Thursday, June 30, 2016
7th CPC – GOVERNMENT REJECTED ALL THE MODIFICATIONS SOUGHT BY THE NJCA
NO INCREASE IN MINIMUM PAY AND FITMENT FORMULA
HOLD PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS & RALLY IN FRONT OF ALL OFFICES AND AT ALL IMPORTANT CENTRES
NJCA will meet at 04:00 PM on 30th June 2016 to decide future course of action. Continue in full swing mobilization for indefinite strike from 11th July 2016.
M. Krishnan
Secretary General
Confederation
Cabinet approves Implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission -PIB
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) on pay and pensionary benefits. It will come into effect from 01.01.2016.
In the past, the employees had to wait for 19 months for the implementation of the Commission’s recommendations at the time of 5th CPC, and for 32 months at the time of implementation of 6th CPC. However, this time, 7th CPC recommendations are being implemented within 6 months from the due date.
The Cabinet has also decided that arrears of pay and pensionary benefits will be paid during the current financial year (2016-17) itself, unlike in the past when parts of arrears were paid in the next financial year.
The recommendations will benefit over 1 crore employees. This includes over 47 lakh central government employees and 53 lakh pensioners, of which 14 lakh employees and 18 lakh pensioners are from the defence forces.
Highlights:
1. The present system of Pay Bands and Grade Pay has been dispensed with and a new Pay Matrix as recommended by the Commission has been approved. The status of the employee, hitherto determined by grade pay, will now be determined by the level in the Pay Matrix. Separate Pay Matrices have been drawn up for Civilians, Defence Personnel and for Military Nursing Service. The principle and rationale behind these matrices are the same.
2. All existing levels have been subsumed in the new structure; no new levels have been introduced nor has any level been dispensed with. Index of Rationalisation has been approved for arriving at minimum pay in each Level of the Pay Matrix depending upon the increasing role, responsibility and accountability at each step in the hierarchy.
3. The minimum pay has been increased from Rs. 7000 to 18000 p.m. Starting salary of a newly recruited employee at lowest level will now be Rs. 18000 whereas for a freshly recruited Class I officer, it will be Rs. 56100. This reflects a compression ratio of 1:3.12 signifying that pay of a Class I officer on direct recruitment will be three times the pay of an entrant at lowest level.
4. For the purpose of revision of pay and pension, a fitment factor of 2.57 will be applied across all Levels in the Pay Matrices.
5. Rate of increment has been retained at 3 %. This will benefit the employees in future on account of higher basic pay as the annual increments that they earn in future will be 2.57 times than at present.
6. The Cabinet approved further improvements in the Defence Pay Matrix by enhancing Index of Rationalisation for Level 13A (Brigadier) and providing for additional stages in Level 12A (Lieutenant Colonel), 13 (Colonel) and 13A (Brigadier) in order to bring parity with Combined Armed Police Forces (CAPF) counterparts at the maximum of the respective Levels.
7. Some other decisions impacting the employees including Defence & Combined Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel include :
· Gratuity ceiling enhanced from Rs. 10 to 20 lakh. The ceiling on gratuity will increase by 25 % whenever DA rises by 50 %.
· A common regime for payment of Ex-gratia lump sum compensation for civil and defence forces personnel payable to Next of Kin with the existing rates enhanced fromRs. 10-20 lakh to 25-45 lakh for different categories.
· Rates of Military Service Pay revised from Rs. 1000, 2000, 4200 & 6000 to 3600, 5200, 10800 & 15500 respectively for various categories of Defence Forces personnel.
· Terminal gratuity equivalent of 10.5 months of reckonable emoluments for Short Service Commissioned Officers who will be allowed to exit Armed Forces any time between 7 and 10 years of service.
· Hospital Leave, Special Disability Leave and Sick Leave subsumed into a composite new Leave named ‘Work Related Illness and Injury Leave’ (WRIIL). Full pay and allowances will be granted to all employees during the entire period of hospitalization on account of WRIIL.
8. The Cabinet also approved the recommendation of the Commission to enhance the ceiling of House Building Advance from Rs. 7.50 lakh to 25 lakh. In order to ensure that no hardship is caused to employees, four interest free advances namely Advances for Medical Treatment, TA on tour/transfer, TA for family of deceased employees and LTC have been retained. All other interest free advances have been abolished.
9. The Cabinet also decided not to accept the steep hike in monthly contribution towards Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme (CGEGIS) recommended by the Commission. The existing rates of monthly contribution will continue. This will increase the take home salary of employees at lower levels by Rs. 1470. However, considering the need for social security of employees, the Cabinet has asked Ministry of Finance to work out a customized group insurance scheme for Central Government Employees with low premium and high risk cover.
10. The general recommendations of the Commission on pension and related benefits have been approved by the Cabinet. Both the options recommended by the Commission as regards pension revision have been accepted subject to feasibility of their implementation. Revision of pension using the second option based on fitment factor of 2.57 shall be implemented immediately. A Committee is being constituted to address the implementation issues anticipated in the first formulation. The first formulation may be made applicable if its implementation is found feasible after examination by proposed Committee which is to submit its Report within 4 months.
11. The Commission examined a total of 196 existing Allowances and, by way of rationalization, recommended abolition of 51 Allowances and subsuming of 37 Allowances. Given the significant changes in the existing provisions for Allowances which may have wide ranging implications, the Cabinet decided to constitute a Committee headed by Finance Secretary for further examination of the recommendations of 7th CPC on Allowances. The Committee will complete its work in a time bound manner and submit its reports within a period of 4 months. Till a final decision, all existing Allowances will continue to be paid at the existing rates.
12. The Cabinet also decided to constitute two separate Committees (i) to suggest measures for streamlining the implementation of National Pension System (NPS) and (ii) to look into anomalies likely to arise out of implementation of the Commission’s Report.
13. Apart from the pay, pension and other recommendations approved by the Cabinet, it was decided that the concerned Ministries may examine the issues that are administrative in nature, individual post/ cadre specific and issues in which the Commission has not been able to arrive at a consensus.
14. As estimated by the 7th CPC, the additional financial impact on account of implementation of all its recommendations in 2016-17 will be Rs. 1,02,100 crore. There will be an additional implication of Rs. 12,133 crore on account of payments of arrears of pay and pension for two months of 2015-16.
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Premature closure of PPF account-Finance Ministry orders
Dear Comrades,
Finance Ministry vide its OM Date 17.06.2016 issued orders for premature closure of PPF accounts subject to the conditions.
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Finance Ministry vide its OM Date 17.06.2016 issued orders for premature closure of PPF accounts subject to the conditions.
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Monday, June 27, 2016
Visakhapatnam Region bi-monthly meeting items
APU-III/BM-VM/2016
Date: 26-06-2016.
To
The Post Master General,
Visakhapatnam Region,
Visakhapatnam -17.
Respected Madam,
Sub:
- Submission of items for discussion in
the Bi-monthly meeting scheduled to be held on 13-7-2016-reg.
The
following items are submitting for discussion in the bi-monthly meeting
scheduled to be held on 13-7-2016.This union will be represented by S/s
1).
DASV Prasad, Circle Secretary, PA, Secunderabad HO,
2).
M.Nageswara Rao Asst. Circle Secretary & R R., APM Anakapalii .HO.
Yours Faithfully
DASV PRASAD
Circle Secretary
Review
of old item
1.
Immediate replacement of Genset battery at
Nagaram LSGSO in Amalapuram Division.
Fresh
items:1-6/2016: Supply
of UPS Batteries to Alamanda RS SO:-
The UPS at Alamanda RS SO under
Vizianagaram HO is not functioning due to non functioning of batteries. The
item was taken up at Division Level and the SPOs replied that the case was
referred to RO. 7 batteries are requires be supplied to Alamanda RS SO.
2-6/2016: Non
observance of Immunity to the union office bearers: -
During the last Divisional
Conference held on 21.06.2015, Com.S.Sudhakara Rao, SPM, L.Kota SO was elected
as Assistant Divisional Secretary-I ( AS-I) and Com.P.Srinivasu, SPM, Moida SO
was elected as Treasurer for AIPEU P-III Union. For smooth and better
functioning of our union, our union addressed the SPOs, Vizianagaram Division
to transfer those officials to VIZIANAGARAM LOCAL. The SPOs, VZM Dn informed
that as the conference has been conducted after implementation of Rotational
Transfers, the case will be considered during the Rotational Transfers for the
year 2016. Accordingly, the SPOs, Vizianagaram Division issued Rotational
Transfers Notification for SPM, L.Kota SO & SPM, Moida SO under immunity
grounds. But during the Rotational Transfers orders, the request of the
union/office bearers is not considered under immunity grounds, though the
places have been notified in RT-2016.
3-6/2016 Grang
of higher rate of HRA i.e 20% to the following offices
1.
Anakapalle
2.
Bhimunipatnam
The above two areas were brought
under the jurisdiction of Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation and hence it is
requested to cause to issue necessary orders for drawal of HRA @ 20% to the
employees working in the above two post offices.
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Hyderabad Region Bimonthly meeting items
APU-III/BM-HR/2016
24.06.2016
TO,
The
Post Master General
Hyderabad
Region
Hyderabad-1
Sir
Sub: Submission
of items for discussion in the bi monthly meeting scheduled to be held on 8-7-2016-reg
The following items are submitting for discussion in the bi monthly meeting
scheduled to be held on 8.07.2016. This union will be represented by S/s
1).DASV Prasad,
Circle Secretary, PA, Secunderabad HO
2)G.Ramarao,VicePresident,PA,AdilabadDIvision..
Yours
Faithfully
(D A S V Prasad)
Circle Secretary
Review
of pending Items:
1-4/2016: De-quarterisation of Vangara
SO and drawl of HRA to SPM.
The quarter portion of PO bldg
is not as per SOA. The Vangara PO bldg has only 4 small rooms and after
computerisation there is no separate portion for SPM Quarter portion. The
SPM had represented since January 2014
for dequarterisation and drawl Of HRA as he has not occupied the quarter. Hence
it is requested to dequarterise the PO and drawl of HRA to SPM.
Fresh
Items:
1.
Repairs
to Sirpur TSO Departmental Building.
2.
Dequarterisation
of Ootnuru, Chincholi and Neredigonda SOs.
3.
Suppy of rulings in c/w conveyance of cash from
HO to SOs and SO to BOs for SSP and NREGS payments in the manner of safety
measure.
Thursday, June 23, 2016
SB Order No.5/2016
Steps to be taken for smooth functioning of POSB operations and prevention of frauds in CBS offices
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Stopping of sale of pre-printed NSC and KVP from 01.07.2016 and issue of certificates in the shape of passbooks (SB order 04/2016)
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Circle Secretary writes to CPMG on writing of APARs
APU-III/HCR/APARs/2016 Date:
20.06.2016
To
The
Chief Postmaster General
A.P.Circle
Hyderabad-500001
Sir
Sub: - Writing of APARs of the officials without
following the statutory guidelines on the subject by the divisional heads in A.P.Circle-Causing
much delay in conducting DPCsReg
Ref: - 1. DOP&T OM No.21011/1/2005-Estt(A)
(Pt.II) dated 23.07.2009
2. DOP&T OM
No.21011/27/2015-Estt.(A-II dated 11.02.2016
I
bring the following irregularities committing by the divisional heads in A.P.Circle,
while writing of APARs of the officials working in their divisions. The main
motive and motto of the APARs are to assess the performance of the official and
to intimate the areas to be improved by the official to improve his/her
performance to improve the quality of the service to the public. But the said
authorities are taking it in a casual way and writing them like their own
diary. I bring the following irregularities committed by the divisional heads
in A.P.Circle, which causes demotivation of officials resulting down fall of
quality of service to the public..
1.
Without
substantiating the gradings given between 0-3 and not filling the pen picture
coloumn in their APARs.
2.
Not
following the prescribed time schedule as stipulated in DOP&T OM cited (1)
above in writing of APARs of the officials
3.
Filling
the integrity coloumn in accordance with DOPT OM cited (2) above.
4.
Not
mentioning the date on officials copy of APARs.
Most of the
divisional heads are grading the officials between 0-3, without substantiating
the reasons for assessing such low performance in their pen picture coloumn of
their APARs. For example in Secunderabad Division the divisional head had given
0 grading to four officials in the division and many officials had got the grading
between 0-3. But to my dismay the divisional head had not written the pen
picture coloumn of their APARs. It is the duty of the divisional heads to
explain why they are getting grading below average so that they can improve
their performance in future. Due to non writing of pen picture, the very
purpose of writing the APARs is to improve the performance of the official to
provide quality service to the customers/public is defeated.
For example let
me explain the actual situation in Secunderabad Division. All officials working
in divisional office, Secunderabad division were got 6 to 9 grading for the
last three years. Interestingly, it is not understood that how their
performance has been getting down between 5-6 grading in the last year. It is very clear that either the said officer
is inefficient to extract the best performance from these officials or these
officials are not so efficient as her predecessors assessed in their APARs. The
existing rules on the subject were very clear that the officer has to write the
APARs of the officials after coming to a clear conclusion and on their own
assessment.
It is pertinent
to mention that if the official’s performance working in the entire division is
graded between 5-6, what is the performance of the divisional head? Naturally
it has to be graded between 5-6.
I bring to your
kind notice that the officers also not writing the APARs of the officials
within the prescribed time limit. Though there are clear guidelines on
following the prescribed time schedule in accordance with the DOPT OM cited (1)
above, the officers are not following these orders scrupulously. Due to this
practice DPCs are not convening in regular intervals. Further the officers are
not putting the date on officials copy of APARs given to the official. Some of
the divisional heads are not filling the integrity coloumn in accordance with
the guidelines issued by DOPT vide OM cited (2) above.
Therefore,
keeping in view of the above, i earnestly request you to cause to issue
suitable orders/action on writing of APARs in accordance with the DOPT OMs
cited above, within the prescribed time limit so that the officials
perfoarmance can be correctly assessed and the DPCs can be conducted well in
time without waiting for them.
An early action
in this matter is highly appreciated.
Yours faithfully
(DASV Prasad)
Circle Secretary
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Letter to DPS (Hqrs) on RT 2016 HSE Div
APU-III/HCR/HSE/RT/2016 Date:
22.06.2016
To
The
Director Postal Services (Hqrs)
o/o
the Chief Postmaster General
A.P.Circle,
Hyderabad-500001
Madam,
Sub: - Irregular transfer orders issued by the
SSPOs, Hyderabad South East Division-Request for immediate intervention for
modification-Reg
Ref: - DO Memo No.B1/3/8/2016 dated 08.06.2016
DO Memo No.B1/3/8/2016 dated
16.03.2016
I
am constrained to bring the following irregularities/lapses while issuing the
transfer orders by the SSPOs, Hyderabad South East Division by violating the
Directorate guidelines on the subject for immediate intervention and
settlement.
1.
While
issuing transfer orders SSPOs, Hyderabad South East Division filled up two
vacancies of PA, St.Kacheguda HO, which the said posts were not notified in the
Rotational Transfer notification. Had the vacancy position of PA, Kacheguda HO
notified in the rotational transfer notification, senior officials would be
benefitted and now they deprived off the opportunity. It
appears that these two posts are kept in dark for posting of officials for OA,
Divisional office exclusively.
2.
Treasury
posts notified in the rotational transfer list were not filled up. It is
requested to cause to issue instructions to the divisional head for immediate
filling up of treasury posts in the division.
3.
Seniority
of officials not observed while ordering RT-2016. Requests of the senior
officials have not been considered and junior officials have been posted in the
offices in which senior officials opted in their representation.
Therefore the
above common irregularities are brought to your notice for immediate
intervention and do the needful to restore the natural justice. A detailed
representation submitted by the Divisional Secretary on RT-2016 is submitted
for favour of necessary early action on the points raised by him.
An early action
in this regard is highly solicited.
DA: As above
Yours faithfully
(DASV Prasad)
Circle Secretary
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Vijayawada Region bimonthly meeting minutes
APU-III/BM-VJA/2016
21.6.2016
To
The Post master
General
Vijayawada
Region,
Vijayawada 520 003.
Respected Sir,
Sub: Submission
of items for discussion in the bi-monthly meeting. scheduled to be held on
29-6-2016-reg
The following
items are submitting for discussion in the Bi-monthly meeting scheduled to be held on 29-6-2016. This
union will be represented by
1) Sri DASV Prasad, Circle Secretary,
PA, Secunderabad HO
2) Sri N.Nageswara Rao, Regional
Representative, PA, Guntur Division
Yours
faithfully,
DASVPRASAD
Circle Secretary
Review of pending items:
1)
Provision
of bore well with motor in the premises of Sullurpet SO
2)
Immediate dequarterisation of the following
Pos in Gudur Division since tha
accommodation of the quarter
portion as per SOA.
a) Bangarupet b) N R Pet
c) Mallam d) Kadivedu
3)
Immediate
repairs to electrical generators at the following offices.
a)
Stone
house pet (Nellore) b) Guntur Collectorate PO c) Kotha pet SO (GUNTUR)
4)
Immediate
supply/repairs to the following.
NewComputers repairs / printer / ups
a)
Prathipadu Guntur .HO
b)
Guntur.HO Guntur.HO
c)
Jaggayyapet Bhimavaram.HO
d)
Vuyyuru Rudrampur (Khammam)
Gannavaram
f)
Dargamitta.HO
5)
Dequarterisation
of Uppugundur SO in Prakasam division
6)
Rectification
of Mistakes in Sanchaya Post Software at GS Pruam SO in Khammam Division
7)
Supply
of UPS to Kakumanu SO in Guntur Division.
8)
Generator repairs of Machilipatnam HO,
Avanigadda HO and Gudlavalleru LSG SO
9)
Relocation
of Sub Post Offices in Machilipatnam Division
10)
Increasing of bandwidth of SIFY network
provider for CBS and CPC Mc.Camish.
11) Non posting of Treasurers immediately on
completion of tenures by the divisional
Heads
.21) Payment of HRA to SPM, Kovvuru (NL) SO
Fresh items;
1-6/2016: Counting
of period of deputation( more than 6 months) while computing tenure of the
official while issuing rotational transfers in Tadepalligudem Division.
The Circle Union
has written a letter to Postmaster General, Vijayawada Region on
12-05-2016. But so far no action has been
initiated by the RO. Expedite action
immediately.
2-6/2016: Non
providing immunity transfer to Asstt. Divisional Secretary, AIPEU Gr.C,
Machilipatnam Division by the Divisional Supdt., Machilipatnam.
Even though
there are clear guidelines from the Directorate on immunity transfers but Supdt
of Post Offices, Machilipatnam Division did not provide immunity transfer to
Asstt. Divisional Secretary, please issue suitable orders to provide immunity
transfer to Asstt. Divisional Secretary.
3-6/2016: Irregular
transfer orders issued by the Sr. Supdt of Post Offices, Bhimavaram Division
ignoring senioirity case of Sri Sanjeeva Rao, P.A., Bhimavaram Division.
It is requested
to intervene in the RT 2016 and rectify the irregularity.
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