25% Hike in Allowances - Dopt Orders on increase in certain allowances by further 25% Dearness Allowances w.e.f. 1.1.2014

Dopt Orders on clarification on increase in certain allowances by further 25% as a result of enhancement of Dearness Allowances w.e.f. 1.1.2014

No.A-27012/1/2014-Estt. (Allowance)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension

Department of Personnel & Training

Block-IV, Old JNU Campus

New Delhi, 28th April, 2014.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Clarification on increase in certain allowances by further 25% as a result of enhancement of Dearness Allowances w.e.f. 1.1.2014

The undersigned is directed to refer to para 1(j) of this Department’s OM. No.12011/03/2008-Estt. (Allowance) dated 2.9.2008. This provides that the limits of Children Education Allowance would be automatically raised by 25% every time the Dearness Allowance on the revised pay structure goes up by 50%. References are being received from various quarters with regard to the amount of Children Education Allowance admissible consequent upon enhancement of Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees @ 100% w.e.f. 1 January, 2014 announced vide Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure O.M. No.1/l/2014-E-1I (B) dated 27th March, 2014.

2. In accordance with the above, the following shall be the revised limits:

a) The annual ceiling limit for reimbursement of Children Education Allowance shall be Rs.18,000/- per child. Accordingly, the quarterly claim could be more than Rs.4500/- in one quarter. The Hostel Subsidy shall be Rs.4500/- per month per child;

b) The rates of Special Allowance for Child Care to women with disabilities stands revised to Rs. 1500/- per month; and

c) The annual ceiling for reimbursement of Children Education Allowance for disabled children of Government employees shall be treated as revised to Rs.36,000/- per annum per child and the rates of Hostel Subsidy for disabled children of Government employees shall be treated as revised to Rs.9000/- per child per month.

3. These revisions are applicable with effect from 1st January, 2014.

4. These revisions shall be subject to other terms and conditions mentioned in this Department’s O.M. No.12011/03/2008-Estt (Allowance) dated 2.9.2008, O.M. No.12011/04/2008 dated 11.9.2008 and 12011/07(i)12011-Estt.(AL) dated 21.2.2012.

sd/

(Mukul Ratra)

Director

Source:www.persmin.gov.in
[http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/A-27012_1_2014-Estt.Allowance-28042014.pdf]

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DA from Jan, 2014 @ 100% to Gramin Dak Sevaks: DoP Order

 DA from Jan, 2014 @ 100% to Gramin Dak Sevaks: DoP Order

 No. 14-01/2011-PAP

Government of India
Ministry of Communication & IT
Department of Posts
(Establishment Division)/P.A.P. Section
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi — 110 001.

Dated 16th April, 2014.

To,
All Chief Postmaster General
All G.Ms. (PAF)/Directors of Accounts (Posts).

Subject: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) at revised rates w.e.f. 01.01.2014 onwards — reg.

Consequent upon grant of another installment of Dearness Allowance, with effect from 1st January, 2014 to the Central Government Employees vide Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure’s O.M. No. 1/1/2014-E-I1 (B) dated27.03.2014, duly endorsed vide this Department’s letter No. 8-1/2012-PAP (Pt.) dated 28.3.2014, the Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) have also become entitled to the payment of Dearness Allowances on basic TRCA at the revised rate with effect from 01.01.2014. It has, therefore, been decided that the Dearness Allowance payable to the Gramin Dak Sevaks shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 90% to 100% on the basic Time Related Continuity Allowance, with effect from the 1st January, 2014.

2.    The additional installment of Dearness Allowance payable under this order shall be paid in cash to all Gramin Dak Sevaks.

3.    The expenditure on this account shall be debited to the Head “Salaries” under the relevant head of account and should be met from the sanctioned grant.

4.    This issues with the concurrence of Integrated Finance Wing vide their Diary No98/FA/2014-CS dated 16/04/2014.

(Shankar Prasad)
Assistant Director General (Estt.)

Source: NFPE

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Central Government women employees can get 730 days leave for child care: Supreme Court

Central Government women employees can get 730 days leave for child care: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that a woman employee of central government can get uninterrupted leave for two years for child care, which also includes needs like examination and sickness. A bench of justices SJ Mukhopadhaya and V Gopala Gowda set aside the order of Calcutta High Court which had held that Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules do not permit uninterrupted CCL(Child Care Leave) for 730 days.

“On perusal of circulars and Rule 43-C, it is apparent that a woman government employee having minor children below 18 years can avail CCL for maximum period of 730 days i.e. during the entire service period for taking care of upto two children. The care of children is not for rearing the smaller child but also to look after any of their needs like examination, sickness etc,” the bench said.

It said that CCL even beyond 730 days can be granted by combining other leave if due and the finding of the High Court was based neither on Rule 43-C nor on guidelines issued by the central government. The court passed the order on a petition filed by a woman government employee Kakali Ghosh challenging government’s decision not to grant her leave of 730 for preparing her son for secondary/senior examinations.
She had first approached Central Administrative Tribunal Calcutta for getting leave. The tribunal had ordered in her favour but the High Court reversed the order after which she moved the apex court.

The apex court set aside the High Court’s order. “We set aside the impugned judgement dated September 18, 2012 passed by the Division Bench of Calcutta High Court, Circuit Bench at Port Blair and affirm the judgement and order dated April 30, 2012 passed by the Tribunal with a direction to the respondents to comply with the directions issued by the Tribunal within three months from the date of receipt/ production of this judgement,” it said.

Source: Central Government News

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7th Pay Commission Report and the Need for Timeliness

7th Pay Commission Report and the Need for Timeliness

Background of the 7th Pay Commission

The 7th pay commission report – when is it going to be submitted?
The announcement about the 7th pay commission report came out on September the 25th of 2013. This pay commission unlike the 6th pay commission was set up well in advance. This became possible due to significant efforts of various organisations, union lists and the finance commission report. Announcements say that the 7th pay commission will be implemented from 1.1.2016 and it will take approximately 18 months time for the report to be submitted.

Recently, the 7th pay commission Chairman and the members gave out a public statement on 4.2.2014 and after that on 22.2.2014 the important 7th cpc terms and references were released. Now, the thought that floats on everyone’s mind is whether the 7th pay commission report will be submitted within the 18 months time period and will the employees be able to get the benefits along with their salary from 1.1.2016.
Recently, in the Lok Shaba during the question and answer session, it was pointed out that no specific time limit can be specified as of now for the implementation of the 7th pay commission. However, the finance ministry is now recruiting people for the 7th pay commission pay cell on deputation basis. This is a good attempt which boosts our confidence in the fact that the 7th pay commission will be put into effect on time.

Reports of the Earlier Pay Commissions

If the employees get the benefits of the 7th pay commission along with our salary on 1.1.2016, then, this will be the first time we are given the pay commission benefits without arrears. I am providing a link containing reports about when the previous pay commissions were set and when they were implemented.

Pay Commission	Date of Appointment	Date of submission of report	Financial impact(Rs. In crores)	Time
First Pay Commission	May, 1946	May, 1947	N.A	1 YEAR
Second Pay Commission	August, 1957	August, 1959	39.62	2 YEARS
Third Pay Commission	April, 1970	March, 1973	144.60	3 YEARS (aprx)
Fourth Pay Commission	June, 1983	3 reports submitted in June, 1986; Dec. 1986 and May, 1987	1282	4 YEARS(aprx)
Fifth Pay Commission	April, 1994	January, 1997	17,000	3YEARS (aprx)
Sixth pay commission	July 2006	March 2008		18 months

Arrears of the 6th Pay Commission :- When you see the timetable above, you can understand that none of the previous pay commissions were implemented on time and without the payment of arrears. When the 6th pay commission was implemented, the government paid a huge amount as arrears in two installments. This impacted the economy considerably and caused changes in inflation rate and GDP. This shocking fact was revealed by the 13th finance committee report.

The Benefits of the Timely Implementation of the 7th Pay Commission :- What benefits will the employees get if the 7th pay commission is implemented on 1.1.2016? Let us have a look.
Firstly, all the allowances and benefits can be got on 1.1.2016. When the benefits are paid as arrears the employees will not get some of the allowances due to exclusion.
Secondly, the government will not have to pay a huge amount as arrears and thereby can avoid economic burden.

Thirdly, if a National Anomaly Committee is set up and the shortcomings of the 7th pay commission are corrected immediately, employees can receive the benefits easily. We have to note that several points mentioned the anomaly committee report of the 6th pay commission still remain problematic and uncorrected.

Fourthly, let us have a look at the elements of ACP and MACP. Like the ACP and MACP, the financial up gradation is going to be introduced in the 7th Pay Commission; the issues that may arise due to this have to be resolved in a timely manner so that everyone may be benefitted by it. In the 5th pay commission, the time limit for promotion through ACP remained at 12 years, and in the 6th pay commission the time limit for promotions through MACP remained at 10 years. In the 5th pay commission, a new method of promotion through hierarchy was introduced. In the 6th pay commission promotions happened through grade pay structure.

The main aim of introducing ACP and MACP is to make sure that an employee gets minimal promotion at least thrice in his life time of service. If this is the case, the minimal service period of an employee should be at least 30 years. But presently, employees are appointed even at the age of 37 and so their service period is just 23 years. Such problems have to be carefully considered well in advance and solved before the 7th pay commission is implemented.

Let us believe that the 7th pay commission will be the first arrears-free pay commission and implemented on time as per the guidelines of the 13th finance commission.

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25% Hike in Allowances - Confederation writes to Dopt to issue necessary orders

25% Hike in Allowances - Confederation writes to Dopt to issue necessary orders

Confederation Secretary General writes to the Secretary of Department of Personnel & Training to issue appropriate orders on hike in certain allowances by 25% as a result of Dearness allowance to 100% with effect from 1.1.2014.

Confederation's Letter demanding Increase in certain allowances by 25% as a result of enhancement of Dearness Allowance to 100% w.e.f. 01.01.2014

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES & WORKERS

1st Floor, North Avenue PO Building, New Delhi – 110001 

Website: www.confederationhq.blogspot.com 

Email: confederationhq@gmail.com 

Patron S. K. Vyas  09868244035

President K. K. N. Kutty  09811048303

Secretary General M. Krishnan 09447068125

Ref: Confd/GENL/2014

Dated-14.04.2014

To

The Secretary,

Department of Personnel & Training,

Government of India,

North Block, New Delhi – 110001

Sir,

Sub: - Increase in certain allowances by 25% as a result of enhancement of Dearness Allowance to 100% w.e.f. 01.01.2014 – reg.

Vide MOF OM No. 1/1/2014-EBII (B) dated 27th 100% w.e.f. 01.01.2014. As recommended by the 6th following allowance and advances require enhancement of 25% from its present state as done when the DA crossed 50% in 01.01.2011.

1. Children Education Assistance & Reimbursement of Tuition Fee

2. Advances for purchase of Bicycle Advance, Warm clothing Advance, Festival Advance, Natural Calamity Advance

3. Special Compensatory Hill Area Allowance

4. Special Compensatory Scheduled / Tribal Area Allowance

5. Project Allowance

6. Speical Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance

7. Cycle Maintenance Allowance

8. Mileage for road journey all components of daily allowance on tour

9. Rates of Fixed Conveyance Allowance under SR-25 (Motor Car)

10. Rates of Fixed Conveyance Allowance under SR-25 (Other modes)

11. Washing Allowance

12. Split Duty Allowance

13. Spl. Allowance for Child Care for Women with Disabilities and Education Allowance for disabled children

14. Cash Handling Allowance

15. Risk Allowance

16. Postgraduate Allowance

17. Desk Allowance

18. Bad Climate Allowance

Therefore it is requested to cause orders for the enhancement of 25% of the above allowances/advances w.e.f 01.01.2014 at the earliest.

A line in reply is much appreciated.

Yours faithfully, 

(M. Krishnan) 

Secretary General, Confederation 

Member, JCM National Council

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Estimated 7th Pay Commission pay scales as on 01.01.2016

Estimated 7th Pay Commission pay scales as on 01.01.2016

Even as the 7th Pay Commission was constituted recently by Government for revision of Pay and allowances of Central Government Employees, Railway Employees and Defence Personnels, wide spread speculations on projected 7th Pay Commission pay scales are already going on. Blogs that provide Central Government Employees news and information have already started estimating possible 7th CPC pay scales based on different ideas.

GConnect.in was the first site that launched 6th Pay Commission Pay, Pension and arrears Calculator which received atmost popularity among Central Government Employees and CG Pensioners.

In respect of revised Pay and allowances of 7th Pay Commission also GConnect would come up with similar pay and pension calculators.

As a precursor, we thought of estimating 7th Pay Commission pay bands and grade pays based on the same methods adopted by Govt for determining 6th CPC revised pay Scales from the pre-revised (5th CPC) pay scales

Before estimation of 7th CPC Pay Scales let us have a look at the 6th CPC Pay Bands and Grade Pay Structure

6th CPC revised Pay Band, Grade Pay, Starting Pay in PB and Entry Pay

Pre RevisedPay Scale	PB	6 CPCPay Band	GradePay	StartingPay	Entry PayNew Recruits
S-1, S-2	PB-1	5200-20200	1800	5200	7000
S-3	PB-1	5200-20200	1800	5360
S4	PB-1	5200-20200	1800	5530
S-5	PB-1	5200-20200	1900	5880	7730
S-6	PB-1	5200-20200	2000	6060	8460
S-7	PB-1	5200-20200	2400	7440	9910
S-8	PB-1	5200-20200	2800	8370	11360
S-9	PB-2	9300-34800	4200	9300	13500
S-10	PB-2	9300-34800	4200	10230
S-11	PB-2	9300-34800	4200	12090
S-12	PB-2	9300-34800	4200	12090
S-13	PB-2	9300-34800	4600	13860	17140
S-14	PB-2	9300-34800	4800	13950	18150
S-15	PB-2	9300-34800	5400	14880
New	PB-3	15600-39100	5400	15600	21000
S-16	PB-3	15600-39100	5400	16740
S-17	PB-3	15600-39100	5400	16740
S-18	PB-3	15600-39100	6600	19210	25350
S-19	PB-3	15600-39100	6600	18600
S-20	PB-3	15600-39100	6600	19810
S-21	PB-3	15600-39100	7600	22320	29500
S-22	PB-3	15600-39100	7600	23720
S-23	PB-3	15600-39100	7600	22320
S-24	PB-4	37400-67000	8700	37400	46100
S-25	PB-4	37400-67000	8700	39690
S-26	PB-4	37400-67000	8900	39690	49100
S-27	PB-4	37400-67000	8900	39690
S-28	PB-4	37400-67000	10000	37400	53000
S-29	PB-4	37400-67000	10000	44700
S-30	PB-4	37400-67000	12000	51850	59100
S-31	HAG	75500-80000	75500		–
S-32	HAG	75500-80000	75500		–
S-33	Apex	80000 (fixed)	–		–
S-34	Apex	90000 (fixed)	–		–

Multiplication Factor of 1.86 adopted to for revision of Pay on implementation of 6th CPC :

While implementing 6th Pay Commission Government decided to adopt a multiplication factor of 1.86 for most of the pre-revised pay Scales to determine the revised pay in band of an employee

The 6th CPC revised pay in pay band of an employee was determined by multiplying the pre-revised basic pay drawn as on 01.01.2006 with 1.86 ( Of course, some of the pre-revised pay scales at higher level was revised by multiplying a factor more than 1.86).

This multiplying factor 1.86 was arrived at by taking in to account following components of pre-revised pay received by an employee prior to 01.01.2006.

Component	Multifplication Factor
Component A – Pre-revised Basic Pay	1
Component B – Dearness Pay (50% of pre-revised Basic Pay)	0.50
Component C – 24% Dearness Allowance on pre-revised basic pay and D.P prior to 01.01.2006	0.36 (24% on factors 1+0.5 taken for B.P and D.P)
Total Multiplication Factor	1.86

Estimation of Multiplication Factor to determine 7th Pay Commission revised Pay Scales and initial pay in pay band for each pay band :

By Adopting the same method followed by the Government to decide 6th CPC multiplication factor, the following Multiplication Factor has been arrived at for determining 7th Pay Commission revised Pay Scales and initial pay in pay band for each pay band as on 01.01.2016

Component	Multiplication Factor
Component A and B – Pay in pay band and Grade Pay as on 01.01.2016	1
Component C – 124 % Dearness Allowance on Pay in pay band and Grade Pay (** See the Note Below)	1.24
Total Multiplication Factor	2.24

** Note : DA as on 1st January 2014 is 100%. So DA as on 1st January 2016 has been conservatively estimated to be 124 % (6% increase for each 6 months period)

Estimation of 7th Pay Commission Grade Pay Structure

As we all know, there was no uniform correlation between Grade Pay and Pay in Pay band in the 6th CPC Pay Band Structure. So the ratio between the present grade pay and starting pay in the pay band of particular grade pay group was taken as the factor to estimate the 7th CPC grade pay.

For example Ratio of 6th CPC Grade pay of Rs. 8700 to starting pay (Rs.37400) in that grade pay group is 0.2327. This factor is multiplied with 7th CPC starting pay (Rs.83780) to get the equivalent 7th CPC grade pay of Rs.19500. Wherever this factor exceeded 0.35, the same was fixed as 0.35.

7th Pay Commission projected Pay Scale – Revised Pay Bands, Grade Pay, Starting Pay in PB and Entry Pay

Pre Revised Pay Scale	PB	6 CPC Pay bands	Grade Pay	7th CPC Pay Band	7th CPC Grade Pay	@ Starting Pay	@@ Entry Pay
S-1, S-2,	1	5200-20200	1800	11650-45250	4100	11650	15680
S-3	1	5200-20200	1800	11650-45250	4100	12010
S4	1	5200-20200	1800	11650-45250	4100	12390
S-5	1	5200-20200	1900	11650-45250	4300	13180	17320
S-6	1	5200-20200	2000	11650-45250	4500	13580	18960
S-7	1	5200-20200	2400	11650-45250	5900	16670	22200
S-8	1	5200-20200	2800	11650-45250	6100	18750	25500
S-9	2	9300-34800	4200	20840-77960	7300	20840	30240
S-10	2	9300-34800	4200	20840-77960	7300	22920
S-11	2	9300-34800	4200	20840-77960	7300	27090
S-12	2	9300-34800	4200	20840-77960	7300	27090	30240
S-13	2	9300-34800	4600	20840-77960	10400	31050	38400
S-14	2	9300-34800	4800	20840-77960	10400	31250	40700
S-15	2	9300-34800	5400	20840-77960	10800	33340
New	3	15600-39100	5400	34950-87590	10800	34950	47040
S-16	3	15600-39100	5400	34950-87590	10800	37500
S-17	3	15600-39100	5400	34950-87590	10800	37500
S-18	3	15600-39100	6600	34950-87590	14800	43040	56800
S-19	3	15600-39100	6600	34950-87590	14800	41670
S-20	3	15600-39100	6600	34950-87590	14800	44380
S-21	3	15600-39100	7600	34950-87590	17100	50000	66080
S-22	3	15600-39100	7600	34950-87590	17100	53140
S-23	3	15600-39100	7600	34950-87590	17500	50000
S-24	4	37400-67000	8700	83780-150080	19500	83780	103270
S-25	4	37400-67000	8700	83780-150080	19500	88910
S-26	4	37400-67000	8900	83780-150080	20000	88910	109990
S-27	4	37400-67000	8900	83780-150080	20000	88910
S-28	4	37400-67000	10000	83780-150080	22500	83780	118720
S-29	4	37400-67000	10000	83780-150080	22500	100130
S-30	4	37400-67000	12000	83780-150080	26900	116150	132390

@ Starting Pay is the 7th CPC starting pay in a pay band against a pre-revised Scale

@@ Entry Pay is the pay in pay band applicable to New Recruits.

The above table provides an idea on estimated 7th CPC Pay Band, Grade Pay and starting pay for each grade pay group. We have planned to launch an online tool to estimate 7th CPC pay in pay band and grade for a given 6th CPC pay in pay Band and grade pay. It will be released soon. Keep watching this site for this online tool.

Disclaimer: The above 7th CPC projected Pay bands, grade pay and starting pay are merely an estimation. The Actual 7th Pay Commission Pay Band, Grade Pay etc will be known only after implements the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations. The pay structure given above may totally change based on various factors taken in to account by 7th Pay Commission to review the pay and allowances of Central Government Employees, Railway Employees and Defence personnels.

The following Government Orders relating to implementation of 6th Pay commission report have been referred to for the estimation of above mentioned 7th pay commission projected pay bands

Source-http://www.gconnect.in/orders-in-brief/7thcpc/estimated-7th-pay-commission-pay-scales-01-01-2016.html

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List of Allowances and Advances to be increased by 25% from 1.1.2011

List of Allowances and Advances to be increased by 25% from 1.1.2011

100% D.A from January 2014 – Some Allowances and Advances Rise by 25%

The Fifth Central Pay Commission had recommended uniform neutralization of DA at 100% to employees at all levels and increase in DA calculation too, according to the 12 monthly average of AICPIN for Industrial Workers (1982=100) as on 1st January 1996, of 306.33.

The Linking Factor of 303.33 has now changed to 115.76. This was calculated as 4.63 in the 4th CPC.
It was due to this change that the Dearness Allowance has increased in recent years. The 6th Pay Commission had promptly calculated it and said that the true impact of price rise and inflation would only then be known.

It was also mentioned in the recommendations made by the 6th CPC that each time the Dearness Allowance touched 50%, certain Allowances and Advances should also be raised by 25%.

It is of common knowledge that according to these recommendations, when D.A touched 50% on 01.01.2011, DOPT issued orders to increase it by 25%.

Since the DA is calculated on the basis of price rise and inflation, this 25% raise was given in order to make it uniformly applicable to all the other Allowances and Advances. The Allowances and Advances mentioned in this are the Children’s Education Allowance and Hostel Subsidy and Festival Advance.

As of now, the Central Government employee is entitled to claim 15,000 per annum per child under the Children’s Education Allowance and Hostel Subsidy. An increase of 25% would mean that the amount would rise to Rs. 18,750 per year. Similarly, there are chances that the Festival Advance would increase to Rs. 4700. These could be confirmed only after the DOPT makes its official announcements.
The list mentioned below is explanatory and given in detail, along with explanations.

S.No.	Name of the Allowances & Advances	Existing	Revised
1.	Children Education Assistance & Reimbursement of Tuition Fee	Rs.12,000 (Per Year - Per Child)	Rs.15,000 (Per Year - Per Child)
2.	Advances for purchase of Bicycle Advance, Warm clothing Advance, Festival Advance, Natural Calamity Advance	Rs.3,000	Rs.3,750
3.	Special Compensatory Hill Area Allowance	Rs.600 / Rs.480	Rs.750 / Rs.600
4.	Special Compensatory Scheduled / Tribal Area Allowance	Rs.400 / Rs.240	Rs.500 / Rs.300
5.	Project Allowance	Rs.1,500 / Rs.1,000	Rs.1,875 / Rs.1,250
6.	Speical Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance	Rs.2,600 / Rs.2,100/ Rs.1,500 / Rs.400	Rs.3,250 / Rs.2,625/ Rs.1,875 / Rs.500
7.	Cycle Maintenance Allowance	Rs.60 (Per month)	Rs.75 (Per month)
8.	Mileage for road journey all components of daily allowance on tour	Rs.500 / Rs.300 / Rs.200 / Rs.150 / Rs.100	Rs.625 / Rs.375 / Rs.250 / Rs.190 / Rs.125
9.	Rates of Fixed Conveyance Allowance under SR-25 (Motor Car)	Rs.1,120 / Rs.1,680 / Rs.2,070 / Rs.2,430 / Rs.3,000	Rs.1,400 / Rs.2,100 / Rs.2,590 / Rs.3,040 / Rs.3,750
10.	Rates of Fixed Conveyance Allowance under SR-25 (Other modes)	Rs.370 / Rs.480 / Rs.640 / Rs.750 / Rs.850	Rs.470 / Rs.600 / Rs.800 / Rs.940 / Rs.1,070
11.	Washing Allowance	Rs.60	Rs.75
12.	Split Duty Allowance	Rs.200	Rs.250
13.	Spl. Allowance for Child Care for Women with Disabilities and Education Allowance for disabled children	Rs.1,000 per month	Rs.1,250 per month
14.	Cash Handling Allowance	Rs.600 / Rs.500 / Rs.400 / Rs.300 / Rs.150	Rs.750 / Rs.625 / Rs.500 / Rs.375 / Rs.190
15.	Risk Allowance	DOPT 21012/1/2008-Estt.(Allowance)	12.3.2009
16.	Postgraduate Allowance	Rs.1,000 / Rs.600	Rs.1,250 / Rs.750
17.	Desk Allowance	Rs.600	Rs.750
18.	Bad Climate Allowance	Rs.400 / Rs.240	Rs.500 / Rs.300

Click to view the original orders from Dopt on increasing allowances by 25%...

Source: 90pasia.blogspot.in
[http://90paisa.blogspot.in/2014/04/100-da-from-january-2014-some.html]

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Vacancy Circular for 7th CPC office

Vacancy Circular for 7th CPC office
Camp Office: Room No. 169-B,
North Block, New Delhi

D.0 No, 7CPC/2/Staff

27th March, 2014

Dear Shri Sarkar,

Government of India has notified constitution of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) vide Gazette notification No. 1/1/2013-E.III(A) dated 28th February, 2014. You may also be kindly aware that Seventh CPC is mandated to submit its report to the Government within 18 months of its constitution. Further the Commission has been mandated to appoint such Advisors, Institutional Consultants and Experts as deemed necessary for any particular purpose.

2. Temporary posts have been created by Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure for a period of 18 months from the date of constitution of the Commission or till closure of the Commission whichever is earlier. In addition to the pay scales, the posts will carry all other usual allowances as admissible in terms of orders and instructions in force on the subject as issued by the Government of India from time to time. These posts have to be filled up only on deputation basis.

3. It is intended to fill up the following vacancies on deputation basis by calling for applications from suitable, interested persons from various Ministries/Departments. Selected Officers shall either be given Deputation Allowances as per the existing rules or in deserving cases (wherever eligible) given one higher grade.

S.No.	Post	Pay Band (in Rs.)	Grade Pay (in Rs.)	No.of Posts
1	Under Secretary / Equivalent	15600-39100	6600	4
2	Sr.Systems Analyst (Computer)	15600-39100	6600	1
3	Desk Officer / Section Officers/Equivalent	9300-34800 9300-34800	5400 4800	3
4	Assistant / Equivalent	9300-34800	4600	1
5	PS/PPS/Sr.PPS	9300-34800 15600-39100 15600-39100	4800 6600 7600	6
6	PA/Stenographer	9300-34800 5200-20200	4600 2400	5
7	Cashier / UDC	5200-20200	2400	1
8	Driver	5200-20200	1900	3
9	Multi Tasking Staff	5200-20200	1800	3

4. Keeping in view the above, Department of Personnel and Training may kindly take urgent action to circulate the above vacancies to all the Ministries/Departments (including Railways) to be filled on deputation basis.

With regards,

Yours Sincerely,

Kumar Sarkar,

IAS Personnel and Training,

Source-http://finmin.nic.in/7CPC/vacancy7CPC03042014.pdf

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7th CPC requires Central Staff on Deputation Basis

7th CPC requires Central Staff on Deputation Basis

Vacancy Circular for 7th CPC office

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
SEVENTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION
NEW DELHI - 110001

Meena Agarwal
Secretary

Camp Office : Room No.169-B,
North Block, New Delhi

D.O No. 7CPC/2/Staff

27th March,  2014

Dear Shri Sarkar,

Government of India has notified constitution of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) vide Gazette notification No.1/1/2013-E.III(A) dated 28th February, 2014. You may also be kindly aware that Seventh CPC is mandated to submit its report to the Government within 18 months of its constitution. Further the Commission has been mandated to appoint such Advisors, Institutional Consultants and Experts as deemed necessary for any particular purpose.

2. Temporary posts have been created by Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure for a period of 18 months from the date of constitution of the Commission or till closure of the Commission whichever is earlier. In addition to the pay scales, the posts will carry all other usual allowances as admissible in terms of orders and instructions in force on the subject as issued by the Government of India from time to time. These posts have to be filled up only on deputation basis.

3. It is intended to fill up the following vacancies on deputation basis by calling for applications from suitable, interested persons from various Ministries/Departments. Selected Officers shall either be given Deputation Allowances as per the existing rules or in deserving cases (wherever eligible) given one higher grade.

S.No.	Post	Pay Band (in Rs.)	Grade Pay (in Rs.)	No.of Posts
1	Under Secretary / Equivalent	15600-39100	6600	4
2	Sr.Systems Analyst (Computer)	15600-39100	6600	1
3	Desk Officer / Section Officers/Equivalent	9300-34800 9300-34800	5400 4800	3
4	Assistant / Equivalent	9300-34800	4600	1
5	PS/PPS/Sr.PPS	9300-34800 15600-39100 15600-39100	4800 6600 7600	6
6	PA/Stenographer	9300-34800 5200-20200	4600 2400	5
7	Cashier / UDC	5200-20200	2400	1
8	Driver	5200-20200	1900	3
9	Multi Tasking Staff	5200-20200	1800	3

4. Keeping in view the above, Department of Personnel and Training may kindly take urgent action to circulate the above vacancies to all the Ministries/Departments (including Railways) to be filled on deputation basis.

with regards,
Yours Sincerely,
sd/-

(Meena Agarwal)

Shri.Syamal Kumar Sarkar, IAS
Secretary,
Department of Personnel and Training
North Block
New Delhi

Source: www.finmin.nic.in
[http://finmin.nic.in/7CPC/vacancy7CPC03042014.pdf]

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Payment of DA to the CDA pattern employees of 69 CPSEs governed by HPPC recommendations

Payment of DA to the CDA pattern employees of 69 CPSEs governed by HPPC recommendations

F.No.2(54)/08-DPE (WC)–GL-VI/14
Government of India
Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises

Public Enterprises Bhawan,
Block 14, CGO Complex, Lodi Road,
New Delhi-110003, the 31st March, 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: – Payment of DA to the CDA pattern employees of 69 CPSEs governed by HPPC recommendations.
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 to the employees may be enhanced from existing rate 90% to 100% with effect from 01.01.2014.

3. The payment of Dearness Allowance involving fractions of 50 paise and above may be rounded off to the next higher rupee and the fractions of less than 50 paise may be ignored.

4. These rates are applicable in the case of CDA employees whose pay have been revised with effect from 01.01.2006 as per DPE O.M. dated 14.10.2008.

5. All administrative Ministries/Department of Government of India are requested to bring the foregoing to the notice of the Central Public Sector Enterprises under their administrative control for action at their end.

sd/-
(Umesh Dongre)
Director

Source: www.dpe.nic.in
[http://www.dpe.nic.in/sites/upload_files/dpe/files/glch04b149_310320140001.pdf

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Projected Dearness Allowance From May 2014 - Government Servants

Projected DA From May 2014

Projected DA From May 2014 -PROJECTED D.A. FROM MAY, 2014 By Sri pannvalan

The AICPI-IW (1960=100) for January, 2014 was 237 and for February, 2014, the index stood at 238.

As per the present trend in retail inflation, the index may remain unchanged at 238 for March, 2014 too. If it happens, the D.A. will fall to 97.05%, from the existing level of 99.90%.

Even if the index records a modest rise of 1 point and touches 239 for March, 2014, yet there will be a downfall and the revised D.A. will be only 97.35%.

When the central government employees are getting D.A. of 100% on their Basic Pay, Grade Pay and Transport Allowance effective 01-01-2014, it is regrettable that our D.A. that is already below this 100% mark has started its downward journey (D.A of Central government employees will be at 100% till 30-06-2014 and our new D.A. from May, 2014 will be in force till 31-08-2014).

For retaining the D.A. at the present level of 99.90%, the index must increase by 10 points in March, 2014 (touching 248 points), registering an inflation of 4.20% in one month (i.e.50.40% annualized), which is ruled out.

D.A. of bank staff was merged at 2836 points in 1960=100 series, when 9th BPS was implemented from 01-11-2007.  Despite merger of D.A. at a higher level (2836 points) than the central government staff (2642 points), the Dearness Allowance of bank staff is less than that of Central Government staff, because of faulty construction of pay scales and lesser D.A. compensation per slab for the bank staff.

Moreover, if the central government employees get 50% of their present D.A. merged with their Basic Pay, as an interim measure, the difference will widen further. I shudder to think of the situation after the 7th CPC is fully implemented.

Will UFBU wake up at least now?

Date: 31-03-2014-pannvalan

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