Monday, December 25, 2017



CLASSIFICATION ON FAMILY PENSION ADMISSIBLE TO NPS EMPLOYEES

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

JCM STAFF SIDE LETTER TO ANOMALY COMMITTEE

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Thursday, December 14, 2017

CBDT EXTENDS DATE FOR LINKING OF AADHAAR WITH PAN   (Click here to the view)

IMPORTANT SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT – MACP SHOULD BE GIVEN EFFECT FROM 01-01-2006


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STEPS TO UPDATE MOBILE NUMBER, E-MAIL, AADHAAR 

NUMBERS IN CGHS DATABASE       (Click here to the View)

Friday, November 24, 2017

7th  CPC CLASSIFICATION OF POSTS – GAZETTE NOTIFICATION DT. 9.11.2017
 
Classification of Civil Posts under CCS(CCA) Rules – Gazette Notification
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS 
(Department of Personnel and Training)
ORDER
New Delhi, the 9th November, 2017

S.O. 3578 (E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution read with rule 6 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) number S.O. 2079(E), dated the 20th August, 2014, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President hereby directs that with effect from the date of publication of this Order in the Official Gazette, all civil posts except persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department under the Union, shall be classified as follows :-

Explanation – For the purpose of this Order, ‘Level’ in relation to a post means, the Level specified in third row of Part A of the Schedule to the Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016.
[F. No. 11012/10/2016-Estt.A-III]
GYANENDRA DEV TRIPATHI, Jt. Secy.


Monday, November 20, 2017

CABINET APPROVES INTRODUCTION OF THE PAYMENT OF GRATUITY(AMENDMENT)BILL 2017 IN THE PARLIAMENT 
 
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OVER TIME ALLOWANCE (OTA) TO OPERATIONAL STAFF - SEEKING INPUTS/COMMENTS (Click the link below to view)
 
http://document.ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/A-27016_01_2017-Estt-AL-16112017.pdf
IMPORTANT
LATEST POSITION REGARDING MINIMUM PAY AND FITMENT FORMULA -- GOVT INFORMED STAFFSIDE NATIONAL COUNCIL JCM THAT INCREASE IN MINIMUM PAY AND FITMENT FORMULA WILL NOT COME UNDER ANOMALY COMMITTEE ITEM.
During the last 2 - 3 months both print and electronic media are continuously reporting that increase in 7th CPC Minimum Pay and Fitment Factor is under serious consideration of the Govt. and National Anomaly Committee will give its recommendation to Govt. and orders for increased Minimum Pay and Fitment Formula will be given effect from April 2018. We are reproducing below a letter from Govt. dated 30.10.2017 addressed to Secretary, Staff Side , National Council JCM  stating that the demand for increase in Minimum Pay and Fitment Formula will not come under the purview of National Anomaly Committee. Further Govt. has not yet constituted the HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE for increasing Minimum Pay and Fitment Formula as assured by the Group of Ministers including Home Minister Sri Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley on 30.06.2016. The so-called Senior Officers Committee has also not discussed this agenda even though staff Side has repeatedly demanded discussion and settlement as per the assurance given by Senior Cabinet Ministers. Now 17 months are over. 32 lakhs Central Govt. Employees and 33 lakhs Pensioners are being continuously betrayed by the NDA Govt.    
M. Krishnan 
Secretary General 
Confederation 
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Thursday, November 16, 2017

JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION
INCOME TAX EMPLOYEES FEDERATION &
INCOME TAX GAZETTED OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION
A2/95, Manishinath Bhawan, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi110 027
Joint Convenors :
Rupak Sarkar       Bhaskar Bhattacharya
08902198000            08902198888
itefcentral@gmail.com secgenitgoachq@gmail.com

No. N‐1/2017‐18                                                                                  Dated: 16th November, 2017

To,
The Presidents/General Secretaries,
All the members,
Of all the Units/Circles of ITGOA and ITEF.

Dear Comrades,

            As you all know that the pressure of multiple and repetitive reports, even inventing new proforma for reports, as asked by the Pr.CCsIT/CCsIT/Pr.CsIT in all 18 regions of tax‐India have become unbearable and the assessing officers are getting suffocated more and more as they approach the time‐barring date. Whenever this issue has been brought to the notice of the Chairman, CBDT by the Central JCA, though he has always appreciated that the ‘statutory reports’ are sufficient to give the clear picture of the performance of any charge or can take care of any meeting/review of performance/video conference/visit of the Member, CBDT to take stock of the situation, any action in this regard by the CBDT is still not visible.

            In such scenario, the Central JCA has taken decision to give call to its members not to submit any report, from 16‐11‐2017 itself, except i) the Statutory Reports, ii) Reply to the Parliament Questions, iii) Reply to the Audit Objections and iv) any particular Report asked by the CBDT in addition to the statutory ones.

            The letter on the above‐mentioned subject has been submitted to the Chairman, CBDT on 16‐11‐2017 (the copy of which is attached herewith). All Units of JCA are requested to submit the same to the respective Pr.CCsIT on 16‐11‐2017, duly forwarding in the letter‐head of the State‐JCA, and request all members to abide by the call.

With greetings,

                                                                                                                        Yours comradely,

                                                                                (Bhaskar Bhattacharya) (Rupak Sarkar)
                                                                                                             Joint Convenors

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Lakhs of workers storm Delhi



           
               The thousands of workers who stormed the national capital and assembled at Parliament Street in the national capital Delhi, to participate in the first day of the three days ‘mahapadav’ on 9th November 2017 enthusiastically endorsed the call of the speakers to intensify the struggle against the anti worker, anti people and anti national policies of the BJP led government and prepare for a countrywide indefinite general strike if the government fails to concede their demands.
            Workers from all over the country representing many sector - public and private, permanent employees and contract, casual workers, state and central government employees, banks, insurance, telecom, railways, defence, and the various schemes of the government of India participated in the ‘mahapadav’ on the first day.
            Ashok Singh (INTUC), Gurudas Dasgupta (AITUC), HS Sidhu (HMS), Tapan Sen (CITU), Satyawan (AIUTUC), G Devarajan (TUCC), Manali (SEWA), Rajiv Dimri (AICCTU), M Shanmugam (LPF) and Ashok Ghosh (UTUC) addressed the gathering in the first session presided over by Sanjay Singh (INTUC), Ramendra Kumar (AITUC), Raja Sridhar (HMS), Hemalata (CITU), RK Sharma (AIUTUC), Naren Chatterjee (TUCC), Sonia (SEWA), Santosh Rai (AICCTU), Subbaraman (LPF) and Shatrujit Singh (UTUC).
            Leaders of the federations spoke in the second part of the first session. It was most significant that the leaders of the two major national federations of the railway employees - Shiv Gopal Mishra, general secretary of All India Railwaysmen’s Federation and Raghavaiagh, general secretary of National Federation of Indian Railwaymen - have announced that they would join the indefinite strike whenever the joint trade union platform gave the call. Leaders of several other all Industrial federations including Venkatachalam, general secretary of All India Bank Employees’ Association, Subhash Lamba, additional general secretary of All India State Government Employees’ Association and secretary of Electricity Employees’ Federation of India, KK Divakaran, general secretary of All India Road Transport Workers’ Federation, C Sreekumar, general secretary of All India Defence Employees’ Federation, Jagdeesh Sreemali, VS Dahiya, GR Shiv Shankar, Ravi Sen, Peelimuthu, Kalyan Sengupta, also joined them in endorsing the call addressed the huge gathering and announced they would join the indefinite country wide general strike whenever the joint trade union platform took the decision. Thampan Thomas (HMS), Vijay Pal Singh (AIUTUC), Anil Sharma (TUCC), Sonia (SEWA), Mahendra Parida (AICCTU), Natarajan (LPF) and Thomas Joseph (UTUC) also addressed
            H Mahadevan (AITUC), Raghunath Singh (CITU) Shyamlal (AICCTU), Bashir Abud (LPF) replaced their colleagues in the presidium in the second part of the first session. The second session was presided over by Gurnam Singh (INTUC), C Singh (AITUC), SN Pathak (HMS), Anadi Sahu (CITU), Shiv Shankar (UTUC), Lataben (SEWA), Shyamal Prasad (AICCTU), Basheer Ahmed (LPF) and PG Prasanna Kumar (UTUC)
SIMPLIFICATION OF PROCEDURE FOR TREATMENT AT PRIVATE HOSPITALS EMPANELLED UNDER CGHS/CS(MA) RULES, 1944
REVISED THE HOUSE BUILDING ADVANCE (HBA) RULES FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INCORPORATING THE ACCEPTED RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 7TH PAY COMMISSION
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
09-November-2017 18:33 IST
House Building Advance 2017 
The Government has revised the House Building Advance (HBA) rules for Central Government Employees incorporating the accepted recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.  Following are the salient features of the new rules:-
1.         The total amount of advance that a central government employee can borrow from government has been revised upwards.  The employee can up to borrow 34 months of the basic pay subject to a maximum of Rs. 25 lakhs (Rs. Twenty Five Lakhs only), or cost of the house/flat, or the amount according to repaying capacity, whichever is the least for new construction/purchase of new house/flat.  Earlier this limit was only Rs.7.50 lakhs.
2.         Similarly, the HBA amount for expansion of the house has been revised to a maximum of Rs.10 lakhs or 34 months of basic pay or cost of the expansion of the house or amount according to repaying capacity, whichever is least. This amount was earlier Rs.1.80 lakhs. 
3.      The cost ceiling limit of the house which an employee can construct/ purchase has been revised to Rs.1.00 crore with a proviso of upward revision of 25% in deserving cases. The earlier cost ceiling limit was Rs.30 lakhs.
4.      Both spouses, if they are central government employees, are now eligible to take HBA either jointly, or separately.  Earlier only one spouse was eligible for House Building Advance.
5.      There is a provision for individuals migrating from home loans taken from Financial Institutions/ Banks to HBA, if they so desire.
6.      The provision for availing ‘second charge’ on the house for taking loans to fund balance amount from Banks/ Financial Institutions has been simplified considerably. ‘No Objection Certificate’ will be issued along with sanction order of HBA, on employee’s declaration.
7.      Henceforth, the rate of Interest on Housing Building Advance shall be at only one rate of 8.50% at simple interest (in place of the earlier four slabs of  bearing interest rates ranging from 6% to 9.50% for different slabs of HBA which ranged from Rs.50,000/- to Rs.7,50,000/-) .
8.       This rate of interest shall be reviewed every three years.  All cases of subsequent tranches/ installments of HBA being taken by the employee in different financial years shall be governed by the applicable rate of interest in the year in which the HBA was sanctioned, in the event of change in the rate of interest.  HBA is admissible to an employee only once in a life time.
9.      The clause of adding a higher rate of interest at 2.5% (two point five percent) above the prescribed rate during sanction of House Building Advance stands withdrawn. Earlier the employee was sanctioned an advance at an interest rate of 2.5%  above the scheduled rates with the stipulation that if conditions attached to the sanction including those relating to the recovery of amount are fulfilled completely,  to the satisfaction of the competent authority, a rebate of interest to the extent of 2.5% was allowed.
10.  The methodology of recovery of HBA shall continue as per the existing pattern recovery of principal first in the first fifteen years in 180 monthly instalments and interest thereafter in next five years in 60 monthly instalments.
11.   The house/flat constructed/purchased with the help of House Building advance can be insured with the private insurance companies which are approved by Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA). 
12.       This attractive package is expected to incentivize the government employee to buy house/ flat by taking the revised HBA along with other bank loans, if required.  This will give a fillip to the Housing infrastructure sector.
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Thursday, November 2, 2017

ONLINE COMPLAINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TITLED “SEXUAL 

HARASSMENT ELECTRONIC-BOX(SHE–BOX”) REGARDING. 

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

LETTER TO CHAIRMAN ON ITBA



JOURNEY TO HEADQUARTERS ON LTC IN RESPECT OF 

DEPENDENT FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT 

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Tuesday, October 24, 2017


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JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION
INCOME TAX EMPLOYEES FEDERATION &
INCOME TAX GAZETTED OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION
A-2/95, Manishinath Bhawan, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi-110 027

Joint Convenors :
    Rupak Sarkar                                                      Bhaskar Bhattacharya
8902198000                                                                   8902198888
itefcentral@gmail.com                                         secgenitgoachq@gmail.com


No.N-1/JCA/2017-18  
                                                                                                                         Dated, 24th October, 2017
To
The Editor,
Indian Express,
New Delhi.
                            
Sub: The report of ‘Income tax unions threaten stir against new software rollout’ published in your newspaper on 20-10-2017– rejoinder reg.

Dear Sir,

Kindly refer to the above.

In the above-mentioned subject, it is to state and clarify that either the ‘Income Tax Employees Federation’ or the ‘Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Association’, the employees and officers associations respectively in the Income Tax Department have never warned the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) of ‘a nationwide stir against the implementation of the new advanced software package (ITBA)’ as reported in your esteemed newspaper on 20-10-2017.

We will be obliged if the above rejoinder is published in your newspaper to avoid confusions amongst the public, the officials of the Department and our members.

Your cooperation is this matter is highly solicited.


Thanking You,
                               Yours sincerely,     
     
       
                                                          (Bhaskar Bhattacharya)          (Rupak Sarkar)
          Joint Convenors

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