AIRF has demanded Payment of Arrear of Productivity Linked Bonus paid to Railwaymen for the year 2014-15

AIRF has demanded Payment of Arrear of Productivity Linked Bonus paid to Railwaymen for the year 2014-15Payment of Arrear of Productivity Linked Bonus to Railwaymen for the year 2014-15The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Bandaru Dattatreya, on December 7, 2015. The Bill seeks to amend the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965. AIRF has demanded an Arrear on PLB for FY 2014-15.Payment of Bonus(Amendment) Bill 2015 has been passed by parliamentThe Payment of Bonus (Amendment)...

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MACP on Promotional Hierarchy – Written reply in Parliament

MACP on Promotional Hierarchy – Written reply in ParliamentMACP on promotional gradeThe employees including Group ‘C’ (which includes erstwhile Group ‘D’) are granted three financial upgradations under Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) Scheme in the next immediate Grade Pay hierarchy as per CCS(Revised Pay) Rules, 2008 on completion of 10, 20 and 30 years of regular service.There have been instances where Tribunals and High Courts have directed to grant benefits under Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) Scheme in the promotional...

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No proposal to do away with the existing procedure of Submitting annual life certificate

No proposal to do away with the existing procedure of Submitting annual life certificateDelay in giving pension benefitsThere is no such proposal to do away with the existing procedure of Submitting annual life certificate by the pensioner to renew their pension payment.Yes Madam. Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare has implemented an online system called ‘BHAVISHYA’ for retiring Central Government Civil employees. The system provides for on-line tracking of pension sanction and payment process. Tracking can be done by the individual...

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Lok Sabha passes bill to hike bonus

Lok Sabha passes bill to hike bonus New Delhi: The Lok Sabha today passed a bill allowing doubling of wage ceiling for calculating bonus to Rs 7,000 per month for factory workers with establishments with 20 or more workers, with the benefits being applicable retrospectively from April 2014. The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015, was passed by a voice vote, with some members objecting to the raising of eligibility limit for payment of bonus from a salary of Rs 10,000 per month to Rs 21,000. Replying to a debate on the legislation,...

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Centre says goodbye to clerk era, changes designation for its staff

Centre says goodbye to clerk era, changes designation for its staff New Delhi: Designations like Lower Division Clerk (LDC) and Upper Division Clerk (UDC) in central government’s employee hierarchy have been replaced with new nomenclature. The posts of UDC and LDC under Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS) have been rechristened as Senior Secretariat Assistant and Junior Secretariat Assistant, respectively, Order F.No.21/12/2010-CS.I(P)...

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2 Increment days proposal ignored by 7th Pay Commission

2 Increment days proposal ignored by 7th Pay Commission There is no explanation in the report of 7th CPC about the suggestion regarding the 2 Increment Days in respect of Central Government employees given by the NC JCM Staff Side. Prior to the 6th Pay Commission, there was separate increment date for each central government employees. Sixth Pay Commission recommended uniform increment date for all the central government employees and...

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Various Achievements of Ministry of Defence – Year End Review – 2015

Various Achievements of Ministry of Defence – Year End Review – 2015 Ensuring the highest standard of operational preparedness to meet present and emerging challenges through modernization of Armed Forces and making up critical deficiency of weapons and equipment by developing requisite capacities and infrastructure through the Make-in-India initiative were the buzz words in the Defence Ministry for the year 2015. The year also saw progress in Ex-Servicemen Welfare and rapid digitization in the defence sector to fulfil the Prime Minister’s...

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