Eligibility of widowed / divorced daughter for grant of family pension- clarification regarding

                                             Government of India 

                                               Ministry of Defence           

Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare
D(Pension/Policy)

Subject: Eligibility of widowed/ divorced daughter for grant of family pension- clarification regarding.

A copy of Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare OM No. 1/13/09- P&PW(E) dated 28th April 2011 & 11th September 2013 on the above subject are forwarded herewith for your information and necessary action in the matter.

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Removal of Grade Pay System in 7th Pay Commission – A detailed report

 Will the removal of Grade Pay System by the 7th Pay Commission help Central Government employees? – This is the topic of this article.

“Unconfirmed reports say that the 7th Pay Commission is very likely to recommend the abolishing of the Grade Pay System introduced by the 6th Pay Commission.”

Not only the Government, but the Central Government employees too are hoping and wishing that the 7th Pay Commission functions independently, free from interventions. The report of the previous Pay Commissions will guide for determining the revision of pay scale and pay bands, allowances, retirement benefits and other facilities/benefits of more than 50 lakh employees. The Pay Commission also considers the recommendations, suggestions and inputs gathered from employees all over the country and presented as memorandums by federations like the NC JCM and the Confederation.

There is no rule that the new Pay Commission has to follow the same methodology and determination followed by the previous Pay Commissions. Therefore, one cannot state for sure that the 7th Pay Commission will tow the guidelines issued by the 6th or the 5th Pay Commission while deciding the new pay scale and pay bands.

One has to keep in mind the fact that the 6th Pay Commission was radically different from the recommendations and guidelines issued by the 5th Pay Commission. One has to also remember that a number of industry experts, who predicted the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission based on the trends of the previous Pay Commission, were proved completely wrong.

If one Pay Commission has the right to recommend the splitting of the Pay Scale into two, the next Pay Commission has all the powers to completely abolish the system. But, this is not the issue!

Will the Central Government employees benefit by the removal of the Grade Pay system? This is the question now.

It will definitely be beneficial. Here are the reasons why.

It is unacceptable that a promotion, which comes after waiting for many years, brings with it an increment of just Rs.100.

None has until now accepted the splitting of the promotional hierarchy, which had been followed for years, into two.

The anomalies that prevailed due to the ‘Grade Pay Hierarchy’ which was introduced under the MACP promotional system, still remain unresolved.

When the discussions and debates on MACP system continued to grow unabated during the NC JCM Anomaly Committee meeting, it was decided that a separate meeting ought to be held to analyze this issue.

Most of the individual requests from the Central Government employees this time are about the MACP promotional system. The reason is the Grade Pay structure introduced by the 6th Pay Commission.

And also can list out many reasons to abolish the Grade Pay System.

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BSNL PRODUCTS NOW AT POST OFFICES

Starting November 1, BSNL products like SIM card, top up and recharging vouchers would be available at Post Offices across the State.

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) signed an MoU with the Department of Posts to this effect on Thursday here.

“As the BSNL is providing telecom services and the Department of Posts is providing postal services in the urban and rural areas, we felt for distribution of BSNL products at the India Post outlets.” Odisha Circle Chief Post Master General (CPMG) Tilak De told reporters here.

India Post would provide BSNL services to walk-in customers from November 1 from the undivided Cuttack district, he informed. This facility would be extended to all the districts of the State by the end of this year.

 “With this facility, the BSNL will be able to reach out to the remotest part of the State through the India Post outlets,” De said.

BSNL Odisha Circle Chief General Manager Bijoyananda Mishra said the reliability and transparency has been the key benchmark for both India Post and BSNL and, therefore, customers would be able to appreciate the synergy between the India Post and the BSNL.

A technology experience centre was also inaugurated at the BSNL Bhawan on the occasion. This centre would showcase the BSNL technologies that are used in various telecom services.

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Instruction/guidelines under rule 7(2) of AIS(Leave) Rule 1955 to process deemed resignation for being unauthorisedly absent after expiry of Leave/Study Leave/Foreign Assignment etc.

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Aadhaar number made compulsory in all government service records

The Central Government had issued the following orders from time to time regarding adding the Aadhaar number in Service Records of Central Government Employees.

The Honourable Supreme Court of India had already clarified that Aadhaar numbers cannot be made compulsory for Indian citizens. But the Centre had argued that Aadhaar numbers are necessary for its welfare schemes. The case is pending in the Supreme Court.

Meanwhile, without declaring that Aadhaar numbers are compulsory for all, the central government has made it compulsory for enjoying the various benefit schemes that are being offered. This has led to a debate if the centre is indirectly twisting the arms of the citizens to obtain the Aadhaar number.

In the meantime, an order was issued by the finance minister of the Delhi state government on Tuesday. It said that in order to speed up the pension distribution and salary due payments, certain new clauses have been added to Form 5. Since the order issued in this regard by the Ministry of Labour Welfare and Training is applicable to the employees of all the state and union territory governments, the employees of Delhi state government too are bound by it. Until now, the pensions for the employees of Delhi state government were given at the Accounts Auditor’s office of the Ministry of Finance. It has now been made compulsory for all the Delhi state government employees to submit their Aadhaar numbers. Hence, orders have been issued to all the employees to add their Aadhaar numbers to their Service Records.

The Department of Exchequer of the Ministry of Finance had issued an order on June 2, in which, just stopping short of saying that Aadhaar card is compulsory for all, it laid emphasis on possessing the Aadhaar number. That is, as part of the Digital India plan, and for the issuing of digital life certificate to government employees, the government is forced to take certain steps. In order to facilitate these, employees have to now submit their PAN Cards, Aadhaar numbers, email ID and cellphone numbers in their pension book records. A number of accounts department in various offices do not bother to confirm if the employees possess Aadhaar cards. The order says that the offices must insist that the employees present their Aadnaar number when they begin to draw their pensions.