Central Government Employees & Employment Corner

The below information was presented as a written reply to a question about the CGHS Cards by the Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri.Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Parliament on 14th December, 2012 as follows… Government has issued detailed guidelines for issuance of individual plastic cards to CGHS beneficiaries vide Office Memorandum No. S.11012/3/2011-CGHS(P) dated 29th December, 2011 which is available at the CGHS website http://msotransparent.nic.in Total 1,32,909 applications were received for making of CGHS cards in last one year . It is a continuous process.It has since been streamlined and the cards are now sent to the applicants timely by speed post at their home address. There is no pendency in issuance of CGHS cards.

The recent EPFO circular, stating that certain allowances must also be added to the salary while computing the PF contribution, could upset millions of household budgets if it were to be enforced. On the face of it, this looks good for employees because a higher amount will flow into their PF accounts every month. However, the employers, who are supposed to match the contribution, may not want to absorb the rise in the wage bill. They are likely to rejig the compensation structure to ensure that the cost to company doesn’t go up. ET Wealth estimates that the average salaried person could see his take-home pay dip by 6-8% if the revised interpretation of rules is implemented (see graphic).

1. The  Scheme of House Building Advance to Central Government Employees is aimed at providing assistance to the Government employees to construct/acquire house/flats of their own. The scheme was introduced in 1956, as a welfare measure. Ministry of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation act as the nodal Ministry for the same. 2. House Building Advance is admissible to all those temporary employees also who have rendered

No. 12012/3/2009-Estt.(L) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training  New Delhi, Dated the 28th December 2012 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject:  Extension of the revised orders on encashment of Earned Leave and Half Pay Leave to industrial employees. The undersigned is directed to state that the matter regarding extension of revised orders on encashment of Earned Leave and Half Pay Leave lo industrial employees at par with the non industrial Central Government employees covered by the CCS (Leave) Rules. 1972 has been under consideration of this Department. It has been decided in consultation with the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) to extend the provision of this Department’s OM No.14028/3/2008-Estt (L) dated 25th September 2008, mutatis mutandis to industrial employees of Ministries/Department other than Railways. 

There is any proposal to issue passport to Central Government employees and their family members through their respective departments..!

Latest position of group wise Central Government Civilian Employees working in Central Government Departments as on March 2011. As per the latest information available, the estimated number of Group A, B, C and erstwhile Group D regular Central Government Civilian Employees (including Union Territories) is given below:

Parlimentary Consultative Committee meeting on Comprehensive Amendments in Labour Laws Moots Effective Implementation and speedy Grievance Redressal Members participating in the meeting of Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Comprehensive Amendment in Labour Laws have urged the government for the effective and speedy implementation of labour laws along with the timely redressal of Grievances. In meeting held yesterday the members raised the issue of Child labour Laws alongwith the Contract Labour Law reforms. Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, who chaired the meeting assured the members for due consideration on the issue raised.

Parliamentary Consultative Committee meeting on Comprehensive Amendments in Labour Laws Moots Effective Implementation and speedy Grievance Redressal  Members participating in the meeting of Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Comprehensive Amendment in Labour Laws have urged the government for the effective and speedy implementation of labour laws along with the timely redressal of Grievances. In meeting held yesterday the members raised the issue of Child labour Laws alongwith the Contract Labour Law reforms. Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, who chaired the meeting assured the members for due consideration on the issue raised.  Welcoming the members the minister the minister said Labour being a subject in the Concurrent List where both Central and State Governments are competent to enact legislations. Ministry of Labour & Employment is presently administering 44 Labour Laws catering to diverse subjects, namely, occupational h...

The central government should set up the seventh pay commission and pump in Rs 50,000 crore over the next five years to revive the ailing railways. This was among the 38 demands put forth by the All India Railwaymen’s Federation (AIRF). AIRF also demanded that over 2.5 lakh posts under various categories in Indian Railways be filled up.

Leave Travel Concession is one of the topics in which Central Government Employees are mainly interested.  Though this topic is not complex as such, many questions and doubts would arise regarding the admissibility of LTC in many practical situations.  Of Course a written law cannot cover all the situations.  So, Government is issuing clarifications on LTC from time to time.  Covering the original orders and those subsequently issued clarifications by DOPT, some time back we had   published a compilation of frequently asked questions relating to Leave Travel Concession (LTC) applicable to Central Government Employees. Now DOPT has come up with a compilation of Frequently Asked Questions on LTC (Leave Travel Concession) same mentioned below.

The Rajya Sabha on Monday (December 17, 2012) passed the Constitution (One Hundred Seventeenth Amendment) Bill, 2012. The Bill proposes to amend the Article 16 (4A) of the Constitution of India. The existing Article 16(4A) provides for reservation in promotion to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and the Scheduled Tribes (STs) which are not adequately represented in the Govt. services. The proposed amendment would

No.18016/4/2012-Estt.(L) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training  New Delhi, the 14th December , 2012 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Special concessions/facilities to Central Government Employees working in Kashmir Valley in attached subordinate offices or PSUs falling under the control of Central Government - Clarification. 

Describing the twin tasks of improving the pensionary and medical benefits for ex-servicemen as ‘subjects of prime concern’ and ‘as an ongoing process’, the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony today announced that the orders authorizing payment to ex-servicemen and their families accruing from the recent cabinet decisions, hiking pension and other benefits amounting to nearly Rs.2300 crores per annum, would be issued next month. Addressing a meeting of the Consultative Committee attached to his Ministry, here, Shri Antony said this is the third time in the last four years that the Government have systematically improved the post-retirement benefits for ex-servicemen.

No. 18016/4/2012-Estt.(L) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training ***** New Delhi, 14th December, 2012 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject:- Special concessions/facilities to Central Government Employees working in Kashmir Valley in attached subordinate offices or PSUs falling under the control of Central Government-Clarification. ***** The undersigned is directed to refer to DOPT OM No. 18016/3/2011-Estt.(L) dated 27.6.2012 extending the Special concession/facilities to Central Government Employees working in Kashmir Valley in attached/ subordinate offices or PSUs falling under the control or Central Government for the period with effect from 1.1.2012 to 31.12.2012 and to say that this Department has been receiving references seeking clarifications. The doubts raised are clarified as under:-

The  Rajya   Sabha  will on Monday vote on the controversial Constitution ( 117th  Amendment) Bill 2012 that seeks to provide reservation in government jobs for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. While the  Bahujan   Samaj  Party ( BSP ) has been pressing the government to pass the bill, the  Samajwadi  Party ( SP ) has issued veiled threats saying it could reconsider its outside support to the ruling United Progressive Alliance ( UPA ) if the bill is passed. SP  chief  Mulayam  Singh  Yadav  had said in  Lucknow  on Saturday: "If voting is done on the bill in the house, I will reconsider my party's support to the government." BJP  vice-president  Mukhtar  Abbas  Naqvi  told reporters: "The  SP  and  BSP  are hand-in-glove with the Congress. On several occasions, the two have jumped in to save the  UPA  government. The threat by  Mulaya...

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) congratulateD the employees of various central government offices and establishments for their massive countrywide strike action today to press for their burning issues. Lakhs of employees in Postal, Income Tax, Customs, Central Excise, Audit & Accounts, Printing & Stationery, GSI, Survey of India, Indian Bureau of Mines, ground-water-board, Central Water Commission, Central Public Works and various other departments struck work on 12th December 2012 at the call of Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers to press for their 15 point demands. The demands include, inter alia, scrapping of the PFRDA Bill which seeks to drastically curtail the pensionary benefit and allow speculation by private and foreign companies with the pension-fund of the employees, halting contractorisation and privatization of many jobs in various govt departments, regularization of gramin dak-sevaks and other casual workers, setting up of 7th ...

Work in various central government offices including income tax, postal department and railway mail services ( RMS) across the state was hit as thousands of employees joined the one-day nationwide strike called by the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers ( CCGEW). The strike was called to protest against what the confederation dubbed as "anti -labour and anti-employee" policies of the union government.  Though most residents in the capital city were aware of the strike, some did land up at the public dealing counters of the postal department and  income tax  only to witness locked rooms and empty counters. "We totally boycotted work and fully justified the strike call. The central government must amend its employee policies," said  Manoj Kumar  Sharma, regional secretary, income tax gazetted officers association, Chhattisgarh. He said over 200 employees of income tax department were observing the strike. "Though the strike may ...

Clarification issued by DOPT in respect of Proforma Promotion Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) has issued an important clarification Office Memorandum dated 30.11.2012 in the topic of Proforma promotion granted to central government employees in certain cases.

No.11/3/2008-JCA Government of India Ministryof Personnel.Public Grievances& Pensions ( Departmentof Personnel& Training ) North Block, New Delhi Dated the ;?>December, 2008 Subject:- Scheme for Joint Consultative Machinery and Compulsory Arbitration for Centrai Government Employees - Raising the limit of pay from Rs.8900 to Grade Pay of Rs.4200 in Pay Band-2 for eligibility. Ministries/ Departmentsare aware that the Schemeof Joint Consultative Machinery and Compulsory Arbitration for Central Government Employees covers all regular civil employees of the Central Government except inter-aliapersons in industrial establishments, employed mainly in managerial or administrative capacity, and others employed in Supervisory capacity and drawing salary in scales going beyond Rs.8900/-per mensem(vide Clause 1 (c) of the JCM Scheme). 2. With the revision of scales of pay, on the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission, the limit of Rs.8900/- referred to i...

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA - MINISTRY OF     FINANCE - LOK SABHA UNSTARRED     QUESTION NO    859 / ANSWERED ON      25.02.2011 DA OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES 859 .    Smt. P. JAYA PRADA NAHATA NEERAJ SHEKHAR YASHVIR SINGH Will the Minister of FINANCE  be pleased to state:- (a) whether Government has plans to increase dearness allowance effective from January,2011 for Central Government employees with a rate that commensurates with the inflationary trends and plights of working class in the past few months;

How to calculate Dearness Allowance for Central Government Staff and Employees… We have been reporting the increase in Dearness allowance every six months, always before official announcement is made. We have not been making predictions or assumptions. Our reporting has always been based on standard calculation used for the purpose. We feel that the visitors also should be aware of the calculation, hence this article.

Is raising retirement age of Central Government Employee a threat for employment prospects of youth ? At the end of Every Year people used to talk about the proposal of raising the retirement age of government servants. Normally the people who are at the verge of retirement from government service are eagerly expecting the government to increase the retirement age. The Government servants especially those who are in the pay structure of Pay band –I will have to face financial burden as the Pension amount they will be paid after commutation will be very meager and it is not sufficient enough to meet their expenses of day to day life. Because the Government employees those who are drawing grade pay of Rs.1800/-, 1900/-, 2000/-, 2400/-and 2800/- will get only around Rs.20000 as the gross salary of every month. It is understood that one cannot lead a financially successful life with this income alone. So many government servants, to run the life, forced to avail loans from where e...