Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Minutes of the 26th meeting of SCOVA held on 03.02.2015

SCOVA Meeting F. No. 42/39/2014-P&PW(G) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare 3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi – 110003 Date: 26th Feb,2015 To All the Pensioners Associations under...

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Amendment to Central Civil Service (Leave) Rules, 1972 – Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (PWD Act, 1995) – regarding

No.18017/1/2014-Estt(L) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training New Delhi, the 25th February, 2015 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Amendment to Central Civil Service (Leave) Rules, 1972 – Persons with Disabilities (Equal...

Extension Ad-hoc Recognition of Service Association of Employees of Non-Statutory Departmental Canteens/Tiffin Rooms of Central Government Offices under CCS(RSA) Rules, 1993 – regarding

No.27/1/2007 -Dir(C) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, P.G. and Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) ***** Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi, dated 26 February, 2015 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Extension Ad-hoc Recognition of Service Association of Employees of...

Friday, February 20, 2015

Reintroduction of direct recruitment in LDC in Central Secretariat – meeting to discuss to elicit views regarding

No. 19/2/2014-CS.I (P) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training CS.I Division Dated the 19th February 2015 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject:: Reintroduction of direct recruitment in LDC in Central Secretariat – meeting to discuss...
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Rule 5 of Railway Servants (Discipline and appeal) Rules, 1968 – Instructions regarding timely review of suspension

RBE No. 12/2015 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) No. E(D&A) 2014 RG6-35 New Delhi, 18.02.2015 The General Manager(P) All Indian Railways and Production Units etc. (As per standard list). Sub: Rule 5 of Railway Servants (Discipline and appeal) Rules, 1968 – Instructions...

Revision of pension of pre-2006 pensioners – inclusion of Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA) in revision of pension of retired medical officers

No.38/31/11 – P&PW(A)(Vol.IV) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Pension and P.W 3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi. Dated the 18th February, 2015 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject :- Revision of pension of pre-2006 pensioners...

Monday, February 16, 2015

Budget 2015: NMC urges FM to raise IT exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh

JAMMU: The National Mazdoor Conference today asked Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to raise the income tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh. "We urged Union Finance Minister to raise the Income Tax exemption limit to Rs five lakh," National Mazdoor Conference (NMC) President Subash Shastri said while...

Home Loan Rates in 2015: Here's Your Guide

As soon as one starts looking out at properties to buy a house, banks start offering home loans. This can be overwhelming at times. Making a choice then largely depends on comparing what competitor banks have to offer. Here is a list, which compares home loan rates by different banks. For a loan amount...
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Age limit may be raised to 60 years-EPFO

Retirement fund body Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s trustees in a meeting on Thursday will consider a proposal to raise the age limit from 58 to 60 years for vesting of pension under the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS-95). At present, a formal sector worker covered under the EPS-95 can make...
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Monday, February 9, 2015

Request for Voluntary Retirement from Persons suffering with disability – regarding

F.No.25012/01/2015-Estt(A.IV) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training Establishment A-IV Desk North Block, New Delhi – 110 001 Dated : 6th February  2015 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject :- Request for Voluntary Retirement...

Friday, February 6, 2015

UFBU decides to revive the strike programmes – 4 days strike from 25th to 28th Feb 2015

IBA backtracks from its assurance Offers a paltry 0.5% increase UFBU decides to revive the strike programmes Calls for four days Strike from 25th to 28th February, 2015 Indefinite Strike from 16th March, 2015 In our earlier Circular No.UFBU/2015/44 dated 19-1-2015, we had informed that in the...

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

EPFO settles more than One crore claims in the current financial year Employees Pension Fund deficit comes down to 2.5%

Shri K.K. Jalan, Central P.F. Commissioner while reviewing the performance of EPFO for the month of January, 2015 noted that the organization has settled 11.05 lakh claims. 73% of the claims were settled within 10 days and 93% within 20 days. With this, the total claim settlement for the current financial...
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The Secretary, National Council, JCM (Staff Side) writes to the Chairman 7th CPC for meeting:-

National Council (Staff Side) Joint Consultative Machinery for Central Government Employees 13-C, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi - 110001 Shiva Gopal Mishra, Secretary No. NC-JCM-2015/7th CPC 2/2/2015 The Chairman 7th Central Pay Commission, Chatrapati Shivaji Bhawan 1st Floor, B-14/A, Qutab Institutional...

NC JCM staff side demands scheduled meetings of Joint Consultative Machinery for redressal of grievances of 40 Lakhs central government employees.

National Council (Staff Side) Joint Consultative Machinery for Central Government Employees 13-C, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi - 110001 Shiva Gopal Mishra, Secretary No.NC-JCM/2014/DoP&T Dated: February 2, 2015 Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon'ble Minister of State for Prime Minister Office, Ministry...

DA FOR BANK EMPLOYEES FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY,MARCH AND APRIL 2015

Indian Banks’ Association HR & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS No.CIR/HR&IR/76/D/2014-15/1277 31st January, 2015 All Members of the Association (Designated Officers) Dear Sirs, Dearness Allowance for Workmen and Officer Employees in banks for the months of February, March & April 2015. under...

Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules 1964 — Guidelines regarding prevention of sexual harassment of women at the workplace— regarding

No. 11013/2/2014-Estt (A-III) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training Establishment Division North Block, New Delhi Dated February 2, 2015 OFFICE MEMORANDUM  Subject: Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules 1964 — Guidelines...

Merger of DA is just a Distant Mirage

Merger of DA                Almost all the Federations adopted the resolution in their Meetings and submitted Memorandum to Central Government and 7th pay commission for merger of 50% DA with Basic Pay. The matter has been raised in Parliament several occasions,...

Friday, January 30, 2015

GPF & Pension Benefits to Casual Labour with temporary status regularised after 1.1.2004 —regarding.

No. 49014/2/2014-Estt(C) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel & Training North Block, New Delhi. Dated the 29th January,2015. OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: GPF & Pension Benefits to Casual Labour with temporary status regularised...
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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Introduction of AADHAR enabled bio-metric attendance system.

F. No. 11013/9/2014-Estt.A-III Government of India Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training Estt.A-III Desk North Block, New Delhi. Dated:28th January, 2015 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Sub: Introduction of AADHAR enabled bio-metric attendance system. The...

Purchase of air tickets from authorized travel agents – Reg

Controller General of Defence Accounts, Ulan Batar Road, Palam , Delhi Cantt-110010 IMPORTANT CIRCULAR No.AN/XIV/14162/TA/DA/LTC/Deviation/Vol-IV Dated: 27/01/2015 To All PCsDA/CsDA (through CGDA Mail Server) Subject: Purchase of air tickets from authorized travel agents – Reg Of late, this...

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Brief of the meeting held with Hon’ble Minister for Railways

AIRF All India Railwaymen’s Federation (Estd. 1924) No.AIRF/24(C) Dated: January 24, 2015 The General Secretaries, All Affiliated Unions, Dear Comrades, Sub: Brief of the meeting held with Hon’ble Minister for Railways Yesterday I met Hon’ble Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu,...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu addresses 30,000 CPWD employees through video-conferencing; first time in 160 years

Minister urges employees to change image of CPWD through a four pronged approach Stresses on timely completion of projection, zero tolerance to corruption, transparency and accountability Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu today reached out to all the 30,000 employees of the public...
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Monday, January 19, 2015

All India Defence employees Federation opposes corporatisation of Ordnance Factories

ALL INDIA DEFENCE EMPLOYEES FEDERATION Survey No.81, Or.Babasahab Ambedkar Road. Khadki, Pune — 411003. Tele Fax (020) 25818761 Ernail defempfed@gmail.com PRESS RELEASE FOR FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION All India Defence employees Federation opposes corporatisation of Ordnance Factories AIDEF convey...

Monday, January 12, 2015

Extension of Public Provident Fund Scheme up to double handed Post Office

SB ORDER NO. 01/2015 F.No.32-01/2014-SB Government of India Ministry of Communications & IT Department of Posts Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110001, Dated: 09.01.2015 To All Heads of Circles/Regions Addl. Director General, APS, New Delhi. Subject: – Extension of Public Provident...
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Introduction of provision for writing of APAR of all Railway employees Working in GP Rs. 1900

RBE No.148/2014. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR) MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA) (RAILWAY BOARD) No.E(NG)I-2013/CR/1 New Delhi dated 30/12/2014 The General Managers(P) All Indian Railways & Production Units etc, i (As per standard list). Sub: Introduction of provision for...

One time relaxation In Rules for leave Encashment during service in Railways

RBE No. 141/2O14 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR) MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRAIAYA) (RAILWAY BOARD) No. F(E)III/20081LE-1/1 New Delhi, Dated: 15.12.2014. The GMs/FA&CAOs, All Zonal Railways/Pus, (As per Mailing List). Subject: One time relaxation In Rules for leave encashment...

Friday, January 9, 2015

Railway union toughened stands on scrapping of NPS and DA Merger

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s persuasive pitch to railway employees unions has cleared the decks for more FDI inflows and private capital in national transporter that may be reflected in the rail budget. After Modi’s statement that there would be no privatization of railways, the workers’ unions have...

Friday, January 2, 2015

1/1/2015 DA NEWS- LATEST AICPIN (NOVEMBER 2014) RELEASED

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Maldives, Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal likely on LTC map: Times of India News

NEW DELHI: Following PM Narendra Modi's visit to Nepal for the Saarc summit, the government is mulling a proposal to provide leave travel concession (LTC) for government employees to four countries — Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka — to boost tourism in the neighbourhood. The LTC will be modeled...

IRTSA DELEGATES MET 7th CPC on 12-12-2014 at Jodhpur

Well organised & impressive presentation on the issues of Technical Supervisors/ Supervising Engineers jodhpur, 12th Dec, 2014 IRTSA delegates met 7th Central Pay Commission and presented a strong case on the demands pertaining to Technical Supervisors / Supervising Engineers. Through an exclusive...