Travelling Allowance applicable to Central Government Employees- A re-visit

Travel entitlements based on grade pay for reimbursing actual cost of journey performed by Central Government Employees by Air and Rail are as follows

Journey by Rail / Air

1. Class of accommodation according to grade pay:

From 01.09.2008, Central Government Servants are entitled for accommodation as follows.

Grade Pay	Travel Entitlement
Officers drawing grade pay of Rs.10,000 and above and those in pay scale of HAG + and above	Business / Club Class by air / AC First class by train
Officers drawing grade pay of Rs.7,600 and Rs.8,900	Economy Class by air / AC First class by train
Officers drawing grade pay of Rs.5,400 and Rs.6,600	Economy Class by air / AC II Tier class by train
Officers drawing grade pay of Rs.4,200, Rs.4,600 and Rs.8,900	AC II Tier class by train
Officers drawing grade pay below Rs.4,200	First class / AC III Tier / AC Chair car by train

Officers drawing Grade Pay of Rs.7600 and above are entitled to travel on tour by Executive Class in Shatabti Trains / AC first class in Rajdhani Train.

DISBURSEMENT OF PENSION TO POSTAL PENSIONERS THROUGH NATIONALIZED BANKS IN ADDITION TO POST OFFICES

 

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Expected DA upto 81% from January, 2013 on September, 2012 AICPI-IW index

Expectation of future Dearness Allowance from January, 2013 on the basis of 2 points jump in CPI-IW for the month of August, 2012 and 1 point jump in September, 2012 giving expectation for DA  80% or more from January 2013.

All India Consumer Price Index Number [http://labourbureau.nic.in/indtab.html] for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 2001=100 for September, 2012 showing increase in 1 point and stood at 215 (Two hundred and fifteen).

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THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HRA AND TAX BENEFITS

    House Rent Allowance (HRA), is an important component in our salary slips, with upto 30% of basic pay (+DP) in metros. HRA is the allowance given to meet the staff's expenses towards renting an accommodation. Though very simple in concept and calculation, the tax implications of the HRA, puzzles many a people. Here are 7 must knows, to help you utilise this component of your salary in a tax efficient manner.

1) Conditions you need to satisfy for a HRA exemption

Under Section 10 of the Income Tax Act, certain exemptions are permissible on the received HRA. To claim such exemptions one must satisfy the below conditions.

The employee must not own the property in which he is residing. 

Employees must be paying rent for the accommodation in which residing. 

Such rent must be more than 10 per cent of his/her salary (see section 5).  

if not, an exemption cannot be availed if there is no HRA component in the salary.

2) Calculating HRA for tax exemption

HRA tax exemption is based on the HRA received, basic pay, actual rent paid as well as if you stay in metro or non-metro. The amount exempted from the tax calculations is the least of the following.

CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE RECENT ORDERS

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES’ WELFARE COORDINATION COMMITTEES STAFF WELFARE

The Central Government being the largest single employer in the country, bears the major responsibility of looking after the welfare of a large number of employees spread all over the country. This Ministry recognizing that welfare of employees is one of the prime tasks of personnel management, provides and aids a large network of staff welfare programmes, thereby underlining the fact that improvement in the working and living conditions of the employees and their families, leads to efficiency and high morale amongst them.

A brief account of the various welfare programmes/organizations under this Ministry is given below:

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES’ WELFARE COORDINATION COMMITTEES :

Outside Delhi at a place where there are at least 5 Central Government Offices and the total number of Central Government employees is not less than 1,000, the Central Government; Employees Welfare Coordination Committee has been formed. These Committees are responsible for coordinating the welfare activities of the Central Government employees serving within their jurisdictions. At present, there are 41 such Coordination Committees located in different parts of the country. Senior most ficer in the station is the Chairman of the Committee.

RESIDENTS WELFARE ASSOCIATIONS:

In order to foster a spirit of mutual help and goodwill among the residents of government colonies and to promote amongst them social, cultural and recreational activities, Resident Welfare Associations have been recognizedin Delhi and in other parts of the country. At present, there are 66 such Associations. The members of Management Committee of these Associations are elected by holding elections every two years under the provisions of the Model Constitution framed by this Department. 

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Aadhaar based Direct Cash Transfers - Rollout to begin from 1 January 2013 in 51 districts, Half the country to be covered by 1.4.2013

            A meeting of the Executive Committee on Direct Cash Transfers was held today by the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister along with the Cabinet Secretary. The  meeting was attended by the Secretaries and representatives of the Departments of  Financial Services, UIDAI (Aadhaar), IT, Planning Commission,  Expenditure, Posts, Rural Development, Social Justice & Empowerment, Tribal Affairs, Minority Affairs, Higher Education, School Education, Health & Family Welfare, Women & Child Development, Labour & Employment, Petroleum & Natural Gas, Fertilizers, and Food & Public Distribution.

            The Prime Minister had recently constituted a National Committee on Direct Cash Transfers under his chairmanship and an Executive Committee on Direct Cash Transfers to give a thrust to roll out a cash transfer programme across the country, leveraging the Aadhaar platform.

Clarification regarding action to be taken to fill up the vacancies of Multi Tasking Staff, Postman and Mail Guard.

 

 

Revenue - Target & Achievement by India Post till August, 2012

 

Capturing time of delivery in respect of EMS articles.

To view Directorate memo, please CLICK HERE. 

A Note on compassionate appointment to the wards of GDS employees’ who dies in harness.

Tele-Fax: 23697701

ALL INDIA POSTAL EXTRA DEPARTMENTAL EMPLOYEES UNION

(Central Head Quarter)

First Floor, Post Office Building, Padamnagar, Delhi 110007

President:                    D. N.Giri

General Secretary:       S.S. Mahadevaiah

Reference:      GDS/ /2012                                   Dated: 01.11.2012.

Ms. Manjula prasher,                          

Secretary,

Department of Posts,

Dak Bhavan, New Delhi – 1.

Sub:         A Note on compassionate appointment to the wards of GDS employees’ who dies in harness.

……..

Madam

During the discussions on Strike Charter, we were asked to submit a note on the above subject when we pointed out the fact that many deserving cases are not being considered for compassionate appointment and the wards are undergoing untold hardship/misery.  They are virtually in streets, craving for help.

 An example of a case of Sri Ashok s/o Late Gopalakrishna, GDSMP, Agumbe in Shimoga Dn of Karnataka Circle was quoted.  The family condition is as follows.

CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ON POSTMAN/MAIL GUARD EXAM

No. A-34012/01/2012-DE

Government of India

Ministry of Communications &IT

Department of Posts,

(DE Section)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg.

New Delhi-110116

Dated 19^th October, 2012

1. All Chief Postmasters General, 
2. All Postmasters General, 

SUB: HOLDING OF LIMITED DEPARTMENTAL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR DILLING THE POSTS OF POSTMEN/MAIL GUARDS AND MULTI TASKING STAFF AS PER REVISED RECRUITMENT RULES.

Sir/Madam,

I am directed to invite a kind reference to the letter of even number dated 8-10-2012 wherein a detailed schedule was prescribed for holding of LDCE for Postmen/Mail guard and MTS 

2. Subsequently, the nodal branch staff section vide letter no. no. 45-2/2011-SPB.1 dated 18-10-2012 issued detailed instructions to the circles for filling the vacancies by holding separate examinations for each year vacancies and given specific schedule and to complete the process by 30^th June 2013. 

Scheme for payment of pensions to postal pensioners through nationalised banks

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION & IT 

DEPARTMENT OF POSTS 

SCHEME FOR PAYMENY OF PENSIONS 

TO POSTAL PENSIONERS THROUGH 

NATIONALISED BANKS

It has been decided, in consultation with the Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance  that the services of the Nationalised Banks (i.e. State Bank of India and its subsidiaries and Nationalised Banks) would be utilised to disburse pensions to Postal pensioners (The actual date of introduction of the scheme will be notified to all concerned later).

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Working On Your Computer In Healthy Way

Follow some basic tips to work in a better way on your computer. Do not work in total darkness where the computer screen is the only source of light, especially if you have to type or copy from a printed document.

Ensure that the keyboard and the document you are typing from are adequately lit up. The keys and letters should be visible and they should appear in focus when you look at them. If you are looking at a sheet of paper while typing, keep a paper holder adjacent to the monitor and ensure the letters are visible. Contrast also affects visibility. Black letters on a white background are the easiest to read as opposed to light lettering on a dark background.

     Set the contrast correctly for your monitor, too. Outrageous colours such as red letters on a gray background are painful to even stare at. Set your desktop screen to a subtle colour and avoid pictures and graphics with fluorescent colours.

RD ERROR.....VIOLATION OF PRIMARY KEY CONSTRAINT "PK_PENDING_FORM...." DUPLICATE KEY IN OBJECT "PENDING FORM STATUS"

ERROR: 

SOLUTION:-

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Introduction of facility of automatic credit of PLI/ RPLI monthly premium from savings account of insured persons.

Copy of PLI Directorate letter No. 29-08/2009-LI (Pt) dated 25.10.2012

To

All Heads of Circles

Addl. DG (APS)

Sub: Introduction of facility of automatic credit of PLI/ RPLI monthly premium from savings account of insured persons.

   In the last few years, there has been massive expansion of Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI). However, it has been noticed that a number of policies particularly in RPLI lapse after a while. One of the reasons for lapsation is absence of convenient ways of depositing premia of the policy(ies). As such, it was under consideration of the Department to provide facility of automatic deduction of premia from Savings Account so that (i) the policy holder(s) need not have to visit Post Office every month for depositing premia of his PLI/ RPLI policy and (ii) lapsation of PLI/ RPLI policies gets reduced.

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Rejection of proposal of Up gradation of IP Grade Pay

Directorate has issued orders rejecting the proposal of up-gradation of GP of IPs from Rs. 4200/- to Rs. 4600/-. To see copy of Directorate memo No.2-5/2010-PCC dated 15th October, 2012.

Click here to view the said Directorate memo in original.

How Project Arrow can modernise the department of posts

One minister, one department, one contract, one winner - but many lobbies. This, in essence, sums up the reason why Project Arrow, which sought to change the face of India's department of posts (DoP) - a department that normally does not figure in the vision of most policymakers and decision-takers - appears to have gone into a limbo. It is also a project that the Union government hoped would take inclusive growth in the country to another level. 

At the heart of this modernisation project was the Core System Integrator (CSI) contract for which three companies - HP, TCS and HCL Technologies - had been shortlisted. In fact, it was in January this year that the technical evaluation for the project was completed and HP emerged the lowest bidder. But doing business in India is never easy, as has emerged in the recent round of corruption scandals that are rocking the government.