Payment Of Arrears Of Pension And Family Pension

Payment of Arrears of Pension and Family Pension

Payment of arrears of pension in cases where valid nomination has not been made under the payment of arrears of pension (Nomination) Rules, 1983

No.1(10)/2013-D(Pen/Policy) 

Government of India 

Ministry of Defence 

Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare

New Delhi-110011

 Dated: 29th August 2017

To

The Chief of the Army Staff

The Chief of the Naval Staff

The Chief of the Air Staff

SUB: (i) Payment of arrears of pension in cases where valid nomination has not been made under the payment of arrears of pension (Nomination) Rules, 1983; 

(ii) Payment of arrears of family pension-regarding.

Sir,

Attention is invited to provisions for payment of Arrears of Pension under Regulation 90 of Pension Regulation Part-II (2008), which provide that after the death of the Armed Force Pensioner, all money payable to the pensioner on account of pension due to the estate of a deceased pensioner may be paid to the nominee of the deceased Armed Forces Pensioner. In the absence of any nomination made by the Armed Forces Pensioner, the arrears of his/her pension are paid as per the "Will" if such a "Will" has been made by the deceased Armed Force Pensioner. In case neither nomination nor 'Will" has been made by the deceased Armed Forces Pensioner, the arrears of his/her pension are paid under the orders of the Pension Disbursing Authority to the heir without production of usual legal authority, if the gross amount of arrears of pension claim does not exceed Rs. 10,000=00, provided he is otherwise satisfied about the right of the claimant. If the gross amount of arrears of pension claim exceeds Rs. 10,000=00, the arrears of his/her  pension are paid under the orders of Principal Controller of Defence Accounts  (Pension) on execution of an Indemnity Bond in Form IAFA-642 duly stamped  for the gross amount due for payment with such sureties as may be deemed  necessary and accepted on behalf of the “President by an officer duly  authorized under Article 299(i) of the Constitution. In case of any doubt,  payment is made only to the person producing the legal authority.

2. Considering difficulties in obtaining the legal heir-ship-certificate it has been decided that in the absence of nominee or any "Will" of the deceased pensioner, the arrear of pension will be paid as under.-

(i) Under the orders of the Pension Disbursing Authority to the heir without production of legal authority, if the gross amount of arrears of pension claim  does not exceed Rs. 25,000/-, provided he is otherwise satisfied about the  right of the claimant.

(ii) If the gross amount of arrears of pension claims exceeds Rs 25,000/- but does not exceed Rs  2,50,000/-, under the orders of Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension) on execution of an Indemnity Bond in Form IAFA-642 duly stamped for the gross amount due for payment with such sureties as may be deemed necessary and accepted on behalf of the President by an officer duly authorized under article 299(i) of the Constitution. 

(iii) In case of any doubt and also in cases where the amount of arrear exceeds Rs 2,50,000/-, payment shall be made only to the person producing the legal authority.

3. Normally there should be two sureties both of known financial ability. However, in case the amount of claim is less than Rs 75,000/- the authority accepting the Indemnity Bond for and on behalf of President of India should decide on the merits of each case whether to accept only one surety instead of two. The obligor as well as the sureties executing the Indemnity Bond should have attained majority so that the bond has legal effect or force. The Bond is required to be accepted on behalf of the President by an Officer duly authorized under Article 299(i) of Constitution. 

4. This Ministry letter No. 1(16)/2009-D(Pen/Policy) dated 15.03.2010 stipulates that in the event of death of a family pensioner, the right to receive any arrears of family pension would automatically pass on to the eligible member of the family next in line. The requirement of succession certificate for payment of any arrears occurs only where there is no member in family who is eligible to receive family pension after the death of the family pensioner. Therefore, it has been decided that the provision of this letter will also apply to the payment of arrears of family pension where no member of family is eligible to receive family pension. 

5. These orders will not be applicable In the cases where valid nomination exist under GOI, MOD letter No.4(2)84/868/B/D(Pens/Services) dated 09.05.1984. 

6. This issue with the concurrence of Ministry of Defence (Finance/Pension) vide their ID No. 10(04)/2017/Fin/Pen dated 03 August 2017

Yours faithfully

sd/-

(Manoj Sinha)

Under Secretary to the Government of India 

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7th CPC Allowances : Daily Allowance

7th CPC Allowances : Daily Allowance 

Daily Allowance - All provisions will apply to Railways Personnel also. - Existing system of Daily allowance in the Ministry of Railways to continue.

Level Ceiling for Reimbursement per day
14 and above Rs. 7500
12 and 13 Rs. 4500
9 to 11 Rs. 2250
6 to 8 Rs. 750
5 and below Rs. 450

Amount Payable
If absence from HQ <6 30="" da="" hrs="" p="">If absence from HQ
between 6-12 hrs
70% DA
If absence from HQ >12 hrs 100% DA

Ceiling of reimbursement will further rise by 25 percent whenever DA increases by 50%.

Eighty One Lakh Aadhaar Numbers Have Been Deactivated

81 lakh Aadhaar numbers have been deactivated

"Deactivation (suspension) of Aadhaar numbers was done as per the Aadhaar Life Cycle Management (ALCM) guideline."

The Aadhaar numbers are deactivated for a number of reason(s) as stated in Section 27 and 28 of Aadhaar (Enrolment & Update) Regulations, 2016. Till date, approximately 81 lakh Aadhaar numbers have been deactivated. The State-wise, year-wise and reason-wise data is not maintained by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

Prior to enactment of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, the deactivation (suspension) of Aadhaar numbers was done as per the Aadhaar Life Cycle Management (ALCM) guideline. Subsequent to the enactment of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, the provisions of the Aadhaar Life Cycle Management were incorporated in the Aadhaar (Enrolment & Update) Regulations, 2016 and deactivation of Aadhaar numbers is done as per these Regulations.

The authority to deactivate the Aadhaar number rests with Regional Offices of UIDAI. In addition, deactivation of Aadhaar due to mixed/anomalous biometrics is done by the UIDAI Technology Centre. As per the laid down procedure, “Any Case reported/ identified as a possible case of requiring omission/deactivation may require a field enquiry which may include hearing the persons whose Aadhaar number is sought to be omitted or deactivated.”

7th CPC - Appeal For Restoration Of Option 1 For Revision Of Pension Of Pre-2016 Pensioners

Central Government Pensioners: Appeal for restoration of Option 1 recommended by 7th Central Pay Commission for Revision of Pension of Pre-2016 Pensioners

7th CPC  :  Appeal for restoration of option 1  for Revision of Pension of Pre-2016 Pensioners

No. RSCWS/ HO / 7th CPC/2017-16

Dated: 23rd August, 2017

Shri Narindera Modi, Hon. Prime Minister India, 152, South Block, New Delhi-110001

Shri Arun Jaitley, Hon. Minister of Finance, Govt. of India, North Block, New Delhi-110001

Shri Jitendra Singh, Hon. MOS Personnel, PG & Pension, GOI, North Block, New Delhi-110001

Dear Sir,

Subject: Appeal for restoration of Option 1 recommended by 7th Central Pay Commission for Revision of Pension of Pre-2016 Pensioners - For Parity of Pension between Pre & Post-2016 Central Government Pensioners

Reference: i) DOP&PW OM No.38/37/2016-P&PW(A) dated 12th May, 2017 & 6th July, 2017 ii) Para 10.1.67 of 7th CPC Report for grant of Parity of Pension of Pre & Post Seventh CPC Pensioners

1. We draw your kind attention to the sad plight of large majority of Central Government Pensioners – especially the Pre-2006 Pensioners and more so the Pre-1996 Pensioners, who will suffer a major financial loss in fixation of their Revised Pension on account of an unjust decision on implementation of 7th CPC Report vide DOP&PW OM dated 12-5-2017 cited above.

2. The Seventh Central Pay Commission (CPC) in Para 10.1.67 & 10.1.68 of its Report had for the first time conceded the long pending demand of the Central Government Pensioners for Parity of Pension between the Pre and Post CPC Pensioners and had recommended the following pension formulation for civil employees including CAPF personnel who had retired before 01.01.2016:

i) All the Civilian personnel including CAPF who retired prior to 01.01.2016 (expected date of implementation of the Seventh CPC recommendations) shall first be fixed in the Pay Matrix being recommended by this Commission, on the basis of the Pay Band and Grade Pay at which they retired, at the minimum of the corresponding level in the matrix. This amount shall be raised, to arrive at the notional pay of the retiree, by adding the number of increments he/she had earned in that level while in service, at the rate of three percent. Fifty percent of the total amount so arrived at shall be the revised pension. 

ii) The second calculation to be carried out is as follows. The pension, as had been fixed at the time of implementation of the VI CPC recommendations, shall be multiplied by 2.57 to arrive at an alternate value for the revised pension. 

iii) Pensioners be given option of choosing whichever formulation is beneficial to them.

3. Option 1, cited above, was very much feasible to implement as recommended by 7th CPC for revision of Pension of old Pension since according to the survey conducted by the DOP&PW, it was accepted that the Service Records of over 80% of old Pensioners were available, while those of the others could be re-built as per procedure prescribed in the Rules and as was done after 5th & 6th CPC and as per orders of the Courts in numerous cases.

4. Regrettably, the Committee formed by the Government, to consider the feasibility of implementation of Option 1 recommended by the Seventh CPC, while finding it non-feasible, did not care for the interest of the more than 80% of the Pensioners merely to save the Administration from the botheration of Re-building the Service Records of the rest less than 20% Pensioners. This was a great injustice since the 80% of the Pensioners who’s Records are available, shall suffer a loss of Pension just because of missing records of the rest 20%.

5. Instead, the Government accepted the following formula vide OM Dated 12-5-2017, as recommended by the Committee on Feasibility of Option 1:

"the revised pension/family pension w.e.f. 01.01.2016 in respect of all Central civil pensioners/family pensioners, including CAPF's, who retired/died prior to 01.01.2016, may be revised by notionally fixing their pay in the pay matrix recommended by the 7th CPC in the level corresponding to the pay in the pay scale/pay band and grade pay at which they retired/died. This will be done by notional pay fixation under each intervening Pay Commission based on the Formula for revision of pay. While fixing pay on notional basis the pay fixation formulae approved by the Government and other relevant instructions on the subject in force at the relevant time shall be strictly followed. 50% of the notional pay as on 01.01.2016 shall be the revised pension and 30% of this notional pay shall be the revised family pension w.e.f. 1.1.2016 as per the first Permutation."

6. The above said formula will very seriously and adversely affect the Revised pension of a large majority of the Pre-2016 Pensioners on account of following reasons:

• a) "Parity of Pension" between Pre and Post-2016 Pensioners - recommended by the Seventh CPC - would be denied to the Pre-2016 Pensioners.
• b) In the process of notional pay fixation in successive Pay Commissions, there is a lot of dilution particularly for pensioners who retired in 4th CPC period resulting in big financial loss.
• c) Irrespective of the date of retirement, Option 1 would have given the same pension to pre-2016 pensioners depending upon the number of increments earned in the last Level. By denying option 1 there will be sub-groups even within the homogenous group of pre-2016 pensioners.
• d) None of the above losses would occur to the Pre-2016 Pensioners if the Option 1 recommended by the 7th CPC is implemented and if the new formula is allowed as a 3rd Option in addition to Option 1 & 2 Recommended by the 7th CPC in the interest of natural justice to all Pre-2016 Pensioners.
• 2. It is, therefore, requested that the Pension of Pre-2016 Pensioners be fixed at the highest of the 3 Options - including first two Options as recommended by 7th CPC and 3rd Option as accepted by the Government and Notified vide DOP&PW OM Dated 12-5-2017.

Hoping for a favourable consideration & thanking you in anticipation. With kind regards,

Yours faithfully,

S/d,

(Harchandan Singh)

Source : RSCWS

Revision Of The 6th CPC Pay Scale Of Rs. 4440-7440 (-1S)

Revision of the 6th CPC Pay Scale of Rs. 4440-7440 (-1S)

JCM requests to Ministry of Finance that kindly consider the issue of pay revision of non-matric employees appointed on compassionate ground in 6th CPC pay scale -1S(4440-7440) w.e.f. 1/1/2016 on the basis of 7th CPC.

Shiva Gopal Mishra

Secretary

National Council (Staff Side)

Joint Consultative Machinery

for Central Government Employees

13-C. Ferozshah Road, New Delhi - 110001

No.NC-JCM-2017/Fin.

August 24, 2017

The Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Department of Expenditure,
North Block,
New Delhi.

Sub: Revision of the 6th CPC Pay Scale of Rs. 4440-7440 (-1S)

Dear Sir,

Alter the implementation of 6th CPC recommendations the minimum entry qualification for Central Government job is kept as Matriculation or ITI. However candidates who are not Matric/ITI qualified are recruited in the -1S pay scale of Rs. 4440-7440 and kept in the same pay scale till they acquire the Matriculation qualification. However the pay scale is not yet revised even after the implementation of the 7th CPC pay scales w.e.f. 1/1/2016.  This is causing undue financial hardship to the concerned employees.  It is therefore requested that you may kindly consider the above issue and necessary instructions may please be issued revising the above pay scale w.e.f. 1/1/2016 on the basis of 7th CPC

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

(Shiva Gopal Mishra)

Secretary

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Relaxation Of Residency Period For Promotion Of Junior Accounts Assistance - Railway Board

Relaxation of residency period for promotion of Jr. Accounts Asstt (GP 2800/-) as Accounts Asstt (GP 4200/-) on Indian Railways

No. II/6/Part 8 

Dated: 23/08/2017

The Secretary (E),

Railway Board,

New Delhi

Dear Sir,

Sub: Relaxation of residency period for promotion of Jr. Accounts Asstt (GP 2800/-) as Accounts Asstt (GP 4200/-) on Indian Railways-reg.

NFIR invites kind attention of the Railway Board to the provisions made in the Indian Railway Establishment Manual Vol. I (2009 Edition) - Para 171 (5) wherein it has been stipulated that the posts of Accounts Assistants in GP 4200/PB-2 will be filled by promotion of Jr. Accounts Assistants in GP 2800/- on completion of three years service in the Grade and on passing Appendix-ll Examination. The said para of the IREM is reproduced below:-

"The posts in the grade of Accounts Assistants in Scale Rs. 1400-2600 will be filled by promotion of Junior Accounts Assistants in Scale Rs. 1200-2040 after they have completed three years service in the grade and passed Appendix II examination. Provided that the condition of passing the Appendix II Examination will not be applicable to those Jr. Accounts Assistants, who were promoted as such against un-qualified senior suitable quota as per clause 3 (ii) above".

2. Further the Federation brings to the notice of Railway Board that vide provision contained in Para 215 (a) of IREM (Rules governing the promotion of Group ‘C’ Staff) - Section B/Chapter I, it has been laid down that for promotion within Group ‘C’, a minimum of 2 years service in the immediate lower Grade is necessary.

In view of the above, Federation proposes that the minimum residency period of three years for promotion of J AA to Accounts Assistants with the condition of passing Appendix 11 IREM Examination be reduced to two years for ensuring equitable justice to staff.

NFIR, therefore, requests the Railway Board to kindly consider the above points and amend the extant provision of 3 years residency period to two years as is in vogue in other than Accounts Department/which would enable appendix qualified staff to get promotion to the post of Accounts Assistant.

Federation may please be replied of action being taken on the above proposal.

Yours faithfully,

sd/-

(Dr. M. Raghavaiah)

General Secretary

Source: NFIR

Merger Of Public Sector Banks Hold Massive Demonstration Call Of UFBU

Merger of PSBs Hold Massive Demonstration Call of UFBU

Circular No: 24/2017

24th August, 2017

To all Affiliates/Office Bearers/CC/GC Members

Dear Comrades,

Move for Merger of PSBs

Hold Massive Demonstration

Call of UFBU

This is further to our Circular No.23/2017 of yesterday. You were informed of the decision of Central Cabinet meeting held yesterday to constitute "alternative mechanism" for giving in principle approval for merger of public sector banks in the name of consolidation.

Through our circular referred above we expressed our strong sense of resentment against the decision of the Central Cabinet as we are of the firm opinion that the decision of the Cabinet is nothing but a ploy to go ahead with the hidden agenda of privatisation of public sector banks.

UFBU, through telephonic consultations among the constituents, has decided to hold demonstrations at all State Capitals and major centres at the earliest, the date for which will be decided by state units of UFBU depending upon local convenience.

We call upon all our units to take immediate initiative for holding meetings/consultations of/with state units/constituents of UFBU and to decide the date for holding the demonstration at State Capitals and all major centres of concerned States.

All our State units have to ensure maximum mobilisation of our members in respective areas.

With greetings,

Comradely yours

sd/-

(PRADIP BISWAS)

GENERAL SECRETARY

Source: www.befi.in

Minutes Of The First Meeting Of Departmental Anomaly Committee To Settle The Anomalies Arising Out Of 7th CPC

Minutes of the First Meeting of Departmental Anomaly Committee to settle the anomalies arising out of the implementation of 7th CPC.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(RAILWAY BOARD)

NO. PC-VII/2016/DAC/1

New Delhi, dated : 25.8.2017

The General Secretary,

All India Railwaymen's Federation

4, State Entry Road

New Delhi- 110055.

The General Secretary,

National Federation of

Indian Railwaymen,

3-Chemsford Road,

News Delhi - 110055.

Room No.256-E, Rail Bhawan.

Dear Sirs,

Sub: First Meeting of Departmental Anomaly Committee to settle the anomalies arising out of the implementation of 7th CPC.

Ref: Draft Minutes circulated vide letter dated 21.07.2017.

The minutes of the first meeting of Departmental Anomaly Committee held on 20.06.2017, finalised in consulation withe the Federations are enclosed.

Yours sincerely,

For Secretary Railway Board

Minutes of the First Meeting of Departmental Anomaly Committee held on 20.06.2017

The first meeting of Departmental Anomaly Commitee (DAC) was held on 20.06.2017 at 11 A.M.in Room No.402. The Following attended the meeting.

Official Side 

i) Shri Manoi Pande, AM (Staff)

ii) Shri Tanveer Ahmed, EDF (E)

iii) Shri Dhruv Singh, EDPC-I

iv) Shri Alok Kumar, ED E(IR)

v) Shri S. Balachandra iyer, EDPC-II

The Federations:

AIRF	NFIR
1. Shri Rakhal Das Gupta, President	1. Shri Guman Singh, President
2. Shri Shiv Gopal Mishra, General Secretary	2. Dr. M.Raghavaiah, General Secretary
3. Shri J R Bhosle, Treasurer	3. Dr. R.P. Bhatnagar, Working President

2. Shri Manoj Pande, AM (Staff), Chairman/DAC welcomed all the representatives to the meeting and started that the purpose of the meeting is to address the anomalies arising out of the implementation of 7th CPC as defined in DoPT'S OM dated 16th August, 2016 and circulated vide Ministry of Railways letter no.PC-VII/2016/DAC/1 dated 29-03.2017 and PC-VII/2016/DAC/1 dated 25.5.2017. As advised through these letters, anomaly will include the following cases:

(a) Where the official Side and Staff Side are of the opinion that any recommendation is in contravention of the principle or the policy enunciated by the Seventh Central Pay Commission itself without the Commission assigning any reason;

(b) where the maximum of the level in the Pay Matrix corresponding to the applicable Grade pay in the Pay Band under pre-revised structure, as notified vide CCS(RP) Rules, 2016 is less than the amount an employees is entitled to be fixed at, as per the formula for fixation of pay contained in the Said Rules;

(c) Where the Official Side and the Staff Side of the opinion that the vertical and horizontal relatives have been disturbed as a result of the 7th Central Pay Commission to give rise to anomalous situation.

3. It was also stated by AM(Staff) that both the federations were requested to submit the agenda items which have been abserved as anomalies within the provisons of anomalies as defined in the aforesaid letters. As agenda was given only by NFIR, on the NFIR agenda items remarks were circulated to the participants of the meeting.

4. Dr. M. Raghaviiah, General Secretary, NFIR staied in his introduction speech that the definition of anomaly should be interpreted liberally. The official side and the staff side should jointly workout a consensus to identify the issues coming wiihin the definition of 'anomaly' to ensure that Railway employees are given justice' He said that careful examination and ground realities would reveal that anomalies arisen in Railways specific categories are needed to he addressed judiciously. He also brought out following issues/suggestions.

During the implementation of 6th CPC after due discussions Ministry of Railways sent a detailed proposal in respect of various anomalies especially in respect of pay structure of Technical Supervisors to Ministry of Finance and DoP&T. However, Ministry of Railways failed to place these proposals before 7th CPC. 

Till the implementation of 6th CPC recommendations the pay structure of Technical Supervisors were placed on a higher pedestal on comparison With pay structure of the corresponding categories of Accounts Department. With the implementation of 6th CPC pay structure the relatives in the case of the Technical Supervisors category of Indian Railways got disturbed and 7th CPC also did not address this core issue which is affecting thousands of employees. 

Various proposals/references sent to the Ministry of Finance and Department of Personnel and Training are not getting addressed and thereby the issues remain unresolved. As such Ministry of Railways may try find out an in house mechanism for addressing these issues. In support of this, past precedent of 1997 was quoted. 

Certain factual inaccuracies have crept into the 7th CPC Report which need to be addressed. For example, though there was demand from the federations to raise the entry qualification in respect of Assistant Loco to Diploma as recommended by Dr.Anil Kakodar, Chairman, HLSRC, wheras, the 7th CPC had wrongly quoted in its report that Federations have demanded Degree qualification. He cited para 11.40.63 of the 7th CPC report and wanted DAC to take note of this for appropriate action. 

5. W.r.t the points raised by Dr. Raghavaiah, the Offical Side clarified that all the factual position and historical background were brought before 7th CPC w.r.t the anomalies existing in respect of the pay structure of Technical supervisors.

6. Shri Shiv Gopal Mishra, General Secretary/AIRF took up the issue regarding upgradation of pay structure in respect of Accounts, and CMA cadre as per the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission and stated that there has been no action on implementing these recommendations.

7. As regards, AIRF's is Sue regarding upgradation of pay structure of various categories of Indian Railways, it was stated by Official Side that while approving the recommendations of 7th CPC, Ministry of Finance in its resolution dated 25.07.2016 decided to refer the recommendations of 7th CPC to upgrade the pay structure of thirteen categories in various Ministries including Accounts and CMA cadres of Indian Railways to DoP&T for taking a comprehensive view. In pursuance of the decision of Ministry of Finance the issue was referred to DoP&T enclosing all the communications made by Ministry of Railways with 7th CPC and implementation Cell in this regard. DoP&T after due consideration, in the first week of April 2017 returned these proposals stating that in terms of Transaction of Business Rule (TBR) the upgradation of pay structure is an issue coming under the domain of Department of Expenditure and accordingly advised to refer the issue to Department of Expenditure for taking a decision. The matter is under submission to Board for sending to Department of Expenditure. While acknowledging the 7th CPC recommendation and the Federation's demand in this case, the Official Side also pointed out that historical relatives across cadres have to be kept in mind.

8. The 28 point agenda given by NFIR was briefly taken up for discussion. The comments of the Nodal Directorate on these issues were shared to all the delegates in the meeting. It is observed that certain issue such as item no. 20 (Perfusionist in Railways) item no. 18 (Dietician in Railways) already stand resolved. However, point wise detailed discussion of the agenda was not taken up for study to enable the Federation to respond to these comments.

9. Before concluding, It was started by the Official Side that various anomalous issues and demands such as non-replacement of -1S Scale, ambiguity in 14.29% increase in pay fixation in the case of Running Staff category, Upgradation of pay structure of Railway Dressers, clarifications on FR (22) options and "bunching" increments, improvement in Technical Supervisors' and Group 'B'officers pay'scales have already been taken up with Ministry of Finance for redresial.

The meeting ended with a note of thanks to the Chair.

(Jaya Kumar G)

Deputy Director, pay Commission-VII

Railway Board

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Historical Perspective on Pay Structure of CG Employees

Historical Perspective on Pay Structure of Central Government Employees

The thrust of all the previous Pay Commissions has been to propose an improvement in the pay structure by way of ‘simplification and rationalisation.’ The most visible results of this exercise are evident in terms of reduction in number of pay scales as well as the compression ratio. 

Traditionally, compression ratio has been taken as a ratio of maximum salary drawn by the Secretary to Government of India to minimum salary drawn by the lowest functionary in the government. Table 1 below brings out the trend in pay structure in the government of India over the years:

It can be seen from the table above that successive Pay Commissions have consciously tried to reduce the number of pay scales even though they tended to increase during the intervening period between any two Pay Commissions. There were, however, no significant changes in the pay structure per se until the IV CPC, when the concept of running pay scales was introduced in a limited way in respect of Defence forces. For others, individual pay scales continued till the V CPC. 

It was the VI CPC which recommended running pay bands for both Civilians as well as Defence forces. This was coupled with the introduction of the concept of Grade Pay as a level differentiator. Another new feature was the calculation of the annual increment on percentage basis. Prior to VI CPC, the increment was a flat sum, depending on the pay scale. 

The effort at compression of levels was carried forward by the VI CPC, which reduced the existing 35 levels to 19. Another radical measure was the doing away with ‘GroupD’ as a category and placement of ‘Group-D’ personnel in ‘Group-C’ after appropriate training whenever necessary. Hence, it can be seen that the simplification process set in motion by previous Pay Commissions.

Cabinet Approves New Central Sector Scheme - "Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana"

Cabinet approves New Central Sector Scheme - "Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana" 

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the renaming of the new Central Sector Scheme - SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) as "Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) " for the period of 2016-20 coterminous with the 14th Finance Commission cycle. Earlier, CCEA in its meeting held in May, 2017 approved the new Central Sector Scheme - SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) with same allocation and period .

Objective:

The objective of PMKSY is to supplement agriculture, modernize processing and decrease Agri-Waste.

Financial Allocation:

PMKSY with an allocation of Rs. 6,000 crore is expected to leverage investment of Rs. 31,400 crore, handling of 334 lakh MT agro-produce valuing Rs. 1,04,125 crore, benefit 20 lakh farmers and generate 5,30,500 direct/ indirect employment in the country by the year 2019-20.

Impact: 

• The implementation of PMKSY will result in creation of modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management from farm gate to retail outlet.

• It will provide a big boost to the growth of food processing sector in the country.

• It will help in providing better prices to farmers and is a big step towards doubling of farmers’ income.

• It will create huge employment opportunities especially in the rural areas.

• It will also help in reducing wastage of agricultural produce, increasing the processing level, availability of safe and convenient processed foods at affordable price to consumers and enhancing the export of the processed foods.'

Measures to give a boost to Food Processing Sector:

Food Processing Sector has emerged as an important segment of the Indian economy in terms of its contribution to GDP, employment and investment. During 2015-16, the sector constituted as much as 9.1 and 8.6 per cent of GVA in Manufacturing and Agriculture sector respectively.

The manifesto of NDA Government stresses upon incentivizing the setting up of food processing industry for providing better income for the farmers and creating jobs.

Government has taken various other measures to boost food processing sector as follows: 

(a) To provide impetus to investment in food processing and retail sector, govt. has allowed 100% FDI in trading including through e-commerce, in respect of food products manufactured and / or produced in India. This will benefit farmers immensely and will create back - end infrastructure and significant employment opportunities.

(b) The govt. has also set up a Special Fund of Rs. 2000 crore in NABARD to make available affordable credit at concessional rate of interest to designated food parks and agro processing units in the designated food parks.

(c) Food and agro-based processing units and cold chain infrastructure have been brought under the ambit of Priority Sector Lending (PSL) to provide additional credit for food processing activities and infrastructure thereby, boosting food processing, reducing wastage, create employment and increasing farmers' income.

Background:

PMKSY is an umbrella scheme incorporating ongoing schemes of the Ministry like Mega Food Parks, Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure, etc. and also new schemes like Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters, Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages, Creation / Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities.

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National Anomaly Committee related letter of the JCM (Staff Side)

National Anomaly Committee related letter of the JCM (Staff Side)

Shiva Gopal Mishra
Secretary
Ph: 23382286

National Council (Staff Side)

Joint Consultative Machinery

for Central Government Employees

13-C, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi - 110001

E-Mail : nc.jcm.np@gmail.com

No.NC-JCM-2017/7th CPC Anomaly

Dated: August 23, 2017

Dear Comrades

Kindly refer to your letter requesting us to take up certain issues in the National Anomaly Committee. We, having considered the definition of the anomaly and the ambit of the NAC, taken up the issues which are placed on our website. Some of the issues brought to our notice are actually “demands” in the charter and, we have reserved the same for taking up in the Standing Committee as Agenda.

These, apart from department specific items/issues, i.e. pertaining to one single department, are to be taken up in the Departmental Anomaly committee.

If you have any objection over our decision in the matter, kindly write to us or call on us immediately. No requisition received after 30th August 2017 may be able to be considered by us.

With greetings,

Yours fraternally,

sd/-

(Shiva Gopal Mishra)

Secretary

Source: NC JCM Staff Side

Meaning Of An Ex-Servicemen - Revised Definition

Meaning of an Ex-Servicemen - Revised Definition

WHO IS AN EX-SERVICEMEN

DEFINITION OF EX-SERVICEMEN

Those who were released between 01 Jul 66 and 30 Jun 68 (both days inclusive) - Any person who has served in any rank (whether as a combatant or not) in the Armed Forces of the Union, has been released there from otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency

(Authority : Min of Home Affairs Notification No F.14/26/64-Estt(D) dated 11 Oct 1966)

Those who were released between 01 Jul 68 and 30 Jun 71 (both days inclusive) - Any person who has served in any rank (whether as a combatant or not) in the Armed Forces of the Union for a continuous period of not less than six months and released there from otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency

(Authority : Min of Home Affairs Notification No 14/11/68-Estt(D)/Estt -C) dated 13 Feb 69)

Those who were released between 01 Jul 71 and 30 Jun 74 (both days inclusive) Any person who has served in any rank (whether as a combatant or not) in the Armed Forces of the Union and has been released there from otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency

(Authority : Cabinet Secretariat, Department of Personnel Notification No 13/3/71-Ests(C) dated 14 Oct 71)

Those who were released between 01 Jul 74 and 30 Jun 79 (both days inclusive)  ESM means a person who has served in any rank(whether as a combatant or non -combatant) in the Armed forces of the Union, for a continuous period of not less than six months after attestation and has been released there from otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency.

(Authority : Cabinet Secretariat, Department . of Personnel & Administrative Reforms Notification No 13/24/73-Estt(C) dated 26 Oct 74)

Those who were releasedbetween 01 Jul 79 and 30 Jun 87 (both days inclusive) Any person who has served in any rank(whether as combatant or not)in the armed forces of the Union for a continuous period of not less than six months after attestation if discharged for reasons other than at their own request or by way or dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency and not less than five years service if discharged at own request.

(Authority : Department . of Personnel & Administrative Reforms Notification No 39016/10/79-Estt(C) dated 15 Dec 79)

Those who were released on or after 01 Jul 87 – Any person who has served in any rank (whether as combatant or not) in the armed forces of the Union and was released/retired with any kind of pension from Defence Budget or released on completion of specific terms of engagement with gratuity otherwise than at his own request or by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency.

(Authority : DOP&T OM No 36034/5/85-Estt(SCT) dated 14 Apr 87)

Personnel of Territorial Army  Who are pension holders ;for continuous embodied service, persons with disability attributable to military service and gallantry award winners retired on or after 15 Nov 86.

(Authority : DOP&T OM No 36034/5/85-Estt(SCT) dated 14 Apr 87)

Personnel of Army Postal Service  Personnel of Army Postal Service , who are a part of regular Army and retire from such service (that is directly from APS without reversion to P&T Department) with a pension or who have been released from such service on medical grounds attributable to military service or circumstances beyond their control and awarded medical or other disability pension shall come within the definition of ex-servicemen

(Authority : Min of Defence OM No 9(52)/88/D)(Res) dated 19 Jul 89)

Note : As per Govt. of India, Min of Def/Department of ESW OM No 1(9)/2010/D(Res-I) dated 20/21 Jul 2011, personnel who were on deputation in APS for more than six months prior to 14 Apr 87 would also be considered as ex-servicemen with all consequential benefits.

Recruits  Who are boarded out/released on medical grounds and granted medical/disability pension. However, the operation of the OM has been kept in abeyance for issuance of notification by DOP&T.

(Authority : Min of Def/Department of ESW OM No 12/1/2005/D(Res) dated 01 Feb 2006)

Those who were released on or after 10 Oct 2012

An ex-servicemen means a person-

(i) Who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non combatant in the Regular Army, Navy and Air Force of the Indian Union and
(a) Who either has been retired or relieved or discharged from such service whether at his own request or being relieved by the employer after earning his or her pension; or
(b) Who has been relieved from such service on medical grounds attributable to military service or circumstances beyond his control and awarded medical or other disability pension; or
(c) Who has been released from such service as a result of reduction in establishment; or
(ii) who has been released from such service after completing the specific period of engagement, otherwise than at his own request, or by way of dismissal, or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency and has been given gratuity; and includes personnel of the Territorial Army, namely, pension holders for continuous embodied service or broken spells of qualifying service; or
(iii) personnel of the Army Postal Service who are part of Regular Army and retired from the Army Postal Service without reversion to their parent service on medical grounds attributable to or aggravated by military service or circumstances beyond their control and awarded medical or other disability pension; or
(iv) Personnel, who were on deputation in Army Postal Service for more than six months prior to the 14th April,1987; or
(v) Ex-recruits boarded out or relieved on medical ground and granted medical disability pension irrespective of the date of boarding out/release.

Authority: DOP&T office Memo No.36034/1/2006-Estt(Res) dated 04 Oct 2012 and this order came into force from the date it is published in the Gazette of India vide G.S.R 757(E) dated 10th Oct 2012.)

Authority - Ministry of Defence, Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare D(Res I) OM dated 07th July 2014 ex-recruits have been granted ESM Status irrespective of the date of boarding out/release.

Note : The eligibility of the person to the status of ex-servicemen will be governed by the definition in vogue at the time of his discharge and will not be affected by the changes in the definition subsequent to the discharge.

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7th CPC : Constant Attendant Allowance - Railway Board

7th CPC : Constant Attendant Allowance

PC-VII No.: 44/2017

RBE No. 101/2017

GOVERNMENT or INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)

(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. F(E)III/2009/PN1/6

New Delhi, Dated : 22.08.2017

The GMs/FA'&;CAOs,

All Zonal Railways/Production Units,

(As per mailing list)

Subject: Implementation of Government's decision on the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission on CCS (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 1939 - Enhancement of Constant Attendant Allowance.

A copy of Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare (DOP&;PW)'s O.M. No. 1/4/2017-P&;PW(F) dated 2nd August, 2017  on the above cited subject is enclosed for information and compliance. These instructions shall apply mutatis mutandis on Railways also. CCS (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 1939 mentioned in DOP&;PW's O.M., corresponds to Railway Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 1993.

S/d,

(G. Priya Sudarsani)

Joint Director, Finance (Estt.),

Railway Board.

D.A.: As above.

7th Pay Commission -  Constant Attendant Allowance under CCS

 No.1/4/2017-P&;PW (F)

Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare

 3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,

Khan Market, New Delhi-110 003

Dated the 2nd August, 2017.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:Implementation of Government's decision on the recommendation of the VIIth Pay Commission on CCS (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 1939 - Enhancement of Constant Attendant Allowance.

The undersigned is directed to say that at present Constant Attendant Allowance (CAA) is Granted to pensioners who retired on disability pension under the CCS(Extraordinary Pension) Rules 1939, with 100% disability (where the individual is completely dependent on somebody else for day-to-day function). The Constant Attendant Allowance is paid in addition to the disability pension. The present rate of Constant Attendant Allowance admissible is Rs.4500/- per month.

2.Consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of the 7th

Central Pay Commission on Allowances, Government has accepted the recommendation of 7th Central Pay Commission to increase the Constant Attendant Allowance by a factor 1.5, ie. to Rs.6750/- per month. Accordingly, sanction of the President is hereby conveyed for enhancement of the amount of Constant Attendant Allowance from the existing Rs.4500/- to Rs.6750/- per month.

3. These orders will take effect from 01.07.2017.

4. In so far as persons belonging to Indian Audit and Accounts Department, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller &; Auditor General of India.

5. These orders are issued with the concurrence of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) vide, their OM No.11-1/2016-IC dated 11.07.2017.

6. Hindi version will follow.

(Sujasha Choudhury)

Director

Tel: 24635979

To

All Ministry/Department of the Government of India as per standard distribution list.

LTC 80 Fares List - 1st August 2017

LTC 80 Fares List - 1st August 2017

SECTOR & V.V		HLTC (Economy Class)	DLTC (Executive Class)
		Base Fare	Base Fare
Agartala	Kolkata	5741	12601
Agatti	Bengaluru	10141
Agatti	Kochi	10421
Agra	Delhi	7531	18636
Agra	Khajuraho	5741	11001
Agra	Varanasi	6796	15872
Ahmedabad	Chennai	10376	33856
Ahmedabad	Delhi	8150	22948
Ahmedabad	Hyderabad	9226	25124
Ahmedabad	Mumbai	6201	18792
Aizawl	Imphal	6316	11800
Aizawl	Kolkata	6476	13853
Allahabad	Delhi	8391
Allahabad	Kanpur	7531
Allahabad	Mumbai	12351
Amritsar	Delhi	6216	18840
Amritsar	Mumbai	13461	35400
Amritsar	Nanded	13461	35400
Aurangabad	Delhi	10951	27872
Aurangabad	Mumbai	6301	17880
Bagdogra	Delhi	12666	27720
Bagdogra	Kolkata	7286	17840
Bhatinda	Delhi	6901
Bengaluru	Bhubaneshwar	11001	33340
Bengaluru	Chennai	6551	13396
Bengaluru	Delhi	13551	40276
Bengaluru	Goa	7001	20056
Bengaluru	Guwahati	16001	44668
Bengaluru	Hubli	6671
Bengaluru	Hyderabad	7301	21556
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Bengaluru	Kolkata	13351	37072
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Bengaluru	Mysore	6351
Bengaluru	Pune	8034	21368
Bengaluru	Tirupati	7071
Bengaluru	Trivandrum	7301	16948
Bengaluru	Vijayawada	7101
Bengaluru	Vishakhapatnam	9836
Bhavnagar	Mumbai	6786
Bhopal	Delhi	6651	22520
Bhopal	Hyderabad	7900
Bhopal	Indore	6131	12732
Bhopal	Jabalpur	6901
Bhopal	Mumbai	7206	23880
Bhopal	Pune	7101
Bhopal	Raipur	7180
Bhubaneshwar	Delhi	11951	33133
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Bhubaneshwar	Mumbai	12351	35108
Bhubaneshwar	Port Blair	14166
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Bhubaneshwar	Vishakhapatnam	6551
Bhuj	Mumbai	8391
Chandigarh	Delhi	6151	18668
Chandigarh	Jammu	6901
Chandigarh	Leh	6551	14032
Chandigarh	Mumbai	11786	35400
Chandigarh	Pune	11786	35400
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Chennai	Delhi	12106	40044
Chennai	Goa	8161	21052
Chennai	Hyderabad	6301	18328
Chennai	Kochi	7101	19312
Chennai	Kolkata	11516	36144
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Chennai	Portblair	12361	33312
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Chennai	Trivandrum	7451	19320
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Dehli	Dharamsala	6671
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Delhi	Gaya	9001	23844
Delhi	Goa	12471	33580
Delhi	Gorakhpur	7206
Delhi	Guwahati	13461	34224
Delhi	Gwalior	6901	12774
Delhi	Hyderabad	11351	34280
Delhi	Imphal	12731	38320
Delhi	Indore	6701	20988
Delhi	Jabalpur	8251
Delhi	Jaipur	5401	18040
Delhi	Jammu	6251	19156
Delhi	Jodhpur	7556	19100
Delhi	Kanpur	7171
Delhi	Khajuraho	7501	19996
Delhi	Kochi	16001	44988
Delhi	Kolkata	12011	34920
Delhi	Kozhikode	13701	40344
Delhi	Kullu	8151
Delhi	Leh	7351	20192
Delhi	Lucknow	6671	18840
Delhi	Mangalore	13551	40276
Delhi	Mumbai	11901	31680
Delhi	Nagpur	9321	23038
Delhi	Pantnagar	6151
Delhi	Patna	9301	23440
Delhi	Port Blair	25166	44988
Delhi	Pune	12351	37192
Delhi	Raipur	10001	28272
Delhi	Rajkot	11251	26856
Delhi	Ranchi	11761	27800
Delhi	Shimla	7001
Delhi	Srinagar	8051	22684
Delhi	Surat	11251	26856
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Delhi	Trivandrum	15806	44988
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Delhi	Vadodra	9201	25796
Delhi	Varanasi	7531	22600
Delhi	Vijayawada	11516	34194
Delhi	Vishakhapatnam	13351	36196
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Gaya	Kolkata	6351	14550
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Goa	Hyderabad	7101	19880
Goa	Kochi	6851	19123
Goa	Mumbai	7171	17120
Goa	Pune	6386	17880
Guwahati	Imphal	6751	17880
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Guwahati	Silchar	7101
Guwahati	Tezpur	5951
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Hubli	Mumbai	6671
Hyderabad	Jabalpur	7900
Hyderabad	Kolkata	12646	33340
Hyderabad	Mumbai	7101	19696
Hyderabad	Pune	7081	18912
Hyderabad	Tirupati	6506	17880
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Hyderabad	Vijayawada	6901	17880
Hyderabad	Vishakhapatnam	6796	17880
Imphal	Kolkata	6131	14480
Indore	Mumbai	6331	17128
Jaipur	Mumbai	10001	24316
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Jammu	Srinagar	6253	17880
Jamnagar	Mumbai	7031	16280
Jodhpur	Mumbai	9836	24180
Khajuraho	Varanasi	6786	19480
Kochi	Kozhikode	6253	17880
Kochi	Mumbai	11351	28068
Kochi	Trivandrum	6151	10804
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Kolkata	Mumbai	12136	38000
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Kolkata	Varanasi	7951
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Mumbai	Surat	6151
Mumbai	Trivandrum	13151	30552
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Silchar	Tezpur	5951
Tirupati	Vijayawada	6551
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