First working day of the year will be treated to have completed 6 months of service on first of July –Order from Finance Ministry

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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Expenditure Implementation Cell

New Delhi, dated the 13th March, 2009

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Date of next increment in cases where Government servants are not able join posts in a particular grade pay on promotion/appointment on 1st of January of a year due to Sunday or Gazetted Holiday – Clarification regarding.

As per the provisions of Rule 10 of CCS (RP) Rules, 2008, w.e.f. 1.1.2006, in the case of all Central Government employees there is a uniform date of increment, i.e. 1st July of every year.
Government servants completing six months and above in the revised pay structure as on 1st of July are eligible to be granted the increment. From the above provision of CCS (RP) Rules it flows that Government servants who have rendered less than 6 months of service as on 1st of July of a year will not be eligible to draw increment on that day and their date of increment will fall 12 months later on the next 1st of July.

Accordingly, all the Government servants who join posts in a particular grade on account of promotion / appointment etc., on 1st of January of a year will be eligible to draw their annual increment on the 1st of July of that year. However, those who join the posts between 2nd January and 30th June, will not be eligible for the same. In the light of the above position, some administrative departments have sought clarification from this Department regarding date of next increment in cases where Government servants are not able join posts in a particular grade pay on promotion / appointment on 1st of January of a year due to 1st of January falling on a Sunday or Gazetted holiday.

In this connection, it is clarified that in the normal course, if a Government servant was to join post in a grade pay on appointment / promotion on 1st of January of the year happened to be a Sunday or Gazetted holiday, the Government servants who join posts on the 1st working day of the year will be treated to have completed 6 months of service on 1st of July of that year for the purpose of granting them annual increment on that day.

(ALOK SAXENA)

DIRECTOR

An Office Memorandum has been issued by Finance Ministry

An order has been issued by Finance Ministry today regarding Dearness Allowance.

As per the said O.M., Dearness Allowance has been increased from 16% to 22%.

All Central Government Employees have to wait till April to get the arrears as it has been
Ordered that arrears for the month of January 2009 and February 2009 shall not be payable before the disbursement of salary for the month of March 2009.

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CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES

Directorate of Income Tax (Human Resource Development)

ICADR Building, Plot No.6, Vasant Kunj Institutional Area Phase-II

New Delhi - 110070.

Telefax 26130594, Tel. 26130592
dated 6th March, 2009th F.No. HRD/CM/175/15/2008-09/324

Clarification on grant of Grade Pay of Rs. 5400 in PB-2 on non-functional basis to Income Tax Officersof Income Tax Department

To,All Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCA)

All Director Gererals of Income Tax

Sir / Madam,

I am directed to invite your attention to Government of India, Department of Expenditure resolution No. 1/1/2008-1Cdated 29th August 2008 notifying acceptance of recommendations of 6th Central Pay Commission, wherein it was dicidedto grant Grade Pay of Rs. 5400 in PB-2 on non-functional basis to Group B officers of Income Tax Department (i.e. Income Tax Officers) after 4 years of regular service in the grade pay of Rs.4800 in PB-2. The relevant portion of Section II, part C, FirstSchedule of the notification No. GSR 622(E) dated 29th August is reproduced below:-

2. Clarifications have been sought by many field formations, individual officers as well as employees association (ITGOA) on how the period of 4 yesrs is to be counted for this purpose. i.e. whether the period of 4 years of regular service is to be countedfrom the date of promotion in the grade fo Income Tax Officers or from the date when the pay scale of Income Tax Officers was revised from Rs. 6500 - 10500 (pre-revised) to Rs. 7500 - 12000 (pre-revised), i.e., from 21st April 2004.

Post	Present Scale	Reivised Pay Scale	Corresponding Pay Band and Grade Pay
			Pay Band	Grade Pay
Income Tax Officers	7500 - 12000	7500 - 12000 8000 - 13500 (after 4 years)	PB - 2 PB - 2	4800 5400

3.The issue has been examined in the Board. It is hereby clarified that all Income Tax Officers, who have completed 4 yearsor more of regular service in the grade of Income Tax Officers as on 1st January 2006 would be entitled to the grade pay of Rs. 5400 in PB-2 on non-functional basis on 1st January 2006, irrespective of the fact that pay scale of Income Tax Officersstood revised to Rs. 7500 - 12000 from 21st April 2004. Further, after 1st January 2006, grade pay of Rs. 5400 in PB-2 on non-functional basis would be granted to an Income Tax Officers on completion of 4 years of regular service in the grade of Income Tax Officer.Yours sincerely, (Praveen Kishore)Joint Director of Income Tax (HRD) New Delhi

Madhya Pradesh is going to implement 6th CPC…

The recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission will be implemented by Madhya Pradesh Government with effect from January 2006.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan declared that the state government employees are entitled to get the benefits of the Pay Commission's recommendations with effect from January 1, 2006.

According to an official statement, such recommendations will benefit around 500,000 state government employees. While the mode of payment for benefits from Jan 1, 2006, to Aug 31, 2008, is yet to be decided by the government, the benefits from Sep 1, 2008, to Feb 28, 2009, will be disbursed with the salary payable on coming April 1.

Chouhan further went on to say that the arrears for the period from 1st Sept, 2008 to 28th Feb, 2009, would be paid in April 2009 itself. The official statement declared that the decision is certainly helpful for around three lakh (300,000) pensioners. There will be a proportionate increase in salaries of government school teachers and panchayat secretaries from April 1, 2009.

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BDR gets raise, BSF to follow

Bangladesh Rifles soldiers are reported to have got a raise today, just over a week after the mutiny that shook their country and stunned the world, and Indian paramilitary forces are also on their way to getting better allowances.

The Sheikh Hasina government in Dhaka today increased the border area allowance for BDR soldiers cutting across ranks, intelligence sources said. “We have received reports that the allowance was raised from Taka 260 to Taka 500,” a source said.

Hasina also agreed to the demand of “full rationing” for the 200-year-old force, bringing it on a par with the army, the sources said. So far, the BDR’s rations would be about 60 per cent of the army’s.

In India, the disparity in rations between the paramilitary forces and the army was rectified by the Sixth Pay Commission last year.

However, some of the demands of the BDR mutineers, who killed the army officers leading them allegedly over disparities in pay and perks, echo those put forward by Indian paramilitary forces.

One that has been repeatedly raised is that of the hard area allowance that army soldiers receive in difficult service conditions but paramilitary men fighting shoulder-to-shoulder do not.

The pay commission approved the hard area and risk allowances for the paramilitary forces, but left it to the home ministry to decide the quantum. The cabinet committee on security also gave its in-principle sanction recently.
Yesterday, home ministry officials sat through a presentation on the issue from paramilitary forces. The Centre has also set up a committee headed by an additional secretary (finance) to look into the issue, sources said.
“It is more or less agreed upon to give the hard area allowance and risk allowance but we are yet to finalise the percentages,” a senior home ministry official said.

However, the ministry will consult the Election Commission before taking a decision since the model code of conduct is in force. The hard area allowance for the army is 15 per cent of basic salary, and the paramilitary forces have demanded the same.

Source: The Telegraph

Pay your insurance premium at Post Offices

INDIA POST TIE-UP WITH ICICI PRUDENTIAL POSTAL GOLD COINS GO TO HARYANA AND UTTAR PRADESH NEXT WEEK
In yet another move to expand its basket of services, India Post has done a tie-up with ICICI Prudential for collection of insurance premium through Post Offices. The service is now available at more than 200 Post offices in Gujarat, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra Postal Circles. Their will be no additional cost involved for the customer.

The premium amount realized will be sent to ICICI Prudential through ePayment system of India Post. The tie-up with ICICI Prudential is a step in the direction to make the Post office a one stop shop for the community. Now, the customers will have the convenience to pay their insurance premium at their neighborhood Post office.

This tie-up is expected to bring the customers closer to Post office. In the service category, insurance is one of the fastest growing industries with a very high potential. The highly popular sale of gold coins by India Post is being opened in Uttar Pradesh & Haryana Postal Circles from next week. The service was taken to post offices in Kerala earlier this week. With this, select Post offices from 14 Postal circles will provide this service to the public. Department of Posts began selling 24 carat ‘Gold Coins’ at 102 Post offices in Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu from 15th October.

Later, the service was extended to Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Rajasthan. Apart from enhancing the revenue of the Department, this has enabled India Post to usher in a new image of India Post as a modern and relevant organization in all areas of life. Gold is the latest addition to a range of retail activity that India Post has already taken up. India Post has been selling various products under Retail Post category and there is sustained growth in the revenue from these activities.

Post Office sells UPSC applications and university applications, it retails Darjeeling Tea in West Bengal, it markets Aloe Vera products in Gujarat and it takes orders for distribution of Prasadams of various temples in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.

UGC directs Bihar government to implement revised pay package

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed the state government to take action with regard to implementation of the revised pay package for college and university teachers of the state.
In a fax message sent to the state HRD secretary, the UGC has pleaded for payment of revised pay, enhancement of the age of superannuation from 62 to 65 years, and release of 40 per cent arrears during the current financial year itself. The payment may be made taking an undertaking from each beneficiary that any excess payment made due to incorrect fixation shall be adjusted against the future payments due.
Taking note of the UGC’s notification about revised pay package, the leaders of the Federation of University Teachers’ Associations of Bihar (FUTAB) and the Federation of University Service Teachers’ Associations of Bihar (FUSTAB) have appealed to the chief minister to implement it in a time frame formulated by the Union HRD ministry. They pointed out that several state governments have already acted on the Union HRD ministry notification and started making payment of the revised scale. Mayawati government in UP took a cabinet decision last week to implement the sixth payscale for the teachers of all the colleges and universities of the state.
In a memorandum submitted to the CM, FUTAB working president K B Sinha and general secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh and FUSTAB president Ram Jatan Sinha and secretary Dilip Chaudhary pointed out that over 40 per cent post of teachers are vacant and with ambitious plan of both the Centre and state government to increase the number of colleges and universities, a large number of teachers would be required to cope with the enhanced load. It is for these reasons and also to retain the experienced teachers that the Central government had decided to enhance the age of retirement of teachers from 62 to 65 years.
The Bihar government perhaps anticipated this contingency long time back and amended Section 67 of the Bihar State Universities Act, 1976, and Section 64 of Patna University Act, 1976, to provide that the date of retirement of a teaching employee will be the same as the UGC decides in future.
Thus, the age of retirement be raised uniformly to 65 years as per UGC directive and as per provisions of the existing university Acts, they added.
Patna University Teachers’ Association president Dharm Prakash and general secretary Randhir Kumar Singh have also urged the state government to implement the revised UGC pay package, including enhancement of the age of superannuation, at the earliest.

ACP (Assured Career Progression) clarification will be expected in next week

The “FAST TRACK COMMITTEE” meeting was held on 19-Feb-2009 at New Delhi.

The following points were finalized as per the information received.
1. Assured Career Promotion (III – ACP) order will be announced next week.
2. Grade Pay of Rs. 4200 for Pharmacist will be discussed in the next meeting.
3. Grade Pay of Rs. 4200 will be given to Master Crafts Man (MCM), agreed by the Finance Ministry.

Special Class Railway Apprentices’ Examination 2009

The Union Public Service Commission will hold the Special Class Railway Apprentices’ Examination, 2009 on July 26, 2009 for recruitment to the Special Class Apprentices in the Mechanical Department of Indian Railways. The examination will be held at various centers across the country.
The minimum age for eligibility is 17 years and the maximum 21 years as on 1st August 2009, with usual relaxation in the upper age limit for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Other Backward Classes and certain other categories of candidates. The candidate must have passed in the first or second division, the Intermediate or an equivalent Examination of a University or Board approved by the Government of India with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the examination. The candidates must apply in the Common Application Form devised by the Commission for its examinations, which can be purchased from the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices throughout the country against cash payment of Rupees Twenty only.
All applications must reach the “Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069” on or before the March 30, 2009. However, in respect of candidates residing abroad or in certain remote areas, the last date for receipt of applications is April 6, 2009.
For details regarding eligibility conditions, the syllabus and scheme of the examination, centres of examination, guidelines for filling up application form etc. aspirants must consult the Detailed Notice of the examination published in the Employment News/Rozgar Samachar dated February 28, 2009 or the UPSC website http://www.upsc.gov.in.

College teachers in Punjab, Chandigarh on 72-hour strike

Teachers of government and non-government colleges in Punjab and the union territory of Chandigarh went on a 72-hour strike on Tuesday demanding higher pay.
The 72-hour 'Education Bandh' was called by the Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers' Organisation (PFUCTO) in support of their demand for implementation of the new notifications of the University Grants Commission (UGC) on pay scales for faculty.
Over 10,000 teachers of five universities, 54 government colleges and 170 non-government colleges of the region are associated with PFUCTO
"There was some confusion among teachers of some colleges Tuesday because of the implementation of model code of conduct but nearly 7000 of them participated in the strike. However, from Wednesday, there will be no teaching activity in any of the colleges and all 10,000 will go on strike," Jagwant Singh, general secretary of PFUCTO, told sources.
He said in the past few days states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh had also implemented the UGC notifications but the "comparatively rich" Punjab has shown no signs of working in this direction.
"Discontentment among teacher community is rising and in the next two-three meetings we will also discuss the issue of boycotting Akali government in the forthcoming elections," said Singh.
Singh said: "We think that code of conduct has nothing to do with the implementation of already announced notifications but we will also talk to the election commissioner before deciding our future course of action."
The Punjab government has to contribute only 20 per cent and central government would release the remaining 80 per cent of funds, but still the state government is reluctant, he said.
The new UGC notifications came Dec 31, 2008 with the approval of the central government. Earlier they were supposed to come in October last year but got delayed because of assembly elections in Delhi. IANS
Source: Indiaedunews.net

Anomalies in state pay hike order irks teachers and employees

The UP state government move to woo teachers of the higher education and employees before Lok Sabha elections by implementing sixth pay commission may boomerang.

While the order issued for pay revision of teachers gives hiked salaries only from December 1, 2008 instead of January 1, 2006, as recommended by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the government forgot to issue an order for the employees of the corporations. Teachers were shocked to see the government order issued on Tuesday on pay hike which said that the revision will be applicable from December 1, 2008.

It also did not mention about revision of pension to retired teachers. Interestingly, 80% of the hiked salary of teachers will be given by the union government for next five years and state has to bear only 20% of the expenses. The Centre will give about Rs 700 crore and state government will dole out Rs 170 crore in 2009-10 financial year.

There are 17,500 teachers in 12 state universities, 345 government-aided colleges and 125 government colleges in UP. Over 20 lakh students are enrolled in these institutions. Describing state government's act as "cheating", Moulindu Mishra, president, Lucknow University Associated Colleges Teachers Association (LUACTA), said that teachers will be forced to launch an agitation, if government fails to correct the anomaly soon.

However, a "correction" seems unlikely in near future as election code of conduct has come into force and will continue till May 16. "In such a situation government should take permission from the Election Commission and issue another order providing full benefits to teachers from January 1, 2006, as it is being implemented in centre university and other state universities," said LUACTA president.

Pushpendra Mishra, general secretary, Lucknow University Teachers Association, also secretary, Federation of UP Residential University Teachers Association, said that government's act amounts to cheating and it will face the consequences in elections, if the order is not corrected soon. "Government is not treating teachers at par with employees as all others have got revised scale with effect from 2006," he said.

On the other hand, retired teachers were left out in the order. It happened in 1996 as well, when fifth pay commission report was implemented. Later, government implemented the revision for retired teachers but with effect from 2000 leading to huge losses. Sources also said that state government forgot to include RML National Law University in its pay revision order. The same is the case with the employees of the corporation who have been left out while pay revision has been implemented for all other state government employees.

Now, UP Jal Nigam officers and employees have formed a joint committee and have launched an agitation. Ram Sevak Shukla, convener of the committee, has started a hunger strike to protest against government apathy. "Government has given sixth pay commission to about 9 lakh employees but 18,000 working in corporations have been left out," said Shukla. A A Farooqi, president, UP Engineers Association, has also supported the agitation.

Source:Indiatimes.com

Madhya Pradesh government to implement Sixth Pay Commission recommendations…

The Madhya Pradesh government would implement the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission with effect from January 2006, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said.

Chouhan said the benefits of the Pay Commission's recommendations will be payable to state government employees with effect from January 1, 2006, and added it would benefit around five lakh (500,000) state government employees, according to an official statement Saturday.
The mode of payment for benefits from Jan 1, 2006, to Aug 31, 2008, will be decided by the government at a later date but benefits from Sep 1, 2008, to Feb 28, 2009, will be paid along with the salary payable on coming April 1.

"The arrears for the period from Sept 1, 2008, to Feb 28, 2009, would be paid in April 2009 itself. The modalities for payment of the arrears for the period from Jan 1, 2006, to Aug 31, 2008, would be decided separately. Cash payment of the Sixth Pay Commission scale would be made from March 2009 (payable on April 1,2009) to the employees of the state government," Chouhan said.

The statement said the decision would also help around three lakh (300,000) pensioners and there would be a proportionate increase in salaries of government school teachers and panchayat secretaries from April 1, 2009.

West Bengal Pay Commission News...

West Bengal Govt accepts Fifth Pay Commission recommendations. West Bengal finance department announced that the implementation of the Fifth Pay Commission with certain improvements, which will be effective from April 1 this year.

Read more about West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2009 vide Notification No.-1690-F dated 23.02.09 "The state government has accepted, by and large, the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission, constituted by it, with certain improvements."

Finance minister Asim Dasgupta said.25/02/2009 West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2009 WBS_ROPA_Rules_2009.pdfWho will benefit with 5th pay commission implementations?Beneficiaries will include ten lakh government employees, teachers and other staff.

What are revised pay Bands ?
Replacing the existing pay scales, a revised pay structure with five Pay Bands and distinct Grade Pay for each of the unrevised pay scales have been introduced.example,Group-D employee now drawing a basic pay of Rs 2,600 plus dearness pay of Rs 1,300 would get Rs 6,600 as basic pay in the revised pay structure.

What is highest pay as per revised pay scales in WB?
highest basic scale in Pay Band-5 will be from Rs 37,400 to Rs 60,000,5th pay commission, west bengal 5th pay commission, 5th pay commission west bengal, pay commission west bengal, west bengal government west bengal pay commission source -check about FIFTH PAY COMMISSION.

The Government of West Bengal through Finance Deptt. Resolution No. 6020-F dt. 28.8.2008 has appointed the Fifth Pay Commission for State Government ... wbfin.gov.in

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