Monday, July 23, 2018
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Central government staff set to get yet another dearness allowance hike
NEW DELHI: After a Pay Commission
bonanza of 2% hike in dearness allowance in March, central government
employees and pensioners can expect another round of salary increase
with the government set to modify the index and base year for
calculating dearness allowance.
The labour ministry is working on a new
series of consumer price index for industrial workers (CPI-IW), which
is used to determine dearness allowance (DA).
DA is a cost of living adjustment allowance paid to government employees, public sector employees and pensioners in the country. It is calculated as a percentage of an employee’s basic salary to mitigate the impact of inflation on people.
A senior government official told ET that the labour bureau under the ministry has finalised the new CPI-IW with base year 2016. It is proposed that the base be revised every six years to capture the changes in living expenses more quickly,, the official said. The existing CPI-IW has 2001 as the base year.
DA is a cost of living adjustment allowance paid to government employees, public sector employees and pensioners in the country. It is calculated as a percentage of an employee’s basic salary to mitigate the impact of inflation on people.
A senior government official told ET that the labour bureau under the ministry has finalised the new CPI-IW with base year 2016. It is proposed that the base be revised every six years to capture the changes in living expenses more quickly,, the official said. The existing CPI-IW has 2001 as the base year.
The
move is likely to benefit 11 million employees and pensioners. The last
revision in the base year was in 2006 by the Sixth Central Pay
Commission to 2001 from 1982.
The new index will include addition of new industrial centres to make price gauze more representative, taking total number of industrial centres under consideration to 88 against 78 now, the official said. Several new items are being added to the list, including cars and mobiles, to reflect the change in lifestyle of industrial workers over the last 15 years.
The trend so far is that the weightage of transport, healthcare and housing has gone up many fold in the new series in the monthly expenditure of an industrial worker, especially consumption of petrol and diesel with the addition of cars to it, while there is decline in overall food basket which is being diversified,” the person said. With increase in fuel prices, cost of healthcare and housing, it is expected that there will be some increase in new index. Since this index is used to determine dearness allowance of all government employees and industrial workers there may be significant financial implication, running into crores of rupees with the revision in base year, the official said.
The new index will soon go to the technical advisory committee for vetting, after which it will go to the national tripartite consultation before it is finalised, the official said. The labour bureau had taken approvals from standing tripartite committee at all stages development of the index, the official added. Based on the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission, the Union Cabinet had in March this year increased DA to 7% from 5% effective January 2018, thus benefitting 48.41 lakh central government employees and 61.17 lakh pensioners.
The new index will include addition of new industrial centres to make price gauze more representative, taking total number of industrial centres under consideration to 88 against 78 now, the official said. Several new items are being added to the list, including cars and mobiles, to reflect the change in lifestyle of industrial workers over the last 15 years.
The trend so far is that the weightage of transport, healthcare and housing has gone up many fold in the new series in the monthly expenditure of an industrial worker, especially consumption of petrol and diesel with the addition of cars to it, while there is decline in overall food basket which is being diversified,” the person said. With increase in fuel prices, cost of healthcare and housing, it is expected that there will be some increase in new index. Since this index is used to determine dearness allowance of all government employees and industrial workers there may be significant financial implication, running into crores of rupees with the revision in base year, the official said.
The new index will soon go to the technical advisory committee for vetting, after which it will go to the national tripartite consultation before it is finalised, the official said. The labour bureau had taken approvals from standing tripartite committee at all stages development of the index, the official added. Based on the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission, the Union Cabinet had in March this year increased DA to 7% from 5% effective January 2018, thus benefitting 48.41 lakh central government employees and 61.17 lakh pensioners.
The
combined impact on the exchequer on account of DA and DR (dearness
relief) has been pegged at Rs 6,077 crore per annum and Rs 7,090 crore
in 2018-19 (for 14 months from January 2018 to February 2019).
Economic Times
Friday, July 20, 2018
Reversion to Old Pension Scheme
Reversion to Old Pension Scheme
In accordance with the scheme for National Pension System (NPS), as
notified vide Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs)’s
Notification No. 5/7/2003-ECB & PR dated 22.12.2003, the System is
mandatory for all new recruits to the Central Government service (except
armed forces) from 01.01.2004. Accordingly, as per Rule 2 of the
Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, as amended on 30.12.2003,
these rules are applicable to Government servants appointed to civil
posts on or before 31.12.2003. The date on which the vacancies arose or
the date on which the examination was conducted for filling up the
vacancies is not relevant for deciding the applicability of the Central
Civil Services (Pension) rules, 1972.
Ministry of Home Affairs have not sought any advice from Department of
Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare on the question of having a policy to
cover the paramilitary personnel appointed after 01.01.2004 under the
Old Pension Scheme on the ground that the vacancies arose, or the
examination was conducted, in the year 2003. However, a reference was
received from Ministry of Home Affairs in a specific case relating to
appointments as Sub-Inspector in various Central Para Military Forces
after selection in August, 2003 on the basis of an Examination conducted
in 2002. Appointments on the basis of these selections were made in
Central Reserve Police Force in 2003 and the candidates appointed were
covered by the pension scheme under Central Civil Service (Pension)
Rules, 1972. However, in the Border Security Force, offers of
appointment on the basis of the same examination/selection were issued
in January, 2004. On a petition filed by some personnel appointed in the
Border Security Force on the basis of that examination, Hon’ble High
Court of Delhi directed to cover the petitioners under the Central Civil
Service (Pension) Rules, 1972 on the grounds of administrative delay on
the part of Border Security Force in making appointments. The order of
Hon’ble High Court of Delhi was implemented by the Ministry of Home
Affairs/Border Security Force in view of the peculiar circumstances of
that case. The decision taken in that case is, however, not relevant for
deciding applicability of Central Civil Service (Pension) Rules to all
appointments made on or after 01.01.2004 in the Central Para Military
Forces or in any other Department/organization on the basis of year of
examination/selection.
This information was provided by the Union Minister of State
(Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS
PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and
Space, DrJitendra Singh in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha
today.
Pib
CGHS Orders – Reimbursement of cost of Neuro-implants for CGHS/CS(MA) beneficiaries
No. Misc.12014/2005/CGHS(R&H)
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated the9th July, 2018
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated the9th July, 2018
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Permission
/Approval for reimbursement of cost of Neuro-implants, viz., Deep Brain
Stimulation implants, Intra-thecal Baclofen Pump, lntra-thecal Morphine
Pump and Spinal Cord stimulators for CGHS/CS(MA) beneficiaries
With reference to the above subject the
undersigned is directed to draw attention to the Office Memorandam of
even Number dated 23/06/2006 and 4/12/2008 and OM
No.S.3849/09/CGHS(R&H)-CGHS(P) dated 8/12/2014 vide which the rates
and guidelines for Permission /Approval for reimbursement of cost of
Neuro-implants, viz., Deep Brain Stimulation implants, Intra-thecal
Baclofen Pump, Intra-thecal Morphine Pump and Spinal Cord stimulators
for CGHS/CS(MA) beneficiaries were notified and to convey the approval
of competent authority to allow reimbursement of cost of the above
mentioned neuro-implants under CGHS/CS(MA) Rules at the same ceiling
rates and guidelines and conditions till the rates for the above
mentioned implants are notified by National Pharmaceutical Pricing
Authority (NPPA).
sd/-
(Bindu Tewari)
Director (EHS)
Signed Copy(Bindu Tewari)
Director (EHS)
VERIFICATION/RECONCILIATION OF GPF WITHDRAWALS/AND MAINTENANCE OF MANUAL GPF LEDGERS AND BROADSHEETS - REG
Thursday, July 19, 2018
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