Wage hike in 7th Pay Commission and Trade Union Action Wage hike and trade union action Comrades , The 7th CPC has cheated the 35 lakhs Central Government Employees and 50 lakhs pensioners, by announcing meagre 14.29% wage hike, in actual term of increase for serving employees after deduction of Income tax, enhanced subscription of … Read more
Dynamic Fare System At present, there is no proposal to extend the concept of dynamic fare/variable fare system on all types of trains. However, over and above the regular time tabled trains, the concept of Suvidha/Premium Special trains with variable/dynamic fares have already been introduced. Besides this, with effect from 01.10.2014, in some of the … Read more
Facility of I-Ticket For Defence Personnel The facility of i-ticketing has been extended to defence personnel wherein tickets are booked online by the Defence Units on the Defence Travel System through Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC) website and i-ticket can be collected by the defence personnel from any Computerised Passenger Reservation System … Read more
7th Pay Commission Report : Employees’ Expectations versus Disappointments “7th Pay Commission Report – From the perspectives of various employees and employees’ unions” On November 19, the 7th Central Pay Commission submitted its report on the salaries, pensions, and benefits for more than 50 lakh Central Government employees. Within hours, the websites and news media … Read more
Reservation in promotion – Minister replied in Rajya Sabha The DoPT Minister replied in Parliament, while answering a question about the stand of Central Government on reservation in promotion cases involving Central Government employees as follows… “The reservation in promotion is provided to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) at the rate of 15% … Read more
Abolishment of the practice of interview for Group B and C posts The Central Government has decided to dispense with the interview for all Group ‘C’ and non-gazetted Group ‘B’ category in Central Government by 31.12.2015. If a Department considers interview absolutely necessary for any specific posts, then clearance of Department of Personnel & Training … Read more
Instruction regarding simplified procedure for claiming Children Education Allowance: Revised Procedure: JCOS/ OR – PCDA(CC) Instruction Office of the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Central Command) Cariappa Road, Cantt., Lucknow, Pin Code – 226002 No.ORs Cell/07/PAO Cir Dated: 07/12/2015 To, The Officer – Incharge All LAOs/ RAOs Sub: Instruction regarding simplified procedure for claiming Children … Read more
Analysis and Recommendations of 7th Pay Commission on House Rent Allowance Allowances related to Housing : House Rent Allowance (HRA) : Presently, HRA is payable at the following rates: There are a large number of demands for paying HRA as a percentage of (Basic Pay + DA), instead of as a percentage of Basic Pay alone, as … Read more
7th CPC recommendations for Assistant Research Officers Department of Higher Education : Assistant Research Officers, Central Hindi Directorate With a cadre strength of 68 employees, the cadre of Research officers in the Central Hindi Directorate (CHD) is responsible for preparing the corpus for lexicographical assignments and curriculum for correspondence courses. Their cadre structure is as under: The educational qualification … Read more
7th Pay Commission in favor of Technical Operator(Drilling) Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) Drilling Staff : The association has demanded that considering the nature of duties and responsibilities attached to the post of Technical Operators, it may be placed in GP 1900 at par with Technical Operators of Geological Survey of India (GSI). Further to this, the association has also … Read more