Press Release on Nationwide General Strike on 8th & 9th January 2019

Press Release on Nationwide General Strike on 8th & 9th January 2019 Press Release 28/09/2018 Central Trade Unions call forNationwide General Strike on 8th and 9th January 2019 National Convention of Workers decides to go for Nationwide General Strike on 8-9 January 2019 against the anti-people, anti-worker, anti-national policies of the BJP-led NDA Government. The National Convention of Workers held today, the 28th September 2018,...

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Termination of LARSGESS Scheme - Railway Board Order

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Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008 - Entry pay for direct recruits appointed on or after 1.1.2006 and pay fixation in the case of persons other than such direct recruits

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Entry Pay to DR Appointed on or after 1.1.2006 and pay fixation in the case of persons other than such direct recruits

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Payment of Dearness Allowance to Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) effective from 01.07.2018 onwards

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AICPIN for the month of August 2018

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India Post: Closing of domain name .nic.in for India Post ePost application and shifting to new URL i.e. http://www.epost-indiapost.gov.in

Closing of domain name .nic.in for India Post ePost application and shifting to new URL i.e. http://www.epost-indiapost.gov.in India Post No.52-01/2006 BD&MD Government of India Ministry of Communications Department of Posts Business Development & Marketing Directorate 5th Floor, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg New Delhi - 110001 Dated : 26.09.2018 Office Memorandum Subject: Closing of domain name .nic.in for India Post ePost application and shifting to new URL i.e. http://www.epost-indiapost.gov.in As per policy decision of NIC,...

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Reduction of one day Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) to the employees of OFB & DGQA under Department of Defence Production against the Cabinet decision and Government orders

Reduction of one day Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) to the employees of OFB & DGQA under Department of Defence Production against the Cabinet decision and Government orders No.NC-JCM-2017/PLB The Joint Secretary (Pers) Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, North Block New Delhi September 24,2018 Sub:- Reduction of one day Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) to the employees of OFB & DGQA under Department...

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Meeting of AIRF to discuss promotional prospects of staff, particularly in GP Rs.1800 and Rs.4600

Meeting of AIRF to discuss promotional prospects of staff, particularly in GP Rs.1800 and Rs.4600 All India Railwaymen's Federation 4, State Entry Road, New Delhi - 110055 No.AIRF/24(C) Dated: September 26, 2018 The General Secretaries, All Affiliated Unions Dear Comrades, Sub: Meeting of AIRF to discuss promotional prospects of staff, particularly in GP Rs.1800 and Rs.4600 Meeting on the subject cited above was held in the chamber of DG(Personal), Railway Board, today. After detailed deliberations; the following decisions were arrived:- (a)...

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Renovated and upgraded 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Tirupati inaugurated today

Ministry of Labour & Employment Renovated and upgraded 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Tirupati inaugurated today 28 SEP 2018 Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour & Employment, inaugurated the renovated and upgraded 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) today. Addressing the gathering on the occasion Shri Gangwar informed that the 50 bedded ESI Hospital, Tirupati has been renovated and upgraded to 100 beds capacity with project cost of aprox. Rs. 110 Crore having basement, ground...

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7th Pay Commission Incentive Bonus to Railway Employees

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Induction/transfer of Trackmen into other departments

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Supreme Court Judgement: Withholding of Pension or Gratuity

Supreme Court Judgement: Withholding of Pension or Gratuity C.A. No.6770/2013 @ SLP (C) No. 1427 of 2009 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 6770 OF 2013 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 1427 of 2009) State of Jharkhand & Ors. ….. Appellant(s) Vs. Jitendra Kumar Srivastava & Anr. …..Respondent(s) WITH C.A. No. 6771/2013 (arising out of SLP(C) No. 1428 of 2009) JUDGMENT A.K. Sikri, J 1.Leave granted. 2. Crisp and short question which arises for consideration...

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Minimum educational qualification for recruitment of staff from open market in Level-1 of the pay matrix of 7th CPC

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Newly Launched Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojna to Benefit More Than 3 Crore Insured Persons

Ministry of Labour & Employment Newly Launched Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojna to Benefit More Than 3 Crore Insured Persons 26 SEP 2018 Around 3.2 crore Insured Persons (IPs) will benefit from newly launched scheme of ESIC 'Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojna'. The ESI Corporation has approved 'ATAL BIMIT VYAKTI KALYAN YOJNA' for Insured Persons (IP) covered under the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948. This scheme is a relief payable in cash directly to the Bank Account in case of unemployment and while they search for new engagement....

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Appointment on compassionate grounds - Relaxation in upper age limit

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7th CPC Bonus Recommendations Report

7th CPC Bonus Recommendations Report The Terms of Reference (ToR) of the Commission mandate that it examines the existing schemes for payment of bonus and their impact on performance and productivity. Consultation with Stakeholders was Considered Important: The system of Performance Linked Bonus (PLB) and Ad hoc Bonus have been prevalent in the Central Government for a fairly long time. Therefore, for the replacement of the existing bonus schemes with any other incentive scheme, prior consultation with the stakeholders was considered essential The...

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Central Government Rejects the Demand to Scrap National Pension System

Central Government Rejects the Demand to Scrap National Pension System Abolition of Contributory Pension Scheme Representations have been received from various Associations of Government Employees on the problems being faced and the demand to withdraw the National Pension System (NPS). The 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) also in its report examined the issues related to NPS and made recommendations for addressing these issues. Pursuant thereto, it was decided to constitute a Committee of Secretaries to suggest measures for streamlining...

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Denial of payment of Breakdown Allowance to the staff working in GP 2000/Level 3 of 7th CPC

Denial of payment of Breakdown Allowance to the staff working in GP 2000/Level 3 of 7th CPC NFIR National Federation of Indian Railwaymen 3, CHELMSFORD ROAD, NEW DELHI - 110055 No.I/5(g)/Pt.V Dated: 22-09-2018 The Secretary (E) Railway Board New Delhi Dear Sir, Sub: Denial of payment of Breakdown Allowance to the staff working in GP 2000/Level 3 of 7th CPC - reg. Ref: (i) Railway Board's letter No.E(P&A)II-2017/BDA-1 30-08-2017 (RBE No.106/2017) (ii) NFIR's letter No.I/5(g)/Part V dated 11-04-2018 (iii) Railway Board's letter...

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Transfer of railway employees with lower priority, on out-of-­turn basis

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Reversion to old pension scheme due to administrative delay

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7th CPC Allowances Related to Working on Holidays

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Non-redressal of issues discussed by the Federations - Grant of regular absorption of staff working in Quasi Administrative Offices/Units in the erstwhile Group 'D' posts

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Nomination of Area Welfare Officers (AWOs) for the calendar years 2019 and 2020

Nomination of Area Welfare Officers (AWOs) for the calendar years 2019 and 2020 No. 32/12/2018-Welfare Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training (Welfare Division) 3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi, Dated the 13th August, 2018 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Nomination of Area Welfare Officers (AWOs) for the calendar years 2019 and 2020-regarding. The Department of Personnel & Training nominate Gazetted Officers as Area Welfare Officers (AWOs)...

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Post Retirement Complimentary Passes (PRCP) to Group ‘D’ employees Retired on or after 1.1.2006

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Grant of Scholarship to the Children of Postal & GDS Employees

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Ration Money Allowance will be admitted by PCDA(O) by Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) through individual bank accounts

"Ration Money Allowance will be admitted by PCDA(O) by Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) through individual bank accounts" RATION MONEY ALLOWANCE As per the provisions of Govt. of India, Ministry of Defence letter No. 03(01)/2016/D(QS) dt. 31st July 2017, provision of free ration for officers of Defence Forces was discontinued in peace areas. Ration Money Allowance will be admitted by PCDA(O) by Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) through individual bank accounts. Amount of Ration Money will be remitted alongwith the salary and reflected in Pay...

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Observance of three phase countrywide agitational programme by GDS JCA

Observance of three phase countrywide agitational programme by GDS JCA ALL INDIA GRAMIN DAK SEVAK UNION (AIGDSU) ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION - GDS (AIPEU-GDS) NATIONAL UNION OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS (NUGDS) No.GDS JCA/CHQ/6-3/ Programme /2018 Dt. 24-09-2018 To The Secretary, Department of posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-1 Sub:- Observance of three phase countrywide agitational programme by GDS JCA Sir, As you are aware non-implementation of positive and basic recommendations of Kamlesh Chandra committee on G.D.S Employees viz., implementation...

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Extension of date for filing of Income Tax Returns and Audit Reports from 30th September, 2018 to 15th October, 2018

Ministry of Finance Extension of date for filing of Income Tax Returns and Audit Reports from 30th September, 2018 to 15th October, 2018 24 SEP 2018 The due date for filing of Income Tax Returns and Audit Reports for Assessment Year 2018-19 is 30th September, 2018 for certain categories of taxpayers. Upon consideration of representations from various stakeholders, the Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) extends the ‘due date’ for filing of Income Tax Returns as well as reports of Audit (which were required to be filed by the said specified...

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Retirement age of Doctors belonging to IRMS and Dental Doctors under the Ministry of Railways to serve the Government upto 65 years

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