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Secretaries committee submits report on 7th Pay Commission, govt to soon announce it

New Delhi:The government is likely to soon announce the implementation of 7th Pay Commission that would hike the salaries and allowances for over 1 crore government employees and pensioners by at least 23.5 per cent. 

A Secretaries committee headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha has submitted its report on the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission which may be accepted, a financial ministry official said.

Based on the panel’s report, the Finance Ministry is preparing a Cabinet note and the issue may come up for approval by the Cabinet as early as June 29.

“Committee of Secretaries (CoS) has finalised its report on Pay Commission recommendations… We will soon (file) draft Cabinet note based on the report,” Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa said here today.

The government had in January set up a high-powered panel headed by Cabinet Secretary to process the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission which will have bearing on the remuneration of nearly 50 lakh central government employees and 58 lakh pensioners.

The Pay Commission had recommended 23.55 per cent overall hike in salaries, allowances and pension involving an additional burden of Rs 1.02 lakh crore or nearly 0.7 per cent of the GDP.

The panel recommended a 14.27 per cent increase in basic pay, the lowest in 70 years. The previous 6th Pay Commission had recommended a 20 per cent hike which the government doubled while implementing it in 2008.

The 23.55 per cent increase includes hike in allowances.

The entry level pay has been recommended to be raised to Rs 18,000 per month from current Rs 7,000 while the maximum pay, drawn by the Cabinet Secretary, has been fixed at Rs 2.5 lakh per month from current Rs 90,000.

Sources said the secretaries’ panel may have recommended higher pay increase, with minimum entry level pay at Rs 23,500 a month and maximum salary of Rs 3.25 lakh.

While the Budget for 2016-17 fiscal did not provide an explicit provision for implementation of the 7th Pay Commission, the government had said the once-in-a-decade pay hike for government employees has been built in as interim allocation for different ministries.

Around Rs 70,000 crore has been provisioned for it, officials said.

Lavasa said the 7th Pay Commission report will be effective from January 1.

Source : Sen Times

7th Pay Commission proposal to be placed in cabinet on Wednesday

New Delhi: The 7th Pay Commission award will be cleared in the Cabinet meeting which will take place on Wednesday.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) today directed the Finance Ministry to implement the 7th Pay Commission award, results of which could be termed as a huge bonanza for 4.8 million central government employees and 5.2 million pensioners.

The central government employees are likely to get hike basic pay around 20 per cent.

The implementation of the 7th Pay Commission award is estimated to put an additional burden of Rs 1.02 lakh crore, or 0.7 per cent of GDP, on the exchequer in 2016-17, according to reports.

The basic pay and pension of central government employees will have retroactive effect from January 1, 2016, but the allowances would be paid from the implemented date of 7th Pay Commission.

Finance Ministry official involved with the process of 7th Pay Commission recommendations’ implementation said on Monday that 7th Pay Commission proposal will be placed before cabinet on Wednesday by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

Source : Sen Times

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Special Cover on "Gracula religiosa Peninsularis" – 25th June 2016.

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FREQUENT ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQS) ON THE ISSUE OF RESIDENCE/DOMICILE AND CASTE/TRIBE CERTIFICATES

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Constitution of Transfer and Placement Committees in the Department of Posts for recommending transfers/postings of the officers/officials of the Department

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Transfer Policy to regulate transfers of officers/officials, other than the officers of Indian Postal Service, Group 'A' of Department of Posts

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Holidays for Central Government Employees during year 2017

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Govt to keep 7th Pay Commission award in ‘abeyance’ due to Brexit

New Delhi: The government is likely to keep 7th Pay Commission award in “abeyance” on account of following increased volatility in the markets as a result of Brexit.

“The process of 7th Pay Commission award, which is likely to be implemented within two months, which will be kept in abeyance on account of following increased volatility in the markets as a result of Brexit,” A Finance Ministry top official told The Sen Times on Friday on condition of anonymity.

He further said “the issue of increased volatility in the markets as a result of Britain’s exit from the European Union may compel the government to keep in abeyance the 7th Pay Commission award as the market would take 4-5 months to get stabilized. However the government wants to implement the 7th Pay Commission award speedily…in a time bound manner.”

Fearing a steep jump in inflation, Finance Ministry is likely to scale down the the proposal of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries headed by cabinet Secretary P K Sinha, who is proceeding the 7th Pay Commission report, he added.

The Empowered Committee of Secretaries recommended a 30 per cent increase in the central government employees’ basic pay and minimum basic pay to Rs 24,000 per month and the maximum basic pay Rs 2,70,000.

They also recommended for doubling of existing rates of allowances and advances, which had been recommended for abolition by 7th Pay Commission like risk allowance, small family allowance, festival advance, motor cycle advance.

The 7th Pay Commission headed by Justice A K Mathur had suggested a maximum basic pay of Rs 2,50,000 and a minimum of Rs 18,000.

The basic pay and pension for 4.8 million central government employees and 5.2 million central pensioners will have retroactive effect from January 1, 2016, but the allowances would be paid from the implemented date of 7th Pay Commission.

Implementation of 7th Pay Commission award is estimated to put an additional burden of Rs 1.02 lakh crore, or 0.7 per cent of GDP, on the exchequer in 2016-17.

Source : Sen Times

India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) Logo and Tagline Design Competition

With over 1.54 lakh branches across the country, India Post enjoys the love and trust of millions of Indians. The objective of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) is to provide affordable and useful banking services to people who don’t just have limited access to banks, but might never have banked before. This is true financial inclusion. With a network spanning across every corner of the country, the postal service will now deliver prosperity to rural India as well as semi urban towns.

Now Government of India starts conducting logo design and tagline competition for India Post Payment Bank. The design must be the visual identity of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB). The winner will get prize money of Rs 50,000. The last date for submissions is 9th July, 2016.

Following are the terms and conditions for this competition

By participating in the Competition, participants agree to be bound by, and are deemed to have read and understood these terms and conditions.

General Guidelines 

1. The Competition is open to only Indian citizens. 

2. All entries for the Competition must be submitted to the Creative Corner Section of www.mygov.in. Entries submitted through any other medium/ mode would not be considered for evaluation. 

3. The winning design of the logo, and tagline would be the intellectual property of the Department of Posts (DOP) and the winner cannot exercise any right over it, after acceptance of the prize. 

4. The prize-winning design of the logo and tagline is meant to be used by the DOP for promotional and display purposes and also for any other use as may be deemed appropriate for the initiative. 

5. The design of the logo and tagline must not contain any provocative, objectionable or inappropriate content. 

6. The participant must be the same person who has designed the logo and created the tagline and plagiarism would not be allowed. 

7. Please note that the design of the logo and tagline proposed for the program must be original and should not violate any provision of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957. 

8. Anyone found infringing on others’ copyright would be disqualified from the Competition. DOP does not bear any responsibility for copyright violations or infringements of intellectual property carried out by the participants. 

9. Participant is to make sure that his/her MyGov profile is accurate and updated since DOP would be using this for further communication. This includes details such as name, photo and phone number. Entries with incomplete profiles would not be considered. 

10. DOP reserves the right to cancel or amend all or any part of the Competition and/ or the Terms & Conditions/ Technical Parameters/ Evaluation Criteria. However, any changes to the Terms & Conditions/ Technical Parameters/ Evaluation Criteria, or cancellation of the Competition, will be updated/ posted on contest page on the MyGov platform. Participants are responsible to keep themselves informed as to any changes in the Terms & Conditions/ Technical Parameters/ Evaluation Criteria stated for this Competition. 

11. The Participant(s) represent(s) and warrant(s) that he/ she will comply with all applicable Indian laws. The Participant(s) shall not disclose and/or use any information, if doing so is in violation of an obligation of antitrust law and/ or confidentiality. 

12. By registering for participation in the Competition, the Participant(s) 

warrant that: 

a. They have complied with these terms and conditions; 

b. Their design of the logo and tagline is original; 

c. Their design of the logo and tagline does not infringe any Intellectual 

Property Rights of any third party; 

d. Any current employer and/or learning institution that the participant is employed by or enrolled with would have no claim on the design of the logo, and tagline developed and submitted. 

13. DoP reserves the right to reject any entry based on its discretion. 

14. DOP accepts no responsibility for any damage, loss or injury of any kind suffered by any participants in entering the Competition, including as a result of any participant winning or not winning any prize. 

15. DOP will not be held responsible if the participants are not able to upload their entries on MyGov portal before the last date & time of submission for any reason whatsoever. 

16. Entries must be made by the closing date and in the manner set out in the Competition terms and conditions. Failure to do so will result in disqualification. 

7. Multiple submissions of either logo or tagline by the same participant would not be considered; however, a participant may submit any entry for either logo or tagline or both. 

18. The results of the Competition would be declared on MyGov portal. 

Technical Parameters 

1. A Participant should submit the tagline with an original, catchy tagline and logo that captures the essence of the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) Inspiration Guide. 

2. The tagline should not be more than 8 words and can be either in Hindi or 

English. 

3. The logo should be such that it can be converted into a monogram without losing the effectiveness of the communication. 

4. The participant should upload the logo/tagline in JPG, PDF or PNG format 

only, along with the open file format, with a minimum size of 4” x 4” (inches). 

5. A minimal look and feel in terms of colours and fonts is preferred, along with possible adherence to the current India Post identity. 

6. Photographs in the logo are not acceptable. 

7. The participant should upload the tagline/logo along with a detailed explanation of colour codes and measurements. 

Evaluation Criteria 

1. The entries would be evaluated on the basis of elements of creativity, originality, composition, and simplicity. 

2. Every entry would be evaluated on its own merit and while overt incorporation of elements from the Inspiration Guide has greater salience, a merely detailed entry would not adversely prejudice another innovative and original idea or entry, but not explained in that greater detail, from being adjudged better. 

3. The decision of the Selection Committee would be final and binding on all the participants and no clarifications would be issued to any participants for any or their decisions. 

4. Any legal proceedings arising out of the competition/ its entries/ winners shall be subject to local jurisdiction of Delhi State. 

5. Out of the total entries received, MyGov would select the top twenty (20) entries through the detailed evaluation process as described above. Out of top twenty (20) entries, top 10 entries would be chosen through MyGov polls. 

6. The final winning entry would be decided by the DOP, with equal weightage being given to the DOP’sranking and the rankings obtained through MyGov polls.

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Review panel devises 7th Pay commission complexity

New Delhi: The review panel that is examining the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, has formulated a fresh approach to deal with the issue of complexity over implementation of the 7th Pay Commission report.

According to Finance Ministry official involved with the process of 7th Pay Commission recommendations’ implementation, the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (review panel) headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha has decided to make up pay gap between employees and higher officers and to continue allowances and advances, which was scrapped by the pay commission.

The review panel is now working on an effective mechanism for implementation of the 7th Pay Commission report by resolving the issues that arose over pay gap between low paid employees and top level officers as the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has reportedly asked them for it.

A proposal for raising basic salary of the central government employees by 30 per instead of 14.27 per cent, was recommended by the 7th Pay Commission is also under study. This is a very rough average because for low paid employees may get more basic pay hike, officials said on Thursday.

Accordingly, minimum basic salary is likely to hike at least Rs 24,000 from Rs 18,000 recommended by the Seventh pay commission, they added

But the final decision on the row over better pay hike is expected to come from PMO in next month.

People, familiar with the development, told the Sen Times that for the reason the review panel wish a speedy process on the 7th Pay Commission report during their next two meetings.

“The final proposal on the proposed pay matrix for central government employees will be sent to the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the next few weeks,” officials told us.

On receipt of the proposal from the review panel it would be placed before the cabinet for its nod through Finance Minister, they added.

Under the prevailing circumstances, the central government employees are unlikely to draw salaries under the new pay matrix before August.

Officials, however, said whenever the new pay matrix would come into effect, the central government employees would get their enhanced salaries with effect from next year January 1 but they will get the benefit of allowances like House Rent Allowance, Transport Allowance from the date of implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations.

The complexity over implementation of the new pay commission cropped up soon after the recommendation made by the Seventh Pay Commission headed by Justice A K Mathur.

The central government employees are in for disappointment as the 7th Pay Commission report has been proposed a 14.27 per cent hike in basic pay, which is significantly lower than what the 6th pay commission had recommended. Sixth Pay Commission had recommended a 20 per cent hike in basic pay which the government doubled while implementing it in 2008,

The central government employees also prefer continuation of some allowances and advances like risk allowance, small family allowance, festival advance, motor cycle advance but the 7th Pay Commission recommended scrapping of those.

The officials also confirmed that the review panel is likely to propose doubling of existing rates of allowances and advances, which has been recommended for abolition by 7th Pay Commission like risk allowance, small family allowance, festival advance, motor cycle advance.

The Seventh Pay Commission proposed the highest basic salary at Rs 250,000 and the lowest at Rs 18,000 for the central government employees.

The Seventh Pay Commission has recommended abolition of pay band and pay scales, and replacing them with what is known as a pay matrix. The status of the employee, hitherto determined by grade pay, will now be determined by the level in the pay matrix.

Source : Sen Times

7th Pay Commission review panel findings not binding on govt, says Fin Min

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry is to make clear that government is not bound by the findings of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries on 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations.

The Government will not necessarily be bound by the findings of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries on 7th Pay Commission for central government employees, the Finance Ministry official involved with the process of pay hike told The Sen Times on condition of anonymity.

Amid a growing expectation that the Empowered Committee of Secretaries will recommend 30 per cent hike in salaries of central government employees, that would take the minimum basic monthly pay to Rs 23,500 and the maximum to Rs 3,25,000, while government is set to cut the salary for the higher rungs and increase that for the lower grades to add a populist hue, accordingly source stressed that government would make its own decision.

“The Empowered Committee will make its proposal,” source said. “government will make the decision.”

He said it is vital for government to increase the pay of lower grade employees to enjoy growing popularity in central government employees.

Arun Jatley, Union Finance Minister, will give the government’s formal response to the Empowered Committee of Secretaries, which is chaired by the Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha, after receiving its findings from their another two meetings.

The government may welcome the Empowered Committee report but the cabinet will take its own decision, the source said.

The Prime Minister’s office (PMO) told the Empowered Committee that the salaries of employees in the lower rungs should rise by he highest percentage.

The government decided to give highest percentage salary rise to bottom grades employees and pay parity ratio of mid-level tier officers will be maintained with the bottom grade, source added.

Earlier, all pay commissions had not only recommended for good salary to top central government officials but also considered the disparity ratio between its highest and lowest paid employees.

For instance, in 1948, the salary of the highest paid government official was Rs 2,263 which was 41 times higher than the Rs 55 paid to the lowest earning employee. With subsequent pay commissions the ratio was reduced to about 1:12 in 2006.

The 7th Pay Commission headed by Justice A K Mathur recommended the highest basic salary at Rs 250,000 and the lowest at Rs 18,000 and its increased the pay ratio between the minimum and maximum from existing 1:12 to 1:13.

Source : SenTimes

Insertion of Rule 141 A in General Financial Rules (GFR), 2005

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Complete ruling on preparation and maintenance of CRs (APARs)

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CHQ News - Meeting with unions/associations on India Post Payments Bank

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7th Pay Commission: Govt employees to get full 6 months arrears in October

New Delhi: The central government employees and pensioners are likely to get their 6 months of arrears in October.

As per media report, increased salary of July will be credited to the 47 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners' accounts on August 1, 2016. But the arrears of last 6 months will be credited in one installment in October.

As per sources, the Empowered Committee of Secretaries headed by the Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha has recommended a 30 percent increase in minimum and maximum basic pay structures along with doubling of existing rates of allowances and advances.

The 7th Pay Commission had suggested a maximum basic pay of Rs 2,50,000 and a minimum of Rs 18,000. A 30 percent increase would translate into maximum salary of Rs 3,25,000 and minimum at Rs 23,400, respectively.

The Empowered Committee of Secretaries is functioning as a Screening Committee to process the recommendations with regard to all relevant factors of the Commission in an expeditious detailed and holistic fashion.

Government had earlier decided to set up a high-powered panel headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha in January this year to process the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.

Media reports further state that after getting final nod from the Empowered Committee of Secretaries, Finance Ministry will take only a few days to implement the higher pay package for central government employees.

Source : Zee News

Govt set to revise 7th Pay Commission pay structures

New Delhi: The government will soon revise the 7th Pay Commission’s pay structures to reflect higher pay scales of central government employees, the government sources said, in an initiative that is expected to show the salary is higher than the previous pay commissions.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) asked Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha who is heading the high-powered secretaries committee to examine the report of the 7th Pay Commission to revise higher pay structures of central government employees before handing over it to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in July. 

The Finance Ministry sources said: “the proposal will be placed before the cabinet for nod after the Finance Minister’s review. 

“We don’t think secretaries committee will be able to hand over proposal to Finance Minister in this month, considering the Empowered Committee of Secretaries didn’t take a final decision of pay hike during its meeting on June 13. They want to move to two other meetings to make final decision for overcoming the difficulties to fix new pay and allowances for review the demands submitted by the central government employees unions. However, the new pay structure will be effective from January 1,” sources further said. 

The Pay Commission headed by Justice A K Mathur proposed minimum pay to Rs 18,000 per month but the secretaries committee is likely to propose to make it Rs 24,000 with hike basic pay around 30 per cent and the fitment factor is likely to be raised to around 2.7, up from 2.57 as recommended by the 7th Pay Commission in their next meetings, they added. 

Once the minimum pay is hiked, salaries of 48 lakh central government employees will rise than the seventh Pay Commission recommendations. 

They said everyone’s salary should be ‘automatically’ increased when the minimum pay is increased. 

The basic pay for central government employees will have retroactive effect from January 1, 2016, but the allowances would be paid from the implemented date of 7th Pay Commission means from August after cabinet nod in July, they added. 

The central government employees will get bonus and arrears ahead of coming festive season Dussehra, according to the pay scales of 7th Pay Commission, they confirmed.

source : Sen Times

Transfers/postings in the Junior Time Scale (JTS)/ Senior Time Scale (STS) of Indian Postal Service, Group 'A'

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TRANSFER AND POSTING OF GROUP 'B' OFFICERS IN CIRCLE

The following posting order in respect officers of P.S. Group 'B' Cadre in CG Circle are issued -

  

Sl No	Name of the officer Shri/Ku	Present Circle of posting	Posting on transfer to CG Circle
1	Ku. Sandhya Deogirikar	Jharkhand Circle	Superintendent Postal Store Depot, Raipur
2.	Shri DK Panda	North East Circle	Superintendent of Post Offices, Bilaspur Dn.  Bilaspur

Sl No	Name of the officer Shri	Presently posted	Posting on transfer
1.	Shri Y.R. Sinha	Supdt. of Post Offices Raigarh Dn. Raigarh	Asstt. Director, Circle Office Raipur
2.	Shri R.K. Sahu	Asstt. Director, Circle Office Raipur (ad hoc)	Supdt. of Post Offices Raigarh dn. Raigarh (ad hoc)

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Introduction of single window system for acceptance of proposals for framing/amendment of Recruitment Rules.

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PPF(Amendment) Scheme, 2016 - Premature Closure of PPF Account

Government keeps interest rates on small savings scheme unchanged

NEW DELHI: Government has kept interest rates unchanged for various small savings schemes for the July-October quarter of 2016-17 fiscal. 

The Finance Ministry in a statement today said that interest rate on one-year deposits for July-October quarter of this fiscal has been kept unchanged at 7.1 per cent. 

Similiarly, interest rate on two-year time deposit, three-year time deposit and five-year time deposit were kept at 7.2 per cent, 7.4 per cent and 7.9 per cent, respectively. 

Likewise, interest rate on Public Provident Fund (PPF) scheme, Kisan Vikas Patra scheme and SukanyaSamriddhi Account Scheme were kept at 8.1 per cent, 7.8 per cent and 8.6 per cent respectively, the ministry said. 

In February this year, the Finance Ministry had announced that small savings rate will be set quarterly to align them with market rate of government securities.

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Cabinet unlikely to see 7th Pay Commission award this month

New Delhi: The 7th Pay Commission award’s proposals on the new pay scale are unlikely to be placed before cabinet meeting this month as there were still indecision regarding pay raising for the central government employees and officers:

Well-placed sources told The Sen Times that the Empowered Committee of Secretaries headed by the Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha, which is processing the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission and which ruled on central government employees’ pay hike fate did not get as far as determining whether it appropriate to hike 30 per cent basic pay. They added that the secretaries Committee wanted to see more data from Implementation Cell, so the pay scale for central government employees had not yet been completed.

“There are still complications regarding the new pay scale proposals; the Empowered Committee of Secretaries did not take a final decision of 30 percent basic pay hike during its meeting on June 13. They want to move to two other meetings to make final decision for overcoming the difficulties to fix new pay and allowances, after which it will be sent for cabinet nod,” a Finance Ministry official involved with the process told The Sen Times on condition of anonymity.

Sources at the implementation cell, however, said the already-prepared proposals were now awaiting directives from high-ups to be placed before the cabinet.

Media report said government is about to take a final call this week, as the Empowered Committee of Secretaries headed by the Cabinet Secretary met the PMO officials in this respect.

According to the media, the Empowered Committee of Secretaries have recommended 30 per cent hike in salaries of central government employees and the fitment factor is likely to be raised to around 2.7, up from 2.57 as recommended by the 7th Pay Commission.

As it stands, the 7th Pay Commission had recommended a minimum monthly basic salary of Rs 18,000 and maximum of Rs 2,50,000. A 30% hike would take the minimum basic monthly pay to Rs 23,500 and the maximum to Rs 3,25,000.

The media report said, that the starting salary of the central government employees is expected to be around Rs 24,000, up from Rs 18,000,

But a Finance Ministry official said the cabinet is not likely to take up the proposal of 7th Pay Commission award this month to hike the pay and allowances for the central government employees. Finance Ministry official made it clear that the final decision of 7th Pay Commission award will be taken by the Empowered Committee after its another two meetings with inputs of the Implementation Cell.

After taking final decision, the Empowered Committee will submit its updated report to the Finance Minister Arun Jaitely.

The Cabinet meetings later this month is understood to approve the proposal of Empowered Committee of Secretaries which is to be placed by Jaitley.

The 7th Pay Commission, headed by Justice A K Mathur, had originally proposed hike of 14.27 in basic pay, 23.55% in salary, allowances and pensions. The hike in allowances was recommended 63% while pension was proposed to rise 24% for about 48 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners with retrospective effect from January this year.

The government formed a 13- member secretary-level Empowered Committee in January to review the pay panel’s recommendations and an Implementation Cell has also been created in the Finance Ministry which works as the Secretariat of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries.

Source : SenTimes

7th Pay Commission Latest News: With 30 per cent hike proposal, panel likely to submit final report on June 18

New Delhi, June 17: The 13-member Committee of Secretaries headed by the Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha is likely to submit its final report on the recommendations proposed by the 7th Pay Commission on June 18. After panel submits its report, Cabinet is expected to give the green signal for implementation of the revised recommendations. However the government is planning to implement the recommendation made by the 7th Pay Commission regarding the salary hike of government employees from August 1. The arrears will be paid ahead of the Dusshera festival which comes in October.

The Empowered Committee of Secretaries headed by Pradeep Kumar Sinha had recommended 23.55 per cent overall hike in salaries central employees and pensioners. Now the panel is likely to propose a whopping 30 per cent hike in government employees’s salary, making the minimum amount Rs 23,500, whereas, the maximum salary would be Rs 3,25,000.

47 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners will be benefited from the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission. The recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission will impact the Central Budget by Rs 73,650 crore and the Railway Budget by Rs 28,450 crore. It would increase the total burden on the exchequer by Rs 102 lakh crores for the financial year 2016-17. The amount contributes to nearly 0.7 per cent of the GDP.

Source : india.com

7th Pay Commission award awaits Cabinet approval

New Delhi: The 7th Pay Commission award, which is likey to be finalized by the Empowered Committee of Secretaries headed by the Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha, awaits the approval of the Union Cabinet.

It may come up in the Cabinet meetings later this month, say sources.

The Cabinet meetings later this month is understood to approve the proposal of Empowered Committee of Secretaries, which has been constituted to look into the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission for cabinet nod.

The Empowered Committee is likely to recommend a substantial pay hike which could be up to 30 per cent or even more, said sources on Thursday.

The meeting of the Empowered Committee took place on Tuesday and further meetings are likely to be held soon to give final touch to the matters related to 7th Pay Commission recommendations.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is also directing the Empowered Committee of Secretaries to recommend sufficient pay for central government employees to determine if it’s enough for them to survive.

The PMO told the Empowered Committee, “sufficient to provide for the life and health of central government employees,” say sources.

The Empowered Committee is likely to recommend a minimum basic pay at Rs 24,000 and the highest salary at Rs 2,70,000 and they also likely to recommend for doubling of existing rates of allowances and advances.

However, the 7th Pay Commission had recommended a minimum monthly basic salary of Rs. 18,000 and maximum Rs. 2,50,000. A 30 percent increase would translate into minimum basic salary of Rs. 23,400 and maximum at Rs. 3,25,000, respectively.

The sources said it was ‘natural’ for the Empowered Committee to recommend higher basic pay proposed than 7th Pay Commission. “It also happened before.”

The previous Sixth Pay Commission had recommended a 20 per cent hike in basic pay which the government doubled while implementing it in 2008, they added.

“Central government employees could get the revised pay and allowances from their August salaries and arrears are to be paid ahead of festive season of Dussehra in one installment,” sources said.

The sources told The Sen Times that the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will soon place 7th Pay Commission award before the Cabinet for approval after receiving the Empowered Committee’s report.

Source : SenTimes

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First time in 48 years, PPF rate could fall below 8%

For the first time since the Public Provident Fund was established in 1968, the interest rate on the government-managed saving scheme could fall below 8%. Interest rates on small savings schemes, including the PPF and the Senior Citizens' Saving Scheme, are linked to the government bond yields and are revised every three months. The last interest rate revision on 19 March saw the PPF rate being cut 60 basis points from 8.7% to 8.1%. 

Now, given that the average 10-year benchmark bond yield has been nearly 7.5% between March and May, analysts believe the rate for PPF could be cut to 7.75%. "The PPF rate is 25 basis points higher than the 10-year benchmark bond yield. So it could be revised to 7.75% for the next quarter," says Manoj Nagpal, CEO of Outlook Asia Capital. If the PPF rate is indeed cut by 25-35 basis points, this would be the first time that the scheme will give less than 8% in its 48-year history. 

However, some experts believe that despite the decline in bond yields, the government will not cut the small savings rate in this quarter. "Given the furore over the rate cut in March, the government may not want to alienate the middle class before the assembly elections in 2017," says a mutual fund manager. 

Analysts point out that even if rates are cut, the PPF would still be a good investment due to the low consumer inflation. Though consumer inflation edged up to 5.76% in May, the PPF will still deliver 2% real rate of return. "PPF offers tax-free returns. It should be the instrument of choice for those in the highest tax bracket," says Mumbai-based financial advisor Amol Joshi. 

If interest rates on small savings schemes are cut, senior citizens will be the worst hit. The interest rate of the Senior Citizens' Saving Scheme was reduced from 9.3% to 8.6% in March. It could now recede to 8.25%. An investment of Rs 10 lakh earned them a quarterly pension of Rs 23,250 till last year. Now it will pay only Rs 20,625. 

Source:-The Economic Times

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7th Pay Commission arrears to be paid ahead of festival season

New Delhi: The central government is going to start payment of salaries to its 48 lakh officials and employees according to 7th Pay Commission award from August and arrears are to be paid ahead of the Dusshera festival.

As per official calculation, no huge amount will be required for the payment of arrears.

The government in its annual budget has provisioned Rs 70,000 crore to meet the demand for implementation of 7th Pay Commission for central government employees which will take effect from January 1, 2016, while the allowances would be paid from the date of implementation.

The cabinet is likely to approve the new pay scales for central government employees after considering report of the 7th Pay Commission, led by Justice A K Mathur, and the report of the 13 member Empowered Committee of Secretaries headed Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha to process the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission, which was set up in January.

The Empowered Committee of Secretaries agreed to 30 percent pay raises for central government employees during their Tuesday meeting.

“Central government employees could get the revised pay and allowances from their August salaries and arrears are to be paid ahead of festival season in one installment,” sources close to officials working on the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission report said.

The sources familiar with the developments told The Sen Times that the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has not been under pressure to meet the demand as he has allocated money in this head in the national exchequer.

“Notification will be issued with in one month after cabinet nod, so we hopefully say that central government employees will get new pay and arrears in August and October respectively,” a source close to the developments told The Sen Times.

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7th Pay Commission report discussed possible basic pay hike 30 per cent

New Delhi: Central government employees are likely to get 30 per cent more basic pay than what has been recommended by the 7th Pay Commission. The Empowered Committee of Secretaries headed by the Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha met on Tuesday for review the 7th Pay Commission’s report, said a Patrika report.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley earlier said he was not worried about fiscal deficit on the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission.

The secretaries Committee, who is processing the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission decided to move forward with pay raises for the central government employees and officers during Tuesday meeting.

After looking at comparisons of 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations, the secretaries committee agreed it would like to see a 30 percent pay raise implemented for both central government employees and officers.

“The secretaries committee make a comparisons about what 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations, but they wouldn’t worry about what 7th Pay Commission’s report,” sources close to officials working on the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission report said. “Central government has an excellent staff and they would show appreciation for what they do.”

The issues were tabled at the meeting, the secretaries Committee wanted to see more data from Implementation Cell.

“Accordingly, the secretaries committee was reluctant, but consented to moving to two meetings to make final decision, after which it will be sent for cabinet nod,” the Patrika quoted finance ministry sources as saying.

As it stands, the 7th Pay Commission had recommended a minimum monthly basic salary of Rs 18,000 and maximum of Rs 2,50,000. A 30% hike would take the minimum basic monthly pay to Rs 23,500 and the maximum to Rs 3,25,000.

However, the Empowered Committee of Secretaries is likely to recommend a minimum basic pay at Rs 24,000 and the highest salary at Rs 2,70,000 also likely to recommend for doubling of existing rates of allowances and advances.

The 7th Pay Commission had suggested hike of 14.27 in basic pay, 23.55% in salary, allowances and pensions. The hike in allowances was recommended 63% while pension was proposed to rise 24% for about 48 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners with retrospective effect from January this year.

The government formed a 13- member secretary-level Empowered Committee in January to review the pay panel’s recommendations and an Implementation Cell has also been created in the Finance Ministry which works as the Secretariat of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley earlier said he was not worried about fiscal deficit and government would be able to meet its target despite additional outgo towards the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission.

Source : SenTimes

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General Secretary Shri Vilas Ingale visited Directorate on 13th and 14th June 2016. He was assisted by Shri Manjunatha Hubballi, CS Karnataka Circle and Shri Arup Seal CS, West Bengal Circle and Shri Navinchander AD (Philately). The following issues were discussed with Hon’ble Secretary (Posts) on 13/6/2016. Sir has assured that he will look into it.

Team also met with Member (P), Director (DE), Director (Estt), Director (SR & Legal), Director (Staff), Director (CBS), ADG (DE), ADG (Staff), ADG (SPB) and concerned Section Officers and discussed the related issues with them.

The issue of GP case of Inspector Posts cadre also discussed in depth with Secretary (Posts). He was requested that while attending Empowered Committee of Secretaries Meeting to maintain parity of GP of Inspector Posts with Inspectors working in other ministries.   

S. No.	Pending issues	Progress
1	Issue of combined seniority list of Inspector Posts cadre since 2003 onwards	Revised combined All India Seniority list of IPs for the year 2001 and 2002 released on 9/6/2016. Awaiting feedback / representations if any from the candidates thereon. Thereafter it will be decided further course of action for preparation of remaining years combined seniority list. However, preparation of work of remaining years seniority list is under process.
2	Holding of DPC for the promotion the cadre Dy. Manager MMS	Total three posts are vacant. One representation said to be received stating that out of three vacancies; one can be allotted to SC. File is under submission.
3	Issue of revised Recruitment Rules for the post of Assistant Manager in MMS	File is in establishment division for study. Likely to be submitted to UPSC for approval.
4	Holding of PS Gr. B Examination for the year 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016	As single tender is said to be received and hence vendor is not finalized. Department has asked circles to conduct LGO examination. Likewise it is expected that circles will conduct Inspector Posts and PS Gr B examination. There will be examinations in this year.
5	Inter Circle Rule 38 transfer cases of Inspector Posts cadre	Reminder will be issued to the circles who have not relieved the officials.
6	Holding of periodical meeting with Hon’ble Secretary (Posts)	Reports / comments from DDG (P) and DDG (Vig) are not received on agenda at SR Section. Reminder will be issued.
7	Completion of appointment formalities of  candidates nominated by Staff Selection Commission for appointment as Inspector Posts 2013 and 2014	Circles will be directed to complete the pre-appointment formalities immediately.
8	Vigilance enquiry in the death case of Ms Mohini Gupta Ex-ASP Ajmer (Rajasthan)	Reminder will be issued to Rajasthan Circle.
9	Repatriation of PS Gr. B officers to their home circle	Recently list is released. Remaining officer’s request will be considered at the appropriate time.
10	Issue of memo for calling of APARs for holding of DPC for PS Gr. B cadre for the year 2016-17.	Letter will be released very soon.
11	Clerical assistance to Sub Divisional Head	Report from DDG (P) is not received.
12	Verification of membership result	IP/ASP achieved 78.69 % memberships in the verification process which is highest among the others. Only 2245 members took part in verification.
13	Non consideration of promotion case of Shri V. V. Raman (Kerala) for PS Gr. B cadre	Kerala circle has not submitted proper vigilance and other reports.
14	Modification in questionnaire of CBS post offices	Director (CBS) directed to provide ideas / comments within 7 days to enable Directorate to modify the existing questionnaire.

         

          The issue of cadre re-structuring was also discussed with ADG (Estt) and Director (Estt) in detailed. Both the officers are aware of our earlier proposal. Both the officers advised that if the recommendations of the 7CPC in favour of IP/ASP cadre are accepted by the Govt., then Association has to move a fresh proposal within the existing sanction strength only like Gr. C and IPoS.  GS and his teammates told that fresh proposal if required will be submitted after implementation of report of 7CPC.

DPC for promotion to JTS Gr. A cadre for the year 2016-17 :

It was told that following officers documents are awaited at Directorate.

Sl. No.	Name of the officer	Circle	Document required
1	Shri M. Shivaraj	Delhi	Original Dossier (As per information received from Karnataka Circle, original dossier is in Delhi circle)
2	Shri Sher Singh Bisht	Uttarakhand / Haryana	25.12.2010 to 31.03.2011, 2013-14, 2014-15 + Vigilance Status + Penalty Statement
3	Shri Amit Lahiri	West Bengal	2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10, 01.04.2011 to 10.11.2011 and 2013-14
4	Shri Bidhan Chandra Das	West Bengal	2014-15 + copy of charge sheet memo

          It was now told that original dossier of Shri M. Shivvarj found at Karnataka Circle itself and likely to be dispatched to Directorate very soon. After receipt of remaining officers APARs and required documents, file will be submitted to UPSC.

Filling up of Direct Recruit Inspector Posts :

Following vacancies are reported to Staff Selection Commission. Result is awaited.

Year	OC	SC	ST	OBC	Total
2015	33	13	05	16	67
2016	51	12	09	20	92