Wednesday 31 August 2016
PLB ceiling enhancement to Rs.7000/- applicable to year 2014-15 - Calculation
7/4/2014/E-IIIA
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Grant of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) and non-Productivity Linked Bonus (Ad-hoc bonus) in case of Central Government employees for the accounting year 2014-15- enhancement of the calculation ceiling- Regarding
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7th Pay Commission: Allowances committee working on inflation expectations
New Delhi: Finance Ministry sources today said on condition of anonymity that committee under Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa has been set up to examine the suggestions of the 7th Pay Commission on allowances, has been working to make the new allowances structure keeping in mind the inflation.
The sources revealed that the committee will consider the high cost of housing rent in cities while fixing the new house rent allowance (HRA) and it will submit its report on new allowances of 48 lakh central government employees. “At this moment it is difficult to say, but it will take at least one month,” they said adding that the time limit can’t be extended.
Responding to various queries and opinions sources said issues like inflation, the government’s financial position and new salary structure of government employees would also be taken into consideration before submitting the report on new allowances.
By giving house rent allowance hikes, the committee is likely to seek to encourage property owners to rent out their properties, reduce the shortage of dwellings and to provide ‘housing for all central government employees’, sources added.
Besides the basic salary, a large portion of central government employees’ salary is the house rent allowance; so no changes of percentage will be made in this category of allowance this time, they confirmed.
Accordingly, ‘X’ class cities Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune, where employees will get 30 percent of their pay matrix as house rent allowance (HRA), no increasing from the existing 30 percent.
Employees posted at ‘Y’ class cities covers near about 90 stations, will receive 20 percent of pay matrix, at the existing percentage.
In other areas, the house rent allowance will be 10 percent of pay matrix, which is the existing rate of house rent allowance (HRA) of ‘Z’ class cities.
While the pay commission recommended HRA for these cities to 24%, 16% and 8% respectively of the pay matrix.
The Finance Secretary Committee on allowances will not propose to increase the rate of transport allowances of central government employees, they will go with ditto the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, they stressed.
The 7th Pay Commission had recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming 37 others out of 196 existing allowances.
The representatives of the employees unions had earlier conveyed to the centre that they did not want it to approve the 7th Pay Commission recommendations on allowances without examining them further.
So cabinet referred it to the Finance Secretary committee to examine, when it cleared the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission in respect of the hike in basic pay and pension on June 29.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in Rajya Sabha in this month, “The committee has been formed under Finance Secretary to look into allowances. Whatever the committee decides, it will go to the Cabinet.”
Brief of the meeting held yestaday between the Government of India and the National Council JCM Staff Side
Shiva Gopal Mishra
Secretary
National council (staff Side)
Joint Consulative Machinery for Central Government Employees
13-C, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi-110001
E-Mail : nc.jcm.np@gmail.com
No.NC/JCM/2016
Dated: August 30, 2016
All Constituents of National Council(JCM)
Dear Comrades!
Sub: Brief of the meeting held today between the Government of India and the National Council (JCM) (Staff Side)
The Government of India has constituted a committee, under the Chairmanship of Addl. Secretary(Exp.) with J.S.(Pers.), JS(Estt.) and JS(Imp.) as members, to deal with the pending issues of our memorandum, submitted to the Empowered Committee, of which prominent are “Minimum Wage and Multiplying Factor”.
The first meeting of the said committee with the National Council(JCM) Staff Side was held today, i.e. 30th August, 2016, which remained almost introductory. Apart from the Official Side members, Shri M. Raghaviah, Shri M.S. Raja and I myself(from the Staff Side JCM) attended the said meeting.
We raised vehemently the issues of “Minimum Wage and Multiplying Formula” and made them very clear that; the VII CPC has accepted Dr. Aykroyd Formula for fixing Minimum Wage, but has not implemented the said formula in full sense, so, that is not acceptable to the Staff Side(JCM), therefore, Minimum Wage from Rs.18000 must be enhanced and accordingly Fitment Formula should also be changed.
It was agreed by the committee that, since we are again meeting on 1st September, 2016 with the Committee on Allowances, the next meeting of the said committee will be fixed in consultation with the Staff Side(JCM).
Thereafter, we also met the Cabinet Secretary(Government of India) and there also we shown our anguish about the inordinate delay in resolving those issues which were agreed to. The Cabinet Secretary said that, orders for the gratuity have been issued for the NPS covered employees, and orders for the PLB and arrears have also been issued. Many of the issues raised by the Staff Side(JCM) have been accepted and implemented and the remaining issues would also be pursued and settled.
Comradely yours,
sd/-
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
Secretary (staff side)
NC/JCM & Convener
Tuesday 30 August 2016
Bank employees to join All India General strike on September 2 & RBI employees to join Sep 2 industrial strike
STRIKE CALLED TO PROTEST AGAINST THE CENTRE'S ANTI-PEOPLE ECONOMIC POLICIES AND ANTI-WORKER LABOUR REFORMS, SAYS UNIONS
AROUND FIVE LAKH BANK EMPLOYEES AND OFFICERS IN BANKS WILL JOIN THE ALL INDIA GENERAL STRIKE ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 TO PROTEST AGAINST THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-PEOPLE ECONOMIC POLICIES AND ANTI-WORKER LABOUR REFORMS.
Employees and officers working in various public sector banks, private banks, foreign banks, regional rural banks and co-operative banks will join the strike.
C H Venkatachalam, general secretary, All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) at the National Trade Union Convention organised by the Central Trade Unions, a call for National General Strike on September 2, 2016 was given against various policies and proposals of the Government.
As far as banking sector is concerned, the government is continuing its attempt to push through their reforms agenda aimed at privatisation of banks, consolidation and merger of Banks, etc.
RBI has announced 'on tap' bank licensing policy to allow more and more private banks. Licenses have been given to big corporate houses to start 'Small Banks' and 'Payment Banks'. More and more private capital and FDI are being encouraged.
Associate Banks and other Public sector banks are sought to be merged on the plea that they are small and hence not viable. But Corporates are being given license to start Small Banks, said Venkatachalam.
Banks are sought to closed in the name of mergers and consolidation. Efficient and well-performing Associate Banks are sought to be closed and merged with SBI.
Bad loans have increased alarmingly to the extent of Rs 13 lakh crore. Instead of taking tough measures to book the culprits and recover the money, more and more concessions are being given to the defaulters.
"In the name of 'cleaning Balance Sheets', all these huge bad loans are sought to be taken out of public glare to silently write them off. On an average about Rs. 50,000 crore of bad loans are being written off per year," said Venkatachalam.
He alleged, Centre is amending laws giving unfettered rights to corporate to hire and fire workers and stripping the workers of their trade union rights.
Monday 29 August 2016
All but BMS reject appeal to call off Sept.2 strike
All the central trade unions (CTUs), barring the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) on Saturday evening categorically rejected the appeal made on Friday by the Union Labour and Employment Minister Bandaru Dattatreya to call off the scheduled September 2 all-India general strike.
Responding to an e-mail sent by the Minister to the trade unions, which lists the ‘proactive steps’ taken by the government to address the unions’ charter of demands, AITUC General Secretary Gurudas Das Gupta told The Hindu, “The Minister’s letter and the status report on our charter of demands is a repetition of old arguments. Nothing tangible has been offered, so our decision to strike stands.”
An isolated BMS, which has had two rounds of talks with the Group of Ministers led by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, is waiting to hear formally from the government before taking a view on the strike.
Virjesh Upadhyay, BMS’ General Secretary told The Hindu, “Yes, I have heard of the Minister’s letter. We do not appreciate the approach of the Centre. Having said that, I want to state that we observed a certain advancement in the position of the government on our demands on issues related to anganwadi workers, bonus, and minimum wages. So, we would wait for a formal word from the government on commitments made to us. Otherwise, we would be compelled to take action.”
The AITUC leader’s letter to the Minister argues that for over a year, the GoM had not convened a single meeting with any central trade union barring one [the BMS].
The letter adds: “The government is going ahead with pro-employer labour law amendments through executive orders or otherwise, and giving assent to the anti-worker amendments moved by some state governments.”
Similar one last year
CTUs had observed a similar strike on September 2 last year on a broad chapter of 12 demands in protest against what they had termed as the “anti-people” policies of the Narendra Modi government. The BMS, which had initially agreed to the strike call, backed off in the last minute.
Unions of central government employees, who have their own grievances related to the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission, are also mulling over the possibility of extending support to the strike.
Last week, university and college teachers’ unions backed the strike. Support to the strike from so many sections could make it one of the biggest in recent memory.
Among the demands of the trade unions are strict enforcement of all basic labour laws, minimum wages of not less than Rs. 15,000 per month with provisions of indexation, assured enhanced pension of not less than Rs. 3,000 per month, stoppage of disinvestment in central/state PSUs, the end of contracting permanent perennial work, and the payment of same wages.
Source : http://www.thehindu.com
2nd SEPTEMBER -2016 ONE DAY ALL INDIA GENERAL STRIKE ON CALL OF ALL CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS & INDEPENDENT FEDERATIONS INCLUDING CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS AND NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES.
2016 September 2nd General Strike 12 Point Charter of Demands of Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions submitted to government
PART – A
1. Urgent measures for containing price rise through universalization of public distribution system and banning speculative trade in commodity market.
2. Containing unemployment through concrete measures for employment generation.
3. Strict enforcement of all basic labour laws without any exception or exemption and stringent punitive measures for violation of labour laws.
4. Universal social security cover for all workers.
5. Minimum wage of not less than 18000/- per month with provisions of indexation (for unskilled worker).
6. Assured enhanced pension not less than 3000 p.m for the entire working population (including unorganized sector workers).
7. Stoppage of disinvestment in Central/state public sector undertakings.
8. Stoppage of contractorisation in permanent/perennial work and payment of same wage and benefits for contract workers as that of regular workers for the same and similar work.
9. Removal of all ceilings on payment and eligibility of bonus, provident fund and increase in quantum of gratuity.
10.Compulsory registration of trade unions within a period of 45 days from the date of submitting application and immediate ratification of ILO conventions C-87 & C-98.
11.No FDI in Railways, Defence and other strategic sectors.
12.No unilateral amendment to labour laws.
PART – B: (CGE & POSTAL DEMANDS)
1. Avoid delay in implementing the assurances given by Group of Ministers to NJCA on 30thJune 2016, especially increase in minimum pay a fitment formula. Implement the assurance in a time bound manner.
2. Settle issues raised by the NJCA, regarding modifications of the 7th CPC recommendations, submitted to Cabinet Secretary on 10th December 2015.
3. Scrap PFRDA Act and New Pension System (NPS) and grant Pension/Family Pension to all Central Government employees under CCS (Pension) Rules 1972.
4. No privatization, outsourcing, contractorisation of Government functions.
5. (i) Treat Gramin Dak Sevaks as Civil Servants and extend all benefits on pay, pension and allownaces of departmental employees.
(ii) Regularise casual, contract, contingent and daily rated workers and grant equal pay and other benefits.
6. Fill up all vacant posts by special recruitment. Lift ban on creation of new posts.
7. Remove ceiling on compassionate appointments.
8. Extend benefit of Bonus Act amendment 2015 on enhancement of payment ceiling to the Adhoc bonus/PLB of Central Govt. employees with effect from the financial years 2014-15. Ensure payment of revised bonus before Pooja holidays.
9. Revive JCM functioning at all levels.
10. Implement Cadre restructuring in left out categories of Postal Department. i.e RMS,MMS,PA CO, SBCO & Postal Accounts etc..
11. Settle the problems related CBS, CIS & stop harassment and Trade Union victimization.
Sunday 28 August 2016
Income Tax Slabs & Rates for Financial Year 2016-2017 (Assessment Year 2017-2018)
Additional tax benefit of Rs.5000/- under Section 87A, if Income is upto Rs.5,00,000/-.
3% Extra Surcharge on total Tax.Section 80GG: Deduction amount under 80GG increased from Rs 24,000 per annum to Rs 60,000 per annum. Section 80GG is applicable for all the individuals who do not own a residential house & do not get HRA (House Rent Allowance).
Section 87A Rebate : Benefit of Rs 5,000 upto the income of Rs 5,00,000. If you are earning below Rs 5 lakh, you can save an additional Rs 3,000 in taxes. Tax rebate under Section 87A has been raised from Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000. Effectively, this means now the basic exemption is of Rs 3 lakh.
Surcharge: 15 % Surcharge on income of more than 1 crore rupees yearly has been proposed, earlier it was 10 %.
National Pension System : 40% of corpus withdrawal at the time of retirement will be tax exempted.
Section 80EE – First time Home Buyers can claim an additional Tax deduction of up to Rs 50,000 on home loan interest payments u/s 80EE.
- The home loan should have been sanctioned in FY 2016-17
- Loan amount should be less than Rs 35 Lakh
- The value of house should not be more than Rs 50 Lakh
INCOME TAX RATES FOR GENERAL CATEGORY (NON SENIOR CITIZENS):
INCOME TAX RATES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS (60 YEARS & ABOVE, BUT BELOW 80 YEARS):
INCOME TAX RATES FOR VERY SENIOR CITIZENS (80 YEARS & ABOVE):
Friday 26 August 2016
Fixation of Pay Who are Promoted after 25.07.2016 (Date of Notification of CCS (Revised) Pay Rules 2016.
FIXATION OF PAY WHO ARE PROMOTED AFTER 25.07.2016 (DATE OF NOTIFICTION OF CCS (REVISED) PAY RULES 2016.
Officials who are getting promotion after 25.07.2016 (Date of notification of Revised Pay Rules 2016), specially MACP-II promotion cases, are confused about their pay fixation.
If an employee is promoted to MACP-II (2800 to 4200) in 6th CPC and then fixed in 7th CPC, will get 2500 to 3000 extra benefit in basic than the official who is promoted in 7th CPC.
Illustration 1: An employee X drawing pay 16490 (13690+2800) on 01.01.2016 promoted to MACP-II on 24/07/2016 and he opted to fix his pay from date of his promotion i.e. 24/07/2016. His fixation will be as below..
| on 01.01.2016 | 16490 (13690+2800) |
| on 01.07.2016 | 16990 (14190+2800) |
| on 05.07.2016 | 16990*3% = 510 |
| His pay will be | 18900 (14700+4200) |
| In 7th CPC | 18900*2.57=48573 |
| He will be fixed to | 49000 in Level 6 |
| on 01.07.2017 | 50500 |
In this case, official have to forget his arrears which will be approximately 40,000.
Illustration 2: An employee Y drawing pay 16490 (13690+2800) on 01.01.2016 promoted to MACP-II on 27/07/2016. His fixation will be as below..
on 01.01.2016
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16490 (13690+2800)
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In 7th CPC
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16490*2.57=42379
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He will be fixed to
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42800 in Level 5
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on 01.07.2017
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44100
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On 27.07.2016
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Increment 45400 which will be fixed to 46200 in Level 6
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on 01.07.2017
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47600
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Difference between X & Y is 2800
Question: Whether official Y can give option to switch over to 7th CPC from date of promotion(27.07.2016), as in the case of official X?
Answer: NO. Option to switch over to 7th CPC from date of Promotion/upgradation is only applicable to those who are placed in a higher grade pay or scale between 1st day of January, 2016 and the date of notification of revised pay rules i.e. 25.07.2016. (Read text in red below)
Question: How can loss of Rs.2800/- be recovered in case of official Y?
Answer: The only way to recover loss is to opt 7th CPC from date subsequent increment i.e. 01.07.2017. But in this case, official B have to forget his 7th CPC arrears upto 01.07.2017, which will be above 1 lakh(approx)(read text in blue below) .
Illustration 3: An employee X drawing pay 16490 (13690+2800) on 01.01.2016 promoted to MACP-II on 27/07/2016 and he opted to switch over to 7th CPC from date of his subsequent increment i.e. 01/07/2017. His fixation will be as below..
on 01.01.2016
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16490 (13690+2800)
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on 01.07.2016
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16990 (14190+2800)
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on 27.07.2016
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16990*3% = 510
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His pay will be
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18900 (14700+4200)
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on 01.07.2017
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18900*3%=567=570
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He will be
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19470 (15270 +4200)
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In 7th CPC
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19470*2.57=50038
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Which will be fixed at
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50500 on 01.07.2017
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Official have to forget arrears, which will be above 1 Lakh.
Read Rule 5 of CCS Revised Pay Rules-2016.
5. Drawal of pay in the revised pay structure.– Save as otherwise provided in these rules, a Government servant shall draw pay in the Level in the revised pay structure applicable to the post to which he is appointed:
Provided that a Government servant may elect to continue to draw pay in the existing pay structure until the date on which he earns his next or any subsequent increment in the existing pay structure or until he vacates his post or ceases to draw pay in the existing pay structure:
(Note: Official can elect to draw his pay as per 6th CPC upto 01.07.2016 or upto 01.07.2017)
Provided further that in cases where a Government servant has been placed in a higher grade pay or scale between 1st day of January, 2016 and the date of notification of these rules on account of promotion or upgradation, the Government servant may elect to switch over to the revised pay structure from the date of such promotion or upgradation, as the case may be.
(Note: Option to switch over to 7th CPC from date of promotion/upgradation will not be available to those who are promoted after 25.07.2016)
Explanation 1.- The option to retain the existing pay structure under the provisos to this rule shall be admissible only in respect of one existing Pay Band and Grade Pay or scale.
Explanation 2.- The aforesaid option shall not be admissible to any person appointed to a post for the first time in Government service or by transfer from another post on or after the 1st day of January, 2016, and he shall be allowed pay only in the revised pay structure.
Explanation 3.- Where a Government servant exercises the option under the provisos to this rule to retain the existing pay structure of a post held by him in an officiating capacity on a regular basis for the purpose of regulation of pay in that pay structure under Fundamental Rule 22, or under any other rule or order applicable to that post, his substantive pay shall be substantive pay which he would have drawn had he retained the existing pay structure in respect of the permanent post on which he holds a lien or would have held a lien had his lien not been suspended or the pay of the officiating post which has acquired the character of substantive pay in accordance with any order for the time being in force, whichever is higher.
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