Revision of Headquarter Allowance admissible to officers of organised Group-A’ Services

Revision of Headquarter Allowance admissible to officers of organised Group-A’ Services

F. No. 4/2/2013-Estt(Pay-II)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)

North Block, New Delhi ,Dated 17th January, 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Revision of Headquarter Allowance admissible to officers of organised Group-A’ Services posted in Headquarters Organisations — reg.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s Office Memorandum No. 2/8/97-Estt. (Pay-11) dated 16th July, 1998, on the above subject and to say that consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the Sixth Central Pay Commission, the President is pleased to decide that the existing rates of Headquarter Allowance may be doubled.

2. These orders shall not apply to officers of services the cadres of which consist only of posts at the Headquarters organisations as also to officers of services who are not entitled to any special pay/special allowance while posted as Under Secretary/Deputy Secretary or ‘Director in the Central Secretariat. These orders shall be effective from the first date of the month in which this O.M is
issued.

4. In so far as application of these orders to officers of the Indian Audit & Accounts Department is concerned, these orders are being issue in consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

sd/-
(Mukesh Chaturvedi)
Deputy Secretary (Pay)

Source: www.persmin.nic.in
[http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/4_2_2013-Estt.Pay-II-17012014.pdf]

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Guidelines for withdrawal of 25 % of accumulated contributions by NPS Subscribers

 Guidelines for withdrawal of 25 % of accumulated contributions by NPS Subscribers

PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

EXPOSURE DRAFT
ON GUIDELINES FOR WITHDRAWAL OF 25 % OF ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS BY NPS SUBSCRIBERS

Issued on: 15th January, 2014
Last date to accept Comments: 15th February, 2014

As per Chapter VI, Sec 20 (2b) of the PFRDA act, 2013 it has been provided that withdrawals, not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of the contribution made by the subscriber, may be permitted from the individualpension account subject to the conditions, such as purpose, frequency and limits as may be specified by the regulations.

Keeping the above in perspective, the draft guidelines for withdrawal of 25 % of accumulated contributions by NPS subscribers are proposed and comments from the public and all concerned are invited. It may also be noted that suggestions on addition/alteration in the proposed guidelines can also be given. Comments/Feedback may be forwarded by email to the e-mail id k.sumit@pfrda.org.in latest by 15.02.2014. Comments should be given in the following format:

Name of entity/ person
Sr.No.	Pertains to which Section/sub-section and Page number	Proposed/ suggested changes	Rationale

Written comments in the above format may be addressed to:

Mr. Sumit Kumar
Dy. General Manager
Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority
1st Floor, ICADR Building, Vasant Kunj Institutional Area Phase – II
Vasant Kunj, New Delhi – 110070

PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

INTRODUCTION

As per Chapter VI, Sec 20 (2b) of the PFRDA act, 2013 it has been provided that withdrawals, not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of the contribution made by the subscriber, may be permitted from the individualpension account subject to the conditions, such as purpose, frequency and limits as may be specified by the regulations. In order to finalise the regulations for withdrawals, it becomes imperative to develop the formal aspects of the permitted withdrawals allowed under the Act for the benefit of NPS subscribers.

EXISTING EXIT / WITHDRAWAL GUIDELINES UNDER NATIONAL PENSION SYSTEM (NPS)

The current exit / withdrawal guidelines under NPS are framed in such a manner that the subscriber has a long period of accumulation of corpus for providing him with a decent accumulated pension wealth when he retires or he moves out of the regular work routine due to age. Also, it lets the subscriber have the freedom to move out of the scheme at any point of time, irrespective of cause or reason which determines the complete exit from the scheme.

The following are the current rules/guidelines for withdrawals under NPS as approved by PFRDA:

a) Exit from NPS upon attaining the age of Normal superannuation (for govt. employees only) or upon attaining the age of 60 years (for all subscribers other than govt. employees): At least 40% of the accumulatedpension wealth of the subscriber needs to be mandatorily utilized for purchase of an annuity providing for the monthly pension of the subscriber and the balance is paid as a lump sum payment to the subscriber.

b) Exit from NPS before attaining the age of Normal superannuation (for govt. employees only) or before attaining the age of 60 years (for all subscribers other than govt. employees): At least 80% of the accumulatedpension wealth of the subscriber needs to be utilized for purchase of an annuity providing for the monthly pensionof the subscriber and the balance is paid as a lump sum payment to the subscriber.

c) Upon Death: The entire accumulated pension wealth (100%) would be paid to the nominee / legal heir of the subscriber.

For Swavalamban withdrawals under (a) & (b) in the previous page, there is an overriding condition on the lump sum payment payable due to which the entire accumulated pension wealth would be annuitised in case if the monthly pension obtained by using the 40%/80% of the pension wealth is below Rs.1000/- per month. Also, these exit/withdrawal rules as applicable to NPS can be modified/altered from time to time by the Authority as the NPS progresses.

BACKGROUND

The withdrawal of 25% of accumulated contributions under NPS is in addition to the withdrawal permitted at the time of exiting from NPS by the subscriber as specified above. The subscriber can continue to contribute in the scheme while using such withdrawal facility. These guidelines shall determine the circumstances under which the NPS subscriber can avail such withdrawal functionality under different time frames and thereby putting certain limits to which shall be adhered by him/her.

The guidelines are framed taking into the purpose and object of NPS i.e., to ensure a decent accumulated pensionwealth in the accounts of the subscribers at the time of exit.

FEEDBACK /COMMENT PERIOD

The Feedback /Comments on this exposure draft received till 15th February, 2014 would be considered for evaluation by PFRDA. The decision of PFRDA on all and any matters related to the subject matter is final and binding on all stakeholders.

PROPOSED GUIDELINES FOR WITHDRAWAL OF 25 % OF ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS BY NPS SUBSCRIBERS

As per Chapter VI, Sec 20 (2b) of the PFRDA act, 2013 it has been provided that withdrawals, not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of the contribution made by the subscriber, may be permitted from the individualpension account subject to the conditions, such as purpose, frequency and limits as may be specified by the regulations. As the decision in this regard has to form part of the regulations to be made under Sec 52 of PFRDA Act, we need to arrive at a decision on the matter purpose, frequency and limits of such withdrawals which would be allowed.

Posts examining the various aspects of the probable needs and duration, following aspects have been proposed in respect of the aforesaid guidelines:

(a) Purpose: This withdrawal may be treated as partial withdrawal and whereby the subscriber can withdraw not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of the contribution made by the subscriber, may be permitted from theindividual pension account for any of the following purposes only:

i) For Higher education of his/her children including a legally adopted child.

ii) For the marriage of his/her children, including a legally adopted child.

iii) For the purchase/construction of residential house or flat. However, if the subscriber already owns a residential house or flat, the same is not allowed as a ground for the withdrawal.

iv) Treatment for prescribed illnesses – suffered by subscriber or his legally wedded spouse and children. For this purpose, the prescribed illness referred above consists of hospitalization and treatment for the following diseases/illnesses:

1. Cancer
2. Kidney Failure (End Stage Renal Failure)
3. Primary Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
4. Multiple Sclerosis
5. Major Organ Transplant
6. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
7. Aorta Graft Surgery
8. Heart Valve Surgery
9. Stroke
10. Myocardial Infarction (First Heart Attack)
11. Coma
12. Total blindness
13. Paralysis

b) Limits: It has been proposed that there should be limitation on eligibility as well as the maximum limit for eachwithdrawal that can be permitted till the person stays invested in National Pension System. We propose the following eligibility criteria and limit for availing the benefit:

1. The subscriber should have been in NPS for at least ten years and contributing to the scheme.

2. Subscriber can withdraw accumulations not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of the contributions made by him and standing to his credit in his NPS account, as on the date of application for withdrawal.

c) Frequency:

It is recommended that the subscriber may be allowed to withdraw at the most three (3) times from the scheme during the tenure and should have a gap of at least 5 years before availing the withdrawal facility for the nexttime. However, the mandatory requirement of 5 years gap between two successive permitted withdrawals would not be applicable in case of “treatment for above prescribed illnesses”.
We are proposing the above frequency in order to make sure that the subscriber should be left with a decent and considerable accumulated pension wealth at the time of superannuation/age of 60 years enabling him to purchase sustainable annuity.

The request for withdrawal should be sent along with relevant document through the Nodal Office/POP/Aggregator to Central Record Keeping Agency for processing of the withdrawal claim.

Download PFRDA Draft Guidelines dated 15.01.2014 :

via: http://www.gservants.com/2014/01/17/guidelines-withdrawal-25-accumulated-contributions-nps-subscribers/

 Exposure Draft withdrawal

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Authorisation of Earned Leave in respect of Industrial Employees in OFB

Authorisation of Earned Leave in respect of Industrial Employees in OFB

Office of the Principal Controller of Accounts ( Fys.)
1.0-A,S.K.Bose Road, Kolkata-700001

No. Pay/Tech-II/1058

Date: – 10/01/2014

To
All Cs of F&A(Fys.)/Br.AOs,

Sub:- Authorisation of Earned Leave in respect of Industrial Employees (IEs) Of Ord. Fys and Ord. Equip. Fys.

Ministry of Defence vide ID No.8/1R108/D(Fy.II) dated 25/09/2013 has clarified that the Industrial Workers employed in Ordnance factories are entitled for 30 days Earned Leave (Annual Leave) with wages. With the issuance of the clarification the provisions contained in DOP&T OM dated 20-07-1998 has become equally applicable to Industrial Employees, opted to be governed under Factories Act for Earned Leave purpose by virtue of the provisions contained in Section 78 of the Factories Act, 1948. Further, on specific queries, the Ministry confirmed that the clarification should be given effect from 20-07-1998.

In view of the above following instructions are issued for immediate implementation:

1) Entitlement of 30 days Earned .Leave for each completed year of service may be extended to IEs who are guided under Factories Act invoking provisions of Section 78 of Factories Act.

2) The benefit of calculation of leave wages as per Section 80 of the Factories Act may be extended only to those piece workers who already opted to be guided under Factories Act for EL purpose on or before 31/10/2005. No fresh option in this regard is acceptable.

3) Crediting of 30 days EL for those IEs, as specified in Para 2, may be made w.e.f. 20/07/1998 subject to maximum accumulation of 120 days upto 06/11/2006 and 300 days thereafter.

4) Calculation of leave wages of such Industrial employees, as mentioned in Para 2 and debiting of availed leave in their leave account is to be made taking into account .intervening Sunday g & Holidays as inclusive of availed leave. Hence, instead of the existing formula of P/(N-S), their leave wages may be calculated as per regular establishment i.e. taking into account the formula of P/N where ‘P’ means the Basic Pay and piece work profit actually earned in the month immediately preceding the leave. If holidays fall during the currency of the availed Earned Leave, ‘Holiday Pay’ should not be allowed separately.

(Avra Ghosh)
Joint Controller of Accounts(Fys.)

Source: http://bpms.org.in/documents/ies-leave-2k1s.pdf

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Kendriya Vidyalayas: List of Hard & Very Hard Stations and category of employees working in these area

Kendriya Vidyalayas: List of Hard & Very Hard Stations and category of employees working in these area

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2297

ANSWERED ON 18.12.2013

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS

2297 . Shri A.T. NANA PATIL

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-

(a) the location-wise details of the Kendriya Vidyalayas coming under the hard and very hard category in the country particularly in the sensitive, naxalite affected areas and border areas;

(b) the number of the teachers and non-teaching staff employed in these schools, category-wise;

(c) whether most of the teachers and non-teaching staff working in these Kendriya Vidyalayas belong to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and

(e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to implement the transfer/ posting policy in a uniform way?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SHASHI THAROOR)

(a) As per the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan norms, 105 Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) have been categorized as hard stations and 26 KVs as very hard stations. The State-wise details are given in Annexure-I.
(b) & (c) The total number of the teachers and the non-teaching staff employed in these KVs, category wise is as follows:-

Total No of Teaching staff working as on 01.12.2013				Total No of Non- Teaching staff working as on 01.12.2013
SC	ST	OBC	UR	SC	ST	OBC	UR
537	270	631	1267	144	61	104	197

(d) & (e) Do not arise.

 ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2297 RAISED BY SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL, HON’BLE MP TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2013 REGARDING KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS.

LIST OF HARD/VERY HARD STATIONS

Name of the Region	S.No.	Hard Station	S. No.	Very Hard Station
AHMEDABAD	1	DHARANGADHRA (ARMY)
	2	AFS SAMANA
	3	AFS NALIYA
	4	AFS BHUJ
	5	BSF DANTIWADA
	6	OKHA PORT
	7	BHUJ CANTT
	8	DIU
	9	VALSURA INS
BHOPAL	10	JHABUA
	11	ITBP KARERA
	12	NARMADANAGAR
	13	SARNI
	14	MUNGAOLI
	15	PACHMARHI
BHUBANESWAR	16	RAYAGADA
	17	GAJAPATI
	18	KANDHAMAL
BANGLORE	19	DONIMALAI
	20	KUDREMUKH
CHANDIGARH	21	NADAUN	1	ITBP SARAHAN
			2	SAINJ KULLU
	22	NALETI	3	RECONG PEO (HP)
			4	LAHAUL SPITI
	23	KASAULI AFS
	24	SUBATHU
DEHRADUN	25	UTTARKASHI
	26	NHPC DHARCHULA
	27	JOSHIMATH
	28	IVRI MUKTESHWAR
	29	GWALDOM
	30	KAUSANI
	31	LANSDOWNE
	32	ITBP MIRTHI
	33	MUSSOORIE
	34	PITHORAGARH
	35	RAJGARHI
	36	SOURKHAND
	37	PAURI
	38	GAUCHAR
	39	NEW TEHRI TOWN
	40	ALMORA
	41	AUGUSTYAMUNI
	42	LOHAGHAT
DELHI	43	CHANDINAGAR AFS
GUWAHATI	44	HASIMARA	5	DIRANG
	45	KALIMPONG	6	TENGA VALLEY
	46	TEESTA, LDP	7	TAWANG
	47	BINAGURI NO.1
	48	BINAGURI NO.2
JABALPUR	49	DINDORI
	50	BARKUHI
	51	SIDHI
JAIPUR	52	NAL BIKANER
	53	AFS UTTARLAI (BARMER)
	54	JALIPA CANTT.
	55	BSF DABLA
	56	JAISALMER AFS
	57	POKHRAN  BSF
JAMMU	58	ARMY BAKLOH	8	NUBRA
	59	DUL HUSTI KISTWAR	9	KARGIL
	60	NHPC CHAMERA	10	LEH
	61	NO.2 CHAMERA	11	TANGDHAR
	62	BADARWAH	12	BSF BANDIPUR,
	63	JINDRAH
	64	SHIKARPUR
	65	BSF RAJOURI
	66	BARAMULA
	67	URI
	68	AFS AWANTIPUR
	69	PAHALGAON
	70	ANANTNAG
	71	NO.1 SRINAGAR
	72	NO.2 SRINAGAR
	73	NO.3 SRINAGAR
	74	GULMARG
MUMBAI	75	KARANJA NAD
	76	LONAVLA
PATNA	77	JAWAHAR NAGAR
	78	MASHRAKH
	79	SHEOHAR
SILCHAR			13	CHURACHANDPUR
			14	LUNGLEI
			15	TEMENGLONG
			16	UKHRIL
AGRA	80	BHIND
	81	TALBEHAT
ERNAKULAM			17	KAVARATTI

TINSUKIA			18	ALONG
			19	TUTING
			20	TULI
			21	KHONSA
RANCHI	82	LATEHAR	22	AFS SINGHARSHI
	83	GARHWA
	84	MEGHAHATUBRU
	85	KUTRA
RAIPUR	86	KORAPUT
	87	NAD SUNABEDA
	88	BOLANGIR NO. 1 OF
	89	MALKANGIRI
	90	NABRANGPUR
	91	BHAWANIPATNA
	92.	BAIKUNTHPUR	23	BAILADILA (DANTEWARA)
	93	JHAGRAKHAND SECL	24	KIRANDUL
	94	JAMUNA COLLIERY	25	BACHELI
	95	JAGDALPUR	26	JASPUR
	96	CHIRIMIRI		--
	97	KANKER
SIRSA	98	NO.3 AFS BHATINDA
	99	JALALABAD, BSF
	100	BSF ANUPGARH
	101	LALGARH JATTAN
	102	NO.1  AFS SURATGARH
	103	NO.2 AFS SURATGARH
	104	SURATGARH CANTT.
	105	STPS SURATGARH

Annexure Source: http://164.100.47.132/Annexture/lsq15/15/au2297.htm

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Merger of 50 percent DA may soon be considered by Central Government –Sources

Merger of 50 percent DA may soon be considered by Central Government –Sources

Sources close to the Central Government Employees Federations told that Merger of 50% DA will soon be considered by Central Government before the budget session of Parliament in February 2014. According to the sources, the central government is likely to consider the central government employees  demand for merging of 50 % DA, for the reason that the DA will be crossing 100% level after January 2014.

The rate of dearness allowance to be paid to govt servants has been increasing consistently due to the rise in the prices of essential commodities for the past two years. In 2011 the rate of DA was at 50 % level. Since then all the Federation demanded the central government to merge the 50 Percent DA with basic Pay. But the government did not accept this demand to merge the DA with basis pay, as it was not recommended by sixth CPC.

The demand would be considered in view of parliament elections

But federations kept on demanding the government that raising dearness allowance alone will not help to compensate the alarming rate of price rice. So they urged the government to consider their demand favorably. It is believed that after the defeat in the election of four state legislative councils, the UPA government has decided to reconsider about its decision on the issues which directly affects the common public. The high command of the ruling party thought that the reason for their defeat in the state election is mainly because of their government failed to contain the price rise. The gap between common public and UPA government has been considerably increased. To correct these failures the UPA government decides to do something to attract the voters.

After announcing the government’s proposal to constitute the 7th pay commission, the community of central government employees has been convinced to have soft view on this government. Further the 50 lakh central government employees would be made happy if the 50% DA is merged with Basic Pay. It is told that , as the central government staff association and federations demanding it very seriously, in case the government decides go with this demand, there will be around one crore voters will be in favour of UPA government. So the government may consider the demand of merging of 50% DA with basic Pay in view of forthcoming Parliament elections.

Allowances will have no impact on merging DA with basic Pay

The sources, associated with National Council JCM, said that the government initially was not willing to consider this demand as some allowance and advances have been raised by 25% whenever the DA crosses 50% level as per the sixth CPC recommendation. But federations insisted that the allowances, which are raised to 25 % level when DA crosses 50%, will have no impact on merging DA with basic pay. The only allowance will have an increase when Basic Pay increases are HRA. No other allowances will be increased and other entitlement of the respective Grade Pay will not be revised as the 50% DA to be merged will be kept under separate component like it was treated in 5CPC as Dearness Pay. “There is no need to worry about financial implications, as the 50% DA will be paid by just changing its nomenclature as Dearness Pay”, said sources.

50% DA merger to be declared before DA crosses 100%

Further, it has been informed that it is good enough for the government to announce its decision before declaring the next additional installment of DA. Because the AICPIN for Industrial workers for the Month of December 2013 is awaited to determine the rate of dearness allowance to be paid from January 2014.The result of last 11 months AICPIN shows that DA will definitely be raised by 10 % from existing 90% level. So the rate of DA will be 100% with effect from 1st January 2014. After the DA increased to 100%, the demand for 50% DA merger will have to change its avatar. Probably the demand would be for 100% DA merger. So the federations expect the government may consider 50% DA merger soon.

However, decision if any in this regard should be taken before the announcement of election for parliament. It is expected that election announcement for parliament will be made by the end of February 2014. Before that,  the announcement of 50% DA merger is expected from central government.

Source: gservants.com
[http://www.gservants.com/2014/01/15/merger-50-percent-da-may-soon-considered-central-government-sources/]

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Payment of Arrears of the Sixth Pay Commission to the university and college teachers and equivalent cadres

Payment of Arrears of the Sixth Pay Commission to the university and college teachers and equivalent cadres

 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2285

ANSWERED ON 18.12.2013

PAYMENT OF ARREARS

2285 . Shri MAKHANSINGH SOLANKI

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government is aware of the stalemate prevailing in the payment of arrears of the Sixth Pay Commission to the university and college teachers and equivalent cadres working under the State Governments;
(b) if so, whether the Government has agreed to give 80 percent of the additional expenditure incurred/to be incurred by the State Governments;
(c) if so, whether the Government has released any amount as its share to the State Governments including Madhya Pradesh;
(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
(e) if not, the time by which the said amount is likely to be released to the State Governments including Madhya Pradesh?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SHASHI THAROOR)

(a) & (b): No, Madam. The Central Government is reimbursing 80% of the expenditure incurred by the State Governments for the payment of arrears for the implementation of the revised University Grants Commission (UGC) pay scales to university teachers for the period 1.1.2006 to 31.3.2010 based on the 6th Pay Commission’s recommendations. As of today, the Central Government has released an amount of Rs.1789.56 crores out of the total allocation of Rs.2250, crores to different states.


(c) to (e): So far Central assistance has been provided to 11 State Governments to meet the expenditure incurred for the payment of salary arrears. The details of amounts reimbursed to State Governments as Central share on account of the revision of pay scales of teachers is annexed.

No amount has been claimed by Madhya Pradesh as reimbursement for payment of arrears of salaries and accordingly, no amount has been released to Madhya Pradesh.Central assistance can only be provided to States on fulfilment of all the terms and conditions of the Scheme and after the furnishing of requisite information and the prescribed undertaking by the respective State Governments.

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2285 FOR 18.12.2013 ASKED BY SHRI MAKAN SINGH SOLANKI REGARDING ARREARS OF PAY SCALE

No.	Name of the States	Amount released as Central Share
1.	Chhattisgarh	Rs.1,27,75,00,000/-
2.	Himachal Pradesh	Rs.1,96,45,69,474/-
3.	Jammu & Kashmir	Rs.43,17,60,800/-
4.	Rajasthan	Rs.2,51,13,60,000/-
5.	Arunachal Pradesh	Rs.13,78,57,759/-
6.	Tripura	Rs.6,51,20,000/-
7.	West Bengal	Rs.3,13,93,08,508/-
8.	Maharashtra	Rs.4,60,06,40,000/-
9.	Tamil Nadu	Rs.2,25,30,40,000/-
10.	Uttar Pradesh	Rs.2,09,88,57,600/-
11	Mizoram	Rs.39,78,03,000/-

Source: Lok Sabha Q&A
Via: karnmk.blogspot.in

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EPFO: Minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000 to be a reality this month

EPFO: Minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000 to be a reality this month

Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, the government is likely to approve this month a proposal that will entitle formal sector workers a minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000, immediately benefiting 27 lakh pensioners.

Those who get less than Rs 1,000 a month include 22 lakh member pensioners and 5 lakh widows as on March 31, 2013. There are about 44 lakh pensioners.

"The Labour Ministry's revised proposal for minimum pension of Rs 1,000 per month was submitted to the Finance Ministry last week, and is likely to be approved this month," said an official source.

The ministry's proposal to assure minimum pension of Rs 1,000 under the Employees' Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95), run by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), is pending for a long time.

Earlier, the ministry had proposed that the government should increase its subsidy on the scheme from 1.16 percent of the basic wages to 1.79 percent to assure the minimum pension amount of Rs 1,000 per month.

However, it did not find favour with the Finance Ministry as this would have resulted in permanent increase in subsidy provided by government.

The Labour Ministry in its revised proposal has asked the Finance Ministry to provide for around Rs 1,300 crore additional amount every year for the purpose, and indicated that this amount can reduce over a period of time with more members subscribing to the EPS-95.

Besides, the government is in the process of raising the basic wages ceiling under the Employees Provident Fund Scheme to Rs 15,000 from existing Rs 6,500.

All those employees getting basic wages - including basic pay and dearness allowance - of more than Rs 6,500 per month, are not covered under the social security schemes run by EPFO.

The Finance Ministry did not agree with the hike in pension subsidy to 1.79 percent of basic wages as the proposed increase in wage ceiling would have resulted in perpetual burden on the exchequer.

EPFO has a corpus of around Rs 5 lakh crore including around Rs 1.7 lakh crore in its pension fund. It has a subscriber base of around 5 crore and all of them are covered under the EPS-95.

The increase in wage ceiling under the scheme run by EPFO is important as it would bring in around 50 lakh more workes and increase the flow mandatory savings.

Source: http://zeenews.india.com
[http://zeenews.india.com/business/personal-finance/analysis-opinion/minimum-monthly-pension-of-rs-1-000-to-be-a-reality-this-month_92634.html]

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Dearness Allowance from Jan, 2014 to CPSE

DA from Jan, 2014 to CPSE: Board level posts and below Board level posts including Non-unionised supervisors Revision of scales of pay w.e.f. 01.01.1997

DA from January, 2014: Board level posts and below Board level posts including Non-unionised supervisors in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs)- Revision of scales of pay w.e.f. 01.01.1997 — Payment of IDA at revised rates regarding

F. No. W-02/0004/2014-DPE (WC) -GL-III/14
Government of India
Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises

Public Enterprises Bhawan
Block 14, COO Complex,
Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003
Dated : 7th January, 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Board level posts and below Board level posts including Non-unionised supervisors in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs)- Revision of scales of pay w.e.f. 01.01.1997 — Payment of IDA at revised rates regarding

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In modification of this Department's O.M. of even No. dated 04.10.2013, the rate of DA payable to the executives of CPSEs (1997 pay revision) may be as follows:

(a) Date from which payable: 01.01.2014
(b) Average AICPI (1960=100) for the quarter Sept.-Nov' 2013
September, 2013 - 5433
October, 2013 - 5502
November, 2013 - 5546
Average of the quarter - 5494
(c) Link Point 1708 (as on 01.01.1997)
(d) Increase over link point: 3786 (5494-1708)
(e) Revised DA Rate w.e.f. 01.01.2014: 221.7% [(3786+1708)x 100]

2. These rates are applicable in the case of IDA employees, whose pay have been revised with effect from 01.01.1997 as per DPE O.M. dated 25.06.1999.

3. All Administrative Ministries/Departments of the Government of India are requested to bring the foregoing to the notice of the CPSEs under their administrative control for necessary action at their end.

(Samsul Haque)
Under Secretary

Source: www.dpe.nic.in
[http://dpe.nic.in/sites/upload_files/dpe/files/glch04b148_08012014.pdf]

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Bonus for Tamilnadu Employees

Bonus for Tamilnadu Employees

Group C and D Employees and teachers will get the benefit of Rs.3000 as ‘Pongal Bonus’, TN CM announced.

As per the announcement of Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha, Group C and Group D employees of TN government would get Rs.3000 as Pongal Bonus for the year 2014. And Group A and B officers also will get Rs.100 as bonus for the festival of Pongal.

The Anganwadi employees, ICDS Employees, Village Assistants and certain temporary staff will be provided Rs.1000 as Pongal Bonus for this year. And Pensioners and former village administrative officers also will get sum of Rs.500.

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Expected DA from Jan 2014 - Additional DA from Jan 2014 likely to hike by 11%

Expected DA from Jan 2014 - Additional DA from Jan 2014 likely to hike by 11% 

 

The one more and another additional Dearness allowance to Central Government employees and Pensioners from Jan 2014 will be announced in the middle of March 2014. 

 

This is too early and predict the enhancement in percentage of Dearness allowance with effect from January 2014. The prediction and announcement of this hike make us cool, that the additional DA will jump to 101% and another word, an additional DA would be 11%. 

But, still we have to wait for one more month, that the magic number of AICPIN would be increased by 3% and more..! From the existing level of the AICPIN is now 243, if it becomes 246 in end of December 2013, out prediction will be right…or otherwise certainly we would cross century in total Dearness allowance… 

 

The table describes the prediction of additional DA from Jan 2014:

Month	Year	AICPIN (IW) BY 2001=100	Points Increasing in AICPIN	Total	Average	App. DA	DA
Jun	2013	231	3	2648	220.67	90.62	90
Jul	2013	235	4	2671	222.58	92.28
Aug	2013	237	2	2694	224.5	93.93
Sep	2013	238	1	2717	226.42	95.59
Oct	2013	241	3	2741	228.42	97.32
Nov	2013	243	2	2766	230.5	99.12
Dec	2013	Expected 246	3	2793	232.75	101.06	101

Source : www.7thpaycommissionnews.in
[http://7thpaycommissionnews.in/expected-da-from-jan-2014-additional-da-from-jan-2014-likely-to-hike-by-11/]

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7th CPC Pay Scale – Minimum wage & Pay fixation forumala for 7th CPC worked out by COC Karnataka

7th CPC Pay Scale – Minimum wage & Pay fixation forumala for 7th CPC worked out by COC Karnataka

Minimum wage & Pay fixation formula for 7th CPC worked out

Providing proper minimum wage of Rs 27000/- for CG Employees including that of GDS employees and pay fixation formula for 7th CPC worked out .

Providing proper minimum wage of Rs 27000/- for CG Employees including that of GDS employees and pay fixation formula:

The staff side of the JCM had given representation demanding Rs 10,000/- as minimum wage for Central Government Employees. The 6th CPC in its report vide para no 2.2.15 had calculated a minimum wage of Rs 5478/- today if we are calculate the minimum wage it should be more than Rs 21,000/- apart from HRA and other allowances. Hence there is three times increase in actual prices calculated by the 6th CPC and the current prices. The current wages of the CG Employees should be doubled at least including that of GDS.

The most comprehensive criteria for covering all the basic needs were evolved by the 15th Indian Labour Conference (ILC) in 1957 for fixing minimum wages. The norms are that a need-based minimum wage for a single worker should cover all the needs of a worker’s family consisting of a spouse and two children.

The food requirement was to be 2,700 calories, 65 grams of protein and around 45-60 grams of fat as recommended by Dr Wallace Aykroyd for an average Indian adult of moderate activity. Dr Aykroyd pointed out that  animal proteins, such as milk, eggs, fish, liver and meat, are biologically more efficient than vegetable proteins and suggested that they should form at least one-fifth of the total protein.

Dr Aykroyd worked on nutrition for nearly 30 years and was director of the Nutrition Division, Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations. In 1935, he was appointed Director of the Government’s Nutritional Research Centre in India, situated in Coonoor in the south. The 15th ILC further resolved that clothing requirements should be based on per capita consumption of 18 yards per annum, which gives 72 yards per annum for the average worker’s family. For housing, the rent corresponding to the minimum area provided under the government’s industrial housing schemes was to be taken. Fuel, lighting and other items of expenditure were to constitute an additional 20% of the total minimum wage.

The Supreme Court upheld these criteria in the case of Unichoy vs State of Kerala in 1961. In the later Raptakos Brett Vs Workmen case of 1991, the SC went one step further, and held that besides the five components enunciated by the 15th ILC, minimum wages should include a sixth component, amounting to 25% of the total minimum wage, to cover children’s education, medical treatment, recreation, festivals and ceremonies. The SC also observed that a wage structure including the above six components would be “nothing more than minimum wage at subsistence level” which the workers must get “at all times and under all circumstances”.

Minimum Salary-Analysis &Recommendations para 2.2.15

The Commission, however, agrees that the norms set by the 15th International Labour Conference (ILC) are appropriate for computing minimum salary. It is also observed that the minimum salary is applicable at the time a person joins the Government which will usually be at a young age when a person may be just married and will not have responsibility of parents or many children. Accordingly, the family unit for minimum salary can only be taken as three.

The Minimum Salary should be based on 6 units not three units as per 6th CPC calculation. As both parents and two children are depending on the salary of Government servant apart from spouse. the additional burden the employees will carry after a few years of service as his parents would have retired from service and are wholly dependent on him also his children would have stepped into school / college level, even small baby requirements are much unlike in the past years, the hence the minimum wage he gets will not compensate with the family financial burden Hence the whole calculations needs a undergo a drastic change in next CPC taking into account of 6 units rather than 3 units.

The Sixth Central Pay Commission has recommended a minimum wage of Rs 6600/- per month against the demand of Rs 10,000/- per month as worked out by Staff side of JCM. Today the minimum need based wage works out to Rs 21,000/ per month+ HRA+ allowances. The general minimum expenses per month for a family of four members are as follows when a Government servant joins the duty with two small children:

a) Vegetables Rs 3000/-
b) Food Grains /Groceries Rs 7000/-.
c) House rent single room Rs 6000/-
d) Clothing Rs 3000/-
e) Children education and their expenses Rs 2000/-
f) Electricity Chargers Rs 800/-
g) Water Charges Rs 250/-
h) Transportation charges Rs 1000/-
i) TV cable rent Rs 300/-
j) Medical Expenses Rs 500/-
k) Mobile expenses Rs 250/-
l) Cooking Gas Rs 450/-
m) Recreation charges Rs 500/-
n) Personal expenses Rs 1000/-

Total Rs 26500/-Hence minimum wage works out to Rs 27,000/-

 The expenses will increase as the age of Government servant goes up and family responsibility will increase as he has to educate the children in professional courses, marriage of his children has to be performed, his medical expenses will increase, his parents will stay with him and now there are quite dependant on the Government servant for their lively hood. As such the salary should be more to meet his expenses. The Government is a model employer hence the wages should be provided with the needs.

Table: Fixation of Minimum wage as on 1.1.2006 as per 15 ILC norms as per Table 2.2.1 of the 6th compare minimum wage should be three times the 6th recommendations.

Items	Per day PCU (In grams)	Per month 3CU (In kg)	Price per kg. taken by 6th CPC (In Rs)	Total cost as per rates of 6th CPC (in Rs) As on 1/1/2006	Price per kg. as per prevailing market rates (in Rs) 1/6/13 At Bangalore	Total cost as per prevailing rates (in Rs) 1/6/2013
Rice/wheat	475	42.75	18	769.5	55	2351
Dal (Toor/ Urad / moong	80	7.2	40	288	80	576
Raw Veg.	100	9.00	10	90	60	600
Greenleaf Veg	125	11.25	10	112.5	40	400
Other Veg.	75	6.75	10	67.5	45	450
Fruits	120	10.80	30	324	80	864
Milk	200 Ml	18 Lt.	24.00	432	35	630
Sugar and Jaggery	56	5.00	24.00	120	45	225
Edible Oil	40	3.6	50	180	100	360
Fish		2.5	120	300	180	450
Meat		5.00	120	600	375	1875
Egg		90	02	180	04	360
Detergents etc		200		200	400	400
Clothing		5.5 Mt.	80/Mt	440	200	1100
Total				4103.5		10641
Misc. @ 20%*				827		2660
Total				4930.5		13301
Addl. Exp @ 25%**				400		3325
Total				5330.5		16626
Housing @ 10%***				148		600^
Grand Total				5478.5		17226

Source: Average market rates in Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai as indicated in the Economic Times & Other major dailies (element of 20% has been added to cover the increase in cost in retail sale).

Notes PCU = Per day Consumption Unit 3CU = Three Consumption Units that is wife, husband and a child no parents or second child is taken into account.

* 20% Miscellaneous charges towards fuel, electricity, water etc.

** Additional Expense at the rate of 25% includes expenditure towards education, Medical treatment, housing, recreation, festivals etc.

# Has been taken as Rs.400 because separate allowances for education, medical Treatment and housing exist in the Government. Consequently, only the expenditure

Towards recreation & festivals need to be taken in account.
^ Being the license fee chargeable for government accommodation at an average rate of 3% of the basic pay.

Total minimum wage is Rs 17225+ HRA Rs 7000/- + Transportation Allowance Rs 2500/-= Rs 26725 that is Rs 27,000/-.

The fixation of minimum basic pay of Rs 21000/- is taking into the account of minimum skill and education requirement as 10th Standard as prescribed by the 6th CPC. As the education requirement is more such as Diploma in Engineering or Degree in Science or Commerce, then the minimum basic pay should be Rs 40,000/- (8700+4200) X 3 = Rs 39,000/-. For Engineering Graduates and Master Degree it should be Rs 65,000/- .
The pay scales should start with a minimum basic pay including Grade Pay of Rs 21,000/- to end with 2, 10,000 with a ratio of 1:10 of minimum scale and maximum scale. Since government is a model employer they should provide minimum wages as per the 15 ILO conference and other wages as per the educational qualification & skill requirement of the job.

The multiplying factor is calculated as below:
The existing basic pay + Grade pay + DA 100% + weightage of 100% ( that is the difference between the actual price rise and the DA paid) that is the multiplying factor works out to three.

Note: The actual price rise is over 200% the DA is only 90%.

Or

The existing basic pay + grade pay+ DA 100%+DA merger = Net wage + weightage of 70% (that is the difference between the actual price rise and the DA paid).

The pay scales should have a multiplying factor of three, that means the existing pay scales and pay (basic pay + GP) should be multiplied by three. The pay scales arrived should not have any bunching of basic pay as done in the 5th CPC. The time scales should last for more than 10 years so that there is no stagnation.

The concept of fair wages has been deprived to CG Employees. Usually pay commissions had adopted a multiplying factor of 3.2 to 3.8 to arrive at the new scales compared to earlier scales. But the VI CPC adopted conversion factor of about 2.6 at the lowest where as it was about 3.6 at the highest scale. By this method well established ration 1:12 between the lowest scale and highest scale was disturbed by the VI CPC.

The minimum pay & band pay fixed by the 6th compared all other pay commissions for example a new recruit for the post of LDC his pay is Rs 5200+ 1900 = Rs 7100/- + allowances, that should have been actually Rs 3050 multiplied by 3.6 times which works out to Rs 11000/- .

In case of a Graduate or Diploma holder as per 6th + 4200= Rs 13500/- + allowances, that should have been actually Rs 5000 multiplied by 3.6 times which works out to Rs 18000/- .

In case of a Master degree holder as per 6th 4800= Rs 14100/- + allowances, that should have been actually Rs 6500 multiplied by 3.6 times which works out to Rs 23000/- .

Hence the justification of multiplying factor of three is justified.  The ratio between the lowest and highest scales should not more than 1:10

III PAY COMMISSION VS IV PAY COMMISSION GROUP D,C and B

IV CPC PAY SCALES VS V CPC PAY SCALES

Comparison of pay scales of the 4th CPC , 5th CPC and 6th CPC

SIXTH CPC PAY STRUCTURE & PAY STRUCTURE FOR NEXT (VII) PAY COMMISSION DEMANDED

The existing basic pay should be multiplied by factor three, so that there is no bunching of basic pay. The existing GP of Rs 2000/- and Rs 2800/- should be removed. Likewise there are GP of Rs 5400/- in both PB-2 and PB-3 one of them is to be removed.

There are 34 scales recommended by the 6th Pay has been not in existence, as such 30 GP are right now available.

With the merger of pay scale from S9 to S12 into Grade Pay of Rs 4200/-.

There are many pay scales which was merged into single GP of Rs 4200/- which has created anomalies, the promotions have been made in same grade pay without financial benefits.

There should be time scale rather than grade pay system, these time scales should long enough.

Source: http://karnatakacoc.blogspot.in/

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TRANSFER POLICY FOR GROUP B OFFICERS OF ORDNANCE FACTORIES

TRANSFER POLICY FOR GROUP B OFFICERS OF ORDNANCE FACTORIES

No I00/MISC/POLICY/AN
Govt. of India
Ministry of Defence,
Ordnance Factory Board,
10A S.K. Bose Road
Kolkata -700001
Dated-23rd December, 2013

To
All Sr. General Manager / General Manager / Head of Establishment Ordnance and Ordnance Equipment Factories

Sub : Transfer Policy for deployment of Group ‘B’ Gazetted officers of Ordnance Factories Organisation.

As approved by O.F.Board. Transfer Policy for JWM, Sr. PS & PS is hereby circulated for information of all concerned. A copy of the same enclosed herewith an Annexure.

sd/-
(B.B.Dash)
Director /NG
For Director General, Ordnance Factories

Transfer Policy for JWM, Sr PS, PS.

1. Objectives :
To ensure reasonable tenure that promotes core competencies and domain knowledge.
To enable exposure to new areas of work and encourage second and third line of experts.
To accommodate genuine problems and difficulties of the officers in a transparent manner.

2. Transfer on Functional Grounds.
Generally, JWM should work in the factory continuously for a period of 10 years unless it is required to transfer on functional & ground. As far as possible, JWM / Tech (Except Civil) may be considered for transfer in the same technology group of factories. JWM / Civil, JWM / NT, Sr. PS / PS can be considered across the technology groups but in nearby stations to the extent possible.

If a JWM has less than 5 years service left, he should not be considered for transfer, unless there is a request or administrative exigency, which may be recorded.

Transfers should be delinked from promotions.
Based  on the projected requirement from factories/units/OFBHQ, a circular should be issued twice in a year i.e. in January and July calling for applications indicating preference for posting.
Transfers may be considered normally twice in a year, as on 1st April and 1st October.

3. Request Transfers.
Request for transfer from employees suffering from terminal ailments shall be given priority.
While considering other requests for transfer, GOI instructions on spouse cases physically challenged, mentally challenged family members etc. well be followed.
The officer should complete at least 3 years tenure in a particular station, before his request for transfer can be considered.
All the request cases for transfer to factories having functional requirement may be accommodated, before considering others for transfer on functional grounds.
All request transfers in cases of less than 10 years stay except that at point no.1 above will be ordered in own interest.

4. Standing Committee for posting / transfer
A Standing Committee comprising the following shall consider all cases of transfer including request transfer and give specific recommendation for approval of the competent authority.
Composition of the Standing Committee:
(i) Member / Per – Chairman
(ii) DDGS of all Operating Divisions – Members
(iii) DDG/IR – Member Secretary

5. Competent Authority
Based on the recommendation of the Standing Committee, all transfers whether on functional ground or on request will be issued, with the approval of DGOF & Chairman, OFB.
Notwithstanding above, DGOF & Chairman, OFB reserves the right to order or to refuse any transfer on administrative and functional grounds.
All the requests for transfer (other than those suffering from terminal ailments) should be considered by determining their relative merit on point score for different grounds of compassion.

The point score for grounds of compassion will be as under :

Sl.No.	Grounds	Point Score
Grounds of Compassion
1.	Major illness of the employee or dependent family members on the recommendation of the CMO of Factory / Unit Hospitals	15
2.	Settlement of daughters marriage	15
3.	Final settlement at native place within last 3 years of service	15
4.	Posting of Husband 8 wife not in the same station	1 5
5.	Stay at hard station for more than 10 years	15
6.	Stay at hard station for more than 5 years	10
7.	Children’s Education (10th to 12th)	10
8.	Looking after Parents / dependent brother or Sister	5

Note:
Points assigned to the above grounds /criteria will be assumed up to obtain the total score point regarding an applicant and ranking / priority will be decided based on that.

In case of same score points obtained by two or more applicants, individual elder in age will be given priority.

 

List of hard stations:

1. OFBOL.
2. OFIT
3. OFV
4. OFBH
5. OFPM
6. OEFHZ
7. OFCH
8. OFPN

The requests for transfer would be accommodated to the extent of vacancies. For example, If three vacancies are there in one station and there are seven requests for transfer to that station, the three cases having highest point score may be considered for posting.

 

Source: INDWF
Via: www.centralgovernmentemployeesnews.in

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7% Salary hike for TNEB Employees

7% Salary hike for TNEB Employees

The State Government employees of Tamil Nadu today announced 7% hike in salary to the employees of Electricity Board.

In view of above decision nearly seventy lakhs employees of TANGEDCO will get their payment enhance by 7% from 1.12.2011.

The wage agreement between the employees, workers and TANGEDCO had come to an end on November 30, 2011, following which a committee was formed to formulate a new pay scale.

The committee held several rounds of discussion with 15 unions representing the workers and employees of Tangedco. Based on the recommendations of the committee, Jayalalithaa has announced the decision.

The seven per cent hike would lead to an increase in the package of a minimum of Rs 700 and to a maximum of Rs 13,160, the release said.

The pay hike given to Tangedco employees would be equal to those employed in the state departments, it said. The outstanding arrears from December 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013 would be paid in two installments, it said.

Source: http://centralgovernmentemployeesnews.in/2014/01/7-salary-hike-for-tneb-employees/

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Expected DA from Jan 2014 – AICPIN for the month of November 2013

Expected DA from Jan 2014 – AICPIN for the month of November 2013

Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) November 2013

According to a press release issued by the Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment the All-India CPI-IW for November, 2013 rose by 2 points and pegged at 243(two hundred and forty three). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.83 per cent between October and Novembert compared with 0.46 per cent between the same two months a year ago.

The largest upward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing 2.23 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Rice, Wheat, Wheat Atta Milk, Pure Ghee, Garlic, Potato, Tomato and other vegetable items, Tea Readymade etc. are responsible for the rise in index. However, this was compensated to some extent by Groundnut Oil, Fish Fresh, Poultry, Onion, Ginger, Electric Charges, Medicine (Allopathic), Petrol, putting downward pressure on the index.

The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 11.47 per cent for November, 2013, as compared to 11.06 per cent for the previous month and 9.55 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 16.17 per cent against 15.02 per cent of the previous month and 10.85 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.

At centre level, Bokaro recorded the highest increase of 11 points each followed by Giridih, Kodarma and Angul-Talcher (9 points each), Munger-Jamalpur (8 points) and Rourkela, Sholapurand Raniganj (7 points each). Among others, 6 points rise was registered in 5 centres, 5 points in 5 centres, 4 points in 8 centres, 3 points in 15 centres, 2 points in 14 centres and 1 point in 12 centres. On the contrary, Surat centre reported a decline of 6 points followed by Amritsar, Bhavnagar and Vadodara (4 points each), Coonoor and Nagpur (2 points each) and Ahmedabad centre I point. Rest of the 4 centres’ indices remained stationary.

The indices of 40 centres are above All-India Index and other 38 centres’ indices are below national average. The index of Tiruchirapally centre remained at par with all-India index.

The next index of CPI-IW for the month of December, 2013 will be released on Thursday, 31 January, 2014.

Source: www.labourbureau.gov.in

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KVS Orders - Yoga teaching in Kendriya Vidyalayas

KVS Orders - Yoga teaching in Kendriya Vidyalayas...

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN
18th INSTITUTIONAL AREA, SHAHEED SINGH MARG, NEW DELHI -110016

F.No.110332/02/2013/KVS(HQ)/Acad/Yoga

Dated: 30.12.2013

The Deputy Commissioner,
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan,
All Regional Offices.

Sub: - Yoga teaching in KVs.

Sir/ Madam,

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has decided to encourage yoga education in all its schools. The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2005 has set broad guidelines for physical education and elucidated the importance of including yoga as a compulsory subject. Yoga education contributes to not merely the physical development of the child but have a positive impact on psychosocial and menial development as well. Yoga is to be taught from class VI onwards in all the Kendriya Vidyalayas.

The Regional Offices are directed to appoint yoga teachers on contractual basis in all the Kendriya Vidyalayas (if any regular yoga teacher is not posted in that school) irrespective of number of sections in the vidyalaya. The remuneration of the yoga teachers appointed on contractual basis shall be similar to the payment made to contractual coaches for the sports.The Syllabus to be followed in different classes for the yoga education is enclosed at Annexure-I.

End.: As above.

sd/-
(Dr. Shachi Kant)
Joint Commissioner (Trg..)

Source: www.kvsangathan.nic.in
[http://kvsangathan.nic.in/CircularsDocs/CIR-ACAD-30-12-13.PDF]

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