Minimum Government and Maximum Governance A citizen friendly and accountable administration is the focus of the government. A series of steps to achieve this goal have been initiated. These include simplification of procedures, identification and repeal of obsolete/archaic laws/rules, identification and shortening of various forms, leveraging technology to bring in transparency in public interface and … Read more
WI – FI Service Facility to Railway Passengers Wi-Fi facility with free access to rail passengers for first 30 minutes in a day is proposed to be provided at all A1 (75), A (332) and B(302) i.e. total 709 railways stations. For period after 30 minutes the service will be available on payment. Initially the … Read more
Reservation For Minorities At present, there is no reservation in Civil Posts and Services under the Government of India and admission to Central Educational Institutions for Minority Communities declared by the Central Government under Section 2(c) of National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. However, Central Government carved out a sub quota of 4.5% for minorities, … Read more
NJCA decides to go on indefinite strike from 1st Week of March 2016 NJCA MEETING DECISION INDEFINTE STRIKE FROM 1ST WEEK OF MARCH 2016 Meeting of the National Joint Council of Action (Railways, Defence and Confederation) was held on 08.12.2015 at JCM National Council Staff Side office, New Delhi. Detailed deliberations on 7th CPC related issues (including … Read more
Assessment of INDWF on 7th CPC Recommendations – Fitment, Annual Increment MACP and Cadre Review Fitment : The fitment of the pay in the new pay structure is recommended at 2.57 times of the Basic Pay drawn, which has been arrived based on the Minimum Pay of VI CPC and the proposed Minimum Pay by VII … Read more
Assessment of INDWF of the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission ASSESSMENT OF INDWF OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF 7TH CPC Minimum Pay : Though the Commission claims to have adopted Dr. Aykroyd formula in calculating minimum wages, the rates of commodities based on which the recommendations of the commission is made is significantly deviating from the rates … Read more
7th Pay Commission recommendations on Bonus Schemes Bonus Schemes and Performance Related Pay Bonus Schemes in the Central Government : Apart from DAE/DoS, there are bonus payments to Group `B’ (non-gazetted) and Group `C’ Central Government employees. The bulk of these employees are covered under the Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) Scheme, which is implemented in Railways, Posts … Read more
Enhancement of retirement age of PSU Bank Officers The CEO&MD and DMD of Industrial Finance Corporation of India Ltd. (IFCI Ltd.) were appointed with effect from 12.12.2013 for a period of three years. IFCI became a Government Company with effect from 07.04.2015. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the continuation of CEO&MD and DMD … Read more
Proposal to increase the ceiling of Bonus – Minister replied in Parliament Changes under Bonus Act Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for Ministry Labour and Employment in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today stated that there is a proposal to increase the eligibility limit and calculation ceiling under the Payment … Read more
Opposition to notification of OROP – Rajya Sabha Q&A on 1.12.2015 Opposition to notification of OROP (a) Government vide Ministry of Defence letter No. 12(01)/2014/D(Pen/Pol)-Part-II, dated 7.11.2015 has issued orders for implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) for the Defence Forces Personnel. Salient features of the OROP are as under:- (i) Pension of the … Read more