Payment of Risk Allowance to the staff in the TRD Wing of Electrical Department on Indian Railways

Payment of Risk Allowance to the staff in the TRD Wing of Electrical Department on Indian Railways NFIR National Federation of Indian Railwaymen 3, CHELMSFORD ROAD, NEW DELHI – 110 055 Affiliated to : Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Dated: 09/11/2015 No. I/5(g)/Part V The Secretary (E), Railway Board, New Delhi Dear Sir, Sub:...

Ex-Servicemen Launch Protest Against One Rank One Pension Notification

Ex-Servicemen Launch Protest Against One Rank One Pension Notification NEW DELHI: Dissatisfied with the government’s announcement on One Rank One Pension or OROP, military veterans are today observing what they call a ‘Black Diwali’. Escalating their protests, a group of veterans today launched a protest march in Delhi and tried to make their way to the President’s House but were stopped by...

Government Sets 5-Day Timeline for 80% Service Tax Refund

Government Sets 5-Day Timeline for 80% Service Tax Refund New Delhi: Seeking to fast-track service tax refund to exporters, the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) on Tuesday fixed a timeline for 80 per cent payment of the total amount claimed. “On the receipt of the document… in respect of the pending case, the jurisdictional deputy/assistant commissioner… will make a provisional payment...

Ministry of Railways Undertakes an Exercise of Rationalisation of Computerised Passenger Reservation System

Ministry of Railways Undertakes an Exercise of Rationalisation of Computerised Passenger Reservation System (PRS) The Exercise to Benefit Railway Passengers with Additional Booking Facilities The Booking of Reserved Tickets on PRS Counters as well as on Internet (E-Ticket) Becomes Available Even After the Preparation of Reservation Chart The Provisions of Rationalization Exercise Has to Come...

PM visits 1965 war memorials in Punjab; spends Diwali with officers and jawans of the Indian Armed Forces

PM visits 1965 war memorials in Punjab; spends Diwali with officers and jawans of the Indian Armed Forces The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today visited three memorials in Punjab which commemorate some of the spectacular successes of the Indian Armed Forces in the 1965 war. The Prime Minister visited the Dograi War Memorial, and the Barki War Memorial. The battles of Dograi and Barki...

7th Pay Commission report – estimated pay scales and multiplication factor

7th Pay Commission Pay Scales and 7th CPC Pay Calculator – Revisit by GConnect After taking in to account the expected DA of 125% from January 2016,  estimated 7th Pay Commission Pay Scales, 7th CPC pay and 7CPC Grade Pay as follows: 7th Pay Commission Pay Scales, and 7th CPC pay Using the multiplication factor of 2.25 7th Pay Commission Grade Pay By Providing 40% fitment Benefit 7th...

Behaviour of ex-servicemen protesting the notification on OROP scheme is “unlike that of a soldier

Vasco Da Gama: The behaviour of ex-servicemen protesting the notification on OROP scheme is “unlike that of a soldier” and they have been misguided, India’s Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday, a day after the war veterans decided to return their medalsHe termed one rank, one pension (OROP) decision as his biggest achievement in the last one year and said it was the Bharatiya Janata...

EPFO Likely to Announce Interest on PF for 2015-16 on Nov 24

EPFO Likely to Announce Interest on PF for 2015-16 on Nov 24 After RBI cut interest rate by half a percentage point in September end, finance ministry had said that it will review rate of interest on small savings scheme.Retirement body EPFO is likely to announce interest rate on PF deposit for 2015-16 at its trustees’ meeting on November 24.“The proposal for fixing rate of interest on PF deposits...

Observance of All India protest day on 19th November 2015 – NJCA

Observance of All India protest day on 19th November 2015 – NJCA NJCA National Joint Council of Action 4, State Entry Road, New Delhi – 110055 No. NJCA/2015 November 10, 2015 All Members of NJCA Sub:- Observance of All India protest day on 19th November 2015 Dear Comrade, All of you may recall that the NJCA in its meeting held on 30th September 2015 in Delhi after considering the delay...

One Rank One Pension (OROP) to the Defence Forces Personnel: Latest MoD orders published on 7.11.2015

One Rank One Pension (OROP) to the Defence Forces Personnel: Latest MoD orders published on 7.11.2015 12(1)/2014/D(Pen/Pol)-Part-II Government of India Ministry of Defence Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare New Delhi Dated 7th Nov 2015 To The Chief of the Army Staff The Chief of the Naval Staff The Chief of Air Staff Subject: One Rank One Pension (OROP) to the Defence Forces Personnel In...