List of Holidays 2015 for Central Government Offices

List of Holidays 2015 for Central Government Offices

F.No.12/5/2014-JCA-2

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

(Department of Personnel and Training)

North Block, New Delhi 

Dated the 6th June, 2013

Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2015.

It has been decided that the holidays as specified in the Annexure -I to this O.M. will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government located at Delhi/New Delhi during the year 2015. In addition, each employee will also be allowed to avail himself/herself of any two holidays to be chosen by him/her out of the list of Restricted Holidays in Annexure - II

2. Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsorily in addition to three holidays as per para 3.1 below:

1. REPUBLIC DAY

2. INDEPENDENCE DAY

3. MAHATMA GANDHI'S BIRTHDAY

4. BUDDHA PURNIMA

5. CHRISTMAS DAY

6. DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)

7. DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)

8. GOOD FRIDAY

9. GURU NANAK'S BIRTHDAY

10. IDU'L FITR

11. IDU'L ZUHA

12. MAHAVIR JAYANTI

13. MUHARRAM

14. PROPHET MOHAMMAD'S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD)

3.1. In addition to the above 14 Compulsory holidays mentioned in para 2, three holidays shall be decided from the list indicated below by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the State Capitals, if necessary, in consultation with Coordination Committees at other places in the State. The final list applicable uniformly to all Central Government offices within the concerned State shall be notified accordingly and no change can be carried out thereafter. It is also clarified that no change is permissible in regard to festivals and dates as indicated.

1. AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA

2. HOLI

3. JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)

4. RAM NAVAMI

5. MAHA SHIVRATRI

6. GANESH CHATURTHI / VINAYAK CHATURTHI

7. IVIAKAR SANKARANTI

8. RATH YATRA

9. ONAM

10. PONGAL

11. SRI PANCHAMI / BASANT PANCHAMI

12. VISHU/ VAISAICHI / VAISAKHADI / BAHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SUKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADAVA 181 NAVRATRA / NAUROZ/CHHATH POOJA/KARVA CHAUTH.

3.2 No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays initially declared subsequently happens to fall on a weekly off or any other non¬working day or in the event of more than one festivals falling on the same day.

4. The list of Restricted Holidays appended to this O.M. is meant for Central Government Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi. The Coordination Committees at the State Capitals may draw up separate list of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance but the 9 occasions left over, after choosing the 3 variable holidays in para 3.1 above, are to be included in the list of restricted holidays.

5.1 For offices in Delhi / New Delhi, any change in the date of holidays in respect of Idu'l Fitr, Idu'l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad, if necessary, depending upon sighting of the Moon, would be declared by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions after ascertaining the position from the Govt. of NCT of Delhi (DCP, Special Branch, Delhi Police).

5.2 For offices outside Delhi / New Delhi, the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees at the State Capitals are authorised to change the date of holiday, if necessary, based on the decision of the concerned State Governments / Union Territories, in respect of Fitr, Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad.

5.3 It may happen that the change of date of the above occasions has to be declared at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement could be made through P.I.B. /T.V. / A.I.R. / Newspapers and the Heads of Departments/ Offices of the Central Government may take action according to such an announcement without waiting for a formal order about the change of date.

6. During 2014, Diwaii (Deepavali) falls on Thursday, October 23, 2014 (Kartika 01). In certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.e., on "Narakachaturdasi Day". In view of this, there is no objection if holiday on account of Deepavali is observed on "Naraka Chaturdasi Day (in place of Deepavali Day) for the Central Government Offices in a State if in that State, that day alone is declared as a compulsory holiday for Diwali for the offices of the State Government.

7. Central Government Organisations which include industrial, commercial and trading establishments would observe up to 16 holidays in a year including three national holidays viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, as compulsory holidays. The remaining holidays / occasions may be determined by such establishments / organisations themselves for the year 2014, subject to para 3.2 above.

8. Union Territory Administrations shall decide the list of holidays in terms of instructions issued in this regard by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

9. In respect of Indian Missions abroad, the number of holidays may be notified in accordance with the instructions contained in this Department's O.M. No.12/5/2002-JCA dated 17th December, 2002. In other words, they will have the option to select 9(Nine) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad, Rama Navami, Id-ul-Fitr, Janamashtami and Muharram included in the list of compulsory holidays and falling on day of weekly off.

10. In respect of Banks, the holidays shall be regulated in terms of the extant instructions issued by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.

11. Hindi version will follow.

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(Ashok Kumar) 

Deputy Secretary (JCA)

ANNEXURE-I

LIST OF HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2015 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
1936 SAKA ERA
1	Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	January 04	Pausha 14	Sunday
2	Republic Day	January 26	Magha 06	Monday
3	Holi	March 06	Phalguna 15	Friday
1937 SAKA, ERA
4	Ram Navami	March 28	Chaitra 07	Saturday
5	Mahavir Jayanti	April 02	Chaitra 12	Thursday
6	Good Friday	April 03	Chaitra 13	Friday
7	Buddha Purnima	May 04	Vaisakha 14	Monday
8	Idu'lFitr	July 18	Ashadha 27	Saturday
9	Independence day	August 15	Sravana 24	Saturday
10	Janmashtami	September 05	Bhadra 14	Saturday
11	Id-ul-Zuha(Bakrid)	September 25	Asvina 03	Friday
12	Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday	October 02	Asvina 10	Friday
13	Dussehra	October 22	Asvina 30	Thursday
14	Muharram	October 24	Kartika 02	Saturday
15	Diwali (Deepavali)	November 11	Kartika 20	Wednesday
16	Guru Nanak's Birthday	November 25	Agrahayana 04	Wednesday
*	Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	December 24	Pausha 03	Thursday
17	Christmas Day	December 25	Pausa 4	Friday

*Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) falls twice in the year 2015

ANNEXURE-II

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2015 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

S.No	Holiday	Date	Saki Date	Day
SAKA ERA 1936
1	New Year's Day	January 01	Pausha 11	Thursday
2	Makar Sankranti	January 14	Pausha 24	Wednesday
3	Pongal	January 15	Pausha 25	Thursday
4	Basant Panchami /Sri Panchami	January 24	Magha 04	Saturday
5	Guru Ravidas's Birthday	February 03	Magha 14	Tuesday
6	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	February 14	Magha 25	Saturday
7	Shivaji Jayanti	February 19	Magha 30	Thursday
8	Holika Dahan	March 05	Phalguna 14	Thursday
9	Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand	March 21	Phalguna 30	Saturday
1936 SARA ERA
10	Easter Sunday	April 05	Chaitra 15	Sunday
11	Vaisakhi/Vishu/Masadi	April 14	Chaitra 24	Tuesday
12	Vaisakhadi(Bengal)/ Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April 15	Chaitra 25	Wednesday
13	Hazarat Al's Birthday	May 03	Vaisakha 13	Sunday
14	Guru Rabindranath's birthday	May 09	Vaisakha  19	Saturday
15	Jamat-Ul-Vida	July 17	Ashadha 26	Friday
16	Rath Yatra	July 18	Ashadha 27	Saturday
17	Parsi New Year's day/ Nauroz	August 18	Sravana 27	Tuesday
18	Onam	August 28	Bhadra 06	Friday
19	Raksha Bandhan	August 29	Bhadra 07	Saturday
20	Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi	September 17	Bhadra 26	Thursday
21	Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional)	October 20	Asvina 28	Tuesday
22	Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional)	October 21	Asvina 29	Wednesday
23	Dussehra (Maha Navmi)	October 22	Asvina 30	Thursday
24	Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday	October 27	Kartika 05	Tuesday
25	Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth)	October 30	Kartika 08	Friday
26	Deepavali (South India)	November 10	Kartika 19	Tuesday
27	Naraka Chaturdasi	November 10	Kartika 19	Tuesday
28	Govardhan Puja	November 12	Kartika 21	Thursday
29	Bhai Duj	November 13	Kartika 22	Friday
30	Pratihar Sashthi/Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja)	November 17	Kartika 26	Tuesday
31	Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day	November 24	Agrahayana 03	Tuesday
32	Christmas Eve	November 24	Pausha 03	Thursday

Source: www.persmin.nic.in
[http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/12_5_2014_JCA_2-06062014.pdf

Delhi HC refuses to stay functioning of Seventh Pay Commission

Delhi HC refuses to stay functioning of Seventh Pay Commission: IndiaTV News

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday declined to stay the functioning of the Seventh Pay Commission while hearing a plea that challenged a notification on inclusion of a former IAS officer as a member of the panel.

Justice Sudershan Kumar Misra also issued notice to the central government on the plea filed by retired members of the all India Services, central civil services and armed forces against the government's Feb 28 notification constituting the commission.

The petitioners argued that inclusion of a former Indian Administrative Service officer, Vivek Rae, in the four-member commission give rise to a "real likelihood of bias" on his part to give a favourable recommendation to the IAS.

The petition said: "The impugned resolution, by retaining the practice of including a member of the IAS as a member of the commission has given rise to a real likelihood of bias on the part of such member in favour of maintaining the status quo, under which the IAS enjoys a position of special privilege in respect of pay fixation."


Rae has a directed pecuniary interest in the recommendations of the commission, as it would also determine his pension and retirement benefits, alleged the plea.

The petitioners further questioned the practice of previous pay commissions providing an "edge" in pay scales to members of the IAS over other members of the AIS and other central civil services including India Forest Services (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS), and all other group A central services.

Source: http://www.indiatvnews.com

Payment of salary to Project KV officials and Contractual teachers

Payment of salary to Project KV officials and Contractual teachers - KVS Instructions:-

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (HQ)

18, Institutional Area, SJS Marg

New Delhi - 110016

F. No.110242/KVS(Budget)/2014/260

Dated: 5th June, 2014

To
The Dy. Commissioner/Director I
All Regional Offices and ZIETs

Sub:- Payment of salary to Project KV officials and Contractual teachers - Reg.

Madam/Sir,

The KVS Hqr received representations regarding delay in disbursement of salary to project KV officials. From time to time, it has been emphasized that there should not be any delay in disbursement of salary to Project officials due to non receipt of funds from Project Authorities. In such situation, funds may be made available to project school on loan basis for timely disbursement of salary for the time being and later on efforts may be pursued to recover the amount given on loan. it is again reiterated that there should not be any delay in disbursement of salary to project KV officials for want of funds.

Further, to this it has also been noticed that salary to the contractual staff is not paid well on time. it is again reiterated that there should not be any delay in disbursement of salary to contractual staff.

You are hereby directed to ensure compliance of timely disbursement of salary to Project KV officials as well as to contractual staff.

Yours sincerely,

sd/-

(M Arumugam)

JOINT COMMISSIONER(FlN.)

Source: http://www.kvsangathan.nic.in/GeneralDocuments/ANN-05-06-14.PDF

Rates of Night Duty Allowance w.e.f. 01.01.2014 - Railway Board Order:-

Rates of Night Duty Allowance w.e.f. 01.01.2014 - Railway Board Order:-

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(RAILWAY BOARD)

RBE No. 55/2014

No.E(P&A)II-2014/HW-1

New Delhi, dated 23-05-2014.

The General Managers/CAOs,
All Indian Railways & Prod. Units etc,
(As per mailing lists No.1 & II).

Subject: Rates of Night Duty Allowance w.e.f. 01.01.2014.

Consequent to sanction of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance vide this Ministry’s letter No. PC-VI/2008/I/7/2/1 dated 28.03.2014, the President is pleased to decide that the rates of Night Duty Allowance, as notified Vide Annexures ‘A’ and ‘B’ of Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-2013/HW-2 dated 29.10.2013 stand revised with effect from 01.01.2014 as indicated at Annexure ‘A’ in respect of ‘Continuous’, ‘Intensive’, ‘Excluded’ categories and workshop employees, and as indicated at Annexure ‘B’ in respect of ‘Essentially Intermittent’ categories.

2. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

DA:One.

sd/-

(K.Shankar)

Director/E(P&A)

Railway Board.

अनुबंध "क" ANNEXURE 'A'	अनुबंध "ख" ANNEXURE 'B"
गहन, निरंतर एवं वर्जित कोटियों तथा कारखाना कर्मचारियों के लिए 01.01.2014 से लागू रात्रि-कालीन डयूटी भत्ते की दरें। Rates of Night Duty Allowance (NDA) with effect from 01.01.2014 for 'Intensive', 'Continuous' and 'Excluded' categories and Workshop staff.	अनिवार्य संविरामी कोटियों के लिए 01.01.2014 से लागू रात्रि-कालीन डयूटी भत्ते की दरें। Rates of Night Duty Allowance (NDA) with effect from 01.01.2014 for 'Essentially Intermittent' categories of Staff
क्रम सं वेतन बैंड ग्रेड वेतन रात्रि-कालीन डयूटी भत्ते की दर S.No. Pay Band Grade Pay Rate of NDA (in Rs.) 1 4440-7440 1300 67.35 2 4440-7440 1400 68.30 3 4440-7440 1600 70.15 4 4440-7440 1650 70.60 5 5200-20200 1800 134.90 6 5200-20200 1900 135.80 7 5200-20200 2000 136.75 8 5200-20200 2400 140.45 9 5200-20200 2800 144.20 10 9300-34800 4200 244.20 11 9300-34800 4600 and above (4600 व अधिक) 247.90	क्रम सं वेतन बैंड ग्रेड वेतन रात्रि-कालीन डयूटी भत्ते की दर S.No. Pay Band Grade Pay Rate of NDA (in Rs.) 1 4440-7440 1300 44.90 2 4440-7440 1400 45.55 3 4440-7440 1600 46.75 4 4440-7440 1650 47.05 5 5200-20200 1800 89.95 6 5200-20200 1900 90.55 7 5200-20200 2000 91.15 8 5200-20200 2400 93.65 9 5200-20200 2800 96.15 10 9300-34800 4200 162.80 11 9300-34800 4600 and above (4600 व अधिक) 168.25

Source: AIRF
[http://www.airfindia.com/Orders%202014/RRB%2055_2014_23.05.2014.pdf]

Will Modi Government Implement PRIS?

Will Modi Government Implement PRIS?

 

One could observe that the newly sworn-in Modi Government has wasted no time to get into action. That being the case, the question now on everybody’s mind is – will the new Government implement the Performance Related Incentive Scheme (PRIS)?

 

It is worth mentioning here that Modi himself holds the portfolio of the ministry that is responsible for all decisions pertaining to the Central Government employees. 

 

News media have carried statements allegedly made by Central Government officials themselves regarding this issue. The 6th Pay Commission has recommended that the scheme that grants performance and talent based incentives to Central Government employees could be implemented. The recommendations of the previous Pay Commission were adopted by the previous Government at policy-level. Officials of the DoP&T will soon be meeting with Narendra Modi and explaining the situation to him. During this meeting, if Modi gives his assent, then a detailed guideline will be prepared soon after. A guideline has already been prepared in this regard during the previous Government’s tenure. Suitable changes and additions will be made to this in order to incorporate the recommendations and suggestions given by Modi. 

 

There are more than 50 Lakh Central Government employees spread all over the country. The Department of Personnel and Training will soon launch a series of measures that would increase the efficiency of these employees which would directly and indirectly benefit millions of others. If performance based incentive is implemented, then the salaries of the Central Government employees will differ each year based on their performance. The scheme could either be implemented based on an individual’s productivity or on the department’s performance.

 

For more details click the link…
Source: 90paisa.blogspot.in
[http://90paisa.blogspot.in/2014/06/will-modi-government-implement-pris.html]