central Armed Police Force at par with Army has been referred to the 7th Pay Commission Special Pay for Paramilitary Personnel at PAR with Army As informed by Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles (AR), the detail of strength of CAPFs and AR is as under: A proposal for grant of Para Military Service Pay (PMSP) to Central Armed Police Force personnel at par with Army personnel has been referred to the 7th Central Pay Commission vide MHA O.M. dated 05.11.2014. The rate of Para Military Service...

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Reserved Defence Seats in Medical / Dental Colleges – Kendriya Sainik Board

Reserved Defence Seats in Medical / Dental Colleges – Kendriya Sainik Board KSB has invited applications in the prescribed form for admission to Medical Colleges (approx 25 to 27 seats) and Dental College (One seat) {subject to allotment of seats by Ministry of Health}, from sons/daughters/widows of Armed Forces Personnel of the following categories of Defence personnel only RESERVED DEFENCE SEATS IN MEDICAL/DENTAL COLLEGES AS GOVERNMENT...

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7th Pay Commission recommendations likely this year

7th Pay Commission recommendations likely this year : Jaitley Friday, April 24, 2015, New Delhi: The recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission on pay revision of the central government employees is expected to be submitted to the government this year, the Lok Sabha was today informed. Responding to a supplementary, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, ”Additional Tencent revenue share for the state being provided by the Centre from this year and the recommendations of the pay commission- that are expected to be made this year-are bound...

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Appointment on compassionate grounds - Clarifications by Railway Board

Appointment on compassionate grounds - Clarifications by Railway Board GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD)  No. E(NG)H/2015/RC-l/Genl./2 New Delhi, dt.23.04.2015 The General Manager(P), All Indian Railways Production Units. Sub: Appointment on compassionate grounds - Clarifications - regarding. Attention is invited to this Ministry’s letter of even number dated 14.092012 issued under RBE No. 102/2012. Some of the Zonal Railways have sought clarification as regards to the allowances and benefits allowed...

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Parangat: Course to make Central Government personnel proficient to carry out their official work in Hindi

Implementation of new practice based ‘Parangat’ course to make Central Government personnel proficient to carry out their official work in Hindi regarding:- File No. 12012/03/2015- OL(Policy) Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs Department Official Language NDCC-II Building, 'B' Wing 4th Floor, Jai Singh Road New Delhi - 110001 Dated 22 April, 2015 Office Memorandum Subject: Implementation of new practice based ‘Parangat’ course to make Central Government personnel proficient to carry out their official work in Hindi regarding. In...

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Latest news on OROP – Delegates of NeXCC discussing the OROP issue with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar

Latest news on OROP – Delegates of NeXCC discussing the OROP issue with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar Delegates of National Ex-servicemen Co-ordination committee (NeXCC) discussing the OROP issue with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in New Delhi on 22.04.2015. The news published in the media as follows… Ex-servicemen Meet Union Minister Delegates of the National Ex-servicemen Coordination Committee, led by chairman Thaneswar...

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Declaration of Assets and Liabilities by public servants

Declaration of Assets and Liabilities by public servants  No. 407/12/2014-A VD-IV(B) Bharat Sarkar/Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training New Delhi, the 25th April, 2015 Office Memorandum Subject: Declaration of Assets and Liabilities by public servants under section 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 – extension of last date for filing of revised returns by public servants who have filed property returns under the existing service rules – regarding The...

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Central government employees asked to file Lokpal property returns after office hours, on holidays

Central government employees asked to file Lokpal property returns after office hours, on holidays New Delhi: The Central government employees should file details of their assets and liabilities under the new Lokpal Act after office hours and on holidays, the government has said as the deadline for submitting the declarations by them ends on Thursday. DoPT Secretary Sanjay Kothari Many employees have also complained of slow speed...

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CGHS faces over-billing, unsatisfactory services complaints

CGHS faces over-billing, unsatisfactory services complaints New Delhi: The Government has received complaints of “over-billing and unsatisfactory services” from beneficiaries of Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and has constituted a committee to look into the issue, the Lok Sabha was told Friday. Health Minister J P Nadda “Yes. Some complaints from CGHS beneficiaries regarding over-billing and unsatisfactory and deficient...

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UNCLAIMED AMOUNT UNDER VARIOUS POSTAL SAVINGS SCHEMES

UNCLAIMED AMOUNT UNDER VARIOUS POSTAL SAVINGS SCHEMES GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF POSTS RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.179 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24TH APRIL, 2015 UNCLAIMED AMOUNT UNDER VARIOUS POSTAL SAVINGS SCHEMES 179. SHRI D. RAJA: Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state: (a) whether thousands of crores of rupees are held up in post offices as unclaimed amount in the post office savings, Public Provident Fund accounts etc.; (b) if...

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