Popular News: Central Government Employees DA from July 2015 will be 119%

Popular News: Central Government Employees DA from July 2015 will be 119%

Two Point increase in CPI (IW) provides scope for 6% likely increase in DA payable to Central Government Employees and Pensioners from July 2015

Rewind Central Government Employees DA from July 2015 will be 119% – All India Consumer Price Index (Industrial Workers) for May 2015 released by Labour Bureau – Two Point increase in AIPCI(IW)

DA from July 2015 – As estimated in our article on 30th May 2015, Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees with effect from July 2015 will be increased by 6% thanks to two point increase in All India CPI (IW) for May 2015.

Except CPI for June-2015, all data for calculation of Dearness Allowance from July 2015 are available now.

Month	Actual AICPI-IW
Jul-2014	252
Aug-2014	253
Sep-2014	253
Oct-2014	253
Nov-2014	253
Dec- 2014	253
Jan-2015	254
Feb-2015	253
Mar-2015	254
Apr-2015	256
May-2015	258
Jun-2015	To be released

We have to take the assumed value for CPI-IW only for June 2015. It is found that even for increase of 6 points in June 2015 from the existing CPI of 258, DA from July 2015 will be 119%. Only when CPI is increased to 265 from the existing level of 258, DA from July 2015 will be increased to 120%.

DA from Jul 2015	[(252+253+253+253+253+253+254+253+254+256+258+265)-115.76]*100/115.76
=	120% (7% increase in DA from July 2015)

On the lower side, we found that only when Consumer Price Index fell down to 250 i.e when CPI (IW) is getting decreased by 8 Points, Central Government Employees DA from July 2015 will be fixed at 118%.

DA from Jul 2015	[(252+253+253+253+253+253+254+253+254+256+258+250)-115.76]*100/115.76
=	118 % (5% increase in DA from July 2015)

From the above, it is clear that chances for decrease of 8 Points in CPI in a single month  or increase of 7 points in same period are very remote. So, we can very well conclude that DA from July 2015 will be 119%.

Vacant Posts in Defence Forces

Vacant Posts in Defence Forces

Details of vacant posts of officers and soldiers in the Armed Forces (excluding Medical and Dental Branch), rank wise are as under:

Army		Navy (As on 1.7.2015)		Air Force
Officers	Other Ranks	Officers	Sailors	Officers	Airmen
9642 (As on 1.1.2015)	23909* (As on 1.4.2015)	1779	11653**	Nil	6664****

*against this vacancy in the Army 68,331 recruits are under training.
**against this vacancy in the Navy 2247 recruits are under training.
***against this vacancy in the Air Force 6152 recruits are under training.

Some of the major reasons for shortage in Armed Forces include increase in authorized strength due to new accretions in force level from time to time, availability of attractive alternative career avenues, stringent selection criteria, and difficult service conditions coupled with perceived high degree of risk.

Government has taken a number of measures to encourage the youth to join the Armed Forces, including sustained image projection, participation in career fairs and exhibitions, media campaign etc. Further, Government has taken various steps to make armed forces jobs attractive. These include implementation of recommendations of the VI Central Pay Commission with improved pay structure, additional family accommodation through Married Accommodation Project (MAP) and improvement in promotion prospects in the Armed Forces.

Number of officers who have taken premature retirement from the Defence Forces during each of the last three years and the current year are as under:

Year	Army	Navy	Air Force
2012	275	132	157
2013	221	96	131
2014	120	91	108
2015	28 (As on 15.7.2015)	24 (As on 16.7.2015)	45 (As on 16.7.2015)

The Indian Defence Forces are suitably equipped, trained and organized to face the operational challenges and carry out their mandated task. Operational preparedness of the Armed Forces is reviewed from time to time based on the threat perception. Further, development of the combat capabilities of the Armed Forces to tackle the entire spectrum of security challenges is an ongoing process.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri MD. Badaruddoza Khan and others in Lok Sabha today.

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CGHS Rates for Dental Treatment Procedure: Corrigendum dated 21-7-2015

CGHS Rates for Dental Treatment Procedure: Corrigendum dated 21-7-2015

F. No. S-11011/34/2015-CGHS (HEC)

Ministry of Health 85 Family Welfare

Directorate General of Health Scheme

(Hospital Empanelment Cell)

Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.

Dated .21st July, 2015

CORRIGENDUM

Subject: - Change in approved treatment procedure mentioned at Sr. No. 216 in CGHS approved rate list.

With reference to the above mentioned subject the undersigned is directed to draw attention to OM No. 8-1 1045/36/2012-CGHS (HEC) dated 01.10.2014 whereby CGHS treatment procedures were notified along with their rates for Delhi/ NCR, by Government for empanelled hospitals under CGHS.

In this regard it has been decided with approval of competent authority to revise the treatment procedure mentioned at Sr. No. 216 as follows:-

Sr. No. of CGHS List	Presently mentioned as	To be read as
216	Removable partial denture-Acrylic based-more than 3 teeth	Removable partial denture- Acrylic based-more than 3 teeth /per tooth

Rate of Rs.264/- for Non-NABH and Rs.304/- for NABH HCOs at Sr. No. 216 would remain the same.

D. C. J oshi

Director (CGHS)

Source: http://msotransparent.nic.in/writereaddata/cghsdata/mainlinkfile/File1107.pdf