7th Pay Commission scheduled to visit Kolkata & Andaman

7th Pay Commission scheduled to visit Kolkata & Andaman

7cpc.india.gov.in – An official website of 7th Central Pay Commission published an another schedule a visit Kolkata and Andaman Nicobar Islands on 4 to 6 Jan and 8 to 10 Jan 2015 respectively.

Commission’s visit to Kolkata and Andaman & Nicobar Islands

The Commission, headed by its Chairman, Justice Shri A. K. Mathur, proposes to visit Kolkata from 04th to 06th January 2015 and Andaman & Nicobar from 08th to 10th January 2015. The Commission would like to invite various entities/associations/federations representing any/all categories of employees covered by the terms of reference of the Commission to present their views.

Your request for a meeting with the Commission may be sent through e-mail to the Secretary, 7th Central Pay Commission at secy-7cpc@nic.in. The memorandum already submitted by the requesting entity may also be sent as an attachment with this e-mail.

The last date for receiving request for meeting is 31st December 2014 (1700 hours).

Source: www.7thpaycommissionnews.in

Pay Parity for Defence Personnel – Memorandum submitted to 7th Pay Commission

Pay Parity for Defence Personnel – Memorandum submitted to 7th Pay Commission

Pay Parity for Defence Personnel

The three Services, in the Joint Services Memorandum submitted by them to the Seventh Central Pay Commission have projected following major parity issues:

• Review and enhancement of Grade Pay of Service Officers and Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBORs);

• Initial Pay fixation of Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel and Brigadier equivalents;.

• Placing of all Lieutenant General / equivalent in Higher Administrative Grade + (HAG+) scale;

• Grant of Non-Functional upgradation to Defence Services Officers; and

• Common Pay Scales for Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) / Other Ranks (ORs).

The principle of One Rank One Pension has been accepted by the Government. The modalities for its implementation have been discussed with various stakeholders.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Ajay Sancheti in Rajya Sabha today.

Source: www.7thpaycommissionnews.in

Public Holiday on 25.12.2014 on account of Christmas Day – Clarification issued by MHRD

Public Holiday on 25.12.2014 on account of Christmas Day – Clarification issued by MHRD

PRESS NOTE

Time of India news item dated 15.12.2014 by Abhishek Chaudhari – reg.

Newspaper article in Times of India today i.e., 15th December, 2014 gives a distorted impression that schools have been asked to remain open on 25th December.

2. This is to clarify that CBSE has not directed any school to remain open on 25th December. All schools will follow their vacation schedule including vacation/holiday on 25th December as specifically clarified by CBSE.

3. The proposed instructions of the CBSE are to conduct an online essay competition on 24th and 25th December 2014 which is completely voluntary. CBSE has neither issued any circular on its website nor issued any instructions to any school for remaining open on 25th December 2014.

4. Even the CBSE as an office will remain closed as a public holiday on 25th December on account of Christmas Day. For the event of online essay competitions on that day, no official of CBSE is required to come to office for specifically conducting essay competition as the essays will be received online through the specified time schedule.

5. This online essay competition is completely voluntary and the students if they so desire can participate from their homes or any other place which provides online access. There is no requirement for any school to remain open on that day and the school vacations will be adhered to.

6. Navodaya Schools are residential schools. As the vacation pattern in JNVs depends on climatic conditions, the 25th of December 2014 will be celebrated in those schools which do not have any winter break. In such schools, since it is a public holiday on 25th December, the schools will also remain closed that day as no classes would be held. As a residential school, however, the school functions because children continue to remain there and these children will have the opportunity to clarified that no other activities for this competition are being held except the opportunity to submit their essays online voluntarily.

7. Kendriya Vidyalayas are observing vacations during that period and hence all Kendriya Vidyalalyas will remain closed. Students of Kendriya Vidyalayas if they so desire can participate voluntarily in the online essay competition from their homes or any other place. Kendriya Vidyalaya has not given any directions for the schools to remain open during the vacations.

8. In view of this, no child or student will be deprived of celebrating the holidays or vacations or participating in their own festivals and religious festivals whole heartedly.

9. No instructions have been issued to State Governments.

10. No clarification was sought by the reported from the Secretary, School Education before going to Press.

Source Official Document – Click here

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Finance Ministry replied on Interim Report of 7th Pay Commission – Rajya Sabha Q & A

Finance Ministry replied on Interim Report of 7th Pay Commission – Rajya Sabha Q & A

While answering in Rajya Sabha to a question regarding Interim Report of 7th Central Pay Commission as follows…

The 7th Central Pay Commission is required to make its recommendations on its Terms of Reference. Also, the Commission is to devise its own procedure. The Commission’s Terms of Reference do not enjoin upon it to keep the Government updated on its functioning and the procedure being followed by it during the course of its deliberations.

The Terms of Reference of the Commission provide that the Commission will make its recommendations, keeping in view, inter alia, the likely impact of the recommendations on the finances of the State Governments, which usually adopt the recommendations with some modifications.

The Commission is required to submit its report on its Terms of Reference. However, no Report, including any interim one, has so far been submitted by the Commission.

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The Motive behind Reducing Retirement Age for Central Government Employees – An Analysis

The Motive behind Reducing Retirement Age for Central Government Employees – An Analysis

For a few weeks now, reports have been surfacing that the Centre is giving serious thoughts about reducing retirement age of Central Government employees from 60 to 58.

The truth behind these series of rumours couldn’t be found yet. There is no official sand on this either.

The news was first published by popular English daily newspaper. Without any official source to confirm it, the article analyzed the issue from various perspectives. It was presented in a manner that was acceptable by most.

This was followed by an order of the Railway department that was released on Facebook. In the order, the Railway Board had demanded an explanation from their zonal railways over the number of retiring employees (safety category) if the age of the retirement is reduced to 58.

Another event that gave credibility to the issue was the reduction of retirement age of state government employees from 60 to 58 in Haryana, a state ruled by BJP.

When the news of reducing the retirement age first surfaced, it caught employees by surprise and shock, because, for a while now, there were talks of actually raising the retirement age from 60 to 62! The current talks of reducing the retirement age have created a palpable sense of panic among employees over the age of 55.

There are many who are for and against the news, the strongest opinion in favour of age reduction being that it would help ease the unemployment problem.

Those who are looking for their first jobs would be happy to support any kind of age reduction – be it 58 or even 50! This is simply because they are desperate to get into a job. But the truth is – the attitude will definitely change once they get a job.

Each year, about 1.75 lakh employees retire from Central Government services. The claim that if an additional 3.5 lakh employees retire in a particular year, the country’s unemployment problem could be solved is unacceptable.

After reducing the retirement age, the number of new retirees is going to stabilize again. Will the Government resort to such tactics of reducing the retirement age again and again?

Moreover, it is also true that handing out retirement benefits to 5 lakh employees at a time is going to drain the Government’s financial resources.

Another important reason to support the reduction of retirement age is the claim that it would bring younger blood into the various central government organizations.

The fact is – in the past eight years, the number of central government employees all over the country has continued to be around 30 lakhs. Supporters of the “younger blood” theory couldn’t possibly know that nearly 50% of these employees are youngsters. To be accurate, the employees who had joined the central government services after 01.01.2000 now account for nearly 70% of the central government workforce.

Another argument in support of this move claims that it is the Government’s attempt to cut down unplanned expenses.

In the past few years, the Government had implemented a number of cost-cutting measures. It is not clear why the Government, that had remained blind to this fact, has suddenly seen the light. Ironically, such a move would only worsen the economic crisis.

Finally, what is the motive behind circulating such stories?

Is it to simply wipe out talks about increasing the retirement age from 60 to 62?

One has to wait and watch.

There is a hope that Modi Government wouldn’t risk weakening the Central Government offices’ functioning by sending home 5 lakh experienced and trained personnel all of a sudden.

And, let us hope that the Government recognizes the importance and value of 30 years of work experience of each of these employees before discarding them.

Source: www.7thpaycommissionnews.in