Central Government Employees, Pensioners set to get 7% DA hike

NEW DELHI: Reeling under the impact of diesel price hike and high inflation, the 80 lakh central government employees and pensioners are likely to soon get seven per cent increase in Dearness Allowance.

The proposal to increase the DA from 65 per cent to 72 per cent is likely to be taken up by the Union Cabinet tomorrow, sources said.

The decision, which would benefit about 50 lakh of employees and 30 lakh pensioners of the central government, comes in the backdrop of government increasing the diesel price by Rs 5 per litre and retail inflation crossing the double digit mark.

Cabinet Meeting scheduled on 21/09/12 : postponed

Union cabinet meeting scheduled on 21st September 2012 has been postponed. So the central employees have to wait for a little longer for their D.A. with effect from 1st July 2012. It was in the agenda of the said meeting and expected to be cleared. Perhaps the present political turmoil has compelled the postponment of the meeting though there is no official statement about the reason behind it.

courtesy: paycommission

AAO EXAMINATION CLARIFICATION

CONDUCTING OF SPECIAL LIMITED DEPARTMENTAL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTION TO THE CADRE OF ASSISTANT ACCOUNTS OFFICERS (90% DEPARTMENTAL QUOTA) FOR THE YEAR -2012-REG.
Please CLICK HERE

Demand for Grade pay of Rs.4600 for Inspector Posts rejected by MOF once again

Copy of letter of Shri Permanand posted in "Postal Inspectors Blog for Pay hike" is reproduced below for information. 

Dear Friends,

  It is really sad to intimate that Department of Expenditure, MOF has rejected the demand for grade pay of Rs.4600 to Inspector (Posts) even after the full justification given by Hon’ble CAT Ernakulam Bench in its order dated 18.10.2011 in OA No. 381/2010 and the good viable proposal submitted by DoP. The official rejection letter is yet to be received. However, note sheet of the relevant file has been received under RTI from DoP.

2.  As available in the note sheets (17/N), the DoP had sent the following proposal with concurrence of IFW and approval of Secretary (Posts) to Department of Expenditure, MOF:

“The hierarchical difference i.e non-availability of intermediary cadre like AssistantSuperintendent Posts in CBDT/CBEC and CSS can be resolved by allowing Grade Pay of Rs.4600 to Inspector Posts in Department of Posts (a GCS Group B Non-Gazetted Post) and retaining its promotional cadre of Assistant SuperintendentPosts (a GCS Group B Gazetted Post) also in the identical Grade Pay of Rs.4600. In the Accounts cadre, the cadre of Accounts Officer is in Grade Pay of Rs.5400 in PB-2. Its promotional post of Senior Accounts Officer is in Grade Pay of Rs.5400 in PB-3 & its further promotional post of ACAO also in Grade Pay of Rs.5400 in PB-3. This would not thereby involve upgradation in Grade Pays of Assistant SuperintendentPosts and PS Group B.”

FLASH NEWS. A POSTAL ASST COMRADE OF TN CIRCLE COMMITTED SUICIDE

Courtesy: www.fnpo.org

19/09/2012.

Our Federation sent telegram to the DG against PTC Madurai Director Copy of the telegram reproduced below.

Our Federation reported arrogant attitude of Director PTC Madurai to Member (HRD) &DDG (TRAINING)),  Tamilnadu circle unions conducted Dharna AAA.  our repeated requests were not considered by the administration this has resulted  in one official committed suicide in the PTC Madurai on 19/09/2012 AAA. FNPO demand from beginning to end investigation on this AAA. Till such time Director PTC Madurai should  be suspended  immediatelyAAA.

A detail Letter will follow

Courtesy: www.fnpo.org

Update 3 to Meghdoot 7.0 released.

Center for Excellence in Postal Technology is constantly making efforts to bring in comfort at Post offices in implementing various Departmental software. 

            The expectations of the customers are rapidly changing.  To meet the changing requirements of the customers Department is making efforts to upgrade the existing products or introducing new products.    This update takes care of all the upgrades and new products being introduced by the Department.

            The most salient features of this update are

i)                Customized installer for upgrading Meghdoot to update-3.

ii)               Online acceptance of fee for entrance examination.

iii)              Disabling booking of Registered letters without barcode.

iv).            Offline booking of WNX articles.

iv)              e-Money order Compilation

v)               MNOP implementation in Rnet.

             

Detailed information is furnished below about each change implemented in the software.

                        

General Manager,

Center for Excellence in Postal Technology,

Mysore.

http://cept.gov.in

support@ceptmysore.net

RBI cuts CRR: Home and auto loan rates expected to come down

MUMBAI: Your home and auto loan rates are expected to ease after the Reserve Bank of India slashed cash reserve ratio by 25 basis point to 4.50% in its mid quarter review of the monetary policy on Monday. CRR is the minimum proportion of deposits that banks must hold with the central bank. The CRR reduction is expected to inject Rs 17,000 crore liquidity into the banking system. 

The move is primarily aimed at managing the tight liquidity expected in the next few weeks on increased currency leakage during the upcoming festive season, and to ensure smooth flow of credit to productive sectors of the economy. 

Adequate and sustained liquidity will add to the banking and business confidence. We have seen a concerted reduction in deposit rates and eventually we will see lending rates softening. This will be translated into retail rates as well,'' said Rana Kapoor managing director and chief executive officer, Yes Bank. 

Only Retired Judges may head RTI commissions, says Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday edged out "eminent people" from heading commissions under the Right to Information Act by ordering that only sitting or retired chief justices of high courts and SC judges would be appointed as chief information commissioners at both the Centre and the states. 

In addition, sitting or retired HC judges should be preferred in appointment of information commissioners, it said, faulting the vague criteria for such appointments provided under the RTI Act. 

The bench of Justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar may have boosted post-retirement opportunities for HC and SC judges by ruling that the information commissions were "judicial tribunals" performing functions of "judicial" and "quasi-judicial" nature and had trappings of a court and should be headed by a judicial mind. 

The gain for retired judges would be at the cost of former officials. The Act prescribes appointment of information commissioners from among persons of eminence in public life and those with wide knowledge and experience in the fields specified under the legislation. 

Source :http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

DOWNLOAD ADMIT CARD/HALL TICKETS FOR LGO EXAMINATION SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON 16.09.2012

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD ADMIT CARD/HALL TICKET

Working more than 8hrs a day ups heart risk

Working more than eight hours a day raises the risk of heart disease by up to 80 per cent, a new study has revealed.

Researchers said that long working hours could be condemning thousands of employees to heart attacks and strokes.

The warning follows analysis of 12 studies dating back as far as 1958, involving a total of 22,000 people from around the world.