Fixation of Pay of Senior PAs with the PAs of CSSS promoted between 1.1.2006 to 31.8.2008 clarification

Fixation of Pay of Senior PAs with the PAs of CSSS promoted between 1.1.2006 to 31.8.2008 clarification regarding allowing arrears — regarding

No.5/16/2009-CS-11(C)

Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training

3rdFloor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi-110003.
Date: 13th January, 2014.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Fixation of Pay of senior PAs in the pre-revised scale of Rs.7450-11500 with the PAs of CSSS promoted between 1.1.2006 to 31.8.2008 —clarification regarding allowing arrears — regarding.

The undersigned is directed to say that references are still being received from Ministries/Departments regarding fixation of pay of senior PAs of CSSS and payment of arrears in the revised pay structure with the PAs of CSSS who were promoted between 1.1.2006 to 31.8.2008. PAs of CSSS promoted between 1.1.2006 to 31.8.2008 were allowed arrears from the date of their promotion as they had come over to the revised pay on the date of their promotion. Seniors to such promotee PAs of CSSS, however, were subsequently allowed stepping up of their pay with reference to these officials and they were not allowed arrears on the ground that the officials with reference to whom they got their pay stepped up were also not entitled to this.

2. The issue of fixation of pay with reference to the pre-revised pay scale of Rs. 7450-11500 and payment of arrears was taken up by Establishment Division of this Department with Department of Expenditure as this amounts to compelling the senior official, who was already serving as PA prior to 1.1,2006 and opted for fixation of his pay under revised pay rules from 1.1.2006 to opt for revised pay structure from the date of stepping up with the junior.


3. It is, therefore, clarified that the senior is entitled to arrears of pay from the date he opted to come over to the Revised Pay Scales tilt the date of stepping up of pay. These will be paid on the basis of pay actually fixed as on 1.1.2006.

sd/-
(Kameshwar Mishra)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

Source: www.persmin.nic.in
[http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02csd/16012014.pdf]

Pension to Gramin Bank Staff

Pension to Gramin Bank Staff : Govt answer in Lok Sabha:-

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 371

ANSWERED ON 06.12.2013

PENSION TO GRAMIN BANK STAFF

371 . Shri A.K.S. VIJAYAN

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:-

(a) whether Government has any proposal to extend pension scheme to all officers and employees of Gramin Banks across the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
(c) whether the Government has consulted all the trade unions in this regard; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (Shri Namo Narain Meena)
(a) & (b): The employees of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) are getting pension under provisions of Employees Provident Fund (Misc. Provisions) Act, 1952. However, the Government has in principle decided to allow RRBs to adopt pension at par with Nationalized Banks under prescribed frame work.
(c): No, Sir.
(d): Does not arise.

Source:  Lok Sabha Q & A

No cashless CGHS treatment from February 1, 2014

No cashless CGHS treatment from February 1, 2014
The 800 hospitals in the country empaneled under the Central Government Health Scheme will stop cashless transactions from February 1, 2014, because, they claim, the government has not cleared arrears of Rs 600 crore.

The aggrieved hospitals have come together under the umbrella of the Association of Healthcare Providers India and had served notice to the CGHS office in New Delhi on December 13, 2013.

A meeting with the Union health secretary K.N. Desiraju on January 9 yielded no results.

A senior officer of AHPI said, “The amount has been budgeted in the health budget and it must be released. But it is not being done. Hence, the question is, where is it going?”

Since 2010, the hospitals have been complaining of 40 per cent unauthorised deductions in the payments. Now they have come together to put across their point to the government.

AHPI general secretary for AP Govind Hari says, “The problem started in 2002 when they started inviting tenders. In doing so, they reduced the cost of surgeries drastically. Also, orthopaedic treatment costs Rs 3,200 in Karnataka and Rs 10,000 in AP. These errors in terms of determining the cost put the hospitals in a spot.”

A senior member of the APHI said, “We want to quit as it has become more of a burden than a service as the clearance promise of 180 days is hardly followed.”

Additional director, CGHS, Dr Prasad, says, “We have not received any communication from the hospitals.” But senior officers in the Begumpet office of the department say there has been an assessment of the pending amount, and deliberations have started to sort out that matter.

Source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com
[http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140116/news-current-affairs/article/no-cashless-cghs-treatment]

Exposure Draft on Guidelines for withdrawal of 25% accumulated contributions by NPS Subscribers

Exposure Draft on Guidelines for withdrawal of 25% accumulated contributions by NPS Subscribers

 PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

EXPOSURE DRAFT

ON GUIDELINES FOR WITHDRAWAL OF 25 % OF ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS BY NPS  SUBSCRIBERS

Issued on: 15th January, 2014
Last date to accept Comments: 15th February, 2014

As per Chapter VI, Sec 20 (2b) of the PFRDA act, 2013 it has been provided that withdrawals, not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of the contribution made by the subscriber, may be permitted from the individual pension account subject to the conditions, such as purpose, frequency and limits as may be specified by the regulations.

Keeping the above in perspective, the draft guidelines for withdrawal of 25 % of accumulated contributions by NPS subscribers are proposed and comments from the public and all concerned are invited. It may also be noted that suggestions on addition/alteration in the proposed guidelines can also be given. Comments/Feedback may be forwarded by email to the e-mail id k.sumit@pfrda.org.in latest by 15.02.2014.
Comments should be given in the following format:

Name of entity/ person
Sr.No.	Pertains to which Section/sub-section and Page number	Proposed/ suggested changes	Rationale

Written comments in the above format may be addressed to:

Mr. Sumit Kumar 

Dy. General Manager 

Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority 

1st Floor, ICADR Building, Vasant Kunj Institutional Area Phase - II 

Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110070

 PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

INTRODUCTION
As per Chapter VI, Sec 20 (2b) of the PFRDA act, 2013 it has been provided that withdrawals, not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of the contribution made by the subscriber, may be permitted from the individual pension account subject to the conditions, such as purpose, frequency and limits as may be specified by the regulations. In order to finalise the regulations for withdrawals, it becomes imperative to develop the formal aspects of the permitted withdrawals allowed under the Act for the benefit of NPS subscribers.


EXISTING EXIT / WITHDRAWAL GUIDELINES UNDER NATIONAL PENSION SYSTEM (NPS)

The current exit / withdrawal guidelines under NPS are framed in such a manner that the subscriber has a long period of accumulation of corpus for providing him with a decent accumulated pension wealth when he retires or he moves out of the regular work routine due to age. Also, it lets the subscriber have the freedom to move out of the scheme at any point of time, irrespective of cause or reason which determines the complete exit from the scheme.

The following are the current rules/guidelines for withdrawals under NPS as approved by PFRDA:

a) Exit from NPS upon attaining the age of Normal superannuation (for govt. employees only) or upon attaining the age of 60 years (for all subscribers other than govt. employees): At least 40% of the accumulated pension wealth of the subscriber needs to be mandatorily utilized for purchase of an annuity providing for the monthly pension of the subscriber and the balance is paid as a lump sum payment to the subscriber.

b) Exit from NPS before attaining the age of Normal superannuation (for govt. employees only) or before attaining the age of 60 years (for all subscribers other than govt. employees): At least 80% of the accumulated pension wealth of the subscriber needs to be utilized for purchase of an annuity providing for the monthly pension of the subscriber and the balance is paid as a lump sum payment to the subscriber.

c) Upon Death: The entire accumulated pension wealth (100%) would be paid to the nominee / legal heir of the subscriber.

For Swavalamban withdrawals under (a) & (b) in the previous page, there is an overriding condition on the lump sum payment payable due to which the entire accumulated pension wealth would be annuitised in case if the monthly pension obtained by using the 40%/80% of the pension wealth is below Rs.1000/- per month. Also, these exit/withdrawal rules as applicable to NPS can be modified/altered from time to time by the Authority as the NPS progresses.

BACKGROUND
The withdrawal of 25% of accumulated contributions under NPS is in addition to the withdrawal permitted at the time of exiting from NPS by the subscriber as specified above. The subscriber can continue to contribute in the scheme while using such withdrawal facility. These guidelines shall determine the circumstances under which the NPS subscriber can avail such withdrawal functionality under different time frames and thereby putting certain limits to which shall be adhered by him/her.

The guidelines are framed taking into the purpose and object of NPS i.e., to ensure a decent accumulated pension wealth in the accounts of the subscribers at the time of exit.

FEEDBACK /COMMENT PERIOD
The Feedback /Comments on this exposure draft received till 15th February, 2014 would be considered for evaluation by PFRDA. The decision of PFRDA on all and any matters related to the subject matter is final and binding on all stakeholders.

PROPOSED GUIDELINES FOR WITHDRAWAL OF 25 % OF ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS BY NPS SUBSCRIBERS

As per Chapter VI, Sec 20 (2b) of the PFRDA act, 2013 it has been provided that withdrawals, not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of the contribution made by the subscriber, may be permitted from the individual pension account subject to the conditions, such as purpose, frequency and limits as may be specified by the regulations. As the decision in this regard has to form part of the regulations to be made
under Sec 52 of PFRDA Act, we need to arrive at a decision on the matter purpose, frequency and limits of such withdrawals which would be allowed.

Posts examining the various aspects of the probable needs and duration, following aspects have been proposed in respect of the aforesaid guidelines:

(a) Purpose:

This withdrawal may be treated as partial withdrawal and whereby the subscriber can withdraw not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of the contribution made by the subscriber, may be permitted from the individual pension account for any of the following purposes only:

i) For Higher education of his/her children including a legally adopted child.

ii) For the marriage of his/her children, including a legally adopted child.

iii) For the purchase/construction of residential house or flat. However, if the subscriber already owns a residential house or flat, the same is not allowed as a ground for the withdrawal.

iv) Treatment for prescribed illnesses – suffered by subscriber or his legally wedded spouse and children. For this purpose, the prescribed illness referred above consists of hospitalization and treatment for the following diseases/illnesses:

1. Cancer
2. Kidney Failure (End Stage Renal Failure)
3. Primary Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
4. Multiple Sclerosis
5. Major Organ Transplant
6. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
7. Aorta Graft Surgery
8. Heart Valve Surgery
9. Stroke
10. Myocardial Infarction (First Heart Attack)
11. Coma
12. Total blindness
13. Paralysis

b) Limits:

It has been proposed that there should be limitation on eligibility as well as the maximum limit for each withdrawal that can be permitted till the person stays invested in National Pension System. We propose the following eligibility criteria and limit for availing the benefit:

1. The subscriber should have been in NPS for at least ten years and contributing to the scheme.
2. Subscriber can withdraw accumulations not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of the contributions made by him and standing to his credit in his NPS account, as on the date of application for withdrawal.

c) Frequency:
It is recommended that the subscriber may be allowed to withdraw at the most three (3) times from the scheme during the tenure and should have a gap of at least 5 years before availing the withdrawal facility for the next time. However, the mandatory requirement of 5 years gap between two successive permitted withdrawals would not be applicable in case of “treatment for above prescribed illnesses”.

We are proposing the above frequency in order to make sure that the subscriber should be left with a decent and considerable accumulated pension wealth at the time of superannuation/age of 60 years enabling him to purchase sustainable annuity.

The request for withdrawal should be sent along with relevant document through the Nodal Office/POP/Aggregator to Central Record Keeping Agency for processing of the withdrawal claim.

Source:  www.pfrda.org.in

[http://www.pfrda.org.in/writereaddata/linkimages/Exposure%20Draft%20withdrawal.pdf]

EPFO may come out with a scheme to provide housing

Besides managing retirement funds, EPFO may come out with a scheme to provide housing...

EPFO may provide housing to subscribers on additional payment of 10 pct

PTI | New Delhi | Updated: Jan 13 2014

Besides managing retirement funds, EPFO may come out with a scheme to provide housing to its over 5 crore subscribers on additional contribution of 10 per cent by them from their basic wages every month.

The idea was mooted by Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes during a function of Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Sunday.

"EPFO can deduct extra 10 per cent of their basic wages over the mandatory contribution of 12 per cent made by them at present. The money can be used to provide them housing facility," he said.

The minister said most of the workers throughout their working life live in rented accommodation and their entire saving on retirement is spent on purchasing a house.

At present, all workers covered under the EPFO schemes, pay 12 per cent of their basic wages toward PF contribution every month. The basic wages include basic pay and dearness allowance.

Asked about the minister's proposal, EPFO's central Provident Fund Commissioner K K Jalan said: "We will definitely work on the proposal. He (the minister) has a lot experience."

As per another official, EPFO had earlier constructed houses and provided to workers covered under its scheme. However, they did not have to make any additional contribution during the Sahib Singh Verma's tenure as Labour Minister.

EPFO has a corpus of around Rs 5 lakh crore and receives an incremental deposits of over Rs 60,000 crore every year.

An EPFO subscriber said: "The body has the huge financial strength to take up any big housing project and complete it. But one has to see that how many members would come forward to take a cut of 10 per cent cut on their basic wages."

Source: http://www.financialexpress.com
[http://www.financialexpress.com/news/epfo-may-provide-housing-to-subscribers-on-additional-payment-of-10-pct/1218106]

Merger of 50 percent DA may soon be considered by Central Government –Sources

Merger of 50 percent DA may soon be considered by Central Government –Sources

Sources close to the Central Government Employees Federations told that Merger of 50% DA will soon be considered by Central Government before the budget session of Parliament in February 2014. According to the sources, the central government is likely to consider the central government employees  demand for merging of 50 % DA, for the reason that the DA will be crossing 100% level after January 2014.

The rate of dearness allowance to be paid to govt servants has been increasing consistently due to the rise in the prices of essential commodities for the past two years. In 2011 the rate of DA was at 50 % level. Since then all the Federation demanded the central government to merge the 50 Percent DA with basic Pay. But the government did not accept this demand to merge the DA with basis pay, as it was not recommended by sixth CPC.

The demand would be considered in view of parliament elections

But federations kept on demanding the government that raising dearness allowance alone will not help to compensate the alarming rate of price rice. So they urged the government to consider their demand favorably. It is believed that after the defeat in the election of four state legislative councils, the UPA government has decided to reconsider about its decision on the issues which directly affects the common public. The high command of the ruling party thought that the reason for their defeat in the state election is mainly because of their government failed to contain the price rise. The gap between common public and UPA government has been considerably increased. To correct these failures the UPA government decides to do something to attract the voters.

After announcing the government’s proposal to constitute the 7th pay commission, the community of central government employees has been convinced to have soft view on this government. Further the 50 lakh central government employees would be made happy if the 50% DA is merged with Basic Pay. It is told that , as the central government staff association and federations demanding it very seriously, in case the government decides go with this demand, there will be around one crore voters will be in favour of UPA government. So the government may consider the demand of merging of 50% DA with basic Pay in view of forthcoming Parliament elections.

Allowances will have no impact on merging DA with basic Pay

The sources, associated with National Council JCM, said that the government initially was not willing to consider this demand as some allowance and advances have been raised by 25% whenever the DA crosses 50% level as per the sixth CPC recommendation. But federations insisted that the allowances, which are raised to 25 % level when DA crosses 50%, will have no impact on merging DA with basic pay. The only allowance will have an increase when Basic Pay increases are HRA. No other allowances will be increased and other entitlement of the respective Grade Pay will not be revised as the 50% DA to be merged will be kept under separate component like it was treated in 5CPC as Dearness Pay. “There is no need to worry about financial implications, as the 50% DA will be paid by just changing its nomenclature as Dearness Pay”, said sources.

50% DA merger to be declared before DA crosses 100%

Further, it has been informed that it is good enough for the government to announce its decision before declaring the next additional installment of DA. Because the AICPIN for Industrial workers for the Month of December 2013 is awaited to determine the rate of dearness allowance to be paid from January 2014.The result of last 11 months AICPIN shows that DA will definitely be raised by 10 % from existing 90% level. So the rate of DA will be 100% with effect from 1st January 2014. After the DA increased to 100%, the demand for 50% DA merger will have to change its avatar. Probably the demand would be for 100% DA merger. So the federations expect the government may consider 50% DA merger soon.

However, decision if any in this regard should be taken before the announcement of election for parliament. It is expected that election announcement for parliament will be made by the end of February 2014. Before that,  the announcement of 50% DA merger is expected from central government.

Source: gservants.com
[http://www.gservants.com/2014/01/15/merger-50-percent-da-may-soon-considered-central-government-sources/]

Kendriya Vidyalayas: List of Hard & Very Hard Stations and category of employees working in these area

Kendriya Vidyalayas: List of Hard & Very Hard Stations and category of employees working in these area

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2297

ANSWERED ON 18.12.2013

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS

2297 . Shri A.T. NANA PATIL

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-

(a) the location-wise details of the Kendriya Vidyalayas coming under the hard and very hard category in the country particularly in the sensitive, naxalite affected areas and border areas;

(b) the number of the teachers and non-teaching staff employed in these schools, category-wise;

(c) whether most of the teachers and non-teaching staff working in these Kendriya Vidyalayas belong to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and

(e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to implement the transfer/ posting policy in a uniform way?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SHASHI THAROOR)

(a) As per the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan norms, 105 Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) have been categorized as hard stations and 26 KVs as very hard stations. The State-wise details are given in Annexure-I.
(b) & (c) The total number of the teachers and the non-teaching staff employed in these KVs, category wise is as follows:-

Total No of Teaching staff working as on 01.12.2013				Total No of Non- Teaching staff working as on 01.12.2013
SC	ST	OBC	UR	SC	ST	OBC	UR
537	270	631	1267	144	61	104	197

(d) & (e) Do not arise.

 ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2297 RAISED BY SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL, HON’BLE MP TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2013 REGARDING KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS.

LIST OF HARD/VERY HARD STATIONS

Name of the Region	S.No.	Hard Station	S. No.	Very Hard Station
AHMEDABAD	1	DHARANGADHRA (ARMY)
	2	AFS SAMANA
	3	AFS NALIYA
	4	AFS BHUJ
	5	BSF DANTIWADA
	6	OKHA PORT
	7	BHUJ CANTT
	8	DIU
	9	VALSURA INS
BHOPAL	10	JHABUA
	11	ITBP KARERA
	12	NARMADANAGAR
	13	SARNI
	14	MUNGAOLI
	15	PACHMARHI
BHUBANESWAR	16	RAYAGADA
	17	GAJAPATI
	18	KANDHAMAL
BANGLORE	19	DONIMALAI
	20	KUDREMUKH
CHANDIGARH	21	NADAUN	1	ITBP SARAHAN
			2	SAINJ KULLU
	22	NALETI	3	RECONG PEO (HP)
			4	LAHAUL SPITI
	23	KASAULI AFS
	24	SUBATHU
DEHRADUN	25	UTTARKASHI
	26	NHPC DHARCHULA
	27	JOSHIMATH
	28	IVRI MUKTESHWAR
	29	GWALDOM
	30	KAUSANI
	31	LANSDOWNE
	32	ITBP MIRTHI
	33	MUSSOORIE
	34	PITHORAGARH
	35	RAJGARHI
	36	SOURKHAND
	37	PAURI
	38	GAUCHAR
	39	NEW TEHRI TOWN
	40	ALMORA
	41	AUGUSTYAMUNI
	42	LOHAGHAT
DELHI	43	CHANDINAGAR AFS
GUWAHATI	44	HASIMARA	5	DIRANG
	45	KALIMPONG	6	TENGA VALLEY
	46	TEESTA, LDP	7	TAWANG
	47	BINAGURI NO.1
	48	BINAGURI NO.2
JABALPUR	49	DINDORI
	50	BARKUHI
	51	SIDHI
JAIPUR	52	NAL BIKANER
	53	AFS UTTARLAI (BARMER)
	54	JALIPA CANTT.
	55	BSF DABLA
	56	JAISALMER AFS
	57	POKHRAN  BSF
JAMMU	58	ARMY BAKLOH	8	NUBRA
	59	DUL HUSTI KISTWAR	9	KARGIL
	60	NHPC CHAMERA	10	LEH
	61	NO.2 CHAMERA	11	TANGDHAR
	62	BADARWAH	12	BSF BANDIPUR,
	63	JINDRAH
	64	SHIKARPUR
	65	BSF RAJOURI
	66	BARAMULA
	67	URI
	68	AFS AWANTIPUR
	69	PAHALGAON
	70	ANANTNAG
	71	NO.1 SRINAGAR
	72	NO.2 SRINAGAR
	73	NO.3 SRINAGAR
	74	GULMARG
MUMBAI	75	KARANJA NAD
	76	LONAVLA
PATNA	77	JAWAHAR NAGAR
	78	MASHRAKH
	79	SHEOHAR
SILCHAR			13	CHURACHANDPUR
			14	LUNGLEI
			15	TEMENGLONG
			16	UKHRIL
AGRA	80	BHIND
	81	TALBEHAT
ERNAKULAM			17	KAVARATTI

TINSUKIA			18	ALONG
			19	TUTING
			20	TULI
			21	KHONSA
RANCHI	82	LATEHAR	22	AFS SINGHARSHI
	83	GARHWA
	84	MEGHAHATUBRU
	85	KUTRA
RAIPUR	86	KORAPUT
	87	NAD SUNABEDA
	88	BOLANGIR NO. 1 OF
	89	MALKANGIRI
	90	NABRANGPUR
	91	BHAWANIPATNA
	92.	BAIKUNTHPUR	23	BAILADILA (DANTEWARA)
	93	JHAGRAKHAND SECL	24	KIRANDUL
	94	JAMUNA COLLIERY	25	BACHELI
	95	JAGDALPUR	26	JASPUR
	96	CHIRIMIRI		--
	97	KANKER
SIRSA	98	NO.3 AFS BHATINDA
	99	JALALABAD, BSF
	100	BSF ANUPGARH
	101	LALGARH JATTAN
	102	NO.1  AFS SURATGARH
	103	NO.2 AFS SURATGARH
	104	SURATGARH CANTT.
	105	STPS SURATGARH

Annexure Source: http://164.100.47.132/Annexture/lsq15/15/au2297.htm

Payment of Arrears of the Sixth Pay Commission to the university and college teachers and equivalent cadres

Payment of Arrears of the Sixth Pay Commission to the university and college teachers and equivalent cadres

 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2285

ANSWERED ON 18.12.2013

PAYMENT OF ARREARS

2285 . Shri MAKHANSINGH SOLANKI

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government is aware of the stalemate prevailing in the payment of arrears of the Sixth Pay Commission to the university and college teachers and equivalent cadres working under the State Governments;
(b) if so, whether the Government has agreed to give 80 percent of the additional expenditure incurred/to be incurred by the State Governments;
(c) if so, whether the Government has released any amount as its share to the State Governments including Madhya Pradesh;
(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
(e) if not, the time by which the said amount is likely to be released to the State Governments including Madhya Pradesh?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SHASHI THAROOR)

(a) & (b): No, Madam. The Central Government is reimbursing 80% of the expenditure incurred by the State Governments for the payment of arrears for the implementation of the revised University Grants Commission (UGC) pay scales to university teachers for the period 1.1.2006 to 31.3.2010 based on the 6th Pay Commission’s recommendations. As of today, the Central Government has released an amount of Rs.1789.56 crores out of the total allocation of Rs.2250, crores to different states.


(c) to (e): So far Central assistance has been provided to 11 State Governments to meet the expenditure incurred for the payment of salary arrears. The details of amounts reimbursed to State Governments as Central share on account of the revision of pay scales of teachers is annexed.

No amount has been claimed by Madhya Pradesh as reimbursement for payment of arrears of salaries and accordingly, no amount has been released to Madhya Pradesh.Central assistance can only be provided to States on fulfilment of all the terms and conditions of the Scheme and after the furnishing of requisite information and the prescribed undertaking by the respective State Governments.

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2285 FOR 18.12.2013 ASKED BY SHRI MAKAN SINGH SOLANKI REGARDING ARREARS OF PAY SCALE

No.	Name of the States	Amount released as Central Share
1.	Chhattisgarh	Rs.1,27,75,00,000/-
2.	Himachal Pradesh	Rs.1,96,45,69,474/-
3.	Jammu & Kashmir	Rs.43,17,60,800/-
4.	Rajasthan	Rs.2,51,13,60,000/-
5.	Arunachal Pradesh	Rs.13,78,57,759/-
6.	Tripura	Rs.6,51,20,000/-
7.	West Bengal	Rs.3,13,93,08,508/-
8.	Maharashtra	Rs.4,60,06,40,000/-
9.	Tamil Nadu	Rs.2,25,30,40,000/-
10.	Uttar Pradesh	Rs.2,09,88,57,600/-
11	Mizoram	Rs.39,78,03,000/-

Source: Lok Sabha Q&A
Via: karnmk.blogspot.in

Minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000 to be a reality this month: EPFO

EPFO: Minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000 to be a reality this month

Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, the government is likely to approve this month a proposal that will entitle formal sector workers a minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000, immediately benefiting 27 lakh pensioners.

Those who get less than Rs 1,000 a month include 22 lakh member pensioners and 5 lakh widows as on March 31, 2013. There are about 44 lakh pensioners.

"The Labour Ministry's revised proposal for minimum pension of Rs 1,000 per month was submitted to the Finance Ministry last week, and is likely to be approved this month," said an official source.

The ministry's proposal to assure minimum pension of Rs 1,000 under the Employees' Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95), run by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), is pending for a long time.

Earlier, the ministry had proposed that the government should increase its subsidy on the scheme from 1.16 percent of the basic wages to 1.79 percent to assure the minimum pension amount of Rs 1,000 per month.

However, it did not find favour with the Finance Ministry as this would have resulted in permanent increase in subsidy provided by government.

The Labour Ministry in its revised proposal has asked the Finance Ministry to provide for around Rs 1,300 crore additional amount every year for the purpose, and indicated that this amount can reduce over a period of time with more members subscribing to the EPS-95.

Besides, the government is in the process of raising the basic wages ceiling under the Employees Provident Fund Scheme to Rs 15,000 from existing Rs 6,500.

All those employees getting basic wages - including basic pay and dearness allowance - of more than Rs 6,500 per month, are not covered under the social security schemes run by EPFO.

The Finance Ministry did not agree with the hike in pension subsidy to 1.79 percent of basic wages as the proposed increase in wage ceiling would have resulted in perpetual burden on the exchequer.

EPFO has a corpus of around Rs 5 lakh crore including around Rs 1.7 lakh crore in its pension fund. It has a subscriber base of around 5 crore and all of them are covered under the EPS-95.

The increase in wage ceiling under the scheme run by EPFO is important as it would bring in around 50 lakh more workes and increase the flow mandatory savings.

Source: http://zeenews.india.com
[http://zeenews.india.com/business/personal-finance/analysis-opinion/minimum-monthly-pension-of-rs-1-000-to-be-a-reality-this-month_92634.html]

DA from Jan, 2014 to CPSE: Board level posts and below Board level posts including Non-unionised supervisors Revision of scales of pay w.e.f. 01.01.1997

DA from Jan, 2014 to CPSE: Board level posts and below Board level posts including Non-unionised supervisors Revision of scales of pay w.e.f. 01.01.1997
DA from January, 2014: Board level posts and below Board level posts including Non-unionised supervisors in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs)- Revision of scales of pay w.e.f. 01.01.1997 — Payment of IDA at revised rates regarding

F. No. W-02/0004/2014-DPE (WC) -GL-III/14
Government of India
Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises

Public Enterprises Bhawan
Block 14, COO Complex,
Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003
Dated : 7th January, 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Board level posts and below Board level posts including Non-unionised supervisors in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs)- Revision of scales of pay w.e.f. 01.01.1997 — Payment of IDA at revised rates regarding

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In modification of this Department's O.M. of even No. dated 04.10.2013, the rate of DA payable to the executives of CPSEs (1997 pay revision) may be as follows:

(a) Date from which payable: 01.01.2014
(b) Average AICPI (1960=100) for the quarter Sept.-Nov' 2013
September, 2013 - 5433
October, 2013 - 5502
November, 2013 - 5546
Average of the quarter - 5494
(c) Link Point 1708 (as on 01.01.1997)
(d) Increase over link point: 3786 (5494-1708)
(e) Revised DA Rate w.e.f. 01.01.2014: 221.7% [(3786+1708)x 100]

2. These rates are applicable in the case of IDA employees, whose pay have been revised with effect from 01.01.1997 as per DPE O.M. dated 25.06.1999.

3. All Administrative Ministries/Departments of the Government of India are requested to bring the foregoing to the notice of the CPSEs under their administrative control for necessary action at their end.

(Samsul Haque)
Under Secretary

Source: www.dpe.nic.in
[http://dpe.nic.in/sites/upload_files/dpe/files/glch04b148_08012014.pdf]