A News about Increasing Retirement Age to 62 for Central Government Employees.

   The Ministry of Personnel and Training has forwarded a proposal in this regard to the Prime Minister’s office (PMO) :

   The news on retirement age 62 for central government employees  is not ending . One of the news paper in Goa, Oheraldo published a news about increasing retirement age of central government employees. Already we  posted a news about this and many popular news sites like Business standard, The Financial Express have also published a news about the possibility of  increasing retirement age to 62. There is a proverb  ’Where there’s smoke there’s fire’ . Many say that there is some truth behind every rumor. So obviously this rumour about increasing  retirement age  62 for central government employees  also can become a truth. The news published in Oheraldo is given below

    ”A move is afoot to raise the retirement age of over five million central government employees from 60 to 62 years, citing the longer span of life enabling most to be fit to work, though ostensibly it may be keeping an eye on the Delhi Assembly elections due in November to influence over 80 per cent of them living in the capital.

   The Ministry of Personnel and Training has forwarded a proposal in this regard to the Prime Minister’s office (PMO) for inclusion in the agenda of the Cabinet for consideration, after securing consent of various ministries, sources said, claiming that it has an approval of the finance ministry. The decision will help immensely those on the verge of retirement to continue in service for two years.

   The High Court judges already enjoy tenure up to 62 while the retirement age of the Supreme Court judges and the Election Commissioners is 65. The retirement age has also been raised to 62 in case of some key posts. It is already 62 years in case of the employees of the Madhya Pradesh government.

   This will be the third time that the retirement age of the central staff is being raised and it is bound to have the cascading effect on the states coming under pressure from the employees’ associations to follow suit.

   It was raised from 55 to 58 by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1962 after the war with China and then to 60 years by the then NDA government in 1998 on the recommendation of the central pay commission.

   The central staff is already quite happy with the government for getting as much as 80 per cent of the basic pay as the dearness allowance, thanks to the last hike of 8 per cent announced in April with retrospective effect from January 1. Just before the polls, they may get yet another DA hike as the pay commission recommendation accepted by the government mandates revision twice a year to match the rise or fall in the consumer price index of the industrial workers”

Source :http://oheraldo.in

Recommendations of 6th CPC-MACP Scheme regarding.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No.PC-V/2011/M/4/NFIR

New Delhi, dated 10.06.2013

The General Secretary
NFIR
3, Chelmsford Road,
New Delhi - 110055

Sir,

Sub:- Recommendations of 6th CPC-MACP Scheme regarding.

   The undersigned is directed to refer to NFIR’s letter No. IV/MACPS/09/Pt-6, dated 23/05/2013 and to state that the matter has been examined in consultation with DoP&T, the nodal Department of Government on MACP Scheme has been clarified that the incumbents of the lower post CANNOT be treated as initially appointed in the upgraded post just because the two lower rungs of the promotional hierarchy have been abolished under two consecutive cadre restructuring. In fact, it is the post which are upgraded.  The incumbent’s appointment to the upgraded post is by way of promotion only.

   Accordingly, the employees who had joined the post of Tracers on direct recruitment basis with matric as recruitment qualification for the post, have already earned two promotions by reaching Sr. Draftsman post (re-designated as JE-II), first promotion as Assistant Draftsman and 2nd promotion as Senior Draftsman / JE-II, either in normal course or as a result of Board's instructions dated 25-06-1985 and 28.09.1998 respectively. Thus such employees are entitled for 3rd financial upgradation only subject to fulfilment of other terms and conditions as related therewith, provided that they have not earned any further promotions.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-
for Secretary/ Railway Board

Source: NFIR

Children Education Allowance/Hostel Subsidy - Clarification.

RBE No.55/2013
PC-VI No. 319

Government of India
Ministry of Railways
(Railway Board)

No.E(W)2008/ED-2/4

New Delhi, Dated: 7-06-2013

The General Manager (P),
All Indian Railways & PUs.

Sub: Children Education Allowance/Hostel Subsidy - Clarification.

   Please refer to Railway Board’s letter of even number dated 01/10/2008 followed by subsequent letters regarding revised policy instructions / clarifications on Children Education Allowance/Hostel Subsidy admissible to Railway Servants, based on the recommendations of Sixth Central Pay Commission.

   2. Time and again there have been demands for consolidated instructions/guidelines on clarifications so far issued in respect of revised policy on reimbursement of Children Education Allowance/Hostel Subsidy. With the objective to further clarify the policy in general and to reply to specific queries raised by various sections of employees, Department of Personnel & Training vide their OM No. 21011/08/2013-Estt. (AL) has circulated guidelines termed as frequently asked questions and their answers on the revised policy for grant of Children Education Allowance/Hostel Subsidy.

   3. In regard to grant of Honorarium, instructions have been issued vide Board’s letter No. P(X)II-2010/PW/2 dated 11/10/2010 read with letter No. 2011/F(X)II/5/10 dated 29/12/2011 and F(X)112008/PW/6 dated 25/04/2013. Above OM is circulated for guidance of all concerned.

   Please acknowledge receipt.

Sd/-
(Debasis Mazumdar)
Director Estt.(Welfare)
Railway Board

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