Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Seventh Pay Commission: Terms of Reference finalised by AIRF & NFIR
DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE 7th CPC
Finalized by the Staff Side at the meeting of 25.10.2013
- Central Government employees - industrial and non industrial;
- Personnel belonging to All India services;
- Personnel belonging to the Defence Forces;
- Personnel called ss Grameen Dak Sewalrs belonging to the Postal Department;
- Personnel of Union Territories;
- Officers and employees of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department;
- Officers and employees of the Supreme Court;
- Members of Regulatory bodies (excluding RBI) set up under Act of Parliament.
B. To work out the comprehensive revised pay packet for the categories of Central Government Employees mentioned (A) above as on 1.1.2014.
C. The Commission will determine the pay structure, benefits facilities, retirement benefits etc. taking into account the need to provide minimum wage with reference to the recommendation of the 15th Indian Labour Conference (1957) and the subsequent judicial pronouncement of the honorable Supreme Court there-on, as on 1.1.2014.
D. To determine the Interim Relief needed to be sanctioned immediately to the Central Government employees and Pensioners mentioned in (A) above;
E. To determine the percentage of Dearness allowance/Dearness Relief immediately to be mergedwith Pay and pension
F. To settle the anomalies raised in various fora of JCM.
G. To work out the improvements needed to the existing retirement benefits, like pension; death cum retirement gratuity, family pension and other terminal or recurring benefits maintaining parity amongst past, present and future pensioners and family pensioners including those who entered service on or after 1.1.2004.
H. To recommend methods for providing cashless/hassle-free Medicare facilities to the employees and Pensioners including Postal pensioners.
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AIRF forwarding letter Feedback of the meeting with Secretary, DoPT - By AIRF
NFIR letter regarding forwarding above Draft Terms of Reference:-
N F I R
National Federation of Indian Railwaymen
No. IV/NFIR/7th CPC/2013/Pt.I
Dated: 26/10/2013
The General Secretaries of
Affiliated Unions of NFIR
Dear Brother,
Sub: Setting up of 7th Central Pdy Commission - reg.
The draft, terms of reference finalized by JCM Staff Side on enclose for information.
Affiliates may convey their views immediately.
DA/As above
(M.Raghavaiah)
General Secretary
Thursday, 24 October 2013
List of candidates selected as Postal Assistants and allotted to Hyderabad GPO
Rates of Income-Tax on Salaries for AY 2014-2015 FY 2013-2014: IT Circular 08/2013 Part-2
RATES OF INCOME-TAX AS PER FINANCE ACT, 2013:
As per the Finance Act, 2013, income-tax is required to be deducted under Section 192 of the Act from income chargeable under the head "Salaries" for the financial year 2013-14 (i.e. Assessment Year 2014-15) at the following rates:
2.1 Rates of tax
A. Normal Rates of tax:
Sl No
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Total Income
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Rate of tax
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1
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Where the total income does not exceed Rs. 2,00,000/-.
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Nil
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2
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Where the total income exceeds Rs. 2,00,000 but does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000/-
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10 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 2,00,000/-
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3
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Where the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/- but does not exceed Rs. 10,00,000/-.
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Rs. 30,000/- plus 20 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/-.
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4
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Where the total income exceeds Rs. 10,00,000/-.
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Rs. 1,30,000/- plus 30 Per cent of the amountby which the total income exceeds Rs. 10,00,000/-
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B. Rates of tax for every individual, resident in India, who is of the age of sixty years or more but less than eighty years at any time during the financial year:
Sl No
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Total Income
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Rate of tax
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1
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Where the total income does not exceed Rs. 2,50,000/-
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Nil
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2
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Where the total income exceeds Rs. 2,50,000 but does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000/-
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10 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 2,50,000/-
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3
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Where the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/- but does not exceed Rs. 10,00,000/-
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Rs. 25,000/- plus 20 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/-.
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4
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Where the total income exceeds Rs. 10,00,000/-
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Rs. 1,25,000/- plus 30 per cent of the amountby which the total income exceeds Rs. 10,00,000/-
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C. In case of every individual being a resident in India, who is of the age of eighty years or more at any time during the financial year:
Sl No
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Total Income
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Rate of tax
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1
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Where the total income does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000/-
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Nil
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2
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Where the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000 but does not exceed Rs. 10,00,000/-
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20 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/-
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3
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Where the total income exceeds Rs. 10,00,000/-
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Rs. 1,00,000/- plus 30 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 10,00,000/-
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2.2 Surcharge on Income tax:
The amount of income-tax shall be increased by a surcharge @10% of the Income-tax on payments to an individual taxpayer, if the total income of the individual exceeds Rs 1 crore during FY 2013-14 (AY 2014-15). However the amount of Surcharge shall not exceed the amount by which theindividual’s total income exceeds Rs 1 crore and if surcharge so arrived at, exceeds such amount (assessee’s total income minus one crore) then it will be restricted to the amount of total incomeminus Rupees one crore.
2.3.1 Education Cess on Income tax:
The amount of income-tax including the surcharge if any, shall be increased by Education Cess on Income Tax at the rate of two percent of the income-tax.
2.3.2 Secondary and Higher Education Cess on Income-tax:
An additional cess is chargeable at the rate of one percent of income-tax including the surcharge if any, but not including the Education Cess on income tax as in 2.3.1.
Income-Tax Deduction from Salaries during the Financial Year 2013-14: IT Circular No. 08/2013 Part-I
CIRCULAR NO : 08 /2013
F.No.275/192/2013-IT(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Direct Taxes
New Delhi, dated the 10th October, 2013
SUBJECT: INCOME-TAX DEDUCTION FROM SALARIES DURING THE FINANCIALYEAR 2013-14 UNDER SECTION 192 OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961.
Reference is invited to Circular No.08/2012 dated 05.10.2012 whereby the rates of deduction of income-tax from the payment of income under the head "Salaries" under Section 192 of the Income-tax Act, 1961(hereinafter ‘the Act’), during the financial year 2012-2013, were intimated. The presentCircular contains the rates of deduction of income-tax from the payment of income chargeable under the head "Salaries" during the financial year 2013-2014 and explains certain related provisions of the Act and Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereinafter the Rules). The relevant Acts, Rules, Forms and Notifications are available at the website of the Income Tax Department- www.incometaxindia.gov.in.
Para 6 to 10 of IT Circular No. 08/2013:
6. REBATE OF RS 2000 FOR INDIVIDUALS HAVING TOTAL INCOME UPTO RS 5 LAKH [SECTION 87A]
Finance Act 2013 has provided relief in the form of rebate to individual taxpayers, resident in India, who are in lower income bracket, i. e. having total income not exceeding Rs 5,00,000/-. The amount of rebate is Rs 2000/- or the amount of tax payable, whichever is lower.
7 TDS ON PAYMENT OF ACCUMULATED BALANCE UNDER RECOGNISED PROVIDENT FUND AND CONTRIBUTION FROM APPROVED SUPERANNUATION FUND:
7.1 The trustees of a Recognized Provident Fund, or any person authorized by the regulations of the Fund to make payment of accumulated balances due to employees, shall in cases where sub-rule(1) of Rule 9 of Part A of the Fourth Schedule to the Act applies, at the time when the accumulated balance due to an employee is paid, make therefrom the deduction specified in Rule 10 of Part A of the Fourth Schedule to the Act.
The accumulated balance is treated as income chargeable under the head “Salaries”
7.2 Where any contribution made by an employer, including interest on such contributions, if any, in an approved Superannuation Fund is paid to the employee, tax on the amount so paid shall be deducted by the trustees of the Fund to the extent provided in Rule 6 of Part B of the Fourth Schedule to the Act. TDS should be at the average rate of tax at which, the employee was liable to be taxed during the preceding three years or during the period, if that period is less than three years, when he was member of the fund.
The deductor shall remain liable to deduct tax on any sum paid on account of returned contributions (including interest, if any) even if a fund or part of a fund ceases to be an approved Superannuation fund.
8. DDOS TO SATISFY THEMSELVES ABOUT THE GENUINENESS OF CLAIM:
The Drawing and Disbursing Officers should satisfy themselves about the actual deposits/ subscriptions / payments made by the employees, by calling for such particulars/ information as they deem necessary before allowing the aforesaid deductions. In case the DDO is not satisfied about the genuineness of the employee's claim regarding any deposit/ subscription/ payment made by the employee, he should not allow the same, and the employee would be free to claim the deduction/ rebate on such amount by filing his return of income and furnishing the necessary proof etc., therewith, to the satisfaction of the Assessing Officer.
9. CALCULATION OF INCOME-TAX TO BE DEDUCTED:
9.1 Salary income for the purpose of section 192 shall be computed as follow:-
(a) First compute the gross salary as mentioned in para 5.1 including all the incomes mentioned in para 5.2 and excluding the income mentioned in para 5.3.
(b) Allow deductions mentioned in para 5.4 from the figure arrived at (a) above and compute the amount to arrive at Net salary of the employee
(c) Add income from all other heads- House property, Profits & gains of Business or Profession, capital gains and Income from other Sources to arrive at the Gross Total Income as shown in the form of simple statement mentioned para 3.5. However it may be remembered that no loss under any such head is allowable by DDO other than loss under the Head “Income from House property”.
(d) Allow deductions mentioned in para 5.5 from the figure arrived at (c) above ensuring that the relevant conditions are satisfied. The aggregate of the deductions subject to the threshold limits mentioned in para 5.5 shall not exceed the amount at (b) above and if it exceeds, it should be restricted to that amount.
This will be the amount of Total income of the employee on which income tax would be required to be deducted. This income should be rounded off to the nearest multiple of ten rupees.
9.2 Income-tax on such income shall be calculated at the rates given in para 2.1 of this Circularkeeping in view the age of the employee and subject to the provisions of sec. 206AA, as discussed in para 4.8. Rebate as per Section 87A upto Rs 2000/- to eligible persons (see para 6) may be given. Surcharge shall be calculated in cases where applicable (see para 2.2).
9.3 The amount of tax payable so arrived at shall be increased by educational cess as applicable (2% for primary and 1% for secondary education) to arrive at the total tax payable.
9.4 The amount of tax as arrived at para 9.3 should be deducted every month in equal installments. Any excess or deficit arising out of any previous deduction can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the amount of subsequent deductions during the same financial year.
10. MISCELLANEOUS:
10.1 These instructions are not exhaustive and are issued only with a view to guide the employers to understand the various provisions relating to deduction of tax from salaries. Wherever there is any doubt, reference may be made to the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961, the Income-tax Rules, 1962, the Finance Act 2013, the relevant circulars / notifications, etc.
10.2 In case any assistance is required, the Assessing Officer/the Local Public Relation Officer of the Income-tax Department may be contacted.
10.3 These instructions may be brought to the notice of all Disbursing Officers and Undertakings including those under the control of the Central/ State Governments.
10.4 Copies of this Circular are available with the Director of Income-tax (Research, Statistics & Publications and Public Relations), 6th Floor, Mayur Bhavan, Connaught Place, New Delhi-110 001 and at the following websites:
www.finmin.nic.in & www.incometaxindia.gov.in
Hindi version will follow.
Finance Act 2013 has provided relief in the form of rebate to individual taxpayers, resident in India, who are in lower income bracket, i. e. having total income not exceeding Rs 5,00,000/-. The amount of rebate is Rs 2000/- or the amount of tax payable, whichever is lower.
7 TDS ON PAYMENT OF ACCUMULATED BALANCE UNDER RECOGNISED PROVIDENT FUND AND CONTRIBUTION FROM APPROVED SUPERANNUATION FUND:
7.1 The trustees of a Recognized Provident Fund, or any person authorized by the regulations of the Fund to make payment of accumulated balances due to employees, shall in cases where sub-rule(1) of Rule 9 of Part A of the Fourth Schedule to the Act applies, at the time when the accumulated balance due to an employee is paid, make therefrom the deduction specified in Rule 10 of Part A of the Fourth Schedule to the Act.
The accumulated balance is treated as income chargeable under the head “Salaries”
7.2 Where any contribution made by an employer, including interest on such contributions, if any, in an approved Superannuation Fund is paid to the employee, tax on the amount so paid shall be deducted by the trustees of the Fund to the extent provided in Rule 6 of Part B of the Fourth Schedule to the Act. TDS should be at the average rate of tax at which, the employee was liable to be taxed during the preceding three years or during the period, if that period is less than three years, when he was member of the fund.
The deductor shall remain liable to deduct tax on any sum paid on account of returned contributions (including interest, if any) even if a fund or part of a fund ceases to be an approved Superannuation fund.
8. DDOS TO SATISFY THEMSELVES ABOUT THE GENUINENESS OF CLAIM:
The Drawing and Disbursing Officers should satisfy themselves about the actual deposits/ subscriptions / payments made by the employees, by calling for such particulars/ information as they deem necessary before allowing the aforesaid deductions. In case the DDO is not satisfied about the genuineness of the employee's claim regarding any deposit/ subscription/ payment made by the employee, he should not allow the same, and the employee would be free to claim the deduction/ rebate on such amount by filing his return of income and furnishing the necessary proof etc., therewith, to the satisfaction of the Assessing Officer.
9. CALCULATION OF INCOME-TAX TO BE DEDUCTED:
9.1 Salary income for the purpose of section 192 shall be computed as follow:-
(a) First compute the gross salary as mentioned in para 5.1 including all the incomes mentioned in para 5.2 and excluding the income mentioned in para 5.3.
(b) Allow deductions mentioned in para 5.4 from the figure arrived at (a) above and compute the amount to arrive at Net salary of the employee
(c) Add income from all other heads- House property, Profits & gains of Business or Profession, capital gains and Income from other Sources to arrive at the Gross Total Income as shown in the form of simple statement mentioned para 3.5. However it may be remembered that no loss under any such head is allowable by DDO other than loss under the Head “Income from House property”.
(d) Allow deductions mentioned in para 5.5 from the figure arrived at (c) above ensuring that the relevant conditions are satisfied. The aggregate of the deductions subject to the threshold limits mentioned in para 5.5 shall not exceed the amount at (b) above and if it exceeds, it should be restricted to that amount.
This will be the amount of Total income of the employee on which income tax would be required to be deducted. This income should be rounded off to the nearest multiple of ten rupees.
9.2 Income-tax on such income shall be calculated at the rates given in para 2.1 of this Circularkeeping in view the age of the employee and subject to the provisions of sec. 206AA, as discussed in para 4.8. Rebate as per Section 87A upto Rs 2000/- to eligible persons (see para 6) may be given. Surcharge shall be calculated in cases where applicable (see para 2.2).
9.3 The amount of tax payable so arrived at shall be increased by educational cess as applicable (2% for primary and 1% for secondary education) to arrive at the total tax payable.
9.4 The amount of tax as arrived at para 9.3 should be deducted every month in equal installments. Any excess or deficit arising out of any previous deduction can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the amount of subsequent deductions during the same financial year.
10. MISCELLANEOUS:
10.1 These instructions are not exhaustive and are issued only with a view to guide the employers to understand the various provisions relating to deduction of tax from salaries. Wherever there is any doubt, reference may be made to the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961, the Income-tax Rules, 1962, the Finance Act 2013, the relevant circulars / notifications, etc.
10.2 In case any assistance is required, the Assessing Officer/the Local Public Relation Officer of the Income-tax Department may be contacted.
10.3 These instructions may be brought to the notice of all Disbursing Officers and Undertakings including those under the control of the Central/ State Governments.
10.4 Copies of this Circular are available with the Director of Income-tax (Research, Statistics & Publications and Public Relations), 6th Floor, Mayur Bhavan, Connaught Place, New Delhi-110 001 and at the following websites:
www.finmin.nic.in & www.incometaxindia.gov.in
Hindi version will follow.
(Anshu Prakash)
Director(Budget)
Central Board of Direct Taxes
Source: www.incomtaxindia.gov.in
Saturday, 12 October 2013
Friday, 11 October 2013
Suggestions on Terms of Reference & Composition of 7th Pay Commission – IRTSA
INDIAN RAILWAYS TECHNICAL SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION
(Estd. 1965, Regd. No.1329, Website http://www.irtsa.net )
M. Shanmugam,Central President, IRTSA
# 4, Sixth Street, TVS Nagar, Padi,
Chennai – 600050.
Email- cpirtsa@yahoo.com
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Harchandan Singh,
General Secretary, IRTSA,
C.Hq. 32, Phase 6, Mohali,
Chandigarh-160055.
Email-gsirtsa@yahoo.com
(Ph:0172-2228306 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting0172-2228306 FREE end_of_the_skype_highlighting, 9316131598 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 9316131598 FREE end_of_the_skype_highlighting)
No:IRTSA/Memo – PM/7CPC/2013-6 Date: 9-10-2013General Secretary, IRTSA,
C.Hq. 32, Phase 6, Mohali,
Chandigarh-160055.
Email-gsirtsa@yahoo.com
(Ph:0172-2228306 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting
0172-2228306 FREE end_of_the_skype_highlighting, 9316131598 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 9316131598 FREE end_of_the_skype_highlighting)1. Hon. Prime Minister of India, South Block, New Delhi
2. Hon. Minister of Finance, Govt. of India, North Block, New Delhi
Respected Sir,
Subject: Suggestions on Terms of Reference & Composition of 7th Pay Commission.
We heartily welcome the decision of the Government to set-up the Seventh Central Pay
Commission. We shall highly appreciate if the following suggestions are considered by the
Government in this regard – in order to do greater justice to the employees by determining
the Pay Scales/ Grade Pay etc. through JOB EVALUATION – as in all advanced countries:
1. SUGGESTIONS ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE 7th PAY COMMISSION:
i) Commission should be headed by a Retired or serving Judge of the Supreme Court;
ii) One of the Members of the Commission should be a Technocrat (Engineer);
iii) Commission should have one Member each from Defence & Railways and an expert on Job Evaluation;
iv) It should be assisted by a Consultative Body of Ex-Defence and Railway Personnel to project the special conditions prevailing there in – being the largest employers.
2. SUGGESTIONS ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE 7th PAY COMMISSION:
i) To consider and determine Pay structure, Allowances, facilities, avenues of promotion, service conditions, periodicity & Date of effect of Wage revision of Central Government employees – considering the situation prevailing in the Central Public Sector Undertakings and Private/Corporate Sectors in the country.
ii) To Modernize and harmonize the functioning of the Central Government Organisations to excel in their performance and to be in command over the country’s overall economy and growth.
iii) To make the Government a model employer, through appropriate Pay Package for its employees through job evaluation – duly considering all related Factors – including the relative Job requirements/Difficulties, Qualifications, Trainingg, Working Conditions,
Duties, Responsibilities and Accountabilities etc. of various categories, to enhance the efficiency, productivity and economy of the organizations of the Government.
iv) To make recommendations on productivity linked incentive scheme based on the performance of each Branch/ Department of various organizations – with suitable bench marks, productivity index and other related parameters.
v) To recommend a comprehensive formula to link Allowances with pay and inflation.
vi) To recommend a realistic formula to compensate for the inflation and price rise.
vii) To consider the necessity and recommend quantum of Interim Relief till the time the recommendations of the Commission are made and accepted by the Government.
viii) To consider the anomalies created after the implementation of Sixth Central Pay Commission Report.
ix) To consider the unimplemented recommendations of 5th & 6th Pay Commissions.
x) To formulate the structure of pension, death-cum-retirement gratuity, family pension and other terminal or recurring benefits to the present and former Central Government employees appointed before and after January 1, 2004.
Yours faithfully,
(Harchandan Singh),
General Secretary, IRTSA
Source: http://7thpaycommissionnews.in/7th-pay-commission-news-suggestions-on-terms-of-reference-composition-of-7th-pay-commission-irtsa/
Constitution of 7th CPC committee
Till this moment, the oral announcement only made by the Finance Minister to constitute 7th CPC for Central Government employees. There is no further action to constitute the committee for 7th CPC and we cannot say anything about the members of the committee and when it will be constituted.
Thee is no authentic information about the date to constitute the committee for preparing recommendations for 7th CPC. However, the committee will take maximum of 24 months to submit their recommendation report to Indian Government. The implementation of the 7th CPC is likely to be implemented from 1st January, 2016 to all Central government employees.
Not only the Central government employees, all government servants including their family members are keenly watching the news about 7th Central Pay Commission, because the same procedure / recommendations of Central Pay Commission are followed by state government to their employees.
Revision of pay has been implemented by the government once in ten years through the pay commissions and an employee can get a maximum of three pay hike in entire service. So, it is very excited to know the details of modifications in all the respect of pay.
In the view of above scenario, so many questions and doubts are raising among the Central government employees…
The questions and doubts are given below for your information…
1. When will constitute the committee for 7th CPC..?
2. Who are all will be as chairperson and members of the committee..?
3. Minimum pay scale in 7th CPC (7000 in 6th CPC)
4. Multiplication factor in 7th CPC (In 6th CPC 1.86)
5. Is ‘Grade Pay’ structure will continue in 7th CPC also..!
6. Percentage of Increment will be fixed as 10%..!
7. ACP – MACP – what will be next..?
8. ‘Tuition Fee’ then ‘Children Education Allowance’ and next…?
9. Any major changes in LTC Rules
10. Voluntary Retirement Scheme will be announced..?
11. Rectification of anomalies arising in implementation of 6th CPC
12. Any changes in ‘Fixation of Pay’on promotion
13. Rates of HRA (now getting 30%, 20% and 10%)
14. Expectations more on the calculation of Dearness allowance with AICPIN
15. About interest free and bearing advances
16. Minimum Pension (Now Rs.3500)
17. Any ‘Women employees welfare schemes’ (like CCL)
18. Travelling allowance and Daily allowance rules and rates
19. Weightage for promotion
21. Rates of Transport allowance (Now Rs.400, 600, 800, 1600 and 3200 + DA)
22. Modification in Qualifying Service for pension
23. Additional Pension scheme
Source: Source : www.7thpaycommissionnews.in
[http://7thpaycommissionnews.in/7th-pay-commission-date-for-implementation/
Thee is no authentic information about the date to constitute the committee for preparing recommendations for 7th CPC. However, the committee will take maximum of 24 months to submit their recommendation report to Indian Government. The implementation of the 7th CPC is likely to be implemented from 1st January, 2016 to all Central government employees.
Not only the Central government employees, all government servants including their family members are keenly watching the news about 7th Central Pay Commission, because the same procedure / recommendations of Central Pay Commission are followed by state government to their employees.
Revision of pay has been implemented by the government once in ten years through the pay commissions and an employee can get a maximum of three pay hike in entire service. So, it is very excited to know the details of modifications in all the respect of pay.
In the view of above scenario, so many questions and doubts are raising among the Central government employees…
The questions and doubts are given below for your information…
1. When will constitute the committee for 7th CPC..?
2. Who are all will be as chairperson and members of the committee..?
3. Minimum pay scale in 7th CPC (7000 in 6th CPC)
4. Multiplication factor in 7th CPC (In 6th CPC 1.86)
5. Is ‘Grade Pay’ structure will continue in 7th CPC also..!
6. Percentage of Increment will be fixed as 10%..!
7. ACP – MACP – what will be next..?
8. ‘Tuition Fee’ then ‘Children Education Allowance’ and next…?
9. Any major changes in LTC Rules
10. Voluntary Retirement Scheme will be announced..?
11. Rectification of anomalies arising in implementation of 6th CPC
12. Any changes in ‘Fixation of Pay’on promotion
13. Rates of HRA (now getting 30%, 20% and 10%)
14. Expectations more on the calculation of Dearness allowance with AICPIN
15. About interest free and bearing advances
16. Minimum Pension (Now Rs.3500)
17. Any ‘Women employees welfare schemes’ (like CCL)
18. Travelling allowance and Daily allowance rules and rates
19. Weightage for promotion
21. Rates of Transport allowance (Now Rs.400, 600, 800, 1600 and 3200 + DA)
22. Modification in Qualifying Service for pension
23. Additional Pension scheme
Source: Source : www.7thpaycommissionnews.in
[http://7thpaycommissionnews.in/7th-pay-commission-date-for-implementation/
7th CPC News - Getting it right on pay hikes
7th CPC News – Getting it right on pay hikes
Getting it right on pay hikes
The government last week cleared the setting up of the 7th Central Pay Commission for its employees. The move may be prudent politically but it will add to the problems of the next government which will also be burdened with the impact of the Food Bill on financial and the Land Bill on investment.
The CPC recommendations, which will be implemented from January 2016 have to be handled properly—implementation of the 6th CPC recommendations threw fiscal deficit out of gear for two years, FY09 and FY 10. Though there will be no arrear burden this time as 7th CPC recommendations can be implemented from the due date itself—CPC is constituted every 10 years and 6th CPC recommendations were implemented from 2008 instead of 2006—the new pay structure itself will add to the government woes, especially at a time when the government is expected to be considerably cash-strapped for an extended period of time. The 12th five-year-plan average growth rate is unlikely to surpass even 6%.
A close look at the composition of the central government staff and pay structure clearly indicates there is not much that the government can do (or be willing to do) as far as curtailing the expenditure on this account is concerned. But what the CPC can do certainly is target hikes better to reward performers. A transparent and effective performance-linked pay system devised carefully, rather than the current token one, can be a catalyst for improving the government functioning.
The 6th pay commission recommended variable increments for Group A, where annual increments in the band will vary depending upon the performance. Eighty percent or more employees in the grade are now allowed normal increment at the rate of 2.5% with the high performers (not exceeding 20%) during the year being allowed increment at the higher rate of 3.5%. The government advised to extend the scheme of variable increments in other pay bands also. This system needs to be scaled up now to the next level.
Then, it had also suggested the introduction of performance related incentive scheme (PRIS) in the government under which employees would be given pecuniary remuneration over and above the pay, replacing the ad hoc bonus scheme.
The cabinet secretariat has developed result framework document (RFDs) and the ministries and departments have engaged themselves into this exercise which is being monitored now on a regular basis. According to the plan, at the end of the financial year, all ministries/departments will list out their achievements in a report against the agreed results formalised at the beginning of the year. This report will be finalised by May 1, and then will be placed before the Cabinet by June 1. This means the government will have a fair idea of a ministry or a department’s performance for each financial year. So, why not embed this also, along with an improved individual performance-linked system, in the overall pay structure?
But this is not going to be easy to implement. Talk to any number of government officials and they will give numerous reasons why a performance-linked system can’t be implemented and how this will bring in subjectivity. But, the issue is how will you improve performance then? The larger problem is that the model adopted by the central government is replicated by the states and efficiencies and inefficiencies both get percolated down the line. If the performance has to be linked in any meaningful way to pay, it has to begin earnestly from the centre.
According to the latest analysis of government wage bill by the finance ministry, the total expenditure on pay and allowances (excluding productivity linked bonus/adhoc bonus, honorarium, encashment of earned leave and travelling allowance) for regular central government civilian employees including employees of the Union Territories was Rs 95,291 crore in FY12 as compared to R88,651 crore in FY11.
But this is not going to be easy to implement. Talk to any number of government officials and they will give numerous reasons why a performance-linked system can’t be implemented and how this will bring in subjectivity. But, the issue is how will you improve performance then? The larger problem is that the model adopted by the central government is replicated by the states and efficiencies and inefficiencies both get percolated down the line. If the performance has to be linked in any meaningful way to pay, it has to begin earnestly from the centre.
According to the latest analysis of government wage bill by the finance ministry, the total expenditure on pay and allowances (excluding productivity linked bonus/adhoc bonus, honorarium, encashment of earned leave and travelling allowance) for regular central government civilian employees including employees of the Union Territories was Rs 95,291 crore in FY12 as compared to R88,651 crore in FY11.
Five major ministries cover 91% of the total manpower—of the total strength of 30.84 lakh—with railways at 42.33%, home affairs at 26.92%, defence (civil) at 11.95%, posts at 6.84% and revenue at 3.2%. All other ministries/departments’ had only 8.76% of the total. Almost 84% of the total expenditure is incurred by the five major ministries. Then, the percentage expenditure on pay was 51.93%. It was 28.52% on dearness allowance and 5.88% on house rent allowance (HRA) and 13.67% on other allowances.The 7th pay commission can break away from the past by suggesting ways to remodel the way government works instead of sticking to formulating formulas for hiking pay packages.
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Sri M.Narasimha Raju, Dy.Chief Postmaster, Hyderabad GPO got promoted to PS Group-B cadre
Directorate has released the list of officers promoted to PS Group B through the DPC for the year 2013-14 vide Directorate order no 9-33/2013-SPG dated 10.10.2013.Total 156 officers are selected and Sri. M.Narasimha Raju, Dy.Chief Postmaster, Hyderabad GPO is promoted and allotted to Maharashtra circle.
PAHYDGPO.BLOGSPOT.IN Congratulates the officer and wishes him a great success ahead.
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Promotions and Allotments in the cadre of Norm based LSG
Circle Office, Hyderabad, vide memo no ST/6-1(P)/NB LSG/2013/II dated 08.10.2013, has approved the allotment of the following Postal Assistants as mentioned against their names on promotion to the cadre of Norm Based LSG (Postal) in the pay band of Rs.5200-20200 with grade pay of Rs.2800/- with immediate effect and until further orders,against the vacancies due to declinations/ retirements etc.,
S.No.
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Name of the official
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Comm
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Region / Division in which working
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Allotted to Region / Division in HCR
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1
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Ch. Narasimha Swamy
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Vijayawada Region
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Vijayawada Region
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2
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K. S. B. Ramacharylu
|
Vijayawada Region
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Vijayawada Region
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3
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N Sarada Devi
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Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| ||||||
4
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Digamber Ra0
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Hyderabad Region
|
Hyderabad Region
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5
|
Md. Maqbool
|
Hyderabad Region
|
Hyderabad Region
| ||||||
6
|
G. Keshava Rao
|
Hyderabad Region
|
Hyderabad Region
| ||||||
7
|
C Suvarnalatha
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Hyderabad South East Dn
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Hyderabad South East Dn
| ||||||
8
|
M. Umapathi
|
Hyderabad Region
|
Hyderabad Region
| ||||||
9
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K. Laxmanachary
|
Hyderabad Region
|
Hyderabad Region
| ||||||
10
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B. Laxmaiah
|
Hyderabad Region
|
Hyderabad Region
| ||||||
11
|
C. Rama Krishna
|
Hyderabad Region
|
Hyderabad Region
| ||||||
12
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Y. Appaji
|
Visakhapatnam Region
|
Visakhapatnam Region
| ||||||
13
|
Md Iqbal Hussain
|
Kurnool Region
|
Kurnool Region
| ||||||
14
|
R Sambasiva Rao
|
Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| ||||||
15
|
D. Rajeshwar
|
Hyderabad City Dn
|
Hyderabad City Dn
| ||||||
16
|
Md. Kaja Kamaluddin
|
Hyderabad Region
|
Hyderabad Region
| ||||||
17
|
G. Subbarao
|
Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| ||||||
18
|
M Vishnu Murthy
|
Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| ||||||
19
|
R Ganesh Shankar
|
Visakhapatnam Region
|
Visakhapatnam Region
| ||||||
20
|
J Venkateswara Rao
|
Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| ||||||
21
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K. Siva Prasad
|
Visakhapatnam Region
|
Visakhapatnam Region
| ||||||
22
|
A. Lokesh Kumar
|
Hyderabad Region
|
Hyderabad Region
| ||||||
23
|
V. Muarlidhar Reddy
|
Hyderabad Region
|
Hyderabad Region
| ||||||
24
|
G Sudhakar
|
Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| ||||||
25
|
P V Reddy
|
Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| ||||||
26
|
V. Dattatri
|
Visakhapatnam Region
|
Visakhapatnam Region
| ||||||
27
|
K. Seetha Mahalakshmi
|
Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| ||||||
28
|
S Sathireddy
|
Hyderabad Region
|
Hyderabad Region
| ||||||
29
|
K. Narsimha Reddy
|
Hyderabad City Dn
|
Hyderabad City Dn
| ||||||
30
|
S Bapu Reddy
|
Hyderabad City Dn
|
Hyderabad City Dn
| ||||||
31
|
M Nageswara Rao
|
Visakhapatnam Region
|
Visakhapatnam Region
| ||||||
32
|
K Laikone
|
ST
|
Visakhapatnam Region
|
Visakhapatnam Region
| |||||
33
|
M P R V V S Chitti Thalli
|
ST
|
Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| |||||
34
|
A Ram Das
|
Visakhapatnam Region
|
Visakhapatnam Region
| ||||||
35
|
N. V. R. V. S. P. V. S. R Acharyulu
|
Visakhapatnam Region
|
Visakhapatnam Region
| ||||||
36
|
L Sudhakara Rao
|
Visakhapatnam Region
|
Visakhapatnam Region
| ||||||
37
|
D K Seshachari
|
Visakhapatnam Region
|
Visakhapatnam Region
| ||||||
38
|
D B Sankara Rao
|
Visakhapatnam Region
|
Visakhapatnam Region
| ||||||
39
|
K Venkateswarlu
|
ST
|
Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| |||||
40
|
Ch. N V S T V Brahmam
|
Visakhapatnam Region
|
Visakhapatnam Region
| ||||||
41
|
L B Mahadev
|
ST
|
Visakhapatnam Region
|
Visakhapatnam Region
| |||||
42
|
L. Venkatesham
|
Hyderabad Region
|
Hyderabad Region
| ||||||
43
|
A. Nageswara Rao
|
Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| ||||||
44
|
V Sainilaya
|
Secunderabad Dn
|
Secunderabad Dn
| ||||||
45
|
B Devi
|
Secunderabad Dn
|
Secunderabad Dn
| ||||||
46
|
Ch. Showraiah
|
Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| ||||||
47
|
M Krishna Mohan
|
Hyderabad City Dn
|
Hyderabad City Dn
| ||||||
48
|
G.Narayan Reddy
|
Hyderabad Region
|
Hyderabad Region
| ||||||
49
|
G. Raghuram
|
Visakhapatnam Region
|
Visakhapatnam Region
| ||||||
50
|
R Rama Devi
|
Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| ||||||
51
|
D Vasanth Kumar
|
Hyderabad City Dn
|
Hyderabad City Dn
| ||||||
52
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A.Tirunakar
|
Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| ||||||
53
|
U. Reddi Samuel
|
Kurnool Region
|
Kurnool Region
| ||||||
54
|
K. S. S. Prasad
|
Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| ||||||
55
|
V Apparao
|
Vijayawada Region
|
Vijayawada Region
| ||||||
The Postmaster General, Hyderabad / Kurnool / Vijayawada / Visakhapatnam Regions will issue necessary orders to the officials concerned immediately against the identified norm based posts in Divisions in which they are working at present to the extent possible or in the neighboring Division of their respective Regions, where the vacancies in the cadre are available.
If the official is drawing the pay scale of Rs. 5200 – 20200 with grade pay of Rs. 2800/- and Rs. 9300 – 34800 with grade pay of Rs. 4200/- is not eligible for any pay fixation under the provisions of FR 22(I) (a) (1). If the official is not drawing the pay in the pay scales referred to above may exercise their option for pay fixation under the provisions of FR 22(I) (A) (1) within one month from the date of assuming the charge in the new post.
The official should accept / decline the promotion unconditionally in writing within one month from the date of issuance of this order.
The Postmasters General are requested to instruct the Divisional Superintendents concerned to relieve the officials forthwith with a direction to them to join in the promotional post of LSG cadre on or before 10.11.2013.
No representation for reallotments will be entertained by C.O before joining in the new post in LSG cadre in the Region allotted
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