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CRPF officers not entitled for benefits of non-functional upgradation : Minister of Home Affairs at Rajya Sabha

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF  HOME AFFAIRS RAJYA SABHA QUESTION NO  345 ANSWERED ON  26.11.2014 Denial of NFU to officers of CRPF 345  Smt. RENUKA CHAWDHURY Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to satate :- (a) whether Government has denied the benefits of non-functional upgradation (NFU) to the officers of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF); (b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor; (c) whether the issue of extending NFU has also been examined by high powered committee recently; (d) if so, the observations/recommendations of the committee; and (e) the time by when the NFU is likely to be extended to CRPF and other paramilitary forces? ANSWER      MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU) (a) & (b): As per DoP&T’s O.M. No.AB.14017/64/2008-Estt.(RR) dated 24.04.2009, officers of an Organized Group ‘Á’ Service only are entitled for benefits of Non Functional Upgradation (N.F

Minutes of the meeting on Aadhaar based authentication of Life Certificate for pensioners

MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 24TH NOVEMBER, 2014 ON AADHAAR BASED AUTHENTICATION OF LIFE CERTIFICATE FOR PENSIONERS Hon’ble Prime Minister launched an Aadhaar-based biometric verification system on 10th November, 2014 to enable pensioners to submit a digital Life Certificate digitally. This being an important step in realizing the vision of Digital India, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has desired that the system is fully operationalised by the end of November 2014 and PMO to be informed of progress by 1st week of December, 2014. 2. Against this back drop, a meeting was held on 24th November, 2014 at 11:00 AM in the Conference Room, 5 th Floor, Sardar Patel Bhavan, New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Pension, AR&PG). 3. List of participants is annexed. 4. At the outset, Secretary (Pension) emphasized the need for adhering to the target date desired by the Prime Minister Office. He suggested that a special drive may be launched to achieve the objective, par

Amendments in CCS Conduct Rules:Prohibition of sexual harassment of working women

Central Civil Services (Conduct) Second Amendment Rules, 2014. NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 31st October, 2014 G.S.R. 823(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Second Amendment Rules, 2014. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, for rule 3C, the following rule shall be substituted, namely :- ‘3C. Prohibition of sexual harassment of working women, – (1) No Government servant shall indulge in any act of sexual harassment of any woman at any work

Dearness Allowance from January 2015 will be 113%

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The All-India CPI-1W for October, 2014 remained stationary at 253. On 1-month percentage change. it remained static between September, 2014 and October, 2014 when compared with the rise of 1.26 per cent between the same two months a year ago. The next index of CPI-IW for the month of November, 2014 will be released on Wednesday, 31 December, 2014. With this it is more or less clear that the Dearness Allowance from January 2015 will be 113% - a hike of only 6%

6% DA hike likely from January 2015

All India Consumer Price Index (Industrial Workers) – AI CPI (IW) for the month September 2014 has been released by Labour Bureau, Government of India. The figure remained remained unchanged at 253 from the previous month. With 9 of the 12 indices available, it is most likely that the Dearness allowance from the month January 2015 will most likely be 113%, a hike of 6%