One day paid weekly off for casual workers-implementation of the Order of Hon ble CAT, Ahmedabad bench in the OA No. 214 of 2003 filed by Smt. Bhikaben Pratapbhai Prajapati

It has been decided that casual workers working in offices having a five day week may be allowed one day paid weekly off provided they have worked for a minimum of 40 hours during the said week. The relevant provisions of the Department of Personnel and Training OM No.49014/2/86-Estt (C) 7th June, 1988 are amended to this extent.

Proposed amendment in Conduct & service rules : Civil servants not allowed to criticise govt on social media

Centre Plans To Bar Its Officials From Making Any Criticism Of Govt On Social Media. The govt is planning to take disciplinary action for criticizing the Government in written word as well as caricatures.

Please see the DOPT proposed amendments below...

The Finance Minister Statement On 7th CPC Multiplication Factor

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO 28

ANSWERED ON 19.07.2016

7th Central Pay Commission recommendations

Shri Neeraj Shekhar

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to satate :-

(a) whether Government has implemented the 7th Central Pay Commission recommendations;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the date of notification thereof;

(c) whether increase in pay of Central Government Officials is historically low under 7th CPC; if so, the reasons thereof;

(d) whether employees unions/trade unions have announced to go on indefinite strike against the historically low revision of salaries by Government, if so, the response of Government thereto; and

A miserable 2 per cent hike per year by 7th CPC-by vinod raj.- former comptroller and auditor general

On June 30, headlines across newspapers were on the Union government having approved the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations. The Economic Times headline read, "Central staff hit pay dirt: An early Diwali". The newspaper said the government had accepted the recommendations doling out 'hefty' pay hikes. The salaries were expected to increase in the range of 14 per cent to 23 per cent. The bold fonts also announced that the lowest salary was to increase from Rs 7,000 per month to Rs 18,000. The highest salary, received by the cabinet secretary, was to go up to Rs 2,50,000 from Rs 90,000.Sounds huge, does it not? But we need to analyse this. What is the bonanza and what are the hefty pay hikes which are speculated to be “fuelling inflationary pressures"?Actually, the salary of Rs 7,000 and Rs 18,000 are not comparable. The equivalent of the Rs 7,000 basic salary, which was fixed 10 years ago and currently applicable with the dearness allowance added on, is Rs 15,750 (Rs 7,000 basic plus 125 per cent DA). In the salary of Rs 18,000 now announced, the DA is subsumed. Thus, a more accurate comparison would be the present salary of Rs 15,750 and the new salary of Rs 18,000. Similarly, the cabinet secretary at present receives Rs 2,02,500. The newspapers also announced that the total outgo as a consequence of the hike was expected to be Rs 1 lakh crore.The comments on social media are more expressive! They question whether government employees actually deserve higher salaries: "Being paid more for what?", "More pay for less and less work", and "Babus don't deserve a hike." In fact, it is speculated that these increases will fuel inflation. Another school of thought believes that it will kickstart spending, thus generate demand and hence increased economic activity.

The Pay Commission is announced once in ten years. Thus any increase in basic salary comes about once in ten years. Even if we were to assume that this Pay Commission has brought about a hike of 20 per cent, it would tantamount to a simple rate of 2 per cent per annum. Which employee in the private sector would be content with a 2 per cent per annum hike? A couple of years ago, I was pleasantly surprised to hear of the bonus received by one of the youngsters in the family. I found that his annual bonus alone was more than the sum of the total salary earned by me over my entire career! He could afford at least two vacations abroad for himself and his kids every year, travelling business class. My wife and I have never been on any vacation as yet. At most, every year we visited our parents using up my earned leave or she would accompany me if I travelled on work. For him the weekend is a total break from work—he gets no official calls over the weekend. Mine was a 24x7 job when I could not refuse anyone who called me. Once when my wife reminded the caller that he had called on a holiday, he had the gumption to remind her that official phones were given to government functionaries so that they could be contacted all the time!

There is then the fear that the pay increase will cause financial difficulties to state governments. True, it will. However, prudent financial management requires constant mobilisation of resources. However, considering the fact that we have just about an election every year, to local bodies or state legislatures or the general election, very few governments can take appropriate measures to increase taxes or tap methods to raise resources. If you cannot take harsh decisions to raise resources, why blame government employees who get a paltry increase of 2 per cent per annum?

7th Pay Commission ready reckoner for Pay Band I

7th Pay Commission ready reckoner for Pay Band II

AIAPS(GL) TAKEN UP THE CASE REGARDING THE GRADE III - DATE OF JOINING SENIORITY

Dear Postmasters

             This All India association of Postal Supervisors is receiving so many objections from the Senior Grade III officials regarding the order of seniority in Grade III according to the date of joining instead of inter-se seniority in the feeder grade.

            AIAPS(GL) shall take up the case shortly and scanned copy of the letter shall be published in due course

             Directorate letter is produced below

Gazette Notification for implementation of 7th CPC

There are lot of discussions about the date of Gazette Notification for implementation of 7th CPC & Office Memorandum, It usually takes about 15 to 20 days after cabinet approval of the pay commission report .Let us examine the 6th CPC dates.

The union cabinet gave its approval for implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission on 14th August 2008.

Madhya Pradesh to be the first state to set up Department of Happiness

The Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Friday cleared a proposal to set up a Department of Happiness or Anand Vibhag. With this, MP would become the first state in the country to have such a department.

Speaking to the media, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that economic prosperity is not the sole indicator of happiness and it is important that the self, mind and the soul is truly happy.

7th Pay Commission: NCM member writes to Arun Jaitley, seeks changes in proposed govt salaries

Contending prices of essential commodities are same for all, an NCM member today urged Centre to increase salary of its lowest paid employees by Rs 4,000 and reduce that of highest paid personnel by Rs 25,000 under 7th Pay Commission to see those earning less are not affected.

Contending prices of essential commodities are same for all, an NCM member today urged Centre to increase salary of its lowest paid employees by Rs 4,000 and reduce that of highest paid personnel by Rs 25,000 under 7th Pay Commission to see those earning less are not affected.

MUCH AWAITED COMBINED NATIONAL GRADATION LIST OF POSTMASTER GRADE III

Dear Postmasters

          As per the relevant recruitment rules, to promote the Grade III officials completed 2 years regular service in Grade III to the Senior Postmaster Cadre combined national gradation list of PM Grade III is released from the directorate and attached in this blog post for the reference to all the postmaster cadre officials.

Article - Will PM Grade I/II/III get stepped up G.P Rs.4200/4600/4800 respectively?????

Dear Postmasters,

              This association is receiving so many queries regarding the stepped up Grade Pay of Rs.4200/- to Postmaster Grade I and G.P Rs.4600/- to Postmaster Grade II and G.P Rs.4800 to Postmaster Grade III by the virtue of 7th Pay commission and by Cadre restructure.

              Analytical studies are  as follows.....

New Features Released For NPS Subscribers

Press Information Bureau,

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Dated: 15/07/2016

New Features Released For NPS Subscribers

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) takes various initiatives from time to time in order to simplify and improve the operational issues in National Pension System (NPS) like new functionality development under NPS architecture, simplification of account opening, withdrawal, grievance management etc. In this regard, recently many new functionalities have been released to provide the ease of operation for the benefit of subscribers and nodal offices. These are detailed below:

7th CPC : New salary from August 2016?

As per Report by AIRF on New 7th pay commission salary – On 13.07.2016, Shri Shiva Gopal Mishra, General Secretary, AIRF (All India Railwaymen Federation) has clarified to the effect that revised 7th Pay Commission recommended Pay will be paid from August salary.

Earlier he announced on 8th July about payment of enhanced salary from July which appears to be totally baseless.

Clarification on casual labourers and parttime casual labourers - Directorate Order in Department of Post

SWACHH BHARAT STAMP DESIGN COMPETITION

SOME IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE IN OUR DEPARTMENT BY COMMISSION

AN IMPORTANT ORDER FOR SELECTION PROCESS FOR ENGAGEMENT OF GDS - PL INFORM ALL

7th Pay Commission salary to be paid from August

New Delhi: The central government is going to start payment of salaries to its 48 lakh employees according to 7th Pay Commission recommendations, which are to be paid from from August salary.

As per official calculation, no huge amount will be required for the payment of salaries according to 7th Pay Commission recommendations.

7TH PAY COMMISSION SALARY TO BE PAID FROM AUGUST

The cabinet approved the new pay scales for central government employees on June 29 after considering report of the 7th Pay Commission, led by Justice A K Mathur.

Revised Citizen's Charter of Department of Posts

7th Pay Commission: How it will change your exact salary-know simply

It will come into effect from January 1, 2016.

The recommendations will benefit over 1 crore employees. This includes over 47 lakh central government employees and 53 lakh pensioners, of which 14 lakh employees and 18 lakh pensioners are from the defence forces.

The new scales of pay provide for entry-level basic pay going up from Rs 7,000 per month to Rs 18,000, while at the highest level i.e. Secretary, it would go up from Rs 90,000 to Rs 2.5 lakh. For Class 1 officers, the starting salary will be Rs 56,100.

Here we will show you how the 7th Pay Commission will change your exact salary keeping in mind the 4 main pay bands:

Existing Pay Band (5200-20200)

Shame.... !!!

Present Question of 1 crore central government employees/pensioners is "WHY THE STRIKE WAS DEFERRED?"

Dear friends,

         Including Postmaster cadre almost all the cadre was severely affected with the meager hike by 7th CPC. We have to travel nearly 8 months for the analysis of 7th CPC retrograde recommendations and past developments regarding the implementation of those retrograde recommendations. Atlast GOI maintained the status quo in the implementations of 7th CPC. Strike was deferred 3rd time. Why strike was deferred?? Whether to give ample time to GOI to decide the justified demands of Government employees? or to dilute the protests? 

The following are the analysis for the employees of department of Posts....

AIAPS(GL) POSTMASTER CADRE CIRCLE LEVEL MEET AND CWC GRAND SUCCESS!!!

Dear Postmasters,

             On 03.07.2016 Circle level Postmasters and Supervisory cadre officials meeting was conducted under the banner of AIAPS(GL).

       Meeting was successfully organised and conducted by the Circle coordinator Shri.R. Rajendran. He made a neat A/C hall and delicious food arrangements.

             Founder of AIAPS(GL) Respectful Shri.K.Kanniappan is preceded the meeting with the following Circle and Regional level office bearers.

1. Shri. Venkateswara Rao (Circle President)

2. Shri. Ayyavoo (Circle Secretary)

3. Shri. Dhanapal 

4. Shri. Krishnan

              Newly constituted divisional secretaries and members are attended this meeting from all over the tamilnadu and shared their views.

              4 Lady front members are attended this meeting from the farthest distance and our association conveys its sincere and special thanks to them.

              New Regional office bearers are elected and the same shall be published shortly.

              The following resolutions are passed.