25/04/2017

Process and Latest development on Implementation of GDS Pay Committee Recommendations

The proposal of the implementation Committee is now being examined by the Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor (JS & FA) of the Postal Board. After JS & FA’s approval the proposal is to be approved by Secretary, Departmental of Posts. Then the file is to be submitted to the Minister, Communication for approval. Only after the approval of the Minister, Communications, the file will be submitted to Department of personnel & Training for approval and then the proposed is to be submitted to Finance Ministry and Law Ministry for approval. After completing all these process only the final proposal will be submitted to Cabinet for approval.

This it can be seen that much delay is taking place in implementation of the favourbale recommendations of the GDS Committee Report. Eventhough Secretary, Department of Posts has informed that Postal Board will take speedy action for implementation, many hurdles including Finance Ministry’s approval are to be crossed yet. 

Note : There is no timeline for implementation of GDS committee Report answer given by SHRI MANOJ SINHA Minister of communication in Loksabha

GDD Committee Recommendations on Enhancement of POSB Limits

Nirmala Sitharaman, Manoj Sinha release coffee-scented postage stamp at India Post event 

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24/04/2017

HSG II Promotion in RMS Division 

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‘one nation, one aspiration,  one determination’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said 

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7th Pay Commission: Allowance Report In 'Ending' Stage, Committee members are busy in notes preparation

NDTV Profit News : The 7th pay commission had examined a total of 196 existing allowances and recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming of 37 allowances.

The Ashok Lavasa committee examining 7th pay recommendations on allowances is in the final stage of preparing its report, which is likely to be submitted to the government soon, a top employee union official said. The allowance committee is in the process of preparing notes for it to be taken up by the government, he added. There has not been any official word on whether the allowance committee has been submitted. The government had earlier said that the decision on allowances will be taken after the committee on 7th pay commissionrecommendations submits its report. Earlier, another union official had attributed the delay in submission of the report to non-availability of allowance panel members. "I believe that there has been some delay in the finalisation of the report as some allowance panel members were outside the country on an official visit," the union official said.

The allowance committee had held a meeting in this regard on April 6 which some employee union officials termed as "conclusive". The 7th pay commission had examined a total of 196 existing allowances and recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming of 37 allowances.

The 7th pay commission had recommended that house rent allowance or HRA be paid at the rate of 24 per cent, 16 per cent and 8 per cent of the new basic pay, depending on the type of city. The 7th pay commission had also recommended that the rate of HRA be revised to 27 per cent, 18 per cent and 9 per cent when DA crosses 50 per cent, and further revised to 30 per cent, 20 per cent and 10 per cent when DA crosses 100 per cent. With regard to allowances, employee unions have demanded HRA at the rate of 30 per cent, 20 per cent and 10 per cent.

At a meeting held on March 28, the allowance committee on 7th pay commission recommendations had sought comments from the ministries of defence, railways and posts on treatment of some allowances. The government had in June accepted the recommendation of Justice AK Mathur-headed Seventh Pay Commission in respect of the hike in basic pay and pension. But the 7th pay commission's recommendations relating to allowances were referred to the Ashok Lavasa committee.

Meanwhile, a delegation of faculty members of various universities had on April 19 approached the UGC seeking redressal of their demands including the request to make public a committee's report on the 7th pay commission. Union HRD Minister Prakash Javdekar had earlier said that a committee to review the recommendations made by a UGC panel on implementation of the 7th pay commission in educational institutions has been formed.

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Statewise List – Gramin Dak Sevak Dates &Vacancies

You can find the list of vacancies for all 23 states from the table below. For detailed information about Gramin Dak Seva Recruitment of your state, you can download the Official notification from the link provided in the table.

S.No	States	Total Vacancies	Last Date to Apply	Official Notification for Each State
1.	Andhra Pradesh	1126	19.04.2017	Download
2.	Telangana	645	19.04.2017	Download
3.	Jharkhand	256	03.05.2017	Download
4.	Madhya Pradesh	1859	02.05.2017	Download
5.	Odisha	1072	26.04.2017	Download
6.	Rajasthan	1577	03.05.2017	Download
7.	Gujarat	1912	11.05.2017	Download
8.	Uttar Pradesh	0	–	–
9.	West Bengal	0	–	–
10.	Uttarakhand	579	18.05.2017	Download
11.	Tamil Nadu	128	09.05.2017	Download
12.	Punjab	620	11.05.2017	Download
13.	Maharashtra	1789	06.05.2017	Download
14.	Kerala	0	–	–
15.	Karnataka	1048	08.05.2017	Download
16.	Delhi	16	08.05.2017	Download
17.	Jharkhand	256	03.05.2017	Download
18.	Himachal Pradesh	391	02.05.2017	Download
19.	Haryana	438	05.05.2017	Download
20.	Bihar	0	–	–
21.	Chattisgarh	123	05.05.2017	Download
22.	Assam	467	06.05.2017	Download
23.	North East	0	–	–

Given below is the Category-wise for all states.

Categorywise List – Gramin Dak Sevak Vacancies

Telangana:

UR → 356, OBC → 151, SC → 86, ST → 52, Total → 645

Andhra Pradesh:

UR → 625, OBC → 284, SC → 126, ST → 91, Total → 1126

Jharkhand:

UR → 157, OBC → 29, SC → 24, ST → 46, Total → 256

Madhya Pradesh

UR → 732, OBC → 301, SC → 309, ST → 517, Total → 1859

Odisha

UR → 582, OBC → 97, SC → 157, ST → 236, Total → 1072

Rajasthan

UR → 919, OBC → 133, SC → 246, ST → 279, Total → 1577

Gujarat

UR → 1056, OBC → 467, SC → 87, ST → 302, Total → 1912 

Uttarakhand

UR → 357, OBC → 82, SC → 121, ST → 19 Total → 579 

Tamil Nadu

UR → 71, OBC → 39, SC → 18, ST → 0, Total → 128

Punjab

UR → 336, OBC → 132, SC → 152, ST → 0, Total → 620

Maharashtra

UR → 1034, OBC → 375, SC → 124, ST → 256, Total → 1789

Karnataka

UR → 579, OBC → 240, SC → 150, ST → 79, Total → 1048

Delhi

UR → 9, OBC → 4, SC → 2, ST → 1, Total → 16

Jharkhand

UR → 157, OBC → 29, SC → 24, ST → 46, Total → 256

Himachal Pradesh

UR → 212, OBC → 84, SC → 78, ST → 17, Total → 391

Haryana

UR → 250, OBC → 99, SC → 89, ST → 0, Total → 438

Chattisgarh

UR → 69, OBC → 2, SC → 18, ST → 34, Total → 123

Assam

UR → 250, OBC → 120, SC → 33, ST → 64, Total → 467

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23/04/2017

Historic pay increase for care workers in New Zealand

55,000 care workers in New Zealand, mainly women, are about to get one of the biggest pay rises ever thanks to the efforts of UNICARE affiliate E tū. The historic pay equity settlement contains pay increases of up to 42 per cent for care and support workers in the aged residential care, home support and disability support sectors. The settlement, once it is ratified by the workers, will lift care and support workers’ pay to between $19.00 and $23.50  hour from 1 July 2017, rising to between $21.50 and $27.00 an hour in July 2021. The statutory minimum wage at present is $15.75 an hour.
The proposed settlement is a huge win and will make a real difference in valuing the work of care and support workers and the people they support. It is a significant step in addressing gender inequality in New Zealand.
It comes after 20 months of negotiations between sector unions, led by E tū, and the New Zealand Government to settle a landmark equal pay case that E tū took on behalf of caregiver and E tū member Kristine Bartlett. The case, lodged in 2012, went all the way to the Supreme Court, with the courts finding gender bias was the cause of Kristine’s low wages.
Kristine says “It will give us dignity and pride and make our lives worthwhile, knowing we’re being paid what we are actually worth. After years of struggling on low wages, hopefully we’re going to have a bit left over to actually enjoy life.”
E tū Assistant National Secretary, John Ryall says the offer once ratified will mean a “once in a lifetime pay rise which will end poverty wages for this mainly female workforce and set them on the path to a better life. We’re delighted today’s proposed settlement recognizes the justice of Kristine’s case and the wonderful work of Kristine and other professional carers.”
Tens of thousands of care and support workers will now vote on the proposed settlement in coming weeks.

Source: http://www.uniglobalunion.org

Action Taken Statement of Standing Committee and National Anomaly Committee after 6th CPC

22/04/2017

Action Taken Statement of Standing Committee and National Anomaly Committee after 6th CPC

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Comparison between Savings account in SBI and Post office

7th Pay Commission: Recommendations of AK Mathur-headed panel on allowances- In Retrospect

Key highlights of recommendations of AK Mathur-headed 7th Pay Commission on allowances.

New Delhi: A high-level committee, headed by finance secretary Ashok Lavasa, which was asked to examine the 7th Pay Commission recommendation on allowances, is likely to submit its final report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley this week.

The final recommendations on allowances will benefit over 47 lakh central government employees and 53 lakh pensioners.

The Lavasa Committee was constituted in June last year after the government implemented the recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission.

Below are the highlights of recommendations of AK Mathur-headed 7th Pay Commission on allowances 

(19 November 2015)

The Commission has recommended abolishing 52 allowances altogether. Another 36 allowances have been abolished as separate identities, but subsumed either in an existing allowance or in newly proposed allowances. Allowances relating to Risk and Hardship will be governed by the proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.

Risk and Hardship Allowance: Allowances relating to Risk and Hardship will be governed by the newly proposed nine-cell Risk and Hardship Matrix, with one extra cell at the top, viz., RH-Max to include Siachen Allowance.

The current Siachen Allowance per month and the revised rates recommended are as follows:

		Present	Proposed
1	Service Officers	Rs 21,000	Rs 31,500
3	JCO/ORs	Rs 14,000	Rs 21,000

This would be the ceiling for risk/hardship allowances and there would be no individual RHA with an amount higher than this allowance.

• House Rent Allowance (HRA): Since the Basic Pay has been revised upwards, the Commission recommends that HRA be paid at the rate of 24 percent, 16 percent and 8 percent of the new Basic Pay for Class X, Y and Z cities respectively. The Commission also recommends that the rate of HRA will be revised to 27 percent, 18 percent and 9 percent respectively when DA crosses 50 percent, and further revised to 30 percent, 20 percent and 10 percent when DA crosses 100 percent.
• In the case of PBORs of Defence, CAPFs and Indian Coast Guard compensation for housing is presently limited to the authorised married establishment hence many users are being deprived. The HRA coverage has now been expanded to cover all.
• Any allowance not mentioned in the report shall cease to exist.
• Emphasis has been placed on simplifying the process of claiming allowances

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Promotion Process for Postmaster Cadre

Postmaster cadre Promotions are under process at CO and is expected within the end of April 2017 or Ist week of May 2017.

a. Regular Promotion for Grade III to officials who have completed 5 years of service in Grade II ( Orders released for 11 Officials ) 

b. Regular Promotion for Grade II to officials who have completed 6 years of service in Grade I ( Under Process )

Thereafter.........

a. One time relaxation for vacant Posts in Grade III to be filled up with officials who have completed 4 Years of service in Grade II.

b. One time relaxation for vacant Posts in Grade II to be filled up with officials who have completed 5 Years of service in Grade I

Adhoc Promotion .....

a. Officials who have completed 21/2 years in Grade II may be considered for adhoc promotion to Grade III for Post lying vacant after regular promotion if any

b. Officials who have completed 3 years in Grade I may be considered for adhoc Promotion to Grade II for Post lying vacant after regular promotion if any..

Vacancy Position as on 20.04.2017
Postmaster Grade III - 6
Postmaster Grade II - 34

(The Postmaster Grade II vacancy will depend upon existing Grade II officials accepting their Grade III promotion orders released this month )

( However there would be a cut-off date for vacancy position and may be filled up accordingly)

( since one time relaxation has been received for the cadre it is expected that all vacancies as on date will be taken into account for promotion )

Orders are expected very soon....

21/04/2017

In the case of death of a child shortly after birth, the woman employees may be granted Maternity Leave of two months for recovery after delivery of the child”.-DoP&T Clarification 

Opening of joint Account by pensioner with the first name of pensioner 

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE
CENTRAL PENSION ACCOUNTING OFFICE
TRIKOOT-11, BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE,
NEW DELHI-110066

PHONES 25174596. 26174456, 26174438

CPAO/IT & Tech/Bank Performance/37( Val-II)/2016-17/14

19.04.2017

Office Memorandum

Subject:- Opening of joint Account by pensioner with first name of pensioner.

Attention is invited to Correction Slip No.1 dated – 08.02.2006 of Scheme for Payment of Pensions to Central Government Civil Pensioners by Authorized Ranks on crediting of pension in the Joint Account of Pensioners with spouse (copy enclosed).

It has been reported that in some cases Banks are allowing the pensioners to open their pension account as Joint Account with first name of his/her spouse which may create difficulties for pensioner at the time of filing the Income Tax Returns as the income tax is assessed on the income of the pensioner and not of the spouse.

Heads of CPPCs/Government Account Divisions of all the banks are advised to instruct their bank branches to facilitate the retiring employees approaching them for opening their pension accounts before their retirement. In case of Joint. Account, the same may be opened with first name of pensioner only.

This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.

Encl:-As above

(Vijay Siingh)
Sr. Accounts Officer (IT & Tech)

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It’s Time to Disentangle the Complex Aadhaar Debate 

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