7th Pay Commission to meet leadership of AIRF on 7and 8 April/2015 to seek the views of Federation

7th Pay Commission to meet leadership of AIRF on 7and 8 April/2015 to seek the views of Federation

A meeting with the 7th Central Pay Commission has been scheduled for the AIRF for two successive days viz. 7 and 8 April, 2015 at the office of 7th Pay Commission, New Delhi.

7th Pay Commission to meet leadership of AIRF on 7and 8 April, 2015 to seek the views of Federation.

MEENA AGARWAL
SECRETARY

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
SEVENTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION

D.O No. 7CPC/158/Meetings/2015

19th March, 2015

Dear Shri Mishra,
The Seventh, Central Pay Commission has, from the time of its constitution, engaged with a variety of stakeholders on the issues which it has been mandated to cover in accordance with its terms of reference. Based on the wide ranging interaction the Commission has had in this period, certain broad issues have emerged before the Commission. The Commission has also been seeking from individual Ministries / Departments their views on the issues posed, in relation to matters that are relevant to the Ministries.

The Commission has had the occasion to interact with the Federation in May 2014. A meeting was also held on 25 February 2015 with the National Council (Staff side) wherein it was agreed that the Commission would have a detailed engagement with the Staff side as part of its final deliberations.

Accordingly, a meeting with the 7th Central Pay Commission has been scheduled for the Federation on two successive days viz. 7 and 8 April 2015. between 10.30 am and 1 pm in the Conference Room 1 floor B-14/A Chatrapati Shivaji Bhawan, Qutub Institutional Area, New Delhi,

With Regards

Yours sincerely,
sd/-
(Meena Agarwal)

Shri Shiv Gopal Mishra
General Secretary
All India Railwayrnens’ Federation
4, State Entry Road
New Delhi- 110055

Source: http://www.airfindia.org/

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Facilities to Employees of BRO

Facilities to Employees of BRO

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Defence

20-March-2015 16:07 IST

Facilities to Employees of BRO

The workforce of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) comprises both of Army and civilian personnel. The Army personnel are governed by their own terms and conditions of service, while the civilian personnel are governed by Central Civil Service Rules and their pay and allowances are regulated pursuant to these rules at par with other Central Government employees.


However, keeping in view the service conditions of BRO, the civilian personnel have been extended some additional facilities such as Mess, Ration, CSD Canteen, Uniform, 60 days Earned Leave in a calendar year, etc., which otherwise are not entitled to other civilian employees of Central Government.

Certain facilities / allowances like retirement age of 60 years, Non-Functional Upgradation, Headquarter Allowance, Special Duty Allowance etc., are applicable for entitled Civilian personnel only and not for Army personnel.

The terms and conditions of the army and civilian personnel in BRO are governed by two different sets of Rules / Regulations; therefore, complete parity among them is not feasible.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Om Birla in Lok Sabha today.

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Meetings Schedule of 7th Pay Commission with stake holders

Meetings Schedule of 7th Pay Commission with stake holders – AIRF

7th Pay Commission to meet leadership of AIRF on 7and 8 April/2015 to seek the views of Federation
A meeting with the 7th Central Pay Commission has been scheduled for the AIRF for two successive days viz. 7 and 8 April, 2015 at the office of 7th Pay Commission, New Delhi.

Sl. No.	Name of the Body	Date & Time of meeting
1.	National Federation of Postal Employees	1030 hrs to 1300 hrs, 25 March
2.	Federation of National Postal Organisation	1030 hrs to 1300 hrs, 26 March
3.	Income Tax Employees Federation	1030 hrs to 1200 hrs, 27 March
4.	All India Audit & Accounts Association	1200 hrs to 1330 hrs, 27 March
5.	Confederation of Defence Recognised Associations	1030 hrs to 1200 hrs, 30 March
6.	All India Defence Employees Federation	1200 hrs to 1330 hrs, 30 March
7.	Indian National Defence Workers Federation	1030 hrs and 1200 hrs, 31 March 2015
8.	Bharatiya Pratiraksha Mazdoor Sangh	1200 hrs and 1330 hrs,  31 March 2015
9.	National Federation of Atomic Energy Employees	1030 hrs to 1200 hrs, 6 April
10.	Central Secretariat Non-Gazetted Employees Union	1200 hrs to 1330 hrs, 6 April
11.	All India Railwaymens’ Federation	1030 hrs to 1300 hrs, 7 & 8 April
12.	National Federation of Indian Railwaymen	1030 hrs to 1300 hrs, 13 & 14 April

Source: www.airfindia.org

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Promotion in the various grades of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) – Clarifications orders issued by Dopt

Promotion in the various grades of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) – clarifications in respect of officers on mandatory training regarding

G.I., Dept. of Per. & Trg. O.M.F. No.21/3/2015-CS.I(P), dated 19.3.2015

Subject: Promotion in the various grades of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) – clarifications in respect of officers on mandatory training regarding.

The undersigned is directed to refer to the promotions made in various levels of posts in the Central Secretariat Service. In a few instances the officers promoted on ad hoc basis subject to the conditions mentioned in the respective orders, are on long term mandatory training. References have been received from various quarters for allowing promotion while on training.

2.As per FR 9(6)(b)(i), a Government servant may be treated as on duty during a course of instruction on training in India. Conditions for treating a period of training as duty are given in the Ministry of Finance OM No. F. 2(71)-Estt.III/60 dated the 3rd December, 1960. As the officer continues to be on duty during training and occupies a cadre post, the Ministry of Finance OM No. F. (17)-E.III(A)/78 dated the 14th March, 1978 provides that a Government servant while on training may be promoted to the next higher grade with effect from the date he would have been approved for promotion to the next higher grade, and all his seniors who are available and fit for promotion have been so promoted.

3.Training Courses under CSS (Cadre Training Plan) are linked to promotion, and are mandatory in nature. It has been decided that the CSS Officers who are promoted on ad hoc basis shall be permitted to submit their joining report for joining the promotional post during such training Courses. These officers shall be deemed to have assumed charge of the promotional post from the date of submission of their joining report. The Ministries/Departments may however check their vigilance status before issuing the orders.

4.This issues in consultation with the Establishment Division vide their Note No. 2/1/2015-Estt. (Pay-II) dated 12.03.2015.

Authority: www.persmin.gov.in

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YOGA TRAINING PROGRAMME IN ALL GOVERNMENT COLONIES

YOGA TRAINING PROGRAMME IN ALL GOVERNMENT COLONIES

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING
M1MSTRY OF PERSONNEL & GRIEVANCES
AND PENSIONS
NORTH BLOCK. NEW DELHI – 110001

File No. 11012/2/2014 -Welfare

20.03.2015

Circular

YOGA TRAINING PROGRAMME IN ALL GOVERNMENT COLONIES

Department of Personnel and Training, Govt. of India is organising regular Yoga Training Sessions from 1st April 2015 for the benefit of Central Government Employees and their dependents at Grih kalyan Kendra (GKK), Samaj Sadan as per enclosed list in assoaciation with Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, New Delhi. No registration/ training fees will be charged.

Timing – 06.30 AM to 08.30 AM
04.30 PM to 06.30 PM

2. For registration for the Yoga Sessions kindly contact the officials of Grih kalyan Kendra (GKK) present at the respective venues.

3. For inquires kindly contact:-

Phone Numbers – 24616219, 24648081, 24616218
Mobile Nubers – 8750070303, 9811770184
E-mail – grihkalyankendra@rediffmail.com

4. Its is requested that this circular may be given wide publicity.

(N.Sriraman)
Director (Welfare), DOPT

To,
i) AdminiSlralion Section, DOPT, Ministry or Personnel, PG and Pensions – The obove circular may kindly be uploaded on DOPT website.
ii) All A WOs/RWAs. } for dissesmination among all govt. employees
iii) Welfare Officer o fall Ministries / Department of Government of India. } all subordinate / field offices may also be informed of the above activity.

Source: http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02adm/sunil0001.pdf

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Government officials may get to claim LTC for domestic helicopter flights

Government officials may get to claim LTC for domestic helicopter flights: Economic Times Report

NEW DELHI: The government is discussing a proposal to allow its employees to claim leave travel concession for domestic helicopter flights, a move seen boosting the helicopter-ferrying business.

At present, central government employees can claim leave travel concession (LTC) only for using scheduled commercial airline flights, preferably Air India. According to a civil aviation ministry official, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) had sought a cost analysis of helicopter rides in the country.

“We have sent our analysis to the DoPT on the cost of flying in a helicopter. They had asked for it since they plan to bring helicopter rides under the LTC scheme,” the official, who did not wish to be named, told ET. The helicopter industry has welcomed the proposal, which aims to extend the travel concession to some 3 million central government workers.

“It creates business for helicopter operators in the country. Currently, helicopter operations are available in areas that have difficult terrain and no other means of connectivity, as helicopter rides are expensive,” said Harsh Vardhan Sharma, treasurer at Business Aircraft Operators’ Association and owner of Himalayan Heli Services Ltd, a helicopter operator.

Read more at : Economic Times

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NFIR Objects the Views of Committee on evolving New formula for PLB

NFIR Objects the Views of Committee on evolving New formula for PLB

NFIR
National Federation of Indian Railwaymen
3, CHELMSFORD ROAD, NEW DELHI – 110 055

No. I/10 Part-IV

Dated: 12/03/2015

The Secretary (E),
Railway Board,
New Delhi.
Dear Sir,

Sub: Committee for evolving a new formula for Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) on Indian Railways – reg.

Ref:
(i) Railway Board’s letter No. ERC-1/2014/23/15 dated 21/03/2014.
(ii) NFIR’s letter No. I/10/Pt. IV dated 09/04/2014.
(iii) Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-2013/PLB-8 dated 11/02/2015 and 03/03/2015.
At the outset, NFIR invites kind attention of the Railway Board to Federation’s letter dated 09/04/2014 wherein Federation had conveyed its disagreement to the Railway Board’s decision for disturbing the bipartite agreement and proceeding with formation of a Committee of AMs for evolving new formula for calculation of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) in Railways.

2. NFIR also takes strong objection to the views of the AMs Committee who feel that the Scheme for PL Bonus for Railway employees was introduced in consultation with the two Federations. In this connection, NFIR desires to clarify that the bipartite agreement for payment of PL Bonus to Railway employees was signed jointly by the Railway Board and Federations on 22nd November 1979. Federations further desires to state that the agreement can only be modified with mutual consent of the stake holders.

3. From the above it could be seen that the PL Bonus agreement was reached in the year 1979 for providing substantial motivation to the workforce for achieving higher production by way of enhancing their output and improved quality of service. Over the years the freight loading has been improved as a result of dedicated efforts of workforce.

4. It is further stated that since the last two years, the Railway Board has been attempting to reduce the number of days of wages towards payment of PL Bonus in the name of Capital Input. There were strong protest and the Federations did not agree for any reduction of 78 days wages. The Railway Ministry had accordingly paid PL Bonus to Railway employees equivalent of 78 days wages with notional calculation of salary @ Rs. 3500 p.m. during two previous years. A bench mark “78 days wages” needs to be adopted in any case when a formula is required to be finalized in consultation with us. Equally the salary calculation ceiling should be removed as the payment of bonus for Railway employees is linked to the productivity as enunciated in the agreement dated 22 November 1979.

NFIR hopes that the Railway Board would give serious consideration to the above points and take steps towards reaching an agreement with the Federations in the interest of preserving healthy industrial relations in the Railways.

Yours faithfully,
(Dr. M. Raghavaiah)
General Secretary

Source: NFIR

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