The Empowered Committee is Expected to Meet on 11th June 2016

Many unconfirmed sensational news about 7th Pay Commission – Exclusive Report by GServants................... 

Some news on 7th pay commission are being posted in couple of websites -on a nearly daily basis.

All Central Government Employees are eagerly searching for latest news about 7th pay commission regularly. But to attract these visitors, some websites keep posting some unconfirmed news on a regular basis.

When reading this, the CG Employees wanted to check the authenticity of the news with their Association Leaders. While asking them, they expect that the Leaders should tell, “Yes, it’s true”.

But the worst part of this story is the Federation Leaders couldn’t tell anything against their wish.

The top level Union leaders are flooded with queries about pay commission from Cg Staffs when they come to headquarters. Unfortunately they have no answers to this queries.

In addition to that, by posting this unconfirmed sensational news, these particular websites are adding fuel to fire.

In spite of this, News about Implementation dates and Minimum wages are keep changing and coming every day.

The latest news is, the Empowered Committee on 7th CPC is Expected to Meet on 11th June 2016. And the Minimum wage will be 24000/-

Procedure for reversal of transaction using HCRT menu in DOP Finacle

• Previously for excess deposits there was no procedure in DOP Finacle we use to make an error entry and do the correction according to the procedure.
• Actually we have a special menu for reversal of any type of transaction in DOP Finacle which isHCRT.
• HCRT stands for Create and Update Reversal Transaction.

Scenarios in which we can use HCRT menu

• This menu can be used in the following scenario

When an erroneously excess deposit made accounts i..e, recently due to server problem when we post the RD bulk lists system credited twice in some of the accounts. For those accounts to reverse the excess deposit we have to use this menu.

Step by step procedure for reversal of Transaction using HCRT menu

Penalty for urinating in open, spitting in Central Government Offices

Urinating in open and spitting on the central government office premises will now attract a penalty as the Centre has issued a new Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ to ensure a clean, hygienic and healthy work environment. 

Also, littering and non-collection of construction and demolition waste by the contractor will also attract the penalty. These SOPs have been shared with all central government ministries recently asking them to follow the new procedures to ensure complete sanitation in office premises, senior government officials said. 

It mandates every department to form a sanitation committee under the chairmanship of relevant Joint Secretary looking after the charge of administration to monitor compliance to the SOP. The SOP casts an obligation on authority concerned to “impose penalty on defaulters for littering, spitting and open urinating” besides conducting surprise inspections of the office premises to ensure a clean, hygienic and healthy work environment. 

“If contractors have the obligation to collect the construction and demolition waste, it should be done immediately after all work is finished. Failure to do so will attract penalty,” says the SOPs, sent to secretaries of all central government ministries. 

The central government departments have been asked to carry out self-assessment and ratings for the buildings on overall sanitation infrastructure by measuring their effort in removing paan and gutkha stains, providing dustbins and required number of urinals to meet the cleanliness needs.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in October 2014 launched the Swachh Bharat Mission with an aim to make the country absolutely clean by October 2, 2019. All government departments have been asked to ensure collection of waste, rubbish and debris inside and outside the building and garden or open spaces and dispose as per set frequency, the SOP said. 

An intensive cleaning of the entire office premises should be carried out at least once in two months which should also involve participation of all officials and staff (through Shramdaan) for disposal of redundant or unused hardware, furniture which can be added to inventory and re-allocated as per demand, it said. “Weeding and recording of files should be resorted to at least once in six months. The records in the record room should be reviewed once a year and destroyed as per guidelines. 

This would ensure that constant space is created for keeping more recorded files. If necessary extra manpower for this purpose should be resorted to,” the SOP said. The purpose of this SOP is to improve current cleanliness levels in the government of India offices. The primary way to achieve cleanliness is through inculcating good sanitation and hygiene practices in employees and visitors, it said. 

PTI

GOOD NEWS -- SALARY HIKE FOR OUR GDS, SAYS - "IT MINISTER"

A Very good news for our G.D.S, Employees:: 

"Working hours of GDS Employees will be increased from existing 5 hours to 8 hours and salary hike will also be made says -- Our IT Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad

and

A decision may be made on 25th of this month for 7th pay commission -- says Central Minister, Bandaru Dattareya, 

during the 11th Federal executive meeting held on 21st and 22nd this month.

BPEF FEDERAL COUNCIL MEETING -"INVITATION"

...DEAR MEMBERS, INFORM YOUR PROBLEMS...

CONGRATULATIONS TO SRI B.V. KRISHNA RAO GARU

Hearty Congratulations to Sri.B.V.Krishna Rao garu who has been elected as Secretary, Gudivada Division at the General Body meeting held on 01/05/2016

GENERAL BODY MEETING ON 01/05/2016

Our B.P.E.A CLASS III Union GENERAL BODY Meeting is scheduled on 01/05/2016 at 11.00 AM 

Venue: Gudivada

Dear Members, please do attend the meeting

Regards,
BPEA Gudivada.

1st Anniversary meeting photos

THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING INVITATION

VENUE:KAIKALUR SUB POST OFFICE ON 21-02-2016 AT 03:-00 PM

Dear Friends,

All the members are cordially invited for our union 1st Anniversary meeting at Kaikalur SO premises on 21.02.16 by 3.00 pm onwards. Kindly make it convenient to come to the meeting and make it a grand success.Thank You.

Revised date for union meeting scheduled on 09-02-2016

Our union meeting which was scheduled on 04-02-2016 has been changed to 09-02-2016... So...dear members, Kindly follow the revised scheduled date...

Budget 2015: Trade unions demand hike in income tax exemption ceiling to Rs 5 lakh

NEW DELHI: Trade union leaders today demanded an increase in income tax exemption ceiling for salaried class to Rs 5 lakh in the upcoming Budget.
The income tax exemption ceiling at present is Rs 2.5 lakh.
They also demanded that disinvestment in profit-making public sector units be stopped forthwith and budgetary support should be given for revival of potentially viable sick CPSUs.
In their pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitely, representatives of 11 trade unions also opposed FDI in crucial sectors like defence production.
They also asked the government to take effective measures to contain inflation. A ban on forward trading in commodities and rationlisation of tax/cess/duty on petroleum products were some their other demands.
"We also expressed our serious concern and dismay over the manner the government have been pushing various major economic policy related decisions through promulgation of ordinances.
"In particular, we opposed the ordinance on the coal sector, insurance sector and Land Acquisition Act...we demand all such ordinances should be withdrawn forthwith," All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) Secretary D L Sachdev told reporters after the meeting.
A joint statement by the 11 unions said: "Concrete steps must be taken to recover huge accumulated unpaid arrears which has already crossed Rs 5 lakh crore on direct and corporate tax accounts alone."
The trade unions also suggested that the scope of the MGNREGA be expanded to agriculture operations and urban areas.
They also said SIT constituted for unearthing black money must deliver visible result which is yet to be seen.
Representatives from Centre for Indian Trade Union (CITU), Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) besides All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) attended the meeting among others.

UNION MONTHLY MEETING DETAILS

OUR UNION (BPEA -CLASS-III) MONTHLY MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON 04/02/2016 WITH SP, GUDIVADA, KINDLY ELEVATE THE PROBLEMS(IF ANY) TO OUR TREASURER ON OR BEFORE 27/01/2016.

CONTACT:

E SUBBA RAO GARU,
PA, GUDIVADA H.O.
PHNO:8500730612.

Announcement Of A Deferral Of 7th CPC Award Is Expected To Be Part Of Jaitley's Budget Speech On February 29

The announcement of a deferral is expected to be part of Jaitley's Budget speech on February 29

With a massive financial resource crunch estimated for 2016-17, the government is planning to defer the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission award.

Last week, the Union Cabinet approved the formation of an empowered committee of secretaries to work out ways for staggering the award through more than one financial year, instead of letting the Rs 1,02,100-crore bill from the implementation of the award come up at one go.

A top-ranked official said one of the options for the empowered committee was to defer the increase in allowances for central government employees, while letting the rise in pay for all scales to go through. According to finance ministry figures, the ratio of allowances to pay for these 4.7 million employees is 1:1.4. For instance, the Budget estimates in 2015-16 pegged the salary bill for all central government employees at Rs 60,731 crore, whereas the tab for allowances is Rs 84,437.4 crore.The step would allow Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to keep the Budget numbers for this financial year and the next close to the targeted 3.9 per cent and 3.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) that he has committed himself to. For instance, even if the annual expenditure for 2016-17 were kept at about Rs 18 lakh crore (almost unchanged from Rs 17,77,477 crore in 2015-16), the Pay Commission recommendations would add another 5.5 per cent to it.

Given the sluggish pace of GDP growth and the almost negative deflator, the aggregate Budget numbers would otherwise be impossible to sustain on the back of the current trend in growth of tax receipts - just 50 per cent of the Budget estimates after the first eight months of the year, according to Controller General of Accounts data. The assumptions being worked on in North Block are that these might not change dramatically in the next financial year, too.

The announcement of a deferral is expected to be part of Jaitley's Budget speech on February 29. The formation of an empowered committee for the pay panel recommendations, again a first for the central government, is meant to bring all stakeholders on board in the exercise.

The official explained ministry-wise consultations with the department of expenditure in the finance ministry, in the run up to the Budget, were mostly over. Those discussions had proceeded on the assumptions that the Pay Commission recommendations would be implemented. It was now necessary to bring the secretaries of key departments on board about the need for a drastic cut-back on those estimates.

The status quo on allowances would also allow the government to ignore the demand made by various staff associations to raise the minimum level of salary for employees. The Pay Commission has suggested that the minimum should be Rs 18,000 per month; the unions have demanded that it should be raised to a band of Rs 19,000 to Rs 21,000 a month. Such a change would have created a ripple effect. About 70 per cent of the government employees are bunched in the non-executive ranks; the starting salary for them tops about Rs 42,000 a month, show calculations by the Commission. Even a modest increase in pay for them would cascade the bill for the government by another Rs 50,000 crore annually. The award of the Commission is slated to take effect from January 1 this year.

A key element in the plan to defer some elements of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations will be the railway ministry. Government managers reckon the powerful unions of the Indian Railways need to be brought on board for this plan to be successful. The higher wage bill for the Suresh Prabhu-led ministry works out to Rs 28,450 crore a year, only a shade less than the yearly loss it makes on its passenger services at present. No formal communications have been sent out to the railway unions by the committee. "It will follow once the empowered committee has decided to take a call on which allowances to clip," said the official.

In a recent television interview, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha had said the Pay Commission recommendations were the biggest headache for his ministry, struggling to keep the aggregate expenditure of the Union government under control.

NEW YEAR GREETINGS FROM OUR MEMBERS TO OUR BELOVED SUPDT. OF PO'S, GUDIVADA DIVISION

WISH YOU HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2016

BPEA, GUDIVADA WISHES EVERY ONE A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR WITH LOADS OF LOVE and HAPPINESS

Performance Is The Main Constraint On Annual Increment In 7th CPC

Withholding Annual Increments of Non-performers after 20 Years

There is a widespread perception that increments as well as upward movement in the hierarchy happen as a matter of course. The perception is that grant of MACP, although subject to the employee attaining the laid down threshold of performance, is taken for granted. This Commission believes that employees who do not meet the laid down performance criterion should not be allowed to earn future annual increments.

‘Good’ to ‘Very Good’ – 7th CPC enhancing the performance level for MACP and Regular Promotion

‘Good’ to ‘Very Good’ – 7th CPC enhancing the performance level for MACP and Regular Promotion

The 7th Pay Commission has recommended on the benchmark level for MACP and Regular Promotion in Central Government services.

The 7th Pay Commission feels that a significant change is required in promotion aspect. The benchmark for performance appraisal for MACP as well as for regular promotion.

7th Pay Commission report on IPs and ASPOs

Inspector in Indian Postal Service

The Commission, recommends that Inspector (Posts) who are presently in the GP 4200 should be upgraded to GP 4600. With this upgradation, Inspector (Posts) shall come to lie in an identical grade pay as that of their promotion post of Assistant Superintendent of Posts (ASPOs).

ASPOs in Indian Postal Service

Commission has felt that a higher grade would need to be extended to ASPOs. Accordingly, the Commissionrecommends that the promotional post of ASPOs be placed in the next higher GP 4800 and further, the post of Superintendent (Posts), which is presently in the GP 4800, be moved up to GP 5400 (PB-2).

CHARTER OF DEMANDS - BY NC JCM STAFF SIDE

CHARTER OF DEMANDS

1.    Re-compute  the  minimum  wage  on  the  basis  of  the  actual  commodity  prices  as  on

1.7.2015 and factor the Dr. Aykroyd formula stipulated percentages for housing and socialobligations, children education etc. Revise the fitment formula  and pay levels on the basisof the so determined minimum wage;

We are not in agreement with the methodology adopted by the 7th  CPC in computing the minimum WAGE. We give hereunder briefly the reasons thereof.

1.   The  retail    prices  of  the  commodities  quoted  by  the  Labour  bureau  is  irrational, imaginary and even absurd in respect of certain articles at certain places.  The Staff Sidehad objected to the adoption of those rates in its meeting with the Commission on 9thJune, 2015.

2.   The adoption of 12 monthly average of the retail prices is contrary to Dr. Aykroyd formula.  Same is the case with the reduction effected by the Commission on housing and social obligation factors. The house rent allowance is not a full compensation of the expenditure incurred by an employee for obtaining an accommodation.  Therefore, no reduction on that count in arriving at the minimum wage is permissible.  We may cite the minimum wage computation made by the 3rd  CPC in this regard,   The employees were in receipt of HRA even at that time.  But still the 3rd  CPC, and rightly so, adopted the 7.5% as the factor for housing.  In  respect of the addition to be made for children education and social obligation as per the Supreme Court judgement, (25%) the Commission  has  reduced  the  percentage  to  15%  on  the  specious  plea  that  the employees are separately given children education allowance.  The Children education allowance is not a full reimbursement of the expenses one has to incur.   After the liberalization of the Education Sector where private parties were  allowed to set upuniversities and colleges, the expenses for education had increased heavily .   No concession or allowance is granted to the employees for educating the children beyond the higher secondary levels.   The earlier Pay Commission has only tried to compensate a little in the increasing cost of education and that too at the primary level, since even the Governmental institutions had started charging abnormal tuition and other fees.

Proposal to increase the ceiling of Bonus – Minister replied in Parliament

Changes under Bonus Act

Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for Ministry Labour and Employment in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today stated that there is a proposal to increase the eligibility limit and calculation ceiling under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965.

The minimum wage in the country may not be comparable to those of developed countries owing to differences in exchange rates, purchasing power parity of local currencies, etc. Also under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, both Central and State Governments are appropriate Governments to fix, review and revise the minimum wages of the workers employed in the scheduled employment under their respective jurisdictions. As regards minimum wages in States, there is disparity due to variations in socio-economic and agro-climatic conditions, income, prices of essential commodities, paying capacity, productivity and local conditions. However, as per the available information, a statement showing the range of rates of minimum wages in all the States/Union Territories is enlisted here.

Bhuvan Indiapost Geo Tag App Operating Procedure

              Bhuvan IndiaPost App is a user-friendly mobile application which enables to collect and report for geo-tagged of Post Office information on various parameters such as type of post office, name, services offered, delivery status, PIN-code and address. This mobile app will provide a platform for controlled crowd sourcing to build spatial database on Bhuvan Geo-platform.

For direct download type URL: 

http://bhuvan3.nrsc.gov.in/bhuvanapp/bhuvanapp_post.php

For visualisation and download option type URL: 

http://bhuvan-noeda.nrsc.gov.in/ministry/postal

The Internet connectivity is not required during data collection process. The internet connection through GPRS or 3G or 4G or wi-fi is necessary only to upload the data collected on Bhuvan IndiaPost Server.

Suggestions by BPEF to improve 7th CPC Recommendations

BHARATIYA POSTAL EMPLOYEES FEDERATION

                         (An All India Industrial Unit of BMS)

T-21, Atul Grove Road , New Delhi-110 001

  BPEF/ 7th CPC/examination / recommendation/2015                     Dated: 7-12-2015

       

       To

                       The Secretary

                        Department of Posts

                        Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001

Sub: Process to examine the recommendations made in the report of the 7th C.P.C.-

         Meeting with Departmental J.C.M. on 8-12-2015 at 11-00 A.M. -Regarding.  

Respected Madam,

           

Bharatiya Postal Employees Federation has studied the report containing the recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission and observed that the spirit and promises made by Chairman Shri A.K. Mathur are not reflected in the recommendations.  Certain omissions and suspicion about the service conditions of serving employees are leading to the unrest and anguish among the Central Government employees in general and Postal employees in particular. The views of BPEF with regard to all above  are reproduced below for merit based and sympathetic consideration for genuine redressal of the grievances to boost up the morale and restore the confidence and stamina so that they can serve the Nation in a better way for achieving the goal of the fastest growing economy and youngest Nation of the world.

The 7th C.P.C. has made following promises before recommending the new pay structure and providing replacement benefits.

Para 1.31 of 7th C.P.C. -The Sole consideration with the commission was to ensure that employees do not suffer economic hardship so that they can deliver and render the best possible service to the country and make the governance vibrant and effective.

1.30    . The recent trend of hounding civil servants as criminals for the failure of bona fide decisions is not a happy one. This will discourage the bureaucracy to take bold decisions in fear of being hounded if such a decision misfires. Any misadventure should not be looked upon with suspicion unless it has definite criminal intent to benefit either himself or someone else. If this trend is not checked it will lead to disastrous consequences. 

1.29    As we have mentioned above, government service is not a contract. It is a status . The employees expect a fair treatment from the government . The states should play role model for the services. In this connection, it will be useful to quote the observations in the case of Bhupendra Nath Hazarika and another vs. State of Assam and others (reported in 2013 (2) Sec. 5(16) wherein the Apex Court has observed as follows.”……It should always be borne in mind that legitimate aspirations of the employees are not guillotined and a situation is not created where hope end in despair. Hope for everyone is gloriously precious and that a model employer should not convert it to be deceitful and treacherous by playing a game of chess with their seniority. A sense of calm sensibility and concerned sincerity should be reflected in every step. An atmosphere of trust has to prevail and when the employees are absolutely sure that their trust shall not be betrayed and they shall be treated with dignified fairness then only the concept of good governance can be concretized. We say no more.”