Travelling Allowance Rules – Implementation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission

No.19030/1/2017-EIV

Government Of India

Ministry Of Finance

Department Of Expenditure

New Delhi, the 18 August 2017

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Travelling Allowance Rules – Implementation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission.

Consequent upon the issuance of this Department O.M. of even number dated 13.07.2017 regarding implementation of recommendations of 7th CPC on Travelling Allowance(TA), various references are being received in this Department seeking clarifications regarding admissibility of composite Transfer Grant (CTG) and TA/Daily Allowance (DA).

2. The matter has been considered in this Department and with the approval of competent Authority, it has been decided that admissibility of CTG and Transportation of personal effects on Transfer and Retirement will be regulated as under:-

i. In case, the employee has been transferred prior to 01.07.2017 and has assumed charge prior to 01.07.2017, the employee will be eligible for CTG at pre-revised scale of pay if the personal effects have been shifted after 01.07.2017, revised rates for transportation of personal effects will be admissible.

ii. In case, the employee has been transferred prior to 01.07.2017 and has assumed charge on/after 01.07.2017 the employee will be eligible for CTG at revised scale of pay, as the personal effects would be shifted after 01.07.2017, revised rates for transportation of personal effects will be admissible.

iii. In case of retirement, if an employee has retired prior to 01.07.2017, the employee will be eligible for CTG at pre-revised scale of pay. if the personal effects have shifted after 01.07.2017, revised rates for transportation of personal effects will be admissible.

Hindi version is attached.

Sd/-

(Nirmala Dev)

Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

Online Appointment System for CGHS beneficiaries

Procedure for booking of air-tickets on LTC

No. 31011/5/2014-Estt (A.IV)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel,Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training

Establishment A-IV Desk

North Block, New Delhi-110 001

Dated: August 21, 2017

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Procedure for booking of air-tickets on LTC – clarification reg.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. of even no. dated 23.09.2015 on the subject noted above and to say that as per the extant instructions, whenever a Government servant claims LTC by air, he/she is required to book the air tickets directly from the airlines (Booking counters, website of airlines) or by utilizing the services of the authorized travel agents viz. ‘M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company’, ‘M/s Ashok Travels & Tours’ and ‘IRCTC’ (to the extent IRCTC is authorized as per DoPT O.M. No. 31011/6/2002-Est(A) dated 02.12.2009) while undertaking LTC journey(s).

2. In this regard, references are received in this Department seeking clarification whether the aforesaid condition of booking the tickets through authorized travel agents needs to be followed in cases where a non-entitled Government servant travels by air on LTC and claims the entitled train fare.

3. The matter has been examined in consultation with Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance and it is hereby clarified that in case of non-entitled Government servants travelling by air on LTC and claiming entitled rail fare, the condition of booking the air tickets through authorised travel agents viz. ‘M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company’, ‘M/s Ashok Travels & Tours’ and ‘IRCTC’ may not be insisted upon. In rest of the cases, the condition of booking the tickets through authorised modes shall continue to follow.

(Surya Narayan Jha)

Under Secretary to the Government of Ind

STRIKE DECISION OF 23rd AUGUST STANDS

            NFPE FEDERAL SECRETARIAT MEETING WAS HELD AT NFPE OFFICE  NORTH AVENUE  POST OFFICE BUILDING , NEW DELHI-110 001  TODAY 0N DATED 21^st AUGUST-2017 UNDER THE PRESIDENTSHIP OF COM. GIRIRAJ SINGH , PRESIDENT NFPE.

            ALL GENERAL SECRETARIES AND AVAILABLE NFPE OFFICE BEARERS AT DELHI HQ ATTENDED THE MEETING. THE FEDERAL SECRETARIAT DISCUSSED THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE STRIKE IN DETAIL.

            IT WAS DECIDED UNANIMOUSLY THAT NFPE WILL GO ON STRIKE ON 23.08.2017.

            ALL CIRCLE/DIVISIONAL AND BRANCH SECRETARIES OF NFPE UNIONS ARE REQUESTED TO MAKE ALL EFFORTS TO MAKE ONE DAY STRIKE ON 23.08.2017- A GRAND SUCCESS

                                                                                                R.N. PARASHAR

                                                                                            SECRETARY GENERAL NFPE

MAKE ONE DAY STRIKE A GRAND SUCCESS

MAKE ONE DAY STRIKE

A GRAND SUCCESS

ON 23.08.2017

INTENSIFY THE PREPARATIONS

FOR SETTLEMENT OF UNDERMENTIONED 

10 POINTS CHARTER OF DEMANDS

1.    Filling up of all vacant posts in all cadres of Department of Posts i.e. PA, SA, Postmen, Mailguard, Mailmen, MTS, PACO, PASBCO, Postal Accounts and GDS.

2.    Implementation of positive recommendations of GDS committee Report. Grant of Civil Servant status to GDS

3.    Membership verification of GDS and declaration of result of regular employees membership verification.

4.    Stop all types of harassment and victimization in the name of new schemes and technology induction and under contributory negligence factor and Trade Union victimization.

5.    Payment of Revised wages and arrears to the casual, part-time, contingent employees and daily rated mazdoors as per 6^th& 7^th CPC and settle other issues of casual labourers.

6.    Stop Privatization, Contractorization and outsourcing.

7.    Implement cadre Restructuring for leftout categories i.e. RMS, MMS, PACO, PASBCO, Postmaster Cadre Postal Accounts etc. and accept the modifications suggested by Federation before implementation of cadre restructuring in Postal Group ‘C’.

8.    Provision of CGHS facilities to Postal Pensioners also as recommended by 7^thCPC.

9.    Withdraw NPS (Contributory Pension Scheme). Guarantee 50% of last pay drawn as minimum pension.

10. Implement five days week working for operative staff in the Postal department.

7th CPC Children Education Allowance – Orders issued by DoPT on 16.8.2017

No.A-27012/02/2017-Estt.(AL)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, P.G. and Pensions

Department of Personnel & Training

New Delhi, 16 August, 2017

Subject: Recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission — Implementation of decision relating to the grant of Children Education Allowance.

Consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the Seventh Central Pay Commission on the subject of Children Education Allowance Scheme, the following instructions are being issued in supersession of this Department’s OM dated 28-4-2014 : –

(a) The amount fixed for reimbursement of Children Education allowance will be Rs.2250/-pm.

(b) The amount fixed for reimbursement of Hostel Subsidy will be Rs. 6750/-pm.

(c) In case both the spouses are Government servants, only one of them can avail reimbursement under Children Education Allowance.

(d) The above limits would be automatically raised by 25% every time the Dearness Allowance on the revised pay structure goes up by 50%. The allowance will be double for differently abled children.

2. Further, reimbursement will be done just once a year, after completion of the financial year. For reimbursement of CEA, a certificate from the head of institution, where the ward of government employee studies, will be sufficient for this purpose. The certificate should confirm that the child studied in the school during the previous academic year. For Hostel Subsidy, a similar certificate from the head of institution will suffice, with the additional requirement that the certificate should mention the amount of expenditure incurred by the government servant towards lodging and boarding in the residential complex. The amount of expenditure mentioned, or the ceiling as mentioned above, whichever is lower, shall be paid to the employee.

3. These orders shall be effective from 1st July, 2017.

4. Insofar as persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller and auditor General of India.

Hindi version will follow.

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(Navneet Misra)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

Authority: www.dopt.gov.in

Recommendations of the 7th CPC - implementation of decisions relating to Special Allowance for child care for women with disabilities.

Recommendations of the 7th CPC - implementation of decisions relating to Special Allowance for child care for women with disabilities.

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implementation of recommendation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission - Conveyance Allowance.

Anomaly in Pay Matrix levels of 7th CPC

National Federation of Indian Railwaymen 

3, CHELMSFORD ROAD, NEW DELHI – 110 055

No.IV/NAC/7th CPC/2016 

Dated:10/08/2017

The Secretary (E), Railway Board, New Delhi 

Dear Sir, 

Sub: Anomaly in Pay Matrix levels of 7th CPC.

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NFIR brings to the kind notice of Railway Board the anomaly arisen due to non-grant of 3% of pay towards annual increment, pursuant to implementation of 7th CPC pay matrix levels as explained below:-

(a) Clause (c) of terms of reference of the National Anomaly Committee says that the Official Side and Staff Side are of the opinion that any recommendation is in contravention of the principle or the policy enunciated by the 7th CPC itself without the commission assigning any reason, constitutes an anomaly.

(b) The recommendations of 7th CPC regarding Annual Increment are as follows:

(i) 7th CPC Report —Highlights of recommendations-

Annual Increment- The rate of annual increment is being retained at 3%.

(ii) 7th CPC Report Forward:-

Para 1.19- The prevailing rate of increment is considered satisfactory and has been retained.

(iii) 7th CPC Report —Chapter 4.1-Principles of pay determination –

Para-4.1.17 —The various stages within a pay level moves upwards at the rate of 3% per annum. 

(iv) 7th CPC Report -Chapter -5.1 —Pay structure (Civilian employees)

Para 5.1.38-Annual Increment.

“The rate of annual increment is being retained at 3%”  Para 5.1.21-The vertical range of each level denotes pay progress within that level. That indicates steps of annual financial progression of 3% within each level.

However, contrary to the above principle laid down by 7th CPC, the actual increment rate in the following pay level of the pay matrix are less than 3% as illustrated in the following table.

S.No	Pay level in The pay level (Cell)	Basic pay in the revised scale	Next above basic pay after adding 3% increment	Next above basic pay after fixed as per pay matrix	Amount of loss to the employee	Actual increment rate 3%
1	12	24900	25647	25600 (Cell 13)	47	2.81
2	2	20500	21115	21100 (Cell 3)	15	2.92
3	9	27600	28428	28400 (Cell 10)	28	2.89
4	11	34300	35329	35300 (Cell 12)	29	2.91
5	10	38100	39243	39200 (Cell 11)	43	2.88
6	9	44900	46247	46200 (Cell 10)	47	2.89
7	13	64100	66023	66000 (Cell 14)	23	2.96
8	9	60400	62212	62200 (Cell 10)	12	2.98
9	18	87700	90331	90300	31	2.96

(d) From the above table it can be concluded that: 

1. The recommendations of 7th CPC regarding increment rate is in contravention of the principle or policy enunciated by 7th CPC, hence it constitutes an anomaly .

2. In many stages even though the increment rate shown is 3%, it is rounded off to next below amount causing financial loss to the employees.

3. In the 6th CPC, while calculating increment, if the last digit as one or above, it used to be rounded off to next 10. So in this pay matrix, if the amount is 10 and above, it should be rounded off to next 100.

NFIR therefore requests the Railway Board to take necessary action for rectification of anomaly so as to ensure that the increment @ 3% of pay is granted to employees in whose cases where the actual amount is less than 3%.

Yours faithfully,

(Dr M. Raghavaiah) 

No Hike in Minimum Pay : 7th Pay Commission – Bad News for Central Government Employees, No minimum Pay Hike

Central Government Employee unions have been demanding that the minimum pay be hiked from Rs 18,000 to Rs 26,000. The government had earlier assured to look into this issue.

No Hike in Minimum Pay

There were discussions about hiking the pay by the National Anomaly Committee setup by the central government. The committee was looking into the issue. The government has however decided not to go ahead with the demand. There is no scope for change, the government has decided.

Minimum Pay at Rs 18,000

Despite efforts by the employee unions, the government has decided that the minimum pay would stay at Rs 18,000. The matter is before the committee. It has been sought that the pay be hiked from Rs 18,000 to Rs 26,000. Even if the committee were to consider the same, the government says that there is no scope for any change.

No Scope for PSUs Too

Employees of the Public Sector Units too had made a similar demand. They too had been demanding that their pay is hiked to Rs 26,000. However the government has made it clear it will not be likened to the one that the central government employees are getting.

Frustration Builds

Finance Minister of India, Mr. Arun Jaitley had said after the 7th Pay Commission recommendations were cleared that salaries for central government employees have to be taken respectable when compared to the ones in the private sector. However the central government employees feel cheated and frustrated as their demand for arrears on allowances from July 2016 was not met.

Source: OI

GDS Pay Committee : New wages Matrix

7th CPC Transport Allowance: Modification order for Employees in Pay Level 1 & 2

No.21l5/2017-E.II(B)

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Expenditure

New Delhi, 2nd August, 2017.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Implementation of the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission relating to grant of Transport Allowance to Central Government employees.

In partial modification of this Department's OM. of even number dated 07.07.2017 regarding implementation of the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission relating to grant of Transport Allowance to Central Government employees, the President is pleased to decide that Central Government employees who are drawing pay of Rs.24200/- & above in Pay Level 1 & 2 of the Pay Matrix, shall be eligible for grant of Transport Allowance @ Rs.3600/- plus D.A. thereon at the cities mentioned in the Annexure to the above cited OM. and @ Rs.1800/- plus D.A. thereon at all Other Places.

2. All other contents of the above cited OM. dated 07.07.2017 shall remain unchanged.

3. These orders shall be effective from 1st July, 2017.

4. These orders will apply to all civilian employees of the Central Government. The orders will also apply to the civilian employees paid from the Defence Service Estimates. In respect of the Armed Forces Personnel and Railway employees, separate orders will be issued by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways, respectively.

5. In so far as the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

Hindi version is attached.

(Annie George Mathew)

Joint Secretary to the Government of India