A 300 % Salary Hike Has Been Proposed For President Of India Pranab Mukherjee

In the past days, the Modi government saw a lot of commotion amid the unhappy central government employees with regard to the problems related to minimum wages. The knotty issue has since remained a pressing agenda for many, until today.

In a move that almost looks too good to be true, the Modi government has proposed an increase in the salary of President and the Vice President of India.

Right now, the President withdraws Rs 1.50 lakh per month, the Vice-President Rs 1.25 lakh and the Governor of a state Rs 1.10 lakh.

After the implementation of the 7th pay commission the Cabinet Secretary, who is the topmost bureaucrat in the country, gets Rs 2.5 lakh per month and a Secretary in the Union government draws Rs 2.25 lakh.

But now, the President’s salary will be 5 lakh and the Vice President’s Rs. 3.5 lakh. The spouses of the Presidents will be receiving Rs 30,000 as compensation.

According to sources, the union ministry has already prepared a cabinet note on the proposed salary and is about to present it to the finance committee for a final nod.

Ever since the 7th pay commission swooped in, the salary of the two highest employees of Indian Government looked like peanuts. It increased the pay of the cabinet secretary with more than Rs 1 lakh than that of the President.

The pay commission doesn’t declare or decide the salaries of the President or the Vice President and the prerogative to effect a change lies with Parliament and the government.

The last hike was given in the year 2010 when the salaries were increased by 300%.

The President’s wages was increased to Rs 1.50 lakh per month from Rs 50,000, the Vice-President's to Rs 1.25 lakh from Rs 40,000 and the Governor's salary o Rs 1.10 lakh from Rs 36,000.

Source : http://www.indiatimes.com

Issue of Pensioners Identity Card to pensioners -reg.

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Deputation to Bangkok for training...

Following officers are attending training programme on 'Express Mail Service" at Asian Pacific Postal College (APPC) Bangkok, Thailand from 14th November to 2nd December 2016. 

1. Shri K. Ramesh, AD (Mails) o/o PMG, Vijayawada Region, Vijayawada (AP)

2. Shri Ajith Kurian, Manager (BD) o/o CPMG, Kerala Circle, Trivandrum (Kerala) 

CHQ congratulate the officers for their selection for training on EMS. 

GDS Bonus file sent to Finance Secretary

Seventh Central Pay Commissions recommendations - revision of Pay scales - amendment of Service Rules/Recruitment Rules.

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DPC : PS Gr. B for the year 2018-17 ..... updates

Today,  a group of PS Gr. B officers working in Postal Directorate met Director (Staff) Sri Brijesh Kumarji on the issue of delay in convening of PS Gr. B DPC for the year 2016-17. 

It has been told by him that some reports from Rajasthan, Maharashtra and NE circles are yet awaited. It was also told that clarification is sought from DoPT regarding which bench mark is required for holding of DPC i.e. Good or Very Good. The clarification is said to be awaited from DoPT. 

Director (Staff) Postal Directorate have already talked to DPS (HQ) of the concerned circles for submission of required reports. 

Circle Secretaries and CHQ office bearers of Rajasthan, Maharashtra and NE circles are directed to meet their circle administration today itself and request them to send the required and requisite information/report immediately to Postal Directorate. 

Prescribed Syllabus for P S Group-B Examination

Retirement in the month of October 2016

Following PS Gr. ‘B’ Officers are retiring from Govt. Service on superannuation on 31/10/2016.

Sl. No.	Name of Officer	Designation	Circle
1	L S N Murthy	SSP Cahittor Division	A.P.
2	S V Siva Prasad	SSP Vijayawada Division	A.P.
3	Smt. Kamlesh Rani	Sudpt. Faridkot Division	Punjab
4	V N Dadmal	Supdt. PSD, Nagpur	Maharashtra
5	S N Singh	SPOs, Bhojpur Division	Bihar

CHQ wishes them a very happy, healthy and long retired life.

7th CPC HRA – Allowance Committee Meeting Proposal for House Rent Allowance

Sources said that the Allowance Committee Meeting has finalized a proposal on HRA. It will be finalized in the Meeting held on 25th October 2016. It is said that the proposed Meeting under the Chairmanship of DOPT Secretary (P) with the Secretary Staff Side, NC (JCM) is to firm up the view on various allowances pertaining to Department of Personnel & Training.

This Meeting is conducted as per the decision of Allowance Committee Meeting held on 1-9-2016. The meeting to finalize the allowances pertaining to DOPT has been scheduled to be held on 25th October 2016.

The Reliable Sources said that the Official Side are in the view of increasing HRA by 1 Stage to reach 30% , 20% and 10% .

The pay Commission recommended HRA at the rates initially from 24%, 16%, and 8 % and whenever DA reaches 50% it will be increased to 27%, 18% and 9% and Finally after DA reaches 100% the HRA will be revised to 30% , 20% and 10% for X,Y and Z cities respectively.

The NCJCM has demanded in its Memorandum submitted to the 7th Pay Commission that 60%, 40% and 20% HRA to be recommended for X,Y and Z cities.

The Pay Commission totally ignored this demand and recommended reduction of rates from Sixth CPC. Since it is Co related with DA , it will be increased after two stages to 30%, 20% and 10% after DA reaches 50% and 100%.

The sources said that now it is proposed to start the HRA rates initially from 27%, 18% and 9% and after DA reaches 50% the House Rent Allowance will be revised to 30%, 20% and 10% for X,Y and Z cities respectively.

Source : govtstaffnews.in

7th CPC Minimum Wage and Fitment Formula – Outcome of the meeting published by NC JCM Staff Side

Brief of the meeting held today with Addl. Secretary (Exp.), Deptt. of Exp., MoF(Govt. of India) to discuss the recommendations of the 7th CPC

Shiva Gopal Mishra

Secretary

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National Council (Staff Side)

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Central Government Employees

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No.NC/JCM/2016

Dated: October 24, 2016

All Constituents of NC/JCM

Dear Comrades!

Sub: Brief of the meeting held today with Addl. Secretary (Exp.), Deptt. of Exp., MoF(Govt. of India) to discuss the recommendations of the 7th CPC

A meeting was held today between the Addl. Secretary (Exp.), Deptt. of Exp., MoF(Govt. of India) and Staff Side, National Council(JCM), to discuss the issues of Minimum Wage and Multiplying Factor.

The Staff Side explained in detail about the amendments required in Minimum Wage and Fitment Formula.

The Official Side mentioned that, they are trying to find out some solution to resolve the issues of Minimum Wage and Fitment Formula raised by the Staff Side.

Comradely yours,

sd/-
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)

Secretary(Staff Side)

NC/JCM & Convener

Source: http://ncjcmstaffside.com/

Formation of new Region as "East Region" at Bhagalpur (Bihar Circle)

Release of Commemorative Postage Stamp on Varanasi City – 24th October 2016.

Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi Ji, unveiled several development schemes in Varanasi on 24th October 2016 during his visit to Varanasi. He inaugurated new Varanasi Postal Region. Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Governor of Uttar Pradesh Shri Ram Naik and Hon'ble MoS for Communications and Railways Shri Manoj Sinha released commemorative stamp on Varanasi city at the function held at Varanasi on 24th October 2016.

Philately Exhibition at Mount Abu

Now, get postcards and stamps at your doorstep

CHENNAI, October 24, 2016 : Now, customers don’t have to travel to post offices to buy stamps or postcards. The postman would instead deliver it at their houses.

The latest initiative of the Postal Department has postmen who are out to deliver mails also to sell postal stationery. Postmen will carry postage stamp, revenue stamps, envelopes, postcards and inland letters to be sold to the residents. This is a pilot project launched in the Chennai city region.

The postmen will also collect registered post and speed post from the residents.

Customers can also affix stamps and hand over the mails to them instead of visiting the post office or searching for a postbox.

The postmen will carry a rate chart with them and will issue receipt for the speed posts and registered articles either on the same day or next day. The initiative will be particularly useful to commercial establishments and residents in suburban areas, an official said.

There are over 1,000 postmen in the city. Each will carry Rs. 350 worth postal stationery whenever they step out for delivery. Nearly 50 per cent of the stationery are sold everyday, the official added.

Welcoming the move, residents said it would help senior citizens save the trips to post offices. Consumer activist, T. Sadagopan, meanwhile, suggested that the postmen also carry identity cards.

Source : http://www.thehindu.com/

Representation from Government servant on service matters regarding.

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Implementation of the recommendation of the 7th CPC-Option regarding commutation of additional amount of pension

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Premature repatriation of Shri S.K. Kamila, IPoS(86) from the post of CVO, Ordinance Factory Board (OFB), Kolkata.

The officer has already been posted as Chief PMG, Odisha Circle and likely to join on 26th October 2016. 

Sad Demise......

Shri Kishor Naitam, ASP, Gondia Sub Division (Nagpur Region, Maharashtra) who was admitted in Care Hospital Nagpur for treatment of Dengue expired on 24.10.2016. He was admitted in the hospital on 23.10.2016 since then he was in critical condition. Shri Naitam left behind wife, son and daughter.  His son Kumar Kshitij was also admitted in the hospital for treatment of Dengue two days before his death. Now, Kumar Kshitij was relieved from Hospital. 

Shri Naitam was soft spoken and hard worker officer. Recently GS met him during the 42nd Biennial Circle Conference of Maharashtra Circle held at Pune on 17th and 18th September 2016.

CHQ conveys its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and pray Almighty to rest his soul in peace and shower courage to the family to bear the unbearable loss.

Now, e-postal ballots for service voters

Members of armed forces and some government employees posted in remote areas or abroad will be able to use a system of electronic postal balloting to make it easier and faster for them to cast their votes.

According to senior officials of the government, the legislative department of the law ministry on Friday issued a notification that brought into effect the process of e-postal ballots.

The technical team of the Election Commission of India has developed a system whereby a blank postal ballot could be electronically transmitted to the voter. The voter would have to download the ballot, fill it in and send it back though the postal service.

The move is another step in the government’s Digital India project.

For now, e-postal ballots will only be available to service voters, including personnel of the armed forces, members of Indian supplementary reserve forces, personnel serving outside the state where they are registered as voters and government officials posted outside the country.

The move dispenses with the existing system of two-way postal ballots, which caused significant delays. It is also aimed at easing the difficulty faced by service voters in casting their votes from remote locations. The new system will enable voters to download a postal ballot, print the same, mark their vote and then use the postal service to mail it to the returning officer. The two-way electronic ballots were discouraged by the Election Commission for “security and secrecy reasons”.

This electronic voting system is being introduced on a pilot basis for service voters, but could be later extended to others including special voters and those in preventive detention.

Salaried taxpayers to get SMS alerts on TDS deductions

NEW DELHI: As many as 2.5 crore salaried tax payers will now receive SMS alerts from the Income Tax department regarding their quarterly TDS deductions. 

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today launched the SMS alert service for Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) for salaried class and the CBDT will soon offer this facility on a monthly basis. 

Briefing reporters about the facility, Jaitley said salaried class cannot afford to pay tax twice or indulge in litigations and hence they should be kept updated about their TDS deductions. 

"Hence tax payers will benefit if they receive information through use of technology. So they can match the office salary slip and the SMS and at the end of the fiscal he will be clear about any possible tax dues," Jaitley said. 

He asked the CBDT to work towards making the grievance redressal system for TDS mismatch online so that there is no interface between the tax payer and the tax department. 

Jaitley said e-Nivaran is working well for tax payers and the CBDT is taking several tax payer friendly initiatiave. 

The CBDT will soon extend this SMS facility to another 4.4 crore non-salaried tax payers. 

"The frequency of SMS alerts will be increased, once the process for filing TDS returns is stremlined to receive such information on a real time basis," the CBDT said. 

CBDT Chairperson Rani Singh Nair said the tax department is encouraging people to register their mobile number on the e-filing website. 

She said tax payer will initially receive a welcome message from the CBDT informing him about the facility and after that each assessee would be sent messages informing them about their respective TDS deductions. 

The new step is an effort by the I-T department to directly communicate deposit of tax deducted through SMS alerts to salaried tax payers. In case of a mismatch, they can contact their deductor for necessary correction. 

Besides, SMS alerts will also be sent to deductors who have either failed to deposit taxes deducted ot to e-file their TDS returns by the due date. 

Source : The Economic Times