After SNEA, now AIBSNLEA also has demanded that pension revision of BSNL retirees be made as per the 3rd PRC recommendation of 15% fitment which was approved by the government. In this connection,

AIBSNLEA website post in this regard is reproduced below;

GS writes to Shri S.K. Jain, DDG (Estt.), DoT, Govt. of India, New Delhi regarding estimated expenditure if Pension of BSNL Pensioners is revised with 15% fitment method as proposed by 3rd PRC and approved by Union Cabinet – <<<Click here for letter>>>

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The Corporate Office is proposing to hold the next Membership Verification through the check-off system. The GM(SR) has written a letter to all the CGMs, unions and associations, calling for their views on the matter. Seven Membership Verifications have already been successfully conducted in BSNL. No complaint from any quarters. Then what is the problem of the Management? Financial crisis of the Company is the reason, according to the Management. Let them stop shedding crocodile tears about the financial crisis of the Company, and come forward to hold meaningful talks with the All Unions and Associations of BSNL, to curtail wasteful expenditure. BSNLEU will oppose the check-off system tooth and nail, because it will give room for maneuverings and malpractices. A letter to this effect is given to the Management. If it does not pay heed, BSNLEU will go in the offensive to stop it.

(BSNLEU Website)

Corporate Office letter on pension of provisional pensioners.

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Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran and his elder brother Kalanidhi Maran were discharged by a CBI Special Court yesterday, from the “illegal telephone exchange” case. Together with them, former chief general managers of Chennai Telephones, K. Brahmmanathan and M.P.Velusamy, were also discharged from the case. The accusation against Dayanidhi Maran is that, he got an unauthorised telephone exchange installed at his residence at Chennai, and misused the BSNL lines for the Sun TV, owned by the Maran brothers, in collusion with the top BSNL officers of Chennai Telephones. The CBI Special Court judge Natarajan stated that, the CBI did not produce sufficient evidence, to prove the charges. Further, the judge also pointed out that the CBI did not even hand over to the Court, the CD containing the call records of the telephone lines that worked at Dayanidhi Maran’s residence. The CBI has to be given award for handling high profile cases so “seriously” !!!

(courtesy: BSNLEU website)

Grant of Dearness Allowance to Central Government Employees – Revised Rates effective from 1.1.2018
No.1/1/2018-E-II(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 15th March, 2018

Office Memorandum

Subject: Grant Of Dearness Allowance to Central Government – Revised Rates effective from 1.1.2018.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s Office Memorandum No.1/9/2017- E-II (B) dated 20th September, 2017 on the subject mentioned above and to say that the President pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 5% to 7% of the basic pay with effect from 2018.

2. The term ‘basic pay’ in the revised pay structure means the pay drawn in the prescribed Level in the Pay Matrix as per CPC recommendations accepted by the Government, but does not include any other type of pay like special pay, etc.

3. The Dearness Allowance will continue to be a distinct element of remuneration and will not be treated as pay within the ambit of FR 9(21).

4. The payment on account of Dearness Allowance involving fractions of 50 paise and above may be rounded to the next higher rupee and fractions of less than 50 paise may be ignored.

5. The payment of arrears of Dearness Allowance shall not be made before the date of disbursement of salary of March, 2018.

6. These orders shall also apply to the civilian employees paid from the Defence Services Estimates and the expenditure be chargeable to the relevant head of the Defence Services Estimates. In respect of Armed Forces personnel and Railway employees, separate orders will be issued by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways, respectively.

7. In so far as the employees working in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are Auditor concerned, these orders are issued with the concurrence of the Comptroller General of India.

sd/-
(Nirmala Dev)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

Click to view Finmin DA order Jan 2018

 Stephen Hawking, the legendary British theoretical physicist who explored the mysteries of the universe from his wheelchair and went on to become an inspiring figure globally, died today at his home in Cambridge. He was 76.
Hawking was born in Oxford, England, on January 8 — the 300th anniversary of the death of astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei.
Hawking suffered from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a neurodegenerative disease commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, which is usually fatal within a few years. He was diagnosed in 1963, when he was 21, and doctors initially only gave him a few years to live.
But he went on to study at Cambridge and became one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Albert Einstein.
 AIBDPA dips its banner and pays respectful tributes to the great scientist and the wonderful human being.

As per the reply given by the Minister of Labour and Employement, Shri.Santosh Kumar Gangawar in Parliament on 12-03-2018, the rate of interest for Employees Provident Fund is reduced to 8.55% for the year 2017-18. It was 8.65% for the last year, 2016-17.

The government has no hesitation to deny the due and genuine benefits to the workers while granting so many concessions to the rich and the corporate.

Increase in 7th CPC Minimum Pay and Fitment Factor- Question Raised in RS

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 1170
ANSWERED ON 06.03.2018

Increase in minimum pay and fitment factor

1170 Shri Neeraj Shekhar

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state :-

(a) whether Government is actively contemplating to increase minimum pay from Rs.18,000/- to Rs.21,000/- and fitment factor from 2.57 to 3, in view of resentment among Central Government employees over historically lowest increase in pay by 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC);

(b) if so, the details thereof and the date from which it would be implemented; and

(c ) if not, the reasons for the callous attitude of Government towards Government Employees?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE
( SHRI P RADHAKRISHNAN )

(a),(b)&(c ): The minimum pay of Rs.18,000/- p.m. and fitment factor of 2.57 are based on the specific recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission in the light of the relevant factors taken into account by it. Therefore, no change therein is at present under consideration.

09.03.2018

CPAO/IT &Tech/Bank Performance/37 (Vol-II) 2017-18/204

Memorandum

Subject: – Deduction of Income Tax at the time of making payment.

It is observed that some of the banks are not following the guidelines of the Income Tax Act regarding tax deduction on pension payments. Pensioners have raised grievances relating to the deduction of income tax at the fag end of the year causing undue financial hardship to the pensioners. Moreover. there is considerable delay in the issuance of Form 16 to the pensioners and in some cases Form-16 are being issued to the pensioners.

In view of the above, all Heads of CPPCs are advised to deduct the income tax at the time of each payment itself and issue Form -16 by of May every year and follow the Income tax guidelines issued from time to time.

(Md. Shahid Kamal Ansari)
(Asstt. Controller of Accounts)