Productivity Linked Bonus to Railwaymen-Cabinet meeting to be held on 03.10.2013

Productivity Linked Bonus to Railwaymen-Cabinet meeting to be held on 03.10.2013

All India Railwaymen’s Faderation
No.AIRF/387
Dated: September 30, 2013
The General Secretaries,
All Affiliated Unions,

Dear Coms.,

Sub: Productivity Linked Bonus to Railwaymen

Though all of you have created pressure on Ministry of Railways, Government of India for implementation of Resolution No.1 – Productivity Linked Bonus to Railwaymen adopted by the General Council of the AIRF on 13.09.2013 in New Delhi, wherein AIRF had taken a decision to stop trains without any notice, in case of any reduction in number of days for PLB.

The issue of PLB to Railwaymen is likely to be taken-up by the Cabinet on 3rd October, 2013, it is once again advised that we should hold “Massive Demonstrations and Mobilization Programmes at Branch level, demanding payment of PLB to Railwaymen without any reduction in number of days.

Comradely yours,
sd/-
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
General Secretary

Source: AIRF
http://www.airfindia.com/AIRF%202013/CABINET%20MEETING%20ON%20PLB_01.10.13.pdf

Declaration of Home Town under LTC Rules

Declaration of Home Town under LTC Rules

Every new entrants in Government service is required to declare his / her home town to avail the benefits of Leave Travel Concession.

2. The term “Home” was defined for the first time in MHA’s O.M.No.43/1/55-Estt (A) Part-II dated 11th October, 1956. This was further clarified vide O.M.No.43/5/57 dated 11th February, 1958, wherein, it was stated that An Officer who is his own Controlling Officer for purposes of travelling allowance should make the initial or any subsequent declaration of his town to his next superior administrative authority for acceptance. This procedure should also be followed in cases where declaration have already been sent direct to the Account Officers concerned by officers who are their own controlling officers. The Comptroller & Auditor General and Secretaries to Government will, however, communicate the initial declaration of home towns as well as any subsequent declaration for a change therein direct to the Accounts Officers concerned. Heads of Departments and Ministries are advised, for the purpose of administrative convenience, to forward to the respective Accounts Officers a list of all concerned Gazetted Officers who are eligible for the concession together with their approved home towns.

3. “Home Town” was further defined / elaborated vide O.M.No.43/15/57-Estt (A) dated 24th June, 1958 which lay down the criteria to determine whether the Government servant declaration may be accepted as under:-

i. Whether the place declared by the Government servant is the one which requires his physical presence at intervals for discharging various domestic and social obligations, and if so, whether after his entry into service, the Government servant had been visited that place frequently.

ii. Whether the Government servant owns residential property in that place or whether he is a member of a joint family having such property there.

iii. Whether his near relations are resident in that place.

iv. Whether, prior to his entry into Government service, the Government servant had been living there for some years.

4. Rule 5 of CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 states that the once declared and accepted by the Controlling Officer shall be treated as final. In exceptional circumstances, the Head of the Department or if a Government servant himself is the Head of the Department, the
Administrative Ministry may authorize a change in such a declaration provided that such a change shall not be made more than once during the service of the Government servant.

5. In case of any request of change of home town any of the above mentioned criteria in para 3 is to be met. The criteria need be applied one after the other till any of them is met.

6. The Officer who is his own Controlling Officer for purposes of travelling allowance should make the initial or any subsequent declaration of his home town to his next superior administrative authority for acceptance. This procedure should also be followed in cases where declarations have already been sent direct to the Accounts Officers concerned by officers who are their own Controlling Officers. The Comptroller and Auditor General and Secretaries to Government will, however, communicate the initial declaration of home towns as well as any subsequent declaration for change therein direct to the Accounts Officers concerned.

Source: http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/HandBook_HomeTown.pdf

Ministry of Railways Decides to Introduce Tatkal Scheme in Passenger Trains

Ministry of Railways Decides to Introduce Tatkal Scheme in Passenger Trains

The Tatkal scheme was initially introduced in 1997 with a view to provide reservation to those passengers who have to undertake journey at short notice and to save such passengers from the clutches of unscrupulous elements/touts. At present, this scheme is available in almost all Mail/Express trains and in all reserved classes except First Class and First AC Class.

Ministry of Railways has now decided to introduce Tatkal scheme in reserved classes of passenger trains also. The Tatkal scheme in the passenger trains will be available in the reserved classes (2nd AC, 3rd AC, 3rd AC Economy, Chair Class, Sleeper Class and 2nd reserved sitting). For this purpose, Zonal Railways will identify the passenger trains and earmark Tatkal accommodation in that train/class in which average utilization during the previous financial year has been more than 60%. The extent of accommodation to be earmarked will be the same as applicable in case of normal Tatkal scheme. The minimum Tatkal charges prescribed for different classes will be applicable as flat Tatkal charges. All other conditions applicable to normal Tatkal scheme will be applicable in case of identified passenger trains.

The Zonal Railways will issue train specific notification and date of effect of this scheme at their own level.

Source: PIB

Expected DA from Jan 2014 - AICPIN for the month of August 2013

Expected DA from Jan 2014 - AICPIN for the month of August 2013
Expected DA from Jan 2014 - AICPIN for the month of August 2013 updated in the official portal of Labour Bureau...

Two points raised in the important statistics of Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers for the month of August, 2013. A press release has been issued by the Labour Bureau yesterday that the CPI (IW) Base Year 2001=100 has raised from 235 to 237 in the end of August 2013.

Accordance with the AICPIN, the calculation of 'expected da from Jan 2013' is moved to one more step that as follows...

Month	Year	AICPIN for July	AICPIN for August	Difference	Increasing in DA
August	2013	235	237	2	93.93

Labour Bureau,
Government of India

Press Release

Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers on Base 2001=100

 

JULY 2013	AUGUST 2013
235	237

 

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) - August, 2013

Source: www.ekanews.blogspot.in
[http://ekanews.blogspot.in/2013/10/expected-da-from-jan-2014-aicpin-for.html]