NOTIFICATION REGARDING DEPUTATION/FOREIGN SERVICE OF REGULAR EMPLOYEES OF DOP AND ENGAGEMENT OF GDS TO IPPB:

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Request for absorbing GDS as PAs in other Division vacancies in respect of unfilled LGO exam (GDS to PAs exam) for the year 2013-14.

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We expect the Dearness Allowance to be 7% with effect from January 2018. Central Government employees losing interest in Dearness Allowance?

It is becoming very obvious these days that the Central Government employees and pensioners are fast losing interest in Dearness Allowance. 

Dearness Allowance is given to the Central Government employees once every six months, in order to help them maintain their lifestyle against the rising prices. Fluctuations in the prices of 392 essential items are recorded regularly at 78 various locations and their data is tabulated once every month to calculate the AICPIN, which is then released by the Centre. Dearness Allowance is thus calculated. 

For eight years now, we have been calculating the Dearness Allowance in advance and releasing the numbers. This is why we are able to sense an acute loss of interest among the Central Government employees in recent times to know their next and expected Dearness Allowance. 

Dearness Allowance is calculated with the employee’s basic salary. For example, a 5 percent Dearness Allowance for an employee who draws a basic salary of Rs. 7000 per month, will translate into Rs. 350. An employee drawing basic salary of Rs. 20,000 will get an additional Rs. 200 if 1 percent Dearness Allowance is sanctioned. 

All the Central Government employees, defence personnel and pensioners are now being paid as per the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, from January 2016 onwards. The Seventh Pay Commission had recommended that no changes shall be made in the Dearness Allowance calculations and the method adopted by the Sixth Pay Commission continues to be followed. The centre too had accepted the recommendations. 

Under the Sixth Pay Commission method, the Dearness allowance  had increased by 125 percent in the past ten years, from January 2006 to December 2015. It is worth mentioning that at least thrice, a Dearness Allowance of 10 percent was paid to the employees. The table below shows the Dearness Allowance that was paid once every six months. 

The loss of interest among the employees probably has something to do with the fact that the increase in Dearness Allowance has only been marginal ever since the Seventh Pay Commission was implemented. 

There was no Dearness Allowance for the first six months, January to June 2016. Dearness Allowance of only two percent was given for July to December 2016. It looked as if something was wrong with the calculations, right from the start, but the employees thought that things will improve with time. The Dearness Allowance for January to June 2017 was a mere one percent, which came as a rude shock to all. 

The centre claimed that it was because they have the prices under control. 

So, what is the Dearness Allowance for the second term of 2017, July to December 2017, likely to be?

This time too, it is not expected to exceed two percent. 

We expect the Dearness Allowance to be 7% with effect from January 2018.

DA Table from 1.1.2016 as per 7th CPC

Month/Year	CPI(IW) BY2001=100	Total of 12 Months	12 Months Average	DA with Decimal	DA %
Jan-16	269	3152	262.67	0.48
Feb-16	267	3166	263.83	0.92
Mar-16	268	3180	265	1.37
Apr-16	271	3195	266.25	1.85
May-16	275	3212	267.67	2.39
Jun-16	277	3228	269	2.9	2%
Jul-16	280	3245	270.42	3.44
Aug-16	278	3259	271.58	3.89
Sep-16	277	3270	272.05	4.24
Oct-16	278	3279	273.25	4.53
Nov-16	277	3286	273.83	4.75
Dec-16	275	3292	274.33	4.94	4%
Jan-17	274	3297	274.75	5.1
Feb-17	274	3304	275.33	5.32
Mar-17	275	3311	275.92	5.55
Apr-17	277	3317	276.42	5.74
May-17	278	3320	276.67	5.83
Jun-17	280	3323	276.91	5.93	5%
Jul-17	285	3328	277.33	6.09
Aug-17	285	3335	277.92	6.31
Sep-17	285	3343	278.58	6.56
Oct-17	287	3352	279.33	6.85
Nov-17
Dec-17

 

CGHS Orders: Treatment immediately after retirement without getting a CGHS Token Card - No. S-12015/2/93-CGHS (P) dt. 5/11/1993

Text of MH & FW. O.M No. S-12015/2/93-CGHS (P) dt. 5/11/1993

Reimbursement when Pensioners take Treatment

Immediately after Retirement before getting CGHS card.

The undersigned is directed to say that there have been instances when pensioners have taken treatment immediately after retirement without getting a CGHS Token Card issued. In such cases, when the pensioners submit their reimbursement claims, these could not be entertained as on the date of treatment they had not got their CGHS pensioners card issued, due to some reason or other, which deprived them of reimbursement of medical expenditure incurred during that period.

2. It has, therefore, been decided to allow grace period of one month to the pensioners from the date of their retirement for purposes of admitting their medical claims for reimbursement for the treatment taken immediately after retirement. In other works, if the CGHS Token Card is not got issued within the grace period of one month, the pensioners will not be entitled for any medical reimbursement expenses and CGHS facilities after the grace period of one month.

3. This issues with the approval of Finance Division vide their Dy. No. 622/JS (FA), dated 22/10/1992. 

Authority: http://cghstvm.nic.in

Railways May Soon Offer Discounts Like Airlines, Hotels

Just like the airlines and hotels, the railways could soon be dishing out discounts on tickets if trains were not fully booked, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said today, indicating a complete revamp of the flexi-fare scheme.
Mr Goyal’s remarks came days after the Railway Board formed a six-member committee to review the flexi-fare scheme.
Speaking after a day-long conclave of senior officials here, he said that the national transporter is studying a model of dynamic pricing, offered by the airlines and hotels.
“We have been deliberating on a dynamic pricing policy.
“So far we have been discussing that the price should not go up but I want to go a step ahead. I am exploring a possibility where suppose trains are not going full like in airlines we get discounted fairs.
“We will use (Ashwani) Lohani’s expertise…like there is dynamic pricing in hotels. First the prices are low..then the prices go high and then later you get discounts on the remaining rooms through bookmyhotel or other websites,” Mr Goyal said.
He also questioned why flexi-fares only were meant for price increase of rail tickets.
“Just like the airlines and hotels where a person gets discount at that last minute, it (the railways) should also offer discounts on the routes with relatively low occupancy,” he said.
The six-member committee, set up on December 11, has been mandated to recommend ways to offer a more lucrative scheme which may include loyalty and other benefits to the passengers.
The board has also asked the panel to consider modifications or amendments to the the flexi-fare system to offer passengers flexibility of rates during peak season, lean season or during week days, weekends or festivals.
The committee has been asked to submit its report within 30 days.
The flexi-fare system, launched in September 2016, led to up to 50 per cent increase in fares. Under the formula, base fares increase from 10 per cent to 50 per cent with every 10 per cent of berths booked.
While revenue increased, the railways lost passengers as several berths remained vacant, officials said.
Mr Goyal also said that in the coming year, plans are being made to maximise utilisation of assets.
“In the airlines, we see the maintenance of an aircraft is completed within 30 minutes and it is made ready to go for another journey. In the same way, the railway rakes should be utilised to full capacity.
“It is a saying that one should be able to sweat one’s assets. Right now a Rajdhani Express train from Delhi to Mumbai stays at the station for maintenance. It can be maintained and cleaned by 22 teams in 30 minutes and again made fit to go on a journey of two or three hours, beside its original return journey,” he said.
“It can be utilised for a small trip in that time. Going ahead I would want that the trip between Delhi and Mumbai be completed in 11 hours and half-an-hour on each side goes in maintenance. So a round trip would become possible,” the minister said.
He was replying to a question on if the railways is exploring the possibility of a Rajdhani Express train making a round trip within 24 hours, with half-an-hour gaps for inspection at either end, to maximise utilisation.
Mr Goyal said that while the national transporter was already trying out an experiment on the Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani by using two engines, he has also suggested that the train should depart from Delhi at 5 pm instead of 4 pm, allowing people one more hour to do work.
“It should reach Mumbai by 7 am instead of 6 am in the morning, allowing people to sleep for an additional hour,” he added.

 

According to the latest information from the Department GDS Committee

According to the latest information from the Department GDS Committee Report approved by Finance Ministry other formalities require maximum 30 days. Our Thanks to  Minister and Departmental officers.