Don't think 7th Pay Commission panel suggestions will remain: Manohar Parrikar - India Today News

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said the recommendation of 7th Pay Commission was not final and he would take up concerns raised by the Armed Forces at the right level.

In an exclusive interview with the India Today, Parrikar said he has prepared ground for smoothening the defence procurement which needed to be backed by deliveries now.

On the concerns raised by the Armed Forces over the raw deal given to them in the 7th Pay Commission, Parrikar said it was not the final word. "The seventh Pay Commission is in the form of recommendations. I do not think they (recommendations) will remain. I do not consider them as finalities. I have flagged them and will flag them properly at the right level," said the defence minister.

MEETING WITH CABINET SECRETARY ON PAY COMMISSION ISSUES

  A meeting with Cabinet Secretary Sri. P. K. Sinha was held at Cabinet Secretariat Committee Room, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi on 30.03.2016. 

   All Members of empowered committee i.e. Secretaries of Various Departments were present in the meeting. Department of Post was represented by Sri. Ashutosh Tripathi, Member (Personal), Sri Shailendra Dashora, DDG (Estt) Ms. Manju Pandey, DDG (Personal) & Ms. Anju Nigam DDG (SR) from NFPE Com. R. N. Parashar, Secretary General NFPE & General Secretary P3, Com. Giriraj Singh, President NFPE & General Secretary, R3 & Com. R. Seethalakshmi, Dy. Secretary General, NFPE & General Secretary P4 from FNPO, Com. D. Theagrajan, Secretary General, FNPO & General Secretary R3, Com. T. N. Rahate, President FNPO & General Secretary P4 and from BPEF. Com. S. K. Sinha, General Secretary Postal Accounts Association participated. 

7TH PAY COMMISSION ENHANCED SALARIES, ARREARS TO BE PAID IN JULY

New Delhi: The central government is going to start payment of salaries and pensions to its 48 lakh employees and 52 lakh pensioners according to the 7th Pay Commission recommendations from July along with six months’ arrears.

The Seventh Pay Commission report was presented to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in November.

The payments will be made following the pay-fixation method in the new pay matrix which has been suggested in place of pay band and grade pay by the Seventh Pay Commission.

Multi Faceted Post Offices - Lok Sabha Q/A

Qn. No    : 3146
Date        : 16.03.2016
Ministry : COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Member : AJAY (TENI) MISRA
Subject   : Multi Faceted Post Offices

OBITUARY...........

Shri. N.Ramakrishnan (N.R) Postmaster Grade I, Sriverambur S.O Trichy division has breathed his last on last night. 

He is one among the front runner of our All India Association of Postmater Cadre union, and upto last noon he was speaking with our circle Secretary about the next course of actions of our Association. 

His sudden demise left all of us speechless and put into irrecoverable loss to our association. 

Deep condolences to his bereaved family and his soul may rest in peace.

N.R is sitting exactly middle with light pink shirt in the below photo.

Transfers/Postings in the SAG of Indian Postal Service, Group A

Finance minister rolls back proposal to tax provident fund

New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI) In the face of all round attack, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today completely rolled back the controversial proposal to tax the employees' provident fund (EPF) at the time of withdrawal.

Taking the first opportunity available, he made a suo motu statement in the Lok Sabha in which he also announced withdrawal of imposing monetary limit for contribution of employers to provident and superannuation fund of Rs 1.5 lakh for taking tax benefit.

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Cental Government decides to withdraw tax on Provident Fund

"Prime Minister has recommended the Finance Minister to stop the tax on the PF withdrawals, and to conduct a thorough study on this."

Centre decides to withdraw tax on Provident Fund

News have surfaced that the Prime Minister has instructed the Finance Minister to put a hold on the proposed plan to impose taxes on PF withdrawals. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is expected to make an official announcement in this regard shortly.

SEVENTH PAY COMMISSION: GOOD NEWS! GOVT WON'T SCRAP EXISTING FACILITIES, ALLOWANCES

New Delhi, Mar 4: After dropping enough hint that Government is all set to implement the recommendations of Seventh Pay Commission soon, here is yet another good news for central government employees.

According to Finance Ministry sources, Government won't be making any changes in the existing advances and facilities, enjoyed by Central government employees. Pay commission had suggested abolition of many privileges and facilities including risk allowance, small family allowance, festival advance and motor cycle advance etc in its recommendations.

7th pay calculations

“Our 7th CPC Pay and Allowances Calculator is a simple tool for finding new basic pay and allowances of Central Government employees as per the recommendations 7th CPC as on 1.1.2016.”

Three months have passed since the 7th Pay Commission submitted its recommendations to the government, but still little bit confusion persists in using of our calculator. So, we have to explain how the calculator is working and how to calculate with this tool.

ABOLITION OF INTERVIEW FOR GROUP C AND D SERVICES

Press Information Bureau 

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

03-March-2016 18:39 IST 

Abolition of Interview for Group C and D Services

The Central Government has decided to dispense with the interview for all Group C (including Group D) and non-gazetted Group B category in Central Government by 31.12.2015.

Accordingly, instructions have been issued to the Staff Selection Commission mandated with the recruitment of mainly Group B (Non-Gazetted) and Group C (Non-technical) posts in the Central Ministries/Departments to discontinue the interview in all mandated recruitments commencing from 1.1.2016.