Direct Tax Collections for F.Y. 2017-2018 show Growth of 15.2% up to October, 2017 at Rs. 4.39 lakh crore 

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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

07-November-2017 17:24 IST

Conveyance Allowance : Report of the Committee – 7th Pay Commission

Existing Provisions: It is paid to Doctors for visits to hospitals and dispensaries outside normal duty hours as well as for making domiciliary visits. It is also paid to those employees who maintain their own Motor Car/Scooters/Motor Cycle/Moped and have to undertake frequent journeys on official business in their conveyance, as under:

Recommendations of 7th CPC: The present rates of this allowance are adequate. Accordingly, status quo may be maintained. The allowance will increase by 25% each time DA rises by 50%.

Demands

I. National Council (Staff Side), JCM: The rates of this allowance be multiplied by 2.25.

II. M/o Health & FW: This allowance may be given to all Public Health Nurses at par with other employees.

Analysis and Recommendations of the Committee:

The 7 th CPC has specifically stated that the present rates of the allowance are adequate and that status quo may be maintained. The recommendations of the 7th CPC on Conveyance Allowance may be accepted without any change.

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7th Central Pay Commission Detachment Allowance Committee’s Recommendation

Existing Provisions: Detachment Allowance is granted to CAPF troops deployed continuously for operational considerations in situations away from permanent HQ. The present rates are as under:

Recommendations of 7th CPC: Detachment Allowance already includes provisions for food. Hence, presenting a choice between Detachment Allowance and Ration Money Allowance, as is presently the practice, is not logical. No Ration Money Allowance should be granted with Detachment Allowance. Where free rations are provided, only 50 percent of the Detachment Allowance should be granted. Since the allowance is already partially indexed to DA, the rates should be enhanced by a factor of 1.5 to the following:

(₹ per day)

 The rate of this allowance will increase by 25 percent each time the DA increases by 50 percent. The CAPF personnel will now have the following options to choose from:

a. Detachment Allowance + [Special Duty Allowance (as and where applicable) OR Tough Location Allowance (as and where applicable)]

OR

b. Risk and Hardship Allowance (as and where applicable) + Ration Money Allowance The Detachment Allowance should be enhanced by 50 percent in both J&K as well as LWE theatres.

Detachment Allowance will be granted at full rate for first 10 days, at 75 percent of the full rate for next 10 days and at 50 percent of the full rate for the remaining period. The existing conditionality of return to HQ for continuation of the allowance beyond 180 days should be removed in case of CAPF personnel.

The amount of allowance will increase by 25% each time DA rises by 50%.

Demands:

I. Ministry of Home Affairs: Due to various law and order requirements emerging in different parts of the country, the CAPF personnel need to be deployed from one place to another frequently on short notice which leads to higher expenditure. Therefore, the Detachment Allowance for first 180 days may be given at 100%.

II. Defence Forces: This allowance may be extended to them as per rates of CAPFs on the principle of reciprocity.

Analysis and Recommendations of the Committee:

The Committee notes that the 7 th CPC has already recommended that the existing conditionality of return to HQ for continuation of the allowance beyond 180 days be removed. The other recommendation governing the rates of this allowance are as per the existing provisions in this regard. On the demand of the Defence Forces, MoD has stated that this issue can be addressed internally by them. The recommendations of the 7th CPC on Detachment Allowance may, therefore,be accepted without any change.

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Meeting of Labour & Employment Minister with Central Trade Union Organizations on 12 Point Charter of Demands

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07-November-2017 21:01 IST

Meeting of Labour & Employment Minister with Central Trade Union Organizations on 12 Point Charter of Demands

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment(Independent Charge), Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar met the representative of all Central Trade Unions in Shram Shakti Bhawan on 7th November 2017 to discuss the issues raised in 12 Point Charter Demand of CTUOs. The meeting was attended by representatives of major Central Trade Unions including BMS, INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC and NFITU as well as Secretary, Labour and Employment Mrs. Sathiyavathy and other the senior officers of the Ministry. 12 Point Charter Demand of CTUOs inter alia raises issues of minimum wages, price rise, unemployment, disinvestment, universal social security, compulsory registration of trade unions, increase in minimum pension under EPFO and strict compliance and enforcement of labour laws. The Minister said that the Government has highest regard for the consultative process and he is committed to uphold it. He referred to the calls for nation-wide demonstrations on 9th-10th and 17th November by the CTUOs and BMS respectively and appealed the Trade Unions to rather engage in the constructive discussions on each of the issue raised by them.

Minister said that the Government and the Ministry of Labour and Employment has consistently and continuously taken pro-labour decisions and initiatives. He talked about initiatives like simultaneous increase in Minimum wages, the provision for National Floor Level Minimum wages in the proposed Labour Code on Wages. The Bonus Amendment Act, the decision to enhance Minimum pension to Rs. 1000/- as well as the other initiatives taken by other Ministries.

Trade Union representatives primarily demanded the Government to address the issues of enhancing Minimum Pension to Rs. 3000/- as well as Minimum Wages. They also talked at length about the issues related to enforcement of labour laws, and social security for unorganized workers including growing contractualization.

A presentation was also made by the Ministry to present an updated status on the 12 demands raised by the CTUOs.

Addressing the Media persons the Minister expressed hope that the talks with the Trade Union Representatives was positive and it was done in a cordial atmosphere. He appealed to the Trade Unions to call off the proposed Dharna.

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DOPPW - Identification of Pensioners Associations under the Pensioners’ Portal

F.No.55/14/2017-P&PW(C)

Government of India

Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi

06-Nov-2017

Identification of Pensioners Associations under the Pensioners’ Portal

A Project on Pensioners’ Portal entrusted to Department of P&PWaims at the welfare of Central Civil Pensioners across the country. Its specific objective is to facilitate redressal of Pensioner’s grievances and provide detailed information, guidance etc on pension and other retirement related matters through various stake holders. The project envisages inter-alia association of registered Pensioners’ Associations of Central Government Employees and other welfare organizations in the implementation process.

Under the above project this Department has already identified 46 Pensioners Associations on the basis of the following criteria. These Associations are given one time hardware/software and Grant-in-Aid up to Rs.75,000/- per annum to participate in the implementation of the scheme to defray expenses on certain approved

components such as telephone/internet connection, stationary etc.

This Department now intends to identify Pensioners Associations in 2017-18 from 11 States and 4 UTs which are Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Tripura, Goa,Nagaland, Mizoram, Andaman & Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur,Sikkim, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Dadra & Nagar Haveli looking after the welfare of Civil/Railways/Defence pensioners. The Central Government Pensioners Associations desirous of getting identified under the Pensioners’ Portal may send their details as indicated below along with copies of relevant documents with reference to above criteria along with a write up on their vision/plan to work towards welfare of Central Government Pensioners to Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare at the address given above within 30 days from date of publication of advertisement in newspapers. Super scribing – “Identification under Pensioners Portal”

1) Name of Pensioners’ Association with Address etc.

2) Date of Registration/incorporation

3) Memorandum of Associations (MOA)& rules, if any

4) Objectives of the Association

5) Sources of funding

6) Total membership of the Association

7) Audited Accounts for last 3 years

8) Annual Activities Report for last 3 years

9) Publication/journal details

10) Composition of General Body

11) Number of General Body Meetings held

12) Premises (whether hired or owned) by the Association

13) Infra-structural details

14) With whom the Association interact frequently

15) Is the Association also involved in social activities in addition to pension related matters. If so, provide details thereof along with documents/ photographs etc.

(Seema Gupta)

Director (PW)

Stepping up of pay of senior of CSS promotion in the Officers’ Grade than juniors – DoPT

F.No.18/2/2014-CS-I(S)

Govemment of India

Minisüy of PG & Pensions

Department of personnel & Training

2nd Floor, A Wing, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market

New Delhi, the 6th November, 2017

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Stepping up of pay of senior of CSS promotion in the Offcers’ Grade than juniors – reg.

Representations have been received from some CSS officers in whose case re-fixation and recovery orders have been issued by concerned Ministries/Departments in pursuance to DOPT 0M

20.05.2014, requesting withdrawal ot the OMs referred above.

2. It is once again clarified that 0M No.5/16/80-CS.l dated 13.4.1988 was issued on acceptance of award by Board of Arbitration in CA Reference No.7 of 1984 which allowed stepping up of pay at an Assistant of CSS, who is senior by virtue of having been recruited through an earlier examination but is drawing less pay on promotion in the Grade of officer than his junior recruited through a letter examination, up to a level equal to the pay of such junior Sexton Officer in the same cadre i.e. senior DR Assistant to junior DR Assistant of later exam on their promotion as Section Officer, Vide OM No.5/21/192-CS.I dated 23.2.1994 this benefit of stepping up was extended to Section Officers appointed through Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE) (again applicable to Assistants only). OM NO.5/1/96-CS.l dated 8.10.1996 further extended this benefit in case of promotee Assistants and also to the cases where both junior and senior have been recruited on the basis of the same Select List/Assistants Grade Examination, as the case may be in accordance with OA No.365/90 (Shri K.C.Sehgal Vs UOI and OA No .869/91 (Shri L.K. Chawla VS UOI), which were upheld by the Hon’ble Supreme Court.

3. That there are general guidelines of stepping up of pay issued by the Ministry Of Finance vide 0M No.F.2(78)-E.III(A) dated 04.02.1966 and this Department vide 0M dated 04.11.1993. One Of the conditions of the general guidelines for allowing stepping up of pay to a Senior Govt. servant with reference to a junior in the lower grade also.

4. However, certain clarifications were issued by CS-I Division, DoPT in 2007 and 2008 to individual Ministries/Departments, on references received from them, which were at variance with the general conditions of stepping up of pay i.e. stepping up of pay was allowed even if junior was drawing more pay than the senior in the lower grade i.e.  in Assistant Grade. Therefore, vide OM dated 29.5.2009, the clarifications issued in 2007 & 2008 were withdrawn and Ministries/Departments were advised to strictly allow stepping up enforcing conditions laid down in OM dated 8.10.1996. Departments were also informed vide OM dated 21.05.2010 that as the matter was still under consideration, status-quo, as on date, might be maintained in the matter of stepping up of pay of Section Officer of CSS till the matter attains finality. Eventually, the matter attained finality and a consolidated OM as vetted by the Estt..(Pay) Division of this Department and Department of Expenditure was issued on 20.05.2014.4. However, certain clarifications were issued by CS-I Division, DoPT in 2007 and 2008 to individual Ministries/Departments, on references received from them, which were at variance with the general conditions of stepping up of pay i.e. stepping up of pay was allowed even if junior was drawing more pay than the senior in the lower grade i.e.  in Assistant Grade. Therefore, vide OM dated 29.5.2009, the clarifications issued in 2007 & 2008 were withdrawn and Ministries/Departments were advised to strictly allow stepping up enforcing conditions laid down in OM dated 8.10.1996. Departments were also informed vide OM dated 21.05.2010 that as the matter was still under consideration, status-quo, as on date, might be maintained in the matter of stepping up of pay of Section Officer of CSS till the matter attains finality. Eventually, the matter attained finality and a consolidated OM as vetted by the Estt..(Pay) Division of this Department and Department of Expenditure was issued on 20.05.2014.

5. The Ministries/Departments were requested vide OM dated 20.05.14 that stepping up of pay already allowed in cases where the individuals are not covered by the OMs dated 13.04.1988, 23.02.1994 and 08.10.1996 and general conditions as laid down in OM dated 04.11.1993, should be reviewed and pay re-fixed accordingly. That excess payments made to the employees in the cases of wrong stepping up of pay should be recovered in terms of DOP&T’s OM No. 18/26/2011-Estt(Pay-I) dated 06.02.2014 and a compliance report in this regard furnished to this Department. It was further clarified vide OM dated 08.7.2014 that all the three OMs and general conditions of stepping up of pay are not exclusive of each other and the three OMs are to be read with and subject to the general conditions reiterated vide OM dated 4.11.1993, therefore, stepping up of pay is not to be allowed where junior was drawing more pay than the senior in the lower grade.

6. As regards, OA No. 2884/2015 and similar OAs filed in this regard, it is observed that only applicants in these cases have been granted interim stay by the Learned CAT. That the said OAs have been filed by the applicants in the individual capacity. Thus in all those cases where stepping up of pay has been allowed, but where the benefited individuals were not covered by the OMs dated 13.4.88, 23.2.94 and 8.10.96 and the general conditions of stepping up of pay as laid down in the DOP&T’s OM No.4/7/92-Estt(Pay-I) dated 04.11.93, pay will have to be re-fixed and recovery of excess payment, if any, is to be made.

7. Therefore, vide reminder OM dated 27.12.16, the Ministries/Departments were requested to expedite the compliance reports as requested vide OM dated 20.05.2014 except in those cases where matter of recovery is subjudice/stayed by order of any competent court.

8. It may be mentioned that one of the similarly placed officers, in whose case orders for stepping up of pay with reference to a promotee assistant was issued but not implemented, had approached CAT(PB) through OA No.1199/2014(H.C. Rai vs. UOI). The CAT vide its order dated 28.03.2017 while dismissing the OA had categorically ruled that the stepping up of his pay was not in consonance with the provisions of OM dated 20.05.2014 i.e. OMs dated 13.4.88, 23.2.94 and 8.10.96

9. With regards difficulty being faced by some Ministries/Departments in establishing links/chain of officers in refixation/recovery matters, it is hereby mentioned that many Ministries/Departments have already issued re-fixation orders establishing links by themselves as per the instructions issued by this Department.

10. All the Ministries/Departments are thus again requested to furnish the compliance reports in the prescribed proforma, latest by 15th November 2017.

11. In view of above, the representations/OMs of following have nor merit and are accordingly disposed off:

(Anil Tripathi)

Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

ORDER COPY

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Recommendations of the Committee : Night Duty Allowance (NDA) 

Night Duty Allowance (NDA) (Para 8.17.71-77)

Existing Provisions: It is granted to certain specified categories of employees for performance of duty between 22:00 hrs and 06:00 hrs. At present, the allowance is administered as per DoPT‟s OM No.12012/4/86-Estt.  (Allowances) of 04.10.1989, wherein every 6 hours of night work earns 1 weighted hour of day work, or each hour of night work  earns extra 10 minutes of day work. The ceiling of pay for entitlement of Night Duty Allowance is ₹2200 per month.

Recommendations of 7th CPC: The 7th CPC has recommended as under:

(i) The present formulation of weightage of 10 minutes for every hour of duty performed between the hours of 22:00 and 06:00 may be continued;

(ii) The present prescribed hourly rate of NDA equal to (BP+DA)/200 may be continued;

(iii) This amount of NDA should, however, be worked out separately for each employee. With the computerization of pay rolls, working out the amount of NDA automatically for each employee every month will not entail any difficulty. The existing formulation for giving same rate of NDA for all employees with a particular GP should be abolished.

(iv) This formulation will extend to all employees across all Ministries/ Departments who were already in receipt of Night Duty Allowance.

A certificate should be given by the supervisor concerned that Night Duty is essential.

Demands:

I. M/o Health & FW: It should be given to nursing cadre at par with other Central Government employees.

II. National Council (Staff Side), JCM: The recommendation of the 7th CPC “this formulation will extend to all employees across all the Ministries / Departments who are already in receipt of Night Duty Allowance” needs to be altered to mean that the revised Night Duty Allowance recommended by the Commission must be paid to all personnel who are deployed for night duty supported by the certificate provided by his immediate superior officer.

III. Department of Atomic Energy: This allowance may be extended to all employees who are performing night duty and be increased by a factor of 2.25

Analysis and Recommendations of the Committee:

DoPT is the nodal Department for this allowance. In its comments, DoPT has informed that the Board of Arbitration in C.A. Ref No. 6 of 1995 had awarded that the ceiling of ₹2200/- per month may be removed. However, the Government has decided not to accept the Award and to move a Resolution in the Parliament to reject the Award. Also, the demand to include more categories in the ambit of this allowance is not within the remit of this Committee. The recommendations of the 7th CPC on Night Duty Allowance may be accepted without any change.

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7th CPC Revised Pay for Teachers in Universities and Colleges

7th CPC Pay Matrix for Teachers and Equivalent Cadres in Universities and Colleges

Revision of pay of teachers and equivalent cadres in universities and colleges following the revision of pay scales of Central Government employees on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission.

For fixation of pay of an employee in the Pay Matrix as on 1st January, 2016, the existing pay (Pay in Pay Band plus Academic Grade Pay) in the pre-revised structure as on 31st December, 2015 shall be multiplied by a factor of 2.57. the figure so arrived at is to be located in the Academic Level corresponding to employee’s Pay Band and Academic Grade Pay in the new Pay Matrix. lf a Cell identical with the figure so arrived at is available in the appropriate Academic Level, that Cell shall be the revised pay; otherwise the next higher cell in that Academic Level shall be the revised pay of the employee. lf the figure arrived at in this manner is less than the first cell in that Academic Level, then the pay shall be fixed at the first cell of that Academic Level.