SEVENTH PAY COMMISSION CONSTITUTED

FM: Prime Minister Approves the Constitution of Seventh Central Pay Commission; Recommendations are Likely to be implemented with effect from 1st January, 2016

The Finance Minister Shri P.Chidambaram in a statement said here today that the Prime Minister has approved the constitution of the Seventh Central Pay Commission.             The fourth, fifth and sixth Central Pay Commissions’ recommendations were implemented as follows: 4th CPC                       1.1.1986 5th CPC                       1.1.1996 6th CPC                       1.1.2006             The average time taken by a Pay Commission to submit its recommendations has been about two years.  Accordingly, allowing about two years for the 7th CPC to submit its report, the recommendations are likely to be implemented with effect from 1.1.2016.             The names of the Chairperson and members as well as the terms of reference (ToR) of the 7th Pay Commission will be finalised and announced shortly after consultation with major stakeholders. ***** Source : PIB (Release ID :99644)  http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=99644

PENSION ARREARS FROM 01.01.2006 AS PER COURT ORDER: GOVERNMENT REPLY IN PARLIAMENT

The orders for implementation of the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of 6th CPC for revision for pension of past pensioners were issued vide this Department’s OM No.38/37/08-P&PW (A) dated 1.9.2008. The provisions of Para 4.2 of this OM were clarified vide this Department’s letter dated 3.10.2008. 

        The Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi in its order dated 1.11.2011 observed that by the OM dated 3.10.2008 the original orders of 1.9.2008 have been modified. Hon’ble CAT directed that the past pensioners may be granted, w.e.f. 1.1.2006, a minimum pension @ 50% of the minimum pay corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale with reference to the fitment table applicable for revision of pay of serving employees. 

        A Writ Petition was filed in the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi challenging the above mentioned order. In its order dated 29.4.2013, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court has upheld the order dated 1.11.2011. After considering the order of Hon’ble High Court of Delhi and various representations received in this regard, Special Leave Petition was filed by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare in the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. 

This SLP came up for hearing recently on 29.7.2013 before the Hon. Supreme Court and has been dismissed. 

        The above information submitted by Min of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions in reply of undermentioned Lok Sabha Question:-

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO 670

ANSWERED ON   07.08.2013

DELAY IN PAYMENT OF ARREARS TO PENSIONERS

670 . Shri VILAS BABURAO MUTTEMWAR

Will the Minister of PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS  be pleased to state:-

(a)  the reasons for inordinate delay in implementation of Hon`ble High Court`s order to give effect to the payment of arrears w.e.f. 01.01.2006 to pensioners retired before 2006; 

(b) whether the Government have received representations from employees organizations and other bodies in this regard; and 

(c) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government on the representations?

ANSWER 

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY) 

(a) to (c): *** see above ***

Source: Lok Sabha Q&A

180-day Maternity Leave for Govt staff must: House panel

NEW DELHI: There are no uniform rules for female employees in government departments and organizations and they are treated by varying yardsticks when it comes to essential benefits like maternity and child care leave (CCL). 

Dismayed after finding that maternity leave can vary from 90 to 135 days, a Parliamentary panel has suggested that all government departments and organizations should ensure 180 days of leave for their women employees. 

The panel found many organizations grant 90, 85 or 135 days of maternity leave. It has said child care leave (CCL) of 730 days must be granted with pay to women employees across the board in government.

The committee was also distressed by the low presence of women employees in Government organizations. "It is disheartening to observe that it is significantly low...10.04% as per the 2012 census of Central Government employees," the panel said. The representation is particularly poor in semi-urban and rural areas. 

The Standing Committee on Law, Personnel and Public Grievances on the 'status of women in government employment and in public sector undertakings' was unhappy that while a majority of the organizations do grant CCL, but they do so without pay. 

For example, Mahanandi Coalfields Ltd gives CCL to female employees working as executives but not for non-executive category. In Cochin Shipyard Ltd, CCL is not granted since there is no specific direction from the department of public enterprises. 

The policy has been discontinued in Mormugao Port Trust even though CCL benefits have been extended to all civilian female industrial employees in government since September, 2008. But many women employees hesitate to avail the leave, if granted without pay. 

Introduction of "flexible timings" for female employees, especially young mothers, so that organizations can retain talent has been mooted by the committee headed by Congress MP Shantaram Naik as the panel found household responsibilities as a major reason for attrition among women employees. 

The government has been asked to explore the policy on "staggered working hours" or "work at home" for female employees. The panel was informed that the recommendation of Sixth Pay Commission regarding staggered working hours was not accepted by the Government. 

Single women should be given postings closest to their hometown or places of their choice, the panel said. "It should be mandatorily ensured," it said, adding that this "pertinent factor" should be kept in mind during allocation of postings by department heads. 

The provision for giving same station posting to couples may be given statutory backing, the panel recommended as it found the instruction is not always adhered to. 

Women employees who travel beyond office hours should be provided with security and proper transport by the employer in order to ensure their safety, the Committee said. 

The panel also noted that action taken on complaints of sexual harassment at workplace is "not satisfactory". It felt merely transferring a delinquent employee to a different branch or station is inadequate and strict disciplinary action is needed. "The punishment has to be deterrent for prospective offenders," the panel said. 

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Post Offices for Women

The objective for opening of all women post offices in the country is to lay focus on women’s empowerment and to achieve Departments objectives and mission to sustain its position as the largest postal network in the world. It is an effort to integrate gender equality and women’s empowerment for good governance by ensuring that women employees working at various levels in the Department have a real voice in the decision making of the Department as well as have a role in the management of post offices in the country. The all women post offices are the post office where all employees are women and they have been given the responsibility of managing the events of the post offices. This is done with a view to promote leadership and managerial qualities in women employees of the Department. These post offices are opened in major cities and at present 34 all women post offices are functioning in the country.These post offices are functioning within the postal network of the Department in the country and not a separate set up of post offices.

Besides this, from customers’ perspective, Post Offices offer products and services like small savings, postal life insurance and other mail related products which are used by the common man. All Women Post Office offers a secured environment to our woman customers from all strata of society to transact postal business with a level of comfort and familiarity with women employees of the Department.

This information was given by Dr. Smt. Killi Kruparani, Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

Sri Abhiram Sahoo , Passed away

Sri Abhiram Sahoo , Officiating PostMaster Puri-2 Mdg passed away last Night in a severe Heart stroke.

With intense grief, the members of NAPE, Group-C, PURI Division pray Lord Jagganath to shower His unending blessings over the bereaved family members of SRI SAHOO to bear with this irreparable loss.

        Let the departed soul rest in eternal peace.

Odisha Circle Postal Carrom Selection for the year 2013-14.

Department of Posts, India

Office of the Chief Postmaster General, Odisha Circle

Bhubaneswar-751001

No .S. Cell/1-22/2013-14

Date: 29.08.2013

Sub:	Odisha Circle Postal Carrom Selection for the year 2013-14.

           

It has been decided to hold the above mentioned  Circle level selection on  04^th & 05^th Sep 2013 in the Recreation Club, CO, Bhubaneswar. Entries of  the following officials have been considered for participation in the circle selection in singles events only. There will be no doubles selection.

1.	Sri Subrat Naik, PA	Bargaon HO, Sundargarh-770016
2.	Shri Srimant Nanda P. A.	Postal printing Press,  Bhubaneswar
3.	Shri Rakhsak  Raj Bhitria,	HRO RMS ‘K’ Dn, Jharsuguda
4.	Shri Subeg Rath, P.A.	O/O C P. M. G. Bhubaneswar
5.	Shri Soumya Prakash Jena, SA	HRO RMS ‘K’ Dn, Jharsuguda
6.	Shri Prasant Kumar Mahapatra, PA to PMG	O/o PMG, Sambalpur Region
7.	Shri Sritam prusty, SA	HRO RMS ’N’ Dn, Cuttack
8.	Shri Prafull Kumar Behera, Steno	O/o the SSPOs, Puri Dn
9.	Sandhya Rani Swain, PA	Bhubaneswar GPO
10.	Shri Kailash Chandra Sahoo, PA	Bhubaneswar GPO
11.	Shri Suraj Singh, PA	Bhubaneswar GPO
12.	Neelima Rout, PA	O/o the SSPOs, Bhubaneswar Dn
13.	Shri Gopinath Kar, BE	O/o the SSPOs, Bhubaneswar Dn
14.	Shri Pramod Ku. Behera, Bindery Assistant	Postal Printing Press, Bhubaneswar
15.	Mandira Behera, PA	Balangir HO
16.	Shri Tarani Ranjan Jena, PA	Balangir HO
17.	Sasmita Devi,	O/o the SSPOs, Bhubaneswar
18.	Shri  Mrutyunjaya Mohanty, Sr. Actt	O/o the DA(P), cuttack
19.	Shri  Bishnu Narayan Mohanty, Sr. Actt.	O/o the DA(P), cuttack
20.	Shri  Dhirendra Kumar praharaj, Sr Actt	O/o the DA(P), cuttack
21.	Shri  J. K. Routray, Postmaster	Pipli LSG PO-752104, Bhubaneswar Dn
22.	Shri  J. K. Mohapatra, O. A.	O/o the SSPOs, Bhubaneswar
23.	Shri   Bhabesh Kumar Dalai, PA	CO, Bhubaneswar
24.	Shri   S. Krishna Sethi, PA	CO, Bhubaneswar
25.	Shri Jhasaketan Tripathy, SPM	Bhawanipatna HO.
26.	Shri Rakhsak  Raj Bhitria,	HRO RMS ‘K’ Dn, Jharsuguda
27.	Shri  Amos Chandra Pradhan, P.A.	Postal Printing Press, Bhubaneswar
28.	Shri Rakhsak  Raj Bhitria,	HRO RMS ‘K’ Dn, Jharsuguda
29.	Shri Subrat Kumar Ray, Bindery Asst.	PPP, Bhubaneswar
30.	Shri Sarat Nayak, Gr-D	Bhubaneswar GPO
31.	Shri Rakhsak  Raj Bhitria,	HRO RMS ‘K’ Dn, Jharsuguda
32.	Sonali Priyadarsini, PA	O/o the SSPOs, Bhubaneswar
33.	Shri Danardan Naik, B. Asst.	PPP, Bhubaneswar
34.	Neelima Rout, PA	Bhubaneswar GPO
35.	Shri Kedar Nath Satpathy, PA	Berhampur HO.
36.	Sri  Aditya Kumar Jena, PA	Cuttack GPO
37.	Shri Uma Shankar Routray,  OMM	PPP, Bhubaneswar
38.	Shri Danardan Naik, B. Asst.	PPP, Bhubaneswar
39.	Shri Arakhita Muduli,	PPP, Bhubaneswar
40.	Shri Ratnakar Dash, PTSO	PPP, Bhubaneswar
41.	Shri Deepak Rout, BPM	Boringpadar BO, Kesinga SO
42.	Shri Karunakar Mohalik, Off. machine Asst.	Postal printing Press, Bhubaneswar
43.	Shri Damodar Panigrahi	Postal printing Press, Bhubaneswar
44.	Shri Pragyan Shree	Khurda HO.
45.	Shri Pradipta Ranjan Baral, OMM	Postal printing Press, Bhubaneswar
46.	Shri Digambar Panda, PA	Circle Office, Bhubaneswar.
47	Shri Deepak Raj Samal, Waterman	Arunday Market MDG, Cuttack
48.	Shri Chandan Ku. Das, PA	Circle Office, Bhubaneswar
49.	Shri Amit Kumar Rana, PA	Koraput HO
50.	Shri Barun Kumar Patra, SA	HRO RMS ‘N’ Dn, Cuttack
51.	Shri Rabindra Kumar Sethi, Postmaster-II	Banki MDG-754008
52.	Shri Shyam Sundar Patra, PA	Bhadrak HO
53.	Shri Ajit Kumar, OA	O/o the SPOs, Bhadrak Dn
54.	Chandrabati Das, O/S Cash	Bhadrak HO
55.	Shri Swaroop Khara, PA	PPL Township SO, Paradeep-754145
56.	Shri Rajendra Kumar Sahoo, Jr Actt.	O/o DA(P), Cuttack
57.	Shri Chandi Prasad Samal, Steno Gr-III	O/o the SPOs, Mayurbhanj Dn.
58.	Shri Pramod Kumar Chhotray	CO, Bhubaneswar

                       

Match will commence from 10.00 A.M.sharp. All the players those who have already issued Identity Card must bring the I.  Card at the time of selection.

All above officials may be relieved in time with instruction to report Sri Lelin Kumar Mohanty, CO, Bhubaneswar at the above mentioned venue.  In case any official is unable to attend the selection he must intimate the reasons through proper channel to the undersigned before commencement of the selection, so that the arrangement for selection will be made accordingly. 

 Accommodation for outstation participants are made available in the Ashok Nagar I.Q. on the 1st floor of Ashok Nagar S.O. & Saheed Nagar IQ.   Hence soon after their arrival they may contact the SPM, Ashok Nagar MDG & SPM, Saheed Nagar SO during office hour.

All above players may be granted 2 days Special C.L. on 4^th & 5^th Sep 2013 plus actual journey time on individual application .

All above players should note that T. A. and D.A. will be paid through shortest route on production of Rail / Bus Tickets. T. A. and D.A. will be paid only to the players who will get chance in the Circle Carrom Team.

(M.A.Zake) Asst. Director(Sports) and Secretary, OCPSB O/o the Chief Postmaster general, Odisha Circle Bhubaneswar-751001

Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to :-

PMG, Sambalpur

Director, Accounts (P) Mahanadivihar, Cuttack-4

Manager Postal Printing Press, Bhubaneswar.

SSPOs Cuttack City/Bhubaneswar / Berhampur/Koraput Dn/Kalahandi Dn./Puri/Bhadrak/ Sundargarh Dn.

SPOs Cuttack South/ Mayurbhanj/ Bhadrak Dn.

Postmaster, Jeypur(K) HO/ Bhadrak HO/ Berhampur HO/ Khurda HO./ Balangir HO./ Bhawanipatna HO.

A.D.(Staff) /A.D.(TO/BD/Mail)/A. D. (Accounts), C.O./AAO(Budget), CO Bhubaneswar.

Sr. P.M. Bhubaneswar G.P.O./Cuttack G.P.O.

HRO, RMS ‘K’ Dn, Jharsuguda

SSRM ‘N’ Dn, Cuttack.

All Players concerned.

For Chief P.M.G., Odisha Circle,BBSR-751001