Implementation of Government's decision on the recommendation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission- Revision of provisions regulating pension / gratuity / commutation of pension / family pension / disability pension / exgratia lump-sum-compensation, etc-reg.

No.14021/4/2016-AIS(II)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. and Pension
Department of Personnel & Training

New Delhi, the 1st September, 2016.

To,
The Chief Secretaries of
All States/Union Territories.

Sub: Implementation of Government's decision on the recommendation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission- Revision of provisions regulating pension / gratuity / commutation of pension / family pension / disability pension / exgratia lump-sum-compensation, etc-reg.

Sir,
I am directed to say that in pursuance of Government's decision on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission, the Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare by its OM No. 38/37/2016- P&PW (A)(i),(ii) and Resolution dated 4th August 2016 (copies enclosed) has issued the necessary detailed order for implementation of Government's decision on the recommendation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission- Revision of provisions regulating pension/gratuity/commutation of pension/family pension/disability pension/ex-gratia lump-sum-compensation etc. under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 and Commutation of Pension under CCS (Commutation of Pension) Rules 1981, CCS (
Extraordinary Pension) Rules 1939 etc.

2. The applicability of the provisions of aforesaid Office Memorandums of the Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare to the members of All India Services has been considered. It has been decided that the provisions contained in the aforesaid

Office Memorandum issued by the Department of Pension & Pensioners shall be equally applicable Mutatis-Mutandis to members of All India Service governed by the ATS (DCRB) Rules, 1958.

Encl : as above.

Yours faithfully,

(Kavitha Padmanaban)
Deputy Secretary(Services)

amount of additional pension will be Shown distinctly in the pension payment order, For example, in case where a pensioner is more than BO years of age and his pension is Rs.10,000 pm, the pension will be shown as (i) Basic pension=Rs.10,000 and
(ii)Additional pension Rs.2,000 pm. The pension on his attaining the age of 85 years will be shown as
(i).Basic Pension =-Rs.10,000 and (ii) additional pension = Rs.3,000 pm.
Retirement/Death Gratuity

6.1 The rates for payment of death gratuity shall be revised as under:

 

Length of Qualifying service	Rate of Death Gratuity
Less than one year	2 times of monthly emoluments
One year or more but less than 5 years	6 times of monthly emoluments
5 years or more but less than 11 years	12 times of monthly emoluments
11 years or more but less than 20 years	20 times of monthly emoluments
20 years or more	Half month’s emoluments for every completed six monthly period of qualifying service subject to a maximum of 33 times of emoluments

  Accordingly. Rule 50(1)(b) of MS (Pension) Rules, '1972 shall stand modified to this extent.
6.2 The-maximum limit of Retirement gratuity and death gratuity shall be Rs, .20 The ceiling on gratuity will increase by 25% whenever the dearness allowance rises by 50% of the basic pay. Accordingly, first proviso under Rule 50(1)(b) of CCS (Pension)
Rules, 1972 shall stand modified to this extent.
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Official Calculator for 7th CPC Revised Pension and Arrears for Pre-2016 Pensioners and Family Pensioners

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Pensioner’s Portal has provided the Revised Pension Calculator for Pre- 2016 Pensioners and Family Pensioners. Now, Pensioners and Family Pensioners may get their Pension with Arrears under 7th Central Pay Commission. The Revised Pension/Family Pension Calculator for Pre-2016 Pensioners updated Under Pensioner’s Portal, Government of India. The Easy way to find and get their Pension under Seventh Pay Commission.

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7th Pay Commission: Central government employees to abstain from work today demanding hike in pay

7th Pay Commission: Central government employees to abstain from work today demanding hike in pay

New Delhi: Central government employees will abstain from work on Friday to press for review of the hike in minimum pay and raising fitment factor 3.68 times from 2.57 times approved by the government based on the pay commission recommendations.

The National Joint Council of Action (NJCA) representing 33 lakh central employees has decided to join the general strike on Friday in order to get their demand of hike in minimum pay, as the government’s recent talks on Tuesday and Thursday with them got no result.

The Centre has fixed a minimum wage of Rs 18,000 in the pay hike approved by the Cabinet on June 29. However, the central government employees are protesting the decision calling it a meagre rise in view of the price rise.

“Government has initiated talks with NJCA. We welcome it. But the decision was not made of hike in minimum pay,” Convener of NJCA Shiv Gopal Mishra said.

On August 30 and September 1, the representatives of NJCA including Mishra were called for a meeting with secretaries of national anomaly committee and allowances committee respectively.

““I don’t think there will be result, and if there is any result, that will be sufficient for the central government employees. They have delayed the issue of minimum wage and fitment formula,” Mishra said.

Under the fitment formula, the government multiplied the minimum wage of Rs 7,000 fixed in the last pay commission with 2.57 and arrived at a minimum pay of Rs 18,000 per month.

The employees are demanding for the fitment formula of 3.68, which will result in minimum monthly pay about to Rs 26,000.

The National Joint Council of Action (NJCA) is an umbrella organisation of various Central Government employees’ unions, including Railways, post and telegraph and Income Tax.

However, the promise was already made by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to consider to hike the minimum pay of central government employees beyond Rs 18,000.

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New Delhi: The Central Trade Unions (CTU) have called for a strike across the country on Friday to express their disagreement with the Central Government’s “unilateral labour reforms and anti-worker policies”.

New Delhi: The Central Trade Unions (CTU) have called for a strike across the country on Friday to express their disagreement with the Central Government’s “unilateral labour reforms and anti-worker policies”.

The unions have claimed that this year’s strike will be bigger as the number of striking workers is expected to swell as much as 18 crore, larger than last year when around 14 crore workers participated.
Gurudas Dasgupta General Secreatary of All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) said, “Most important is control of inflation, particularly the food inflation, social security for the unorganised labour, minimum wage for all unorganised should be Rs. 18,000, road is an investment for profit making public sector, low margin of banks etc are the main demand on which we are going on strike.”

Essential services such as banking, public transport and telecom will be affected by the strike.
The CTUs will strike work protesting against what they call the government’s apathy towards their 12-point charter of demands including a monthly minimum wage of Rs. 18,000, controlling price rise and assured minimum monthly pension of Rs. 3,000.

However, Indian Railways and other central government employees will not participate in strike as government has already constituted a committee to look into their demand of raising monthly minimum wage from Rs 18,000 to about Rs. 26,000 under the 7th Pay Commission.

Resonating similar sentiments, Roman Pandey of Indian National Trade Union Congress told ANI that they are against the handing over of defence and railway industry to the private players.

“We want that ILO conventional 87, 98 needs to be ratified because this gives protection of job security and social security to working people and they have the right to join union of their choice, they can go for collective bargaining. These global rights are being denied by the government. wherever the assured in Geneva in ILO that we are going to ratify, we are fighting for that,” he added.

The Bhartiya Majdoor Sangh (BMS) has decided not to participate in strike.

“We gave the notice to the government, but when the government took the step forward then we decided to withdraw from the strike. The effect of strike is not visible, as the entire rail system is working. They have tried a lot to mislead the people but that phase is over, now no one from Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh will be part of this strike,” BMS organising secretary Pawan Kumar told ANI.

Last year also on September 2, the union has opted out of the strike at the last moment.

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Released in the Press Conference of CTUOs held on 31st August 2016 at Press Club, New Delhi Press Communique

Released in the Press Conference of CTUOs held on 31st August 2016 at Press Club, New Delhi
Press Communique

31st August 2016

Central Trade Unions Reiterate countrywide General Strike on 2nd Sept, 2016 Group of Ministers (GOM) Announcement an eyewash

The Central Trade Unions reiterate the call for countrywide general strike on 2nd September 2016 against the anti-worker and anti-people policies of the Govt. in view of utterly unresponsive and undemocratic attitude of the Govt. The CTUs view the announcements made by Committee of Ministers as an eyewash and decide to go ahead with the Strike. Meagre raise in minimum wage to Rs.9100/- per month in central sphere is not binding on the States.

The CTUOs expressed dismay over utterly negative attitude of the Govt. towards basic demands of the workers on minimum wages as per consensus formulation of the Indian Labour Conference, on universal social security including pension for all workers including those in unorganised sector, against mass scale contractorisation of permanent and perennial work, against onslaught on basic rights of the workers through so called labour-law-reforms through various state governments and also by the centre in the background of large scale violation of labour laws being promoted by both the central govt and also many state govts, desperate move for privatisation/disinvestment of strategic and sensitive public sector units, and promoting limitless FDI in sensitive sectors like Defence, Railways, Banks, Insurance, Retail and Pharmaceuticals etc. which is also against the interest of the national economy.

The CTUOs made it clear that the desperate bid of the Govt for changing the labour laws both through central and many state govts is basically designed to throw even the overwhelming majority of the organised sector workers out of the coverage and purview of all basic labour laws which would render all other rights and benefits of the working people virtually meaningless.

The CTUOs also noted with dismay that the Govt while making public statement on being positive on the demands of the workers, has actually been actively pushing through executive measures, one after another, just in the opposite direction, against the interest of the working people in the grab of ensuring so called “else of doing business”. All these proactive initiatives militate against the basic interests and rights of the working people. Even the non-striking Central Trade Union also officially recorded its opposition.

The CTUOs expressed satisfaction over the increasing response by the workers throughout the country to the call for united action. The strike is going to be complete in industrial sectors such as transport, financial, power, coal, textile, automobile, port and dock, steel, oil, defence production, scheme, education etc.
sectors and Central and State Govts. employees. In some states it is going to be bandh like situation.

It is unfortunate that during the past one year, the Group of Ministers appointed for discussion with the CTUOs on 12 point charter has not convened even a single meeting but has been only talking to BMS which has not joined the strike call. The CTUOs denounce such undemocratic bias of the Govt.

The CTUOs condemn the move of the central govt to divide the workers in the face of ongoing strike campaign and create confusion through making misleading statements on its so called positive attitude on workers’ demands both directly and through their various agencies and allies.

While expressing confidence that such dubious action to divide the workers will not succeed, the CTUOs appeal to the working people of the country irrespective of affiliations to further widen their unity and unitedly combat the anti-worker, anti-people policies of the Govt through making the call for countrywide general strike on 2nd September 2016 a total success.

AITIC
HMS
OIFU
AIUTUC
SEWA
AICCTU
UTUC
LPF
And independent federations of Workers/Employees.

Source http://confederationhq.blogspot.in

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Government notifies National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme

Government notifies National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme

Government has notified National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme. It is for the first time a scheme has been notified to offer financial incentives to employers. The Scheme has an outlay of Rs. 10,000 crore with a target of 50 Lakh apprentices to be trained by 2019-20.Apprenticeship Training is considered to be one of the most efficient ways to develop skilled manpower for the country. It provides for an industry led, practice oriented, effective and efficient mode of formal training. The National Policy of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015 launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi focuses on apprenticeship as one of the key components for creating skilled manpower in India. The policy proposes to work pro-actively with the industry including MSME to facilitate tenfold increase opportunities in the country by 2020.

25% of the prescribed stipend payable to an apprentice would be reimbursed to the employers directly by the Government of India. The scheme also supports basic training, which is an essential component of apprenticeship training by sharing of basic training cost with basic training providers in respect of apprentices who come directly to apprenticeship without any formal trade training (fresher apprentices).

Online portal for ease of administering. All transactions including registration by employers, apprentices, registration of contract and payment to employers will be made as online mode. Eligible employers shall engage apprentices in a band of 2.5% to 10% of the total strength of the establishment. Employers need to register on the apprenticeship portal and must have TIN/TAN and any one of EPFO/ESIC/LIN. Employers are invited to register on the apprenticeship portal to avail benefits under the scheme.

Brand Ambassadors will be appointed for states and for local industrial clusters to act as facilitators and promoters to promote apprenticeship training.

PIB

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Grants-in-aid for the year 2016-17 to the Central Government Employees Resident Welfare Associations-Submission of Accounts for the year 2015-16

No. 7/01/2016- Welfare
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
*******

Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi,
Dated 1st September, 2016

To
The Secretaries of the
Central Government Employees Resident
Welfare Association, (Recognized by DOPT).

Subject: Grants-in-aid for the year 2016-17 to the Central Government Employees Resident 
Welfare Associations-Submission of Accounts for the year 2015-16 regarding.

Sir/Madam,
Please refer to this Department's letter of even number dated 22.06.2016 on the subject mentioned above, wherein all Secretaries of the Central Government Employees Resident Welfare Associations, recognized by DoPT, were requested to submit their proposals for grants-in-aid for the year 2016-17.

2. All CGERWAs, who have yet not submitted their proposals, are again requested to submit the same in the prescribed proformas to this Department by 15.09.2016 positively along with the accounts for the year 2015-16.

Yours faithfully,
(G.S. Arora)
Chief Welfare Officer (RWA)

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